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807 Amendments of Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU

Amendment 31 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 43 a (new)
— having regard tο the United Nations Security Council Resolutions concerning Cyprus,
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine; and the ongoing illegal Turkish occupation of 38% of the Republic of Cyprus; whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its security and defence policy to defend its interests and values; whereas the Strategic Compass aims to equip the EU with the necessary tools to make it an effective security provider and an assertive global actor; whereas there is a new urgency to boosting EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine and including the use of the EPF;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need for solidarity among Member States, especially with those whose geographical position leaves them directly exposed to various imminent threats and challenges to land, sea and air;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 225 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. denounces the export of military supplies and expertise to Turkey that violates international law by: - occupying 38% of the land of the Republic of Cyprus, - violating the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Greece and the Republic of Cyprus in sea and air, - maintaining troops and conducting military operations in Syria and Iraq, while, specifically carrying out acts of ethnic cleansing and genocide against population groups, with emphasis to the ongoing genocidal acts against the Kurds, in Turkey, Syria and Iraq, - supporting the ongoing aggression of Azerbaijan against Armenia;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 400 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Denounces the lack of initiatives to prevent Turkish aggression against the Republic of Cyprus, Greece, Syria, Iraq and Armenia, as well as Turkey's ongoing genocidal acts against 18 million Kurds in Turkey, Syria and Iraq;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
— having regard to the Council’s conclusions on Enlargement and Association and Stabilisation Process of 14 December 2021, the Statement of the Members of the European Council of 25 March 2021 on the Eastern Mediterranean, to the European Council’s conclusions of 24 June 2021 and 1 October 2020, and to all previous relevant Council and European Council conclusions,
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
— having regard to the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council on Cyprus, including resolution 550(1984) of 11 May 1984 on secessionist actions in Cyprus and resolution 789(1992) of 25 November 1992 which consider attempts to settle any part of Varosha by people other than its inhabitants as inadmissible, and call for the transfer of that area to the administration of the United Nations urging all concerned in the Cyprus question to commit themselves to the confidence-building measures set out in the resolution,
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas Turkey has been linked to the EU by an association agreement since 1964 and whereas a customs union was established in 1995; whereas the European Council granted the status of candidate country to Turkey in December 1999 and whereas accession negotiations were opened in 2005; whereas as a candidate country and as an important partner of the EU, Turkey is expected to respect and uphold the Copenhagen criteria and to uphold the highest standards of democracy, respect of human rights and the rule of law, including compliance with the international conventions acceded to by the EU; whereas being a candidate country entails the need to pursue and maintain good neighbourly relations with the EU and its Member States indiscriminately;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Turkey, besides being a candidate for EU accession, is a key partner in relation to the economy, trade and migration, as well as a strategic partneressential areas of joint interest, such as migration, public health, climate, counter – terrorism and regional issues;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, in the aftermath of recent tensions between the EU and Turkey, particularly in relation to the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, the European Council offered to nurture a more positive dynamic in EU-Turkey relations by expressing readiness to engage with Turkey in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner in a number of areas of common interest, provided that the de-escalation of recent tensions between the EU and Turkey, particularly in relation to the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, is sustained and that Turkey engages constructively and subject to the established conditionalities set out in previous European Council conclusions;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas being a candidate country presumes a willingness to progressively approach in all aspects the values, interests, standards and policies of the EU; whereas an analysis of the EU’s reports in recent years reveal that Turkey’s distance from the EU’s values and its normative framework is still considerable and is even growing in fundamental areas such as the rule of law and human rights as well as good neighbourly relations and regional cooperation;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas over the past year, EU- Turkey relations have on average remained stable, as enhanced cooperation and dialogue on a number of issues have coexisted with regular conflictsthe Council reiterated that Turkey continues to move further away from the European Union, and that Turkey’s accession negotiations have effectively come to a standstill and no further chapters can be considered for opening or closing, while according to the Commission, the underlying facts leading to this assessment still hold; nonetheless, dialogue and cooperation with Turkey increased in 2021; whereas this report reflects this situation by welcoming positive developments and pointing to further potential in the relationship, while signalling remaining problems, in particular as regards the rule of law and fundamental rights and good neighbourly relations and regional cooperation;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its concern about the persistent distance between the EU and Turkey, despite it being a candidate country, in terms of values and standards, and the continuing lack of political will to carry out the necessary reforms to address, in particular, the serious concerns about the rule of law and fundamental rights that continue to negatively affect the accession process; notes that, in addition to this, unilateral actions in breach of international law in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea as well as strong and provocative statements against the EU and its Member States have deteriorated EU-Turkey relations; considers that without clear progress in thisese fields, Parliament cannot envisage any resumption of accession negotiations with Turkey, which have effectively been at a standstill since 2018;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes, however, that there has been a slight improvement over the past year in overall EU-Turkey relations, which have on average remained stable, as enhanced cooperation and dialogue on a number of issues have coexisted with regular conflicts that good neighbourly relations form an essential part of moving towards the EU; notes that bilateral relations remained challenging with neighbouring EU Member States, particularly Greece and Cyprus; notes that tensions in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean were not conducive to good neighbourly relations and undermined regional stability and security; expresses its hope that this pattern of ‘conflictual cooperation’ can be overcome and replaced with a more positive dynamic;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its firm conviction that Turkey is a country of strategic relevance in political, economic and foreign policy terms, a partner that is key for the stability of the wider region,the European Union’s strategic interest in a stable and secure environment in the Eastern Mediterranean and ain ally with which the EU wishes to pursue the best possible relationsthe development of a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship with Turkey; welcomes, in this view, the recent statements expressed at the highest level by the Turkish authorities about the recommitment of the Turkish Government to the EU path, but urges the Turkish authorities to put their words into action and demonstrate this commitment with specific facts and decisions;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 164 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses concern over the current economic situation in Turkey, which through soaring inflation and a constantly rising cost of living is pushing a high and increasing number of people into hardship and poverty as reflected in the OECD 2021 Report on Turkey;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 256 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Takes note of the adoption of the fourth and fifth judicial packages in Turkey during 2021; asserts, however, that the current problems stem not only from problematic legislation, but are often caused by a failurelack of political will to implement existing adequate provisions; remains concerned about the erosion of the rule of law and judicial independence in Turkey;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 302 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Turkish authorities to promote positive and effective reforms in the area of the freedom of thought, conscience and religion by enabling religious communities to obtain legal personality, and by applying Venice Commission recommendations on the status of religious communities, all relevant ECtHR rulings and Council of Europe resolutions, including on the Greek Orthodox population of the islands of Gokceada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos); notes that following the decision to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque in July 2020, another museum among the World Heritage Sites in Turkey was converted into a mosque; notes the recent developments with regard to the historical Panaghia Soumela Monastery, when images on social media depicted a foreign band dancing to disco music inside this monument, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list; notes that no steps were taken to open the Halki (Heybeliada) Greek Orthodox Seminary, closed since 1971; reiterates its call on Turkey to respect the importance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Orthodox Christians all over the world, to recognise its legal personality and the public use of the ecclesiastical title of the Ecumenical Patriarch; notes with concern that hate speech and hate crimes against Christians and Jews continued to be reported, Alevis faced hate crimes, and investigations in this regard remained ineffective
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 307 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Is concerned that full respect for and protection of language, religion, culture, cultural heritage and fundamental rights of minorities in accordance with European standards have yet to be achieved and calls upon Turkey to take action.
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 318 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes with great concernStrongly condemns the indictment refilled by Turkey’s Chief Public Prosecutor at the Constitutional Court seeking the dissolution of the HDP and a political ban on nearly 500 HDP members, including most of its current leadership, which would prevent them from conducting any kind of political activity in the next five years and that the HDP and its party organisations have been specifically and continuously targeted by the Turkish authorities, leading to a situation where over 4 000 HDP members are currently in prison; continues to strongly condemn the continued detention since November 2016 of Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, the former co-chairs of the HDP;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 368 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Commends the efforts made by Turkey to continue hosting the largest refugee population in the world; welcomes, in this regard, the continued provision of EU funding for refugees and host communities in Turkey, and expresses its commitment to sustain this support in the future; calls on Turkey to ensure the full and non-discriminatory implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement of 2016, including vis a vis the Republic of Cyprus, as well as to resume the readmission of returnees from the Greek islands interrupted in March 2020, and Turkey’s obligation to take any necessary measures to prevent new sea or land routes for illegal migration opening from Turkey to the EU, and its will to cooperate with neighbouring states as well as the EU to this effect and with fundamental rights as part of its implementation process; Believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU therefore takes note of the Commission’s proposal to work on a mandate on the potential upgrading of the Customs Union provided that it is implemented vis-à-vis all Member States would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms and that it can only be envisaged following Turkey’s full implementation of the Additional Protocol to extend the Association Agreement towards all Member States without reserve and in a non-discriminatory fashion; stresses that both parties must be fully aware of this democratic conditionality from the very onset of any negotiations, as the Parliament will not give its consent to the final agreement without results on the aforementioned preconditions in this field; notes that visa liberalisation would constitute an important step towards facilitating people-to-people contacts and is of great importance for Turkish citizens, particularly for students, academics, business representatives and people with family ties in EU Member States; continues its support for the visa liberalisation process once the set conditions have been fully and effectively implemented and encourages the Turkish Government to fully comply with the 72 criteria identified in the visa liberalisation roadmap in a non-discriminatory manner towards all member-states; stresses that there has been very little real progress on the outstanding benchmarks still to be fulfilled by Turkey; notes that the new Action Plan on Human Rights foresees the acceleration of the fulfilment of the remaining benchmarks; stresses that the revision of Turkey’s anti-terrorism legislation and Data Protection Law are key conditions for ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms; regrets that as a result of Turkey’s instrumentalization of refugees a continuing increase in asylum applications was registered in Cyprus in 2021; notes that pending the full and effective implementation of the EU- Turkey Readmission Agreement vis-à-vis all Member States, existing bilateral readmission agreements and provisions in similar agreements and arrangements with EU Member States, should be adequately implemented; cooperation in the area of justice and home affairs with all EU Member States remains essential;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 370 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Commends the efforts made by Turkey to continue hosting the largest refugee population in the world; welcomes, in this regard, the continued provision of EU funding for refugees and host communities in Turkey, and expresses its commitment to sustain this support in the future; emphasises that the instrumentalisation of migrants and refugees cannot be accepted as a tool for political leverage and blackmail; notes that pending the full and effective implementation of the Joint EU – Turkey Statement of 2016 and the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement vis-à-vis all Member States, existing bilateral readmission agreements and provisions in similar agreements and arrangements with Member States should be adequately implemented; effective border management, as well as the resumption of returns, continue to be priorities;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 407 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Acknowledges that Turkey can pursue its own foreign policy in line with its interests and goals, but expects this policy to be defended through diplomacy and dialogue based on international law and, as a candidate country, to be increasingly aligned with that of the EU; notes that Turkey’s CFSP alignment remained at very low levels and its increasingly assertive foreign policy continued to collide with the EU priorities under the CFSP, notably due to its support for military actions in the Caucasus, Syria, Libya and Iraq; notes that the EU has repeatedly stressed the need for Turkey to respect the sovereign rights of EU member states, which include entering into bilateral agreements and exploring and exploiting their natural resources in accordance with the EU acquis and international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; stresses that Turkey needs to commit itself unequivocally to good neighbourly relations, international agreements and to the peaceful settlement of disputes in accordance with the United Nations Charter, having recourse, if necessary, to the International Court of Justice;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 438 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the decrease in tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean during the past year, but remains fully aware that these positive dynamics could be reversed at any moment while the underlying issues remain unresolved; condemns, in this regard, the continuous harassment and hindrance by Turkish warships of research vessels from performing surveys on the potential route of the East Med Pipeline, which is an energy project of EU Common Interest (PCI), within the EEZ/ continental shelf of Member States; calls on Turkey to respect the sovereignty of all EU Member States over their territorial sea and airspace as well as their sovereign rights, including inter alia the right to explore and exploit natural resources, in accordance with EU and international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which is part of the EU acquis; continues to urge Turkey to unequivocally commit to good neighborly relations, international agreements and to the peaceful settlement of disputes, having recourse, if necessary to the International Court of Justice and to refrain from any unilateral action or threats; supports, in this respect, the invitation by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus to Turkey to negotiate in good faith the maritime delimitation between their relevant coasts, or have recourse, to the International Court of Justice, and calls on Turkey to accept Cyprus’ invitation; reiterates its call on the Turkish Government to halt its plans for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which will be located in a region prone to severe earthquakes, therefore posing a major threat not only to Turkey, but also to the Mediterranean region; requests, accordingly, that the Turkish Government join the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention), which commits its parties to notifying and consulting each other about major projects under consideration that are likely to have a significant adverse environmental impact across borders; asks the Turkish Government, to this end, to involve or at least consult the governments of its neighbouring countries in relation to any further developments in the Akkuyu venture;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 448 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. WelcomNotes theat decrease in tensspite the initial indications towards a de-escalations in the Eastern Mediterranean during the past year, but remains fully aware that these positive dynamics could be reversed at any moment while the underlying issues remain unresolved tensions continued to remain high with Member States, in particular Greece and Cyprus;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 460 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. DeploRegrets the fact that the unresolved conflict in Cyprus is a major obstacle to EU-Cyprus problem remains unresolved and stresses that a solution in line with the relevant UNSC resolutions will have a positive impact on Turkey’s relations with the EU; reaffirms its view that the only sustainable solution to the Cyprus issue is that of a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with a single international legal personality and political equality, as set out in relevant UN Security Council Resolutions and in accordance with international law and on the basis of respect for the principles on which the Union is founded and the acquis;; deeply regrets that Turkey has abandoned this UN frameworke agreed UN framework and its insistence to a two state solution in Cyprus and that it continues to violate UN Security Council resolutions, with unilateral, illegal and provocative actions including by the opening of the fenced off area of Varosha; notes that EU funding to Turkey will be subject to rules on conditionality, including for respecting the principles of the United Nations Charter, international law and European values and principles; praises the important work of the bi- communal Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) and calls on the Turkish authorities to advance their efforts to provide the CMP proprio motu and without delay with all information at their disposal relating to burial sites and any other places where remains might be found, including information in military archives;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 468 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Deplores the fact that the unresolved conflict in Cyprus isremains unresolved, constituting a major obstacle to EU-Turkey relations; reaffirms its view that the only sustainable solution to the Cyprus issue is that of a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement, including its external aspects, within the UN framework, on the basis of a bi- communal, bi-zonal federation with a single international legal personality and political equality, in accordance with international law and on the basis of respect for, with all relevant UNSC resolutions and in line with the principles on which the EUnion is founded and the acquis; deeply regrets that Turkey has abandoned this UN framework; the EU will continue to play an active role in supporting the process;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 477 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Strongly condemns Turkey’s unilateral actions in relation to Varosha that run contrary to the UN Security Council Resolutions and recalls the importance of the status of Varosha and the need for full respect of UN Security Council Resolutions, in particular Resolutions 550, 789 and 1251, as underlined by the 24 June 2021 European Council. The Council calls for the immediate reversal of these actions and the reversal of all steps taken on Varosha since October 2020;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 488 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Strongly condemns Turkey’s illegal activities in Greek and Cypriot waters, as well as its violations of the Greek national airspace, including overflights of inhabited areas, and its territorial sea, which violate both the sovereignty and the sovereign rights of an EU Member State and international law; expresses its full solidarity with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus; reaffirms the right of the Republic of Cyprus to enter into bilateral agreements on its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and explore and exploit its natural resources in full compliance with relevant international law; expresses its grave concern about the illegal Turkish fishing activities within Greek territorial waters in the Aegean Sea and the unregulated and unreported fishing activities of Turkish fishing fleets in international waters in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean; calls on all sides for a genuine collective engagement to negotiate the delimitation of EEZs and the continental shelf in good faith, fully respecting international law and the principle of good relations between neighbours; notes with regret that the casus belli declared by the TGNA against Greece in 1995 has not been withdrawn yet; welcomes the continuation of exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey, which seek to address, the delimitation of the continental shelf and the EEZ in line with international law; reiterates its call on the Turkish Government to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which is part of the European Union acquis; notes that the Council’s conclusions of 15 July 2019, in the light of Turkey’s continued and new illegal drilling activities, not to hold the Association Council and further meetings of the EU-Turkey high-level dialogues for the time being remain valid, urges Turkey to unequivocally commit to good neighbourly relations, international agreements and to the peaceful settlement of disputes, having recourse, if necessary, to the International Court of Justice; Turkey must stop all threats and actions that damage good neighbourly relations, normalise its relations with the Republic of Cyprus and respect the sovereignty of all EU Member States over their territorial sea and airspace as well as all their sovereign rights, including inter alia the right to explore and exploit natural resources, in accordance with EU and international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS);
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 498 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Strongly condemns the Turkish military interventions in Syria, which constitute grave violations of international law and risk undermining the stability and security of the region as a whole; calls on the Government of Turkey to end its illegal occupation of northern Syria and Afrin and to withdraw its military and paramilitary proxy forces; reiterates that security concerns cannot justify unilateral military action in a foreign country; recalls its position, as expressed in previous resolutions, on the introduction of an initiative in the Council for all EU Member States to halt the licencing of arms exports to Turkey in accordance with Council Common Position2008/944/CFSP;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 505 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24 d. Notes that the persistent foreign interference in Libya continued to challenge seriously the implementation of the UN-led Berlin process; Turkey claimed that the UN embargo provisions, the articles on withdrawal of foreign elements and the suspension of military training in the cease-fire agreement are not applicable to the legitimate government; on a regular basis, the Turkish Ministry of Defence issued statements on ongoing training with Libyan forces and the legitimate presence of Turkish military forces; the presence of mercenary forces was a complicating factor; Turkey maintained its unjustified opinion that Operation IRINI is not balanced and that it disproportionally targets the Government of National Accord. Turkey continued to assert the validity of the Turkish-Libyan maritime delimitation and military agreements of 2019 which the EU considers an infringement upon the sovereign rights of third States, not complying with the Law of the Sea and having no legal consequences for third States; the EU listed a Turkish shipping company in the framework of violations of the Libya weapons embargo;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 510 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24 e. Recalls the need for Turkey to address obligations as regards the implementation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union, ensuring its effective application to all Member States. regrets Turkey’s continued deviations from its obligations under the EU-Turkey Customs Union, and recalls that trade barriers or equivalent that are not in conformity with it should be removed without delay; recalls, in this sense, that the current customs union will not achieve its full potential until Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol to extend the Ankara Agreement towards all Member States without reserve and in anon-discriminatory fashion in relation to all Member States, and until all existing trade irritants are resolved; stresses that a modernisation of the Customs Union would be beneficial for both parties and would keep Turkey economically and normatively anchored to the EU; reiterates that this modernisation would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms as prescribed by the Copenhagen criteria on good neighbourly relations with the EU and all its Member States and on its non-discriminatory implementation;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 512 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)
24 f. Continues its support for the visa liberalization process once the set conditions have been met; points out that visa liberalization would constitute an important step towards facilitating people- to-people contacts and notes that it is of great importance, particularly for students, academics, business representatives and people with family ties in EU Member States, but stresses that there has been very little real progress on the six outstanding benchmarks still to be fulfilled by Turkey; asks the Government of Turkey to fully comply with these benchmarks in a non-discriminatory manner, including with regard to all EU Member States;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 519 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Insists that democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights should remain at the heart of EU-Turkey relations under any framework; reaffirms its support for keeping the accession process and its value-based approach as the main framework for EU-Turkey relations, as it is still the most powerful tool to exercise normative pressure and sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society; nevertheless remains open to the possibility of both sides reviewing, in a realistic manner, the appropriateness of this framework and its ability to function, or, if necessary, exploring other possible models for future relations;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 529 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Insists that democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights should remain at the heart of EU-Turkey relations under any framework; reaffirms its support for keeping the accession process and its value-based approach as the main framework for EU-Turkey relations, alongside the principles of international law and multilateralism, as it is still the most powerful tool to exercise normative pressure and sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society; nevertheless remains open to the possibility of both sides reviewing, in a realistic manner, the appropriateness of this framework and its ability to function, or, if necessary, exploring other possible models for future relations;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 545 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that the current state of ‘conflictual cooperation’ in EU-Turkey relations is prone to producing unsatisfactory results; calls for a rebalancing of the relationship by building on the solid grounds for cooperation driven by mutual interests, and also by building confidence to address the lack of trust; believes that an orderly dispute settlement mechanism may be beneficial in such an overall framework and calls on the Commission to explore the creation of such a mechanism in accordance with obligations under the Negotiating Framework;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 547 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Notes that the varying priorities of the EU institutions set out in the existing frameworks governing EU-Turkey relations make it very difficult to find an effective way to move forward; deplores the lack of a long-term strategy, a coherent policy and consistent leadership towards Turkey in the EU and among all its institutions;deleted
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 557 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Believes that the EU should continue to pursue all possible instances of dialogue, common understanding and convergence of positions with Turkey; invites Turkey to engage in constructive and bona fide dialogue –including on issues of foreign policy where Turkey and the EU have been on opposing terms- with a view to once again finding common ground and a common understanding with the EU, restarting dialogue and cooperation on good neighbourly relations, and relaunching the process of reforms in Turkey; reiterates that, failing that, and in the event of renewed unilateral actions or provocations in breach of international law, the EU should use all the instruments and the options at its disposal, including targeted sanctions as a last resort, which should not have an adverse impact on the Turkish people, civil society or refugees in Turkey;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 559 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27 b. Considers that, as a necessary step in order to improve the overall state of relations, both sides need to use respectful language, make efforts to fight existing prejudices and misconceptions, and allow for a more objective and complete consideration of the other side’s image in the respective public opinion, reversing the mutually deteriorating perceptions; calls on this view on the Commission to launch a communication policy towards Turkish society aimed at raising awareness about the EU; stresses that a belligerent, revisionist and aggressive rhetoric only reinforces extreme positions on both sides and that a purely confrontational approach plays into the hands of those who are aiming to pull Turkey and the EU apart;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2021/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underscores that the pace of EU accession is determined by the progress on the due functioning of all institutions and is grounded in the rule of law, good governance and fundamental rights; urges Albania to sustain and intensify efforts to reinforce the functioning of the judiciary, strengthen the rule of law and human rights, including the protection of persons belonging to minorities, counter corruption and organised crime, and ensure media freedom;
2022/03/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2021/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the government to accelerate administrative preparations for the upcoming accession negotiations and to make the best possible use of assistance and transfer of know-how provided by EU Member States in this regard; stresses the importance of having in place coherent government structures to effectively coordinate EU integration matters; underlines the need to improve intra- service coordination, evaluation and monitoring of EU-related reforms, to advance decentralisation, country-wide modernisation and depoliticisation of the civil service and to enable conditions to conduct the upcoming population census;
2022/03/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2021/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the adoption to the Population Census Law and looks forward to the smooth conduct of the upcoming Population Census in full transparency and in line with international standards..
2022/03/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2021/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes advances in ensuring equal opportunities and calls for further improvements in the enforcement of gender equality, property rights, data protection, and rights of people with disabilities and minority rights;
2022/03/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 147 #

2021/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Urges Albania to swiftly adopt and implement the remaining by-laws, related to the 2017 Framework Law on the protection of national minorities, in line with European standards and with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders.
2022/03/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2021/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on Albania to continue the ongoing efforts to implement a comprehensive land sector reform and to consolidate property rights, in transparent manner by holding consultations with all relevant stakeholders, including by addressing cases of falsification of documents and swiftly advancing the process for registration and compensation.
2022/03/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 224 #

2021/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 f (new)
29f. Recalls the urgency of the fight against drug trafficking networks in Albania, which are gaining increased international access.
2022/03/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 276 #

2021/2244(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. WelcomEncourages the Albanian Government’s to continued steps promoting good neighbourly relations, ands well as enhancing inclusive regional integration by developing a Regional Economic Area;
2022/03/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
— having regard to the European Council Conclusions of 12 December 2019,
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas the Turkey-Libya Memorandum of Understanding on the delimitation on maritime jurisdictions in the Mediterranean Sea infringes upon the sovereign rights of Third States does not comply with Law of the Sea and cannot produce any legal consequences for Third States;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(o a) urge the Libyan authorities to proceed to the cancelation of the Turkey - Libya Memorandum of Understanding on the delimitation on maritime jurisdictions in the Mediterranean Sea;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 212 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) islands and remote areas without properly developed public transport services.
2022/03/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 214 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States without properly developed low-pollutant public transport services can apply to levy 1/15 of the tax in 2023 (first year of application), increasing by 1/15 annually up to 2038 (reaching 100 % of the proposed tax).
2022/03/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2020/2194(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the Court’s finding in its report on the 'Future of EU Agencies' that agencies measure performance through key performance indicators (KPIs) and that the Commission in 2015 issued guidelines for directors of agencies on KPIs; notes with regret that the indicators used in practice mainly relate to the implementation of an agency’s annual work programme, budget and its human resources management, and that they do not usually allow for than Agency's overall performance assessment of results or of the agency’s efficiency and effectiveness in discharging its mandate; calls on the agencies to work together to improve the use of KPIs with the aim of ensuring a stronger focus on performance in the discharge procedure, in addition to compliance; calls on the agencies to continue developing indicators, which will measure their contribution to the policy implementation of Union policies; urges the agencies to regularly review and update those indicators;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 14 #

2020/2194(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that the Common Approach states that every Union Agency should be evaluated every five years and that the Commission should be responsible for organising evaluation and for every second evaluation the sunset clause should be applied; notes with regret that the founding regulations of several agencies have not yet been aligned with the Common Approach; notes the Court’s finding in its report on the Future of EU agencies that the founding regulations of 13 agencies were recast between 2015 and 2019, but only five proposals were accompanied by an impact assessment; calls on the Commission to regularly conduct independent evaluation of the performance of the agencies to identify synergies and possible changes, including mergers;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 60 #

2020/2194(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Recalls that agencies were created for specific needs and that significant numbers of agencies were set up as reflection to certain crisis; agrees with the Court’s position in its report 'Future of EU Agencies' that the role of an agency needs to be reassessed at different stages of its operational period in order to verify whether an agency is still relevant and whether its actions are coherent with other agencies and their partner DGs;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 64 #

2020/2194(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Believes that the set-up, functioning and especially potential winding-up of agencies should be flexible to help implement Union policy and to enhance European cooperation; acknowledges in this regard the Court’s consideration in its report 'Future of EU Agencies' that there is not sufficient flexibility in the set-up and operation of agencies and that the potential for them to cooperate for common policy objectives in the interest of citizens could be further exploited;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 65 #

2020/2194(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Recalls general unawareness of the European citizens about the existence of the agencies, even within the country where the agencies are located, and also that citizens receive little information about the benefits of the agencies; calls in this regard on the agencies to continue developing their communication strategies and to increase their media and social media presence in order to raise awareness about their work, research and activities in the general public;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2180(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that, according to the reports of the Court for the financial years 2016 and 2017, the Office’s procurement procedures for interim workers in Greece and for the Office’s rented premises in Lesbos were irregular; recalls that, according to the report of the Court for the financial year 2018, the Court concluded that the Office’s procurement procedures for interim workers in Italy were irregular, though no payments were made on those contracts yet; notes that, according to the report of the Court for the financial year 2019, the Office’s procedures for selecting and contracting external experts systematically lacked a solid audit trail, which in turn resulted in a lack of evidence that the Office had treated experts equally in its selection procedures; notes the Court’s opinion that, except for the effects of the qualified opinion on the legality and regularity of payments for the financial years 2016, 2017 and 2018, amounting to EUR 13 979 880, and the error found in 2019, amounting to EUR 111 304, payments underlying the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 are legal and regular in all material aspects; welcomes that corrective actions were implemented by EASO in 2019 to address those irregularities;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 11 #

2020/2180(DEC)

6. Notes that, on 31 December 2019, the establishment plan was 75,35 % executed, with 214 temporary agents appointed out of 284 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared to 214 authorised posts in 2018); notes that, in addition, 72 contract agents and 9 seconded national experts worked for the Office in 2019; notes with satisfaction that the Office’s recruitment plan provides for a staff of 500 by 2020; welcomes that recruitment situation has significantly improved; stresses that the EASO must continue registering progress in recruitment;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 13 #

2020/2180(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Regrets EASO’s continued reliance on interim workers to compensate for the lack of deployed national experts; calls on Member States to comply with their obligations in regard to national experts since failure to do so compels the Agency to rely on external contractors;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 32 #

2020/2180(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Encourages the Office to continue promoting their work and activities to increase its public visibility;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 1 #

2020/2178(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that the BEREC Office does not share resources with other agencies, due to its limited own resources as stated by the BEREC Office; notes with concern that the BEREC Office has not been able to find a partner for the provision of the internal control coordinator and security officer functions; notes that the BEREC Office started a joint project, signed in 2019, for sharing IT infrastructure with several joint undertakings; welcomes that joint project and urges the BEREC Office to further explore possible ways of outsourcing its tasks and collaborating on overlapping tasks with other Union agencies, offices and bodies;
2021/03/05
Committee: CONT
Amendment 13 #

2020/2178(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the BEREC Office to focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public;
2021/03/05
Committee: CONT
Amendment 2 #

2020/2177(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that the Agency has continued to outsource accounting services to the Commission and to share resources with other Agencies in the areas of human resources management, information and communication technology management, budget and finance, procurement and facility management; considers that initiative to be an example for other Union institutions worth following;
2021/03/05
Committee: CONT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2177(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Encourages the Agency to pursue the digitalisation of its services, as a way to reduce bureaucracy;
2021/03/05
Committee: CONT
Amendment 8 #

2020/2174(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the administrative staff of the Authority, of the European Securities and Markets Authority and of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority hold regular meetings to discuss matters of shared interest that have resulted in sharing of practices and templates, with resultant efficiency gains; strongly encourages the Agency to actively seek further and broader cooperation with all Union agencies;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 12 #

2020/2174(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls upon the Authority to improve and intensify its communication with the Member States; urges the Authority to improve and intensify its cooperation with the Member states and the Member States' national banks and commercial banking bodies;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 21 #

2020/2174(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls upon the Authority to focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 2 #

2020/2172(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reminds the Agency to regularly review and update its performance measurement system and KPIs to ensure Agency’s efficient contribution and expertise at EU level; Encourages the Agency to carefully analyse the outcomes and use them to improve their strategy and activity planning;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 7 #

2020/2172(DEC)

7 a. Notes with satisfaction that the Agency implemented Court’s observation from 2017 on publication of vacancy notices on the EPSO website;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 13 #

2020/2172(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with concern the finding of the Court, which also relates to the follow- up of the previous year’s findings, that the Agency irregularly prolonged the duration of a framework contract for the provision of business travel services by signing amendments in 2018 and 2019 after the contract had expired, rendering the amendments and related payments irregular; notes the Agency’s reply that the prolongation in 2019 was the result of a conscious business decision to preserve business continuity and did not constitute a weakness in ex-ante control and that, furthermore, an internal audit was to commence in the fourth quarter of 2020 with a view to obtaining additional assurances on the Agency’s contract management approach; calls on the Agency to improve the regularity of transactions and to strengthen accordingly contract management and ex-ante controls;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 15 #

2020/2172(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that, according to the Court’s report, for the procurement of furniture, accessories and related services, the terms used in the documents for the call for tender were not specific enough, undermining the competitive nature of the tendering procedure; notes, moreover, that the Agency did not sufficiently check the accuracy of underlying prices and the calculation of discounts applied for the non-standard items before submitting the order form to the contractor; notes that, according to the Agency’s reply, the tender documentation included the subject matter of the procurement and the applicable exclusion, selection and award criteria, thus allowing for competitiveness and, with regard to the discount given by the contractor, the fact that the contractor had offered a higher discount than the standard rate included in the contract and the Agency thus acted in compliance with the principles of sound financial management, in line with the provisions of the contract; calls on the Agency to ensure that tendering specifications are comprehensive to allow fair and effective competition;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 21 #

2020/2172(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Encourages the Agency to continue promoting their work, research and activities to increase its public visibility;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 1 #

2020/2171(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Agency to pursue the digitalisation of its services as a way to reduce bureaucracy;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 2 #

2020/2171(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls upon the Agency to focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 16 #

2020/2170(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Encourages the Agency to pursue the digitalisation of its services, as a way to reduce bureaucracy;
2021/03/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 24 #

2020/2170(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the publication of the Agency’s vacancy notices on its website, on social media and on the EU Agencies Network’s dedicated site, in order to publicise such notices more; notes the Agency’s reply that it has started to review processes to be able to post vacancy notices on the website of the European Personnel Selection Office; calls on the Agency to publish vacancy notices on the website of the European Personnel Selection Office; calls upon the Agency to aim its focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public;
2021/03/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2169(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Encourages the Agency to pursue the digitalization of its services, as a way to reduce bureaucracy;
2021/03/05
Committee: CONT
Amendment 13 #

2020/2169(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes that, following the objective of Union agencies of sharing procurement efforts, the Agency launched an inter-institutional open call for tender in 2019 and that two other agencies joined that procurement procedure; calls on the Agency to report to the discharge authority on future developments regarding its joint procurement procedures; regards this practise as an example worth following; encourages to further explore possibilities of streamlining procedures with other institutions;
2021/03/05
Committee: CONT
Amendment 2 #

2020/2166(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Reminds the Agency to regularly review and update its performance measurement system and key performance indicators to ensure the Agency’s efficient contribution and expertise at Union level; encourages the Agency to carefully analyse the outcomes and use them to improve its strategy and activity planning;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2166(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. NotesWelcomes the fact that the Agency continues to closely cooperate with the Justice and Home Affairs agencies’ network, and agencies which comprise it, including in particular the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency; notes that they share trainings and organise courses together; notes that the Agency actively cooperates with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) sharing facilities and support for recruitment and procurement procedures; acknowledges the fact that the Agency has outsourced accounting services to the Commission since 2014; encourages the Agency to actively seek further and broader cooperation with other Union bodies, offices and agencies;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 11 #

2020/2166(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls the suggestion of the European Court of Auditors in 2018 to publish vacancy notices on the website of the European Personnel Selection Office in order to increase publicity and to avoid incurring high translation costs; notes that the Agency publishes all its vacancies on its own website, social media and on the interagency job board developed by the EU Agencies Network; calls for the Agency to take appropriate measures and report an update to the discharge authority with steps taken to publish vacancy notices on the website of the European Personnel Selection Office;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 14 #

2020/2166(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls from the Court’s report 2018 that the Agency had not yet introduced all the tools launched by the Commission aiming to introduce a single solution for the electronic exchange of information with third parties participating in public procurement procedures (e- procurement); noteswelcomes the fact that the Agency introduced e-invoicing and e- tendering in 2018 and introduced e- submission in 2019, thus fully implementing e-procurement;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 29 #

2020/2166(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Encourages the Agency to continue promoting its work, research and activities to increase its public visibility;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 2 #

2020/2165(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Encourages the Agency to pursue the digitalization of its services, as a way to reduce bureaucracy;
2021/03/05
Committee: CONT
Amendment 3 #

2020/2165(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges the Agency to explore possibilities of resources sharing on overlapping tasks among other agencies with similar activities; encourages the Agency to actively seek further and broader cooperation with all of the Union agencies; encourages the Agency to explore the possibility of staff sharing in certain non-expert, technical and administrative fields;
2021/03/05
Committee: CONT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2165(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls upon the Agency to aim its focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public;
2021/03/05
Committee: CONT
Amendment 6 #

2020/2164(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls upon the Agency to focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 1 #

2020/2161(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Agency shares resources on overlapping tasks with other Agencies, including notably the European Food Safety Agency, the European Training Foundation, the European Securities Market Authority, in the areas of surveys, e-learning, cloud and LinkedIn services and environment awareness training; strongly encourages the Authority to actively seek further and broader cooperation with all Union agencies;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 2 #

2020/2161(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls upon the Agency to aim its focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2161(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Encourages the Agency to pursue the digitalization of its services, as a way to reduce bureaucracy;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 3 #

2020/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Strongly encourages the Authority to actively seek further and broader cooperation with all Union agencies;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Encourages the Agency to pursue the digitalization of its services, as a way to reduce bureaucracy;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2160(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls upon the Agency to aim its focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 12 #

2020/2156(DEC)

10. Notes with concern that, although the Centre is not fee-financed, it depends on revenue received from its clients (the Centre has stated that 99,2 % of its income comes from fees paid by its clients), who are represented on the Centre’s management board, and that there is therefore an inherent risk of conflicts of interest regarding the pricing of the Centre’s products; notes that the Centre, as a mitigating measure for the budgetary consequences of such conflicts of interest, maintains a budgetary reserve (‘reserve for the stability of prices’) in order to balance the budget in the event of unforeseen events or reduced demand; notes that this is primarily a reactive measure and encourages the Centre to also develop preventive measures, making sure fair pricing is maintained for all the Centre’s clients;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 16 #

2020/2156(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Encourages the Agency to pursue the digitalization of its services, as a way to reduce bureaucracy;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 2 #

2020/2155(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reminds the Agency to regularly review and update its performance measurement system and KPIs to ensure Agency’s efficient contribution and expertise at Union level; encourages the Agency to carefully analyse the outcomes and use them to improve their strategy and activity planning;
2021/03/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2155(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the Agency collaborates closely with other agencies on topics of common interest in the operational area and shared procurement services, and has joined inter-institutional calls for procurement tenders with other agencies; notes that in 2019, the Agency started cooperation with European Union Intellectual Property Office in order to implement a Disaster Recovery Plan; encourages the Agency to continue exploring possible synergies and effectively exchange information with other agencies in order to align activities and avoid overlaps;
2021/03/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 11 #

2020/2155(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Welcomes Agency’s communication and social media activities, which help to raise awareness about the Agency; notes that the Agency developed new data-visualisation tools and updated web publication section to make the information more appealing and accessible; encourages the Agency to continue promoting their work, research and activities to increase its public visibility;
2021/03/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 2 #

2020/2150(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the introduction of more qualitative indicators in 2018-2019, which aimed to provide a more balanced view on the Centre’s performance; reminds the Centre to regularly review and update its performance measurement system and KPIs to ensure Centre’s efficient contribution and expertise at EU level; encourages the Centre to carefully analyse the outcomes and use them to improve their strategy and activity planning;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 3 #

2020/2150(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the external evaluation, to which the Centre was subject in 2017 as required by the financial rules, has assessed the Centre’s work positively; welcomes the actions planned to address the issued recommendations and calls on the Centre to continue to pursue further cooperation with other agencies; encourages the Centre to continue to implement its performance measurement indicators and to align the performance indicator methodologies with other agencies in order to present the implemented policies in a more detailed manner; welcomes the introduction of an environmental indicator;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 14 #

2020/2150(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes with regret that, as a result of the Judgment of the General Court in case T-187/18, the Centre has an obligation to pay EUR 40000 compensation, and draws attention to the importance of complying with existing labour legislation in order to avoid such cases in the future;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 16 #

2020/2150(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with concern that, according to the Court’s report, mistakes in procurement and contract management were made, that the Centre accepted the change in the execution of a contract without properly documenting whether the alternative proposed by the contractor was at least equivalent to the solution proposed in the tender and that the Centre did not amend the framework contract concluded with that contractor in order to include such change; Notes that the Centre formalised its guidelines on contract management to complement the training given to contract managers, the workflow and the controls in place;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 20 #

2020/2150(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Welcomes the Centre’s communications campaigns, focus on social media presence, interactive online tools and visualisations; encourages the Centre to continue promoting their work, research and activities to increase its public visibility;
2021/03/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 1 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with satisfaction that, according to the observations of the Court of Auditor’s (‘the Court’s’) annual report related to Chapter 9 'Administration - MFF heading 5', no specific issues were identified in the sample of transactions concerning the EEAS for the third consecutive year and no material level of error was identified in the EEAS’s annual activity report;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the Court’s general observations on the increase in the number of contract staff and the related budget appropriations from 2012 to 2018; observes that for the EEAS, such an increase was due to new tasks reflecting the placing of new operational and political responsibilities on the EEAS, in particular in the areas of the common security and defence policy, the implementation of the action plan against disinformation as well as the urgent priority to reinforce physical and IT security in EU Delegations; observes for the EEAS an overall increase in contract staff from 322 to 444 (i.e. a growth of 38 %); supports the EEAS efforts to strengthen its administration and asks EEAS to report back to the Budgetary Control Committee on the results and the impact of the increased contract staff numbers; encourages EEAS to create and divulge guidelines of the best practices on how to conduct recruitment procedures to ensure openness, fairness and transparency;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 6 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. NotesIs concerned about the geographical imbalances in the composition of the EEAS staff; notes considerable discrepancies between the representation of countries with comparable population size and between West and East European countries (in 2018, 347posts out of 2491 were occupied by Belgian citizens, i.e. almost 14%of total EEAS jobs, whereas Belgian citizens represent only about 2,6% of all EU population); stresses that the EEAS, like all European institutions, must ensure that all Member States are proportionally represented while at the same time respecting the competences and merits of the candidates; calls onurges the EEAS to enhance the geographical balance in order to have a proper representation of nationals from all Member States, reflecting the diversity of Member States;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 10 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the EEAS to report on the distribution of nationalities in the selection committee responsible for hiring; invites the EEAS to consider developing further instruments to ensure proportion between merit-based and geographically balanced recruitment; asks the EEAS to provide statistics of the staff according to their nationality for the year 2019;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 28 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Notes the rate of anomalies detected in ex ante verifications of commitments and payments (respectively, 308 errors out of 1193 and 394 out of 2119); is concerned that in both cases errors are of an administrative nature i.e. incorrect amounts for commitments or missing supporting documents for payments presented for ex-ante financial verification; calls for the implementation of measures that would contribute to a reduction of the level of errors in general terms;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 32 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines that the spread of deliberate, large-scale systematic disinformation is an acute strategic challenge for the Union’s public diplomacy for which adequate financial, IT and human resources should be devoted in the short-to-medium term term; supports the reinforcement of the linkage between policy making, public diplomacy and strategic communication;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 36 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Notes that only two delegations provided motivated reservations, i.e. the Delegation to Syria (since 2017) and the Delegation in Djibouti in relation to the management of their administrative expenditure, in particular linked to procurement issues; calls on EEAS to undertake necessary steps to examine these issues;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 38 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the fact that the EEAS is continuously adapting its anti-fraud strategy in conjunction with all the RELEX directorates general and with a dedicated format with OLAF; believes that all necessary efforts have to be made to share and exchange information on their operational challenges to better identify risky areas in their activities and programmes; calls on the EEAS to identify any possible specific policy fields where tighter collaboration with OLAF might be needed to ensure an effective fraud prevention
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 43 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Underlines that post-public employment and ‘revolving door’ conflict of interests situations is a recurring issue in the EU institutions; calls for the EEAS for the effective and consistent application of the Staff Regulations, in particular Article 16 thereof, in order to prevent conflicts of interests, in particular – but not only – concerning senior officials and seconded national experts;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 47 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
44. Notes with appreciation that this increase in colocations has been coupled with a consolidation and standardisation of the system of recovery of costs through further centralisation of incurred colocations’ revenues and the application of administrative fees in the agreed service level agreements; observes that approximately EUR 10 million of revenues were generated in 2019; calls on the EEAS to present an overview of the allocation of this revenues to ensure transparency;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 52 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
50. Regrets the fact that there are still unpaid trainees in EU delegations; encourages the EEAS to take step to assure that trainees have means to support themselves; urges the EEAS to follow the recommendation of the European Ombudsman to pay all trainees an appropriate allowance;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 3 #

2020/2148(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges that the overall budget increase was mainly due to the impact of the new tasks resulting from the Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 (the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR), which lays down the data protection obligations for the Union institutions and bodies when they process personal data and develop new policies) and the necessary growth of the European Data Protection Board (hereafter EDPB) that was created on 25th May 2018 and for which the Supervisor was entrusted to provide an independent secretariat; recognises that 2019 was the first full year of operations of the EDPB Secretariat and of the implementation of the GDPR which justifies the increase; the related allocated budget increase amounted to 51% (from 3 594 746 EUR in 2018 to 5 413 838 EUR in 2019);
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2148(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that at the end of 2014, the Supervisor counted 55 members of staff compared to 96 at the end of 2019, which signifies almost a doubling in the number of staff; is aware that the Supervisor's budget is mostly administrative, with a large amount being used for expenditure relating to persons, buildings, furniture, equipment and miscellaneous running costs; acknowledges that a substantial part of the staff are contract staff which are employed for a temporary period, such as replacement of staff on maternity leaves or implementation of specific actions;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 10 #

2020/2148(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the EDPS' initiatives aimed at using office space more sustainably and optimising it as well as reducing the energy level in the building, such as the promotion of structural and occasional teleworking, reimbursement of 50% of the cost of public transport tickets to staff who cease to use office parking spaces and return their parking vignette;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 11 #

2020/2148(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Notes that the EDPS is a smaller organisation with a need for highly specialised staff, however, there is a slight geographical imbalance in staff, where only 19 Union nationalities are represented in the EDPS from which Belgian citizens occupy 28 % of the positions; invites the Supervisor to consider further steps to provide a more balanced representation of all Member States;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 16 #

2020/2148(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Notes that the new telework decision allows staff to work at home, this step allows the EDPS to make more use of shared offices and make savings on the related expenditure;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 17 #

2020/2148(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that due to the very small size of the office of Supervisor, the concluding of service level agreements (SLA) such as with the Commission for trainings, medical service, use of Sysper, appraisal system, for the payment of salaries, the staff insurances and the organisation of missions, for accounting services and transportation services is important for efficiency gains; notes that the Supervisor has SLAs with the Parliament for IT and building-related expenditure and that in addition the Supervisor also participates in many inter-institutional calls for tenders, resulting in a current participation of 60 framework contractsencourages the inter-institutional activities of the EDPS, including 60 framework contracts initiated by different Union institutions; notes that the Supervisor has SLAs with the Parliament for IT and building-related expenditure;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 23 #

2020/2148(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Welcomes the activities aimed at verification for compliance with data protection rules and its assessment of Union bodies in this regard; notes that the supervisory activities of EDPS are guided by the accountability principle and follow a risk-based approach;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 35 #

2020/2148(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Is however of the opinion that the implementation of GDPR, despite harmonised rules, may be particularly challenging for small and medium sized companies (SMEs); asks the Supervisor to further alleviate the administrative burden for SMEs; is interested incalls on the EDPS to consider the possibility of conducting a cost evaluation of the implementation of GDPR in the near future;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 11 #

2020/2147(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the Ombudsman to maintain and expand contacts with bodies at Union and national level, which serve the purpose of exchanging information and best practices and adopting common approaches (such as the guidelines developed via the Inter-institutional Online Communication Committee), where possible, on general administrative, financial, personnel and IT matters as well as on ethics, transparency and public integrity;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 21 #

2020/2147(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that the internal auditor's annual report for 2018 concluded that, subject to closure of the remaining action on business continuity management, the Ombudsman's risk management, control and governance systems are effective and efficient and provide the reasonable assurance thjat it will attain its control objectives on a consistent basis; notes that the Ombudsman developed synergies with the Commission, to use corporate tools and/or services for staff management, financial management and accounting, public procurement, management of missions and recruitment; asks the Ombudsman to inform it on any follow-up in relation to the actions carried over in respect of business continuity management;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 25 #

2020/2147(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the opportunity to congratulate the Ombudsman on the opening of an investigation (OI/2/2017) on the transparency of the Council’s legislative work in 2017 in order to allow citizens to more easily follow the legislative process of the Union; welcomes the recent positive echoing by the Ombudsman of the new transparency steps taken by the Council, for example by proactively publishing progress reports on negotiations on draft laws, a development which is in line with proposals made by the Ombudsman as a result of her inquiries; appreciates Ombudsman´s proposals to ensure a more systematic and effective approach to dealing with former staff members moving to the private sector or people moving from the private sector to the Commission;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 29 #

2020/2147(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes that the Ombudsman supports the importance of data protection, and commits to enhance further the awareness of users of the importance of online data protection; appreciates he creation of the Register of records of processing operations of the European Ombudsman and the cooperation with the European Parliament;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 32 #

2020/2147(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. WNotes that the Ombudsman spent 102 050 EUR on communication activities, more than half of this amount (64 505 EUR) was spent for outreach conferences and events; welcomes the fact that the Ombudsman exceeded the targets set for social media in 2019; notes that the Ombudsman reached 36.717 mentions on Twitter (target 20 000) and that the number of Twitter followers went from 22.600 at the end of 2018 to 26.300 in December 2019, which represents a 16 % increase; notes that the fastest-growing channel was Instagram, where the audience grew by 47 % during the year and on LinkedIn, the number of followers increased by 21 %;
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 38 #

2020/2147(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Welcomes the initiatives by the Ombudsman´s office to encourage the use of public transportation by providing financial support for yearly subscriptions and by limiting available car parking spaces.
2021/02/08
Committee: CONT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the total number of staff in 2019 was 576 (compared to 538 in 2018 and 533 in 2017); notes that the number of posts in the establishment plan amounts to 491 which is considered by the Committee as insufficient; recognises the results of a workload assessment finalised in 2019 for a potential reorganisation with the objective to make further efficiency gains and create synergies; is informed that the Committee wants the Union budgetary authorities to address the issue and balance the current staff situation progressively; encourages the Committee to deepen its administrative cooperation with the EESC via JointServices to pool staff in order to develop more synergies.
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 6 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges the Committee’s continued efforts to reinforce its political role and to face the increased need for permanent expertise in political and administrative domains; notes the talent pool created to motivate and retain experienced staff in the Committee; notes that the first general internal competition in the history of the Committee was finalised in the first half of 2019 with a total of 40 laureates out of 113 candidate staff members;deleted
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 8 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes that the transfer of 24 translation posts from the Committee to the Parliament was estimated to result in the yearly savings amounting to approximately EUR 2.9 million, invites the Committee to present a report on the impact of this transfer;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 10 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges that the situation in terms of gender balance in middle and senior management positions has remained relatively stable since 2018 with 35 % of these positions being filled by women; acknowledges that a new equal opportunity strategy containing concrete objectives to be reached by 2025 is being adopted and should enter in force in 2020; calls upon the Committee to present an outline of its adoption and its planned impact;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 20 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the Committee uses contract staff mainly to provide appropriate support in the form of replacements for mid to long term absences and for specific projects in different directorates with the objective of providing additional support to members of the Committee; notes that in 2019, as the consequence of the cooperation between the Committee and Parliament, the number of long-term contract staff decreased in the Directorate for Translation compared to the years 2013-2017;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 21 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the Committee needs to upgrade its security control systems and ensure a safe work place for its members and staff, which require additional specialised resources and that the ratio of resources dedicated to both physical security and IT support per member of staff is very low in comparison to other European institutions.; encourages the Committee to continue preparing new project to boost cybersecurity;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 23 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that an external evaluation of the communication strategy of the Committee was carried out in accordance with the standards applied by all other Union institutions using a shared framework contract; notes that the overall quality of the Committee’s communication mostly meets audience needs and is effective as key stakeholders have a positive perception of the Committee; invites the Committee to improve digital communication with the public and to enhance the visibility of its studies for stakeholders and for Union citizens;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 28 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Is aware that the bureau of the Committee adopted a digital strategy at the beginning of 2019 and that the implementation started following the adoption; notes that the main deliverables of the strategy are member-centric information systems to support the political work of the Committee, information systems to support paperless administrative processes and a digital workplace programme; invites the Committee to enhance digitalisation also through interinstitutional cooperation;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 31 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the fact that a series of measures has been implemented to ensure adequate building security standards, such as the installation of new equipment for access control and the installation of new closed-circuit television (CCTV) system; notes that the related security standards have reached the same level as the standards of Parliament and the Commission and that, moreover, first steps have been taken to buy a new visitor's management system that will be implemented in 2020;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 37 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that a compliance and effectiveness exercise was launched in 2019 to assess to what extent the Committee complies with the 16 internal control standards; notes that the 2019 compliance exercise has shown that the overall state of implementation and effectiveness of the requirements remained satisfactory and stable as compared to 2018; notes, however, that areas for further improvement have been identified including the alignment of the Committee’s mission and organisational structure with new priorities, administrative cooperation between the Parliament and the Committee, further digitalisation of data storage and simplification of administrative processes as well as an in-depth revamp of the existing business continuity plan arising from the experiences acquired during the current COVID-19 situation;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 43 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Welcomes the existing cooperation agreements between Parliament, the Committee and the European Economic and Social Committee, with a view to identifying other areas in which back- office functions could be shared; invites the Committee to identify further potential synergies and savings;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 45 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Supports the Committee and the EESC in the view that in the event of an extension of the current agreement or of a new agreement with Parliament all outstanding issues such as the unbalanced situation for the Committee and the EESC, which transferred a total of 60 translators to Parliament (24 from the Committee) and in exchange obtained only the use of the services of the European Parliamentary Research Service must be settled; notes with concerna guarantee for a sustainable working relationship with the Parliament, intensified cooperation with the parliamentary committees, involvement in the European Semester work, a reserved seat during parliamentary committee meetings, the use of the services of the European Parliamentary Research Service, joint projects and synergies on translation, opening of pathways between Parliament and the buildings of the Committees, a service level agreement including provisions of interpretation services and technical support by Parliament, regular use of Parliament buildings in Brussels as well as Parliament’s Liaison Offices in the Member States for events and activities, intensified cooperation in the area of informatics, mutual access to canteens, several cooperation mechanisms to ensure a coherent approach and create synergies in the field of information and communication and if required legal advice in technical and/or administrative matters of the Parliament’s Legal Service should be reviewed; notes that as a consequence the Committee and the EESC had to hire contract staff and outsourced their translation services which resulted in an effective budget reduction;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 48 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Underlines the Committee's acknowledgement in its written answers to Parliament that the cooperation with Parliament in 2019 continued to build on the achievements of the previous years and revealed satisfactory progress on several levels such as the relations between the commissions of the Committee and the committees of Parliament, new ways of cooperation including contributions to implementation reports and fact-finding missions and a successful and impactful cooperation through Parliament's Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development; stresses that the Committee has requested that the political cooperation continue to be further developed while respecting the autonomy and the specific approaches of each parliamentary committee and each commission of the Committee;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 53 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. CongratulaNotes the Committee on the ongoing´s efforts in the framework of the environmental management system as regards the lowering of the carbon footprint and plastic, food and paper waste; agrees that the reduction of the carbon footprint is among the most important objectives for the coming years; encourages the Committee to participate in related projects with the other Union bodies and to elaborate a comprehensive plan for the Committee to implement the principles and recommendations presented in the European Green Deal, with the general objective of becoming climate neutral by 2030;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 56 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Underlines that on 5 December 2019 the Committee adopted a code of conduct for its members laying down a detailed procedure in the event of alleged harassment of a member of staff by a Committee member, which is largely based on Parliament's Bureau’s Decision of 2 July 2018 on harassment complaints; notes that the code of conduct includes a number of sanctions in order to ensure its observance and that the Committee has set up an advisory board on harassment; asks the Committee to present a report on the implementation of the code of conduct;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 60 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
44. Recalls that the invalidity committee confirmed that the invalidity of the former internal auditor,Appreciates the progress on the case concerning the former internal auditor, Mr McCoy, in response to the 2018 discharge, notes the work done by the rapporteur for the other institutions who opened the long-stalled dialogue; recalls that the invalidity committee confirmed that the invalidity of Mr McCoy, arose from an occupational disease, and that, consequently, on 26 June 2019 the Committee formally endorsed this conclusion; notes that pursuant to article 78(5) of the staff regulations Mr McCoy was reimbursed in July 2019 in respect of all his contributions to the pension scheme between the date he started receiving the invalidity allowance (1 July 2007) and the day before he started receiving retirement pension (31 July 2010);
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 63 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. aAppreciates the exchange held in the context of the 2019 discharge procedure on 10 November 2020 with the mediator, the former internal auditor and a representative of the Committee; recalls that Mr. McCoy and the Committee were invited to a meeting of Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control based on a suggestion by the EPP coordinator; underlines the importance of deescalating the situation and bringing the positions of the former internal auditor and of the Committee together; welcomes the mediator’s suggestion of a meeting between the President of the Committee and Mr McCoy as a starting point for reconciliation before any negotiations will take place;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 71 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47 a. Notes that the Committee was originally established to address important issues, as about three quarters of Union legislation is implemented at local or regional level for which reason local and regional representatives needed to have a say in the development of new Union laws; further notes that its original mission was to close the widening gap between the public and the process of European integration by involving regional representation;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 72 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)
47 b. Notes that the budget of the Committee has been growing over the past years (EUR 96 100 540 in 2018, EUR 98 751 065 in 2019 and projected EUR 101 508 480 for 2020); notes the concern that these resources are not used efficiently and that the original purpose is no longer being fulfilled; underlines that unlike the budget, the number of opinions issued by the Committee has gone down (71 in 2017, 78 in 2018 and only 49 opinions in 2019), which is alarming;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 73 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 c (new)
47 c. Encourages the Committee to consider preparing a plan for reorganisation and streamlining as such processes could lead to closer cooperation with Parliament and that, by reforming the institution, its know-how could be applied in a more effective way;
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 74 #

2020/2146(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 d (new)
47 d. Invites the Committee to present impact assessments of its opinions; invites the Committee to also set clear and measurable key performance indicators for the following years in order to optimalise its functioning.
2021/02/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 7 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that in 2020 the bureau of the Committee in 2020 adopted a decision allowing for the reimbursement of expenses for remote participation in cases where a member was prevented from travelling to Brussels as a result of COVID-19 related issues.; asks the Committee to present a report on the financial impact of this decision including the reasons for the reimbursement;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 12 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the fact that during 2019, the IT security officer remained active in raising user cybersecurity awareness for staff, including a briefing for the IT steering committee and sectoral briefings at the level of individual departments; notes that the Committee together with the Committee of Regions (‘CoR’) actively contributed to the ‘2019 European cybersecurity month’ campaignin 2019, two additional projects were launched concerning cybersecurity; encourages the Committee to continue its close cooperation with other committees, especially the Committee of Regions, to further develop synergies;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 17 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Is aware of the new service level agreement launched in 2019 between Parliament and the Committee which allows the Committee to benefit from the services of Parliament’s interpreters (for which payment will be made) every time the Committee uses Parliament’s premises for its meetings and occasionally also in the Committee’s premises; acknowledges that the agreement contributes to the optimisation of the use of the interpreters of Parliament; welcomes the existing cooperation agreements between Parliament, the Committee and the Committee of the Regions with a view to identifying other areas in which back- office functions could be shared; invites the Committee to identify further potential synergies and savings;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 19 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Acknowledges that the agreement´s purpose is to allow for more flexibility to the advantage of all three involved parties, being the Committee, CoR and Parliament; notes that reallocation of unspent funds to other policy areas is part of this flexibility;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 24 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. States with concern that the Committee’s total annual budget increased from EUR 108 000 000 in 2006 to more than EUR 138 000 000 in 2019 while the overall number of opinions and reports produced by the Committee decreased significantly (from 193 in 2006 to 127 in 2019), implying that each opinion in 2019 comes at a significantly higher cost for taxpayer’s money which is alarming; notes with concern that out of the 127 opinions and reports, only 55 were own-initiative opinions;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 26 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30 b. Notes that the annual activity report for 2019 only gives a very general overview of the Committee’s activities without deeper qualitative and quantitative evaluation of its work; calls on the Committee to introduce other key performance indicators in its annual activity report, such as the rate of implementation in Union legislation of the recommendations in its opinions, to enable an impact assessment of the Committee’s work;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 27 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30 c. Regrets that for 2019, the Committee’s most consulted opinion (on Blockchain and distributed ledger technology) did not reach more than 2 500 page views, while the other top five opinions reached just between 1 000 and 2 000 views; encourages the Committee to increase its efforts to achieve a higher attention of its opinions;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 28 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)
30 d. Asks the Committee to rationalise its internal bodies and refocus the remits of its structures, as stated in the follow-up to the 2018 discharge, including providing clarifications of savings in connection with this process; notes the efforts of the bureau to set up a six-member ad hoc group to provide a comprehensive review on how to streamline the Committee's working structures and bodies, including the question of the remits of the sections and the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI); asks the bureau to extend the streamlining to all other existing bodies and to report back to Parliament on the findings;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 29 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 e (new)
30 e. Acknowledges the existing cooperation agreements between Parliament, the Committee and the Committee of the Regions with a view to identifying areas in which back office functions could be shared; calls, in addition, on the Committee to identify possible synergies related to such back office functions and services;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 38 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Is aware that the Committee continues to implement its action plan 2017-2020 for equal opportunities and diversity; notes that gender balance among the Committee's managerial staff already reached parity in 2018 and remains relatively stable; welcomes the ‘united in diversity’ conference on communication in a multicultural environment with the aim of fostering respectful relations at work while taking diversity into account; observes the slight improvement in the geographical balance compared to 2018 with 19 % of the Committee’s managers currently being from Member States who joined the Union after 2004 (compared to 16 % in 2017 and 18,5 % in 2018); notes with concern the overrepresentation of certain nationalities in the Committee’s staff; urges the Committee to develop specific measures to address this imbalance; asks the Committee to ensure geographical balance as addressed in Rule 4 of the rules of procedure for members of the bureau;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 42 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41 a. Welcomes that long-term trainees receive a monthly maintenance grant, mobility and travel allowance; recommends the Committee to pay an adequate reimbursement to short-term trainees as well;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 51 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. AskUrges the Committee to inform the discharge authority on the procedures and processes the Committee has rolled out or intends to roll out as to how cases of harassment or similar issues concerning staff will be avoided in the future in order to ensure that comparable regrettable developments which have caused negative publicity and damaged the reputation of the Committee will not be repeated;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 58 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. Acknowledges that the Committee is well aware of the political impact of the refusal of the 2018 discharge and is striving to further strengthen its capacityefforts to tackle harassment situations; notes that a detailed action plan will be endorsed at the latest by the end of 2020the directorate of human resources and finances and the internal auditor prepared a revision of the ethics and integrity framework; agrees that the Committee continues to raise staff and management awareness through better targeted internal communication; asks the Committee to provide the Parliament with a complete overview of all actions undertaken;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 65 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
50. Underlines that on the basis of the observations made by Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control, the report by OLAF and the reflections of the Committee’s advisory committee on the conduct of members, the Committee set up a joint internal working group on the ethical framework with a mandate to review all potential gaps in the current framework with a view to recommending improvements; notes that the advisory committee also has the opportunity to liaise with the joint internal working group in order to ensure coherence of the overall ethical framework within the Committee and to explore possible synergies; notes that the advisory committee on the conduct of members became the ethical committee and that a provision on the appointment of reserve members has been added, as well as the possibility for one of its member to recuse himself or herself, or to be removed if found guilty of breaching the code of conduct; welcomes the fact that the Committee has now explicit investigative powers in order to carry out its mission, and may also seek advice from external experts;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 67 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
51. Calls on the Committee to report on the implementation ofWelcomes the fact that the Committee’s revised code of conduct and rules of procedure following the 2018 OLAF investigation was approved in the Committee plenary by a vast majority in January 2021; notes that the bureau has decided on a partial and light revision of the rules of procedure and a more comprehensive revision of the code of conduct, with a particular view to strengthening sanctions; notes that the revision of the code of conduct should be ready by DecemberCommittee has also updated its ethics and integrity framework through the adoption of an action plan for a stronger ethical framework, which entered into force on 7 January 20201;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 73 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
52. notWelcomes that the proposal for rerevised code of conduct includes elements such as prevention and prohibition of harassment practices and improved provisions ofn the codeclaration of financial interests and ofn conduct should include flict of interest; encourages the Committee to consider including other elements such as stronger sanctions, support mechanisms for victims, automatically informing the Council and the Commission of the names of Committee members who have been found to be responsible for breaching the code of conduct and an annual review of the functioning of the code of conduct; notes that the decision on harassment and the decision on administrative investigations are currently being revised in order to further improve the mechanisms allowing staff to make formal harassment complaints; notes in relation to the informal procedure and the possibility for staff members to share their concerns on any perceived situation of harassment that the number of confidential counsellors has been increased and that the entire network of confidential counsellors receives continuous support through regular supervision and training; notes that the confidential counsellors are part of an inter-institutional network, which allows for the exchange of best practices;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 78 #

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
53. Values the Committee’s commitment to tacklinge harassment in the working environment and to fostering a culture of zero tolerance with regard to harassment by working on the revision of thethe revised ethics and integrity framework and the revision of the Committee’s decisions on harassment, whistleblowing and administrative enquiries; welcomes that a related, detailed action plan is supposed to be endorsed by the end of 2020 and covers a number of measures such as the revision of the code of conduct for members, the possible creation of an independent internal ombudsman function, a brochure focusing on respect and dignity at work, the establishment of a dedicated compulsory learning path before entrusting staff management responsibilities, whether on Committee’s managers or on members, and regular awareness-raising activities,; appreciates that an internal audit on ethics and integrity will take the form of a mapping exercise followed by an analysis aimed at establishing a comprehensive overview of rules, standards and measures in relation to ethics and integrity; notes that the audit will also tackle issues such as gifts and entertainment, outside activities and assignments, conflicts of interest and post-Union employment;
2021/02/15
Committee: CONT
Amendment 14 #

2020/2144(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. States that the geographical proximity of France, Belgium and Germany to Luxembourg may be a reason why these three nationalities are generally overrepresented among the staff at the Court; notes, however, the Court’s firm position that wUrges the Court to strive for further improvements in the context of geographical balance of staff (specifically for AST functions groups 1-4 and 5-9 there is a significant overrepresentation of certain nationalities); calls on the Court to prepare an action plan for then recruitingment of new staff members the Court acts solely in the interest of the service and without regard to nationality, as stipulated in Article 7 of the Staff Regulations;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 24 #

2020/2144(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the administrative arrangement signed in 2019 providing a structured framework between the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Court in order to provide a structured framework for co-operation between OLAF and the Court, and toand facilitate theiring a timely exchange of information under Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/20136 and the Court’s decisions related to internal investigations; notes that this arrangement also contains provisions on non-operational issues such as the organisation of training sessions, workshops and exchange of staff; notes that in 2019, the Court reported ten cases of suspected fraud compared to nine cases in 2018 (eight identified in the course of audit work and two denunciations made by third parties); _________________ 6 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (EUT L 248 af 18.9.2013, s. 1).
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 29 #

2020/2144(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Recognises that the Court applies a set of key performance indicators to monitor progress made, such as for example measuring the implementation rate of the Court’s recommendations; notes; notes with appreciation that the Court’s analysis showed that 96 % of the recommendations made in the 2015 annual report and 94 % of the recommendations made in the 2015 special reports have been implemented in full, mostly or in some respects; notes that the Court issued six annual reports, three opinions, 18 audit previews and four other publications, being part of the altogether 67 publications it issued in 2019;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 36 #

2020/2144(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Notes that the audit showed that the case of a former member investigated by OLAF was an isolated case; stressnotes that the report concluded that the Court’s management and control systems were affected by certain shortcomings which have, however, been effectively remedied since then and that, overall, the management and control procedures currently in place are reliable; takes into account that the IAS made recommendations aimed at improving further the management and control system, that the audit report was strictly confidential and that all members and the secretary-general of the Court received the report;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 38 #

2020/2144(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Welcomes that the IAS considers that overall, reliable ex-post controls have been conducted for most of the high risk areas of the work of the directorates of the secretariat-general, based on the risk register and the operational objectives; appreciates being kept informed (in particular in the context of the past problems identified by an OLAF investigation on a former member of the Court)that the IAS has not observed any shortcomings that are of such importance as to seriously call into question the overall reliability of the internal control systems put in place by the authorising officer by delegation with regard to the legality and regularity of financial operations in 2019 and would appreciate such updates also in the future;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 41 #

2020/2144(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Notes that members are authorised to use official vehicles in the performance of official duties; notes that the use of official cars for other journeys is additional to the performance of such duties and that since 1 January 2017, the costs and kilometres related to the use of official cars have decreased significantly; emphasises the new rules on increased transparency with regards to the use of official cars and drivers to ensure that members’ journeys are related to the execution of their duties; notes that new rules entered into force on 1 January 2020 and introduced a monthly EUR 100 contribution for the non- official use of the vehicles as well as a liability on the part of the members and the secretary-general for certain costs and charges;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 47 #

2020/2144(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Asks the Court to provide information on the results of three harassment complaints, which were reported and investigated in 2019; notes that they were handled in accordance with the procedures laid down in the policy for maintaining a satisfactory working environment and combating psychological and sexual harassment; notacknowledges that in terms of expenditure, the investigations of each case were carried out internally and thus did not entail any additional costs; notes that it is foreseen thwelcomes the intention to evaluate the Court's policy on protecting staff against harassment shall be evaluated every three years and that this exercise is due to be carried out in 2020;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 49 #

2020/2144(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Calls onUrges the Court to provide information on any decisions taken related to the process of reviewing and amending the code of conduct for its members; supports the conclusions of the peer review with respect to the need to introduce regular updates of declarations, which would increase their reliability; is in agreement that the ethics committee plays a crucial role to the extent that the president and the members may seek its advice on any question pertaining to ethics and on the interpretation of the code of conduct; notes, moreover, that the committee is entrusted with approving any external activity undertaken by the members, including former members who intend to carry out an activity in the year after they leave the Court, which is an efficient tool in ensuring the absence of conflicts of interest.
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 3 #

2020/2143(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. UnderlinesNotes with concern that the CJEU still overestimates some commitments as stated in the discharge resolution of 2017: for budget lines such as ‘missions for members’, budget line 104: EUR 299.750 committed versus EUR 34 340 paid; ‘missions persons working with institution’, budget line 162: EUR 498 500 committed versus EUR 272 898 paid; ‘training for members’, budget line 106: EUR 270 065 committed versus EUR 164 263 paid; and ‘training persons working with institution’, budget line 1612: EUR 1.528.061 committed versus EUR 706.717 paid; calls on the CJEU to pursue its efforts to ensure sound financial management for all budget lines in order to avoid significant discrepancies between commitments and payments;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2143(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of addressing the lack of gender balance within the college of judges; welcomes, however, the factAcknowledges that efforts in the field of equal opportunities are becoming increasingly visible at the administrative level with a share of women in middle management amounting to 41 % and in senior management amounting to 40 %; notes that the staff in general has a distribution of 39 % men and 61 % women and for AD staff a distribution of46 % men and 54 % women;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 8 #

2020/2143(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. CallsUnderlines the need for improvements in the context of geographical balance of staff, in particular for management positions, as at present 15 out of 58 heads of unit (25,8 %) and only 2 out of 15 directors (13,3 %) come from Member States that have joined the Union since May 2004 (compared to 15 out of 57 heads of unit and 2 out of 13 directors in 2018); acknowledges that these figures have to be seen in the context of the percentage of CJEU staff coming from those member states (29 %); calls on the CJEU to strengthen its efforturges the CJEU to strengthen its efforts in this regard by encouraging applications from candidates whose nationality is underrepresented and by making use of inter-institutional exchanges in thisat regardspect;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 13 #

2020/2143(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the steps taken by the CJEU to assess whether the workload is distributed proportionally across the different teams and members of staff to reduce cases of burnout and increase efficiency; notes that the presidents of the Court of Justice and the General Court, respectively, have responsibility for allocating cases by taking into account the current and anticipated workload; highlights the fact that tools have been made available to assess accurately the situation including workload analysis every six weeks; notes that for the administrative services, by taking into account the continuous increase in the workload and the limited resources available, the managers monitor the workload and its distribution between the different members of staff on an ongoing basis in order to be able to make the necessary adjustments;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 16 #

2020/2143(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Is satisfied with the significant changes to the rules govWelcomes the changes to the internal legal framework concerning mMembers’ travel arrangements, especially in relation withjourneys, in particular with regard to the use of official cars and drivers; notes that the use of a driver is now only possible in two specific cases: prior authorised business trips carried out by members for the purpose of external activities (the rules governing such business trips do not provide for any situation, unless there are exceptional circumstances, in which a driver could be asked to travel to the member’s country of origin or to any other country without transporting the member in the vehicle), and trips dictated by special circumstances (health or medical reasons, safety or security grounds and cases of force majeure);
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 18 #

2020/2143(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the training entitled ‘Rules of good conduct’ conducted in 2019 with the participation of 63 staff members; notes that such training have been set up in order to inform newcomers and other staff members on their obligations under the staff regulations and on the conditions of employment of other servants; notes with satisfaction that the courses cover topics such as harassment, whistleblowing, prevention of conflicts of interest and other ethical issues; welcomes that whistleblowing and conflicts of interest have also been included in the content of financial training; encourages such activities and invites the CJEU to promote trainings of similar nature;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 25 #

2020/2143(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. EncouragWelcomes the CJEU’s willingness to ensure greater transparency; encourages to publish on its website the members’ CVs and calls on the CJEU to take into consideration the approaches followed by the other institutions and the Member States in this area; welcomes the CJEU’s willingness to examine how a greater transparency can best be achieved;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 31 #

2020/2143(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Encourages the CJEU to enhance transparency and welcomes the CJEU’s decision to livestream the delivery of the judgments of its grand chamber; takes note that the livestreaming of hearings themselves would be an extremely complex and costly matter since it operates in 24 languages and without access to simultaneous interpretation it would be meaninglessextremely difficult for the vast majority of Union citizens to follow; welcomes also the fact that as of November 2019 the CJEU publishes requests for preliminary ruling from national courts, internal research notes and national judicial decisions on the website of the Judicial Network of the European Union;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 7 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Observes that the Council’s budget is mostly administrative with a large amount being used for expenditure concerning persons, buildings, furniture, equipment and miscellaneous running costs; calls onregrets that the request to separate the budget of the European Council and the Council into one budget for each institution that has been made by Parliament in previous discharge resolutions has not been considered and urges the Council, as it has done in previous discharge resolutions, to separate the budget of the European Council and the Council into one budget for each institution for reasons of transparency and to improve accountability and expenditure efficiency for both institutions;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 9 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises a slight reduction in the carry-over rate, amounting to 9,8 %, from 2019 to 2020 (as compared to a carry-over of 10,7 % from 2018 to 2019 and 11,5 % from 2017 to 2018); reminds the Council of the need, however, that carry-overs are exceptions to the principle of annuality and calls on the Council to strengthen its efforts to avoid budget over-estimates;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 14 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes, in the context of modernisation, the creation of a flatter management structure, by removing layers of hierarchy, with the aim of improving communication, making decision-making easier and empowering staff by allowing greater ownership of files; notes the introduction of a well-tested HR IT tool (SYSPER) and other IT tools used for managing the mission lifecycle; appreciates these steps and invites the Council to continue such efforts;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 18 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Council to report on its gender action plan, the related procedures put in place and the actions taken to achieve a balance between women and men on all hierarchical levels; calls further on the Council to be provided with information on the geographical balance among its staff and the measures taken in order to ensure such balance;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 23 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Is concerned not to find any chapter on an ethical framework on the official website of the Council consisting of rules to prevent, identify and avoid potential conflict of interests; calls on the Council to align with other Union institutions in this respect such as with the European Court of Justice’s website which has a dedicated section on transparency; calls on the Council to present a plan to introduce such measures with clearly set deadlines;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 35 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Recalls that Parliament in its resolution of 17 January 2019 on the Ombudsman’s strategic inquiry OI/2/2017 on the transparency of legislative discussions in the preparatory bodies of the Council of the EU overwhelmingly supported the Ombudsman’s proposals on legislative transparency and encourages the Council to continue its efforts to improve legislative transparency, particularly by recording and publishing member state positions and making available more trilogue documents; invites the Council to report on other measures taken in order to improve legislative transparency;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 37 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Draws attention to a complaint- based inquiry in which the Ombudsman asked the General Secretariat of the Council to keep a full record of any meetings held between lobbyists and the President of the European Council or members of his cabinet; echoes the Ombudsman’s statement that members of the President’s cabinet should only meet with, or attend events organised by, interest representatives that are registered in the transparency register; is concerned that this statement goes unnoticed and calls for a reply to the Ombudsman;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 42 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Council’s role in appointing the European prosecutors to the EPPO
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 43 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Recalls that in 2019 and 2020 national pre-selection committees nominated candidates for evaluation and the European selection panel deliberated about the qualifications of the 22 European prosecutors to be appointed to the EPPO in 2020; recalls that according to Council implementing decision 2018/1696, the European selection panel evaluates the candidates and provides Council with a ranking which Council shall take into consideration;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 44 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 b (new)
Recalls that Council implementing decision 14830/19 of 22 July 2020 on appointing the European prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor's Office states that regarding the 'candidates nominated by Belgium, Bulgaria and Portugal, the Council did not follow the non-binding order of preference of the selection panel, on the basis of a different assessment of the merits of those candidates which was carried out in the relevant preparatory bodies of the Council';
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 45 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34 b. Recalls that on 27 July 2020, Austria, Estonia, Luxembourg and the Netherlands published a statement that 'a competition between rankings of national selection panels and the ranking of the European selection panel must be avoided, at the risk of eroding the European component of the appointment procedure';
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 46 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)
34 c. Regrets that Council did not properly reply to several parliamentary written questions between July and September 2020 asking Council to explain why it decided not to follow there commendations by the European selection panel and asking for elaborations on the assessment for arriving at the decision not to follow the recommendations of the European selection panel;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 47 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 d (new)
34 d. Is very concerned about media revelations that the Portuguese government provided Council with wrongful information about the title and experience of the candidate ranked second by the European selection panel leading to his appointment as Portuguese European prosecutor;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 48 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 e (new)
34 e. Recalls that the European prosecutors must be independent and any suspicion of an intervention by a national government in favour of a candidate against the recommendation of the European selection panel would have a severe negative impact on the reputation, integrity and independence of the EPPO as an institution;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 55 #

2020/2142(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Advises that the positive trend of this process has been interrupted by the COVID-19-epidemic; recallsnotes with concern, however, that in autumn 2020 all attempts from Parliament’s side to meet for a first preliminary exchange with the Council failed;
2021/02/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 190 #

2020/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its request that Turkey respect the principle of non-refoulement, in particular on the Syrian border, and that it not use the flows of refugees against the EU; expects Turkey to implement in full and in a non-discriminatory manner the EU-Turkey Statement of March 2016 and the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 74 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the removal of barriers, including the simplification of legislation , to diversify funding sources for SMEs, in order to promote SMEs’ ability toEuropean companies, with a particular focus on SMEs, in order to ensure access to equity markets, and to reduce the existing debt bias; points out that the current situation makes European companies and especially SMEs more fragile and vulnerable;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 97 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the efficiency of financial markets should be improved and that the listing of companies should be facilitated; encourages the creation and prioritisation of a large private pan- European fund, an Initial Public Offering (IPO) Fund, to support SME fundings;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 121 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Requests the strengthening of securitisation as a tool and a market through a series of measures to avoid a reduction of European bank lending in the fact of prudential regulation and the successful development of the CMU. These measures should include the realignment of the treatment of cash and synthetic securitisations, of the treatment of regulatory capital and liquidity with that of covered bonds and loans, as well as with the disclosure and due diligence requirements for covered bonds and simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitisation, along with calibration of the Capital Requirements Regulation for the risk-weight floor calibration and a review of the eligibility criteria for securitisations in terms of the Liquidity Coverage Ration;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 130 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for targeted measures in terms of alignment and simplification within securities market legislation to expedite the recovery after the COVID-19 crisis; supports changes in the Prospectus Regulation, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID), the Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance Products Regulation (PRIIPS), the Securitisation Regulation and the Market Abuse Regulation to facilitate investments in the real economy, in particular in SMEs, and to allow newcomers and new products to enter the markets, preserving consumer protection and market integrity;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 182 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Takes note of the limited use of the ELTIF vehicle throughout the European Union. Encourages the Commission to review the ELTIF regulation in light of the experience since its entry into force in order to make use of its full potential.
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 183 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Encourages the Commission to consider the introduction of an EU “de minimis” or exemption regime for distribution to professionals and/or semi- professional investors in the UCITS framework.
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 198 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need for European and national supervisory authorities to overcome their differences; calls for enhanced supervisory convergence to promote a common European model, guided by the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA), to reduce the existing obstacles to cross- border financial operations;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 240 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls the existence of different shortcomings in the legislation on packaged retail investment and insurance products (PRIIPs) that should be addressed in the next review; expects that Level 2 PRIIPs legislation on the Key Investor Document to respect level 1, in particular in relation to the performance scenarios; regrets the delays in the adoption of Level 2 PRIIPs legislation that will overlap with the first review of PRIIPs, and which increases legal uncertainty and costs for stakeholders;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 252 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission to make clear the differentiation between professional and retail investors on all levels of MIFID, making it possible to tailor the treatment of clients according to their knowledge and experience on the markets; requests that the Commission to consider the introduction of a category of semi-professional investors to better respond to the reality of participation on the financial marketsreality of participation on the financial markets by allowing more flexibility in the client categorisation, namely through opt-out options for certain obligations and opt-in options for certain clients or to lower the existing criteria for professional investors ;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 269 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. 1. Calls for amendments to legislation to ensure access to independent advice by financial intermediaries while avoidingithout undue promotion of the institution’s own financial products and while ensuring a fair marketing ofn appropriate marketing of all relevant financial products;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 326 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. 1. Reiterates that EU legislation provides for the possibility of considering third-country rules as equivalent based on a proportional and risk and fact-based analysis, and that such decisions should be taken through a delegated act on a rational basis; recalls that the EU can unilaterally withdraw any equivalence decision;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 8 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, which opened for signature in Istanbul on 11 May2011 (hereinafter the ‘IstanbulConvention’),
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 11 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention of 23 November 2001 on Cybercrime,
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 12 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission Code of Conduct on countering illegal speech online of May 2016 and its fifth monitoring (June 2020),
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 13 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
— having regard to the Commission Communication of 28 September 2017 on tackling illegal content online,
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 14 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 d (new)
— having regard the Europol regulation, Europol’s European Cybercrime Center, and its Internet organised crime threat assessment,
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 15 #
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 39 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 3 October 2017 on Strengthening Media Freedom: the Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the Role of Platforms,
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 43 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2020 on Cybercrime,
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 45 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
— having regard to the European commission proposal on the Digital Services Act COM 2020(0825),
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 46 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 d (new)
— having regard to the proposal for combatting sexual abuse of children online (interim regulation on the procession of personal and other data), COM 2020 (568),
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 79 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas the increasing reach of the internet, the rapid spread of mobile information, and the use of social media, coupled with the violence against women has led to the proliferation of cyber violence against women and gender-based violence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 91 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas gender-based violence included in its cyber dimension and domestic violence have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic; whereas one in ten women in the EU have already experienced a form of cyber violence since the age of 151a; _________________ 1aEuropean Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2014). Violence against women: an EU-wide survey
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 93 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas according to WHO1a one in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence mostly by an intimate partner and lockdowns have aggravated the risk of domestic violence and abuse; whereas the greater use of the internet during the pandemic increases online and ICT-facilitated gender-based violence; _________________ 1aWHO report ´Violence against women prevalence estimates 2018´
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 94 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas existing forms of cyber violence and gender-based cyber violence are constantly evolving and new forms are emerging, and the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women noted that new technologies “will inevitably give rise to different and new manifestations of online violence against women”;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 115 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas, despite a growing awareness of the phenomenon of gender- based cyberviolence, the lack of collection of exhaustive and recent data and the underreporting of cases of gender-based cyberviolence prevents an accurate assessment of its prevalence; whereas the European added value assessment on gender-based cyberviolence estimates that between 4 and 7% of women in the Union have experienced cyber harassment during the past 12 months, while between 1 and 3% have experienced cyber stalking; whereas the World Wide Web Foundation survey conducted in 2020 among respondents from180 countries revealed that 52 % of young women and girls have experienced online abuse and 64 % of respondents stated they know someone who have experienced it; outlining that youngwomen and girls are at a greater risk of encountering cyberviolence,particularly cyber- harassment and cyberbullying, which can have incrediblynegative impacts on both their schooling and their mental health; whereas such lack of available data is linked to the underreporting of cases of gender-based cyberviolence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 132 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas women can be targeted by cyberviolence either individually or as members of a specific community; whereas intersectional forms of discrimination can exacerbate the consequences of gender- based cyberviolence; whereas women belonging to ethnic minorities, racialized women, LBTIQ women, girls or women with disabilities are bigger targets to online attacks;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 138 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the Europol Cybercrime Center, Eurojust and ENISA have conducted research onthe cyber crime online’;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 161 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas prevention, especially through education, including digital literacy and skills, must be a key element of any public policy aimed at tackling gender-based cyberviolence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 174 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes in that sense the digital services act, aiming at creating a safer digital space where the rights of users are protected;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 200 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the transnational nature of gender-based cyberviolenceall human rights violations, including gender-based violence; stresses that gender-based cyberviolence has additional transnational implications, with perpetrators using online platforms or mobile phones connected to or hosted by other European countries than where the victim of harassment is located, considering the cross-border dimension of the use of ICT thus the borderless nature of cybercrime;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 226 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls additionally for awareness- raising programs and training to improve protection and support of victims of cyber violence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 227 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Invites the Member States to develop a harmonised and regularly updated directory of support services, helplines and reporting mechanisms available in individual cases of cyberviolence against women, these could be available on a singular platform, which could also contain information on the support available for other forms of violence against women, and be user- friendly and accessible;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 233 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to establish a reliable system for regularly collecting statistical disaggregated and comparable data on gender-based violence, including cyberviolence; as the current lack of comparable data on instances of cyber violence makes it difficult to set clear and measurable targets to tackle these crimes, as well as potentially limiting the action law enforcement take in response to this form of violence; awaiting for the ongoing FRA related survey, and noting that one of the biggest problems is the under reporting of those crimes;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 251 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that gender-based cyberviolence generates psychological, social and economic consequences; notes that gender-based cyberviolence affects women in different ways as a consequence of overlapping forms of discrimination based, on top of their gender, on their sexual orientation, age, race, religion or disability, among other, and recalls that an intersectional approach is crucial to understanding these specific forms of discrimination;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 275 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Condemns all types of incidents of hate crime, hate speech and accusations devoid of foundation or formulated in bad faith, both offline and online, motivated by discrimination based on any grounds, such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation; expresses concern over the hate crimes and crimes relating to incitement to discrimination or violence which occurred during the COVID- 19pandemic, leading to the stigmatisation of some particularly vulnerable individuals;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 290 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure a proper application of the Directive on Combating Sexual Abuse of Children in order to raise awareness and reduce the risk of children becoming victims of onlinesexual abuse or exploitation;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 293 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Welcomes the announcement of the Commission, in its recent strategy for the victims’ rights, to launch an EU network on the prevention of gender- based violence and domestic violence and to take actions to protect the safety of victims of gender-based cybercrime by facilitating the development of a framework for cooperation between internet platforms and other stakeholders;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 294 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Takes note of the call, by the advisory committee on equal opportunities between women and men of the European Commission, for legislation at European level on combatting online violence against women;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 295 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11 d. Stresses the importance of the Code of practice for online platforms and leading social networks and its possible implication and/or role to play within the context of cyberviolence, notes in that context the importance of the accountability and the transparence of ICT intermediaries;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 307 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on Member States to improve the training for practitioners and other professionals, including in social services and law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with civil society organisations, to increase the resources to support victims of gender-based cyberviolence and to establish a clear protocol to aid victims of gender-based cyberviolence, and to avoid the irre- victimization;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 359 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 3
- ICT-related violations of privacy (including the accessing, sharing and manipulation of private data or images, including intimate data without consent, image-based sexual abuse and non- consensual disclosure of sexual images, doxxing, identity theft, hacking);
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 370 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 11 a (new)
- This definition could be based on the ones existing in texts such as the Cybercrime Convention Committee, the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, or the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (from the Council of Europe), or the European Commission advisory committee on equal opportunities for women and men, and the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, those ones being framed in the context of cybercrime or cyber violence against children, or violence against women.
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 371 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 11 b (new)
- Cyberviolence against women is an act of gender-based violence perpetrated directly or indirectly through information and communication technologies that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women and girls, including threats of such acts, whether occurring in public or private life, or hindrances to the use of their fundamental rights and freedoms.
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 387 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
- development of cooperation among Member States for the purposes of exchanging information, expertise and best practices, in particular through the European Crime Prevention Network (EUPCN) coordinating together with the Europol European Cybercrime Center, as well as with other related agencies such as Eurojust;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 392 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
- promote cooperation between Member States, Internet intermediaries and NGOs working on the issue – such as peer learning events and public conferences;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 393 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 7 b (new)
- Take into account the Code of practice for online platforms and its possible implication and/or role to play within the context of cyberviolence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 400 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
- promote specific training for practitioners and professionals dealing with victims of gender-based cyberviolence, including law enforcement authorities, social, child and healthcare staff, and members of the judiciary; Union-wide training programmes could be implemented in the framework of the Justice and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programmes and together with CEPOL and the EU Judicial Training Network; in particular, emphasis should be given to secondary victimisation and how to avoid it, to the dual dimension of gender-based violence (online/offline) and to intersectional discrimination;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 417 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
- promote cooperation between Member States, Internetintermediaries and NGOs working on the issue;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 419 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 b (new)
- develop a directory of support services, including helplines and reporting mechanisms available in individual cases of cyberviolence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 423 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Based on the definition referred to in Recommendation 1, the criminalisation of gender-based cyberviolence should take into account the following criteria: (Criminalising gender-based cyber violence could have a deterrent effect on perpetrators due to the fear of the sanctions or the awareness that they are committing a crime).
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 435 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – paragraph 1
The Commission and Member States should collect and publish disaggregated and comparable data on gender-based cyberviolence, in particular on the different forms of gender-based cyberviolence, not only based on law enforcement reports but also on women’s experiences. Those could be followed by comprehensive studies;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 437 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Additional recommendations could include: - the production of statistics on the prevalence and forms of cyberviolence, fostering at the same time the uniformity and comparability of data gathered by Member States, - an EU wide data collection programme, - gathering data on a regular basis for knowledge to keep up with the constant evolution in tools and technologies that can be used to perpetrate cyber-violence; - tasking agencies such as EIGE, FRA, EUROPOL, EUROJUST to collect data and information on this problem to help inform the policymaking of institutions;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 58 #

2020/1998(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Demands an immediate stop to any funding granted to countries that do not respect the EU’s founding values, the rule of law, the human rights, European and International law and the sovereignty of the Member States;
2020/08/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 140 #

2020/1998(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52 a. Strongly condemns Turkey’s repeated provocations and violations of Greek and Cypriot sovereignty; Denounces that Turkey continuously violates international and EU law, EU principles and values; Calls on the Commission and Council to terminate all pre-accession funds to Turkey.
2020/10/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 5 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Citation 2
— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, particularly to Articles 3, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26 and 2647 thereof,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Citation 5
— having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, including those on the European Union institutions’ compliance with the Convention as public administration,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the General Comments of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as the authoritative guidance on the implementation of the UN CRPD,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of disabled women,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to the study of the European Parliament Policy Department C of 2016 on European Structural and Investent Funds and people with disabilities in the European Union,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Citation 22
— having regard to the Annual Report 2018 of the European Ombudsman, and specifically her strategic inquiries into how the European Commission ensures that disabled people can access its websites (OI/6/2017/EA), how the European Commission treats disabled people under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for EU staff (OI/4/2016/EA), and the Decision in the joint inquiry in cases 1337/2017/EA and 1338/2017/EA on the accessibility for visually impaired candidates of selection procedures to recruit EU civil servants, organised by the European Personnel Selection Office,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Citation 28 a (new)
- having regard to the Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provision on the European Structural and Investments Funds, particularly to articles 4, 6 and 7 12
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Recital A
A. whereas, as full citizens, all persons with disabilitiedisabled persons have equal rights in all fields of life and are entitled to inalienable dignity, equal treatment, independent living, autonomy and full participation in society;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas disability is a social construction and according to the social model of disability: - Impairment is a physical, mental or sensory functional limitation within the individual. - Disability is the loss or limitation of opportunities to take part in the "normal life" of the community equally with others due to physical and social barriers. Therefore, the term ‘disabled people’ defines “people with impairments who are disabled by socially constructed barriers”; furthermore, the term ‘people with disabilities’ refers to the disabling that effect rests within the individual person rather than from society. The term ‘disabilities’ when used in this context refers to a person’s medical condition and thus confuses disability with impairment. In addition it denies the political or ‘disability identity’
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas article 19 of the UN CRPD states that "States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community";
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas a considerable proportion of the four million people experiencing homelessness every year have disability, having been largely overlooked as a target group of the UNCRPD and the EU Disability Strategy;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Calls on the Commission to proposepare a comprehensive, ambitious and long-term post-2020 European Disability Strategy (the post-2020 Strategy)
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
- reflecting the guidance and interpretation of the UNCRPD given by the General Comments of the UNCRPD Committee, including definitions of the key terms,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 2 – indent 5
- mainstreaming the rights of the children with disabilities into all areas, disabled elders, women and children into all areas; regarding children making sure that the educational institutions are fully inclusive and there will be measures against the Member States that fail to fully include them in their educational systems,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 196 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- abolishing the institutionalisation in a specific time frame and supporting the practice of personal assistants for disabled people, in all Member States,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new)
- recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face, and in particular the challenges faced by women, girls, children, older and LGBTI disabled people, as well as persons from racial and ethnic minorities.
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 202 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 2 – indent 5 c (new)
- setting new rules for the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in order to protect the rights of the disabled passengers concerning the safety of the integrity of both their body and equipment when transferred, and the recognition of the need for extra seats in cases of a personal assistant or laying,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 205 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 2 – indent 6 a (new)
- by creating mechanisms for the coordination of portability and adaptability of benefits and services for the disabled people between Member States inside the EU;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 235 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the post -2020 Strategy should be based on a cross-cutting, comprehensive review of all EU legislation and policy in order to ensure full harmonisation with the provisions of the UNCRPD; insists that it should include a revised declaration of competences including all policy areas in which the EU has legislated or adopted soft law measures that have an impact on persons with disabilitiesdisabled people;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 253 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the post-2020 Strategy with the close and systematic involvement of persons with disabilitiesdisabled people and of their representative organisations, and to ensure their accessible and meaningful participation in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the post-2020 Strategy also through funding their capacity-building;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 274 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRPD; calls for the collection of robust, disaggregated, comparable data on the situation of persons with disabilities to facilitate proper monitoring of progress; urges the Commission to provide adequate resources to the EU CRPD Framework to enable it to perform its functions independently and adequately;For that purpose, calls for:
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 282 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 6 – indent 1 (new)
- the collection of robust, disaggregated, comparable data on the situation of disabled people to facilitate proper monitoring of progress,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 284 #

2019/2975(RSP)

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 (new)
- adequate resources to the EU CRPD Framework to enable it to perform its functions independently and adequately,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 285 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 6 – indent 3 (new)
- a flexible mechanism that can provide incentives for the optimal implementation of the CRPD. To that extent, commends initiatives like the Access City Awards and calls for relevant initiatives on the national level;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 300 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilitiesdisabled people in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 318 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds, in a specific time period of five years, will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings or any other kind of settings that could easily turn into an institution;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 327 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of legislative and non-legislative proposals regarding the Independent Living strategy that reflects the European Way of Life for the disabled people, by mainstreaming best practices - concerning Independent Living and Personal Assistance, - regarding the assistance for starting a family, - in the field of employment, - in removing all barriers (physical, intellectual, psychological, financial), that prevent disabled people from accessing quality and affordable healthcare services, and provide information in accessible formats, especially for people with lifelong disabilities, - in familiarising disabled and non- disabled people with the social model of disability and combating all stereotypes, like in the area of sexuality, through the development of campaigns and cooperation with the creative industries;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 364 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible format to raise awareness of the UN CRPD among the persons with disabilitiesdisabled people and the society in general, and promote, coordinate and create educational material that can be used by the national systems;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 371 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the EU Disability Strategy post-2020 includes the end of acts of gender-based violence, such as forced sterilisation and forced institutionalisation;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 381 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Calls on the Commission to create, in cooperation with the private sector, one portal that collects all the instruments provided for the optimal social participation of disabled people,
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 387 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to re- affirm their commitment to promoting, protecting and ensuring the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, including the right to free movement and residence, by all disabled people, and to promoting respect for their inherent dignity also by implementing the post-2020 Strategy and to allocate adequate human and financial resources to its implementation;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 395 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the post-2020 Strategy will specially promote guaranteed access to employment, trainings, inclusive education, to affordable quality healthcare services, to digital services, to sport activities for disabled people;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 424 #
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 429 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the term 'disabled people' rather than persons with disabilities and replace it in official documents and websites;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 446 #

2019/2975(RSP)


Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Member States to grant voting rights to every disabled person regardless of intelligence impairments or their ability capacity and facilitate them in the voting process;
2020/02/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2019/2211(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of a properly funded EU budget in order to address common challenges and citizens’ expectations; recalls Parliament’s position demanding a strong and credible EU development and social budget and an agreement on the reform of the EU’s own resources to give its consent; requests that the Commission adopt a more transparent, stringent, comprehensive methodology for climate and biodiversity mainstreaming, while involving Parliament in this process;
2020/01/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 6 #

2019/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
– having regard to the Presidency conclusEU-Western Balkans Summit Declarations of the Thessaloniki European Council of 19 and, 201 June 2003, concerning the prospect of the Western Balkan countries joining the European Union,
2020/03/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2019/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to enhance the accession process by ensuring that it strengthens fundamental values and brings sustainable democratic and economic transformation and social convergence, and by making sure that the internal reform of the EU and its enlargement run in parallel; Good neighbourly relations and regional cooperation remain essential elements of the Enlargement Process, as well as of the Stabilization and Association Process;
2020/03/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 146 #

2019/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) to consider introducing qualified majority voting on EU accession issues and maintaining the unanimity rule in the Council only for the opening and closing of accession negotiations;deleted
2020/03/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2019/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) to immediately open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia before the upcoming EU- Western Balkans Summit of Zagreb, in May 2020, based on the positive evaluation of the progress made and of the fulfilment of the conditions identified by the EU;
2020/03/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 193 #

2019/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) to grant visa liberalisation to Kosovo1a, as the benchmarks have been fulfilled; __________________ 1athis designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and in line with UNSCR 1244/199 and ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of independence;
2020/03/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 200 #

2019/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to bring the primacy of democracy and the rule of law back to the very centre of the enlargement process by opening first and closing last the chapters related to the judiciary, corruption and organised crime, as well as those related to respect for humanthe protection of human rights including rights belonging to minorities and property rights and media freedom;
2020/03/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 256 #

2019/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to increase EU engagement in solving outstanding bilateral issues and to urge the Western Balkan countries to commit to reconciliation and peaceful solutions to longstanding disputes;
2020/03/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 275 #

2019/2210(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) to promote and actively support the implementation of anti-discrimination policies and to insist on the prosecution of hate crimes; to encourage swifter progress towards gender equality, and in tackling discrimination and ensuring social inclusion of ethnicnational and religious minorities, people with disabilities, Roma and LGBTQI+ people by establishing inclusive policies to protect the fundamental rights of citizens;
2020/03/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2019/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas women and children are at higher risk of being trafficked, exploited and sexually abused, both online and offline, including at the hands of traffickers and therefore there is a need for Member States to build and strengthen child protection systems to prevent and respond to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of children;
2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 260 #

2019/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance for the EU and its Member States to work out specific programmes aimed at ending child poverty;
2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 261 #

2019/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Acknowledges the importance for Member States to adopt laws to safeguard and strengthen maternity and paternity rights in order to provide a healthy, stable environment for children, in particular during the first months of their lives;
2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1 #

2019/2176(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the Committee on Petitions conducted a fact-finding visit to Famagusta, Cyprus, on 7-8 May 2018, in the context of petition 733/2004 submitted by Loizos Afxentiou, on behalf of the Famagusta Refugee Movement; whereas the purpose of the mission was to reassess and update its information on the situation in Famagusta, and in particular Varosha (the section of the city sealed off by the Turkish army), following on from Petition 733/2004, 10 years after the Committee’s previous fact-finding visit, which took place on 25-28 November 2007;
2020/06/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 1 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
- having regard to its previous resolutions on Turkey, in particular those of 13 March 2019 on the 2018 Commission Report on Turkey1 , of 19 September 2019 on the situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors2 , of 24 October 2019 on the Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences3 , and of 17 September 2020 on the preparation of the special European Council summit focusing on the dangerous escalation and the role of Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean4 , and of 26 November 2020 on escalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal actions by Turkey and the urgent need for the resumption of talks5a; _________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0200. 2 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0017. 3 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0049. 4 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0230. 5a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0332.
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 3 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
- having regard to its previous resolutions on Turkey, in particular those of 13 March 2019 on the 2018 Commission Report on Turkey1 , of 19 September 2019 on the situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors2 , of 24 October 2019 on the Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences3 , and of 17 September 2020 on the preparation of the special European Council summit focusing on the dangerous escalation and the role of Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean4 and of 26 November 2020 on escalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal actions by Turkey and the urgent need for the resumption of talks 4a, _________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0200. 2 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0017. 3 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0049. 4 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0230. 4a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0332.
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to its recent Resolution of 26 November 2020 on escalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal actions by Turkey and the urgent need for the resumption of talks,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2015 on the centenary of the Armenian genocide 1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0094.
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 7 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
- having regard to the Negotiating Framework for Turkey of 3 October 2005, and to the fact that, as is the case for all candidate countries, Turkey’s accession to the EU depends on full compliance with the Copenhagen criteria, and to the need to normalize its relations with all EU Member States , including the Republic of Cyprus;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
- having regard to the Negotiating Framework for Turkey of 3 October 2005, and to the fact that, as is the case for all candidate countries, Turkey’s accession to the EU depends on full compliance with the Copenhagen criteria, and to the need to normalize its relations with all EU Member States, including the Republic of Cyprus;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2019/2176(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital G
G. whereas the Turkish Government continued to act in total disregard of the aforementioned calls of the international community, including the UN Security Council, with the Vice-President of Turkey visiting the sealed-off area of Varosha on 15 February 2020,hen a conference was held in the occupied territories on creating the legal basis for ‘turning Varosha into a large Turkish city in the eastern Mediterranean’ on 15 February 2020, in the presence of the Vice-President of Turkey together with members of the Turkish-Cypriot leadership and clearly stating Turkey’s intention to open Varosha under the ‘administration’ of the illegal secessionist entity in the occupied part of Cyprus;
2020/06/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 9 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
- having regard to the Negotiating Framework for Turkey of 3 October 2005, and to the fact that, as is the case for all accession countries, Turkey’s accession to the EU depends on full compliance with the Copenhagen criteria, and to the need to normalize its relations with all EU Member States, including the Republic of Cyprus;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the declaration issued by the European Community and its Member States on 21 September 2005, following the declaration made by Turkey upon signature on 29 July 2005 of the Ankara Protocol, including the provision that the recognition of all Member States is a necessary component of the negotiations, and to the need for Turkey to proceed to the normalization of its relations with all Member States and to fully implement the Additional Protocol to the Ankara Agreement towards all MS, by removing all obstacles to the free movement of goods, including restrictions on means of transport, without prejudice and discrimination,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the declaration issued by the European Community and its Member States on 21 September 2005, following the declaration made by Turkey upon signature on 29 July 2005 of the Ankara Protocol, including the provision that recognition of all Member States is a necessary component of the accession process, and the need for Turkey to fully implement the Additional Protocol to the Ankara Agreement in relation to all Member States, by removing all obstacles to the free movement of goods, without restrictions or discrimination,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 12 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
- having regard to the declaration issued by the European Community and its Member States on 21 September 2005, following the declaration made by Turkey upon signature on 29 July 2005 of the Ankara Protocol, including the provision that recognition of all Member States is a necessary component of the accession process, and to the need for Turkey to fully implement the Additional Protocol to the Ankara Agreement in relation to all Member States, by removing all obstacles to the free movement of goods, without restrictions or discrimination;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2019/2176(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital I
I. whereas the return of Varosha to its lawful inhabitants would constitute a formidable confidence-building measure, and could become the catalyst for a fair, comprehensive settlementand viable settlement, in accordance with relevant UNSC resolutions, and in line with the values and principles on which the EU is founded and the acquis, by creating conditions of cooperation, mutual respect and trust between the two communities in Cyprus;
2020/06/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 15 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of 26 June 2018 and 18 June 2019 to the effect that the accession negotiations effectively come to a standstill and no further chapters can be considered for opening or closing and no further work towards the modernisation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union is foreseen,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of 26 June 2018 and 18 June 2019 to the effect that the accession negotiations effectively come to a standstill and no further chapters can be considered for opening or closing and no further work towards the modernisation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union is foreseen,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2019/2176(INI)

- having regard to the Council conclusions of 26 June 2018 and 18 June 2019 on enlargement and stabilisation and association process, to the Council Conclusions of 15 July and 14 October 2019 on Turkey’s illegal drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, to the European Council conclusions of 12 December 2019, 1-2 and 15-16 October 2020, to the statements of the EU Foreign Ministers of 15 May 2020 and 14 August 2020 on the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, to the outcome of the informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) of 28 August 2020, and to all previous relevant Council and European Council conclusions,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 15 July and 14 October 2019 on Turkey’s illegal drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, to the European Council conclusions of 1 October 2020 and 16 October 2020, to the statements of the EU Foreign Ministers of 15 May 2020 and 14 August 2020 on the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, to the outcome of the informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) of 28 August 2020, and to all previous relevant Council and European Council conclusions,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the restrictive measures framework established by the EU on 11 November 2019, as a response to Turkey’s illegal drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean, which was renewed on6 November 2020,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which states that the contracting parties undertake to abide by the final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in any case to which they are parties, and, therefore, to the obligation of Turkey to implement all judgements of the European Courts, including the ECtHR,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas being a candidate country presumes a willingnessthe commitment to progressively approachlign in all aspects with the values, interests, standards and policies and the acquis of the EU;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, in spite of this principled stance by Parliament and all of the current circumstances, the European Council, in its conclusions of 1-2 October 2020, offered Turkey a renewed and broad positive agenda, provided that constructive efforts by Turkey to stop illegal activities vis-à-vis Greece and Cyprus are sustained, in a further attempt to restore our relations;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, in spite of this principled stance by Parliament and all of the current circumstances, the European Council, in its conclusions of 1 October 2020, offered Turkey a renewed and broad positive agenda, provided that constructive efforts to stop illegal activities vis-à-vis Greece and Cyprus are sustained, in a further attempt to restore our relations;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, the European Council, in the same conclusions, highlighted that, in case of renewed unilateral actions or provocations in breach of international law by Turkey, the EU will use all the instruments and the options at its disposal, including in accordance with Article 29 TEU and Article 215 TFEU, in order to defend its interests and those of its Member States, and take decisions as appropriate at the latest at its December meeting;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 133 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned that, over the years, the lack of progress in Turkey’s convergence has now transformed into a full withdrawal, marked by a stark regression in three main areas: backsliding on the rule of law and fundamental rights, adopting regressive institutional reforms and pursuing a war-mongering and confrontational foreign policy; is further concerned by the fact that this regression has increasingly been accompanied by an explicit anti-EU narrative; calls, in this context, on Turkey to reassess the sincerity of its commitment to the EU path, as an indispensable component of the viability of the entire accession process;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 220 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that this fundamental area, which is at the core of the accession process, cannot be disconnected and isolated from overall relations and that it remains along with the full respect of international law and the fundamental principle of good neighbourly relations and regional cooperation, the main obstacles to progress on any positive agenda that could be offered to Turkey;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 234 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with deep concern that, despite the formal lifting of the state of emergency in July 2018, its impact on democracy and fundamental rights continues to be strongly felt;, as, inter alia, that a plethora of legal provisions and restrictive elements of the emergency rule have been integrated into law.
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 353 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Turkish Government to halt its plans for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant; calls on Turkey to adhere to the Espoo Convention; asks the Turkish Government to involve, or at least consult, the governments of the neighbouring countries, such as Greece and Cyprus, in relation to any further developments in the Akkuyu venture;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 356 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that EU funding to Turkey will be subject to rules on conditionality, including for respecting the principles of the United Nations Charter, international law and European values and principles;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 357 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that EU funding to Turkey will be subject to rules on conditionality, including for respecting the principles of the United Nations Charter, international law and European values and principles.
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 360 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses that visa liberalisation will be possible once all the criteria have been fully and effectively met in a non- discriminatory manner;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 366 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Remains deeply concerned by the situation in the south-east ofKurdish issue in Turkey with regard to the protection of human rights, freedom of expression and political participation;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 372 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on Turkey to cooperate with relevant international organizations, especially the Council of Europe, in preventing and combatting illicit trafficking and the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage within Turkey and the occupied part of Cyprus;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 397 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Strongly condemns the Turkish decision to convert such an emblematic World Cultural Heritage Monument, as Hagia Sophia Museum, to a mosque and calls on the Turkish authorities to urgently reverse their decision;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 440 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Is concerned about the ever more frequent use of a hyper-nationalist and war- mongering narrative among the ruling elite that increasingly gives rise to antagonistic approaches towards the EU or its Member States; is concerned about the increasing clout of religious conservatism in political life;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 450 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Turkish government to respect and fully implement the legal obligations deriving from the Conventions to which it is a contracting party, and to halt the destruction of the cultural heritage in the occupied areas of Cyprus; calls on Turkey to ratify the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; calls on Turkey to cooperate with the relevant international organisations, especially the Council of Europe, in preventing and combating illicit trafficking and the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 451 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Turkish government to respect and fully implement the legal obligations deriving from the Conventions to which it is a contracting party, and to halt the destruction of the cultural heritage in the occupied areas of Cyprus; calls on Turkey to ratify the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; calls on Turkey to cooperate with the relevant international organisations, especially the Council of Europe, in preventing and combating illicit trafficking and the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 462 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Strongly condemns the removal of 47 democratically elected mayors from office on the basis of questionable evidence and, in particular, their arbitrary replacement by unelected trustees appointed by the central government; strongly believes these unlawful decisions constitute a direct attack on the most basic principles of democracy, depriving millions of voters of their democratically elected representation;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 468 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. RWhile recallsing the laudable role played by Turkeysubstantial efforts Turkey has made in responding to the migrationrefugee crisis resulting from the war in Syria; takes the view that the EU should continue to give the necessary support to Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey; supports an objective assessment of, the EP strongly rejects Turkey's instrumentalisation of migratory pressure for political purposes that took place at the EU’s external borders in late February-March 2020; takes the view that the EU should continue to give the necessary support to Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey in line with strict conditionality, including for respecting the principles of the United Nations Charter and International Law, and monitoring mechanisms of Turkey’s performance; underlines that Turkey has to fully and effectively implement the provisions of both the 2016 EU – Turkey Statement and the EU – Turkey Readmission Agreement with regard to all Member States; supports the EU-Turkey Statement and underlines the importance of both parties’Turkey’s compliance with theirits respective commitments;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 472 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls the laudable role played by Turkey in responding to the migration crisis resulting from the war in Syria; takes the view that the EU should continue to give the necessary support to Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey; supports an objective assessment of the EU-Turkey Statement and underlines the importance of both parties’ compliance with their respective commitmentsits implementation in a non-discriminatory way; Regrets that as a result of Turkey’s weaponization of refugees an increase in asylum applications was registered in Cyprus in the first quarter of 2020; notes that pending the full and effective implementation of the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement vis-à-vis all Member States, existing bilateral readmission agreements and provisions in similar agreements and arrangements with EU Member States, should be adequately implemented. Cooperation in the area of justice and home affairs with all EU Member States remains essential;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 493 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Is alarmed by the fact that Turkey’s foreign policy increasingly collides with the priorities and goals of EU’s common foreign and security policy; notes with deep concern that the rate of Turkey’s alignment with the common foreign policy of the EU is constantly deteriorating and is at present reduced to 14%, which is a historic low.
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 502 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that a modernisation of the Customs Union could be beneficial for both parties and would keep Turkey economically and normatively anchored to the EU; reiterates that this would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms and the full respect of international law and the fundamental principle of good neighbourly relations; highlights that it seemis unrealistic to envisage any modernisation of the Customs Union givenas long as Turkey continues to move further away from the cEurrent circumstances; recalls that the current Customs Union will not achieve its full potential until Turkey fullyopean Union, in accordance with Council conclusions of 26 June 2018 and 18 June 2019 recalls that the current Customs Union needs to be implemented by Turkey in a full and non- discriminatory way; this is not the case as long as Turkey has been systematically refusing to implements the Additional Protocol in relation to all Member States; and it has been systematically violating critical provisions of the current Customs Union; calls on Turkey to eliminate immediately all the technical barriers, the localisation schemes and domestic requirements that discriminate against EU products and still prevent the free movement of goods in profound breach of the Customs Union obligations;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 507 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that a potential modernisation of the Customs Union could be beneficial for both parties provided that it is implemented vis-à-vis all Member States, including the Republic of Cyprus, in a non-discriminatory manner and would keep Turkey economically and normatively anchored to the EU; reiterates that this would need to be based on strong conditionality related toincluding human rights and fundamental freedoms and its non- discriminatory implementation vis-à-vis all MS; highlights that it seems unrealistic to envisage any modernisation of the Customs Union given the current circumstances; recallgrets that the current Customs Union will not achieve its full potential until Turkey fully and effectively implements the Additional Protocol in relation to all Member States in a non- discriminatory manner, which is a prerequisite for the opening of the negotiations for the modernisation;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 521 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Reiterates its call on Turkey to comply with the Declaration by the European community and its member states of 21 September 2005 which was adopted following the declaration made by Turkey upon signature on 29 July 2005 of the Ankara Protocol and to fulfil its obligation of full, non-discriminatory implementation of the Additional Protocol to the EC-Turkey Association Agreement vis-à-vis all Member States, including the Republic of Cyprus, regrets that Turkey has still not made progress towards the normalization of its relations with the Republic of Cyprus; reiterates that recognition of all Member States is a necessary component of the accession process, of Customs Union and of every agreement between the EU and Turkey and calls for progress without any further delay;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 526 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Deplores Turkey’s continuing refusal to respect the aviation law and establish a channel of communication between air traffic control centres in Turkey and the Republic of Cyprus which entails real safety risks and dangers for the European passengers as identified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations and call on Turkey to collaborate by respecting the EU aviation law;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 528 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Urges Turkey to act in a spirit of solidarity without discrimination during the pandemic and regrets that Turkish authorities have denied entry into its airspace of a Cyprus-bound flight with medical equipment;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 530 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Is deeply concerned by the ongoing dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean and the related risk of a military escalation;Turkey’s unprecedented illegal and aggressive behaviour in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea, its warmongering rhetoric and the related risk of a military escalation by an EU candidate country against EU Member States ; strongly condemns Turkey’s violations of Greek national airspace, including over flights of inhabited areas, and territorial sea, a conduct which not only constitutes a serious, ongoing violation of international law, but also creates the risk of an armed incident ;strongly condemns Turkey’s illegal activities in Greek and Cypriot waters, which violate bothe sovereignty, the sovereign rights of EU Member States and international law; expresses its full solidarity with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat; expresses its grave concern for the illegal Turkish fishing activities within Greek territorial waters in the Aegean Sea and the unregulated and unreported fishing activities of Turkish fishing fleet in international waters in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean; urges Turkey to fully respect international law and the law of the sea, to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat; notes that the Council’s Conclusions of 15 July 2019 in light of Turkey’s continued and new illegal drilling activities , not to hold the Association Council and further meetings of the EU-Turkey high-level dialogues for the time being, along with the Council’s Decision 2019/1894, of11 November 2019, to impose restrictive measures in view of Turkey’s unauthorized drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, are the first instances where such reactions were deemed necessary in view of the conduct of a candidate country;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 533 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Is deeply concerned by the ongoing disputeTurkey’s illegal activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and the related risk of a military escalation; strongly condemns the threats of military action against EU Member States by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean; strongly condemns Turkey’s illegal activities in Greek and Cypriot watermaritime zones, which violate both the sovereign rights of EU Member States and international law; expresses its full solidarity with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat; calls on Turkey to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which is part of the EU acquis, without further delay; reiterates its call on Turkey to respect the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Member States over their territorial sea and airspace and their lawful right to enter into bilateral agreements and to explore and exploit natural resources in accordance with the EU acquis and international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat; in this respect, welcomes the invitation by the Government of Cyprus to Turkey to negotiate in good faith the maritime delimitation between their relevant coasts, including by having recourse, to the International Court of Justice and calls on Turkey to accept Cyprus’ invitation;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 536 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Is deeply concerned by the ongoing dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean and the related risk of a military escalation; strongly condemns Turkey’s illegal activities in Greek and Cypriot waters, which violate both the sovereign rights of EU Member States and international law; expresses its full solidarity with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat; recognises the right of the Republic of Cyprus to enter into bilateral agreements concerning its exclusive economic zone, explore and exploit its natural resources and calls on Turkey to respect relevant international law (UNCLOS); urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and to refrain from any threat or action which might have negative effects on good neighbourly relations. Urges Turkey to show restraint and to respect Cyprus’ sovereignty over its territorial sea and Cyprus’ sovereign rights in its exclusive economic zone.
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 543 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Is deeply concerned by the ongoing dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean and the related risk of a military escalation;s; strongly condemns Turkey’s illegal activities in Greek and Cypriot waters, which violate both the sovereign rights of EU Member States and international law; expresses its full solidarity with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat, as that could have a negative impact on good neighbourly relations;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 547 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Is deeply concerned by the ongoing dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean and the related risk of a military escalation; strongly condemns Turkey’s illegal activities in Greek and Cypriot waters, which violate both the sovereign rights of EU Member States and international law; expresses its full solidarity with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 556 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Condemns the partial reopening of Varosha beach, which undermines mutual trust and therefore the prospect of the resumption of direct talks on the comprehensive resolution of the Cyprus issue; calls on Turkey to reverse this action; reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, the EU acquis, and on the basis of respect for the principles on which the Union is founded; reiterates its call on Turkey to commit and contribute to a comprehensive settlement, to begin withdrawing its troops from Cyprus, to transfer the sealed-off area of Famagusta to the UN and its lawful inhabitants in accordance with UNSC Resolution 550(1984), as an effort to pave the way for a democratic comprehensive settlement, and to refrain from actions altering the demographic balance on the island; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons; recognises the right of the Republic of Cyprus to enter into bilateral agreements concerning its exclusive economic zone; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and to refrain from any threat or action which might have negative effects on good neighbourly relations;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 558 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Condemns the partial illegal reopening of Varosha beach, which undermines mutual trust and therefore the prospect of the resumption of direct talks on the comprehensive resolution of the Cyprus issue; calls on Turkey to reverse this action; reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equalitycalls on Turkey to withdraw its troops from Cyprus, to transfer the Varosha area to its lawful inhabitants under the temporary administration of the UN in accordance with UNSC Resolution 550 (1984), and to refrain from any actions altering the demographic balance on the island through a policy of illegal settlements; reiterates its call on Turkey, to commit and contribute to a comprehensive settlement in line with United Nations Security Council relevant resolutions; reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement of the Cyprus problem within the UN framework and in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions, international law and in line with the EU acquis and the principles on which the EU is founded;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 560 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. CStrongly condemns the partial reopening of Varosha beach, which violates international law and UN Security Council Resolutions 550 and 789 and undermines mutual trust and therefore the prospect of the resumption of direct talks on the comprehensive resolution of the Cyprus issue; underlines the importance of the status of Varosha and calls on Turkey to immediately reverse this action; reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, as set out in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions;, in accordance with International law, the EU acquis and the principles on which the Union is founded;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 561 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. CStrongly condemns the partial reopening of Varosha beach, which violates international law and UN Security Council Resolutions 550 and 789 and undermines mutual trust and therefore the prospect of the resumption of direct talks on the comprehensive resolution of the Cyprus issue; underlines the importance of the status of Varosha and calls on Turkey to immediately reverse this action; reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, as set out in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, in accordance with International law, the EU acquis and the principles on which the Union is founded;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 571 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. CStrongly condemns the partial reopening of Varosha beach, which undermines mutual trust and therefore the prospect of the resumption of direct talks on the comprehensive resolution of the Cyprus issue; calls on Turkey to reverse this action; reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 575 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Turkish Government to halt its plans for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant; requests that the Turkish Government join the Espoo Convention; asks the Turkish Government to involve, or at least consult, the governments of its neighbouring countries, such as Greece and Cyprus, during any further developments in the Akkuyu venture.
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 576 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) and calls on Turkey to allow unconditional and full access to military zones and all relevant sites and to provide proprio motu with all relevant information from its military and other archives without delay, thus maximising the effectiveness of the excavations conducted by the CMP;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 580 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Reiterates relevant ECtHR decisions and calls on the Turkish Government to immediately stop the violation of the human rights of the Cypriot citizens and stop depriving them of the enjoyment and exercise of their property, religious and other human rights stemming from the constitutional order of the Republic of Cyprus and the acquis communautaire, as well as the fundamental principles and values of the EU;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 592 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Strongly condemns the Turkish military interventions in Syria, especially in the northeast and Idlib, which constitute grave violations of international law and calls on the Turkish government to end its illegal occupation of northern Syria and Afrin and withdraw its military and paramilitary proxy forces;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 614 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Reiterates relevant ECtHR decisions and calls on the Turkish Government to immediately stop the violation of the human rights of the Cypriot citizens and stop depriving them of the enjoyment and exercise of their property, religious and other human rights stemming from the constitutional order of the Republic of Cyprus and the acquis communautaire, as well as the fundamental principles and values of the EU;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 641 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Stresses that Turkey’s direct engagement in support of Azerbaijan, in the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, goes beyond its geo-economic interests and reflects a more ambitious geopolitical agenda, as is the case with Turkey’s actions in Libya and Syria, and notes with concern that Turkey’s continuous and growing distancing from European values and standards has brought EU-Turkey relations to a historic low point;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 657 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Regrets that Turkey has become from a partner to an instability factor in the EU Neighbourhood; Believes that it is high time to review the EU’s relations with Turkey and to define a comprehensive, unified and coherent strategy for the medium to long term, among all EU institutions and Member States;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 667 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Reiterates its calls on the VP / HR, for as long as Turkey continues with its current illegal, unilateral actions and aggressive and expansionist foreign policy, including in the Eastern Mediterranean that run counter to the sovereignty of any EU Member State (notably Greece and Cyprus) and international law, and does not engage in dialogue based on international law, to introduce an initiative in the Council for all EU Member States to halt arms export for all types of military equipment, including weapons, weapons for dual-use goods and know-how, to Turkey in accordance with the Common Position; recalls that Member States committed to strong national positions regarding their arms export policy to Turkey on the basis oft he provisions of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP, including the strict application of criterion 4 on regional stability;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 677 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Takes the view that enhancing communication and dialogue at all levels are key to restoring mutual trust between the EU and Turkey; deplores the continuous and unjustified refusal of the Turkish side to reinstate the normal functioning of the EU- Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee; at the same time, recalls that the Council’s decision of 15 July 2019 not to hold the EU – Turkey Association Council and further meetings of the EU – Turkey high level dialogues by virtue of Turkish illegal drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, remains valid;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 685 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Deplores the fact that despite the efforts for de-escalation, Turkey continues its unilateral provocative actions, violating international law and the sovereign rights of EU Member States; reiterates its calls on the Council to impose sanctions on Turkey including by targeting the economic and energy sector, and in the absence of any progress to consider the full suspension of the EU-Turkey customs union;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 687 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Takes into account not only the absence of any progress in engaging with Turkey, but also the renewed escalation on the Turkish side by unilateral actions and provocations in breach of international law by the latter, and calls on the Council to develop a list of further restrictive measures that should be sectoral and targeted; in this spirit, recalls the European Council’s conclusions of 1- 2 October 2020 that the EU will use all the instruments and the options at its disposal, including in accordance with Articles 29 TEU and 215 TFEU, in order to defend its interests and those of its Member – States;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2015 on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide1a _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0094
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
— having regard to the Commission recommendation of 21 December 2016 for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations with Turkey on an agreement on the extension of the scope of the bilateral preferential trade relationship and on the modernisation of the Customs Union, as well as the Council Conclusions of 26 June 2018 stating that no further work towards the modernisation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union is foreseen,
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision of 19 July 2018 to lifNotes that the state of emergency, which was introduced after the 2016 coup attempt and, has been extended 7 times; Welcomes, however, the decision of 19 July 2018 to lift the state of emergency; notes that the prolonged state of emergency has led to an erosion of the rule of law and deterioration of human rights in Turkey; regrets that the adoption of new legislative proposals preserves many of the abusive powers granted to the Ppresident and the executive under the state of emergency and thereby dampens any positive effect of its termination; is concerned about the serious backsliding in the areas of freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, freedom of association and procedural and property rights;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Turkish government to respect and fully implement the legal obligations, which it has entered into, concerning the protection of its diverse cultural heritage, by improving the care, restoration and enhancement of its monuments; calls on Turkey to ratify the 2005 UNESCO convention on the protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; calls on Turkey to cooperate with the relevant international organisations, especially the Council of Europe, in preventing and combating illicit trafficking and the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Deplores the fact that the Venice Commission recommendation on the status of religious communities in Turkey and the right of the Orthodox Patriarch to use the title "Ecumenical" are yet to be implemented and that the Halki (Heybeliada) Greek Orthodox Seminary remains closed. Furthermore, regrets the fact that the Council of Europe Resolution 1625 (2008) regarding property rights on the islands of Gokceada (Imvros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos) has not been fully implemented yet and that the electoral regulation for non-Muslim foundations is still not published after its annulment in 2013;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concern at the shrinking space for civil society and the promotion of fundamental rights and freedoms; notes that a large number of activists, including human rights defenders, were arrested and demonstrations were recurrently banned during the state of emergency; calls on Turkey to protect the fundamental rights of minorities, such as LGBTI people, as well as religious minorities;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 86 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is seriously concerned about the lack of respect for the freedom of religion, about continuous discrimination against religious minorities, including Christians and Alevis and violence on religious grounds, including verbal and physical attacks, stigmatisation and social pressure at schools, and problems in relation to legally establishing a place of worship; expects the Turkish government to treat every Turkish citizen without any prejudice towards his or her religious belief; calls on the Turkish authorities to promote positive and effective reforms in the area of freedom of thought, conscience and religion, by enabling religious communities to obtain legal personality, allowing charitable foundations to elect their governing bodies, eliminating all restrictions on the training, appointment and succession of the clergy, complying with the relevant judgements of the ECtHR and the recommendations of the Venice Commission and by eliminating all forms of discrimination or barriers based on religion; calls on Turkey to respect the distinct character and importance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and to recognise its legal personality; reiterates the need to allow the reopening of the Halki Seminary and lift all obstacles to its proper functioning; urges the Turkish authorities to combat seriously all manifestations of anti-Semitism in society; calls on the Turkish government to implement the action plan it submitted in 2016 to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers related to the ECtHR decisions on Cem Houses and on compulsory religion classes and to put in place a comprehensive legal framework in line with European standards; believes that appropriate attention must be paid to implementing the ECtHR judgments on compulsory religion and ethics classes, indication of religious affiliation on identity cards and Alevi worship places;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Turkish government to respect and fully implement the legal obligations deriving from the Conventions to which it is a contracting party, and to halt the destruction of the cultural heritage in the occupied areas of Cyprus; calls on Turkey to ratify the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; calls on Turkey to cooperate with the relevant international organisations, especially the Council of Europe, in preventing and combating illicit trafficking and the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Turkish government to respect and fully implement the legal obligations which it has entered into concerning the protection of cultural heritage, and, in particular, to draw up in good faith an integrated inventory of Greek, Armenian, Assyrian and other cultural heritage that was destroyed or ruined in the course of the last century; calls on Turkey to ratify the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; calls on Turkey to cooperate with the relevant international organisations, especially the Council of Europe, in preventing and combating illicit trafficking and the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Urges Turkey to end the repeated violations of Greek and Cypriot airspace and territorial waters, as these actions are not conducive to good neighbourly relations and undermine regional stability and security; calls on Turkey to avoid any kind of threat or action directed against a Member State, or any source of friction or action that damages good neighbourly relations and the peaceful settlement of disputes and reminds the need for Turkey to unequivocally commit to good neighbourly relations, international agreements, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which is part of the EU acquis and to the peaceful settlement of disputes in accordance with the UN Charter, having recourse, if necessary, to the International Court of Justice. In this framework, it once again expresses its regret that the casus belli threat, declared by the Turkish Grand National Assembly against Greece has not yet been withdrawn;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, taking all of the above into account and in accordance with the Negotiating Framework, to formally suspend the accession negotiations with Turkey; remains, however,Taking all the above into account, calls on the Commission and the Council of the European Union, to exert further pressure on Turkey in order to comply with the Copenhagen criteria and implement its contractual obligations towards all Member States; remains committed to democratic dialogue with Turkey; and asks the Commission to use, during the formal suspension of negotiations, all funds available under IPA II and the future IPA III to support, through a dedicated envelope directly managed by the EU, Turkey’s civil society, and to increase opportunities for people-to-people contacts, academic dialogue, access for Turkish students to European universities and media platforms for journalists;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 181 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that while the EU accession process was at its start a strong motivation for reforms in Turkey, there has been a stark regression in the areas of the rule of law and human rights during the last few years; recalls that Parliament repeatedly called for the opening of Chapter 23 on Judiciary and Fundamental Rights and Chapter 24 on Justice, Freedom and Security at a time whe and repeats its calls on the Turkish government had pledged to conduct serious reforms; regrets deeply that the accession instruments could not be used to the fullest extent owing to a continued blockage by the Council;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 185 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that while the EU accession process was at its start a strong motivation for reforms in Turkey, there has been a starkmassive regression in the areas of the rule of law and human rights during the last few years; recallnotes that Parliament repeatedly called for the opening of Chapter 23 on Judiciary and Fundamental Rights and Chapter 24 on Justice, Freedom and Security atTurkey has been moving further away from the EU; deeply deplores the a ntime when the Turkish government had pledged to conduct serious reforms; regrets deeply that the accession instruments could not be used to the fullest extent owing to a continued blockage by the Council-EU rhetoric of the Turkish President which has clouded the mutual relationship and thus led to the current standstill in any negotiation process;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 201 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that a door should be left open for thRecalls the need for Turkey to implement in a full and non- discriminatory manner the current customs union towards all Member States and believes that following this, the possible modernisation and upgrading of the 1995 Customs Union between the EU and Turkey, to include relevant areas such as agriculture, services and public procurement, which currently are not covered, could then proceed; recalls that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States and that Turkey is an important growth market for the EU; believes that the upgrade would provide a valuable opportunity for democratic conditionality, positive leverage and the possibility of a roadmap where upgrading the Customs Union would go hand in hand with concrete commitments by Turkey on democratic reforms; believes further that the upgrading of the Customs Union wcould provide an important opportunity for policy dialogue on climate change as well as on labour rights in Turkey; calls on the Commission to start preparatory work for the upgrading of the Customs Union as soon as the Turkish Government indicates its readiness for serious reforms;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that a door should be left open for the modernisation and upgrading of the 1995 Customs Union between the EU and Turkey, to include relevant areas such as agriculture, services and public procurement, which currently are not covered; recalls that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States and that Turkey is an important growth market for the EU; believes that the upgrade would provide a valuable opportunity for democratic conditionality, positive leverage and the possibility of a roadmap where upgrading the Customs Union would go hand in hand with concrete commitments by Turkey on democratic reforms, rule of law and good neighbourly relations; believes further that the upgrading of the Customs Union would provide an important opportunity for policy dialogue on climate change as well as on labour rights in Turkey; calls on the Commission to start preparatory work for the upgrading of the Customs Union as soon as the Turkish Government indicates its readiness for serious reforms;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 238 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that visa liberalisation is of great importance for Turkish citizens, particularly for students, academics, business representatives and people with family ties in EU Member States; encourages the Turkish Government to fully and in a non-discriminatory manner comply with the 72 criteria identified in the visa liberalisation roadmap; towards all Member States, stresses that the revision of Turkey’s anti-terrorism legislation is a key condition for ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms, and that visa liberalisation willcould be possible once all the criteria have been metfully and effectively met, in a non- discriminatory manner towards all Member States;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 249 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls the important role played by Turkey in responding to the migration crisis resulting from the war in Syria; takes the view that Turkey’s population has shown great hospitality by offering shelter to more than 3 million Syrian refugees; calnotes that the number of irregular arrivals ton the EU and its Member States to keep their promise regarding a large-scale resettlement, anduropean Union from Turkey has significantly risen in 2018 compared to last year; calls in Turkey to increase patrolling efforts and vigilance in its western borders; underlines the importance of the full and effective implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement, with a view to bringing the flow to halt; calls on Turkey to implement fully and effectively the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement and to re-launch without further delay the implementation of the bilateral readmission protocol with Greece; highlights the importance of a large-scale resettlement, and calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure adequate financial resources for the long- term support of the Syrian refugees in Turkey;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 267 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Reiterates the need to strengthen good neighbourly relations; calls on Turkey, in this connection, to step up efforts to resolve outstanding bilateral issues, including unsettled legal obligations and disputes with its immediate neighbours over land and maritime borders and airspace, in accordance with the provisions of the UN Charter and with international law; calls on the Turkish Government to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); urges the Turkish Government to end the repeated violations of Greek airspace and territorial waters, as well as the practice of Turkish military aircraft flying over Greek islands; expresses its regret that the casus belli threat declared by the Turkish Grand National Assembly against Greece has not yet been withdrawn;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 276 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on Turkey to further align its foreign policy with that of the EU in accordance with provisions of the Negotiating Framework;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 283 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls on the Turkish Government to halt its plans for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant; requests that the Turkish Government join the Espoo Convention; asks the Turkish Government to involve, or at least consult, the governments of its neighbouring countries, such as Greece and Cyprus, during any further developments in the Akkuyu venture;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 285 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Reiterates its call on Turkey to fulfil its obligation of full, non- discriminatory implementation of the Additional Protocol to the EC-Turkey Association Agreement vis-à-vis all Member States, including the Republic of Cyprus; regrets that Turkey has still not made progress towards the normalization of its relations with the Republic of Cyprus; reiterates that recognition of all Member States is a necessary component of the accession process and calls for progress without any further delay;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 295 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the efforts by the UN to resume negotiations on the reunification of Cyprus; supports a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the EU acquis; reiterates its call on Turkey to commit and contribute to a comprehensive settlement, to begin withdrawing its troops from Cyprus, to transfer the sealed-off area of Famagusta to the UN, and to refrain from actions altering the demographic balance on the island; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons; recognises the right of the Republic of Cyprus to enter into bilateral agreements concerning its exclusive economic zone, explore and exploit its natural resources and calls on Turkey to respect relevant international law (UNCLOS); urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and to refrain from any threat or action which might have negative effects on good neighbourly relations; urges Turkey to show restraint and to respect Cyprus’ sovereignty over its territorial sea and Cyprus’ sovereign rights in its exclusive economic zone; deeply regrets recent statements by Turkey in this regard;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 296 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the efforts by the UN to resume negotiations on the reunification of Cyprus; supports a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the EU acquis; reiterates its call on Turkey to commit and contribute to a comprehensive settlement, to beginimmediately withdrawing its troops from Cyprus, to transfer the sealed- off area of Famagusta to the UN, and its lawful inhabitants, in accordance with UNSC Resolution550(1984), as an effort to pave the way for a democratic comprehensive settlement and to refrain from actions altering the demographic balance on the island; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons; recognises the right of the Republic of Cyprus to enter into bilateral agreements concerning its exclusive economic zone; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and to refrain from any threat or action which might have negative effects on good neighbourly relationreiterates its calls on Turkey to respect the sovereign rights of all Member States, including those relating to the exploration and exploitation of natural resources when in line with the EU acquis and international law; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and to refrain from any threat or action damaging good neighbourly relations and a climate conducive to the peaceful settlement of bilateral disputes;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 297 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the efforts by the UN to resume negotiations on the reunification of Cyprus; supports a fair, comprehensive and viable settlementsettlement based on a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, a single international legal personality, single sovereignty and single citizenship with political equality between the two communities, in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and, the EU acquis, and on the basis of respect for the principles on which the Union is founded; reiterates its call on Turkey to commit and contribute to a comprehensive settlement, to begin withdrawing its troops from Cyprus, to transfer the sealed-off area of Famagusta to the UN and its lawful inhabitants in accordance with UNSC Resolution 550 (1984), as an effort to pave the way for a democratic comprehensive settlement, and to refrain from actions altering the demographic balance on the island; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons; recognises the right of the Republic of Cyprus to enter into bilateral agreements concerning its exclusive economic zone; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and to refrain from any threat or action which might have negative effects on good neighbourly relations;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 300 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the efforts by the UN to resume negotiations on the reunification of Cyprus; supports a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the EU acquis; reiterates its call on Turkey to commit and contribute to a comprehensive settlement, to begin withdrawing its troops from Cyprus, to transfer the sealed-off area of Famagusta to the UN, and to refrain from actions altering the demographic balance on the island; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons; recognises the right of the Republic of Cyprus to enter into bilateral agreements concerning its exclusive economic zone; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and to refrain from any threat or action which might have negative effects on good neighbourly relations; and underlines that recognition of all Member States is a fundamental component of the EU- Turkish relations;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 304 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls upon the Turkish government to halt the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear plant; points out that the envisaged site is located in a region prone to severe earthquakes, hence posing a major threat not only to Turkey but to the Mediterranean region as a whole; accordingly, requests that the Turkish government join the Espoo Convention, which commits parties to notifying and consulting each other on major projects under consideration that are likely to have a significant adverse environmental impact across boundaries; to this end, asks the Turkish government to involve, or at least consult, the governments of its neighbouring countries, such as Greece and Cyprus, during any further developments in the Akkuyu venture;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 309 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Deplores Turkey's refusal to fulfil its obligation of full, non-discriminatory implementation of the Additional Protocol to the EC-Turkey Association Agreement vis-a-vis all member states, including the Republic of Cyprus;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 315 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Deplores Turkey's policy of settlement and calls on Turkey to refrain from further settlement of Turkish citizens in the occupied areas of Cyprus, which is contrary to the Geneva Convention and the principles of international law; urges Turkey to terminate all actions that alter the demographic balance on the island thus impeding a future solution;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
— having regard to its resolution of 16 December 2015 with recommendations to the Commission on bringing transparency, coordination and convergence to corporate tax policies in the Union4,deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 15 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
— having regard to the Commission proposals pending for adoption, in particular on the CC(C)TB14, the digital taxation package15 and public country-by- country reporting (CBCR)16, _________________ 14 Proposal of 25 October 2016 for a Council Directive on a Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB), COM(2016)0685 (2016/0337(CNS)) and on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB), COM(2016)0683 (2016/0336(CNS)). 15 The package consists of the ‘Time to establish a modern, fair and efficient taxation standard for the digital economy’ communication (COM(2018)0146), the proposal for a Council directive laying down rules relating to the corporate taxation of a significant digital presence (COM(2018)0147, 2018/0072(CNS)), the proposal for a Council directive on the common system of a digital services tax on revenues resulting from the provision of certain digital services (COM(2018)0148, 2018/0073 (CNS)) and the recommendation relating to the corporate taxation of a significant digital presence (C(2018) 1650). 16 Proposal of 12 April 2016 for a directive amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches, COM(2016)0198 (2016/0107(COD)).
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 17 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
— having regard to the ongoing modernisation of the VAT framework, in particular the VAT definitive regime,
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 112 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Council to propose and adopt a comprehensive definition of aggressive tax planning indicators, building on both the hallmarks identified in the fifth review of the Directive on administrative cooperation (DAC6)26and the Commission’s relevant studies and recommendations27; calls on Member States to use those indicators as a basis to repeal all harmful tax practices deriving from existing tax loopholes;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 151 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that taxes must be paid in the jurisdictions where the actual economic activity and value creation takes place or, in case of indirect taxation, where consumption takes place;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 161 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Takes note of the statement made by the French Finance Minister at the TAX3 meeting of 23 October 2018 regarding the need to discuss the concept of minimum taxation; welcomes the readiness by France to include the debate on minimum taxation as one of the priorities of its G7 Presidency in 2019;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 222 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Reiterates its call for a clear definition of permanent establishment so that companies cannot artificially avoid having a taxable presence in a Member State in which they have economic activity;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 272 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.2.2
· Common Consolidated Corporate Tax base (CCCTB)deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 276 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the re-launch of the CCCTB project in a two-step approach, with the Commission’s adoption of interconnected proposals on CCTB and CCCTB; calls on the Council to swiftly adopt them, taking into consideration Parliament’s opinion that already includes the concept of virtual permanent establishment that would close the remaining loopholes allowing tax avoidance to take place and level the playing field in light of digitalisation;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 351 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Reiterates, furthermore, its call to ensure simultaneous tax audits of persons of common or complementary interests (including parent companies and their subsidiaries), and its call to further enhance tax cooperation between Member States through an obligation to answer group requests on tax matters;
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 366 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
44. Recommends that Member States’ authorities which are notified by their counterparts in other Member States of potential breaches of law be requirencouraged to provide an official notification of receipt and, where appropriate, a substantive response on actions taken following the aforementioned notification in a timely manner;
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 390 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
45. Stresses that the proposal for public CBCR was submitted to the co-legislators just after the Panama papers scandal on 12 April 2016, and that Parliament adopted its position on it on 4 July 2017; recalls that the latter called for an enlargement of the scope of reporting and protection of commercially sensitive information; deplores the lack of progress and cooperation from the Council since 2016; urges for progress to be made in the Council so that it enters into negotiations with Parliament;
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 461 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
54. Highlights that the high level of inward and outward foreign direct investment as a percentage of GDP in sevenome Member States (Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, and the Netherlands) can only be partially explained by real economic activities taking place in these Member States;40 · _________________ 40 Kiendl Kristo I. and Thirion E., An overview of shell companies in the European Union, EPRS, European Parliament, October 2018, p.23.
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 467 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
55. Underlines that a high share of foreign direct investment held by special purpose entities exists in several Member States, particularly in Malta, Luxembourg and the Netherlands;41 ·41; _________________ 41 Kiendl Kristo I. and Thirion E., op. cit., p.23.
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 476 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
57. Notes that the ATAD anti-abuse rules (artificial arrangements) cover letterbox companies, and that the CCTB and CCCTB would ensure that the income is attributed to where the real economic activity takes place;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 484 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
58. Urges the Commission and the Member States to establish coordinated substantial economic activity requirements as well as expenditure tests;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 505 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
62. Calls for additional statistics to estimate the VAT gap; stresses that there is no common approach to data collection and sharing within the EU;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 515 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
65. Welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s VAT action plan of 6 April 2016 to reform the VAT framework and the 13 legislative proposals adopted by the Commission since December 2016 that address the shift towards the definitive VAT regime, remove VAT obstacles to e- commerce, review the VAT regime for SMEs, modernise the VAT rates policy and tackle the VAT tax gap;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 538 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
71. Welcomes the opening of infringement procedures by the Commission on 8 March 2018 against Cyprus, Greece and Malta to ensure that they stop offering unlawful favourable tax treatment for private yachts, which distorts competition in the maritime sector;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 596 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
84. Deplores the fact that some Member States have created tax regimes allowing non-nationals to obtain income tax benefits, hereby undermining other Member States’ tax base and fostering harmful policies which discriminate against their own citizens;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 651 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90
90. Is concerned that according to the OECD, CBI and RBI schemes could be misused to undermine the common reporting standard (CRS) due diligence procedures, leading to inaccurate or incomplete reporting under the CRS, in particular when not all jurisdictions of tax residence are disclosed to the financial institution; notes that in the OECD’s view, the visa schemes which are potentially high-risk for the integrity of the CRS are those that give a taxpayer access to a low personal income tax rate of less than 10 % on offshore financial assets, and do not require a significant physical presence of at least 90 days in the jurisdiction offering the golden visa scheme; is concerned that Malta and Cyprus havehas a schemes59among those that potentially poses a high risk to the integrity of CRS; _________________ 59 The Cypriot Citizenship by Investment: Scheme for Naturalisation of Investors by Exception, the Cypriot Residence by Investment, the Maltese Individual Investor Programme, and the Maltese Residence and Visa programme.
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 657 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 91
91. Concludes that the potential economic benefits of CBI and RBI schemes do not offset the serious money laundering and tax evasion risks they present; calls on Member States to phase out all existing CBI or RBI schemes as soon as possible; stresses that, in the meantime, Member States should properly ensure that enhanced CDD on applicants for citizenship or residence through these schemes is duly carried out, as required by AMLD5; calls on the Commission to monitor rigorously and continuously the proper implementation and application of CDD within the framework of CBI and RBI schemes until they are repealed in each Member State;
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 888 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 136
136. Underscores the problem of money laundering through investment in real estate in European cities through foreign shell companies; recalls that the Commission should assess the necessity and proportionality of harmonising the information in the land and real estate registers and assess the need for the interconnection of those registers; calls on the Commission, if appropriate, to accompany the report with a legislative proposal;
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 891 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 137
137. Notes that under AMLD5 the Commission must carry out an analysis of the feasibility of specific measures and mechanisms at Union and Member State level making it possible to collect and access the beneficial ownership information of corporate and other legal entities incorporated outside of the Union; calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal for such a mechanism should the feasibility analysis be favourable;
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1155 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 179
179. Reiterates that financial institutions, advisors and other intermediaries that knowingly, systematically and repeatedly facilitate, engage or participate in money laundering or tax evasion activities should face effective, proportional and dissuasive penalties, and, where applicable, be restricted from operating in the single market;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1240 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 202
202. Calls on the Council and the Commission to agree on the establishment of a publicly accessible and regularly updated list of non-cooperative non- institutional parties in the interinstitutional agreement on a mandatory transparency register for lobbyists; considers, in the meantime, that a record should be kept of those stakeholders who have not attended the committee’s public meetings;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1246 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9.6
Unanimity vs qualified majority votingdeleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1247 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 204
204. Reiterates its call on the Commission to use the procedure laid down in Article 116 TFEU which makes it possible to change the unanimity requirement in cases where the Commission finds that a difference between the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States is distorting the conditions of competition in the internal market;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1256 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 205
205. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose qualified majority voting for specific and pressing tax policy issues where vital legislative files and initiatives aimed at combating tax fraud, tax evasion, aggressive tax planning or financial crimes have been blocked in the Council to the detriment of Member States;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1268 #

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 206
206. Stresses that all scenarios should be envisaged and not only shifting from unanimity to qualified majority voting through a passerelle clause; calls on the Commission to issue its proposal before the end of its current mandate, early 2019;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 97 #

2018/2024(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Welcomes the increased support for regional actions in the Western Balkans; is, however, of the opinion that support for political reforms should be further stepped up; notes the increased support for political reforms in Turkey (IPA II), which is to be primarily redirected to civil society actors with a view to implementing measures supportive of the objectives relating to the rule of law, democracy, human rights and media freedoms; supports the overall downward trend in the allocations for Turkey is, however, worried of the deterioration of the situation as regards democracy, rule of law and human rights; calls on the Commission to suspend the pre-accession funds until Turkey implements the Ankara agreement protocol, makes measurable improvements in the fields of rule of law, democracy, human rights and Press Freedom;
2018/06/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 475 #

2018/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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 thean efficient internal energy market, the reduction or elimination of Member States’ energy isolation, interoperability of networks across borders and sectors, facilitating decarbonisation and energy efficiency and ensuring security of supply, and to facilitate cross- border cooperation in the area of energy, including renewable energy;
2018/09/21
Committee: ITRETRAN
Amendment 11 #

2017/0123(COD)

Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) organise its vehicle fleet's activity in such a way as to ensure that vehicles that are at the disposal of the undertaking and are used in international carriage return to one of the operational centres in that Member State at least within eight weeks after leaving it;deleted
2020/05/13
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 16 #

2017/0017(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Environmental protection is one of the most important challenges facing the Union.
2017/06/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 19 #

2017/0017(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) A binding interim target of at least a 40% domestic reduction in economy- wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 was set by the European Council of 23-24 October 2014. The Council meeting on 6 March 2015 formally approved this contribution of the Union and its Member States as their Intended Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement. The European Council conclusions of October 2014 foresaw that the target should be delivered collectively by the Union in the most cost- effective manner possible, with the reductions in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) and non-ETS sectors amounting to 43% and 30% by 2030 compared to 2005 respectively. All sectors of the economy should contribute to achieving these emission reductions.
2017/06/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2016/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that in the last few years cohesion policy, as a structural policy, has become the main EU investment policy and a tool for attaining the general political objectives of the Union in addition to the specific goals enshrined in the Treaties; is of the opinion that cohesion policy post 2020 should continue to serve this purpose and remain a policy expressing European solidarity for all Member States and regions; considers, therefore, that its share in the total EU budget should be maintained in the future;
2017/04/05
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 9 #

2016/2326(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the shortcomings of the financial planning and implementation system that led to the accumulation of unpaid bills and the build-up of an unprecedented backlog that rolled over from the last MFF to the current one; is increasingly concerned about the slow start-up of the implementation of the 2014- 2020 operational programmes, which may lead to the same situation in the future; , thus hindering growth, calls on the Commission to come up with a structural solution to solve such problems before the end of the current MFF and to prevent them from happening again in the next MFF;
2017/04/05
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 11 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Space Strategy for Europe’ and endorses the Commission’s full commitment to maximising the economic and societal benefits of space, fostering tha globally competitive and innovative European space sector, reinforcing Europe’s autonomy in space and strengthening Europe’s role as a global actor as well as international cooperation in space, notably in space exploration;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the outcome of the evaluation should also feed into future discussions on the relationship between the EU and the ESA, with a view to signing an updated ESA-EU framework agreement, building on the joint EU-ESA statement signed on 26 October 2016;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to review the adequacy of resources allocated to the GSA, taking into consideration its current and future tasks and the risks of conflicts of interest resulting from the outsourcing of tasks;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 49 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights that space programmes and their services will be key assets in policy areas such as energy, climate, environment, security and defence, health, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, transport, tourism, digital market, regional policy and local planning; believes that there is a huge potential in tackling challenges such as migration, border management and sustainable development;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 59 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the success of the space sector isand the development of breakthrough technologies are highly dependent on research and innovation and that the next Framework Programme should put an emphasis on space-related research, whilst ensuring efficiency through full cooperation between the EU, the ESA and the Member States, either individually or through the ESA, in areas such as launcher research and smart digital satellites;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 65 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to maintain a space-dedicated line under the next Framework Program; calls moreover for a streamlining of the European funding for space-related research and technology which is currently spread throughout several EU funding schemes in order to reduce administrative expenditure and to improve the accessibility for enterprises, in particular for SMEs;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to 9. establish as soon as possible the EU and Member States Copernicus-based capacityies to monitor greenhouse gas emissions, including CO2 emissions, which isare currently being developed under Horizon 202011 , with a view to the monitoringaddress the needs enshrined in the COP21 agreement and to allow its efficient implementation; supports the development of MicroCarb and Merlin, future satellites dedicated respectively to the monitoring of CO2 and methane; __________________ 11 https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/d ata/ref/h2020/wp/2016_2017/main/h2020- wp1617-leit-space_en.pdf p.48.
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to make use of its future initiatives in space to improve the EU's capacity to respond to the evolving challenges related to maritime surveillance, since satellites can offer a global, permanent and cost- effective coverage;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the ability of satellites to provide uninterrupted very high capacity connectivity, in particular in remote areas and outermost regions, which will be essential forthe outermost regions and remote areas , which will be essential for the mitigation of digital divide and the development of 5G networks, enabling services such as autonomous driving, e-governance, e-learning and e- health applications; stresses also the need to reserve adequate frequency bands for the operation of these satellite services; calls for this to be addressed in legislative work on telecommunication networks and adequate investments in R&D;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 93 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the importance of the regional dimension; supports increased involvement of regional and local authorities in successful EU space policy;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 106 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the announcement of the Commission to aggregate its demand for launchers and launching services; cCalls on the Commission to ensure fair treatment of EU enterprises vis-à-vis enterprises from third countries in public procurement, specifically by taking into consideration the prices that companies charge to other customers worldwide;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognizes that adequate resources, both public and private, are essential in order to ensure the sustainability and competitiveness of the European space sector, and to develop the role of the EU as a global player in space; Invites, in this context, the Commission to promote public-private partnership schemes such as through a Joint Technology Initiative for space technologies, prioritising preoperational space activities with a potential for industrialisation and commercialisation;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 122 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that EU space programmes are of a civil nature and reiterates its commitment to the non-militarisation of space; recognises nonetheless the need to improve synergies between civil and security and defence aspects and to make use of space capacities to meet security and safety needs, also taking account of the geopolitical environment and the Common Security and Defence Policy; believes that the Commission should analyse synergies between European space programmes and the European Defence Action Plan proposed in November 2016 to ensure the overall coherence in this strategic field;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 125 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to aggregate the demand of institutional customers from the European Union and the Member States to ensure an independent, cost effective and reliable access to space through the use of the European launchers Ariane, Vega and their future evolutions, in order to guarantee an independent access to space;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Supports the objective of the Commission to assess different ways to support European launch infrastructure facilities, where this is needed to meet EU policy objectives and needs, in terms of autonomy, security and competitiveness; stresses consequently the strategic importance of the European Spaceport based in Kourou;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 129 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Reminds that the notion of independent access to space cannot be dissociated from the independent capacity of Europe to conceive, develop, launch, operate and exploit space systems;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 141 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Supports the plans to extend the scope of SST to cover the issues of space weather and cyber threats and proposes an additional focus on near-earth objects owing to their potential catastrophic impact in case of collision;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to design the planned Govsatcom initiative in a cost- effective way, which mayonsiders the planned Govsatcom initiative as a very promising one to ensure access to secure, efficient and cost- effective services for European institutional actors while, at the same time, stimulating growth, competitiveness and innovation throughout the whole European satellite telecommunications sector; calls on the Commission to design the planned Govsatcom initiative in a cost- effective way, by pooling and sharing of capabilities that will help achieve quick results, while limiting development risks, also includeing purchasing services from certified commercial communication satellites, and to ensure that the initiative creates significant added value and avoids duplicating existing structures;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 166 #

2016/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Strongly welcomes the Commission’s intention to use economic diplomacy to open up new business opportunities for European space industry; stresses that European players in third- country markets should be supported by the Commission, the ESA and, where relevant, Member State authorities either individually or through the ESA, and bodies such as EASA; recommends that plans for such coordinated support be drawn up in advance;
2017/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
— having regard to its previous resolutions, in particular those of 24 November 2016 on EU-Turkey relations1 , and 27 October 2016 on the situation of journalists in Turkey2 , and of 13 November 2014 on Turkey's actions creating tensions in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus, _________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0450. 2 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0423.
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
— having regard to the Conference with Turkey of 30 June 2016, during which chapter 33 on financial and budgetary provisions was officially opendeleted,
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2015 on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide1a _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0094
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
— having regard to the declaration issued by the European Community and its Member States on 21 September 2005, including the provision that the recognition of all Member States is a necessary component of the negotiations, and the need for Turkey to fulproceed to the normalisation of its relations with all Member States and to fully and effectively implement the Additional Protocol to the Ankara Agreement to all Member States by removing all obstacles to the free movement of goods, including restrictions on means of transport, without prejudice and discrimination,
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to Turkey not having implemented for the eleventh consecutive year the provisions stemming from the EC-Turkey Association Agreement and the Additional Protocol thereto; this refusal continues to have a profound negative effect on the negotiation process,
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 14 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to the fact that the basis for accession to the EU for Turkey is the full compliance with the Copenhagen criteria and the EU's integration capacity, in accordance with the conclusions of the December 2006 European Council meeting,
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
— having regard to Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which states that the contracting parties undertake to abide by the final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in any case to which they are parties, and to the obligation of Turkey to implement all judgements of the European Courts,
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
— having regard to the crisis in Syria, the efforts towards a ceasefire and a peaceful settlement, and Turkey’s obligations to enhance stability and promote good neighbourly relations through intensive efforts in order to resolve outstanding bilateral issues, disputes and conflicts with the neighbouring countries over land and maritime borders and airspace, in accordance with international agreements, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the UN Charter,
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
— having regard to the crisis in Syria, the efforts towards a ceasefire and a peaceful settlement, and Turkey’s obligations to enhance stability and promote good neighbourly relations through intensive efforts in order to resolve outstanding bilateral issues, disputes and conflicts with the neighbouring countries over land and maritime borders and airspace, in accordance with the UN Charter and the UNCLOS,
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines, however, that measures taken under the state of emergency had large-scale, disproportionate and long- lasting negative effects on the protection of fundamental freedoms in the country; condemns the collective dismissal of civil servants, the mass liquidation of media outlets, the arrests of journalists, academics, judges, human rights defenders, elected officials and ordinary citizens, and the confiscation of property and passports on the basis of emergency decree laws without individualised decisions, and without the possibility of timely judicial review; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners held without proof of individual involvement in committing crime or without any charges presented against them;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines, however, that measures taken under the state of emergency had large-scale, disproportionate and long- lasting negative effects on the protection of fundamental freedoms in the country; condemns the collective dismissal of civil servants, police officers, the mass liquidation of media outlets, the arrests of journalists, academics, judges, human rights defenders, elected officials and ordinary citizens, and the confiscation of property and passports on the basis of emergency decree laws without individualised decisions, and without the possibility of timely judicial review;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the strategic importance of good EU-Turkey relations for both sides; recognises that both Turkey and the EU have gone through their own internal transformation processes since the accession negotiations were opened in 2004; regrets that the accession instruments have not been used to the fullest extent and that, over the years, Turkey’s full integration into the EU has lost public support on both sides; remains committed to cooperating and maintaining an open dialogue with the Turkish Government, in order to address common challenges; recommends that the Council urgently invite the Turkish Government to a summit to discuss the obvious crisis in EU-Turkey relations that we are faced with;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the outcome of the referendum that took place on 16 April 2017, held under the state of emergency and in circumstances that prevented a fair campaign; supports an independent evaluation of all claims regarding irregularities; notshares the remarkconcerns of the Venice Commission on the constitutional reform, and underlines that the proposed constitutional amendments do not respect the fundamental principles of the separation of powers and sufficient checks and balances, and are not in line with the Copenhagen criteria; notes the decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to reopen the monitoring process for Turkey;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Expresses, once again, serious concern and urges Turkey to avoid any kind of threat or action directed against a Member State;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. NotesIs gravely concerned that measures undertaken following the declaration of the state of emergency have targeted alleged members/supporters of the Gülen movement, dissent in general and political parties of the opposition in particular; strongly condemns the imprisonment of 13 MPs belonging to the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), including its co-chairs, and of 90 Kurdish municipal mayors; expresses its great concern about the severe situation of more than one hundred political prisoners, including 34 women, who are on indefinite and non-alternate hunger strike; 13 of them entered a critical stage being on hunger strike since 15 February 2017, and on the verge of irreversible damage on their health; urges the Turkish Government to lift the state of emergency immediately; underlines that the reintroduction of the death penalty would violate Turkey’s international commitments and lead to an immediate end to the EU accession talks;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that measures undertaken following the declaration of the state of emergency have targeted alleged members/supporters of the Gülen movement, dissent in general and political parties of the opposition in particular; strongly condemns the imprisonment of 13 MPs belonging to the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), including its co-chairs, and of 90 Kurdish municipal mayors; urges the Turkish Government to lift the state of emergency immediately; underlines that the reintroduction of the death penalty would violate Turkey’s international commitments and lead to an immediate end to the EU accession talks due to the fact that the unequivocal rejection of the death penalty is an essential requirement for EU membership;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns strongly the violations of freedom of expression and the serious infringements of media freedom, including the disproportionate bannings of media sites and social media as well as the recent blocking of Wikipedia; notes with concern the closure of around 170 media outlets - including almost all Kurdish-language outlets - and the jailing of more than 150 journalists; recalls that a free and pluralistic press is an essential component of any democracy and urges the Turkish government to release all journalists immediately; notes the continuous deterioration in the press freedom index from Reporters without borders, ranking Turkey now 155 out of 180 countries;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 172 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses its serious concern at the continuously deteriorating situation in south-east Turkey, especially in the areas where curfews were imposed, where some 2 000 people were reportedly killed in the context of security operations and an estimated half a million people became displaced in the period from July 2015 to December 2016; notes that local prosecutors have consistently refused to open investigations into the reported killings; recalls that the Turkish government has a responsibility to protect all people living on its territory, irrespective of their cultural or religious origins; is convinced that only a fair political settlement of the Kurdish question can bring sustainable stability and prosperity both to the area and to Turkey as a whole; notes that a series of laws have created an atmosphere of ‘systematic impunity’ for the security forces; regrets the decision of the Turkish Parliament to waive the immunity of a large number of MPs unconstitutionally, paving the way for the arrests of opposition politicians; deplores the widespread expropriations, including properties belonging to the municipalities and also church properties, which would be a violation of the rights of religious minorities;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses its serious concern at the continuously deteriorating situation in south-east Turkey, especially in the areas where curfews were imposed, where some 2 000 people were reportedly killed in the context of security operations and an estimated half a million people became displaced in the period from July 2015 to December 2016; notes that local prosecutors have consistently refused to open investigations into the reported killings; recalls that the Turkish Government has a responsibility to protect all people living on its territory, irrespective of their ethnic and cultural origin, religion or beliefs; is convinced that only a fair political settlement of the Kurdish question can bring sustainable stability and prosperity both to the area and to Turkey as a whole; notes that a series of laws have created an atmosphere of ‘systematic impunity’ for the security forces; regrets the decision of the Turkish Parliament to waive the immunity of a large number of MPs unconstitutionally, paving the way for the arrests of opposition politicians;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 194 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Turkey to protect the rights of the most vulnerable groups and of persons belonging to minorities; regrets that the LGBTI marches in Ankara and Istanbul weris seriously concerned about violence bannsed for the second consecutive year; is seriously concerned about gender-based violence, discriminationon religious grounds, continuous discrimination, also against Christians, hate speech against minorities, hate crime and violations of the human rights of LGBTI persons; calls on Turkey to harmonise its domestic legislation with the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention, which it ratified in 2014; welcomes the government’s national strategy and action plan for Roma and encourages the authorities to address key obstacles to the social inclusion of Romacalls on the Turkish government to start implementing the strategy and to set up a monitoring and evaluation mechanism; encourages the authorities to address key obstacles to the social inclusion of Roma; expects the Turkish government to treat every Turkish citizen without any prejudice towards his or her religious belief; deplores the plans to turn the Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 202 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Turkey to protect the rights of the most vulnerable groups and of persons belonging to minorities; regrets that the LGBTI marches in Ankara and Istanbul were banned for the second consecutive year; is seriously concerned about gender-based violence, discrimination, hate speech against minorities, hate crime, lack of respect for the freedom of religion or belief and violations of the human rights of LGBTI persons; calls on Turkey to harmonise its domestic legislation with the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention, which it ratified in 2014; welcomes the government’s national strategy and action plan for Roma and encourages the authorities to address key obstacles to the social inclusion of Roma;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. WBelcomieves the deepening ofat EU- Turkey relcooperations in key areas of joint interest, such as counter-terrorism, migration, energy, the economy and trade; believes EU-Turkey cooperation in these areas to can only be an investment in the stability and prosperity of both Turkey and the EU, if it is based on the full respect of fundamental rights and the implementation of the agreements towards all Member States;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 232 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, and therefore supports the Commission’s proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Union; reiterates that the EU is Turkey’s main trading partner and that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; considers the involvement of social partners in negotiations as crucial; calls on the Commission to include political benchmarks on human rights and, fundamental freedoms and the principle of good neighbourly relations in the upgraded Customs Union;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 234 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that strengthening tradTakes note of the prelations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, and therefore supports the Commission’s proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Unparatory work for an upgrading of the EU-Turkey Customs Union, without prejudice to Member States' position; reiterates that the EU is Turkey’s main trading partner and that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; considers the involvementconsultation of social partners in negotiations as crubeneficial; calls on the Commission to include political benchmarks on human rights and fundamental freedoms in the upgraded Customs Unionas well as a suspension clause on the implementation towards all Member States in the upgraded Customs Union; notes that a prerequisite for the modernisation of the Customs Union is that Turkey should proceed to the full, effective and non-discriminatory implementation of the existing Customs Union vis-à-vis all MS, including the Republic of Cyprus;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 237 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, and therefore supports the Commission’s proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Union; reiterates that the EU is Turkey’s main trading partner and tha can be contemplated provided that Turkey proceeds first two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; ce full and indiscriminate implementation of its obligationsi ders the involvement of social partners in negotiations as crucialiving from the current Customs Union Agreement between EU- Turkey; calls on the Commission to include political benchmarks on human rights and fundamental freedoms inonce the negotiations for the upgraded Customs Union begin;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 238 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, and therefore supports the Commission’s proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Union; reiterates that the EU is Turkey’s main trading partner and that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; is seriously concerned about the legal uncertainty and the lack of guarantee for property resulting in numerous expropriations of private companies for vague and unproved reasons; considers the involvement of social partners in negotiations as crucial; calls on the Commission to include political benchmarks on human rights and fundamental freedoms in the upgraded Customs Union; underlines that the Customs Union can only reach its full potential when Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol vis-à-vis all Member States; recalls the finding from the 2016 Report on Turkey that duty relief, free zones, surveillance measures and management of tariff quotas are not fully in line with the acquis; notes the Commissions' conclusion that further trade integration with the EU would be stimulated by Turkey's elimination of impediments to the functioning of the Customs Union;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 250 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Deplores Turkey´s refusal to fulfil its obligation of full, non-discriminatory implementation of the Additional Protocol to the EC-Turkey Association Agreement vis-à-vis all member states, the Republic of Cyprus in particular; reiterates that Turkey's refusal to normalize its relations with all EU Member States has started having a negative impact on its relations with the EU, including its accession process;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 251 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on Turkey to further align its foreign policy with that of the EU in accordance with the provisions of the Negotiating Framework;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that visa liberalisation is important for the Turkish population and will enhance people-to-people contacts; encouragescalls on the Turkish Government to withdraw unilateral declarations and to comply with the finall outstanding criteria, including revision of its anti-terrorism legislation; calls on the Turkish Government to fully and effectively implement both the Visa Liberalisation Road Map and the Readmission Agreement vis-à-vis all Member States, including cooperation on JHA issues and non-discriminatory access to the Turkish territory for the citizens of all EU Member States;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that visa liberalisation is important for the Turkish population and will enhance people-to-people contacts; encourages the Turkish Government to comply with the final outstanding criteria, including revision of its anti-terrorism legislation and to fully and in a non- discriminatory manner meet all the criteria identified in the visa liberalisation roadmap towards all Member States;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 274 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to take into account the latest developments in Turkey when conducting the mid-term review of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds in 2017, and to suspend all pre-accession funds ifsince Turkey no longer sufficiently complies withdoes not fulfil the EU’s Copenhagen criteria; calls on the Commission to use those funds to support Turkish civil society and to invest more in people-to-people exchange programmes, such as Erasmus+ for students;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Condemns in the strongest terms all terrorist attacks carried out in Turkey, and stands firmly by Turkey’s population in our joint fight against terrorism; welcomes the close bilateral relations between EU Member States and Turkey in the field of anti-terrorism cooperation, including on ‘foreign fighters’; reiterates its condemnation of the return to violence by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been on the EU’sstresses that the inclusion of PKK on the EU's list of terrorist organisations is standing in the way of the establishment of peace, dialogue and negotiations, at the same time that facilitates the infringement of human rights; calls therefore on the Council to revise the list and remove the PKK from the list of terrorist organisations since 2002; inv; calls on the Turkish authorities the Member States to enforce legislation banning the use of signs and symbols of organisations which are on that listo restart talks with PKK leaders for a peaceful solution for the Kurdish question; and to end the confinement of Abdullah Ocalan in prison;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 299 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on European Council for EU embargo on arms sales to Turkey, following the decision of Germany and Austria;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 311 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Commends the engagement by the Turkish Government and the hospitality shown by the population in hosting around 3 million refugees; notes the EU-Turkey statement on migration and underlines the importance of a full and non- discriminatory implementation of all its aspects, and urges the Member States to initiate the voluntary resettlement scheme for the most vulnerable refugees in Turkey; calls on the Commission to ensure long- term investment in both refugees and their host communities in Turkey; encourages the Turkish Government to grant work permits to all Syrian refugees; calls on Ankara to keep up its patrolling efforts in the Aegean and to implement fully, to enhance efforts to combat migrant smuggling and to implement fully and effectively the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement and the bilateral readmission agreements signed with Bulgaria and Greece;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 327 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Condemns strongly the recent statements by President Erdogan accusing some EU leaders of ‘Nazi practices’ ands well as the abuse of some Member States and their citizens as 'Nazis' and insists on an official apology by the President; warns that the continuation of such unwarranted statements undermines Turkey’s credibility as a political partner; notes with concern the reports of alleged pressure on members of the Turkish diaspora living in the Member States, and condemns the Turkish authorities’ surveillance of citizens with dual nationality living abroad; is concerned at the revocation of a large number of passports, leaving people stateless;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 333 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Reiterates the need to strengthen good neighbourly relations; calls on Turkey, in this connection, to step up efforts to resolve outstanding bilateral issues, including unsettled legal obligations and disputes with its immediate neighbours over land and maritime borders and airspace, in accordance with the provisions of the UN Charter and with international law; calls on the Turkish Government to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); urges the Turkish Government to end the repeated violations of Greek airspace and territorial waters, as well as the practice of Turkish military aircraft flying over Greek islands; expresses its regret that the casus belli threat declared by the Turkish Grand National Assembly against Greece has not yet been withdrawn; urges Turkey and Armenia to proceed to normalise their relations by establishing diplomatic relations without preconditions, and calls for opening the Turkish-Armenia border, which could lead to improved relations, with particular reference to cross-border cooperation and economic integration;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 334 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls upon the Turkish Government to halt its plans for the construction of the Akkuyuy nuclear power plant; points out that the envisaged site is located in a region prone to severe earthquakes, hence posing a major threat not only to Turkey but to the Mediterranean region; accordingly, requests that the Turkish Government join the Espoo Convention, which commits parties to notifying and consulting each other on major projects under consideration that are likely to have a significant adverse environmental impact across boundaries; to this end, asks the Turkish Government to involve, or at least consult, the governments of its neighbouring countries, such as Greece and Cyprus, during any further developments in the Akkuyu venture;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 335 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls upon the Turkish government to halt its plans for the construction of the Akkuyuy nuclear power plant; points out that the envisaged site is located in a region prone to severe earthquakes, hence posing a major threat not only to Turkey but to the Mediterranean region as a whole; requests accordingly that the Turkish government join the Espoo Convention, which commits parties to notifying and consulting each other on major projects under consideration that are likely to have a significant adverse environmental impact across boundaries; asks the Turkish government to involve, or at least consult, the governments of its neighbouring countries, such as Greece and Cyprus, during any further developments in the Akkuyuy venture;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 344 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls on Turkey to cooperate with relevant international organizations, especially the Council of Europe, in preventing and combatting illicit trafficking and the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage within Turkey and the occupied part of Cyprus;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 345 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Recalls its position adopted in the report on the implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy in 2016 about the importance of ensuring the coherence of EU policy as regards situations involving the occupation or annexation of territory; recalls, in this regard, that the immediate withdrawal of Turkish occupation forces and the full restoration of the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus, in line with the UNSC resolutions, should be the first step for achieving a long-term political solution, guaranteeing the well-being, security and democratic rights of all Cypriots;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 347 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that a settlement of the Cyprus problem would have a positive impact on the entire region, while first and foremost benefiting both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, would have a positive impact on the entire region; praises the leaders of the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots communities in Cyprus for having achieved major progress in the settlement talks; welcomes the exchange of preferred maps, thus far unprecedented, and the first international conference held with the guarantor powers; supports thfirst international conference held at Geneva with the guarantor powers and the participation of the EU; regrets the lack of tangible progress during the discussion of security-related aspects, due to the unproductive stance demonstrated by Turkey; supports a just, viable and comprehensive settlement based on a bi- communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, a single international legal personality, single sovereignty and single citizenship with political equality between the two communities, in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutionss set out in the relevant Security Council resolutions and High Level agreements, with a single international legal personality, single sovereignty and single citizenship , in line with international law and on the basis of respect for the principles on which the Union is founded and the acquis communautaire; welcomes the intensified engagement by the parties to achieve the settlement of the Cyprus problem; expectscalls on Turkey to show activecomply with the EU declaration issued on September 21,2005 and to actively and concretely support for the negotiations, and reiterates that Turkey’s commitment and contribution to a comprehensive settlement remain crucial; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), and calls on Turkey to allow access to all relevant sites and to assist the CMP by providing information from its military archivecalls on Turkey to immediately withdraw its troops from Cyprus and to transfer Varosha to the UN and to its lawful inhabitants in accordance with UNSC resolution 550 (1984) as an effort to pave the way for a democratic comprehensive settlement; notes that the EU has much to gain from a viable and functional settlement of the Cyprus problem, thus creating the conditions for good neighbourly relations and improvement in EU-Turkey relations;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 348 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that a settlement of the Cyprus problem would have a positive impact on the entire region, while first and foremost benefiting both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots; praises the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities in Cyprus for having achieved major progress in the settlement talks; welcomes the exchange of preferred maps, thus far unprecedented, and the first international conference held with the guarantor powers; supports the settlement based on a bi- communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, a single international legal personality, single sovereignty and single citizenship with political equality between the two communities and equal opportunities for all its citizens, in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and on the basis of respect for the, the EU acquis, and the values and principles upon which the EUnion is founded; welcomes the intensified engagement by the parties to achieve the settlement of the Cyprus problem; expects Turkey to show active support for the negotiations, and reiterates that Turkey’s commitment and contribution to a comprehensive settlement remain crucial; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), and; expects rapid implementation of the declared intention to grant access to the Committee on Missing Persons to all relevant sites, including military areas; calls on Turkey to allow full access to all relevant sitarchives and to assist the CMP by providing information from its military archivemilitary zones in the northern part of Cyprus for exhumation and to provide all relevant information that will lead to the discovery of relocated remains; calls for special consideration for the work done by the Committee on Missing Persons;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 355 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that a settlement of the Cyprus problem would have a positive impact on the entire region, while first and foremost benefiting both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots; praises the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities in Cyprus for having achieved major progress in the settlement talks; welcomes the exchange of preferred maps, thus far unprecedented, and the first international conferenceConference on Cyprus held with the guarantor powers; supports the settlement based on a bi- communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, a single international legal personality, single sovereignty and single citizenship with political equality between the two communities, in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and on the basis of respect for international law and the principles on which the Union is founded; welcomes the intensified engagement by the parties to achieve the settlement of the Cyprus problem; expects Turkey to show active support for the negotiations, and reiterates that Turkey’s commitment and contribution to a comprehensive settlement remain crucial; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), and calls on Turkey to allow access to all relevant sites and to assist the CMP by providing information from its military archivemilitary zones for exhumation and to assist the CMP to the discovery of relocated and other remains by providing all relevant information from its military archives; welcomes, in this respect, the appointment of EP standing rapporteur on missing persons;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 362 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses that Turkey needs to commit itself unequivocally to good neighbourly relations, according to international agreements, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which is part of the EU acquis, as well as to the peaceful settlement of disputes, in accordance with the United Nations Charter, having recourse, if necessary, to the International Court of Justice. In this context, the European Parliament expresses serious concern and urges Turkey to avoid any kind of threat or action directed against a Member State, or source of friction or actions that damage good neighbourly relations and the peaceful settlement of disputes;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 367 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), and calls on Turkey to allow unconditional access to military zones and all relevant sites and to provide relevant information from its military and other archives, thus maximising the effectiveness of the excavations conducted by the CMP; welcomes, in this respect, the appointment of EP standing rapporteur on missing persons;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 370 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on Turkey to immediately withdraw its troops from Cyprus and to transfer Varosha to its lawful inhabitants in accordance with UNSC Resolution 550(1984); as an effort to pave the way for a democratic comprehensive settlement;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 372 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on Turkey to immediately withdraw its troops from Cyprus and to transfer Varosha to its lawful inhabitants in accordance with UNSC Resolution 550(1984);
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 375 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on Turkey to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which has been signed and ratified by the EU, the 28 Member States and all other candidate countries and forms part of the acquis in line with December 2015 Council Conclusions and other relevant Council Conclusions; also condemns all the provoking actions of Turkey within the EEZ of the Republic of Cyprus which are a source of instability and calls on Turkey to terminate them; it recalls that Ankara must respect the sovereign rights of all EU Member States and to refrain from any action damaging good neighbourly relations while at the same time respecting the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 376 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on Turkey to fulfil its obligation of full, non-discriminatory implementation of the Additional Protocol to the EC-Turkey Association Agreement vis-à-vis all Member States, including the Republic of Cyprus, the fulfilment of which could provide a significant boost to the negotiation process; regrets that Turkey has still not made progress towards the normalization of its relations with the Republic of Cyprus; reiterates that recognition of all Member States is a necessary component of the accession process and calls for progress without any further delay;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 381 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Deplores Turkey´s refusal to fulfil its obligation of full, non-discriminatory implementation of the Additional Protocol to the EC-Turkey Association Agreement vis-a-vis all member states, including the Republic of Cyprus;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 384 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Deplores Turkey's policy of illegal settlement and calls on Turkey to refrain from further settlement of Turkish citizens in the occupied areas of Cyprus, which is contrary to the Geneva Convention and the principles of international law; urges Turkey to revoke relevant threats and terminate all actions aiming to alter the demographic balance on the island thus impeding a future solution;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 385 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Deplores Turkey's policy of illegal settlement and calls on Turkey to refrain from further settlement of Turkish citizens in the occupied areas of Cyprus, which is contrary to the Geneva Convention and the principles of international law; urges Turkey to terminate all actions that alter the demographic balance on the island thus impeding a future solution;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 386 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Deplores Turkey's policy of settlement and calls on Turkey to refrain from further settlement of Turkish citizens in the occupied areas of Cyprus, which is contrary to the Geneva Convention and the principles of international law; urges Turkey to terminate all actions that alter the demographic balance on the island thus impeding a future solution;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 389 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19 d. Reiterates that Turkey needs to commit itself unequivocally to good neighbourly relations, international agreements and to peaceful settlement of bilateral disputes in accordance with the United Nations Charter, having recourse, if necessary, to the International Court of Justice; expresses serious concern over Turkey's renewed threats and provocations as well its decision to issue a NAVTEX purporting to reserve an area within the territorial sea, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus; urges Turkey to refrain from any further threat or action which might lead to friction and crisis and might have negative effects on the negotiations for ending the unacceptable status quo; calls on Turkey to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which has been signed and ratified by the EU and its 28 Member States, without further delay; reiterates its call on Turkey to respect the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Member States over their territorial sea and airspace and their lawful right to enter into bilateral agreements and to explore and exploit natural resources in accordance with the EU acquis and international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 390 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19 d. Underlines the Republic of Cyprus' lawful right to enter into bilateral agreements concerning its exclusive economic zone; reiterates its calls on Turkey to respect the sovereign rights of all Member States, including those relating to the exploration and exploitation of natural resources when in line with the EU acquis and international law; calls on Turkey to refrain from any action damaging good neighbourly relations and a climate conducive to the peaceful settlement of bilateral disputes;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 393 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19 e. Reiterates relevant ECtHR decisions and calls on the Turkish Government to immediately stop the violation of the human rights of the Cypriot citizens and stop depriving them of the enjoyment and exercise of their property, religious and other human rights stemming from the constitutional order of the Republic of Cyprus and the acquis communautaire, as well as the fundamental principles and values of the EU;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 395 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 f (new)
19 f. Is concerned about reports indicating the collaboration of Turkey with ISIL, including the purchase of oil products and urges Turkey to refrain from such practices;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2016/2305(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that Internet access is a human right that must be guaranteed for all European citizens.
2017/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 125 #

2016/2305(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the WiFi4EU initiative to promote free internet in local communities by means of an EU-funded scheme; notes that access speeds are increasing, and that as usage across multiple wireless devices grows, WLAN will need to match end-to-end connectivity demand, however, that Internet access for small and isolated countries and island areas is unfortunately expensive and leaves a lot to be desired in terms of quality and speed; recommends therefore that EU funding be earmarked for free and unrestricted Internet access in remote and island areas;
2017/03/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 10 January 2017 on Building a European Data Economy (COM(2017)0009) and the accompanying Commission staff working document (SWD(2017)0002),
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 25 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the evolving development and use of internet platforms for a wide set of activities, including commercial activities and sharing goods and services, have changed the ways in which consumers, companies and other users interact with content and goods providers;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 34 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the e-Commerce Directive exempts intermediaries from liability for content only if they play a neutral, merely technical, automatic and passive role in relation to the hosted content;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 76 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges that online platforms benefit today’s digital economy and society by increasing the choices available to consumers and creating and shaping new markets; points out, however, that online platforms present possible new policy and regulatory challenges;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 83 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that, although many pieces of EU legislation, inter alia competition, data protection and consumer protection rules, apply to online platforms, it is frequently the case that they are not enforced properly or have not been adapted to the online world;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 121 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Believes that an online platform is a highly contextual concept and rather than considering online platforms through an all-encompassing definition, it is more consistent within the framework of European law to consider online platforms as a collection of different legally adequate elements, which can be used to determine which legal rule shall apply;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 130 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that online platforms use the internet as a means of interaction and act as facilitators between the demand and supply sides providing therefore benefits to a wide range of economic operators, including SMEs, and consumers;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 145 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the increasingly widespread use of smart devices, including smartphones and tablets has further extended access to online platforms, thereby enhancing their role in the economy and society, particularly among young people, but more and more among all age groups;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 149 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Notes the growing role of online platforms in sharing and providing access to news and other information valuable for citizens as well as for the functioning of democracy;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 163 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises the benefits that online platforms offer for SMEs; notes that online platforms are often the easiest and most suitable first step for small businesses who want to go online and benefit from online distribution channels; notes that online platforms allow SMEs to access global markets without excessive investments in costly digital infrastructure;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 173 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to prioritise actions that allow European start-ups and new European online platforms to emerge and to scale up; stresses that facilitating investments in start-ups is vital to the development of online platforms in Europe; emphasizes that an open environment characterized by fair competition is crucial in this regard;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 183 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that some online platforms realise the collaborative economy and contribute to the growth of collaborative economy in Europe; welcomes the Commission communication on the collaborative economy, which supports the development of new business models; stresses that these new business models offer new services and greater choice for consumers as well as provide flexibility for employees;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 218 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that certainsome stakeholders are dissatisfied with the implementation and enforcement of the current rules on liability and welcomes the Commission’s undertaking to publish guidelines on intermediary liability; calls on the Commission to draw attention to the regulatory differences between the online and offline world and to create a level playing field for comparable services online and offline;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 229 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the liability rules for online platforms should allow the tackling of issues related to illegal goods and illegal and harmful content in an efficient manner, for instance by respecting the duty of care, while maintaining a balanced and business- friendly approach;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 243 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need for online platforms to prevent illegal goods and illegal and inappropriate content and unfair practices through regulatory, effective self- regulatory or hybrid measures; stresses the importance of online platforms playing a proactive role in tackling illegal goods and illegal and inappropriate content and taking immediate action to remove illegal or inappropriate content if such content slips through preventive monitoring; notes that online platforms are not always able to assess and establish the illegality of content and any measure imposed as voluntarily or otherwise must take into account possible consequences of censorship and effects on freedom of speech and the openness of the internet;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 262 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that online platforms should develop and adopt more effective voluntary measures and technical means of identifying and eliminating harmfulillegal content; welcomes the industry Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech, supported by the Commissiont;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 278 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission to ensure a level playing field for online platforms service providers and other services with which they compete; stresses that regulatory certainty is essential to creating a thriving digital economy; notes that competitive pressures vary between different sectors and therefore ‘one-size- fits-all’ solutions are rarely appropriate and tailor-made solutions are necessary to take into consideration due to the various characteristics of different kinds of online platforms;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 296 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Draws attention to the fact that the size of online platforms varies from global giants to micro-enterprises; stresses the importance of fair and effective competition between online platforms to avoid the creation of monopolies that distort the markets due to abuse of market power; stresses that facilitating the switching between online platforms or online services is an essential measure in preventing market failures;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 299 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines that possible reforms of the existing regulatory framework should concentrate on the harmonisation of rules and reducing regulatory fragmentation; emphasises the need to avoid over- regulation and to continue the REFIT process and the implementation of the better regulation principle; stresses the importance of technology neutrality and having the same rules apply online and offline; stresses that the regulatory certainty fosters competition, investments and innovations;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 309 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the importance of investments in infrastructure; stresses that a level playing field and fair competition ensure investments in quality, high-speed broadband services; stresses that reliable high-speed networks are the precondition of offering and using online platform services; stresses the need for net neutrality and fair and non-discriminatory access to online platforms;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 344 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines that the cross-border nature of online platforms represents a huge advantage in developing the Digital Single Market, but also requires better cooperation between national public authorities; asks the Commission to make better use of existing consumer protection services and mechanisms, which could provide identical and efficient consumer protection in relation to online platforms activities;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 404 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Notes that online payments offer ahigh level of transparency that helps to protect the rights of consumers and entrepreneurs and could be applied to the collection of data for taxation purposes, for example; notes that transparency facilitates the comparison of prices and transaction costs and increases the traceability of economic transactions and enables more efficient collection of taxes;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 411 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses that a fair and innovation- friendly environment as well as investments in research and development are vital for generating new ideas and innovations; underlines the importance of open data and free flow of data for the development of new online platforms; notes that open, advanced and shared test networks can be an asset for Europe;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 419 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Stresses that, in relation to this specific business model, the traditional reasoning inherent in EU competition law may no longer be fit for purpose and proportionate more flexible and timely solutions for digital markets should be envisaged to complement competition law; stresses the importance of effective enforcement of the existing competition law;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 425 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Is concerned about problematic B2B practices by some online platforms, such as a lack of transparency (e.g. in search results), ownership of data or pricing policies), possible unfair terms and conditions and possible abuses of the dual role of platforms as intermediaries and competitors;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 437 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the efforts made by the Commission to fight tax avoidance and harmful competitionabuse of market power and calls on the Member States and the Commission to propose further reforms to prevent tax avoidance practices in the EU;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 451 #

2016/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
44. Regrets that the EU’s presence in the world market is barely feltregrettably low, in particular due to the current fragmentation of the digital market, legal uncertainty and the lack of financing and capacity to market technological innovations, which make it difficult for European companies to become world leaders in this new economy;
2017/03/27
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 34 #

2016/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the EU budget should mirror the ambitious goal of Horizon 2020 of making the EU a world-leading economy and a society based on research and innovation
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 47 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the programme budget, management and implementation is spread over 20 different bodies; queries whether this results in excessive coordination efforts and redundancy; asks the Commission to reflect on how to simplify this; underlines the need for the clear presentation of the new European Innovation Council's portfolio and responsibilities;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that Pillars 2 and 3 are too focused on higher Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), which limits the future absorption of disruptive innovations that are still in the pipeline of research projects with lower TRLs; considers that TRLs exclude non-technological forms of innovation generated by fundamental or applied research, particularly from SSH;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 61 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to offer a balanced mixset of small, medium and large- sized projects; notes that the average budget for projects has increased under H2020 and that larger projects requirefavour participants with large financial and staff capabilities; notes that this favours large institutions, creating a problem for smaller Member States and for small participants from larger Member States; regrets that this poses obstacles for newcomers and concentrates funding in elite institutiongreater experience in the Framework Programmes projects, creating some barriers for newcomers;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the current alarmingly low success rate of 14 %s represents a negative trend compared to FP7; regrets that the cuts inflicted by EFSI have deepened this problem;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 84 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Insists that research can be a risky investment for private investors and that funding research practice through grants is a necessity; regrets the tendency, in some cases, to move away from grants towards the use of loans; recognises that loans mustfinancial instruments should be available for high TRL,s and close to market activities, within other types of instruments (e.g. EIB schemes) outside of the FP as a part of the Framework Programme (InnovFin) or outside it (EIB schemes);
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 86 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that several Member States are not respecting their national R&D investment commitments; calls for the earmarking of and stresses that the 3% of GDP target needs to be met; calls for the possible high usage of the Structural Funds for R&D activities, especially and programmes, investments in capacity building, infrastructure and salaries, asks that the 3% of GDP target be met, and hopes that this well as supporting activities for the preparation of proposals can be raised to 4% in the not too distant futured projects management;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Confirms that 'excellence' should remain the keycore and undisputed evaluation criterion across all the three pillars, while noting that it is only one of the three evaluation criteria, alongside ‘ of the FP, but stresses as well existing 'impact' and 'quality and efficiency of the implementation’; calls for the reweighting of these criteria and invites the Commission to set out additional sub- criteria by adding ‘SSH integration and geographical balance’ under ‘impact’ and ‘project size’ under ‘efficiency of the implementation’' criteria and therefore invites the Commission to include into the 'impact' criterion the problem of 'underrepresented EU regions involvement' and 'the exploitation of the research infrastructure financed from ESIF';
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 125 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to better define 'impact'; stresses that the assessment of the impact of fundamental research projects should remain flexible and its relative weight in the evaluation procedure should be decreased; asks the Commission to check that the balance between bottom-up and top-down calls is maintained and to analyse which procedure (one or two stage) is more useful to avoid oversubscription;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 142 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to continue to enhance the societal challenges approach and emphasises the importance of collaborative research; underlines the need to reinforce somimportance of regular revision of the adequacy of the sSocietal cChallenges such as innovation in agriculture and health, especially cancer and antimicrobial resistance research planslist as well as flexibility of the budget dedicated to each of them;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that synergies between funds are crucial to make investments more effective; stresses that RIS3 are an important tool to catalyse synergies setting out national and regional frameworks for R&D&I investments; regrets the presence of substantial barriers to making synergies fully operational19 such as the State Aid rules, aims for the alignment of rules and procedures for R&D&I projects under ESIF and FP; calls on the Commission to revise the State Aid rules and to allow R&D structural fund projects to be justifiable within the FP rules of procedure; _________________ 19Large research infrastructure fits within the scope and goals of the ERDF, but ERDF funds allocated nationally cannot be used to co-finance it; construction costs associated with new research infrastructures are eligible under the ERDF, but operational and staff costs are not.
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 170 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that the R&I capabilities of North/South and West/East Member States are very different; recognises the European dimension tosuccessful implementation of the European Research Area requires full usage of the R&D&I potential of the all Member States and recognises the problem of the participation gap, which must be addressed by the FP if the EU is to exploit its full potential; welcomes, in this respect, the Widening Programme in Horizon 2020 programme; welcomes in this respect the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation policy and calls on the Commission to increase its budget substantially; calls on the Commission to assess whether the three Wwidening instruments have achieved their specific objectives and to clarify the rational and general goal of the Programme, to review the indicator used to define ‘underrepresented’ countries, and to keep a dynamic list that allowsprovide the balanced and adopted set of instruments responding to the existing EU disparities in research and innovation field; calls on the Commission and Member States to be in work out depending on how their capabilities evolve; calls on the Commission to adapt or adopt new measures to bridge this gapthe clear rules allowing the full implementation of Seal of Excellence scheme; calls to review the indicators used to define 'underrepresented' countries and to verify regularly the list of those countries during the framework programme implementation;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 187 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the importance of incorporating research and entrepreneurship skills into Member States’ primary and high school education systems in order to encourage young people to develop these skills, as R&D should be viewed in structural rather than cyclical or temporal terms; calls on the Member States and the Commission to enhance employment stability and attractiveness for young researchers; calls on the Commission to provide new increased levels of support for young researchers, such as a new funding scheme for early-stage researchers with less than three years of experience after PhD completion;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Confirms that international co- operation fell from 5% in FP7 to 2.8% in Horizon 2020; calls on the Commission to revise the terms of international cooperation, recalls that the FP should contribute to ensuring that Europe remains a key global player, while underlining the importance of scientifice diplomacy; calls for a strategic vision and structure to support this objective and welcomes all initiatives involving third countries such as PRIMA;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 206 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. RecallNotes that SSH integration means SSH research in interdisciplinary projects and not an ex-post add-on to otherwise technological projects, and that the most pressing problems faced by the EU require methodological research that is more conceptually focused on SSH; calls on the Commission either to introduce a minimum percentage dedicated to SSH funding, or to create an evaluation sub-criterion that takes account of its inclusion inare underrepresented in the current Framework Programme and calls on the Commission to work out the mechanisms allowing to integrate them widely into the interdisciplinary FP9 projects;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 217 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines that Horizon 2020 is not focused on the 'valley of death' that constitutes the main barrier to converting prototypes into mass production, and that H2020 is the first FP to put research and innovation together; welcomes the creation of an EIC20 , but insists that this should not lead again to the separation of research from innovation; _________________ 20Commission Communication entitled ‘Europe’s next leaders: the Start-up and Scale-up Initiative’ (COM/2016/0733).
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 225 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to clarify the instruments and functioning of the EIC; underlines the need to keep and strengthen the SME Instrument and the Fast Track to Innovation, and to facilitate funding for the final stages of research so that laboratory scientific innovations can develop into commercial businesses; asks the Commission to analyse also how KICs can be integrated into the EIC and stresses the need to evaluate the EIC pilot results to propose the balanced mix of instruments for EIC portfolio; underlines the need to keep and strengthen the SME Instrument and the Fast Track to Innovation; invites the Commission to work out mechanisms including SMEs into big FP projects; calls on the Commission to keep KICs in the current EIT structure;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 235 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes initiatives which bring the private and public sectors together to stimulate research; regrets the low level of public return on public investment in some sensitive areas such as health; highlights the need for enhanced EU leadership in prioritising public research needs and a fair public return; calls on the Commission to study the possibilities of co-ownership of IP for key projects funded by FP public grants;deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 250 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the Open Science pilot funding as a first step towards an Open Science Cloud; recognises the relevance of e-infrastructures and supercomputing, the need for public and private sector stakeholders and civil society to be involved and the importance of citizen science in ensuring that society plays a more active part in the definition of the problems; calls for a scientific metadata structure and procedures for the generation of such data in order to feed the European OSC and ensure data exploitation; calls on the Commission and the public and private research community to explore new models that integrate private cloud resources and public e- infrastructures and the launch of citizen agendas in science and innovation;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 266 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the success of H2020 and the 1:11 leverage factor; notes the oversubscription and the challenges that lie ahead, and calls for a budgetary increase of EUR 100 billion for FP9calls on the Commission to increase the budget of FP9 to EUR 120 billion and insists on avoiding fragmentation and dispersing of this budget;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 270 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that the main goals of FP9 programme should remain strengthening of the EU competitiveness, creating growth and jobs, bringing new knowledge and innovations in order to tackle the crucial challenges faced by Europe as well as the further progress towards developing sustainable European Research Era; welcomes in this respect the current pillar structure of the FP and calls on the Commission to retain this structure for the sake of continuity and predictability.
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 277 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Notes that the EU faces numerous significant and dynamic challenges and calls on the Commission to provide in Pillar 3 balanced set of instruments responding to the dynamic nature of emerging problems; underlines the need of providing sufficiently flexible budget for the specific challenges in Pillar 3 as well as the regular revision of the adequacy of those challenges;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 279 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Encourages the Commission to continue its efforts on enhancing synergies between FP9, ESIF and EFSI and providing fewer instruments with harmonised rules (State Aid); askes Commission therefore to continue work on the coherence, simplification, transparency and clarity of the programme, on improving the evaluation process and on reducing fragmentation;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 280 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. Calls on the Commission to keep adequate balance between fundamental research and innovation within FP9; notes a need of strengthening of the collaborative research; underline the necessity of inclusion SMEs into collaborative projects and creating corresponding mechanisms and rules;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 281 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 e (new)
26e. Notes that FP9 should tackle the possible problem of the oversubscription and low success rates faced in Horizon 2020; suggests to consider the reintroduction of the two stage evaluation procedure with the unified first stage and specified second stage dedicated to the selected applicants; calls on the Commission to ensure sufficiently comprehensive ESRs with indications on how the proposal could be improved;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 282 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)
26f. Underlines the need of strengthening the international cooperation within FP9 and spreading science diplomacy.
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 283 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 g (new)
26g. Stresses that the European Union needs to fully use the existing R&D&I potential of all Member States and provide adequate and equal opportunities for the scientific development to all the European scientists and researchers in order to implement successfully the European Research Area concept; calls on the Commission to strengthen current efforts to support wider participation in FP9 to demonstrate European added value and handle the existing disparities in Europe in research and innovation field; asks the Commission to work out the balanced set of Widening Participation instruments and measures, having in mind that the budget for those instruments needs to be increased significantly; underlines the need for providing cooperation patterns enhancing brain circulation and opening the existing networks to newcomers; asks for creating mechanisms allowing inclusion of research infrastructure financed from ESIF into FP9 projects; calls to review the indicators used to define 'underrepresented' countries and regularly verify the list of those countries during the implementation of the framework programme;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 284 #

2016/2147(INI)

26h. Calls on the Commission to improve transparency and clarity of rules for public-private cooperation within FP9 projects following the results and recommendations stemming from the evaluation; asks the Commission to verify and assess the existing instruments for public-private partnerships;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 290 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to separate military defence research from civilian civil research in the next MFF, since EU needs these must be two different programmes with two different budgets that do not affect the budgetary ambitions and main goals of FP9;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 296 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the current pillar structure of the programme, and calls on the Commission to retain this structure for the sake of continuity and predictability, to improve the interaction among all funding instruments/programmes and to study the possibility of having fewer instruments with harmonised rules; asks the Commission therefore to continue work on the coherence, simplification, transparency and clarity of the programme, on improving the evaluation process and on reducing fragmentation;deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to look for a solution to the research deficiencies facing convergence regions in some Member States, in application of the principle of additionality; regrets that financial allocations from the Structural and Investment Funds can lead to a reduction in national expenditure in regions where they apply, but insists that these must be additional to national public expenditure; calls also on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that investment in R&D is not accounted for as investment in relation to deficit objectives;deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 318 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the need for new higher excellence centres and regions and the importance of continuing to develop the ERA; calls for policies to remove barriers such as lower salaries that are faced by Eastern and Southern countries in order to avoid brain drain, and for the excellence of the project to be prioritised over the excellence of ‘elite’ centres;deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 334 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Notes that R&D investment by industry has not significantly increased; in view of the generally scarce resources for public R&D spending, calls for industrial competitiveness to be supported by differentiating between mature and emerging sectors, thus allowing larger or more mature industries to participate in projects more at their own cost or through loans;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 358 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Regrets the mixed set of results achieved by the gender equality focus in H2020, as the only target reached is the share of women in the advisory groups, while the share of women in the project evaluation panels and among project coordinators, and the gender dimension in research and innovation content, remain below target levels; encourages Member States to create a gender-positive legal and political environment and to provide incentives for change, and calls on the Commission to continue to promote gender equality and mainstreaming in FP9 and to consider the possibility of gender as a sub- criterion in the evaluation phase;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 367 #

2016/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Notes that the next FP will have to take account of the UK’s departure from the EU; notes that R&I benefits from clear and stable long-term frameworks, and that the UK has a leading position in the field of scienceFP9 needs to take into consideration the Brexit implications and calls on the Commission to provide the solutions, which will prevent EU from losing scientific results generated in Horizon 2020 and FP9 projects; expresses the wish that networks and collaboration with entities in the UK can continue and that stable and satisfying solutions can be found quickly;
2017/04/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1 #

2016/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019 published, in December 2015, highlights the key role of EU funding in support of gender equality, one of the European Union's founding values;
2016/11/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 4 #

2016/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the European Parliament, in its report on the revision of the MFF 2014-20201 , supportsrecognizes the opportunity offered to make progress towards more effective integration of gender mainstreaming; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA (2016)0309. Texts adopted, P8_TA (2016)0309.
2016/11/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 8 #

2016/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas gender budgeting implies the introduction of the gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process, from planning and preparation to auditing and evaluation;
2016/11/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 288 #

2016/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Acknowledges that GDP and the number of projects approved are linked; recognises that larger Member States are able to take advantage of more developed capital markets and are therefore more likely to benefit from a market-driven instrument such as EFSI; underlines that lower EFSI support in EU-13 may be attributable to other factors, such as the small size of projects, and competition from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF); observes with concern, however, the disproportionate benefit to certain countries and underlines the need to diversify geographical distribution further, especially in crucial sectors such as modernising and improving the productivity and sustainability of economies;
2017/03/02
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 358 #

2016/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Is deeply cwoncderned thating why the EIB has been pushing via EFSI toostulating not to discriminate against supporting projects that have been structured using firms in tax havensjurisdictions that may be classified as non-cooperative by the EU; urges the EIB and the EIF to refrain from making use of or engaging in tax avoidance structures, in particular aggressive tax planning schemes, or practices which do not comply with EU good governance principles on taxation, as set out in the relevant Union legislation, including Commission recommendations and communications;
2017/03/02
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 64 #

2016/2062(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s Communication on an Aviation Strategy for Europe and its effort to identify sources to boost the sector by finding new market opportunities and dismantling barriers, and for its proposals to meet and anticipate new challenges; considers it to be a significant development towards a common European view; believes that, in a longer- term perspective, a further holistic and more ambitious approach should be embraced;
2016/10/13
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 33 #

2016/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas energy is a basic human good and an important goal of the EU energy strategy must be to combat energy poverty and ensure equal access to affordable energy for all; whereas energy and climate policies must be better interlinked;
2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #

2016/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU should actively pursue the development of EU's domestic conventional gas resources, such as those discovered in Cyprus;
2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2016/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas it is important to promote an integrated proposal for the use of indigenous energy sources, such as natural gas deposits in the Cyprus EEZ, and to support the creation of a LNG liquefaction terminal in Cyprus to exploit deposits from neighbouring areas also;
2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 95 #

2016/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas storage are of particular importance in order to achieve energy diversification and enhance energy security; calls in this context for the promotion and development of new natural gas nodes and LNG storage stations in the central and south-eastern regions, the Baltic and the Mediterranean;
2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2016/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of finding cost efficient energy supply options to increase supply security in the Member States on the periphery of the EU, such as Cyprus, Malta and IreIreland, which is not well connected to the internal energy market; highlights also the need to support the most vulnerable countries that continuous to remain energy islands, which are not well connected to the internal energy market; such as Cyprus and Malta, in order to diversify their sources and routes of supply; in this context stresses that LNG and gas storage shall contribute towards ending any kind of energy isolation of the Member States and regions of the EU; furthermore, urgent action is needed for the implementation of key PCIs in these countries;
2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 255 #

2016/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Stresses that the Eastern Mediterranean is a promising future source of gas supply for the EU, with significant resources available in the EEZ of Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Cyprus. No single energy source will ever fulfil EU's energy needs, and diversity from both domestic and foreign markets is essential. Therefore, the development of the domestic conventional gas resources discovered in Cyprus should be actively pursued;
2016/06/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas in recent years the security situation in and around Europe has significantly worsened and has created arduous challenges that no single country or organisation is able to face alone; whereas solidarity and resilience requires the EU to stand and to act together, and to do so in concert with our allies; whereas the fight against terrorism is a priority for the EU and should be engaged within as well as outside the EU’s borders; whereas Europe should be stronger and quicker in real threat situations;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the security and defence building capacity enshrined in the Treaties has yet to be accomplished; whereas a new European Security Strategy is needed; whereas it is the responsibility of the Member States to build a European Security and Defence Union;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas Article 42 of the Treaty on European Union requires the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy as part of the common security and defence policy, which will lead to a EU common defencethe achievement of EU foreign policy goals and equally address security concerns of all member states when the European Council so decides;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2016/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Invites the VP/HR to propose an initial EU security and defence white book which will be based on the EU global strategy endorsed by the European Council; takes the view that the security and defence white book should guide in a particular and realistic manner the Union contributions in security and defence policy for each multiannual political and financial framework of the EU;
2016/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Deems it necessary to increase appropriations for the Turkish Cypriot Community budget line (+EUR 3 million) for the purpose of contributing decisively to the continuation and intensification of the mission of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus and of supporting the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, thus promoting trust and reconciliation between the two communities;
2016/10/04
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 22 #

2016/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the threshold to be revised at 0.1% of the countries' GNI.
2016/07/13
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 1 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the 21 September 2005 EU declaration pertaining to the full, non-discriminatory implementation of the Additional Protocol by Turkey to all EU Member States,
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the EU Common Position at the 53rd Association Council of 18 May 2015,
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the greater transparency within the Commission and the increased role of Parliament in relation to the negotiation of international agreements, and supports the Commission’s transparency initiative, particularly in respect of trade agreements;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 6 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that while the modernisation of the Customs Union will further strengthen the already strong economic ties between Turkey and the European Union (EU), and will keep Turkey economically anchored to the EUthis cannot proceed when Turkey has not fully and effectively implemented the existing Customs Union towards all member states including the Republic of Cyprus; believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and EU Member States, and also contribute to both sides engaging in a positive reform agenda while mitigating political tensions with Ankara on the deteriorating situation of the rule of law and fundamental freedoms in the country;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 7 #

2016/2031(INI)

1. Stresses that modernisation and effective implementation of the Customs Union will further strengthen the already strong economic ties between Turkey and the European Union (EU) and will keep Turkey economically anchored to the EU; recalls that the Customs Union can only reach its full potential when Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol vis-à-vis all Member States; believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and EU Member States, and also contribute to both sides engaging in a positive reform agenda while mitigating political tensions with Ankara on the deteriorating situation of the rule of law and fundamental freedoms in the country; reiterates its concern over the overall situation of democracy and human rights;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas Turkey has not proceeded to the full, effective and non- discriminatory implementation of the existing CU towards the Republic of Cyprus;
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2016/2031(INI)

2. Notes that the upgrade of the EU-Turkey trade relations forms an essential part of the efforts made by the EU and Turkey to deepen their relations in key areas of joint interest identified at the EU-Turkey Summit of 29 November 2015 and in the EU-Turkey statement of 18 March 2016; states that this is even more important now that the accession talks are stalled despite the significant short- and long-term strategic interests for both the EU as Turkey, such as trade, migration, the fight against terrorism, energy and stability in the neighbourhood;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the upgrade of the EU-Turkey trade relations forms an essential part of the efforts made by the EU and Turkey to deepen their relations in key areas of joint interest identified at the EU-Turkey Summit of 29 November 2015 and in the EU-Turkey statement of 18 March 2016; states that this is even more important now that the accession talks are stalled despite the significant short- and long-term strategic interests for both the EU asnd Turkey, such as trade, migration, the fight against terrorism, energy and stability in the neighbourhood;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of Turkey’s recent rapprochement with Russia and the statements of the Turkish Government regarding the country’s possible accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; reiterates that the EU is Turkey’s main trading partner and that two thirds of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; emphasises that the Customs Union requires Turkey to align its legislation with the acquis communautaire; recalls the finding from the 2016 report on Turkey that duty relief, free zones, surveillance measures and management of tariff quotas are not fully in line with the acquis; notes the Commissions’ conclusion that further trade integration with the EU would be stimulated by Turkey’s elimination of impediments to the functioning of the Customs Union;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Turkey's refusal to meet its legal obligations towards EU for free trade with all EU Member States, results in inadequate implementation of the existing CU and in serious trade and economic losses for EU;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of Turkey’s recent rapprochement with Russia and the statements of the Turkish Government regarding the country’s possible accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; rReiterates that the EU is Turkey’s main trading partner and that two thirds of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; emphasises that the Customs Union requires Turkey to align its legislation with the acquis communautaire;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that modernising, balancing and widening the CU to include services, public procurement and agriculture would involve benefits for both parties; had Turkey proceeded to the full and effective implementation of the existing CU towards all EU Member States including the Republic of Cyprus, in a non-discriminatory manner;
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 30 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. having regard to the will of the parties to expand and improve trade relations and the decision to launch negotiations to modernise the Customs Union and extend its scope;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 31 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the growing geopolitical and economic challenges facing Turkey as a result of instability in its neighbourhood, terrorism and the aftermath of the coup attempt of 15 July 2016; stresses that while the chaos and instability in the Middle East, the Russian annexation of Crimea and intervention in Ukraine, are adversely affecting Turkey’s foreign trade within its neighbourhood, an upgraded Customs Union can help Turkey to overcome the challenges it faces, and contribute to transforming Turkey into a pillar of stability and an engine of growth for its citizens, if the necessary reforms are made by the governmentgiven that Turkey fulfils its obligations towards all EU member states and respects the rule of law;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the growing geopolitical and economic challenges facing Turkey as a result of instability in its neighbourhood, terrorism and the aftermath of the coup attempt of 15 July 2016; stresses that while the chaos and instability in the Middle East, the Russian annexation of Crimea and intervention in Ukraine, are adversely affecting Turkey’s foreign trade within its neighbourhood, an upgraded Customs Union can help Turkey to overcome the challenges it faces, and contribute to transforming Turkey into a pillar of stability and an engine of growth for its citizens, if the necessary reforms are made by the governmentwhile noting at the same time that the necessary reforms have to be made by the government and that Turkey has to return to the path of democracy and the restoration of the rule of law;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the fact that Turkish regulatory alignment with EU standards resulting from the conclusion of the Customs Union has made the country more competitive; believes that the modernisation of the Customs Union would provide an opportunity for Turkey to revisit its growth model and escape from the ‘middle income (country) trap’; welcomnotes the fact that the deepening of the Customs Union will have a positive influence on Turkey’s economic governance and strengthen Turkey’s independent regulatory institutions;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that Turkish regulatory alignment with EU standards resulting from the conclusion of the Customs Union has made the country more competitive; believes that the modernisation of the Customs Union would provide an opportunity for Turkey to revisit its growth model and escape from the ‘middle income (country) trap’; welcomes the facthopes that the deepening of the Customs Union will have a positive influence on Turkey’s economic governance and strengthen Turkey’s independent regulatory institutions;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include political benchmarks in the upgraded Customs Union between Turkey and the EUuncil and the Commission to demand from Turkey to fulfil all its obligations towards all Member States in a non-discriminatory manner before an upgraded Customs Union is finalised that must include political benchmarks on human rights and fundamental freedoms.
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. CWith respect to the principle of non-discriminatory reciprocity by Turkey, considers that visa-free travel or the creation of a long-term multiple-entry visa for business travellers would have a positive impact on bilateral trade;
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 55 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) while recognising Turkey’s strategicimportant role due to its geographical proximity and to its historical, cultural, political and commercial ties with the EU, the development of a new trade framework has to be an integral, albeit specific, part of the EU’s global policy and, in particular, of the principles and objectives of its external action;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 59 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that to date Turkey has not fulfilled 7 out of 72 benchmarks of the visa liberalisation roadmap and recalls the need for Turkey to meetfulfil all 72 benchmarks towards all Member States in a non- discriminatory manner before an update of the Customs Union in the field of services can take places considered; considers that the criteria for visa liberalisation should never be bent for political reasons.
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 62 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) the strengthening of trade relations between the EU and Turkey should be set against the background of the common will of the parties to share the set of values and principles laid down in the EU's founding treaties, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and to work together to implement them fully and comprehensively; reiterates its deep concern over the severe deterioration of human rights situation, democratic principles and the rule of law in Turkey;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 69 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) with a view to the start of the negotiations, the economic, social, political and legal conditions under which they possible negotiations are to take place and which, in any case, will determine the effects of those negotiations on citizens' lives, should be specifically and carefully considered; social partners and civil society should be involved in this process;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 79 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) the agreement on the modernisation of the Customs Union and the strengthening of trade relations between the EU and Turkey will have to be applied fully and, equally to all Member Stateand in a non-discriminatory manner to all Member States, including the Republic of Cyprus;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 81 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point vi
(vi) the entire negotiating process should be based on the principles of transparency and full access to the proceedings; the Commission shall continue to monitor and report closely the ongoing human rights, social and economic situation in Turkey at every step of this process and in the event of the deterioration of the situation, suspension of the process shall be invoked;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 92 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) a prerequisite for the modernisation of the Customs Union is that Turkey shouldall refrain from adopting any protectionist or restrictive measures, such as the unilateral imposition of customs duties and non-tariff barriers on goods produced in the EU, including goods released for free circulation, or government policies to reduce imports;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 94 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
(ia) a prerequisite for launching negotiations for the modernisation of the Customs Union is that Turkey should proceed to the full, effective and non- discriminatory implementation of the existing Customs Union vis a vis all MS, including the Republic of Cyprus;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 107 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point v
(v) it is important to introduce an effective dispute settlement mechanism that is able to ensure the full, effective and non-discriminatory implementation of the CU vis a vis all MS and to operate within a framework of impartiality and legal certainty in keeping withfully implementing the rules and practice of the WTO;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 113 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) in order to enable Turkey to become more involved in the decision- making process related to the EU's trade policy, and provided there is significant progress in terms of convergence and legislative harmonisation, it would be helpful to allow Turkey access as an observer;deleted
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 119 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
(vii) in relation to the negotiation of trade agreements between the EU and third countries in which Turkey does not participate, methods of involvement that respect the sovereignty and negotiating independence of the EU need to be considered;deleted
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 121 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
(vii) in relation to the negotiation of trade agreements between the EU and third countries in which Turkey does not participate, methods of involvement that respect the sovereignty and negotiating independence of the EU need to be considered, EU could encourage third countries to start trade negotiations with Turkey;
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 183 #

2016/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point x
(x) the inclusion of the energy and commodity sectors represents strategic added value in EU-Turkey trade relations, provided that an open, competitive and non-discriminatory economic environment is established;deleted
2017/03/02
Committee: INTA
Amendment 64 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) It is generally accepted that the European growth model must be fully in line with the conservation of natural resources and protection of the environment. The Union is committed to a sustainable, competitive, secure and decarbonised energy system. The Energy Union and the Energy and Climate Policy Framework for 2030 establish ambitious Union commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions further (by at least 40 % by 2030, as compared with 1990), to increase the proportion of renewable energy consumed (by at least 27 %) and to make energy savings of at least 27 %, reviewing this level having in mind an Union level of 30 %10, and to improve Europe’s energy security, competitiveness and sustainability. __________________ 10 EUCO 169/14, CO EUR 13, CONCL 5, Brussels 24 October 2014.
2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 71 #

2016/0381(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
(1а) Environmental protection is one of the most important challenges facing the European Union.
2017/06/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 89 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) Moderation of energy demand is one of the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy adopted on 25 February 2015. Improving energy efficiency will benefit the environment, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy security by reducing dependence on energy imports from outside the Union, cut energy costs for households and companies, help alleviate energy poverty and lead to increased jobs and economy-wide economic activity, thereby making European economies more competitive. This is in line with the Union commitments made in the framework of the Energy Union and global climate agenda established by the Paris Agreement of December 2015 by the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 92 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Reducing energy consumption and eliminating energy wastage is of growing importance to the EU.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 123 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) There are no binding targets at national level in the 2030 perspective. The need fFor the Union to achieve its energy efficiency targets at EU level, expressed in primary and final energy consumption, in 2020 and 2030 should be cleit is necessarly to set out in the form of a binding 30 %a binding 30% energy efficiency target, accompanied by individual national targets. This clarification at Union level should not restrict Member States as their freedom is kept to set their national contributions based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. Member States should set their national indicative energy efficiency contributions taking into account that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy. This means that primary energy consumption should be reduced by 23 % and final energy consumption should be reduced by 17 % in the Union compared to 2005 levels. A regular evaluation of progress towards the achievement of the Union 2030 target is necessary and is provided for in the legislative proposal on Energy Union Governance.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 205 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) Energy generated on or in buildings from renewable energy technologies reduces the supplied fossil energy. The reduction of energy consumption and the use of energy from renewable sources in the buildings sector are important measures to reduce the Union’s energy dependency and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as containing global warming, especially in view of ambitious climate and energy objectives set for 2030 as well as the global commitment made in the Conference of the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) held in Paris in December 2015. Improving the energy efficiency of buildings will stimulate growth and job creation, while improving health and productivity, offering better services and cutting public spending. Member States should therefore be able to take into account a certain amount of renewable energy generated on or in buildings for own use into account to satisfy their energy savings requirements. For this purpose Member States should be allowed to use calculation methodologies established under Directive 2010/31/EU.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) This Regulation sets out the necessary legislative foundation for a reliable, cost-efficient and transparent Governance that ensures the achievement of the objectives and targets of the Energy Union through complementary, coherent, market-based and ambitious efforts by the Union and its Member States, while promoting the Union's Better Regulation principles.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 223 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The European Energy Union should cover five key dimensions: energy security; the internal energy market; energy efficiency; decarbonisation; and research, innovation and competitiveness, and whereas market reforms are key to reaching the Energy Union's full potential.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 232 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The goal of a resilient Energy Union with an ambitious climate policy at its core is to give Union consumers, both households and businesses, secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy, and to foster research and innovation by means of attracting investments, which requires a fundamental transformation of Europe's energy system. That objective can only be achieved through coordinated action, combining both legislative and non-legislative acts at Union and national level.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 240 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) A fully functional and resilient Energy Union would make Europe into a leading region for innovation, investments, growth and social and economic development, in turn providing a good example of how pursuing high ambitions in terms of climate change mitigation is intertwined with measures to foster innovation, investments and growth.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 246 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Commission's proposal was developed in parallel to and is adopted together with a series of initiatives in sectorial energy policy, notably with regard to renewable energy, energy efficiency and market design. Those initiatives form a package under the overarching theme of energy efficiency first, the Union’s global leadership in renewables, and a fair deal for energy consumers by promoting fair competition.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 252 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The European Council agreed on 24 October 2014 on the 2030 Framework for Energy and Climate for the Union based on four key targets: at least 40% cut in economy wide greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions, at least 27% improvement in energy efficiency with a view to a level of 30%, at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union, and at least 15%noted the proposal of the Commission to report regularly to the European Council with the objective of arriving at a 15% target for electricity interconnection. It specified that the target for renewable energy is binding at Union level and that it will be fulfilled through Member States' contributions guided by the need to deliver collectively the Union target.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 279 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The European Council also concluded on 24 October 201414 that a reliable and transparent governance system, without any unnecessary administrative burden and with sufficient flexibility for Member States, should be developed to help ensure that the Union meets its energy policy goals, with the necessary flexibility for Member States and fully respecting their freedom to determine their energy mix. It emphasized that such governance system should build on existing building blocks, such as national climate programmes, national plans for renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as the need to streamline and bring together separate planning and reporting strands. It also agreed to step up the role and rights of consumers, transparency and predictability for investors, inter alia by systematic monitoring of key indicators for an affordable, safe, competitive, secure and sustainable energy system and to facilitate coordination of national energy policies and foster regional cooperation between Member States. __________________ 14 Conclusions of the European Council 23 - 24 October 2014 (EUCO 169/14).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 297 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The Conclusions of the Council of 26 November 2015 recognised that the governance system should provide sufficient flexibility for Member States to choose measures based on national specificities, choices, circumstances, technological developments and changing external conditions;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 319 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The transition to a low-carbon economy requires changes in investment behaviour and incentives across the entire policy spectrum, as well as regional market reforms. Achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions requires a boost to efficiency and innovation in the European economy and in particular should also lead to improvements of air quality.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 326 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In line with the Commission's strong commitment to Better Regulation and consistent with a policy for research, innovation and investments, the Energy Union Governance should result in a significant reduction of administrative burden for the Member States, the Commission and other Union Institutions and it should help to ensure coherence and adequacy of policies and measures at Union and national level with regard to the transformation of the energy system towards a low-carbon economy.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 336 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The achievement of the Energy Union objectives should be ensured through a combination of Union initiatives and coherent national policies set out in integrated national energy and climate plans. Sectorial Union legislation in the energy and climate fields sets out planning requirements, which have been useful tools to drive change at the national level. Their introduction at different moments in time has led to overlaps and insufficient consideration of synergies and interactions between policy areas, to the detriment of cost-efficiency. Current separate planning, reporting and monitoring in the climate and energy fields should therefore as far as possible be streamlined and integrated.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 359 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) The implementation of policies and measures in the areas of the energy and climate has an impact on the environment. Member States should therefore ensure that the public is given early and effective opportunities to participate in and to be consulted on the preparation of the integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance, where applicable, with the provisions of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council24 and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ("UNECE") Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters of 25 June 1998 (the "Aarhus convention"). Member States should also ensure involvement of stakeholders and social partners in the preparation of the integrated national energy and climate plans. __________________ 24 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p.30).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 379 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) National plans should be stable to ensure transparency and, predictability and investment certainty of national policies and measures in order to ensure investor certainty. Updates of national plans should however be foreseen once during the ten- year period covered to give Member States the opportunity to adapt to significant changing circumstances. For the plans covering the period from 2021 to 2030, Member States should be able to update their plans by 1 January 2024. Targets, objectives and contributions should only be modified to reflect an increased overall ambition in particular as regards the 2030 targets for energy and climate. As part of the updates, Member States should make efforts to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts that become apparent as part of the integrated reporting.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 385 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Stable long-term low emission strategies are crucial to contribute towards economic transformation, jobs, growth and the achievement of broader sustainable development goals, as well as to move in a fair and cost-effective manner towards the long-term goal set by the Paris Agreement. Furthermore, Parties to the Paris Agreement are invited to communicate, by 2020, their mid-century, long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies, notably the reduction of the carbon intensity of the power sector.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 392 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Sustainable and active forestry and forest management is a prerequisite for a holistic environmental policy capable of materializing EU's ambitious climate goals, as demonstrated by the fact that the forest area in Europe has increased greatly over the past decades, thus improving its overall carbon absorption capacity.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 393 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 b (new)
(23b) The LULUCF sector is highly exposed and very vulnerable to climate change. At the same time, this sector has huge potential to provide for long-term climate benefits and to contribute significantly to the achievement of European and international long-term climate goals. It can contribute to climate change mitigation in several ways, in particular by reducing emissions, maintaining and enhancing sinks and carbon stocks, and providing bio- materials than can substitute fossil- or carbon-intensive ones. In order for measures aiming in particular at increasing carbon sequestration to be effective, the sustainable resource management and long-term stability and adaptability of carbon pools is essential. Long-term strategies are essential to allow for sustainable investments in the long run.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 398 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) As is the case for planning, sectorial Union legislation in the energy and climate fields sets out reporting requirements, many of which have been useful tools to drive change at the national level, complementary to market reforms, but those requirements have been introduced at different moments in time which has led to overlaps and cost- inefficiency, as well as insufficient consideration of synergies and interactions between policy areas such as GHG mitigation, renewable energy, energy efficiency and market integration. To strike the right balance between the need to ensure a proper follow-up of the implementation of national plans and the need to reduce administrative burden, Member States should establish biennial progress reports on the implementation of the plans and other developments in the energy system. Some reporting however, particularly with regard to reporting requirements in the climate field stemming from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ("UNFCCC") and Union Regulations, would still be necessary on a yearly basis.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 411 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) In view of the collective achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union Strategy, notably creating a fully functional and resilient Energy Union, it will be essential for the Commission to assess national plans and, based on progress reports, their implementation. For the first ten-year period, this concerns in particular the achievement of the Union-level 2030 targets for energy and climate and national contributions to those targets, as well as the dimension 'internal energy market'. Such assessment should be undertaken on a biennial basis, and on an annual basis only where necessary, and should be consolidated in the Commission's State of the Energy Union reports.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 417 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) Given the high global warming potential and relatively short atmospheric lifetime of methane, the Commission may consider policy options for addressing methane emissions, with the exclusion of enteric methane emissions which are naturally produced when rearing ruminants, and in line with the circular economy policy and the use of waste.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 422 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) To help ensure coherence between national and Union policies and objectives of the Energy Union, there should be an on-going dialogue between the Commission and the Member States and, where appropriate, between the Member States. As appropriate, the Commission should issue recommendations to Member States including on the level of ambition of the draft national plans, on the subsequent implementation of policies and measures of the notified national plans, and on other national policies and measures of relevance for the implementation of the Energy Union. Member States should take utmost account of such recommendations and explain in subsequent progress reports how they have been implemented.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 438 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Should the ambition of integrated national energy and climate plans or their updates be insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, for the first period, in particular the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the Commission should take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'ambition gap'). Should progress made by the Union towards these objectives and targets be insufficient for their delivery, the Commission should, in addition to issuing recommendations, take measures at Union level or Member States should take additional measures in order to ensure achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'delivery gap'). Such measures should take into account early ambitious contributions made by Member States to the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency when sharing the effort for collective target achievement. I as well as, in the area of renewable energy, such measures can also includeany voluntary financial contributions by Member States to a financing platform managed by the Commission, which would be used to contribute to renewable energy projects across the Union. Member States' national renewable energy targets for 2020 should serve as baseline shares of renewable energy from 2021 onwards. In the area of energy efficiency, additional measures can in particular aim at improving the energy efficiency of products, buildings and transport.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 441 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) The Union and the Member States should strive to provide the most up-to- date information on their greenhouse gas emissions and removals, removals and the carbon intensity of their national power mix. This Regulation should enable such estimates to be prepared in the shortest timeframes possible by using statistical and other information, such as, where appropriate, space-based data provided by the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme and other satellite systems.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 461 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) In preparation of a future review of this regulation and in the context of the EU cyber security strategy, the Commission should assess in close cooperation with the Member States whether it might be necessary to add additional uniform planning and reporting requirements on the Member States' efforts to improve the protection of critical infrastructure of the EU's energy system against any form of cyber threats, in particular in the view of the increasing number of potentially critical cyber- attacks during the last decade, in order to guarantee energy security in any circumstances. However, such an improved coordination within the EU should not affect Member States' national security interest by revealing sensitive information.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 464 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45 – indent 11 a (new)
– Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 469 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) implement strategies and measures designed to meet the objectives and targets of the Energy Union, and for the first ten- year period from 2021 to 2030 in particular the EU's 2030 targets for energy and climate, as well of achieving an integrated internal energy market, primarily at regional level;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 473 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) implement long-term low emission strategies to fulfil the commitments under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement with a 50 years perspective;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 504 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
(9) 'the Union's 2030 targets for energy and climate' means the Union-wide binding target of at least 40% domestic reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions as compared to 1990 to be achieved by 2030, the Union-level binding target of at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union in 2030, the Union-level target of at least 27% for improving energy efficiency in 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 having in mind an EU level of 30%, and thas referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], and the Union target for improving energy efficiency, as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761], and the indicative 15 % electricity interconnection target for 2030 as proposed by the European Commission or any subsequent targets in this regard agreed by the European Council or Council and Parliament for the year 2030.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 544 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a description of the national objectives, targets and contributions for each of the five dimensions of the Energy Union, as well as an assessment of their contributions to European competiveness;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 562 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) an assessment of the impacts of the planned policies and measures to meet the objectives referred to in point (b), including impacts on the demand of CO2 allowances within the trading scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 569 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) an assessment of how the planned policies and measures contribute to the development of a fully functional and integrated European energy market;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 602 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point -i (new)
-i. The Commission shall set up an indicative benchmarks to ensure the fair contribution of each Member State to the target on renewable energy in 2030, as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC], based on this indicative benchmark Member States shall communicate their indicative trajectories,
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 621 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
i. with a view to achieving the Union's binding target of at least 27%n renewable energy in 2030, as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], a contribution to this target in terms of the Member State's share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030, with a linearn indicative trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 632 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point ii
ii. indicative trajectories for the sectorial share of renewable energy in final energy consumption from 2021 to 2030 in the heating and cooling, electricity, and transport sectors;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 638 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point iii
iii. indicative trajectories by renewable energy technology that the Member State plans to use to achieve the overall and sectorial trajectories for renewable energy from 2021 to 2030 including total expected gross final energy consumption per technology and sector in Mtoe and total planned installed capacity per technology and sector in MW;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 657 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
the indicative national energy efficiency contribution to achieving the Union's binding energy efficiency target of 30% in 2030 as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761], based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 669 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
Member States shall express their contribution in terms of absolute level of primary energy consumption and final energy consumption in 2020 and 2030, with a linearn indicative trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards. They shall explain their underlying methodology and the conversion factors used;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 686 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 1
(1) national indicative objectives with regard to increasing the diversification of energy sources and supply from third countries, for the purpose of increasing the resilience of national and regional energy systems;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 689 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 2
(2) national indicative objectives with regard to reducing energy import dependency from third countries, for the purpose of increasing the resilience of national and regional energy systems;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 695 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 4
(4) national indicative objectives with regard to deployment of domesticincreasing the flexibility of the national energy system, by means of deploying domestic and regional energy sources (notably renewable energy);
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 702 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
(1) the level of electricity interconnectivity that the Member State aims for in 2030 in consideration of the indicative electricity interconnection target for 2030 of at least 15 % as proposed by the Commission and, notably, regional market conditions and potential, cost- benefit analyses as well as measures to increase the tradable capacity in existing interconnections; Member States shall explain the underlying methodology used;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 709 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 2
(2) key national objectives for electricity and gas transmission infrastructure that are necessary for the achievement of objectives and targets under any of the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy, including any planned or foreseen major infrastructure project along with a preliminary assessment of its compatibility with and contributions to the five dimensions of the Energy Union, notably with regard to security of supply and competition;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 722 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4
(4) national objectives with regard to ensuring electricity system adequacy, considering low carbon baseload generation as well as flexibility of the energy system with regard to renewable energy production, including a timeframe for when the objectives should be met;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 725 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 a (new)
(4a) national objectives with regard to ensuring that obstacles to free price formation are phased out, including a timeframe for when this is to be achieved.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 728 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 b (new)
(4b) national objectives and interim objectives with regard to establishing bidding zones based on long-term, structural congestions in the transmission network, so as to maximise economic efficiency and cross-border trading opportunities while maintaining security of supply, including a timeframe for when this is to be achieved;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 729 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 c (new)
(4c) National objectives with regard to ensuring that no capacity mechanisms are implemented, or where implemented for the purpose of security of supply are limited to the extent possible and do not create unnecessary market distortions and hindrances to cross-border trade;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 730 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 d (new)
(4d) national objectives with regard to phasing out priority dispatch for generating installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration which have been commissioned prior to [OP: entry into force] and have, when commissioned, been subject to priority dispatch under Article 15(5) of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council or Article 16(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the measures taken to ensure that, including a timeframe for when this is to be achieved;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 733 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 1
(1) national objectives and funding targets for public and private research and innovation relating to the Energy Union; if applicable, including a timeframe for when the objectives should be met. Such targets and objectives should be coherent with those set out in the Energy Union Strategy and the SET-Plan;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 740 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 2
(2) national 2050 objectives forpolicies and measures to promote the depveloypment of low carbon technologies to 2050;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 782 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the Union’s 2020 energy consumption is no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy, the Union’s 2030 energy consumption is no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy for the first ten- year period;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 823 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) interactions between existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures within a policy dimension and between existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures of different dimensions for the first ten- year period at least until the year 2030, including the interactions between these policies and measures with the emission trading scheme as these policies and measures are likely to impact the supply and demand of allowances. Projections concerning security of supply, infrastructure and market integration shall be linked to robust energy efficiency scenarios.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 870 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take utmost account of any recommendations from the Commission when finalising their integrated national energy and climate plan and apply the "comply or explain" approach.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 926 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Enhanced regional cooperation 1. The Commission shall, upon request by two or more Member States, establish a framework for Member States to jointly draft and submit to the Commission parts of the Integrated national energy and climate plan. If two or more Member States pursue such enhanced regional cooperation, the Regional integrated energy and climate plan shall replace the equivalent parts of their respective national plans. 2. The Commission may, with a view to promote cost-efficient policies, identify opportunities for enhanced regional cooperation, with a long-term vision, based on existing market structures, interconnections or other market conditions which could facilitate an enhanced regional cooperation, and based on such opportunities issue non-binding recommendations to the Member States.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 932 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the targets, objectives and contributions are sufficient and coherent for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and for the first ten-years period in particular the targets of the Union's 2030 Climate and Energy Framework;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 969 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall onlymake considerable efforts to modify the targets, objectives and contributions set out in the update referred to in paragraph 2 to reflect an increased ambition as compared to the ones set in the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 999 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) achieving long-term greenhouse gas emission reductions and enhancements of removals by sinks in all sectors in line with the Union's objective, in the context of necessary reductions according to the IPCC by developed countries as a group, to reduce emissions by 80 to 95 % by 2050 compared to 1990 levels in a cost-effective manner, in addition to enhancements of removals by sinks in pursuit of the temperature goals in the Paris Agreement.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1012 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) emissions reductions and enhancement of removals in individual sectors including: with a view to decarbonisation of electricity, industry, transport, the buildings sector (residential and tertiary), agriculture and land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF);
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1016 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) expected progress on transition to a low greenhouse gas emission economy including greenhouse gas intensity, CO2 intensity of gross domestic product and strategies for related long-term investments, research, development and innovation;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1057 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) an assessment of the costs supported by the final consumer of electricity based on indicators monitoring actual spending for the five dimension of the Energy Union;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1084 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1088 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 3
(3) trajectories by renewable energy technology to use to achieve the overall and sectorial trajectories for renewable energy from 2021 to 2030 including total expected gross final energy consumption per technology and sector in Mtoe and total planned installed capacity per technology and sector in MW;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1094 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 5
(5) if applicable, other national trajectories and objectives including long- term and sectorial ones (such as share of biofuels, share of advanced biofuels, share of biofuel produced from main crops produced on agricultural land, share of electricity produced from biomass without the utilisation of heat, share of renewable energy in district heating, renewable energy use in buildings, renewable energy produced by cities, energy communities and self- consumers);
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1108 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) on the implementation of the following national indicative trajectories, objectives and targets:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1113 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
(1) the trajectory for primary andor final energy consumption from 2020 to 2030 as the national energy savings contribution to achieving the Union-level 2030 target including underlying methodology;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1116 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2
(2) if applicable, objectives for the long-term renovation of the national stock of both public and private residential and commercial buildings;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1132 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) national measures and, if applicable, objectives with regard to reducingensuring that energy import dependency from third countries does not create any obstacles to the successful implementation of any of the five dimensions of the Energy Union;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1136 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) national objectives, notably through market mechanisms, for the development of the ability to cope with constrained or interrupted supply of an energy source, including gas and electricity;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1137 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) national objectives for the deployment of domestic energy sources, notably renewable energy and innovative low-carbon technologies;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1145 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the level of electricity interconnectivity that the Member State aims for in 2030 in relation to the 15% indicative target on electricity interconnection as proposed by the Commission and, notably, regional market conditions and market potential as well as cost-benefit analyses, as well as measures to increase the tradable capacity in existing infrastructure;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1151 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) if applicable, main infrastructure projects envisaged and their costs other than Projects of Common Interest, including an assessment of its compatibility and contributions to the five key dimensions of the Energy Union;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1153 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) national measures to ensure that obstacles to free price formation is progressively phased out, as well as measures to address any other policies and measures applied within the territory which can contribute to indirectly restricting price formation;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1154 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) national measures to establish bidding zones based on long-term, structural congestions in the transmission network, so as to maximise economic efficiency and cross-border trading opportunities while maintaining security of supply;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1155 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) national objectives and measures to phase out energy subsidies, as well as a timeline for when such objectives are to be achieved;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1156 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
(dd) National policies and measures with regard to ensuring that no capacity mechanisms are implemented, or where implemented for the purpose of security of supply are limited to the extent possible and do not create unnecessary market distortions and hindrances limit cross- border trade.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1157 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d e (new)
(de) national measures and policies, planned or existing, to facilitate regional market integration and cross-border trade;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1158 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d f (new)
(df) national policies and measures with regard to encouraging the phasing out of derogation from financial consequences of balance responsibility for installations benefitting from support approved by the Commission under Union State aid rules pursuant to Articles 107 to 109 TFEU, and commissioned prior to [OP: entry into force];
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1159 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d g (new)
(dg) national measures and policies with regard to phasing out priority dispatch for generating installations using renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration which have been commissioned prior to [OP: entry into force] and have, when commissioned, been subject to priority dispatch under Article 15(5) of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council or Article 16(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the measures taken to ensure that, including a timeframe for when this is to be achieved.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1166 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) where relevant, national objectives with regards to energy poverty, including the number of households in energy poverty;.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1175 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1178 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) if applicable, national objectives for total (public and private) spending in research and innovation relating to clean energy technologies as well as for technology cost and performance development;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1198 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish an online reporting platform to facilitate communication between the Commission and Member States and promote cooperation among Member States, as a means of ensuring cost-efficiency and to facilitate information to the public.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1203 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall, in line with this platform, facilitate online access to final national plans and national long- term low-emission strategies to the public.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1210 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) The progress made at Union level towards diversifying its energy sources and suppliers, contributing to a fully functioning and resilient Energy Union based on security of supply, solidarity and trust.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1211 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the progress made by each Member State towards meeting its targets, objectives and contributions and implementing the policies and measures set out in its integrated national energy and climate plan, including an assessment of the collective contributions to European competitiveness;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1221 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the accuracy of Member State estimates of the effect of national level overlapping policies and measures on the supply-demand balance of the EU ETS, or, in absence of such estimates, conduct its own assessment of the same impact;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1223 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) the overall impact of the policies and measures of integrated national plans on the operation of the EU ETS.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1224 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall take into account, during its assessment of the integrated national energy and climate plans, legitimate national specific situations, proven through an assessment of competent authorities at national and European level, which could explain any delay in the contributions of Member States for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, in particular, for meeting its objectives and targets.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1238 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. In the area of renewable energy, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess the progress made in the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption on the basis of a linear trajectory starting from 20% in 2020 and reaching at least 27% inthe target for 2030 as referred to in Article 4(a)(2)(i).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1247 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In the area of energy efficiency, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess progress towards collectively achieving a maximum energy consumption at Union level of 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy consumption andor 987 Mtoe of final energy consumption in 2030 as referred to in Article 6(1)(a).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1252 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) consider whether the Union's milestone of no more than 1483 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 1086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020 is achieved;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1287 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Given the high global warming potential and relatively short atmospheric lifetime of methane, the Commission may consider policy options for addressing methane emissions, with the exclusion of enteric methane emissions which are naturally produced when rearing ruminants, and in line with the circular economy policy and the use of waste.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1319 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. If, on the basis of its aggregate 3. assessment of Member States' integrated national energy and climate progress reports pursuant to Article 25(1)(a), and supported by other information sources, as appropriate, the Commission concludes that the Union is at risk of not meeting the objectives of the Energy Union and, in particular, for the first ten-years period, the targets of the Union's 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy, it may issue recommendations to all Member States pursuant to Article 28 to mitigate such risk. The Commission shall, as appropriate, take measures at Union level in addition to the recommendations in order to ensure, in particular, the achievement of the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency. With regard to renewable energy, sSuch measures shall take into consideration ambitious early efforts by Member States to contribute to the Union's 2030 targets, as well as any contribution to the financial platform pursuant to paragraph 4(c).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1323 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If, on the basis of its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1)(a), the Commission concludes that any infrastructure project may potentially obstruct the development of a resilient Energy Union, the Commission shall issue a preliminary assessment of the project's compatibility with the long-term objectives of the internal energy market and include recommendations to the Member State concerned pursuant to Article 28. Prior to issuing such an assessment, the Commission may consult other Member States.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1328 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If, in the area of renewable energy, without prejudice to the measures at Union level set out in paragraph 3, the Commission concludes, based on its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1) and (2) in the year 2023, that the lineardicative Union trajectory referred to in Article 25(2) is not collectively met, Member States shallould ensure by the year 2024 that any emerging gap is covered by additional measures, such as:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1365 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) making ain addition to point (a) and (b), Member States may, in order to compensate for any identified gap, make a voluntary financial contribution to a financing platform set up at Union level, contributing to renewable energy projects and managed directly or indirectly by the Commission;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1367 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) making a financial contribution to a financing platform set up at Union level, contributing to renewable energy projectsinnovative energy projects, notably renewable energy, with technologically paradigm-changing potential, and managed directly or indirectly by the Commission;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1431 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the Member State shall set out, in its integrated national energy and climate progress report made in the year following the year the recommendation was issued, how it has taken utmostinto account of the recommendation and how it has implemented or intends to implement it. It shall provides justifications where it deviates from it on the "comply or explain approach";
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1447 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
(ka) a financial assessment of the costs supported by the final consumer of electricity based on indicators monitoring actual spending for the five dimensions of the Energy Union.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1477 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by an Energy Union Committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 and work in the respective sectorial formations relevant for this Regulation. That committee shall associate to its work the committee instituted by Article 8 of Decision 93/389/EEC as stipulated in Article 23 of the Directive 2003/087.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1481 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. This Committee replaces the committee established by Article 8 of Decision 93/389/EEC, Article 9 of Decision 280/2004/EC and Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013. References to the committee set up pursuant to those legal acts shall be construed as references to the committee established by this Regulation.deleted
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 20 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Takes note of the Council agreement to modernise the EU’s trade defence instruments but recalls that in order to have effective anti-dumping measures, the Lesser Duty Rule unjustly reduces the anti-dumping duties at a level below the dumping margin. Asks in this purpose the remove of the Lesser Duty rule as proposed by the European Parliament in its position adopted at first reading on 16 April 2014 on TDIs modernisation.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In the light of experience gained in past proceedings, it is appropriate to clarify the circumstances in which significant distortions affecting to a considerable extent free market forces may be deemed to exist. In particular, it is appropriate to clarify that this situation may be deemed to exist, inter alia, when reported prices or costs, including the costs of raw materials and other factor of productions, are not the result of free market forces because they are affected by government intervention. It is further appropriate to clarify that in considering whether or not such a situation exists regard may be had, inter alia, to the potential impact of the following: the market in question is to a significant extent served by enterprises which operate under the ownership, control or policy supervision or guidance of the authorities of the exporting country; state presence in firms allowing the state to interfere with respect to prices or costs; public policies or measures discriminating in favour of domestic suppliers or otherwise influencing free market forces; and access to finance granted by institutions implementing public policy objectives. ISignificant dis further appropriate to provide that the Commission services may issue a report describing the specific situation concerning these criteria in a certain country or a certain sector; that such report and the evidence on which it is based may be placed on the file of any investigation relating to thtortions shall be deemed to exist in non-market economy countries, i.e. countries which do not meet one or more of the following criteria: 1) a low degree of government influence over the allocation of resources and decisions of enterprises, whether directly or indirectly (e.g. public bodies), for example through the use of state-fixed prices, or discrimination in the tax, trade or currency regimes; 2) an absence of state-induced distortions in the operation of enterprises linked to privatisation and the use of non-market trading or compensation system; 3) the existence and implementation of a transparent and non-discriminatory company law which ensures adequate corporate governance (application of international accounting standards, protection of shareholders, public availability of accurate country or sector; and that interested parties should have ample opportunity to comment on the report andmpany information); 4) the existence and implementation of a coherent, effective and transparent set of laws which ensure the respect of property rights and the operation of a functioning bankruptcy regime; 5) the evidxistence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used. f a genuine financial sector which operates independently from the state and which in law and practice is subject to sufficient guarantee provisions and adequate supervision.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) It is further appropriate to provide that the Commission adopts reports describing the specific situation concerning the criteria listed in recital 3 in a certain country or a certain sector; that such reports and the evidence on which they are based shall be placed on the file of any investigation relating to that country or sector; and that interested parties should have ample opportunity to comment on the reports and the evidence on which they are based in each investigation in which such reports or evidence are used.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) It is further appropriate to recall that costs should normally be calculated on the basis of records kept by the exporter or producer under investigation. However, where there are significant distortions in the exporting country with the consequence that costs reflected in the records of the party concerned are artificially low, such costs mayshall be adjusted or established on any reasonable basis, including information from other representative markets or from undistorted international prices or benchmarks. In the light of experience gained in past proceedings, it is appropriate to further clarify that, for the purposes of applying the provisions introduced by this regulation, due account should be taken of all relevant evidence, including relevant assessment reports regarding the circumstances prevailing on the domestic market of the exporting producers and the evidence on which they are based, which has been placed on the file, and upon which interested parties have had an opportunity to comment.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Absent any other specific transitional rules regulating the matter, it is appropriate to provide for the application of this Regulation to all decisions on the initiation of proceedings, and to all proceedings, including original investigations and review investigations, initiated, on or after the date on which this Regulation enters into force, subject to Article 11(9) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036. Furthermore, by way of specific transitional rule, and having regard to the absence of any other specific transitional rule regulating the matter, it is appropriate to provide that, in the case of a transition from a normal value calculated pursuant to Articles 2(7)(a) or 2(7)(b) to a normal value calculated pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 6ae of Article 2, the reasonable period of time provided for in the first sub-paragraph of Article 11(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 should be deemed to elapse on the date on which the first expiry review following such transition is initiated. With a view to reducing the risk of circumvention of the provisions of this Regulation, the same approach should apply with respect to reviews conducted pursuant to Article 11(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036. It is also appropriate to recall that a transition from a normal value calculated pursuant to Articles 2(7)(a) or 2(7)(b) to a normal value calculated pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 6ae of Article 2 would not in itself constitute sufficient evidence within the meaning of Article 11(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036. Such transitional rules should complete a lacuna that would otherwise risk to generate legal uncertainty, should provide a reasonable opportunity for interested parties to adapt themselves to the expiry of the old rules and the entry into force of the new rules, and should facilitate the efficient, orderly and equitable administration of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 47 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 - paragraph 6a - point a
(a) In case it is determined, when applying this provision or any other relevant provision of this Regulation, that it is not appropriate to use domestic prices and costs in the exporting country due to the existence of significant distortions in the economy as a whole or in sectors of the economy, the normal value shall be a price or be constructed on the basis of costs of production and sale reflecting undistorted prices or benchmarks. For this purpose, the sources that may be used include undistorted international prices, costs, or benchmarks, or corresponding costs of production and sale in an appropriate representative country with a similar level of economic development as the exporting country, provided the relevant cost data are readily available. The constructed normal value shall include a reasonable amount for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 55 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(b) Significant distortions for the product concernedin market economy countries, within the meaning of point (a) may be deemed to exist , inter alia, when reported prices or costs, including the costs of raw materials and others factors of production, are not the result of free market forces as they are affected by government intervention. In considering whether or not significant distortions exist regard may be had, inter alia, to the potential impact of the following: the market in question is to a significant extent served by enterprises which operate under the ownership, control or policy supervision or guidance of the authorities of the exporting country; state presence in firms allowing the state to interfere with respect to prices or costs; public policies or measures discriminating in favour of domestic suppliers or otherwise influencing free market forces; and access to finance granted by institutions implementing public policy objectives.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 56 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
article 2 – paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
(ba) Significant distortions shall be deemed to exist in non-market economy countries, i.e. countries which do not meet one or more of the following criteria: 1) a low degree of government influence over the allocation of resources and decisions of enterprises, whether directly or indirectly (e.g. public bodies), for example through the use of state-fixed prices, or discrimination in the tax, trade or currency regimes; 2) an absence of state-induced distortions in the operation of enterprises linked to privatisation and the use of non-market trading or compensation system; 3) the existence and implementation of a transparent and non-discriminatory company law which ensures adequate corporate governance (application of international accounting standards, protection of shareholders, public availability of accurate company information); 4) the existence and implementation of a coherent, effective and transparent set of laws which ensure the respect of property rights and the operation of a functioning bankruptcy regime; 5) the existence of a genuine financial sector which operates independently from the state and which in law and practice is subject to sufficient guarantee provisions and adequate supervision. Once a country has been found not to have met the above-mentioned criteria, that determination shall stand as long as sufficient evidence has not clearly shown that that country has fulfilled all of those criteria. For exporting producers from a non- market economy country, the normal value shall be based on prices, or constructed on the basis of costs of production and sale, reflecting undistorted international or third country prices or benchmarks. In cases where the normal value is constructed on the basis of costs of production and sale, reference shall be made to international or third country prices or benchmarks for every factor of production and include a reasonable amount for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits. In the absence of undistorted international or third country prices or benchmarks, the Commission shall determine the normal value on any other reasonable basis, including on the basis of relevant prices or costs in the EU. If an exporting producer from a non- market economy country can clearly demonstrate that its prices or costs of one or more individual factor of production reliably reflect market economy conditions, those prices or costs shall be used in the construction of its normal value. This paragraph 6b shall not apply to imports from exporting producers which have clearly demonstrated that all of the criteria of this subparagraph are met in their industry or sector. (.)
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
article 2 – paragraph 6a – point c
(c) When appropriate, the Commission services may issue a reporThe Commission may adopt a report by delegated act describing the specific situation concerning the criteria listed in point aragraph 6a(b) in a certain country or a certain sector. The Commission shall adopt a report by delegated act for countries referred to in paragraph 6b which shall include an assessment of the fulfilment of the criteria in paragraph 6b. Such reports and the evidence on which it is based may, as well as relevant findings from prior EU investigations and country reports, shall be placed on the file of any investigation relating to that country or sector. Interested parties shall have ample opportunity to supplement, comment or rely on the report and the evidence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used. The determinations made shall take into account all of the relevant evidence on the file.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 72 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point d
(d) The Union industry may rely on the reports referred to in point (c)aragraph 6c for the calculation of normal value when filing a complaint in accordance with Article 5 or a request for a review in accordance with Article 11. or in a request for a reinvestigation in accordance with Article 12. Reports on countries referred to in paragraph 6a(b) shall constitute sufficient evidence to justify the calculation of normal value in the complaint or request on the basis of the methodology described in paragraph 6a(a). Reports on countries referred to in paragraph 6b shall constitute sufficient evidence to justify the calculation of normal value in the complaint or request on the basis of the methodology described in paragraph 6b. Further, where a significant portion of the complaining Union industry is made up of SMEs, the normal value calculations in the complaint or request can be based on information related to costs of production in the EU of the product concerned.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 78 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point e
(e) The parties to the investigation shall be informed shortly after initiation about the relevant sources that the Commission intends to use for the purpose of point aragraph 6a(a) and shall be given 10 days to comment. For this purpose, interested parties shall be given access to the file, including any evidence on which the investigating authority relies, without prejudice to Article 19. A disclosure regarding the methodology to be used shall be communicated to the parties no later than three months from initiation of the investigation.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
In the case of a transition from a normal value calculated pursuant to the former Articles 2(7)(a) or 2(7)(b) to a normal value calculated pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 6ae of Article 2, the reasonable period of time shall be deemed to elapse on the date on which the first expiry review following such transition is initiated.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 92 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 11 - paragraph 4
In the case of a transition from a normal value calculated pursuant to the former Articles 2(7)(a) or 2(7)(b) to a normal value calculated pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 6ae of Article 2, any review pursuant to this paragraph shall be deferred to the date on which the first expiry review following such transition is initiated.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 99 #

2016/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall enter into force on the later of : - the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, and - the day following the adoption of the Commission services reports concerning the non - market economy countries as indicated in article 2 point 6 paragraph b.
2017/03/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2016/0287(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5 a (new)
Stressing that Internet access is a human right that should be guaranteed for all European citizens,
2017/03/10
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 22 #

2016/0287(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5 a (new)
stressing that Internet access is a human right which must be guaranteed to all European citizens,
2017/03/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 37 #

2016/0287(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Recalls that, unfortunately, small and isolated countries and island regions pay a high cost for poor-quality and slow Internet services. Proposes therefore that, with the financial support of the EU, isolated and island regions should be made Free Zones with Free Internet Access.
2017/03/10
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 91 #

2016/0287(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Unfortunately, small, isolated countries and island areas pay high Internet costs, even for low-quality and slow services. In view of that fact, isolated and island areas should, with the financial support of the EU, become Free Internet Access areas.
2017/03/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 3
5b. In Article 52, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: “ “3. Coupled support may only be granted to those sectors or to those regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors, including quality systems, that are particularly important for economic, social or environmental reasons undergo certain difficulties. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1307&rid=1). “ Or. it
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 372 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 52 – paragraph 3a (new)
5a. In Article 52, the following paragraph is added: 3a. “Coupled support may be granted to milk producers in island areas, in particular for product quality and animal welfare”
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 497 #

2016/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 270 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 221a (new)
4 a. The following Article is inserted: Article 221a Measures to address a sudden and significant drop in farm income 1.The Commission shall adopt implementing acts taking necessary and justifiable emergency measures to address a sudden and significant drop in farm income in a particular sector in a region of the Union. Such measures should by targeted and may include but not be restricted to a top up to direct payments or a once-off lump sum payment to the member state concerned to be distributed to affected farmers with targeted measures. 2.Support under paragraph 1 shall only be granted in duly justified cases and where the drop of income exceeds 30 % of the average annual income of farmers, derived from that particular sector, in the preceding three-year period or a three- year average based on the preceding five- year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of this and the preceding paragraphs shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, for that particular sector, including any form of public support but excluding any payments from insurance schemes of any kind, and after deducting input costs. Payments to farmers shall compensate for less than 70 % of the income loss in the year the producer becomes eligible to receive this assistance; where the farmer receives additional income from any insurance schemes of any kind, the total compensation should not exceed 100% of the income loss in the year concerned. 3. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of any measure adopted under paragraph 1 or 2 within two working days of its adoption
2017/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 437 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point d
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 6 – second sentence
Cooperation between, on the one hand, the EIAH and, on the other hand, a national promotional bank or institution, an international financing institution or an institution or a managing authority, including those acting as a national advisor, having expertise relevant for the purposes of the EIAH, may take the form of a contractual partnership. The EIAH shall make at least one cooperation agreement with a national promotional bank or any other institution per Member State. In Member States where such an institution does not exist, the EIAH shall provide pro-active advisory support on its establishment, when requested by the Member State in question.;
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 439 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point d a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(d a) the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 6: ‘6a. Without prejudice to paragraph 6, in order to facilitate a wider geographic outreach of advisory services and to support the local development of advisory services, a local presence of the EIAH shall be established in countries where there are difficulties to develop projects in particular under EFSI, as well as, in topics such as the blending of EFSI with existing funds, at Member States` request and where necessary, and, the development of investment platforms including cooperation with third countries.’
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 463 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In their financing and investment operations covered by this Regulation, the EIB and the EIF shall not make use of or engage in tax avoidance structures, in particular aggressive tax planning schemes, or practices not complying with EU tax good governance principles, as set out in the Union legislation, including Commission recommendations and communications.
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 465 #

2016/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The Commission shall provide detailed guidance, where needed.delete
2017/03/27
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 10 #

2016/0256(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Since its establishment in 1975 Eurofound has played an important role in supporting the improvement of living and working conditions throughout the European Union. At the same time the concepts and significance of living and working conditions have evolved under the influence of societal developments and fundamental changes in the labour markets. In this light terminological adjustments are required in describing with precision the objectives and tasks of Eurofound as compared to Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75.
2017/03/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 8 #

2016/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/943 to contribute to improvement of the working environment, as regards the protection of the safety and health of workers, through action designed to increase and disseminate knowledge likely to assist this improvement and with the vision of pioneering the promotion of healthy and safe workplaces in Europe according to the principle of tripartite participation, participating in and developing a culture of preventing occupational safety and health (OSH) risks and ensuring a smart, sustainable, productive and inclusive economy. __________________ 3 Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1).
2017/03/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 29 #

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) On 10 June 2016 the Commission presented the proposal for the EU to ratify the Paris agreement. This legislative proposal forms part of the implementation of tThe Paris Agreement signed by the EU entered into force on 4 November 2016. This legislative proposal forms part of the implementation of the Union's commitment to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change through holding the increase of global temperature to well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels while reducing its domestic greenhouse gas emissions and conserving and enhancing sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, while safeguarding food security. The Union'`s commitment to economy- wide emission reductions as confirmed in the intended nationally determined reduction commitment of the Union and its Member States submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ('UNFCCC') on 6 March 2015.10 In accordance with the Paris Agreement, Member States should continue reducing their greenhouse gas emissions covered by this Regulation beyond 2030 in consistency with the Union's Energy Roadmap 2050 (COM(2011)0885) leading to a 80-95% reduction of the overall EU greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2050. _________________ 10 http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/indc/S ubmission%20Pages/submissions.aspx
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 157 #

2016/0230(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 FebruaryWithin six months of the facilitative dialogue to be convened under the UNFCCC in 2018, 2024 and every five5 years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation,the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and may make proposals if appropriateshould be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals to update this Regulation and its ambition according to the evolutions emerging from the facilitative dialogue under the UNFCCC, and the latest scientific findings of the IPCC.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 163 #

2016/0230(COD)

An additional review should be conducted in the event of a Member State exiting the Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, in order to account for economic consequences as well as how to ensure the environmental integrity of this Regulation in line with the EU´s commitment under the Paris Agreement
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 9 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital -1 (new)
(-1) Europe is facing today an unprecedented migration crisis, which threatens to change the Old Continent for ever
2017/03/28
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 10 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital -1 a (new)
(-1 a) The European Project has always been based on the promotion of the values of democracy, the rule of law and human rights
2017/03/28
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 11 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital -1 b (new)
(-1 b) Migration management is a shared responsibility
2017/03/28
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 14 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The Justice and Home Affairs Council Conclusions of 10 October 2014 acknowledged that "while taking into account the efforts carried out by Member States especially affected by migratory flows, such as Greece and Italy, all Member States should give their contribution to [resettlement] in a fair and balanced manner."25as a strong proof of solidarity in practice. _________________ 25 Council Conclusions on ''Taking action to better manage migratory flows'', Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting, 10 October 2014.
2017/03/28
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 2 #

2015/2329(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that in the first two years of the new funding cycle the Europe for Citizens programme seems to be running well, with a rising number of applicants, high project quality and sound project implementation;
2016/11/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 15 #

2015/2329(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Requests the Commission and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) to assess the impact that a number of budgetary arrangements have had on applicants and potential eligible applicants; in particular, requests an assessment of whether the reduced rate of pre-financing (from 50 to 40% for projects and from 80 to 50% for operating grants and National Contact Points (NCPs)) applied in 2015 due to an acute shortage of payment appropriations, the need for co-financing and the application of the same parameters irrespective of the actual cost of living and geographical remoteness, may have put - and continue to put - some types of organisations and specific Member States at a disadvantage;
2016/11/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 21 #

2015/2329(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. EAcknowledges that the biggest challenge is to achieve the current ambitious goals with the limited funding available; therefore encourages National Contact Points (NCPs) and the EACEA to seek, wherever possible, synergies across EU programmes such as Creative Europe, Erasmus+ and the European Social Fund, so as to generate economies of scale and maximise impact;
2016/11/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 32 #

2015/2329(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, the EACEA, NCPs and programme beneficiaries to make additional efforts to enhance visibility and communication., in order to increase awareness about the programme and reach out even more effectively to citizens in the participating countries, including by improving communication, enhancing the use of social media, and going into topics that today are high on many citizens' minds, such as jobs, growth and migration;
2016/11/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 3 #

2015/2328(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that a lack of financial capacity continues to be one of the main obstacles for potential applicants, along with administrative and regulatory obstacles; encourages the Commission, the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) and the Creative Europe national Desks to try to address the under-representation of micro cultural operators among funded organisations and certain sectors in the Culture sub-programme;
2016/11/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 6 #

2015/2328(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Looks forward to seeing the initial results of the Financial Guarantee Facility launched in 2016; by easing the access of SMEs and microbusinesses to loans, expects this new market instrument to help theowards the scaling up of cultural and creative projects, sectors, which account for 4.4 % of the EU’s GDP and 3.8 % of its workforce, so that they realise their full potential as a promising source of growth and jobs and as drivers of competitiveness, cultural diversity and cross-border cooperation; regrets, however, that the Facility will only work in those countries where a similar instrument is already in place;
2016/11/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 8 #

2015/2328(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Looks forward to seeing the initial results of the Financial Guarantee Facility launched in 2016; by easing the access of SMEs and microbusinesses to loans, expects this new market instrument to help the cultural and creative sectors, which account for 4.4 % of the EU’s GDP and 3.8 % of its workforce, realise their full potential as a promising source of growth and jobs and as drivers of competitiveness, cultural diversity and cross-border cooperation; strongly regrets, however, that the Facility will only work in those countries where a similar instrument is already in place;
2016/11/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 11 #

2015/2328(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes, in the light of the significant influx of migrants and refugees into the EU in recent years, the programme’s growing intercultural dimension, which will hopefully result in more projects that boost cultural integration and understandingdiversity and intercultural dialogue as of 2017; given that cultural integration is likely to remain a challenge in many countries in the EU for years to come, underlines that this should be supported as a regular programme component.
2016/11/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 7 #

2015/2327(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Erasmus+ is one of the most successful Union programmes and the major tool to support activities in the fields of education, training, youth and sport; giving over the period 2014-2020 the opportunity to study, train and volunteer in another country to more than 4 million Europeans;
2016/10/24
Committee: CULT
Amendment 7 #

2015/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the EU has no economic policy other than the sum of national policies; deplores the fact that there is no satisfactory lever available – given the modest scale of the European budget – and that economic forecasts, economic policy priorities, and the budget- making process do not stand in any form of coherent relationship;
2016/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 8 #

2015/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that a stronger link should be established between the implementation of the country-specific recommendations and the European Structural and Investment Funds in order to increase the effectiveness of EU spending in the Member States and to support structural reform efforts, thereby making the countries less vulnerable to crises;
2016/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 29 #

2015/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Urges that the euro area have its own budget in order tomoves forward with measures to deepen the budgetary integration of the EMU with a view to ensuring fiscal discipline and counteracting asymmetric shocks and reward reform efforts; believes the European Sby supporting national reform efforts; stresses that any instrument or governance structure estability Mechanism to be a prototype of such a toshed to this end must be fully integrated into the Treaties and subjected to democratic control; calls for budgetary policy and monetary policy to be brought into a policy mix to boost growth and job creation.
2016/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 255 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for European companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised integrated regulatory framework supporting investments in infrastructures and fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation; to this end, calls for considering the possibility of financing through the EFSI;
2015/10/21
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 715 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that sincwhile the development of over- the- top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, consumers are faced with new risks related to fragmented consumer protection standards; considers therefore that modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to moreunnecessary regulatory burdens, but should ensure a high level of consumer protection, drive innovation and fair competition for all actors across the EU;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 807 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fostersacilitates market entry; fosters fair and effective competition between, and innovation in, between online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparencyransparency, good cooperation with all the actors, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, non-discrimination, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale- up of platforms and ensuring a level playing field between competitors should be priorities;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 925 #

2015/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Considers, in order to ensure trust and security in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and, internet platforms, online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase awareness of the risks and knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services, inter alia via public-private partnership;
2015/10/22
Committee: ITREIMCO
Amendment 81 #

2015/2132(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Deems it necessary to increase appropriations for the Turkish Cypriot Community budget line (Article 13 07 01) for the purpose of contributing decisively to the continuation and intensification of the mission of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus and of supporting the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, thus promoting trust and reconciliation between the two communities;
2015/10/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 65 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. The legislative initiative should differentiate between a "natural person" and a "legal entity" so that a constructed legal personality is not alien to law;
2016/09/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2015/2010(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the recent initiatives of the Commission and encourages Member States to tackle further tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance, promoting clear and fair tax rulings, combatting aggressive tax planning and re-launching the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base scheme, stressing the importance to avoid any increase in administrative burdens and cost of compliance;
2015/10/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 42 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the goal of a level playing field between companies should not be pursued at the expense of a level playing field between Member States, in particular with regards to the small countries of the periphery that have built their economies on a competitive advantage that includes an effective tax system with low corporate tax rate;
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 48 #

2015/2010(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the sovereign rights of Member States should be taken into consideration, as well as the diversities on economic, commercial and corporate sectors in terms of affecting the growth and development as well as the social cohesion within the Member State and the EU as such;
2015/10/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 131 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U – point i
(i) whereas a mandatory Union-wide Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) would be a major step towards solving those problems associated with aggressive tax planning within the Union; whereas the ultimate goal should remain a full, mandatory CCCTB with possible exemptions for small- and medium-sized enterprises and companies with no cross-border activity; whereas until a full CCCTB is in place, the Commission is considering temporary measures to counteract profit shifting opportunities; whereas it is necessary to ensure that those measures, including the offsetting of cross-border losses, do not increase the risk of BEPS;deleted
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 139 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U – point i
(i) whereas a mandatory Union-wide Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) wcould be a major step towards solving those problems associated with aggressive tax planning within the Union; whereas the ultimate goal should remain a full, mandatory CCCTB with possible exemptions for small- and medium-sized enterprises and companies with no cross-border activity; whereas until a full CCCTB is in place, the Commission is considering temporary measures to counteract profit shifting opportunities; whereas it is necessary to ensure that those measures, including the offsetting of cross- border losses, do not increase the risk of BEPS; whereas the introduction of CCCTB should not interfere with tax competition and effective taxation system, since the system does not include harmonisation of tax rates, making CCCTB a tax-neutral operation;
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 153 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U – point iii
(iii) whereas the overall principle of corporate taxation in the Union should be that taxes are paid in the countries where a company's actual economic activity and value creation takes place; whereas criteria should be developed to ensure that this occurs; whereas any use of 'patent box' or other preferential tax regimes must also ensure that taxes are paid in the place where value is generated; whereas, any policy, strategy and measures decided on a legal and economic level should be in line with the Union principles taking also into consideration that the corporate sector is inherent with the free services and competition as main pillars of the free market;
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 156 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U – point iii a (new)
(iiia) whereas any potentially serious and harmful effects of the future taxation policies on Member States must be examined and considered in advance with the purpose to accommodate and adjust the Union's policies, especially where a service oriented economy of a Member State relies on a competitive advantage that includes low corporate tax rate;
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 173 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital V – introductory part
V. whereas improved coordination alone will not solve fundamental problems arising from the fact that different rules regarding corporate taxation exist in different Member States; whereas part of the overall response to aggressive tax planning must involve the convergence of a limited number of national tax practices; whereas this can be achieved while still preserving the sovereignty of Member States in relation to other elements of their corporate tax systems; whereas the policies or the measures aiming a level playing field between companies should not contradict or undermine the long term interests of Member States that follow transparency principles and exchange of information on tax rulings and manage an effective tax system with low corporate tax rate;
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 174 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital V – introductory part
V. whereas improved coordination alone will not solve fundamental problems arising from the fact that different rules regarding corporate taxation exist in different Member States; whereas part of the overall response to aggressive tax planning must involve the convergence of a limited number of national tax practices; whereas this can be achieved while still preserving the sovereignty of Member States in relation to other elements of their corporate tax systems; whereas, we should take into consideration the sovereign rights of Member States and the diversities on economic, commercial and corporate sectors in terms of affecting the growth, development and national income on which they depend on as well as the social cohesion within the Member State and the Union as such;
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 188 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital V – point iii a (new)
(iiia) whereas Member States should retain the power to adopt certain incentives for businesses, in line with Union Competition law;
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 316 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex – title 2 – subtitle 1
Recommendation B1. Introduction of a Common Corporate Tax Base The European Parliament calls on the European Commission to bring forward as soon as possible a legislative proposal for the introduction of a common corporate tax base: As a first step, by June 2016, a mandatory Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) in the Union, with an exemption for small- and medium-sized enterprises and companies with no cross-border activity, in order to have only one set of rules for companies operating in several Member States to calculate their taxable profits. As a second step, as soon as possible and certainly no later than the end of 2017, a mandatory CCCTB, taking into due consideration the range of different options (factoring in the costs, for example, of incorporating small and medium enterprises and companies with no cross-border activity); During the interim period between the introduction of mandatory CCTB and that of full CCCTB, a set of measures to reduce profit shifting (mainly via transfer pricing) including a Union anti-BEPS legislative proposal. These measures should include a temporary cross-border loss offset regime only if the Commission can guarantee that it will be transparent and will not create the possibility of misuse for aggressive tax planning. The Commission should consider to what extent it would be necessary to harmonise accounting principles in order to prepare the underlying accounting data to be used for CCCTB purposes.deleted
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 326 #

2015/2010(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex – title 2 – subtitle 1 – paragraph 1
As a first step, by June 2016, a mandatory Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) in the Union, with an exemption for small- and medium-sized enterprises and companies with no cross-border activity, in order to have only one set of rules for companies operating in several Member States to calculate their taxable profits, with respect to the acquis communautaire, the sovereign rights of Member States and their economic and social cohesion and stability ;an exception should also be implemented regarding the economies of Member States depending on corporate and service providing sectors will also contribute to the growth and development of the Union economy.
2015/10/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 100 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The economic and financial crisis has led to a lowering of the level of investments within the Union. Investment has fallen by approximately 15% since its peak in 2007. The Union suffers in particular from a lack of investment as a consequence of market uncertainty regarding the economic future and the fiscal constraints on Member States. This lack of investment and the severe capital exit in some member states slows economic recovery and negatively affects job creation, long-term growth prospects and competitiveness.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 225 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies, across the Union require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk, and in particular those member states with a dysfunctional banking system. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 301 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile than existing EIB and Union instruments to ensure additionality over existing operations. The EFSI should finance projects across the Union, including particular in the countries most affected by the financial crisis. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 316 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The EFSI should target investments that are expected to be economically and technically viable and may contribute to the Union's strategy goals, including EU Energy Security Strategy, which may entail a degree of appropriate risk, whilst still meeting the particular requirements for EFSI financing.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 926 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies and strategic goals including the EU Energy Security Strategy, address high investment needs in the EU, in particular in the countries mostly affected by the financial crisis and support any of the following general objectives:
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 950 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particulartransport, energy, inter alia energy interconnections;, and digital infrastructure;
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 985 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) expansion of renewable energy and energy and resource efficiency; and development and utilisation of the Union's energy resources
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 752 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Underlines that the EU should take advantage of the opportunities that emerge from the energy sources of the Eastern Mediterranean, in particular with a view to create a Mediterranean gas hub through a corridor from the South- eastern Mediterranean to Europe in order to enhance EU's energy security. The EU should promote initiatives for the cooperation in the sector of Energy between the countries in the eastern Mediterranean contributing thus to peace and economic prosperity for the people.
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE