2820 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK
Amendment 46 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to at least update the SME definition to take account of the rise in inflation and labour productivity since 2003; strongly supports anwelcomes an assessment of a possible adjustment beyond the index-linking of inflation and labour productivity, in order to take account of future inflation, provide certainty and obviate the need for a rapid further adjustment in the next few years;
Amendment 57 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the employee numbers is not a criterion which can be used to draw upstand alone for accurate EU-wide comparisons, as labour productivity varies from one Member State to another; welcomes, therefore, a shift towardscomprehensive approach including the criteria of turnover and balance sheet totals;
Amendment 75 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s start- up and scale-up initiative; views the promotion of entrepreneurship as important for economic growth in the EU; calls on the Commission to introduce a two-year transitional period during which enterprises which no longer qualify for SME status would retain that status;
Amendment 84 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that economic diplomacy instruments employed at EU level, such as the Mission for Growth, could be used to address economic challenges and exploit economic opportunities at global level more effectively; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts in that area, without creating duplicate structures; calls, in that connection, for an ‘Export growth in relation to enterprise size’ indicator to be developed and for additional support to be offered to small enterprises with high export volumes;
Amendment 101 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned that, despite the considerable contribution they make to employment and growth by virtue of their productivity, MidCaps (enterprises that have outgrown the SME definition but still have typically medium-sized structures) are being neglected by policy-makers; calls, therefore, for a definition to be establishedn assessment of the feasibility of establishing a definition for these companies based on the criteria that they are family-run, have high equity ratio and employ up to 3000 people;
Amendment 115 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, in addition to the priority EU measures for SMEs, to launch aexplore options for new MidCaps-oriented funding initiative using new fundings, which wcould cover collaborative research access, digitalisation strategies, export market development and an easing of the Basel specifications and data protection rules;
Amendment 132 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 11
11. TakWelcomes the view that SME categorisation should not be exclusively based onCommission's public consultation on the SME definition, including the criteria of employee headcount, annual turnover and balance sheet totals; calls, therefore, for the for an assessment of whether a criteria of ‘export-intensive’ (high level of exports in relation to number of employees), ‘largely independently-run’ and ‘high equity ratio’ - to be defined in due course - could to be taken into account when categorising companies and for enterprises with these characteristics to at least be exempted from the relevant specific reporting obligations and/or for it to be made easier for them to access financial support;
Amendment 61 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas new areas of tension between the EU and Russia have arisen since 2015, includingthe adoption of the resolution on the state of EU-Russia relations in 2015, including, but not limited to: Russian intervention in Syria; large-scale military exercises (Zapad 2017); rRussian interference aimed at influencing elections and stoking tensions in European societies; restrictions on fundamental freedoms and extensive human rights violations in Russia, including the systemic targeting of human rights defenders and civil society in Russia, discrimination against the Tatar minority in occupied Crimea, and the politically motivated persecution of Alexei Navalny and many others; cyber attacks and assassinations on European soil carried out by Russian intelligence agents using chemical weapons; the intimidation, arrest and imprisonment of foreign citizens in Russia in breach of international law, including Oleg Sentsov and many others; the organisation of illegal and illegitimate elections in the Donbas; flawed presidential elections lacking any real choice and with restrictions on fundamental freedoms; violations of arms control agreements;
Amendment 99 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Russia's actions breach against international law, international commitments and good neighbourly relations;
Amendment 112 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that Russia's direct and indirect involvement in armed conflicts and its illegal annexation of Crimea and continuous violation of the territorial integrity of Georgia constitute a deliberate violation of international order, democratic principles and fundamental values; strongly condemns human rights violations carried out by Russian representatives on the occupied territories; reiterates that Russia's attempts to redraw borders in Europe by force and its challenging of the European security order pose a significant threat to Europe;
Amendment 150 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that non-implementation of the Minsk Agreements demonstrates Russia's lack of good will; asks for consultations to be advanced within the Normandy format; reiterates that the Minsk Agreement needs to be fully and genuinely implemented by Russia in order to reinforce the relationship between Russia and the EU;
Amendment 159 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes in the importance of finding ways to de-escalate current tensions and of engaging in consultations with Russia to identify measures aimed at reducing the risk of misunderstandings and miscalculations; recognises, however, that the EU must be firm with its expectations on Russia;
Amendment 172 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes, however, that the Skripal case and malicious cyber attacks against EU Member States, orchestrated by the Russian intelligence services and aimed to destabilise public and private communication infrastructure, show an interest on the Russian side to further increase tensions in relations with the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 180 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that increased mutual transparency in military and border guard activities is important in order to avoid further tensions; calls for a clear code of conduct concerning airspace used by military and civilian aircraft; strongly condemns, in this regard, Russia’s repeated violations of territorial waters and air space of countries in the Baltic Sea region;
Amendment 185 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is deeply concerned that Russia so manifestly demonstrates its military powers, articulates threats to other countries and in real action manifests the willingness and readiness to use military force against other nations, including advanced nuclear weapons as reiterated by President Putin on several occasions in 2018;
Amendment 209 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that while the EU's stance is firm, coherent and concerted with respect to EU sanctions on Russia, further coordination and coherence is required in its foreign and security policy approach to Russia; calls, in this context, on Member States to immediately end 'golden visa/passport' programmes; reiterates previous calls by the European Parliament for a European Magnitsky Act as well as the political consent given by the Foreign Affairs Council on 10 December 2018 to impose such sanctions;
Amendment 227 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Condemns Russia’s actions in the Sea of Azov in so far as they breach against international maritime law and Russia’s international commitments, as well as the building of the Kerch Bridge and the laying of underwater cables to the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula without the consent from Ukraine; remains deeply concerned about the Russian militarisation of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea region;
Amendment 233 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Underscores that Russia’s disrespect for international rules - in this case the freedom of the seas, bilateral agreements and the illegal annexation of Crimea - poses a threat to neighbours of Russia in all parts of Europe, not only in the Black Sea region, but also in the Baltic Sea region and the Mediterranean; highlights the importance to develop a firm policy towards Russia in all these respects;
Amendment 235 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Underlines that money laundering and organised criminal financial activities by Russia are being used for subversive political purposes and pose a threat to European security and stability; considers the magnitude of this money laundering as part of hostile activities meant to undermine, misinform and destabilise, while at the same time upholding criminal activities and corruption; notes that Russian money laundering activities within the EU constitute a threat to sovereignty and rule of law in all Member States where Russia operates these activities; states that this is a threat to European security and stability, and a main challenge to the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy;
Amendment 238 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Recognises that Russia is using various instruments as part of its hybrid warfare against Europe, aimed at weakening European democracies, economies and institutions; expresses concern of potential escalation of Russian hybrid warfare activities;
Amendment 240 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Expresses deep concern on the independence of the media and restrictions to freedom of expression inside Russia; condemns the Russian regime’s growing use of subversive policies of propaganda and disinformation campaign abroad; underlines the importance of a joint EU response to such activities;
Amendment 266 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that Russia and the EU will remain key economic partners in the foreseeable future, but that Nord Stream 2 reinforces EU dependency on Russian gas supplies, threatens the EU internal market and is not in line with EU energy policy or its strategic interests, and therefore needs to be stopped; emphasises that the EU remains committed to completing the European Energy Union and diversify its energy resources;
Amendment 310 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the EU institutions and Member States to make greater efforts to build resilience, particularly in the cyber and media fields; calls for EU-wide support for the European cyber-security industry, a functioning digital internal market and a stronger engagement in research; encourages, in this context, the proactive promotion of European values in Russian by East Stratcom; recognises that, despite additional funding, the East Stratcom remains insufficiently funded and seriously understaffed;
Amendment 343 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a European version of the Magnitsky Act, which allows the imposition of visa bans and targeted sanctions, such as blocking property and interests in property within EU jurisdiction on individual public officials or persons acting in an official capacity, who are responsible for acts of corruption or serious human rights violations; stresses the importance of an immediate sanctions list in order to secure an effective implementation of a European Magnitsky Act;
Amendment 346 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the EU to verify the application of EU restrictive measures in force as well as the sharing of information between Member States, in order to ensure that the EU sanctions regime against Russia’s actions is not undermined, but applied in proportion to the threats posed by Russia; underlines the danger of weakening the sanctions without Russia demonstrating in clear action, and not only in words, that it respects the borders of Europe, the sovereignty of its neighbours and other nations, as well as international rules and agreements; reiterates that business as usual only can be possible when Russia fully respects the rules and restricts itself to act in a peaceful way;
Amendment 355 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on Russia to immediately release political prisoners, including foreign citizens, and journalists;
Amendment 370 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Condemns money laundering activities, illegal financial activities and other means of economic warfare by Russia; calls for competent financial authorities in the EU to increase cooperation with each other and with relevant intelligence and security services, in order to tackle Russian money laundering activities;
Amendment 373 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Condemns the support and financing of extremist parties and organisations in Europe by the Russian state, as well as attempts of election meddling in European national elections; urges the European Union and its Member States to take measures in the run up to the 2019 European Parliamentary elections, in order to strengthen resilience against Russian antidemocratic activities;
Amendment 375 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Calls on the EU to strengthen the monitoring and analysis of Russian hybrid warfare activities targeting EU Member States, in order to ensure a proper response from the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 73 #
2018/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Serbia to progressively align itsincrease its alignment with the foreign and security policy tof that of the EU, including its policy on Russiae EU, emphasizes the importance to align with the EU’s sanctions policies, especially on Russia; urges the Serbian government to increase efforts and cooperation with the EU against Russian interference and influence operations; welcomes Serbia’s important contribution and continued participation in international peacekeeping operations;
Amendment 97 #
2018/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates the importance of intensifying the fight against corruption and urges Serbia to show a clear commitment to tackle this issue and demonstrate non-tolerance against corruption and rule of law abuses; welcomes the adoption of the amendments made in the economic crimes section of the country’s criminal code; reiterates its call to swiftly adopt a new law on the Anti- Corruption Agency to improve the planning, coordination and monitoring of the implementation of new legislation and policies; stresses that it is critical that the Agency receives and maintains the human and financial resources it needs to carry out its mandate in an independent manner; calls on the authorities to fill all open positions in the Agency; calls on Serbia to further improve its track record on investigations, indictments and final convictions in high-level corruption cases;
Amendment 230 #
2018/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on Serbia to develop its energy policy in order to decrease dependence on Russian gas imports; calls on Serbia to implement fully the connectivity reform measures in the energy sector; encourages Serbia to develop competition in the gas market; welcomes the country’s efforts to promote investments in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy;
Amendment 308 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Underlines that the correct forum for tax challenges stemming from the digitalisation is within the OECD, and that tax challenges stemming from the digitalisation of the economy is a global issue requiring a global solution; believes that the EU should focus on creating a more attractive business environment in order to achieve a well-functioning Digital Single Market while waiting for a global solution on taxing the digital economy;
Amendment 324 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Notes that the proposed Digital Services Tax is a tax on turnover instead of on profits, which deviates from fundamental principles of international taxation;
Amendment 730 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107
Paragraph 107
107. Stresses that money laundering can assume various forms, and that the money laundered can have its origin in various illicit activities ranging from terrorism to tax evasion and fraud; reiterates in this regard the magnitude of laundered money from Russia, used for subversive political purposes; notes with concern that the proceeds from criminal activity in the EU are estimated to amount to EUR 110 billion per year64 , corresponding to 1 % of the Union’s total GDP; highlights that the Commission estimates that in some Member States up to 70 % of money laundering cases have a cross-border dimension65 ; further notes that the scale of money laundering is estimated by the UN66 to be the equivalent of between 2 to 5 % of global GDP, or around EUR 715 billion and 1.87 trillion a year; _________________ 64 From illegal markets to legitimate businesses: the portfolio of organised crime in Europe, Final report of Project OCP – Organised Crime Portfolio, March 2015. 65 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pre ss-room/20171211IPR90024/new-eu-wide- penalties-for-money-laundering; Commission proposal of 21 December 2016 for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on countering money laundering by criminal law (COM(2016)0826. 66 UNODC - https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/money- laundering/globalization.html
Amendment 733 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107 a (new)
Paragraph 107 a (new)
107 a. Acknowledges that money laundering and organised criminal financial activities are being used for subversive political purposes, as an instrument in hybrid warfare aimed at weakening European democracies, economies and institutions;
Amendment 761 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112 a (new)
Paragraph 112 a (new)
112 a. Underlines the threat to European security and stability posed by money laundering from Russia with the aim to finance subversive activities, disinformation and corruption as well as unfair competition; considers the magnitude of this money laundering as part of hostile activities meant to undermine, misinform and destabilise, while at the same time upholding criminal activities;
Amendment 772 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 a (new)
Paragraph 114 a (new)
Amendment 797 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 117 a (new)
Paragraph 117 a (new)
117 a. Calls for competent financial authorities to increase cooperation with each other and with relevant intelligence and security services; urges the Commission to propose legislative reforms in order to facilitate increased cooperation between banking authorities;
Amendment 928 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 141
Paragraph 141
141. Recalls that EU AML legislation requires Member States to lay down sanctions for breaches of anti-money laundering rules; stresses that these sanctions must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive; calls for a speedy implementation in EU Member States on the enforcement of fines for money laundering and sanctions violations;
Amendment 932 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 143 a (new)
Paragraph 143 a (new)
143 a. Calls for EU wide sanctions on human rights abuses inspired by the US Global Magnitsky Act, which allows for the imposition of visa bans and targeted sanctions such as blocking property and interests in property within EU jurisdiction on individual public officials, or persons acting in an official capacity, who are responsible for acts of corruption or serious human rights violations;
Amendment 933 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 143 b (new)
Paragraph 143 b (new)
143 b. Reiterates previous calls by the European Parliament to impose a European Magnitsky Act, as well as the political consent given by the Foreign Affairs Council on 10 December 2018;stresses the importance of an immediate sanctions list in order to secure an effective implementation of a European Magnitsky Act, enabling the blocking of property and interests in property from being transferred, exported or withdrawn;
Amendment 1092 #
2018/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 170 a (new)
Paragraph 170 a (new)
170 a. Notes that financial flows are mainly ending up in the United Kingdom and the United States; underlines, in this regard, the importance of close cooperation between the European Union and the United Kingdom on combatting illicit financial flows from Russia and reducing cross-border barriers to sharing information, following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union;
Amendment 133 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that the EU’s insufficient level of global competitiveness and productivity calls for structural reforms in the Member States in order to bring about sustained growth;
Amendment 151 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines that Member States needs to build their own fiscal capacities on national level in order to increase stability and to counter economic shocks;
Amendment 152 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses the need to improving the quality and management of national budgets by addressing the triggers for growth in line with Union fiscal rules;
Amendment 153 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls for a growth-friendly investment climate, a full and consistent implementation of the Stability and Growth pact across Member States and a particular focus on structural reforms;
Amendment 154 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Takes the view that improving the structure of public budgets is important in order to ensure compliance with EU fiscal rules and to allow for the financing of indispensable expenditure, the building of buffers for unforeseen needs and, lastly, the financing of non-essential spending;
Amendment 191 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Agrees that high taxation is a hindrance to investments and jobs; calls for reforms in taxation with a view to tackling the high tax burden on labour in Europe;
Amendment 206 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that well-functioning, flexible labour markets have proven to be more able to recover from the economic downturn;
Amendment 207 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses the need for changes in labour market legislation that provide flexibility and security for both employees and employers, thereby increasing employment and ensuring sustainable growth;
Amendment 208 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Welcomes the fact that, on average, youth unemployment is declining; notes, however, that there remain differences across the Member States that call for continued reforms to facilitate the entry of young people into the labour market;
Amendment 222 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that the lack of competitiveness and investment in the EU is linked to a general tax burden that is 10 to 15 % higher than in competing markets, creating hindering tax wedges on companies, investments and labour;
Amendment 251 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that Europe harbours untapped economic potential as growth and employment are advancing unevenly; underlines that this is the result of the heterogeneous performance of the Member States’ economies; emphasises that the implementation of structural reforms in the Member States could facilitate higher growth;
Amendment 275 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Considers that reforms removing investment bottlenecks would allow for immediate support for economic activity and at the same time set the conditions for long-term growth;
Amendment 276 #
2018/2119(INI)
23b. Emphasises that reliable investment requires a regulatory environment that allows for a return on investment; considers that predictable rules, a level playing field and reduced compliance costs are crucial factors for attracting investment;
Amendment 285 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Notes with concern that the EU share of global foreign direct investments flows have fallen significantly since the crisis;
Amendment 309 #
2018/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Considers it of great importance that all Member States take the necessary policy action to address imbalances, in particular high levels of indebtedness, and commit to structural reforms ensuring the economic sustainability of each individual Member State, thereby ensuring the overall competitiveness and resilience of the European economy;
Amendment 24 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission Report on Competition Policy 2017 and the Commission’s activities and efforts to ensure the effective application of competition rules in the Union;
Amendment 25 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes and further encourages the efforts of the Commission to maintain, in addition to the structured dialogue with the Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, regular contact with the members of Parliament’s competent committee and its Working Group on Competition Policy; is convinced that the Commission’s Annual Report on Competition Policy is a key exercise in terms of democratic scrutiny, and welcomes the Commission’s feedback on all the specific requests adopted by Parliament;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Appreciates the efforts made by the Commission and Commissioner Vestager to ensure proper information sharing and regular exchanges with the Parliament concerning competition policy; calls on the Commission to maintain a close cooperation with the members of the Parliament's competent committee;
Amendment 30 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to continue monitoring the implementation of directives linked to the completion of the single market and to ensure the full enforcement of EU competition rules in order to avoid uneven application thereof in the Member States;
Amendment 32 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that most decisions concerning antitrust issues and State aid are taken at national level; believes therefore that the Commission should monitor and take measures to ensure consistent policy measures within the internal market
Amendment 35 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the treaty-based competition rules must be interpreted in the light of the wider European values underpinning the Union’s social market economy, notably environmental and social protection, equality considerations, consumer protection and public health, as mandated by Article 7 TFEU; takes the view, therefore, that activities which cause negative social and environmental externalities create market distortions that need to be addressed by means of competition law while, conversely, activities which bring social or environmental benefits should be explicitly taken into account when assessing treaty-based competition provisionsfully complied with;
Amendment 37 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the treaty-based competition rules must be interpreted in the light of the wider European values underpinning the Union’s social market economy, notably environmental and social protection, equality considerations, consumer protection and public health, as mandated by Article 7 TFEU; tTakes the view, therefore, that activities which cause negative social and environmental externalities create market distortions that need to be addressed by means of competition law while, conversely, activities which bring social or environmental benefits should be explicitly taken into account when assessing treaty- based competition provisions;
Amendment 43 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that taxation is a national competence; notes however that the taxation instrument can be used to grant implicit State aid to companies, which can create an un-level playing field on the internal market;
Amendment 57 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the urgent need for an effective framework tailored to the challenges ofadvantages of data innovation and the data-driven economy; notes in particularat the same time that digital platforms, in controlling ever-increasing data flows, generate considerable network externalities and economies of scale, and ultimately, by dint of excessive concentration, rent extraction and abusive market power, bring about market failures; underlines therefore the need to open up for new business models and competition which can enable new and smaller actors as well as broader services provided by big actors; stresses that this could offer new services to consumers and thereby also requires rules for fair competition;
Amendment 66 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that there is no trade-off between competition and innovation, nor between competition and investments and that effective competition is the best way to foster investments while ensuring innovation and high quality services for end-users at affordable prices;
Amendment 71 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to take more ambitious steps to eliminate illegitimate obstacles to online competition, in order to ensure barrier- free online shopping for EU consumers purchasing from sellers who are based in another Member State, while at the same time not creating new barriers caused by existing variations in consumer law;
Amendment 73 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Considers that the steps towards ending consumer charges for roaming in the EU is, in the long term perspective, not sufficient if the single market is to be further deepened, and that incentives for intra-EU calls to be on the same level as local calls must be created by facilitating investments in fully European or shared network;
Amendment 75 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on Commission to consult network operators and relevant stakeholders on how to bring down charges for intra-EU calls to the level of local calls in the most efficient way;
Amendment 76 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Underlines at the same time that Commission must encourages investments and secure global competitiveness and innovation;
Amendment 77 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Is of the view that the policies should favour efficient investments in new networks and take into account the impact on consumers and by that also prevent new digital divides between high and low income households;
Amendment 78 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Agrees with Commission that very high capacity networks, 5G Internet connections and coverage are preconditions for digital development and innovation;
Amendment 79 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Calls on Commission to encourage broadband rollout by promoting a high level of competition and to ensure a high level of connectivity in the EU and a rapid deployment of 5G across the Union in order to secure the Union's global competitiveness and attract investments;
Amendment 80 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in this regard, to adjudge the control of data necessary for the creation and provision of services as a proxy for the existence of market power, including when issuing its guidance on Article 102 TFEU, and to require interoperability between online platforms and social network providers; requests that the Commission provide a dedicated chapter on these issues in its next annual report on competition policy, including case studies on price caps in sectors such as online platforms for accommodation and tourism;
Amendment 104 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the factbenefits of the digital economy for consumers and the society at large; recognizes at the same time that the barriers to entry in the digital economy are becoming increasinglymust not become insurmountable,; as the more that unjust behaviour is perpetuated, the harder it gets to revert to anti-competitive effects; affirms, in this regard,ffirms, in this regard, that breaches of European competition law should be perpetuated and that the Commission should make effective use of interim measures, while ensuring due process and the right of defence of undertakings under investigation;
Amendment 132 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points to thCalls on Commission to examine possible discrepancies between the rules on state aid in the area of liquidation aid and the resolution regime under the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD); points out that in two recent cases, in spite of the Single Resolution Board’s (SRB) concluurges the Commissions that resolution could not be justified on the grounds of public interest, the Commission approved state aid on the basis that it would mitigate economic disturbance at a regional level, thereby demonstrating two distinct interpreo come forward with a transparent presentations of public interest; urges the Commission, therefore, to reconsider its interpretation of the relevant state aid rules in a manner consistent with the BRRD and to revise its 2013 Banking Communication accordingly, including the area of liquidation aidits interpretation of the relevant state aid rules in relation to the BRRD;
Amendment 137 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that temporary state aid to the financial sector for the stabilisation of the global financial system was necessary but that it nevertheless must be scrutinised and quickly reduced or totally removed;
Amendment 138 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses in this perspective the importance of a restrictive approach to state aid;
Amendment 139 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on Commission to launch a roadmap for less but better targeted state aid, with the aim to reduce it;
Amendment 148 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines that when applying state aid in order to promote services of general interest the aim should be to benefit the consumers and citizens, rather than strengthening old structures, individual companies or public entities;
Amendment 155 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is deeply alarmed at the far- reachingTakes note of the concentration of the food supply chain, whereby four companies, all with close financial ties, own and sell up to 60 % of the global seed market and 75 % of global pesticides, to the detriment of consumers, farmers, the environment and biodiversity alike; points out that such an oligopoly will make farmers even more technologically and economically dependent on a few globally integrated one-stop-shop platforms, produce limited seed diversity, re-direct trends in innovation away from the adoption of a production model which is respectful of the environment and biodiversity and ultimately, as a result of reduced competition, generate less; stresses in this regard the need for fair competition and more innovation;
Amendment 171 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Asks the Commission to come forward with a revisionew of the EU Merger Regulation, so that it may and analyse whether it should be vested with the powers, much as a number of Member States are at present, to adopt measures to protect the European public order and the rights and principles of the TFEU and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, including environmental protection;
Amendment 177 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 182 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises that the legally binding commitments undertaken by the Member States as part of the Paris Climate Agreement will not be realised without concrete state measures to promote and finance, enable and create incentives for the production and use of renewable energy; takes note of the forthcoming revision of the guidelines on state aid and energy, which will no longer exclude two of the sectors that benefit the most from state subsidies, nuclear energy and fossil fuel extraction, and which provide for greater flexibility for consumer-generated renewable energy;
Amendment 191 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines the importance of boosting investments in new technologies and increase the competitiveness of the European energy markets;
Amendment 196 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Highlights the importance of completing the Energy Union through integration of markets, notably by investing in interconnectors where needed and based on market conditions and commercial potential, and by increasing the tradable capacity in existing interconnections, as well as measures at European level aimed at removing obstacles to free price formation;
Amendment 200 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Highlights the commonly agreed aims and targets of the Energy Union and points specifically to the dimension Security, solidarity and trust;
Amendment 201 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Underlines the importance of securing that the European energy markets are built on rule of law, competition, diversity of energy sources and suppliers, predictability and transparency and to prevent any market operator, established in the union or in a third country, from levering a dominant position to the detriment for competitors and consumers; in this regard, calls for increased scrutiny of, and, where necessary, measures and imposed obligations against such market operators;
Amendment 202 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Reaffirms that new infrastructure projects, including those connecting a Member State to a third country, shall be the subject of European legislation, notably rules on unbundling and market price formation;
Amendment 213 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines that Commission when making competition rulings must regard the internal market as one single market, not as a number of independent local or national markets;
Amendment 216 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses the need to deepen the internal market, to open up for new competition and freedom of establishment in all sectors;
Amendment 219 #
2018/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Underlines that taxation is a national competence and that the choice of policy therefore depends on the political view and orientation of the respective national governments and parliaments; stresses in this perspective the need to ensure that national tax policies does not distort fair competition;
Amendment 74 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the growth must be seen in the perspective of an extraordinary monetary policy which can’t be sustainable without serious financial risks; underlines that stable long term growth must be based upon structural reforms and increased competitiveness;
Amendment 76 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that monetary policy alone is not sufficient to achieve a sustainable and more even and inclusive economic recovery; underlines in this perspective the importance of structural reforms, sound fiscal policies and increased competitiveness;
Amendment 83 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes with concerns the backlash against globalization and the rise of protectionism;
Amendment 91 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes with concern that the EU share of global foreign direct investments flows fell significantly since the crisis;
Amendment 109 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that a step-by-step completion of the Banking Union is necessary to increase resilience in the banking sector and contribute to financial stability
Amendment 200 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Amendment 202 #
2018/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Stresses that a fully functioning Capital Markets Union in a longer perspective can provide alternative financing to SMEs complementing that of the banking sector;
Amendment 51 #
2018/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the overall positive impact AI and robotics can have on most sectors, including industry, production, transport, societal services and health, on top of the value created by the technological innovation and research towards its realisation; thus, believes that the Union should facilitate this development by ensuring that academia, industry and start-ups are supported by a flexible and least-restrictive regulatory framework, enabling Europe to spearhead the development of AI and its integration in the economy; points to that rules and regulation on AI and its use should in principle be guided by the same rules and ethical code as in the human society;
Amendment 57 #
2018/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that a competitive research environment is key to developing artificial intelligence; underlines the importance of supporting excellent research, including fundamental science and high-risk high-reward projects, and to foster a European research area with attractive conditions for funding, mobility and access to infrastructure across the Union, based on a principle of openness towards third countries and expertise from outside the Union; furthermore, highlights the significance of European initiatives on cloud computing and high- performance computing, which will further enhance the development of deep- learning algorithms and the processing of big data; strongly believes that for these initiatives to be successful and relevant to the development of AI, the infrastructure needs to be open to both public and private entities based in the Union and elsewhere, and be governed by least- restrictive access criteria;
Amendment 62 #
2018/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that a rapid development of 5G is essential to secure that the Union can reap the full benefits of AI, making it possible to renew and develop industries and services, which are the backbone of the European economy, as well as to support the emergence of new services, production and markets, which is essential in order to safeguard new jobs and a high level of employment;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU’s excessively low productivity and global competitiveness calls for structural reforms, continued fiscal efforts and investment in Member States in order to bring about sustained growth and employment and achieve upward convergence with other global economies and within the EU;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports flexibility in the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact as proposed by the Commission in 2015; considers that much more flexibility is requithe Commission must ensured to boost investment and growth in the EU; calls, therefore, for a reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the introduction of an aggregate euro area fiscal stancehat Member States follow the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 95 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 99 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that prudent fiscal policies play a fundamental role for the stability of the euro area and the Union as a whole; underlines that strong coordination of fiscal policies and compliance with the Union rules in this area are a legal requirement and key to the proper functioning of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU);
Amendment 166 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 176 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recommends an increased sharing of information between national authorities in order to ensure that taxes are paid in EU when this shall be the case and in the relevant Member state;
Amendment 178 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Underlines the need for simple and transparent tax policies and regulations;
Amendment 179 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Underlines that taxation is a national competence, dependent on the political view and actions of governments and parliaments, based upon fiscal policies and political aspirations regarding public spending;
Amendment 180 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Stresses that the lack of competitiveness and investment in the EU is linked to a general tax burden that is 10 to 15 % higher than in competing markets, creating hindering tax wedges on companies, investments and labour;
Amendment 181 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Underlines the importance of lowering taxes in order to strengthen competitiveness and to boost private investments in EU;
Amendment 192 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages stronger coordination and harmonisation of taxation with the objective of reducing the differences among Member States over a ten-year period, thus making any possible company relocation unattractiveof taxation between Member States;
Amendment 212 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Council recommendation and the Commission’s efforts to encourage Members States with large current account surpluses to promote faster wage growth in line with productivity, strengthen investment and thus foster economic expansion; highlights the fact that real wage growth has, in recent times, lagged behind productivity growth, while improvements have occurred in the labour market; stresses, against this background, that there could be room for wage increases in certain sectors and areas to ensure good standards of living, taking into account the need to tackle inequalities and boost growth;
Amendment 217 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the importance of wage developments in line with productivity;
Amendment 243 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Shares the Commission’s view on the need for changes in labour market legislation that provide flexibility and security for both employees and employers, thereby increasing employment and ensuring sustainable growth;
Amendment 269 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 297 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Takes the view that improving the structure of public budgets is a key lever to comply with EU fiscal rules and allow for the financing of indispensable expenditure, building buffers for unforeseen needs and lastly financing non-essential spending;
Amendment 298 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls for an immediate review of public spending in the EU, and encourages Member States to critically assess the quality of their budgets; points out that such a review cannot replace urgent fiscal consolidation needs;
Amendment 299 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Agrees that the economic upswing needs to be supported by investment and notes that there is still an investment gap in the euro area; recognises, however, that in some Member States investments already exceed the pre-crisis level;
Amendment 300 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Considers that reforms removing investment bottlenecks would allow for immediate support for economic activity and at the same time set the conditions for long-term growth;
Amendment 301 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)
Paragraph 23 e (new)
23e. Considers that the uneven growth and employment situation in the euro area requires better coordination of structural reforms, in particular through improved implementation of the country- specific recommendations (CSR);
Amendment 327 #
2018/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Considers that prudent fiscal policies play a fundamental role for the stability of the euro area and the Union as a whole; underlines that strong coordination of fiscal policies and compliance with the Union rules in this area are a legal requirement and key to the proper functioning of Economic and Monetary Union(EMU);
Amendment 105 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing defence technological and industrial capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a competitive, innovative and efficient European defence industry in Europe by securing a competitive environment for research and innovation. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence Fund (the 'Fund') to support investments in joint research and the joint development of defence products and technologies, thus fostering synergies and cost-effectiveness, and to promote the Member States’ joint purchase and maintenance of defence equipment. This Fund would complement national funding already used for this purpose and should act as an incentive for Member States to cooperate and invest more in defence. The Fund would support cooperation during the whole cycle of defence products and technologies.
Amendment 109 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Following an integrated approach and in order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, a European Defence Fund should be established. The Fund should aim at enhancing the competitiveness, innovation, and efficiency and autonomy of the Union's defence industry thereby contributing to the Union's strategic autonomyrough the development of capabilities and strategic capacity in Europe, thereby contributing to the Union's strategic autonomy, which is further enhanced by strengthened relations with strategic partners, by supporting the cross border cooperation between Member States and between enterprises, research centres, national administrations, international organisations and universities, and, where appropriate, cooperation with third countries, in the research phase and in the development phase of defence products and technologies. To achieve more innovative solutions and an open internal market, the Fund should support the cross-border participation of defence small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and middle capitalisation companies (mid-caps).
Amendment 116 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Whereas European security is dependent on strong and robust relations with strategic partners around the world; and whereas the Programme should enhance the competitiveness of the European defence industrial market by further strengthening partnerships through research and development, thereby promoting European strategic capacity and capability.
Amendment 117 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The research phase is a crucial element as it conditions the capacity of the European industry and the autonomy of the Europeanto retain and develop its global competitiveness and the industry to develop products and the independence of Member States as defence end-users. The research phase linked to the development of defence capabilities may include significant risks, in particular related to the low level of maturity and the disruption of technologies. The development phase, which follows the research and technology phase, also entails significant risks and costs that hamper the further exploitation of the results of research and adversely impact the competitiveness and innovation of the Union's defence industry.
Amendment 138 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In certain circumstances, if this is necessary for achievFor the purpose of promoting the objeccompetitiveness of the actionEuropean defence industrial market, it should be possible to derogate from the principle that recipients and their subcontractors should not be subject to control by non-associated third countries or non-associated third country entities. In that perspective, legal entities established in the Union that are controlled by a non- associated third country or a non- associated third country entity can be eligible if relevant and strict conditions relating to the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States are fulfilled. The participation of such entities should not contravene the objectives of the Fund. Applicants should provide all relevant information about the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources to be used in the action.
Amendment 178 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Fund is to foster the competitiveness, efficiency and innovation capacity of the defence industry in Europe, and to foster an efficient development of capacities and capabilities ofn the European defence industryial market, thus contributing to increasing the Union´s global relevance in the field of security and defence, by supporting collaborative actions and cross-border cooperation between legal entities throughout the Union, including SMEs and mid-caps and, where appropriate, with strategic partners outside the Union, as well as fostering the better exploitation of the industrial potential of innovation, research and technological development, at each stage of the industrial life cycle, thus contributing to the Union strategic autonomycapacity and global competitiveness of the European market. The Fund should also contribute to the freedom of action of the Union and its autonomy, in particular in technological and industrial terms.
Amendment 187 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) support collaborative development projects of defence products and technologies consistent with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy, thusereby contributing toe to a more competitive European defence market capable of attracting investments and knowledge, greater efficiency of defence spending within the Union, achieving greater economies of scale and enhanced international cooperation with strategic partners, reducing the risk of unnecessary duplication and as such reducing the fragmentation of defence products and technologies throughout the Union. Ultimately, the Fund will lead to greater interoperability between Member States' capabilities.
Amendment 221 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
The Fund shall be open to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA), in accordance with the conditions laid down in the EEA agreement or any equivalent arrangement.
Amendment 239 #
2018/0254(COD)
Amendment 256 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Applicants and their subcontractors shall be eligible for funding provided that they applicants are established in the Union or in an associated country, have their executive management structures in the Union or in an associated country and are not, for the purpose of an action funded under the Programme, controlled by a non-associated third country or by a non-associated third country entity.
Amendment 266 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, an applicant established in the Union or in an associated country and controlled by a non- associated third country or a non- associated third country entity mayshall be eligible for funding if this is necessary for achieving the objectives of the action and provided that its participation will not put at risk the security interests of the Union and its Member States. In order to ensure protection of the security interests of the Union and its Member States, the call for proposals shall require the applicant to provide information demonstrating notablyguarantees approved by the Member State in which it is established in accordance with its national procedures are made available to the Commission. Those guarantees may refer to the undertaking's executive management structure established in the Union. If deemed to be appropriate by the Member State in which the undertaking is established, those guarantees may also refer to specific governmental rights in the control over the undertaking. The guarantees shall provide the assurances that the involvement in an action of such an undertaking would not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States as established in the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy pursuant to Title V of the TEU, or the objectives set out in Article 3. The guarantees shall also comply with the provisions of Article 12. The guarantees shall in particular substantiate that, for the purpose of the action, measures are in place to ensure that:
Amendment 285 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the results of the action shall remain within the beneficiary and shall not be subject to control or restrictions by non- associated third countries or other non- associated third country entities during the action and for a specified period after its completion;
Amendment 294 #
2018/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. By derogation from the paragraph 3 beneficiaries and subcontractors involved in the action may use their assets, infrastructure, facilities and resources located or held on the territory of a non- associated third country if this is necno competitive alternativess ary for achieve available ing the objectives of an actUnion and provided that this will not put at risk the security of the Union and its Member States. Under the same conditions, wWhen performing an eligible action, beneficiaries and their subcontractors may cooperate with an entity established in a non- associated third country provided that such cooperation is consistent with the objectives set out in Article 3. The costs related to the use of such infrastructure, facilities, assets or resources and to such cooperation shall not be eligible under the Fund.
Amendment 184 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Additionally, the Programme shall include measures for ensuring efficient access to space for the Programme and for fostering an innovative space sector and further advancement of the Union's capabilities in the area of security and defence, notably cyber security, crisis management and efficient intelligence and situational awareness.
Amendment 194 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) provide, or contribute to the provision of, high-quality and up-to-date and, where appropriate, secure space- related data, information and services without interruption and wherever possible at global level, meeting existing and future needs and able to meet the Union's political priorities, including particular as regards climate change and, crisis management and all aspects of security and defence;
Amendment 202 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) enhance the security of the Union and its Member States, its freedom of action and its strategic autonomycapacity and capabilities, in particular in terms of technologies and evidence-based decision- making;
Amendment 208 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) promote the role of the Union in the international arena as a leading actor in the space sector, inter alia by support efficient use of existing infrastructure, and strengthening its role in tackling global challenges and supporting global initiatives, including with regards to climate change and sustainable development.
Amendment 231 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) support and reinforce the competitiveness, entrepreneurship, skills and capacity to innovate of legal and natural persons from the Union active or wishing to become active in that sector, with particular regard to the position and needs of existing leading space infrastructure in Europe, in addition to small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups.
Amendment 233 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) stimulate economic growth by supporting and reinforceing the competitiveness, entrepreneurship, skills and capacity to innovate of legal and natural persons from the Union active or wishing to become active in that sector, with particular regard to the position and needs of small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups.
Amendment 247 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) development activities linked to autonomous, reliable and cost-efficient access to space, notably by supporting and facilitating access to existing infrastructure, rocket ranges and research centres;
Amendment 261 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) innovation activities for developing and making best use of space technologies, infrastructure or services;
Amendment 286 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Programme's components, with the exception of the SST and GOVSATCOM, shall be open to the following third countries:
Amendment 288 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Countries with which the Union has arrangements for security policy cooperation.
Amendment 345 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Where necessary for the protection of the essential security interest of the Union and its Member States, in particular with regard to the need to preserve the integrity and resilience of the Union systems, as well as the autonomy of the industrial basis on which they rely, the Commission shall set the requisite eligibility conditions applicable to the procurement, grants or prizes covered by this Title. Particular regard shall be had, for that purpose, to the need for eligible undertakings to be established in a Member State, and to commit to carry out any relevant activities inside the Union and to be effectively controlled by Member States or nationals of Member States. Those conditions shall be included in the documents relating to the procurement, grant or prize, as applicable. In the case of procurement, the conditions shall apply to the full life cycle of the resulting contract.
Amendment 506 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1
1. Copernicus shall be implemented building on prior Union investments of the Union and of the ESA Member States and, where appropriate, drawing on the national or regional capacities of Member States and taking into account the capacities of commercial suppliers of comparable data and information and the need to foster competition and market development.
Amendment 515 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) user uptake, capacity building and market development component in accordance with Article 29(5), which shall include relevant activities, resources and services to promote Copernicus, its data and services at all levels to maximise socio- economic benefits which are referred to in Article 4(1).
Amendment 193 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to improve the completion of transport projects in less developed parts of the network, a Cohesion Fund allocation should be transferred to the Programme to finance transport projects in the Member States eligible for financing from the Cohesion Fund. In an initial phase and within a limit of 760% of the transferred envelope, the selection of projects eligible for financing should respect the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund. The remaining 340% of the transferred envelope should be allocated on a competitive basis to projects located in the Member States eligible for financing from the Cohesion Fund with priority to cross-border links and missing links. The Commission should support Member States eligible for financing from the Cohesion Fund in their efforts to develop an appropriate pipeline of projects, in particular by strengthening the institutional capacity of the public administrations concerned.
Amendment 422 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme has the general objective to develop and modernise the trans-European networks in the fields of transport, and energy and digital and to facilitate cross- border cooperation in the field of renewable energy, taking into account the long-term decarbonisation commitments and with emphasis on synergies among sectors. Furthermore, the Programme has the general objective to promote the deployment of very high capacity networks and 5G infrastructure across the Union, with a view to positioning Europe in the forefront of innovation, competitiveness and digital economy.
Amendment 463 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) to adapt the TEN-T networks to military mobility needs, aimed at facilitating cross-border military transport and, ultimately, strengthening the Union´s capacity to respond to crisis situations, including joint actions with partners;
Amendment 472 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) In the energy sector, to contribute to the development of projects of common interest relating to further integration of the internal energy market, interoperability of networks across borders and sectors, facilitating decarbonisation and ensuringan integrated internal market for energy, driven by competition, supply and demand and security of supply, and to facilitate cross- border cooperation in the area of renewable energy;
Amendment 478 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) In the digital sector, to contribute tosupport the deployment of very high capacity digital networks and 5G systems,infrastructure and to the increased resilience and capacity of digital backbonesuch networks on EU territories by linking them to neighbouring territories, as well to the digitalisation of transport and energy networks by facilitating a rapid 5G infrastructure deployment, where EU funds have a significant impact on the materialisation of such deployment.
Amendment 503 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) up to EUR 3027,615,493,000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2)(a), of which:
Amendment 546 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) up to EUR 36,000,000,000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2)(c).
Amendment 571 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Article 4 – paragraph 8
8. As regards the amounts transferred from the Cohesion Fund, 340% of these amounts shall be made available immediately to all Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund to finance transport infrastructure projects in accordance with this Regulation, with priority to cross-border and missing links. Until 31 December 20232, the selection of projects eligible for financing shall respect the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund with regard to 760% of the resources transferred. As of 1 January 20243, resources transferred to the Programme which have not been committed to a transport infrastructure project shall be made available to all Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund to finance transport infrastructure projects in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 613 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy shall involve at least two Member States, contribute to completing the internal energy market by promoting competition, supply and demand based trading and enhanced security of supply and shall be included in a cooperation agreement or any other kind of arrangement between Member States or arrangements between Member States and third countries as set out in Articles 6, 7, 9 or 11 of Directive 2009/28/EC. These projects shall be identified in accordance with the criteria and procedure laid down in Part IV of the Annex to this Regulation.
Amendment 624 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the project specific cost-benefit analysis pursuant to point 3 of Part IV of the Annex provides evidence concerning the existence of significant cost savings and/or benefits in terms of system integration, competition, supply and demand, security of supply or innovation, and;
Amendment 634 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Projects of common interest in the area of digital connectivity infrastructure shallare projects that contribute to the specific objective provided for in Article 3(2)(c), in particular the deployment of very high capacity networks and 5G infrastructure.
Amendment 637 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) actions contributing to access to very high capacity networks capable of providing Gigabit connectivity for socio- economic drivers shall be prioritised taking into account the function of th. In addition to the Union´s global competitiveness and capacity to absorb investments in 5G infrastructure and technology, factors that may be taken into account are socio- economic drivers, the relevance of the digital services and applications enabled by providing the underlying connectivity, and the potential socio-economic benefits to citizens, business and local communities, including the potential positive spill-overs in terms of 5G connectivity, in accordance with Part V of the Annex;
Amendment 640 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) actions contributing to the provision of very high-quality local wireless connectivity in local communities5G connectivity, in accordance with Part V of the Annex;
Amendment 641 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) actions contributing to the provision of very high-quality local wireless connectivity capacity networks in local communities, in accordance with Part V of the Annex;
Amendment 643 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) projects aiming at the deployment of cross-border backbonevery high capacity networks linking the Union to third countries and reinforcing links within the Union territory, including with submarine cables, shall be prioritised according to the extent to which they significantly contribute to increasing the resilience and capacity of electronic communications networks in Union territory;
Amendment 1197 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part V – point 2 – heading
Annex I – part V – point 2 – heading
2. Wireless5G connectivity in local communities
Amendment 1198 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part V – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – part V – point 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Actions aiming at the provision of local wireless connectivity that is free of charge and without discriminatory conditions in centres of local public life, including outdoor spaces accessible to the general public that play a major role in the public life of local communitiesding full scale 5G connectivity that shall be subject to the following conditions in order to receive funding:
Amendment 89 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Commission's Communication on 'A new, modern Multiannual Financial Framework for a European Union that delivers efficiently on its priorities post- 2020'57 outlines among the options for the future financial framework a programme for Europe's digital transformations to deliver 'strong progress towards smart growth in areas such as high quality data infrastructure, connectivity, digitalization of public administrations and cybersecurity'. It would seek to secure European leadership in supercomputing, next generation internet, artificial intelligence, robotics and big data. It would reinforce the competitive position of industry and businesses in Europe across the digitised economy and would have a significant impact on filling the skills gap across the Union. _________________ 57 COM(2018) 98 final
Amendment 104 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A central role in the implementation of the Programme should be attributed to Digital Innovation Hubs, which should stimulate the broad adoption of advanced digital technologies by industry, by public organisations and academia. A network of Digital Innovation Hubs should ensure the widest geographical coverage across Europe59 . A first set of Digital Innovation Hubs will be selected based on Member States’ proposals and then the network will be enlarged through an open, transparent and competitive process. The Digital Innovation Hubs will serve as access points to latest digital capacities including high performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, as well as other existing innovative technologies such as Key Enabling Technologies, available also in fablabs or citylabs. They shall act as single-entry points in accessing tested and validated technologies and promote open innovation. They will also provide support in the area of advanced digital skills. The network of Digital Innovation Hubs should also contribute to the participation of the outermost regions in the Digital Single Market. _________________ 59 As indicated in the Communication on Digitising European Industry (COM(2016) 180 final)
Amendment 107 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Programme should be implemented through projects reinforcing essential digital capacities and their wide use. To this should involveend the programme should ensure an EU budget of at least 9.2 billion euro complemented with co-investments withfrom Member States and, when needed, the private sector. This should notably require reaching a critical mass in procurement to obtain better value for money and guarantee that suppliers in Europe stay at the forefront of technology advancements.
Amendment 109 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Programme should be implemented through projects reinforcing essential digital capacities and their wide use. This should involve co-investments with Member States and, when needed,/or the private sector. This should notably require reaching a critical mass in procurement to obtain better value for money and guarantee that suppliers in Europe stay at the forefront of technology advancements.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Rapidly and successfully deploying the fifth generation of mobile networks, 5G, will be decisive for the Union's economic strength and competitiveness. In this regard, the Programme should complement the actions of supporting 5G and very high capacity networks under the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to maximise output and deliver on the Union targets of deliver reliable and consistent high-speed network coverage across the Union.
Amendment 111 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) A harmonised and consistent spectrum policy across the Union, with coordinated assignments of important 5G bands, notably the pioneer bands and others identified by the Radio Spectrum Policy Group, is a decisive factor for a successful launch and development of 5G in the Union; and whereas the United States, China, Japan and South Korea are already advancing towards commercial 5G, which underlines the importance of Union action to maintain and boost its competitiveness, in order to attract the investments necessary for continuous economic growth and development through 5G infrastructure; in this regard, the Programme should support actions to this end.
Amendment 119 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) For the high performance computing specific objective a joint undertaking is deemed the most suited implementation mechanism, in particular to coordinate national and Union strategies and investments in high performance computing infrastructure and research and development, pool resources from public and private funds, and safeguard the economic and strategic interests of the Union63 . Moreover, high performance computing competence centres in Member States will provide high performance computing services to industry, academia and public administrations established in the Union and, where appropriate and in order to stimulate economic growth and global partnerships, outside the Union. _________________ 63 Impact Assessment accompanying the document "Proposal for a Council Regulation on establishing the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking" (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single- market/en/news/proposal-council- regulation-establishing-eurohpc-joint- undertaking-impact-assessment)
Amendment 143 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The advanced digital technologies supported by this Programme, such as high performance computing, cybersecurity; cloud computing, data protection and artificial intelligence are now sufficiently mature to move beyond the research arena and be deployed, implemented and scaled- up at Union level. Just as the deployment of these technologies require a Union response so does the skills dimension. Training opportunities in advanced digital skills need to be scaled up, increased and made accessible throughout the EU. Failing this could impede the smooth deployment of advanced digital technologies and hamper the overall competitiveness of Union's economy. The actions supported by this programme are complementary to those supported by the ESF, ERDF and Horizon Europe programmes.
Amendment 166 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) 'Digital Innovation Hub' means legal entity designated or selected in an open, transparent and competitive procedure in order to fulfil the tasks under the Programme, in particular providing access to technological expertise and experimentation facilities, such as equipment and software tools to enable the digital transformation of the industry.
Amendment 169 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Programme has the following general objective: to accelerate and support the digital transformation of the European economy and society and bring its benefits to European citizens and businesseby means of deploying 5G and very high capacity networks across the Union and bring its benefits to European citizens and businesses, thus securing the Union's economic and innovative competitiveness. The Programme will:
Amendment 175 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) reinforce Europe's capacities in key digital technology areas through large- scale deployment of very high capacity networks and necessary radio spectrum for a wide deployment of 5G across the Union, notably by complementing the digital actions under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF),
Amendment 182 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) Specific Objective 5: D5G deployment, best use of digital capacityvery high capacity networks and interoperability
Amendment 186 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) deploy, coordinate at the Union level and operate an integrated world-class exascale77 supercomputing and data infrastructure in the Union that shall be accessible on a non-commercial basis to public and private users and for publicly and privately funded research purposes; _________________ 77 Billions of billions of floating operations per second
Amendment 197 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) make those capacities accessible to all businesses and, public administrations and academia;
Amendment 209 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) support the best use of European knowledge, capacity and skills related to cybersecurity in Europe;
Amendment 226 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The financial intervention by the Union under Specific Objective 4. Advanced Digital skills shall support the development of advanced digital skills in areas supported by this programme, thus contributing to increase Europe's talent pool, fostering greater professionalism, especially with regard to high performance computing, big data analytics, cybersecurity, cloud computing, data protection competencies, distributed ledger technologies, robotics and artificial intelligence. The financial intervention shall pursue the following operational objectives:
Amendment 230 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support the design and delivery of long-term trainings and high quality courses for students, teachers, IT professionals and the workforce, including public servants;
Amendment 235 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) support the design and delivery of short-term trainings and high quality courses for entrepreneurs, teachers, small business leaders and the workforce, including public servants;
Amendment 250 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
8 D5G deployment, best use of digital capacitievery high capacity networks and Interoperability
Amendment 251 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The financial intervention by the Union under Specific Objective 5. D5G deployment, best use ofvery high capacity networks, digital capacities and Interoperability shall achieve the following operational objectives, which shall, where appropriate, complement the digital infrastructure actions to that end under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF):
Amendment 253 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) facilitate and support 5G deployment and very high capacity networks, so as to ensure that the public sector and areas of public interests, such as health and care, education, judiciary, transport, energy, environment, cultural and creative sectors, as well business established within the Union can deploy and access state-of-the- art digital technologies, in particular high performance computing, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity;
Amendment 256 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) support a rapid wide-scale deployment of 5G in the Union, by means of promoting and supporting public and/or private cross-border initiatives, including pilot projects and efficient use of radio spectrum and deployment of infrastructure.
Amendment 257 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) deploy, operate and maintain, with a view to achieve a highly reliable and consistent coverage of 5G in the Union, trans- European interoperable Digital Service Infrastructures (including related services) in complementarity with national and regional actions;
Amendment 260 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) offer to public administrations or public-private partnerships access to testing and piloting of digital technologies, including their cross-border use;
Amendment 264 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) support the uptake of advanced digital and related technologies, including in particular high performance computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data protection, cloud computing and future emerging technologies by the Union industry, notably SMEs;
Amendment 271 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ensure a continuous capacity at the Union level to spearhead digital development, in addition to observe, analyse and adapt to fast-evolving digital trends, as well as sharing and mainstreaming best practices;
Amendment 281 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
4. Third countries in accordance with the conditions laid down in a specific agreement covering the participation of the third country to any Union programme, provided that the Commission has undergone a case by case assessment that their participation contributes to the achievement of the objectives of the programme in the Union and is compliant with the security requirements in accordance with article 12, and that the agreement
Amendment 289 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme is designed to be implemented enabling synergies, as further described in Annex III, with other Union funding programmes, in particular through arrangements for complementary funding from EU programmes where management modalities permit; either in sequence, in an alternating way, or through the combination of funds including for the joint funding of actions. The Commission shall ensure that when leveraging the complementary character of the programme with other European programmes, in particular ESF, ERDF, Horizon Europe and CEF-2, the achievement of the specific objectives set in articles 4 to 8 are not hampered.
Amendment 292 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Appropriate mechanisms of coordination between relevant authorities, and between authorities and the European Commission, and appropriate monitoring tools shall be established to systematically ensure synergies between the Programme and any relevant EU funding instruments. The arrangements shall contribute to avoiding duplications and maximising impact of expenditure.
Amendment 293 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. For the purpose of achieving Specific Objective 5, the Programme shall complement the actions supporting digital infrastructure under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), established by [Regulation].
Amendment 304 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the purpose of the establishment of the network mentioned in paragraph 1, each Member State shall designate candidate entities through an open, transparent and competitive process, on the basis of the following criteria:
Amendment 349 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The interim evaluation of the Programme shall be performed once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of the Programme, but no later than four years after the start of the implementation of the Programme. The interim evaluation shall be presented in the European Parliament.
Amendment 277 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) reinforcing and spreading excellenceexcellence and European scientific competitiveness;
Amendment 289 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) connecting and developing accessible research infrastructures across the European research area, including mobility of researchers to facilitate its use;
Amendment 303 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) attracting, training and retaining European and international researchers and innovators in the European Research Area, including through mobility of researchers and mobility to facilitate access to infrastructure, notably with the aim of establishing the European Research Area as the world's most competitive region for excellent science;
Amendment 384 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
(d) cluster 'Climate, Energy, Natural Resources and Mobility', as described in Annex I, Pillar II, section 4;
Amendment 387 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Amendment 415 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. In accordance with Article 9(1)of Regulation … FP/RfP Regulation, the financial envelope for the implementation of the Specific Programme for the period 2021 to 2027 shall be EUR 94 1160 000 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 623 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part I – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1
Although the EU remains the largest producer of scientific publications in the world, it is essentially a 'mass producer' of knowledge with, relative to its size, comparatively few centres of excellence that standout at the world level and with large areas of average and poor performance. Compared with the US and now China to some degree, the EU still tends to follow a 'distributed excellence model' in which resources are spread across a larger number of researchers and research institutions Another challenge is that in many EU countries the public sector still does not offer sufficiently attractive conditions for the best researchers. These factors compound Europe's relative unattractiveness in the global competition for scientific talent. Consequently, Horizon Europe should be designed with the purpose of further advancing European excellence.
Amendment 650 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1
Europe needs a highly-skilled and resilient human capital base in research and innovation that can easily adapt to and find sustainable solutions for future challenges, such as major demographic changes in Europe. To ensure excellence, researchers need to be mobile, have full access to top quality infrastructure, collaborate and diffuse knowledge across countries, sectors and disciplines, with the right combination of knowledge and skills to tackle societal challenges and support innovation.
Amendment 656 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 4
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) focus on excellent research that is fully bottom-up, open to any field of research and innovation from basic research up to market take-up and innovation services. This includes research fields covered under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). If specific needs arise and aAdditional funding sources that become available, the MSCA may target certain activities in specific challenges (incl. identified missions), types of research and innovation institutions, or geographical locations in order to respond to the evolution of Europe's requirements in terms of skills, research training, career development and knowledge sharing shall be used to this end.
Amendment 659 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 5
The MSCA are the main instrument at EU- level for attracting researchers from third countries to Europe, thus making a major contribution to European scientific and economic competitiveness and to global cooperation in research and innovation. Evidence shows that the MSCA not only have a positive impact on individuals, organisations, and at system level, but also yield high-impact and breakthrough research results while at the same time contributing significantly to societal as well as strategic challenges. Long-term investment in people pays off, as indicated by the number of Nobel Prize winners who have been either former MSCA fellows or supervisors.
Amendment 665 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.1 – introductory part
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.1 – introductory part
2.2.1. Nurturing Excellence through Mobility of Researchers across Borders, Sectors and Disciplines, including access to research infrastructure
Amendment 666 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.1 – paragraph 1
The EU must remain a reference for excellent research and thus attractive for the most promising researchers, European and non-European alike, at all stages of their careers. This can be achieved by enabling researchers and research-related staff to move and collaborate between countries, sectors and disciplines and allow them to access top quality infrastructure, thus benefit from high- quality training and career opportunities. This will facilitate career moves between the academic and non-academic sector as well as stimulate entrepreneurial activity.
Amendment 667 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part I – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Mobility experiences within or outside Europe for the best or most promising researchers regardless of nationality to undertake excellent research and develop their skills as well as career in both the academic and non-academic sector, including access to research infrastructure.
Amendment 697 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 3
Annex I – part I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 3
Past framework programmes have made a significant contribution towards the more efficient and effective use of national infrastructures as well as developed with the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) a coherent and strategy-led approach to policy making on pan-European research infrastructures. This strategic approach has generated clear advantages, including reducing duplication of effort with more efficient overall use of resources, as well as standardising processes and procedures. To make efficient use of research infrastructure, facilitating research mobility is vital.
Amendment 296 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) It is the Union's objective to strengthen its scientific excellence and technological bases and encourage its competitiveness, including in its industry, while promoting all research and innovation activities to deliver on the Union's strategic priorities, which ultimately aim at establishing the Union as the world's most competitive research area, capable of attracting and retaining international expertise and scientific excellence, in addition to promoting peace, the Union's values and the well-being of its peoples.
Amendment 311 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Some of the world's most advanced research infrastructure and facilities are located in the Union, having positioned Europe in the forefront of the development of new and improved materials, technologies and knowledge, inter alia the synchrotron radiation facility MAX LAB IV and the European Spallation Source (ESS), a multi- disciplinary research facility established as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, as well as Esrange rocket site and research facility with the potential of greatly contributing to research and science in a variety of fields, including Global Challenges identified under this Programme; and whereas facilitating mobility of researchers, including by providing easy access to such infrastructure, is key to supporting and promoting excellent science;
Amendment 313 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) research mobility is vital for promoting excellent science in Europe; in this regard, the Programme should allow for researchers to bring with them funding when moving across centres of excellence, providing for a dynamic development of European scientific capacities in the forefront of excellent science across disciplines.
Amendment 582 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme’s objective is to promote scientific excellence and mobility in Europe. Furthermore, the general objective is to deliver scientific, economic and societal impact from the Union’s investments in research and innovation so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the Union and foster its competitiveness, including in its industry, deliver on the Union strategic priorities, and contribute to tackling global challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 604 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to support the creation and diffusion of high-quality new knowledge, excellent science, skills, technologies and solutions to global challenges;
Amendment 659 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 667 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) Pillar I 'OpExcellent Science', pursuing the specific objective set out in Article 3(2)(a) and also supporting specific objectives set out in Article 3(2)(b) and (c), with the following components:
Amendment 674 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Amendment 681 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
(b) cluster 'InclusiveHealth and Secure Society';
Amendment 696 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
(d) cluster 'Climate, Energy, Natural Resources and Mobility';
Amendment 699 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Amendment 718 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
(a) sharing excellence by complementing the primary instruments to that end, the European Structural and Investment Funds;
Amendment 727 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Activities to be carried out under the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(b) and which are laid down in Regulation …. establishing the European Defence Fund, shall be research with either an exclusive focus on defence applications, or with dual use achieved by exploring all potential synergies under both programmes, including the sharing of infrastructure, facilities and resources, with the objective to foster the competitiveness, efficiency and innovation of defence industry.
Amendment 769 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. Research and innovation activities carried out under Horizon Europe shall have a primary focus on civil applications.
Amendment 907 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Framework Programme for the period 2021 – 2027 shall be EUR 94 1160 000 000 000 in current prices for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(a) and, in addition, the amount for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(b), as laid down in Regulation…. establishing the European Defence Fund.
Amendment 916 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) EUR 25 891 700 000 000 for Pillar I 'OpExcellent Science' for the period 2021- 2027, of which
Amendment 926 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 1
(1) EUR 16 60058 688 000 000 for the European Research Council;
Amendment 932 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2
(2) EUR 6 80023 842 000 000 for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions;
Amendment 939 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 3
(3) EUR 2 409 170 000 000 for research infrastructures;
Amendment 1070 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. In order to respond to unforeseen situations or to new developments and needs, the Commission may, within the annual budgetary procedure, deviate from the amounts referred to in paragraph 2 up to a maximum of 10%. No such deviation shall be allowed in respect of the amounts referred to in points (b) (6) of paragraph 2 of this Article and the total amount set out for Part 'Strengthening the European Research Area' of paragraph 2in paragraph 2(a) Pillar I 'Open [Excellent] Science' of this Article.
Amendment 1086 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 9
Article 9 – paragraph 9
9. Horizon Europe is designed to be implemented in synergy with other Union funding programmes, notably the parts of Horizon Europe related to sharing excellence and measures to address the differences within the Union as regards scientific capacity and output. A non- exhaustive list of synergies with other Union funding programmes is included in Annex IV.
Amendment 1123 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) The United Kingdom, following its withdrawal from the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union;
Amendment 1124 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d – paragraph 1 – point i
i. a goodsufficient capacity in science, technology and innovation;
Amendment 1132 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The scope of association of each third country to the Programme shall take into account the objective of driving economic growth in the Union through innovation and by further developing the Union as an open and globally accessible area for excellent research, promoting the involvement of expertise and competence from third countries. Accordingly, with the exception of EEA members, acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, parts of the Programme may be excluded from an association agreement for a specific country.
Amendment 1134 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The association agreement shall pursue, where appropriate, provide for the participation of legal entities established in the Union in equivalent programmes of associated countries in accordance with the conditions laid down therein.
Amendment 1231 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A proposal shall be evaluated on the basis of its excellence; in addition, it may be evaluated on the basis of the following award criteria:
Amendment 1233 #
Amendment 1250 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Only the excellence criterion referred to in point (a)in the introductory part of paragraph 1 shall apply to proposals for ERC frontier research actions.
Amendment 1351 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Beneficiaries having received Union funding shall use their best efforts to exploit their results, in particular in the Union. Exploitation may be done directly by the beneficiaries or indirectly in particular through the transfer and licensing of results in accordance with Article 36.
Amendment 1353 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
If despite a beneficiary's best efforts to exploit its results directly or indirectly no exploitation takes place within a given period as identified in the grant agreement, the beneficiary shall use an appropriate online platform as identified in the grant agreement to find interested parties within or outside the Union to exploit those results. If justified on the basis of a request of the beneficiary, this obligation may be waived.
Amendment 1499 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) European Research Council: Providing attractive and flexible funding, allowing for mobility of researchers between centres of excellent science, to enable talented and creative individual researchers and their teams to pursue the most promising avenues at the frontier of science, on the basis of Union-wide competition.
Amendment 1501 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Equipping researchers with new knowledge and skills through mobility and exposure across borders, sectors and disciplines, including access to infrastructure, as well as structuring and improving institutional and national recruitment, training and career development systems; in so doing, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions help to lay the foundations of Europe's excellent research landscape, contributing to boosting jobs, growth, and investment, and solving current and future societal challenges.
Amendment 51 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The unprecedented financial crisis and economic downturn that hit the world and the euro area has exposed economic weaknesses in Member States, lacking resilience due to the postponement of structural reforms and thus their limited fiscal capacity to react, and has shown that in the euro area available instruments such as the single monetary policy, automatic fiscal stabilisers and discretionary fiscal policy measures at national level are insufficient to absorb large asymmetric shocks.
Amendment 60 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to facilitate macroeconomic adjustment and cushion large asymmetric shocks in the current institutional set-up, Member States whose currency is the euro and other Member States that participate in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II) have to rely more heavily on remaining instruments of economic policy, such as automatic fiscal stabilisers and other discretionary fiscal measures, making the adjustment more difficult overall, which highlights the need for adherence to the Stability and Growth Pact in the framework of the EU’s fiscal rules in order to create fiscal space and thus be able to address economic shocks. The sequence of the crisis in euro area also suggests strong reliance on the single monetary policy to provide for macro- economic stabilisation in severe macro- economic circumstances.
Amendment 69 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Additional instruments are therefore necessary to avoid in the futureSound public finances could be complemented in the future by additional instruments to avoid that large asymmetric shocks result into deeper and broader situations of stress and weaken cohesion.
Amendment 96 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 117 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Strict eligibility criteria based on compliance with decisions and recommendations underthe Stability and Growth Pact as part of the Union's fiscal and economic surveillance framework over a period of twofive years before the request for EISF support should be fulfilled by the Member State requesting EISF support in order not to diminish the incentive for that Member State to pursue prudent budgetary policies. Compliance with any other eligibility criteria, such as a convergence code, shall only be additional to the EU’s fiscal rules and not in replacement of them.
Amendment 135 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In addition to loans, interest rate subsidies should be granted to the Member States concerned to cover the interest costs incurred on such loans, as a specific type of financial assistance under Article 220 of the Financial Regulation. Such an interest rate subsidy would provide additional support in parallel to the loan for Member States undergoing an asymmetric shock and facing tight financing conditions on the financial markets. Payment of interest rate subsidies should be strictly conditional upon the availability of sufficient means in the Stabilisation Support Fund.
Amendment 147 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To that effect, the Commission should examine whether the Member State concerned has respected those conditions. In case of non-compliance the Member State concerned should repay part or the entire loan given and should not be entitled to receiving an interest rate subsidy.
Amendment 155 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The amount of EISF loan should also be automatically determined on the basis of a formula which firstly takes into account the maximum level of eligible public investment that can be supported under EISF and secondly the severity of the large asymmetric shock. The support determined on the basis of that formula should also be scaled in function of the severity of the shock by means of a factor (β). That factor is determined such that for a shock that increases unemployment by more than 2.5 percentage points, the maximum support is made available to the Member State concerned. An EISF loan could be increased up to the maximum level of eligible public investment in case the asymmetric shock is particularly severe as reflected by other indicators of the Member State's position in the economic cycle (e.g. confidence surveys) and a deeper analysis of the macroeconomic situation (as conducted in particular in the context of the macroeconomic forecast and the European Semester). With a view to ensure that as many Member States as possible could qualify for support under EISF, the loan to a Member State should not exceed 320 percent of the remaining available means under the ceiling set for calibrating the loans under EISF to the available means in the Union budget.
Amendment 171 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Both the determination of the amount of the national contributions to the Stabilisation Support Fund and their transfer should be governed by an intergovernmental agreement to be concluded between Member States whose currency is the euro and other Member States that participate in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II). That agreement should provide that the national annual contributions for all the Member States are calculated basedshall be equivalent to a share onf the share of thamount of monetary income allocated to the respective national central banks of those Member States whose currency is the euro in the monetary income of the Eurosystem. For Member States which participate in ERM II a specific key should be foreseen to determine the national contributions. The Commission should assist the Member States for the calculation of those contributions. To that end, the European Central Bank (ECB) should communicate to the Commission the amount of monetary income the national central banks of the Eurosystem are entitled to.
Amendment 174 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) After that intergovernmental agreement has entered into force, payment of the interest rate subsidy to the Member State concerned should be conditional upon the Member State transferring its yearly contribution to the Stabilisation Support Fund, without exceptions, as the risk of moral hazard and permanent transfers should remain limited. Payment of interest rate subsidies should be strictly conditional upon the availability of sufficient means in the Stabilisation Support Fund, as payments through other funds cannot be guaranteed and would increase the risk of moral hazard. Payment of interest rate subsidies from the Stabilisation Support Fund would be postponed in case the interest rate subsidy to a specific Member State would exceed 320 percent of the available means in the Stabilisation Support Fund at the moment when such payment is due.
Amendment 181 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 189 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
Amendment 255 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) two successive recommendations of the Council in the same imbalance procedure in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council20 on grounds that the Member State concerned has submitted an insufficient corrective action plan in the twofive years prior to requesting support from the EISF; _________________ 20 Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances OJ L 306, 23.11.2011, p. 25
Amendment 261 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) two successive decisions of the Council in the same imbalance procedure in accordance with Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council having established non-compliance by the Member State concerned on grounds that it has not taken the recommended corrective action in the twofive years prior to requesting support from the EISF;
Amendment 274 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. When the agreement has entered into force, a Member State shall only be eligible for receiving an interest rate subsidy if it complies with its obligations under the agreement. The Commission shall examine whether the Member State concerned complies with its obligations under the agreement. In case of non- compliance the Member State concerned shall repay the entire loan given and shall not be entitled to receiving an interest rate subsidy.
Amendment 296 #
2018/0212(COD)
(ba) not more than a third of eligible Member States that fulfil the activation criteria of paragraph 1 (a) and (b) may simultaneously request support within a period of 12 months in line with Article 6(1) following the last decision to grant support in line with Article 6(2) of this Regulation.
Amendment 302 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
Amendment 329 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
6 Procedure for granting or withdrawing EISF support
Amendment 333 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 339 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall assess and answer the requests in the order it receives them. It shall act without undue delay. The Commission shall appear in front of the committee responsible and inform the European Parliament and the Council without undue delay about the outcome of its assessment.
Amendment 341 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 347 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 357 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The maximum EISF contribution shall represent 70% of the costs of eligible public investment, while co-financing by the beneficiary shall represent at least 30%.
Amendment 375 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 399 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 403 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Article 10
Amendment 447 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Article 10, Article 19(3), and Article 20(54) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [DATE/entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 448 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 10, Article 19(3) and Article 20(54), may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 449 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 6
Article 21 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 10, Article 19(3) and Article 20(54) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of three months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by three months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 455 #
2018/0212(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 22 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Amendment 151 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) Achieving the Union’s environmental and climate commitments requires private investments. To mobilise private investments it is necessary to guarantee a coherent policy framework for sustainable investments. This requires regulatory stability and predictability for investors in the long-term. Therefore, it is important that the provisions of this Regulation build upon existing Union legislation.
Amendment 172 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) Setting harmonised criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities should not undermine the division of competences between Member States and the Union.
Amendment 185 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) To further innovation, research and development in the area of climate change, where a high level of long-term investments are required, this Regulation should be aligned with other Union legislation. Thus, providing long-term stability in the regulatory framework without worsening the possibility for long- term investments.
Amendment 191 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) For the purposes of determining whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable, an exhaustive list of environmental objectives should be laid down, ensuring coherence with existing Union legislation, such as the Clean Energy Package.
Amendment 305 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) 'circular economy' means maintaining the value and usage of products, materials and resources in the economy for as long as possible, and minimising waste, including through the application of the waste hierarchy as laid down in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;50 _________________ 50 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 308 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) 'energy efficiency' means using energy more efficientlcy at all the stages of the energy chain from production to final consumptions defined in Article 2(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU;
Amendment 310 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 395 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) transition to a circular economy, waste prevention and recycling in line with the EU waste acquis;
Amendment 409 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) generating, storing or using renewable energy or climate-neutral energy (including carbon-neutral energy) in line with the Renewable Energy Directive, including through using innovative technology with a potential for significant future savings or through necessary reinforcement of the grid;
Amendment 420 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) improving energy efficiency in line with the Energy Efficiency Directive;
Amendment 431 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) producing clean and efficient fuels from renewable or carbon-neutral sources, in line with the Renewable Energy Directive.
Amendment 456 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. An economic activity shall be considered to contribute substantially to the transition to a circular economy and waste prevention and recycling where that activity, in line with the EU waste acquis, contributes substantially to that environmental objective through any of the following means:
Amendment 488 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) sustainable forest management in accordance with applicable national legislation in line with the conclusions from the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (Helsinki, 1993), the obligations provided by Regulation (EU) 2018/841 (LULUCF) as well as Regulation (EU) 995/2010 (EU Timber Regulation) .
Amendment 551 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) fully respect the subsidiarity principle, enshrined in Article 69 and protocol no 2 in TFEU and the division of competence between Member States and the Union as enshrined in the Treaties.
Amendment 567 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) experts representing relevant private stakeholders with proven knowledge and experience in the areas of investments and sustainability;
Amendment 615 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4(3), 6(2), 7(2), 8(2), 9(2), 10(2) and 11(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period from [Date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The power to adopt delegated acts shall not limit national competence or undermine the principle of subsidiarity, especially in relation to national application of the adopted text of the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (Helsinki, 1993).
Amendment 625 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the progress on the implementation of this Regulation with regard to the development of technical screening criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities, especially how the principle of subsidiarity and the division of competences between the Union and Member States has been respected;
Amendment 641 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) the effects of this Regulation in delivering long-term stability incentivising long-term sustainable investments that are in line with the Union's climate commitments.
Amendment 28 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The Commission should, on the basis of an open, transparent and non- discriminatory selection procedure, taking into considerations variables related to cost-efficiency and administrative simplicity, designate a Registry for the .eu TLD. The Commission should enter into a contract with the selected Registry which should include, where appropriate and in line with the provisions laid down in this Regulation, the detailed principles and procedures applying to the Registry for the organisation, administration and management of the .eu TLD. The contract should be limited in time and renewable.
Amendment 36 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. This Regulation aims to enhance online cross-border activities in Europe, the online European identity and support the Digital Single Market, by promoting the competitiveness of the .eu TLD name.
Amendment 39 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) a natural person who is not a Union citizen and who is resident of a Member State or within the EEA; or
Amendment 40 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) an undertaking established within the Union or within the EEA; or
Amendment 41 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point iii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point iii a (new)
(iii a) an undertaking to which the Union consititutes a principal market; or
Amendment 42 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point iv
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) an organisation established within the Union or within the EEA without prejudice to the application of national law.
Amendment 44 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. A domain name may also be revoked, and where necessary subsequently transferred to another party, subject to an appropriate alternative dispute resolution (‘ADR’) or judicial procedure, where that name is identical or confusingly similar to a name in respect of which a right is established by national or Union law, an. Furthermore, a domain name shall be revoked where it:
Amendment 45 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The Registry shall, in consultations with the Commission and the Multistakeholder Council pursuant to Article 14, paragraph 3, point c a, adopt transparent and predictable policies in order to ensure a timely identifcation of any potential registrations referred to in (a) or (b) under this subparagraph. To this end, the Registry shall, where necessary, cooperate with law enforcement agencies, including national Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs).
Amendment 47 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Where a domain name is considered by a court of a Member State to be defamatory, racist or contrary to public policy and security, it shall be blocked by the Registry upon notification of a court decision and shall be revoked upon notification of a final court decision. The Registry shall block from future registration those names which have been subject to such a court order as long as such order remains valid.
Amendment 51 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The registration of domain names shall be performed in all the alphabetic characters of the official languages of the Union and/or in accordance with the available international standards as allowed by the relevant Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) protocols.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish the criteria and the procedure for the designation of the Registry by means of implementing acts. The criteria shall notably cover variables related to cost- efficiency and administrative simplicity, marketing of the .eu TLD name and aspects of cybersecurity. To promote the use of the .eu TLD name, the criteria shall include measures to facilitate effective transfers of domain names registered under the .eu TLD to parties meeting the eligibility criteria as referred to in Article 3. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 17(2).
Amendment 56 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall enter into a contract with the designated Registry. The contract shall specify the rules, policies and procedures for the provision of services by the Registry and, where relevant and to the extent necessary to ensure that the objectives of this Regulation are met, the conditions according to which the Commission supervises the organisation, administration and management of the.eu TLD by the Registry. The contract shall be limited in time and renewable and shall include the principles and procedures on the functioning of the .eu TLD laid down on the basis of Article 11. Any change in the contract referred to in this paragraph shall be open and transparent and in accordance with relevant competition policy and guidelines.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) observe the rules, policies and procedures laid down in this Regulation and the contract referred to in Article 8 (3);, as well as with relevant Union data protection law.
Amendment 59 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) organise, administer and manage the .eu TLD in the general interest and on the basis of principles of quality, efficiency, reliability, transparency, accessibility and non-discrimination and by ensuring fair conditions of competition;
Amendment 60 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) in all apspects of administrating and managing the .eu TLD, ensure high quality, transparency, predictability, reliability, accessibility and fair conditions of competition;
Amendment 64 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) requirements and procedures for registration requests, policy on verification of the identity of registrants, data and speculative registration of domain names;
Amendment 71 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. A .eu Multistakeholder Council shall be established to advise the Commission on the implementation of the present Regulation. The Commission shall take due account of any advice and recommendations provided by the .eu Multistakeholder Council in implementing all aspects of this Regulation.
Amendment 78 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) issue opinions on matters of management, organisation and administration of the .eu TLD, including, but not limited to, issues related to cybersecurity and data protection;
Amendment 79 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) advise the Commission on matters of monitoring and supervision of the Registry, in particular pursuant to Article 10(k).
Amendment 80 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(c a) Advise the Commission on best practice as regards policies and measures to identify and, where necessary, take actions against domain names registered by its holder without rights or legitimate interest in the name, domain names being used in bad faith, including cooperation with law enforcement agencies and CERTs.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. No later than five years after the date of application of this Regulation, and each three years thereafter, the Commission shall assess the implementation, effectiveness and functioning of the .eu TLD, based notably on the information provided by the Registry pursuant to Article 10(k).
Amendment 115 #
2018/0076(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation 924/2009
Article 15
Article 15
By 31 October 2022, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Central Bank a report on the application of this Regulation, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal. That report shall cover, in particular, the appropriateness of amending Article 1(2) to ensure that this Regulation according to the results of the review, by a legislative proposal amending the scope of this Regulation in Article 1(2) to covers all currencies of Member States of the Union.
Amendment 32 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ApproveRejects the Commission proposal as amended;
Amendment 44 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) EU should focus on creating a more attractive business environment in order to achieve a well-functioning Digital Single Market while waiting for a global solution on taxing the digital economy;
Amendment 45 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) The underlying assumption of “under taxation” of digital companies can be questioned. An impact assessment from Copenhagen Economics (The proposed EU digital services tax: effects on welfare, growth and revenue) notes that a major factor to digital companies lower effective tax rate is individual countries beneficial research and development regimes as well as fundamental difference in business models;
Amendment 54 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The tax challenges stemming from the digitalization of the economy is a global issue requiring a global solution;
Amendment 55 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The correct forum for tax challenges stemming from the digitalization is within the OECD;
Amendment 56 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 c (new)
Recital 5 c (new)
(5c) This proposal deviates from well- established principles of international taxation;
Amendment 57 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 d (new)
Recital 5 d (new)
(5d) It is unlikely that the OECD would adopt the same permanent establishment definition as the EU;
Amendment 58 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 e (new)
Recital 5 e (new)
(5e) There is a risk that the EU system of a permanent establishment definition will part way from the OECD system and result in different definitions;
Amendment 59 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 f (new)
Recital 5 f (new)
(5f) The EU system of a permanent establishment definition will develop through judgements from the ECJ while the definition applied in the rest of the world will instead develop through international consensus expressed by the OECD;
Amendment 60 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 g (new)
Recital 5 g (new)
(5g) The permanent establishment definition has developed through a dynamic procedure within the OECD. By deviating from this procedure, the complexity would multiply;
Amendment 69 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) With the proposed Digital Services Tax, there is a great risk of creating unfair taxation with unforeseeable consequences;
Amendment 70 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) This proposal explicitly changes the allocation of tax revenues between countries. The proposals by the Commission constitute a fundamental change to the international corporate tax system;
Amendment 71 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 c (new)
Recital 7 c (new)
(7 c) The proposal regarding a Significant Digital Presence would inevitably result in two parallel systems, which would be extremely costly and associated with great uncertainty for the taxpayers;
Amendment 72 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 d (new)
Recital 7 d (new)
(7d) The proposed Digital Services Tax is a tax on turnover instead of on profits. This deviates from fundamental principles of international taxation;
Amendment 88 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) It can be questioned whether a jurisdiction has a right to tax income if there is no physical footprint meaning that the infrastructure of the relevant jurisdiction is not utilized;
Amendment 89 #
2018/0073(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) Digital companies tend to invest less in buildings and machinery than regular companies do;
Amendment 81 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) A European Labour Authority (the ‘Authority’) should be established in order to help strengthen fairness and trust in the Single Market. To that effect, the Authority should support the Member States and the Commission in strengthening access to information for individuals and employers about their rights and obligations in cross- border labour mobility situations as well as access to relevant services, support compliance and cooperation between the Member States to ensure the effective application of the Union law in these areas, and mediate and facilitate a solution in case of cross-border disputes or labour market disruptions.
Amendment 164 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 183 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 301 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 315 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 363 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 485 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Amendment 500 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Amendment 578 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Article 10
Arrangements for concerted and joint 1. inspection ('the joint inspection agreement') between the participating Member States and the Authority shall set out the conditions for carrying out such an exercise. The joint inspection agreement may include provisions which enable joint inspections, once agreed and planned, to take place at short notice. The Authority shall establish a model agreement. 2. and their follow-up shall be carried out in accordance with the national law of the Member States concerned. 3. logistical and technical support, which may include translation and interpretation services, to Member States carrying out concerted or joint inspections. 4. participate in a concerted or joint inspection with the prior agreement of the Member State on whose territory they will be providing their assistance to the inspection. 5. concerted or joint inspection shall report back to the Authority on the outcomes within their respective Member States and on the overall operational running of the concerted or joint inspection. 6. joint inspections shall be included in quarterly reports to be submitted to the Management Board. A yearly report on the inspections supported by the Authority shall be included in the Authority's annual activity report. 7. the course of concerted or joint inspections, or in the course of any of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities in the application of Union law, including beyond the scope of its competences, it shall report those suspected irregularities to the Commission and authorities in the Member State concerned, where appropriate.ticle 10 deleted inspections An agreement for setting up a joint Concerted and joint inspections The Authority shall provide Staff of the Authority may National authorities carrying out a Information on concerted and In the event that the Authority, in
Amendment 583 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 594 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Amendment 606 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Amendment 614 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 627 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Amendment 635 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Amendment 642 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Amendment 703 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 713 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Amendment 727 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 734 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Amendment 741 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Amendment 750 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Amendment 96 #
2018/0043(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'covered bond' means a debt obligation issued under supervision according to Article 18 by a credit institution and swhich is a dual recoured by a cover pool of assets which covered bond investors have direct recourse to as preferred creditorsse instrument according to Article 4, which is bankruptcy remote according to Article 5, for which the assets in the cover pool are segregated according to Article 12, and which is collateralised by eligible assets according to Article 6;
Amendment 174 #
2018/0043(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure investor protection bylay down rules providing for a sufficient level of homogeneity of the assets in the cover pool so that they shall be of a similar nature in terms of structural features, lifetime of assets or risk profilethe type of collateral backing the claims in the cover pool. With respect to the assets referred to in Article 6, a cover pool shall be considered sufficiently homogenous if and only if all of its primary assets belong to one of the following three groups: – assets compliant with points (a)to (c) of Article 129(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; – assets compliant with points (d) to (f) of Article 129(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; –assets compliant with point (g) of Article 129(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.
Amendment 242 #
2018/0043(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure investor protection by requiring that the cover pool includes at all times a liquidity buffer composed of liquid assets available to cover the net liquidity outflow of the covered bond programme.
Amendment 247 #
2018/0043(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall ensure that credit institutions may monetise their liquid assets to cover their net liquidity outflows during stress periods, even if such a use of liquid assets may result in their liquidity coverage ratio falling below requirement in paragraph 2 during such periods.
Amendment 249 #
2018/0043(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) assets qualifying as level 1, level 2A and level 2B assets pursuant to Articles 10, 11 and 12 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/61, valuated in accordance with Article 9 of that Delegated Regulation and segregated in accordance with Article 13 of this Directive;.
Amendment 268 #
2018/0043(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Where the credit institution issuing covered bonds is subject to liquidity requirements set out in other acts of Union or national law, Member States may decide that the national rules transposing paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 do not apply throughout the period foreseen in those acts of Union or national law.
Amendment 282 #
2018/0043(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that covered bonds issued before XX [OP: please insert the date laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 32(1) of this Directive + 1 day"] and complying with the requirements laid down in Article 52(4) of Directive 2009/65/EC, in the version applicable on the date of their issue, are not subject to the requirements set out in Articles 5 to 12 and Articles 15, 16, 17 and 19 of this Directive, but may, notwithstanding the definition in article 3(1), continue to be referred to as covered bonds in accordance with this Directive until their maturity. The first paragraph also applies to new tranches or tap issues of a series of covered bonds for which the first issue date is prior to [OP: please insert the date laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 32(1) of this Directive + 1 day].
Amendment 20 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Calls on the Commission and Member States to explore appropriate governance and funding frameworks, taking sufficient consideration of EuroHPC JU initiative and their sustainability and of a European-wide level playing field; stresses that Member States should consider the funding programmes in an integrated way to Commission’s approach;
Amendment 23 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) Believes that the European Technology Platform and the cPPP on HPC are crucial to define Europe’s research priorities in developing European technology in all segments of the HPC solution supply chain;
Amendment 28 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Believes that the HPC initiative ensures investments into science and research sectors in order to create business incentives and tools to share and use data as widely as possible, underpinned by building a strong cloud and data infrastructure in Europe;
Amendment 29 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) Stresses that EuroHPC JU, should be treated as an integral part of the European Data Infrastructure across the whole ecosystem and the benefits should be promoted widely;
Amendment 30 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 c (new)
Recital 12 c (new)
(12c) Believes that Europe needs a complete demand-driven HPC ecosystem including trusted and secure high-speed network services, to acquire leadership- class supercomputers, secure its HPC system supply, and deploy HPC services to industry and SMEs for simulation, visualisation and prototyping. Considers that it is of utmost importance to put the EU among the top supercomputing powers in the world by 2022;
Amendment 31 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Calls on the Commission to encourage more Member States to join EuroHPC JU and use it as a priority area for research and development programmes corresponding with national activities. Stresses that the European Commission should promote the initiative in all Member States as part of a strong political and economic commitment in digital innovation;
Amendment 34 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Supports the Commission efforts together with European industry researchers and academia for deployment of EuroHPC JU in synergy with Big Data, the European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing Value PPP and the cPPP that enhance community building around data and set the grounds for a thriving data-driven economy in Europe.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) The supercomputers acquired and supported by the Joint Undertaking should be designed and selected in order to maximise their efficiency for scientific purposes as well as for their use by industry. For that reason, the European Commission need take steps to further strengthen the assessment of efficiency and cost-effectiveness in its evaluations.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) Underlines that HPC initiative providers operating in the Union must compete on an even playing field, with the same rules applicable to all.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) Broad participation across the Union and fair and reasonable access for non-EU actors is important in order to realise the full potential of a European supercomputer capable of contributing to European excellent science and regional competitiveness. In this regard, all potential synergies between EuroHPC and EU research programmes should be explored. Furthermore, underlines the importance of fully integrating the EuroHPC with existing leading research and development structures, so as to maximise efficiency and facilitate its use.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) Encourages the Commission and the Member States to communicate the economic potential of High Performance Computing to SMEs in particular.
Amendment 61 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
(40a) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the existing work of the European Cloud Partnership based on the existing pillars of PRACE and GEANT and to recognise their vital complementary roles in realising a EuroHPC ecosystem.
Amendment 64 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) Believes that the full potential of cloud computing for Europe can only be realised when data can flow freely across the Union with clear rules and play an increasingly important role in the European economy.
Amendment 75 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to support the development of an integrated High Performance Computing ecosystem in the Union covering all scientific and industrial value chain segments notably hardware, software, applications, services, engineering, interconnections, know-how and skills, in order to strengthen the Union as a global centre for innovations, contributing to competitiveness and enhanced research and development capacity.
Amendment 79 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) to build and operate a leading-class integrated supercomputing and data infrastructure across the Union a, where this infrastructure is designed to be efficient for scientific purposes and provides an essential component for scientific excellence, and for the digitisation of industry, and the public sector, and for strengthening the innovation capabilities and global competitiveness for creating economic and employment growth in the Union;
Amendment 112 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
(1) By 30 June 2022 the Commission shall carry out, with the assistance of independent experts, an interim evaluation of the Joint Undertaking, which shall assess in particular the level of participation in, and contribution to, the actions by the Participating States, the Private Members and their constituent entities and affiliated entities as well as European industry at large, and also by other legal entities. The Commission shall prepare a report on that evaluation which includes conclusions of the evaluation and observations by the Commission. The Commission shall send that report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 December 2022.
Amendment 113 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) The evaluation shall follow in assessing of art. 12, which should be reviewed based on the usage;
Amendment 131 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 10 – point 2
Annex – Article 10 – point 2
(2) The Research and Innovation Advisory Group shall consist of no more than twelventy members, whereof no more than sixten shall be appointed by the Private Members and no more than sixten shall be appointed by the Governing Board. The Governing Board shall establish the specific criteria and selection process for the members it appoints.
Amendment 307 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that the EU is determined to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran as a key pillar of the international non-proliferation architecture, with relevance also for the North Korean question, and as a crucial element for the security and stability of the region; reiterates the need to address more critically Iranian destabilising activities related to ballistic missiles and regional stability, including support for terror groups like Hezbollah, that are separate from the JCPOA, in the relevant formats and forums; stresses that transatlantic cooperation in addressing this issue is key; criticises strongly President Trump's decision to leave the JCPOA unilaterally and to put extraterritorial measures on EU companies which are active in Iran;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the EU’s excessively low productivity and global competitiveness calls for structural reforms, continued fiscal efforts and investment in Member States in order to bring about sustained growth and employment and achieve upward convergence with other global economies and within the EU;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas growth has to an important degree relied upon unconventional and, in the long term, unsustainable monetary policies; whereas this supports the call for a three-pronged policy approach of growth-friendly investment, a full and consistent implementation of the Stability and Growth pact across Member States, and a particular focus on structural reforms;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. Whereas the EU’s insufficient level of global competitiveness and productivity calls for structural reforms in the Member States in order to bring about sustained growth;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Commission’s Annual Growth Survey 2018 reaffirming the strategy of a virtuous triangle of investment, structural reforms and responsible public finances; agrees that faster progress on the adoption of reforms, in line with the country-specific recommendations, is needed to deliver on growth and jobs;
Amendment 111 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of a wage increase at European level in order to boost private consumption as the main support for growthdevelopments in line with productivity; points out the need to focus on the interaction between monetary, fiscal and incomes (including wage and profit development) policies rather than only fiscal issues;
Amendment 162 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Agrees that the economic upswing needs to be supported by investment and notes that there is still an investment gap in the euro area; recognises, however, that in some Member States investments already exceed the pre-crisis level;
Amendment 163 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Considers that reforms removing investment bottlenecks would allow for immediate support for economic activity and at the same time set the conditions for long-term growth;
Amendment 225 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses that the lack of competitiveness and investment in the EU is linked to a general tax burden that is 10 to 15 % higher than in competing markets, creating tax wedges on companies, investments and labour;
Amendment 227 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Agrees that high taxation is a hindrance to investments and jobs; calls for reforms in taxation with a view to tackling the high tax burden on labour in Europe;
Amendment 236 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets thatWelcomes the overall neutral fiscal stance proposed by Commission in the recommendations for the euro area, even though the fiscal stance is expected to be slightly expansionary in a number of Member States in 2018, does not appear to fully support and points out that the neutral fiscal stance presents an appropriate balance of debt sustainability requirements withe strengthening of economic growth and job creationupport for investment;
Amendment 240 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Underlines that the fiscal stances at national and euro-area level must balance the long-term sustainability of public finances in full compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact with short- term macroeconomic stabilisation;
Amendment 241 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Stresses the need improving the quality and management of national budgets by addressing the triggers for growth in line with Union fiscal rules;
Amendment 286 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 303 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Underlines that Member States needs to build own fiscal capacities on national level in order to increase stability and to counter economic shocks;
Amendment 317 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Shares the Commission’s view on the need for changes in labour market legislation that provide flexibility and security for both employees and employers, thereby increasing employment and ensuring sustainable growth;
Amendment 319 #
2017/2226(INI)
16 b. Considers that well-functioning, flexible labour markets have proven to be quicker to recover from the economic downturn;
Amendment 336 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses that a step-by-step completion of the Banking Union shall aim at increasing resilience in the banking sector and contributing to financial stability;
Amendment 340 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 354 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recognises that Member States have made progress in the area of fiscal policy and active labour market policies, while least progress was made in areas such as competition in services and the business environment; expects a greater commitment on the part of Member States to take the necessary policy actions based on the CSRs;
Amendment 355 #
2017/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Considers that prudent fiscal policies play a fundamental role for the stability of the euro area and the Union as a whole; underlines that strong coordination of fiscal policies and compliance with the Union rules in this area are a legal requirement and key to the proper functioning of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU);
Amendment 37 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to deepen the single market, opening up for new completion and freedom of establishment in all sectors, underlines the need for structural reforms and fiscal consolidation in the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact, calls upon Commission that the credibility of the SGP is restored by securing that all member states follow the rules instead of calling for new rules and new institutions;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recommends an increased sharing of information between national authorities in order to ensure that taxes are paid in EU when this shall be the case and in the relevant Member state;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Underlines the need for simple and transparent tax policies and regulations;
Amendment 120 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Underlines however that taxation is a national competence, dependent on the political view and actions of governments and parliaments, based upon fiscal policies and political aspirations regarding public spending;
Amendment 178 #
2017/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to take more ambitious steps to eliminate illegitimate obstacles to online competition, in order to ensure barrier- free online shopping for EU consumers purchasing from sellers who are based in another Member State, while at the same time not creating new barriers caused by existing variations in consumer law;
Amendment 194 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Notes that the modest growth must be seen in the perspective of an extraordinary monetary policy which can’t be sustainable without serious financial risks;underlines that stable long term growth must be based upon structural reforms and increased competitiveness;
Amendment 228 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 235 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that monetary policy alone is not sufficient to achieve a sustainable and more even and inclusive economic recovery, and that public and private ;underlinvestments should therefore be encouraged in the context of a moderately positive fiscal stance in the Eurozone as proposed by the Commission in this perspective the importance of structural reforms;
Amendment 246 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Takes note of the Commission’s communication on a fiscal stance;questions the usefulness of an aggregate target, given the lack of significant spill-over effects of domestic demand between Member States;recalls that the Member States must comply with the Stability and Growth Pact, regardless of aggregate recommendations;
Amendment 249 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Considers that monetary policy alone is not sufficient to achieve a sustainable and more even and inclusive economic recovery;underlines in this perspective the importance of structural reforms, sound fiscal policies and increased competitiveness;
Amendment 488 #
2017/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 2 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the European Fiscal Board on "Assessment of the prospective fiscal stance appropriate for the euro area" of 20 June 2017,
Amendment 5 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the Occasional Paper No 182 on a 'Euro area fiscal stance' by the European Central Bank of January 2017,
Amendment 70 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the good performance of the European economy, supported by moderate GDP growth, surpassing the pre- crisis level, and decreasing, yet still high, unemployment rates; notes that the modest recovery remains fragile and that the development of GDP per capita is close to stagnation;
Amendment 74 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes with concern that GDP and productivity growth rates remain below full potential and that there is therefore no time for complacency, and that this moderate recovery requires relentless efforts if it is to achieve greater resilience through higher growth and employment;
Amendment 103 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that for this to materialise the structural conditions for growth need to be improved; takes the view that the potential growth of all Member States should increase in the long term to at least 3 %; for this to happen, establishing clear benchmarks on how to improve the potential growth of Member States could provide the necessary guidance for policy actions; points out that such a regular benchmarking exercise would have to take due account of individual structural strengths and weaknesses of Member States and should include areas such as the digital economy, the services sector, the energy market, but also the quality of public services, conditions for investment, the inclusiveness and preparedness of education systems;
Amendment 137 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Takes the view that the current environment of low interest rates offers additional opportunities for Member States to implement structural reforms;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the opinion that legacies from the crisis such as a high level of indebtedness in all sectors of the economy still act as a drag on growth and pose potential downward risks; is concerned in this regard that the persistently high level of non- performing loans in some Member States could have significant spill-over effects from one Member State to another, presenting a risk to financial stability in Europe;
Amendment 173 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Agrees on the need for reforms that improve productivity and boost price and non-price competitiveness in order to better support growth;
Amendment 217 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines that structural reforms in housing, products, services and labour markets must be a priority in the Member States;
Amendment 222 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Underlines that fiscal stimulus, where possible, through lower taxes can support domestic demand, social security and supply of investments and labour;
Amendment 265 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses that a fully functioning Capital Markets Union can, in a longer perspective, provide alternative financing to SMEs, complementing that of the banking sector;
Amendment 299 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the fact thatin this regard the fact that public finances appear to be improving as deficits in the euro area are projected to decline; is concerned, however, that this process is slowing down and agrees that government debt remains too high in some Member States;
Amendment 310 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. WAgrees with the Commission that the government debt remains high in some Member States and that there is a need to make public finances sustainable; warns that low interest rate payments, accommodative monetary policies, one-off measures and other factors alleviating the current debt burden are only temporary and that sound fiscal policies must be self- sustaining and take into account future liabilities;
Amendment 336 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that the current aggregate fiscal stance for the euro is broadly neutral and presents an appropriate balance of debt sustainability requirements with support for investment; in this context, welcomes the first assessment of the prospective fiscal stance appropriate for the euro area by the independent European Fiscal Board (EFB) and notes that the EFB recommends a neutral fiscal stance for the euro area as a whole and does not support a case for discretionary fiscal expansion;
Amendment 346 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Agrees that a better coordination of the implementation of structural reforms, in particular through the improved implementation of and commitment to the country specific recommendations by the Member States, would create positive spill over effects;
Amendment 351 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Welcomes the timely publication of the implementation of the 2016 country specific recommendations (CSR) and the presentation of the 2017 draft country specific recommendations by the Commission;
Amendment 352 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20 c. Notes positively that over time Member States have made progress with two thirds of the recommendations;takes however the view that the implementation of the CSRs is still lagging behind and expects a greater commitment by Member States to take the necessary policy actions based on the agreed CSRs;
Amendment 353 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20 d. Is looking forward to the upcoming work of the EFB also regarding its other key task to assess the application of the EU fiscal rules and the upcoming annual report announced for autumn;
Amendment 354 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)
Paragraph 20 e (new)
20 e. Reminds of the uncertainties surrounding fiscal stance assessment and points out that any policy recommendation regarding the euro area fiscal stance should err on the side of caution;
Amendment 362 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Welcomes that the recommendations by the Commission for the CSR include now for the first time limits to nominal growth rate of net primary government expenditure and the corresponding annual structural adjustment of GDP, based on the commonly agreed adjustment matrix;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognises the importance of further liberalising European energy markets, notably by removing obstacles to free price formation and progressively phasing out energy subsidies, in order to facilitate the deployment of new technologies, innovation, an emerging supply of renewable energy and a level playing field and a competitive market capable of delivering a better deal for energy consumers and businesses;
Amendment 60 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that research and innovation in energy crucially depends on predictability and certainty, which require long-term policy vision, sustained targeted incentives and patient equity capital in order to create e level playing field between technologies, so as to facilitate new innovations, energy supply, market entrants and to attain the necessary critical mass for market deployment; welcomes the focus on key technologies, as confirmed in the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) and Commission communication; stresses, however, the need for greater prioritisation of cross- cutting, systemic innovation in energy, as innovation is not only technology-driven;
Amendment 82 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to propose a focused, long-term, technology- open energy-industrial strategy with a view to facilitate further liberalization of the market, as an integral part of the EU strategy and action plan for a consistent and comprehensive energy dimension of the EU’s industrial policy;
Amendment 113 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates Parliament’s call for an increased overall budget of at least EUR 120 billion for FP9 and urges the Commission to strengthen the excellence criteria with the purpose of making Europe into a global centre for innovation and research, leading technologies, and increase by 50 % the proportion of energy-related financing under FP9 from the corresponding H2020 level, so as to ensure sufficient funding to support effective implementation of the Energy Union;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes that EU global leadership in new technologies and innovation can be achieved by securing excellence and stimulating blue skies research in FP9;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the development of new financial services and institutions contributing to competition on financial markets and to opportunities for costumers;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of vital financial centres providing dynamic marketplaces for retail services,
Amendment 55 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that without a strong banking sector there will not be sufficient supply of liquidity for vital retail services;
Amendment 127 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -13 (new)
Paragraph -13 (new)
-13. Calls for action on how to coordinate debt information so that each creditor know how indebted a customer is before extending more credit, leading to a more efficient market where credit providers can compete against each other;
Amendment 138 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -14 (new)
Paragraph -14 (new)
-14. Recognises the right for consumers to use software to initiate payments and share information about itself;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to set up clear provisions to incentivize industry- wide mechanisms for digital sharing of all financial connections related to customers, by extending the principles of PSD2 to all types of accounts;
Amendment 151 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Underlines that different new financial institutions under the name of FinTech has the same responsibilities versus costumers and for financial stability as other corresponding traditional institutions and services;
Amendment 76 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the next MFF should enablereflect the priorities which make it possible for the Union to provide solutions and emerge strengthened from the crises of the decade: the economic and financial downturn, the phenomenon of migration and refugees, climate change and natural disasters, terrorism, cross-border crime and instability, to name but a few; underlines that these global, cross-border challenges with domestic implications reveal the interdependency of our economies and societies, and point to the need for joint actions;
Amendment 91 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of completing the digital single market by making full use of spectrum, 5G and internet connectivity, and by making further progress on EU telecom rules; Calls on the Commission to ensure that any funding for fixed and mobile broadband should only be designated for very high capacity networks to contribute to the building of a European Gigabit Society. Stresses that any such funds should focus on a "Digital Spine" which brings fibre backbone and backhaul connectivity to more remote communities, and thereby the highest quality gigabit connections to education and public services, and mobile base stations to support 5G locally;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls, therefore, for continuous support for existing policies, in particular the long-standing EU policies enshrined in the Treaties, namely the common agricultural and fisheries policies, and the cohesion policy; rejects any attempt to renationalise these policies, as this would neither reduce the financial burden on taxpayers and consumers, nor achieve better results, but would instead hamper growth and the functioning of the single market while widening the disparities between territories and economic sectors; intends to securequestions whether the same level of funding for the EU-27 for these policies is necessary in the next programming period while further improving their added value and; stresses, at the same time, the importance of simplifying the procedures associated with them;
Amendment 147 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that a stronger and a more ambitious Europe can only be achieved if it is provided with reinforced financial means; calls, in the light of the above mentioned challenges and priorities, and taking into account the UK’s withdrawal from the Union, for a significant increase of the Union’s budgewithout more financial means than at present; estimates the required MFF expenditure ceilings at a maximum of 1.30 % of the GNI of the EU-27, notwithstanding the range of instruments to be counted over and above the ceilingincluding all instruments;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 195 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 197 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Is convinced that allno unallocated margins should be carried over without restrictions to future financial years and mobilised by the budgetary authority, for any purpose deemed necessary, in the annual budgetary procedure; calls, therefore, for the Global Margin for Commitments to be maintained, but without any restrictions in scope and time;
Amendment 205 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls, in particular, for a substantialonsiders that no increase in the financial envelope of the Flexibility Instrument of up to an annual allocation of at least EUR 2 billion; recalls that the Flexibility Instrument is not linked to any specific policy field and can thus be mobilised for any purpose that is deemed necessary; considers, therefore, that this instrument can be mobilised to cover any new financial needs as they occur during the MFFis needed;
Amendment 232 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
Amendment 345 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Calls, therefore, for a substantial increase in the overall budget earmarked for the FP9 programme in the next MFF that should be set at a level of at least EUR 1260 billion; considers this level to be appropriate for securing Europe’s global competitiveness, scientific and industrial leadership, for responding to societal challenges, and for helping to achieve the EU’s climate goals;
Amendment 433 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Affirms that the common agricultural policy is fundamental for food security and autonomcontributes to food security, the preservation of rural populations, sustainable development and the provision of high-quality and affordable food products for Europeans; points out that food requirements have increased, as has the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and the need to tackle climate change; underlines that the CAP is one of the most integrated policies and is mainly financed at EU level and, therefore, replaces national spending;
Amendment 515 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82
Paragraph 82
82. Considers maintainingthat the financing of cohesion policy post-2020 for the EU-27 at least at the level ofcan be reduced considerably by comparison with the 2014- 2020 budget to be of the utmost importance; stresses that GDP should remain one of the parameters for the allocation of cohesion policy funds, but believes that it should be complemented by an additional set of social, environmental and demographic indicators, including the number of refugees taken in, to better take into account new types of inequalities between EU regions; supports, in addition, the continuation under the new programming period of the elements that rendered cohesion policy more modern and performance-oriented under the current MFF;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point a
Paragraph 5 – point a
a) The security is fully collateralised by assets defined by Article 129(1)(a)-(fg) of the CRR and satisfies the additional requirements of Article 129(2) and (7) of the CRR;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Recognises that technological development and changes in consumer behaviour is already making economies increasingly collaborative, and that in order to stimulate growth and innovation, EU legislation must focus on supporting this development rather than imposing harmful regulation;
Amendment 29 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Underlines that in order to attract investments and start-ups and to boost European competitiveness, our economies must remain open towards innovations and new technologies; welcomes that such innovations and technologies contribute to productivity and a more dynamic economy;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Points to how the introduction of 5G will fundamentally transform the logic of our economies, making services more diverse and accessible; in this regards, stresses the importance of creating a competitive market for innovative businesses, the success of which will ultimately define the strength of our economies;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Emphasises that collaborative services must not be hindered by regulations which unfairly target such services vis-à- vis traditional business models and thus restrict competition; stresses that legislation must aim at creating a level playing field for all entrepreneurs and businesses;
Amendment 77 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Considers new collaborative services to be vital to tradition markets, as it adds diversity, innovation and competition and therefore contributes to growth, job creation and investments;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Underlines that collaborative services are a natural part of the development of a digital and creative economy capable of making full use of new technologies and innovations;
Amendment 273 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) In Member States where there is a high level of organisation, both among employees and employers, and where the social partners in their capacity as representatives for workers and employers have the primary responsibility to regulate working conditions on the labour market, the social partners should have full authority regarding the possibility to conclude collective agreements. Such concluded collective agreements that regulate working conditions and give workers an overall protection can deviate from the minimum rights provided by this directive as long as the purpose of the directive is respected.
Amendment 323 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive lays down minimum rights that apply to every worker in the Union, who have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by the law, collective agreements or practice in force in each Member State.
Amendment 377 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 389 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 399 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 518 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The information referred to in Article 3(2 a, b, c, d, e, f, j, k and l) shall be provided individually to the worker in the form of aone or more documents at the latest on the first day of the employment relationship. That document maywithin one calendar week from the first working day. The other information referred to in Article 3(2) shall be provided aind transmitted electronically as long as it is easily accessible byividually to the worker in the wforker and can be stored and printedm of a document within one month from the first working day.
Amendment 565 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The written document referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to changes that merely reflect a change in the laws, regulations and administrative or statutory provisions or collective agreements cited in the documents referred to in Article 4(1), and, where relevant, in Article 6.
Amendment 616 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may provide for longer probationary periods in cases where this is justified by the nature of the employment or is in the interest of the worker. In cases where the worker has been absent from work during the probationary period, Member States may provide that the probationary period can be extended correspondingly, in relation to the duration of the absence.
Amendment 693 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States may lay down modalities for the application of this Article, in accordance with national law, collective agreements and/or practice.
Amendment 709 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that a workers who has completed his or her probationary period, if any, with at least six months' seniorityrvice with the same employer may request a form of employment with more predictable and secure working conditions where available. Member States may limit the frequency of such requests.
Amendment 762 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States may allow social partners to conclude collective agreements, in conformity with the national law or practice, which, while respecting the overall protection of workers, establish arrangements concerning the working conditions of workers which differ from those referred to in Articles 7 to 11. Member states with a high level of organisation and coverage for the collective agreements, and where the social partners have the primary responsibility to regulate working conditions, may determine that collective agreements concluded at the appropriate level by recognised social partners in accordance with national law, balancing the interests of workers and employers, shall be considered as respecting the overall protection of workers, as long as the purpose of this directive and European Union law is respected.
Amendment 23 #
2017/0294(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) To take account of the previous lack of specific Union rules applicable tocomplete the Energy Union and apply its rules on gas pipelines to and from third countries, in full accordance with Union legislation, Member States should be able to grant derogations from certain provisions of Directive 2009/73/EC to such pipelines which are completed at the date of entry into force of this Directive, only after having consulted the Commission, in particular as regards competition, the functioning and effectiveness of the internal energy market, security of supply and diversification of energy sources and suppliers. The relevant date for the application of unbundling models other than ownership unbundling should be adapted for gas pipelines to and from third countries.
Amendment 43 #
2017/0294(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(-1) in Article 1, the following paragraph is added: “2a. The applicability of Directive 2009/73/EC for gas pipelines to and from third countries shall remain confined to the territorial limit of Union's jurisdiction. As regards offshore pipelines, it shall apply in the territorial waters and exclusive economic zones of the Member States.”
Amendment 115 #
2017/0294(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
In respect of gas pipelines to and from third countries completed before [PO: date of entry into force of this Directive], Member States may decide to derogate from Articles 9, 10, 11 and 32 and Article 41(6), (8) and (10) for the sections of such pipelines between the border of Union jurisdiction and the first interconnection point, provided that the derogation would not be detrimental to competition on or the effective functioning of the internal market in natural gas in the Union, or the security of supply in the Union. Any such decision shall be taken only following consultations with the Commission.
Amendment 133 #
2017/0294(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [PO: one yearthree months after the date of entry into force] at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 27 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Like businesses and consumers, the public authorities and bodies of Member States stand to benefit from increased freedom of choice regarding data-driven service providers, from more competitive prices and more efficient provision of services to citizens. Given the large amounts of data that public authorities and bodies handle, it is of the utmost importance that they lead by example in take-up of data-processing services and refrain from making any unjustified data localisation restrictions when they make use of private-sector data-processing services. Therefore public authorities and bodies should also be covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 28 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Under Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Member States may neither restrict nor prohibit the free movement of personal data within the Union for reasons connected with the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data. This Regulation establishes the same principle of free movement within the Union for non-personal data except when a restriction or a prohibition would be justified for security reasons. Regulation (EU)2016/679 and this Regulation provide a coherent set of rules that cater for free movement of different types of data. In the case of mixed data sets, this Regulation should apply to the non-personal data part of the set. Where non-personal and personal data are inextricably linked, this Regulation should apply to the whole set without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Furthermore, this Regulation imposes neither an obligation to store the different types of data separately nor an obligation to unbundle mixed data sets.
Amendment 34 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure the effective application of the principle of free flow of non-personal data across borders, and to prevent the emergence of new barriers to the smooth functioning of the internal market, Member States should without delay notify to the Commission any draft act that contains a new data localisation requirement or modifies an existing data localisation requirement. Those notifications should be submitted and assessed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Directive (EU) 2015/153533 . _________________ 33 Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services (OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p. 1).
Amendment 48 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) provided as a service to both private and public users residing or having an establishment in the Union, regardless of whether the provider is established or not in the Union or
Amendment 50 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. In the case of mixed data sets, this Regulation shall apply to the non- personal data part of the set. Where personal and non-personal data are inextricably linked, this Regulation shall apply to the whole set without prejudice to Regulation (EU)2016/679.
Amendment 55 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
5. 'data localisation requirement' means any obligation, prohibition, condition, limit or other requirement provided for in the laws, regulations or administrative provisions or practices, including in the field of public procurement, of the Member States, which imposes the location of data storage or other processing in the territory of a specific Member State or hinders storage or other processing of data in any other Member State;
Amendment 58 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Location of data for storage or other processing within the Union shall not be restricted to the territory of a specific Member State, and storage or other processing in any other Member State shall not be prohibited or restricted, unless it is justified on grounds of public securityData localisation requirements shall be prohibited unless justified in exceptional cases on imperative grounds of public security in compliance with the principle of proportionality. No other justifications shall be allowed.
Amendment 60 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall without delay notify to the Commission any draft act which introduces a new data localisation requirement or makes changes to an existing data localisation requirement in accordance with the procedures set out in the national law implementing Directive (EU) 2015/1535.
Amendment 61 #
2017/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall inform the Commission of the address of their single information point referred to in paragraph 4. The Commission shall publish the links to such points on its website. The information provided by the Commission shall be available in all of the official languages of the European Union.
Amendment 93 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The use of network and information systems by citizens, businesses and governments across the Union is now pervasive. Digitisation and connectivity are becoming core features in an ever growing number of products and services and with the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) millions, if not billions, of connected digital devices are expected to be deployed across the EU during the next decade. While an increasing number of devices are connected to the Internet, security and resilience are not sufficiently built in by design, leading to insufficient cybersecurity. In this context, the limited use of certification leads to insufficient information for organisational and individual users about the cybersecurity features of ICT products, processes and services, undermining trust in digital solutions. This ambition is at the heart of the European Commission’s reform agenda to achieve a digital single market as ICT networks provide the backbone for digital products and services which have the potential to support all aspects of our lives and drive Europe’s economic growth. To ensure that the objectives of the digital single market are fully achieved the essential technology building blocks on which important areas such as eHealth, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum technology as well as intelligent transport system and advanced manufacturing rely must be in place.
Amendment 96 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) Believes that the objectives and tasks of ENISA should be further aligned with the Joint Communication with regards to its reference to the promotion of cyber hygiene and awareness; notes that cyber resilience can be achieved by implementing basic cyber hygiene principles;
Amendment 98 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In light of the increased cybersecurity challenges faced by the Union, there is a need for a comprehensive set of measures that would build on previous Union action and foster mutually reinforcing objectives. These include the need to further increase capabilities and preparedness of Member States and businesses, as well as to improve cooperation and coordination across Member States and EU institutions, agencies and bodies. Furthermore, given the borderless nature of cyber threats, there is a need to increase capabilities at Union level that could complement the action of Member States, in particular in the case of large scale cross-border cyber incidents and crises. Additional efforts are also needed to deliver a coordinated EU response and increase awareness of citizens and businesses on cybersecurity issues. Moreover, the trust in the digital single market should be further improved by offering transparent information on the level of security of ICT products and services. This can be facilitated by EU- wide certification providing common cybersecurity requirements and evaluation criteria across national markets and sectors. Alongside EU-wide certification, there is a range of voluntary measures widely accepted in the market place, depending on the product, service, use or standard; these measures as well as the industry bottom up approach, including the use of security-by-design, leveraging and contributing to international standards, should be encouraged.
Amendment 99 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In light of the increased cybersecurity challenges faced by the Union, there is a need for a comprehensive set of measures that would build on previous Union action and foster mutually reinforcing objectives. These include the need to further increase capabilities and preparedness of Member States and businesses, as well as to improve cooperation and coordination across Member States and EU institutions, agencies and bodies. Furthermore, given the borderless nature of cyber threats, and the increased scale and precision of the targeted attacks, there is a need to increase capabilities at Union level that could complement the action of Member States, in particular in the case of large scale cross-border cyber incidents and crises, while underlining the importance of maintaining and further enhancing the national capabilities to respond to cyber threats of all scales. Additional efforts are also needed to increase awareness of citizens and businesses on cybersecurity issues. Moreover, the trust in the digital single market should be further improved by offering transparent information on the level of security of ICT products and services. This can be facilitated by EU- wide certification providing common cybersecurity requirements and evaluation criteria across national markets and sectors.
Amendment 103 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) For the purpose of strengthening European security and cyber defence structures, it is important to maintain and develop the capabilities of Member States to comprehensively respond to cyber threats, including cross-border incidents while coordination on EU-level by the Agency should not lead to the diminishing of capabilities or efforts in the Member States.
Amendment 107 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Union has already taken important steps to ensure cybersecurity and increase trust in digital technologies. In 2013, an EU Cybersecurity Strategy was adopted to guide the Union's policy response to cybersecurity threats and risks. In its effort to better protect Europeans online, in 2016 the Union adopted the first legislative act in the area of cybersecurity, the Directive (EU) 2016/1148 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union (the "NIS Directive"). The NIS Directive fulfills the digital single market strategy and together with other instruments, such as the Directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Directive 2002/58/EC, puts in place requirements concerning national capabilities in the area of cybersecurity, established the first mechanisms to enhance strategic and operational cooperation between Member States, and introduced obligations concerning security measures and incident notifications across sectors which are vital for economy and society such as energy, transport, water, banking, financial market infrastructures, healthcare, digital infrastructure as well as key digital service providers (search engines, cloud computing services and online marketplaces). A key role was attributed to ENISA in supporting implementation of this Directive. In addition, effective fight against cybercrime is an important priority in the European Agenda on Security, contributing to the overall aim of achieving a high level of cybersecurity.
Amendment 114 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The underlying task of the Agency is to promote the consistent implementation of the relevant legal framework, in particular the effective implementation of the NIS Directive, the Directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Directive 2002/58/EC, which is essential in order to increase cyber resilience. In view of the fast evolving cybersecurity threat landscape, it is clear that Member States must be supported by more comprehensive, cross-policy approach to building cyber resilience.
Amendment 122 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) To understand better the challenges in the field of cybersecurity, and with a view to providing strategic long term advice to Member States and Union institutions, the Agency needs to analyse current and emerging risks, incidents, threats and vulnerabilities. For that purpose, the Agency should, in cooperation with Member States and, as appropriate, with statistical bodies and others, collect relevant information and perform analyses of emerging technologies and provide topic-specific assessments on expected societal, legal, economic and regulatory impacts of technological innovations on network and information security, in particular cybersecurity. The Agency should furthermore support Member States and Union institutions, agencies and bodies in identifying emerging trends and preventing problems related to cybersecurity, by performing analyses of threats and, incidents and vulnerabilities.
Amendment 130 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The Agency should contribute towards raising the awareness of the public about risks related to cybersecurity and provide guidance on good practices for individual users aimed at citizens and organisations. The Agency should also contribute to promote best practices, cyber hygiene and solutions at the level of individuals and organisations by collecting and analysing publicly available information regarding significant incidents, and by compiling reports with a view to providing guidance to businesses and citizens and improving the overall level of preparedness and resilience. The Agency should furthermore organise, in cooperation with the Member States and the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies regular outreach and public education campaigns directed to end-users, aiming at promoting safer individual online behaviour and raising awareness of potential threats in cyberspace, including cybercrimes such as phishing attacks, botnets, financial and banking fraud, as well as promoting basic authentication and data protection advice. The Agency should play a central role in accelerating end-user awareness on security of devices.
Amendment 140 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) The Agency should encourage Member States and service providers to raise their general security standards so that all internet users can take the necessary steps to ensure their own personal cybersecurity. In particular, service providers and product manufacturers should withdraw or recycle products and services that do not meet cybersecurity standards. In cooperation with competent authorities, ENISA may disseminate information regarding the level of cybersecurity of the products and services offered in the internal market, and issue warnings targeting providers and manufacturers and requiring them to improve the security, including cybersecurity, of their products and services. The Agency should work together with stakeholders towards developing a EU-wide approach to responsible vulnerabilities disclosure and should promote best practices in this area.
Amendment 141 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) Standards are a voluntary, market- driven tool providing technical requirements and guidance and resulting from an open, transparent and inclusive process. The Agency should regularly consult and work in close cooperation with the standardization organizations, in particular when preparing the European Cybersecurity Certification Schemes.
Amendment 150 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) The Agency should have a Permanent Stakeholders’ Group as an advisory body, to ensure regular dialogue with the private sector, consumers’ organisations and other relevant stakeholders. The Permanent Stakeholders’ Group, set up by the Management Board on a proposal by the Executive Director, should focus on issues relevant to stakeholders and bring them to the attention of the Agency. The composition of the Permanent Stakeholders Group and the tasks assigned to this Group, to be consulted in particular regarding the draft Work Programme, should ensure sufficient representation of stakeholders in the work of the Agency. Given the importance of certification requirements for ensuring trust in the IoT, the Commission should specifically consider implementing measures to ensure the pan-EU security standards harmonisation for IoT devices.
Amendment 155 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) In order to guarantee the full autonomy and independence of the Agency and to enable it to perform additional and new tasks, including unforeseen emergency tasks, the Agency should be granted a sufficient and autonomous budget whose revenue comes primarily from a contribution from the Union and contributions from third countries participating in the Agency’s work. The appropriate budget is paramount to ensure that the Agency has sufficient capacities to fulfill all its growing tasks and objectives. The majority of the Agency staff should be directly engaged in the operational implementation of the Agency’s mandate. The host Member State, or any other Member State, should be allowed to make voluntary contributions to the revenue of the Agency. The Union’s budgetary procedure should remain applicable as far as any subsidies chargeable to the general budget of the Union are concerned. Moreover, the Court of Auditors should audit the Agency’s accounts to ensure transparency and accountability.
Amendment 165 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) Currently, the cybersecurity certification of ICT products and services is used only to a limited extent. When it exists, it mostly occurs at Member State level or in the framework of industry driven schemes. In this context, a certificate issued by one national cybersecurity authority is not in principle recognised by other Member States. Companies thus may have to certify their products and services in several Member States where they operate, for example with a view to participating in national procurement procedures. Moreover, while new schemes are emerging, there seems to be no coherent and holistic approach with regard to horizontal cybersecurity issues, for instance in the field of the Internet of Things. Existing schemes present significant shortcomings and differences in terms of product coverage, levels of assurance, substantive criteria and actual utilisation. A case by case approach is required to ensure that services, processes and products are subject to appropriate certification schemes. Additionally, a risk- based approach is needed for effective identification and mitigation of risks whilst acknowledging that a one size fits all scheme is not possible.
Amendment 168 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52 a) Notes that certification schemes should build upon what already exists at national and international level, learning from current strong points and assessing and correcting weaknesses.
Amendment 169 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 b (new)
Recital 52 b (new)
(52 b) Flexible cybersecurity solutions are necessary for industry to stay ahead of malicious attacks and threats, therefore any certification scheme should avoid the risk of being outdated quickly.
Amendment 170 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) The Commission should be empowered to adopt European cybersecurity certification schemes concerning specific groups of ICT products and services. These schemes should be implemented and supervised by national certification supervisory authorities and certificates issued within these schemes should be valid and recognised throughout the Union. Certification schemes operated by the industry or other private organisations should fall outside the scope of the Regulation. However, the bodies operating such schemes may propose to the Commission to consider such schemes as a basis for approving them as a European scheme. Industry actors can operate a self-assessment of their products or services prior to certification, thereby indicating their product or service is ready to begin the certification process if required or needed.
Amendment 179 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Recourse to European cybersecurity certification should remain voluntary, unless otherwise provided in Union or national legislation. After this initial stage, and depending on the maturity of implementation in the Member States and the criticality of a product or service, it is recognised that, in the future, potentially mandatory schemes for certain ICT products, processes and services may begin to evolve in a phased approach for the future generations of technology and in response to the policy objectives of tomorrow. However, with a view to achieving the objectives of this Regulation and avoiding the fragmentation of the internal market, national cybersecurity certification schemes or procedures for the ICT products and services covered by a European cybersecurity certification scheme should cease to produce effects from the date established by the Commission by means of the implementing act. Moreover, Member States should not introduce new national certification schemes providing cybersecurity certification schemes for ICT products and services already covered by an existing European cybersecurity certification scheme.
Amendment 181 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Recourse to European cybersecurity certification should remain voluntary, unless otherwise provided in Union or national legislation. However, with a view to achieving the objectives of this Regulation and avoiding the fragmentation of the internal market, national cybersecurity certification schemes or procedures for the ICT products and services covered by a European cybersecurity certification scheme should cease to produce effects from the date established by the Commission by means of the implementing act. Moreover, Member States should not introduce new national certification schemes providing cybersecurity certification schemes for ICT products and services already covered by an existing European cybersecurity certification scheme. However, this Regulation should be without prejudice to national schemes that Member States remain sovereign to manage for ICT products and services used for their sovereign domain needs.
Amendment 190 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
(58 a) Already existing national and international standards developed on the market, as well as informal agreements of international associations, notably the Internet Engineering Taskforce and the World Wide Web Consortium, should be taken into consideration when preparing candidate schemes.
Amendment 206 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) lays down a framework for the establishment of European cybersecurity certification schemes for the purpose of ensuring an adequate level of cybersecurity of ICT products, processes and services in the Union. Such framework shall apply without prejudice to specific provisions regarding voluntary or mandatory certification in other Union acts.
Amendment 207 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) The principles of free movement of goods and services and non- discrimination shall be regarded for all actions under this Regulation, in particular as regards the preparation, adoption and application of standards and technical specifications defining technical requirements and/or security evaluation methodology associated with a cybersecurity scheme.
Amendment 223 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9 a) "Cyber hygiene" means multi- factor authentication, patching, encryption, micro-segmentation that can minimise the risks from cyber threats and apply the principle of least privilege;
Amendment 225 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘European cybersecurity certificate’ means a document issued by aan attestation issued either through self-assessment or through an accredited conformity assessment body attesting that a given ICT product or service fulfils the specific requirementdevelopment procedure, product or service has been evaluated using a standardised methodology for conformity assessment against specific security standards laid down in a European cybersecurity certification scheme;
Amendment 235 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) ‘conformity assessment’ means conformity assessment as defined in point (12), Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008; defined through a standard;
Amendment 257 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The Agency shall contribute to increased cybersecurity capabilities at Union level in order to complement the action of developing Member States skills in preventing and responding to cyber threats, notably in the event ofincluding cross- border incidents.
Amendment 274 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. assisting Member States to implement consistently the Union policy and law regarding cybersecurity notably in relation to Directive (EU) 2016/1148, Directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Directive 2002/58/EC, including by means of opinions, guidelines, advice and best practices on topics such as risk management, incident reporting and information sharing, as well as facilitating the exchange of best practices between competent authorities in this regard;
Amendment 294 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall facilitate the establishment of and continuously support sectoral Information Sharing and Analysis Centres (ISACs), in particular in the sectors listed in Annex II of Directive (EU) 2016/1148, by providing best practices and guidance on available tools, procedure, cyber hygiene principles, as well as on how to address regulatory issues related to information sharing.
Amendment 298 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) providsupporting, at their request, technical assistanceMember States in case of incidents having a significant or substantial impact;
Amendment 317 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) support and promote the development and implementation of the Union policy on cybersecurity certification of ICT development procedures, products and services, as established in Title III of this Regulation, by:
Amendment 324 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
(1) preparing candidate European cybersecurity certification schemes for ICT products, processes and services in cooperation with the certification stakeholder working group is accordance with Article 44.2 of this Regulation;
Amendment 335 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 3
(3) compiling and publishing guidelines and developing good practices concerning the cybersecurity requirements of ICT development procedures, products and services, in cooperation with national certification supervisory authorities and the industry;
Amendment 339 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) facilitate the establishment and take-up of European and international standards for risk management and for the security of ICT development procedures, products and services, as well as draw up, in collaboration with Member States, advice and guidelines regarding the technical areas related to the security requirements for operators of essential services and digital service providers, as well as regarding already existing standards, international standards and informal international agreements, including Member States' national standards, pursuant to Article 19(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/1148;
Amendment 358 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) support closer coordination and exchange of best practices among Member States on cybersecurity literacy, cyber hygiene and raising awareness;
Amendment 380 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board, acting on a proposal by the Executive Director, shall, in a transparent manner, set up a Permanent Stakeholders’ Group composed of recognised experts representing the relevant stakeholders, such as the ICT industry, providers of electronic communications networks or services available to the public, consumer groups, standardisation organisations, academic experts in the cybersecurity, and representatives of competent authorities notified under [Directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code] as well as of law enforcement and data protection supervisory authorities.
Amendment 381 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board, acting on a proposal by the Executive Director, shall set up a Permanent Stakeholders’ Group composed of recognised experts representing the relevant stakeholders, such as theEuropean and international ICT industryies, providers of electronic communications networks or services available to the public, and corresponding associations, consumer groups, academic experts in the cybersecurity, and representatives of competent authorities notified under [Directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code] as well as of law enforcement and data protection supervisory authorities.
Amendment 388 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The Permanent Stakeholders' Group will provide regular updates on its planning throughout the year and set out the objectives in its work programme which shall be published every six months to ensure transparency;
Amendment 402 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
A European cybersecurity certification scheme shall attest that the ICT products, processes and services that have been certified in accordance with such scheme comply with specified requirements as regards their ability to resist at a given level of assurance, actions that aim to compromise the availability, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of stored or transmitted or processed data or the functions or services offered by, or accessible via, those products, processes, services and systems.ccording to standards as regards their ability to meet security objectives;
Amendment 407 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
A European cybersecurity certification scheme shall attest that the ICT development procedures, products and services that have been certified in accordance with such scheme comply with specified requirements as regards their ability to resist at a given level of assurance, actions that aim to compromise the availability, authentics been evaluated, using a standardised methodology for conformity assessment, against specified security standards laid down in a European cyber security certification scheme, that have been defined with the aim to protect the availability, integrity or confidentiality of stored or transmitted or processed data or the functions or services offered by, or accessible via, those products, processes, services and systems.
Amendment 414 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. Following a request from the Commission, ENISA shall prepare a candidate European cybersecurity certification scheme which meets the requirements set out in Articles 45, 46 and 47 of this Regulation. Member States or the European Cybersecurity Certification Group (the 'Group') established under Article 53 or other industry interested stakeholders may propose the preparation of a candidate European cybersecurity certification scheme to the Commission.
Amendment 418 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 2
2. When preparing candidate schemes referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, ENISA shall consult all relevant stakeholders and closely cooperate with the Group. The Group shall provide ENISA with the assistance and expert advice required by ENISA in relation to the preparation of the candidate scheme, including by providing opinions where necessary. define the security objectives, security requirements and elements of the candidate scheme. All aspects regarding the procedures of the conformity assessment will be defined by the Commission, based on ENISA’s findings. In doing so, ENISA shall cooperate closely with the industry interested stakeholders and consult all relevant stakeholders and closely cooperate with the Group. The Group shall provide ENISA with the assistance and expert advice required by ENISA in relation to the preparation of the candidate scheme, including by providing opinions where necessary. Where relevant, ENISA may in addition set up a certification stakeholder working group, composed of members of the Permanent Stakeholders’ Group, industry stakeholders to ensure industry- led approach and any other relevant stakeholders, to provide expert advice on areas covered by a specific candidate scheme;
Amendment 420 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 2
2. When preparing candidate schemes referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, ENISA shall consult all relevant stakeholders and closely cooperate with the Group, and take into consideration national and international standards already in place, including informal agreements within industry associations, in order to avoid duplications. The Group shall provide ENISA with the assistance and expert advice required by ENISA in relation to the preparation of the candidate scheme, including by providing opinions where necessary.
Amendment 432 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3
Article 44 – paragraph 3
3. ENISA shall transmit the candidate European cybersecurity certification scheme prepared in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article to the Commission. ENISA shall include in the information to the Commission any remarks or reservations made by members of the Group.
Amendment 433 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3
Article 44 – paragraph 3
3. ENISA shall transmit without delay the candidate European cybersecurity certification scheme prepared in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article to the Commission.
Amendment 437 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 4
Article 44 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission, based on the candidate scheme proposed by ENISA, may adopt implementing acts, in accordance with Article 55(1), providing for European cybersecurity certification schemes for ICT products, processes and services meeting the requirements of Articles 45, 46 and 47 of this Regulation.
Amendment 441 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission may on behalf of the European Union enter mutual recognition agreements of certificates with foreign markets or third countries. Such agreements for mutual recognition shall be established according to the same procedure for preparation and adoption as otherwise laid out for schemes in this Article.
Amendment 446 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
A European cybersecurity certification scheme shall be so designed to take into account, as applicable, the following security objectives to ensure the availability, integrity and confidentiality of services:
Amendment 458 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ensurfacilitate that ICT products and services are provided with up to date software that does not contaand hardware, that there are adequate and timely updates fixing known vulnerabilities, and are provided mechanisms for secure software and hardware updates.
Amendment 469 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. A European cybersecurity certification scheme may specify one or more of the following assurance levels: basic, substantial and/or high, for ICT products andassurance requirements based on the risks and threats determined by the context in which the product, process or services issued under that schem to operate.
Amendment 476 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The assurance levels basic, substantial and high shall meet the following criteria respectively: refer to a certificate issued in the context of a European cybersecurity certification scheme, which provides a corresponding degree of confidence in the claimed or asserted cybersecurity qualities of an ICT product, processes and service, and is characterised with reference to technical specifications, standards and procedures related thereto, including technical controls, the purpose of which is to decrease the risk of cybersecurity incidents; the assurance level shall be defined on a case by case basis.
Amendment 481 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 491 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 500 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 517 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the conformity assessment and auditing bodies;
Amendment 535 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) where applicable, identification of national cybersecurity certification schemes, pursuant to Article 49, or industry-led initiatives covering the same type or categories of ICT products, processes and services;
Amendment 569 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 5
Article 48 – paragraph 5
5. The natural or legal person which submits its ICT products, processes or services to the certification mechanism shall provide the conformity assessment body referred to in Article 51 with all information necessary to conduct the certification procedure.
Amendment 573 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 6
Article 48 – paragraph 6
6. Certificates shall be issued for a maximum period of three yearsdetermined on a case by case basis for each scheme and may be renewed, under the same conditions, provided that the relevant requirements continue to be met.
Amendment 579 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
Article 49 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, national cybersecurity certification schemes and the related procedures for the ICT products, processes and services covered by a European cybersecurity certification scheme shall cease to produce effects from the date established in the implementing act adopted pursuant Article 44(4). Existing national cybersecurity certification schemes and the related procedures for the ICT products, processes and services not covered by a European cybersecurity certification scheme shall continue to exist. Maintenance processes with minor updates shall not invalidate the certification.
Amendment 610 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2
Article 53 – paragraph 2
2. The Group shall be composed of national certification supervisory authorities. The authorities shall be represented by the heads or by other high level representatives of national certification supervisory authoritieexperts.
Amendment 614 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) In collaboration with European Cybersecurity Certification Group (the 'Group') established under Article 53 of this Regulation, provide advice and support to the Commission in matters regarding cyber security certification and agreements for mutual recognition of cyber security certificates with foreign markets and third countries.
Amendment 33 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) A strong economy based on open markets, an entrepreneurial climate fostering innovations, global leadership and growth is the best base for security, integrity and sovereignty. Foreign investments contribute not only to European growth but also to our leadership regarding innovations, research and science. When foreign actors are investing in innovation and research in Europe, they are investing in Europe and our future strength and capacities. Protectionism makes us weaker, open markets makes us stronger. This doesn’t exclude the fact that some investments from some actors can be of a kind where we need to be vigilante in order to hinder what can be threats to our security, integrity and sovereignty.
Amendment 38 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) The fact that non-direct investment does not fully fall within the common commercial policy has been clarified by the Court of Justice in its opinion of 16 May 20171a. _________________ 1aOpinion 2/2015 of the Court of Justice of 16 May 2017 (OJ C 239, 24.7.2017, p. 3).
Amendment 47 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) A broadnecessary range of investments which establish or maintain lasting and direct links between investors from third countries and undertakings carrying out an economic activity in a Member State should be covered.
Amendment 82 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. 'foreign direct investment' means investments of any kind by a foreign investor aiming to establish or to maintain lasting and direct links between the foreign investor and the entrepreneur to whom or the undertaking to which the capital is made available in order to carry on an economic activity in the territory or the exclusive economic zone of a Member State, including investments which enable effective participation in the management or control of a company carrying out an economic activity;
Amendment 88 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may maintain, amend or adopt mechanisms to screen foreign direct investments on the grounds of security or public order,. Screening may be undertaken if necessary to protect security or to maintain public order and shall be done under the conditions and in accordance with the terms set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 93 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may screen foreign direct investments that it can justify are likely to affect projects or programmes of Union interest on the grounds of security or public order.
Amendment 107 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
- critical infrastructure, including energy, transport, communications, media, data storage, space or financial infrastructure, as well as sensitive facilities;
Amendment 122 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
In determining whether a foreign direct investment is likely to affect security or public order, Member States and the Commission may take into account whether the foreign investor is directly or indirectly controlled by the government of a third country, including through significant funding.
Amendment 132 #
2017/0224(COD)
4. Foreign investors and undertakings concerned shall have the possibility to seek judicial redress against screening decisions of the national authorities, unless such action is considered contrary to the essential security interests of the Member State.
Amendment 136 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States shall not be obliged to provide any information, the disclosure of which it considers contrary to its essential security interests.
Amendment 57 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, thereby contributing to EU strategic autonomy through the development of joint capabilities and strategic partnerships, a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) should be established. The Programme should aim at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry inter alia cyber defence by supporting the cooperation between undertakings in the development phase of defence products and technologies. The development phase, which follows the research and technology phase, entails significant risks and costs that hamper the further exploitation of the results of research and adversely impact the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry. By supporting the development phase, the Programme would contribute to a better exploitation of the results of defence research and it would help to cover the gap between research and production as well as to promote all forms of innovation. The Programme should complement activities carried out in accordance with Article 182 TFEU and it does not cover the production of defence products and technologies.
Amendment 58 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) should be established. The Programme should aim at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry and thus to improve defence capabilities, inter alia cyber defence by supporting the cooperation between undertakings in the development phase of defence products and technologies. The development phase, which follows the research and technology phase, entails significant risks and costs that hamper the further exploitation of the results of research and adversely impact the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry. By supporting the development phase, the Programme would contribute to a better exploitation of the results of defence research and it would help to cover the gap between research and production as well as to promote all forms of innovation. The Programme and any form of its potential continuation after 2020, should complement activities carried out in accordance with Article 182 TFEU and it does not cover the production of defence products and technologies.
Amendment 86 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In view of the specificities of the sector, in practice no collaborative project between undertakings will be launched if the Member States have not first agreed to support such projects. After having defined common defence capability priorities at Union-level and also taking into account where appropriate collaborative initiatives on a regional basis, Member States identify and consolidate militarysecurity and defence requirements and define the technical specifications of the project. They may also appoint a project manager in charge of leading the work related to the development of a collaborative project.
Amendment 123 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As the Programme aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry by promoting the development of joint capabilities and strategic partnerships with third countries in Europe, only entities established in the Union and effectively controlled by Member States or their nationals, through control mechanisms put in place by the Member State concerned, and which are not effectively controlled to a decisive extent by a third country should be eligible for support. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the beneficiaries and subcontractors in actions funded under the Programme, shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States.
Amendment 133 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) For the purposes of the actions funded under the Programme, the beneficiaries and their subcontractors should not be subject to control by non- EU States or by non-EU entities. The control should be defined as the ability to exercise a decisive influence on an undertaking. In order to determine the control of an undertaking, it is necessary to establish where and how strategic commercial decisions are taken. This requires an analysis of the governance of the undertaking, which should be carried out on the basis of an overview of how it operates, including its commercial relations and principle markets, and the control mechanisms that the concerned Member States has in place. Other aspects which are likely to influence decision- making on strategic economic issues, such as composition of the board and executive management, shareholder rights, financial ties and commercial cooperation between the undertaking and any shareholders in third countries, should also be examined.
Amendment 138 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Beneficiaries may cooperate in projects established outside of the EU territory funded under the Programme provided that this would not have any adverse effects on the security and defence interest of the Union;
Amendment 154 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The promotion of innovation and technological development in the Union defence industry should take place in a manner coherent with the security interests of the Union. Accordingly, the action's contribution to those interests and to the defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States should serve as an award criterion. Within the Union, common defence capability priorities are identified notably through the Capability Development Plan. Other Union processes such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the Permanent Structured Cooperation will support the implementation of relevant priorities through enhanced cooperation. Where appropriate regional or international cooperative initiatives, such as in the NATO context, and serving the Union security and defence interest, and which do not prevent any Member State from participating, may also be taken into account.
Amendment 171 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) As the Union support aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the sector and concerns only the specific development phase, the Commission should not have ownership or intellectual property rights over the products or technologies resulting from the funded actions. The applicable intellectual property rights regime will be defined contractually by the beneficiaries. Furthermore, the results of actions funded under the Programme should not be subject to any restriction by a third country or a non-EU entity.
Amendment 182 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Commission should establish a multiannual work programme in line with the objectives of the Programme. The Commission should be assisted in the establishment of the work programme by a committee of Member States (hereinafter referred to as Programme Committee). In light of the Union policy on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as key to ensuring economic growth, innovation, job creation, and social integration in the Union and the fact that the supported actions will typically require trans-national collaboration, it is of importance that the work programme will reflect and enable open non-discriminatory and transparent such cross-border participation of SMEs and that therefore a proportiont least 15% of the overall budget will benefit such action.
Amendment 204 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Commission should draw up an implementation report at the end of the Programme, examining the financial activities in terms of financial implementation results and where possible, impact. This report should also analyse the cross border participation of SMEs and strategic partners in projects under the Programme as well as their participation of SMEand contributions to the global value chain.
Amendment 209 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union defence industry by supporting actionsand to enhance capabilities and the Union's strategic autonomy and its ability to act with partners, by supporting actions carried out in the Union in their development phase;
Amendment 224 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support and leverage the cooperation between undertakings, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and between undertakings and strategic non-EU partners, in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union;
Amendment 225 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support level and leverage the cooperation between undertakings, including and promoting the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises, in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union;
Amendment 265 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Programme shall provide support for actions by beneficiaries in the development phase covering both new and the upgrade of existing products and technologies, in relation to developed in the Union by Member States and, where appropriate, in cooperation with strategic partners. An eligible action may relate to one or more of the following items:
Amendment 315 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Beneficiaries shall be undertakings established in the Union, in which Member States and/or nationals of Member States own more than 50% of the undertaking and effectively control it and a principal supplier to a Member State. They shall be effectively controlled by a Member State within the meaning of Article 6(3), either as owner of the undertaking, whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate undertakings, or through a state licensing mechanism which regulates, inter alia, the transfer of technology. In addition, all infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the participants, including subcontractors and other third parties, in actions funded under the Programme shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States during the entire duration of the action. The use of such infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources shall not be subject to any control or restriction by a third country.
Amendment 331 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In the event of a change in the effective control of the undertaking within the meaning of Article 6(3), the undertaking shall inform the Commission and the Member State in which it is located. The Commission may advice Member States in their decision of the necessary protection measures which may be applied.
Amendment 355 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Actions proposed for funding under the Programme shall be evaluated in a transparent manner, based on objective and measurable parameters, taking into account the overall objective of the programme to achieve a well-functioning and balanced European Defence Union on the basis of the following cumulative criteria:
Amendment 358 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) excellencecontribution to excellence by showing that the proposed work achieves measurable advantages over existing products or technologies;
Amendment 437 #
2017/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The work programme shall ensure that a credible proportiont least 15% of the overall budget will benefit actions enabling the cross-border participation of SMEs.
Amendment 154 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 167 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 192 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 258 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 279 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Upon installation, the software shall inform the end-user about the privacy settings options and, to continue with the installation, require the end-user to consent to a setting. The offer regarding options to prevent third parties from storing information shall be presented in a manner so as to ensure to the end-user a fully informed decision based on the advantages and disadvantages of different settings.
Amendment 326 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Where a natural or legal person obtains electronic contact details for electronic mail from its customer, in the context of the sale of a product or a service, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, that natural or legal person may use these electronic contact details for direct marketing of its own similar products or services only if customers are clearly and distinctly given the opportunity to object, free of charge and in an easy manner, to such use. The right to object shall be given at the time of collection and each time a message is sent.
Amendment 338 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Amendment 348 #
2017/0003(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21
Article 21
Amendment 13 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to develop further the Space Strategy for Europe, putting opportunities for European space industry and for European research and science at the core of European policy, by developing existing European space centres and rocket ranges, such as Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, enabling Europe to reap the full benefits of European infrastructure;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that it is necessary to evaluate the governance of the Galileo and Copernicus programmes before the presentation by the Commission of its new legislative proposals as part of the next MFF; considers that this evaluation shcould address amongst other matters the future role of the European GNSS Agency (GSA) in Galileo and a potential role in Copernicus, how to simplify the GSA’s relationship with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the current split between the Agency’s core and delegated tasks; notes, however, that GSA was only recently established, and therefore urges the Commission to take into consideration the necessity of above all ensuring that the current tasks are effectively carried out, before introducing additional ones;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that in order to meet current and future challenges, the next EU budget should include a space budget larger than the current one but within the existing budgetary framework, and that this needs to be ensured in the course of the upcoming MFF review;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points to the synergies between the European Strategy for Space and other European policies, notably the digital single market and mobile communication; in this regard, encourages the Commission to work closely with Member States in order to secure that the ambition to rapidly deploy 5G networks by 2020 is accompanied by a forward-looking space policy capable of delivering open data to SMEs, startups and industry, so as to put European space policy at the centre for innovation, tech-growth and jobs;
Amendment 55 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines the importance of fostering and financing European rocket ranges and research centres, capable of satellite launching; points to the uniqueness of Esrange Space Center located in Kiruna, Sweden, from where more than 500 rockets have been launched since the start in 1966, in addition to more than 500 balloons for scientific experiments;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that space research and technology has the potential to contribute to European competitiveness as an important part of FP9, without compromising the principal goal of putting excellence at the core of European research funding; in this regard, stresses the need to involve the private sector, notably by facilitating investments;
Amendment 69 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden provides for excellent launching opportunities and for space science and research, being the focus of most of the programs of Horizon 2020;
Amendment 104 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the announcement of the Commission to aggregate its demand for launchers and launching services; in this regard, calls 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 worldwidecompetition in all public procurements;
Amendment 126 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that in order to maintain and develop an independent, resilient and efficient European foreign, security and defence policy, as well as contingency and crisis management functions, securing autonomous European access to space is of utmost importance;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines the importance of a comprehensive European space policy, aimed at effectively contributing to enhancing the common security, foreign and defence policy by means of providing relevant institutions with independent intelligence, such as real time situational awareness;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the modest growth must be seen in the perspective of an extraordinary monetary policy which is not sustainable in the long run; underlines that stable long term growth must be based upon structural reforms and increased competitiveness;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that deficits in public finances so far have not served as stimulus to economic growth but increased debt burdens and financial instability, thereby hindering investments and growth; underlines that a qualitative budgeting process that gives priorities to reforms and spending on support to investments and growth is necessary;
Amendment 136 #
2016/2306(INI)
2c. Notes with concerns the backlash against globalization and the rise of protectionism;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Notes that the referendum in the United Kingdom has created uncertainties for the European economy and the financial markets; notes that the outcome of the recent presidential election in the United States of America has created a general political uncertainty, not the least regarding international trade relations;
Amendment 193 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that increased financing of investments is needed; calls for a well- functioning financial system where increased stability and existing cross border institutions can facilitate liquidity and market making, especially for small and medium sized enterprises; underlines that reforms regarding banking structure must not hamper liquidity making;
Amendment 234 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that efforts to remove barriers to investment need to be reinforced across Member States and need to address the efficiency of public administration, effective justice systems but also sector-specific rules and the functioning of labour and product markets;
Amendment 310 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Invites the Commission to regularly publish fiscal sustainability assessments for each Member State taking into account all country-specific factors, such as demographical developments, that affect the sustainability of public finances; Recommends that these reports be part of the annual country reports;
Amendment 400 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Invites the Commission and the Council to be as specific as possible when addressing fiscal recommendations under the preventive and corrective arm of the Stability and Growth Pact in order to increase transparency and enforceability of the recommendations; Underlines the need to include in the recommendations under the preventive arm both the target date of the country specific medium-term- objective and the fiscal adjustment required to achieve or remain at it;
Amendment 456 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Notes that the debate on a smart allocation of public spending and policy priorities is regularly taking place on the EU budget, and that such a critical assessment is also indispensable for national budgets to improve the quality of public budgets in the medium-term and long-term and avoid linear budget cuts;
Amendment 468 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Welcomes the thematic discussions undertaken and best practice standards adopted by the Eurogroup, such as on expenditure reviews, during the 2016 Semester Cycle; Invites the Commission and the Eurogroup to establish minimum requirements for these thematic discussions in order to make them more effective and transparent;
Amendment 471 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Invites the Commission and the Council to formulate the country-specific recommendations in a way that makes progress measurable, for example by setting milestones, so as to improve implementation assessment both in its form and degree; Underlines that such an approach is in particular relevant for cases where the policy recommendation repeatedly targets the same policy area and/or where the nature of the reform requires implementation beyond one Semester cycle;
Amendment 472 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25 c. Suggests to systematically assess expenditure performance by measuring funding decisions and policy priorities against the policy impact and outcomes delivered to citizens, companies, and other end-users;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas digitalisation is accelerating at great speed and at a global level, requiring investments in high quality communication networks with universal coverage; in this regard, points to the need for timely availability of radio spectrum capable of meeting those demands;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas 5G and 5G applications will reinvent business models by means of providing very high speed connectivity, which will unlock innovation in all sectors, not least transport, energy, finance and health; in this regard, emphasises that Europe cannot afford to lag behind, as 5G will be the engine for future growth and innovation;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas European leadership in 5G technology is essential to economic growth and for maintaining global competiveness, which in turn requires European coordination and planning, and whereas lagging behind means risking jobs, innovation and knowledge;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas the governments from South Korea, U.S and Japan have formed a consultative group in order to establish policies on frequencies for 5G, such as establishing the 28GHz band as the standard for 5G networks; stresses, in this regard, the need for European coordination and harmonisation between Member States;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas as public initiatives, such as the Commission's 2013 Public-Private- partnership initiative, backed by 700 million euro of public funding to enable 5G in Europe by 2020, need to be complemented by a competitive market with future-proof access regulation and spectrum coordination, which will spur innovation and necessary private infrastructure investments;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that an ambitious and forward-looking timeline for spectrum allocation within the Union is of utmost importance if Europe is to be in the lead regarding the development of 5G technology, welcomes, in this regard, the actions proposed by the Commission in the communication entitled 5G for Europe: An Action Plan, and considers these actions a minimum requirement for a successful launch of 5G in the Union;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the gigabit society targets of attaining network speeds of 100Mbps for all European consumers and, in the long term, of between 1Gbps and 100Gbps for the main socio-economic drivers, such as digitally intensive businesses, major transport hubs, financial institutions and schools; However, emphasises that 5G applications and other future data demanding services will require speeds above 1 Gigabit per second for consumers; therefore, points to the need for higher targets in both the short and long term, and corresponding policies, not least with regards to the fact that 5G services will require uninterrupted coverage both within and between rural and urban areas;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that, while maintaining national competence over spectrum, European coordination is a must if we are to develop our global competitiveness, and therefore encourages the Commission and the Member States to move forward with the actions proposed by the Commission in the Action Plan, most importantly the national 5G deployment roadmaps as part of the national broadband plans; in this regard, encourages the Commission, upon request from a Member State, to provide adequate assistance throughout the entire process of drawing up the roadmap;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Underlines the importance of MVNOs as part of creating a competitive European digital market and increasing the geographical coverage of operators; points to how 5G services and the IoT will require shared spectrum use and jointly organised auctions, with the ambition of promoting Trans-European networks and structures, and the access to spectrum for over-the-top-content, which will greatly increase the number of actors on the market, thus increasing the need for a corresponding spectrum policy; notes that Trans-European networks are necessary to enable high speed 5G services without wholesale roaming costs;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Points to that a lack of coordination constitutes a substantial risk in terms of 5G deployment, as gaining critical mass is crucial for attracting investments and thus reaping the full benefits of 5G technology;
Amendment 103 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes that the European fragmentation in the roll-out of 4G, still visible in the major differences between Member States as illustrated by the 2015 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), has resulted in a lack of digital competitiveness vis-à-vis the U.S, China, Japan, South Korea and emerging economies; in this regard, underlines that while Europe is progressing in terms of digital development, the pace is slowing down, which constitutes a long-term risk to necessary investments and to the attractiveness of the European business environment;
Amendment 119 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Points to the fact that while the digital divide is present between cities and rural areas, it is also highly present between Member States; stresses, in this regard, the importance of a competitive legislative framework and initiatives which encourage investments in infrastructure, increases the diversity of actors and strengthens European coordination;
Amendment 152 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Emphasises the importance of 5G for enabling European global leadership in providing high-end research infrastructure, which can make Europe the centre for excellent research;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Emphasises that all decisions related to the Digital Single Market, including spectrum allocation, connectivity targets and 5G deployment must be formulated based on future needs and how the market is expected to develop over the next 10-15 years; stresses, in this regard, that a successful 5G deployment will be key to economic competitiveness, which can only be achieved through far- sighted European legislation and policy coordination;
Amendment 172 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses that intensive investments in infrastructure, which is crucial in order to maintain and develop global competitiveness, can only be achieved through competition and an access regulation capable of opening up the market to new actors, incentivising shared investments as well as shared nets by other means, such as MVNO, leasing and trading;
Amendment 188 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Highlights the importance of license durations long enough to provide investors with predictability and return on investments; in this regard, believes that the minimum license durations should not be less than 25 years; underlines that requirements on how to use frequencies must leave room for innovation and new business models, allowing for access to new actors under commercial agreements;
Amendment 192 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to take the lead in promoting inter-sectoral, cross- lingual 5G and cross - border interoperability and supporting privacy-friendly, reliable, secure services as industry and society at large becomes increasingly more dependent on digital infrastructure for its business and services and to consider economic and geographic national circumstances as an integral part of a common strategy;
Amendment 200 #
2016/2305(INI)
19 a. Underlines the need for business models, such as MVNO, shared nets based upon granted access and commercial agreements, trading and leasing parts of nets, opening up for transeuropean nets, thereby offering customers and markets seamless nets available throughout the Union;
Amendment 214 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that the development of the gGigabit sSociety requires fewer and simpler rules, which should be future- oriented, pro-investment, pro-innovation and based on an assessment of market competition; stresses that infrastructure- based competition offers the potential for less regulation and allows for a fair long- term return on investments; encourages Member States to simplify administrative procedure to access physical infrastructure;
Amendment 224 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Points to the fact that 5G will fundamentally transform our economies and services, which will require speeds beyond 1 Gigabyte per second; therefore, believes that a rapid deployment of digital infrastructure should be made a priority for EU and the Member States, in order to realise this ambition;
Amendment 231 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that SMEs would benefit greatly from access to 5G solutions; calls on the Commission to detail its action plans to facilitate SME access to the 5G Participatory Broadband Platform both with respects to services developed towards Start-ups and SMEs and also education and awareness creation;
Amendment 245 #
2016/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Stresses that a swift allocation of further spectrum, such as the 2.4 GHz and the 3.6 GHz band, as well other 5G pioneer bands, is crucial for a successful launch of 5G and for Europe to be in the lead; underlines the need for rapid action and increased coordination of these frequencies;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas 5G will greatly increase the number and the usability of online platforms, essentially putting digital development at the core of societal development, which in turn underlines the need for future-proof legislation aimed at creating competitive and dynamic market conditions;
Amendment 287 #
2016/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Stresses that any new legislation targeting online platforms should aim at opening up the markets for new innovations, services and players, providing a flexible entrepreneurial environment capable of putting Europe at the forefront of digital development;
Amendment 289 #
2016/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Believes that a level playing field between platforms and services can be achieved by a competitive market capable of attracting new investment and facilitating risk taking, thus promoting new entrants and new innovation;
Amendment 301 #
2016/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines that possible reforms of the existing regulatory framework should concentrate on the harmonisation of rules and reducing regulatory fragmentation, in order to secure an open and competitive market for online platforms and new services; emphasises the need to avoid over- regulation; stresses the importance of technology neutrality and having the same rules apply online and offline;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas energetic efforts to reindustrialise Europeincentivize the development of European industries must be pursued with the aim of combining competitiveness and sustainability;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas digitalisation will transform manufacturing, impacting fundamentally the balance of opportunities and challengis already transforming business models and manufacturing, bringing opportunities for European industries;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas 5G will fundamentally transform our economies, putting digitalisation at the centre of industrial development and social services;
Amendment 115 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Attracting investments and world leading researchers and expertise, thus contributing to economic growth and European competitiveness;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Supporting new business models and innovative start-ups driven by digitalisation and technological development;
Amendment 119 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of an EU governance structurecreating a competitive business environment for the digitalisation of industry that facilitates the coordination of nationalprivate initiatives and platforminvestments oin industrial digitalisation; calls on the Commission to consider setting a non- binding orientation target, that allows the EU to remain a global industrial leader;ut red tape in order to facilitate investments and reduce risk; making Europe a global centre for trade, information flows and industrial leadership as well as a base for new industries, underlines the importance of advancing digitalisation particularly in those regions that are lagging behind; expects that, besides industry leaders and social partners, stakeholders from academia, the standardisation community, trade unions, policy-makers and civil society as well as industry leaders, especially SMEs, will also be invited to play an acplay an active role in any forthcoming initiative frolem the Commission;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of financing the digitalisation of Europe’s industry; expresses disappointment that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) has so far invested only 11 % in digital projects; underlines, on the other hand, that the primary investments in digitalization comes from private and collaborative platforms, which must be further supported through a competitive regulatory environment;
Amendment 293 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the fact that the digital transformation of industry will have a major societal impact onfundamentally transform areas ranging from employment, working conditions, workers’ rights to education and skills; calls onencourages the Commission to adequately study the societal effects of industrial digitalisation, with a view to boosting European competitiveness and facilitating job growth through the support of new business models;
Amendment 106 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the development of new financial services and institutions contributing to competition on financial markets and to opportunities for costumers;
Amendment 205 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recognises the right for consumers to use software to initiate payments and share information about itself in order to receive superior products and services;
Amendment 206 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Recognises the gate-keeper roles held by banks as it comes to providers' access to bank services and stresses that banks must not abuse that position by means of disallowing providers such access;
Amendment 268 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Acknowledges the importance of application programming interfaces (APIs) as a complement to other software that can be used by the consumer in providing new actors with access to financial infrastructure; recommends the creation of a set of standardisedopen APIs to be used by providers, for example in the area of open banking, in parallel to the possibility for such providers to design its own software to provide services;
Amendment 297 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines that different new financial institutions under the name of FinTech has the same responsibilities versus costumers and for financial stability as other corresponding traditional institutions and services;
Amendment 260 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes with concern the increase in the stationing of Russian military forces in the region, the building and reopening of bases and the creation of an Arctic military district of Russia;
Amendment 268 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of engaging Russia in Arctic cooperation and the need to further assert EU strategic interests towards Russia by the use of selective engagement and to seek progress on issues of common concern where there is ground for global solutions to common challenges and threats; urges that this and urges that these issue bs are included in the EU strategy on the Arctic;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas investments in R&D are essential for European economic and social development and global competitiveness, and whereas the importance of excellent science for fostering innovation and long-term competitive advantages needs to be reflected in the funding of FP9;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the United Kingdom and the EU are mutually dependant on each other for maintaining global competitiveness and R&D excellence, and whereas this mutual dependence has to be reflected in the upcoming negotiations following the triggering of Article 50 by the United Kingdom;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the trend in citation impact is higher in countries outside the EU, notably Singapore, Switzerland and the United States, which underlines the need for intensified European efforts and investments in R&D, excellent science and a globally competitive FP9 with the aim of making Europe into a world leading centre for research;
Amendment 93 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines that a potentially 'hard Brexit' must not spill over to European research efforts; in this regard, recognizing the mutual dependence of the EU and the United Kingdom in terms of global competitiveness and attractiveness vis-à-vis international expertise, stresses the need to maintain an ambitious level of funding for European research, notably through FP9;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. ConfirmUnderlines that the ‘excellence’ shouldcriterion must remain the key criterion across the three pillars, while noting that it is only one of the three evaluation criteria, alongside ‘impact’ and ‘quality and efficiency of the implementation’; calls foron the reweighting of these criteria and invites the Commission to set outCommission to adopt a restrictive approach to adding additional sub- criteria by adding ‘SSHon, instegration and geographical balance’ under ‘impact’ and ‘project size’ under ‘efficiency of the implementation’ad safeguarding 'excellence' as the main guiding principle;
Amendment 272 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Points to the innovative nature of R&D and excellent science; in this regard, stresses the importance of increasing the flexibility and the bottom- up approach of projects funded through FP9, refraining from imposing additional restrictions or detailed criterion;
Amendment 274 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Believes that the EU has the potential to become a world leading global centre for research and science, achieved through a competitive research programme focusing on excellence, market conditions and policies to encourage private investments in R&D and infrastructure, a strong partnership between industry, research and education, international involvement in European research projects and a competitive environment to attract expertise from outside Europe; furthermore, believes that, to this end, in order to foster growth, jobs and innovation, FP9 has to be become a top priority for Europe;
Amendment 278 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Believes that global involvement in FP9 would greatly benefit European research by means of tying valuable knowledge and expertise to Europe; therefore, supports increasing investments in international research projects through European framework programmes, and believes it has a great potential to accelerate the global reach of European long-term targets on, inter alia, energy, industry and climate;
Amendment 302 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
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; believes, however, that Excellent Science should be further developed so as to constitute the main pillar of FP9; 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;
Amendment 305 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Believes that the principle of excellence must be actively safeguarded throughout FP9, so as to secure European competitiveness and foster innovation; in this regard, points to the role of the European Research Council (ERC) and the importance of preserving its independence and substantial share of the budget;
Amendment 307 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Recognises that administrative tasks and research to a large extent cancel each other out, and therefore stresses the importance of keeping reporting obligations to a minimum, so as to avoid red tape obstructing innovation and to ensure effective use of FP9 funding while at the same time securing research independence; to this end, encourages the Commission to intensify its efforts on simplification;
Amendment 345 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Notes the difficulty and ineffectiveness of funding product development, standardization and commercialization through public research programmes; believes, therefore, that such research should principally fall outside the scope of FP9, so as to maintain a strong focus on excellent research and secure the effective use of EU research funds;
Amendment 369 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
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 science; expresses the wish that networks and collaboration with entities in the UK can continue and that stable and satisfying solutions can be found quickly; in addition, underlines the need to to strive towards the closest possible cooperation between the UK and the EU within the field of research, in particular as regards to the upcoming FP;
Amendment 371 #
2016/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Emphasises the need to secure additional funds to the Excellent Science pillar and the European Research Council (ERC), so as to make excellent research the guiding principle for FP9; underlines, at the same time, the need to foster research and innovation throughout the Union, so as to bridge the gap between regions; to this end, believes that the European Structural and Investment Funds could contribute with the principle funding for high quality research, platforms and infrastructure;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Commission calls any company with a European subsidiary a 'European company'; and that erroneous designation means that it supports foreign companies engaged in lobbying while neglectingdemand for big scale e-infrastructure is expected to rise as the digital economy is increasingly defining the competitiveness of European ecompannomies;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RejectWelcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘European Cloud Initiative – Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe’, ; underlines, however, that a European Cloud can only be effective if built on existing infrastructure, taking into account innovative solutions already found within the R&D community;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Underlines the importance of making Europe a centre for global research, gaining critical mass and creating clusters of excellence; stresses, that in order for Europe to attract world leading research, both capacity in terms of resources and an attractive environment is required; furthermore, highlights that in order for Europe to become the most competitive knowledge based economy in the world, openness towards international researchers, thereby attracting international investments, is of utmost importance;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Invalidates and wishes to review its previous resolutions based on a biased analysis of open mass data, motivated by the interests of non-European powers;Believes that a European Cloud, if effectively implemented and built on existing infrastructure, holds the potential to boost European competitiveness, research and innovation,
Amendment 95 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that athe launch of 5G, the normalisation of the digital ecompany may be considered European only if its registered office and its main decision- taking centres, R & D centres and manufacturing sites are on European territory and if it is controlled by European capital and subject to the consolidated tax on European territorynomy and high speed connectivity throughout Europe will put the access of data and Open Science at the centre stage of R&D; emphasises, therefore, the importance of building on existing infrastructure and to consult all relevant stakeholders in an effort to identifying best practice in terms of cost-effectiveness;
Amendment 102 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission and the Council to reorient EU policies to concentrate support on European digital companies with high added valueConsiders the existing Horizon 2020 budget, together with national efforts, to be the best source of funding for a European Cloud;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the Commission to carefully assess the needs of European public researchers in order to identify possible gaps in the supply of cloud infrastructure in Europe; if gaps are identified the Commission should invite European cloud infrastructure providers to share their development roadmaps in order to asses if private investments are sufficient to address such gaps or if further public funding is needed to bridge them;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Ask the Commission to ensure that all scientific research and data produced by the Horizon 2020 Programme should benefit European businesses and the public; advocates a change in the incentive structures for academics, industry and public services to share their data, and improve data management, training, engineering skills and literacy;
Amendment 163 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Reminds the Commission that the cloud services industry has already invested billions of euros into building top of the art infrastructure in Europe. European scientists and researchers can today use a cloud infrastructure that offers them the ability to experiment and innovate quickly by accessing a wide variety of services, only paying for what they use, thus improving time-to-science fast. Notes that Europe's critical support to research and development should not be spent on duplicating existing resources, but instead on encouraging breakthrough in new scientific areas that can boost growth and competitiveness;
Amendment 170 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Proposes that the amounts earmarked for ETP4HPC be re-allocated for the development of digital companies with high added valueConsiders that initiatives to facilitate access to data and research should in all aspects meet the demand of researchers, while at the same time encourage public-private partnerships, thus contributing to the development of the increasingly digital economy;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10f. Calls on the Commission to promote interoperability and to prevent vendor 'lock-in' by promoting that multiple cloud infrastructure providers in Europe provide a choice of competitive, inter-operable, portable infrastructure services;
Amendment 210 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Believes that public administrations should have open government public data by default; urges that progress be made on the degree and pace of releasing information as open data, on identifying key datasets to be made available and on promoting the re- use of open data in an open form;
Amendment 211 #
2016/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. The staggering growth in digital technologies is the key driver for generation of massive raw data streams in cloud environments. This huge collection of raw data streams in big data systems increases computational complexity and resource consumption in cloud-enabled data mining systems; Notes that the concept of pattern-based data sharing enables local data processing near the data sources and transforms the raw data streams into actionable knowledge patterns. These knowledge patterns have dual utility of availability of local knowledge patterns for immediate actions as well as for participatory data sharing in cloud environments;
Amendment 900 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
The President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors shall be elected by secret ballot, in accordance with Rule 182. Nominations shall be with consent. They may only be made by a political group or by at least 40 Members. However, if the number of nominations does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the candidates may be elected by acclamation. Members shall be permitted to serve a maximum of two terms in the office of President pursuant to Rule 19(1), regardless of whether they are served consecutively or not.
Amendment 1072 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 136
Rule 136
Amendment 73 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Stresses that some of the main challenges in EU is lack of investments and lack of competitiveness; underlines that they are linked to the high tax wedge on companies, investments and labour;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2b (new)
Paragraph 2b (new)
2b. Notes with concern that the level of taxes in EU are 10 to 15 percent higher than in any other competing region;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States to implement the country specific recommendations from Commission, especially reforms creating more flexible labour markets and reforms reducing national regulation hindering investments; also underlines the importance of low taxes on labour and on companies;
Amendment 131 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6a (new)
Paragraph 6a (new)
6a. Highlights that one of the greatest challenges in EU is to increase competiveness and the level of investments; stresses the importance of making the European economy attractive to investments; notes that there is no lack of liquidity in Europe; calls therefore on Commission to continue with the initiative on creating a Capital Markets Union and reforming the internal market in order to increase investments in EU;
Amendment 153 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Underlines that the high unemployment rates in EU clearly shows the need for reforms creating flexible labour markets in Member States;
Amendment 181 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9a (new)
Paragraph 9a (new)
9a. Calls on Member States to follow the rules in the stability and growth pact; calls on Commission to better monitoring that each member state follow the rules agreed on in the stability and growth pact; underlines that the fulfilment of the stability and growth pact is one of the most important steps in order to increase the financial stability;
Amendment 258 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13a (new)
Paragraph 13a (new)
13a. Highlights the importance of flexible labour markets in Member States in order to tackle the challenges related to high unemployment rates;
Amendment 306 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16a (new)
Paragraph 16a (new)
16a. Underlines the importance of addressing the high tax wedges in Member States in order to increase competitiveness and the level of investments;
Amendment 318 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17a (new)
Paragraph 17a (new)
17a. Underlines that the initiative from Commission to create a Capital Markets Union is one important step in order to remove barriers to investments in Member States and in EU as a whole;
Amendment 325 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17b (new)
Paragraph 17b (new)
17b. Highlights the importance of removing obstacles and barriers in order to enable the financial sector to provide funding for companies;
Amendment 327 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17c (new)
Paragraph 17c (new)
17c. Underlines the need for reducing national regulations hindering the well- functioning capital markets in EU;
Amendment 328 #
2016/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17d (new)
Paragraph 17d (new)
17d. Underlines that new proposals from Commission must not lead to more complex regulation that can affect investments negatively, undermining banks possibilities to investment and market making, to their ability to facilitate liquidity on the single market, thereby hurting the functionality of the existing capital markets;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas competition policy can and should make a significant contribution to key political priorities such as boosting innovation, qualityemergence of new jobs, growth and investment, protecting consumers and reinforcing the single market, with particular regard to the digital single market and the Energy Union;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends an increased sharing of information between national authorities in order to ensure that taxes are paid in EU when this shall be the case and in the relevant Member State;
Amendment 93 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the need for simple and transparent tax policies and regulations;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines however that taxation is a national competence, dependent on the political view and actions of governments and parliaments, based upon fiscal policies and political aspirations regarding public spending;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 117 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to deepen the single market, opening up for new completion and freedom of establishment in all sectors, underlines the need for structural reforms and fiscal consolidation in the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact, calls upon Commission that the credibility of the SGP is restored by securing that all Member States follow the rules instead of calling for new rules and new institutions;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 148 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to take more ambitious steps to eliminate illegitimate obstacles to online competition, in order to ensure barrier- free online shopping for EU consumers purchasing from sellers who are based in another Member State, while at the same time not creating new barriers caused by existing variations in consumer law;
Amendment 199 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 203 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that the steps towards ending consumer charges for roaming in the EU is, in the long term perspective, not sufficient if the single market is to be further deepened, and that incentives for intra-EU calls to be on the same level as local calls must be created, by ways of facilitating investments in fully European or shared network; calls on the Commission to thoroughly consult network operators and relevant stakeholders on how to bring down charges for intra-EU calls to the level of local calls in the most efficient way, which at the same time encourages investments and secures global competitiveness and innovation;
Amendment 226 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for commission to launch a road map for less but better targeted state aid, aiming for a reduction of state aid opening up for lower taxes stimulating new businesses and fair competition rather than supporting old structures and incumbents;
Amendment 228 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Underlines that when using state aid in order to promote services of general interest it is the consumers and the citizens benefit that is crucial, not individual companies or public entities today;
Amendment 428 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 142 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that a more extensive use of Ukraine’s storage capacity will only be possible if an appropriate, stable commercial and legal framework and the integrity of supply infrastructure is guaranteed in Ukraine; furthermore emphasises that as Ukraine's gas- dependent industrial sector rebounds in the short term, additional gas supplies will have to be imported; considers that the EU should support Ukraine in transitioning from Russian natural gas dependency to LNG;
Amendment 178 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expresses concern at the proposed doubling of capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline, and the effects this would have on energy security and diversification of supply sources and the principle of solidarity among Member States; highlights that the project runs contrary to the underlying principles of a fully integrated, secure, competitive and sustainable Energy Union and as such should not benefit from the EU’s financial support or from derogations from EU law; furthermore, points to the potential political implications of allowing Gazprom, which operates under principles contrary to the Third Energy Package, to operate an even larger share of Europe's natural gas supply;
Amendment 179 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines that a doubling of the capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline would give Gazprom a dominant position on the European gas market, thus changing its architecture;
Amendment 187 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that if, contrary to European interests, Nord Stream 2 were to be built, the importance of enabling access to LNG terminals and completing the North-South Gas Corridor in central and south-eastern Europe will significantly increase; recalls, however, that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is neither commercially feasible, nor necessary for securing European gas supply and stands contrary to the goals and ambitions of a European energy union based on energy independence and competition;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Union energy policies must focus on boosting European competitiveness and reducing greenhouse gases and not be defined by EU taking over responsibility for the social policies of Member States;
Amendment 87 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that the national regulation of electricity markets is a key factor in the diverging advance of renewables, different energy costs for families and for industry and different levels of energy dependency, and the implementation of the third energy package, is a key factor in securing legal certainty and investment in efficient low- cost power production;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of completing the energy union, which would not only facilitate production from renewable sources, but also make full use of existing CO2-free power production, such as hydro power and nuclear energy.
Amendment 93 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role of renewable support schemes inBelieves that the best way to attracting long-term investment ands in order to consolidatinge the renewable sector; rejects the retroactive elimination of renewable support schemes is to ensure a level playing field across the market and to encourage market-based pricing, which would activate necessary production as well as facilitate smart and efficient consumption;
Amendment 168 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that twhe targets already agreed for 2020 must be taken as the baseline when revising the Renewables Energy Directive after that daten revising the Renewable Energy Directive, the Commission must on the one hand ensure that the Union is on track towards reaching already agreed targets for 2020, taking into consideration all relevant policy fields, using all existing CO2-free power production sources, while at the same time securing the continuous competitiveness of European businesses and industry, which is essential to attract green investments and innovation;
Amendment 182 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the need to define a regulatory strategy that allows for the monitoring of Member States’ commitments while allowing for full democratic control and scrutiny of energy policiesand implementation of existing European legislation, in order to lay the ground for a well-functioning European energy union;
Amendment 258 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. HighlightUnderlines that stability in energy prices is necessary to induce the adequate demand responses from consumerscan only be achieved by open competition on the European energy market and by the use of alternative energy sources, matching supply with demand;
Amendment 278 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that the indirect taxation on energy should be closely linked to gsupportive of CO2-freen energy policisources and should take into account its distributional, social and economic effects, with automatic compensatory measures for vulnerable families and sectorsenergy technologies and be designed in a way that encourages exports and imports on the internal energy market;
Amendment 296 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the need to facilitate a transition towards renewable heating devices, while ensuring adequate financial support for energy-poor citizens;
Amendment 313 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes the failure of thimportance of a credible biofuel- based renewable strategy for transports supporting the transformation from CO2-based transports to a transporting sector free from CO2 emissions;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the scale of tax evasion and avoidance is estimated by the Commission to be EUR 1 trillion19 a year, while the OECD estimates20 the revenue loss at global level to be between 4 % and 10 % of all corporate income tax revenue, representing between EUR 75 and EUR 180 billion annually, at 2014 levels; whereas these are only estimates and the actual figures might be even higher; whereas the costs to society of such practices are evident; whereas tax fraud, tax evasion and aggressive tax planning erode the tax base of Member States and thereby lead to loss of tax revenues; __________________ 19 http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxati on/tax_fraud_evasion/a_huge_problem/ind ex_en.htm, European Commission, 10 May 2016. 20 Measuring and Monitoring BEPS, Action 11 - 2015 Final Report, OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project.
Amendment 33 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas MNEs as well as SMEs in Europe pay more taxes than in any other region in the world;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas high taxes creates a competitive disadvantage for European business;
Amendment 273 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on Commission to aim for full consistence with the Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) by OECD when acting against tax avoidance. If Europe goes beyond the OECD recommendations it increase the regulatory burden on EU companies but also create grey zones and new loopholes for tax avoidance;
Amendment 274 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on Commission and Council to follow the OECD model tax convention on income and on capital. Different rules will lead to legal uncertainty and deviating standard since the OECD model tax convention is a flexible document that develops over time;
Amendment 276 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 280 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for a concrete Union regulatory framework for sanctions against the blacklisted non-cooperative jurisdictions, including, but not limited to, the possibility of reviewing and, in the last resort, suspending free trade agreements and prohibiting access to Union funds; calls for the sanctions also to apply to companies, banks, and accountancy and law firms, and to tax advisers proven to be involved with those jurisdictionsUnderlines that tax issues must not be used as a tool to restrict free trade;
Amendment 298 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 304 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends introducing an EU- wide withholding tax, in order to ensure that profits generated within the Union are taxed at least once before leaving it; notes that such a proposal should include a refund system to prevent double taxationan increased sharing of information between national authorities in order to ensure that taxes are paid in EU when this shall be the case and in the relevant Member State;
Amendment 498 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 503 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
Amendment 508 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. StressUnderlines the need for a comprehensivnsistence EU/US approach on twhen implementation of OECD standards and on beneficial ownership; stresses furthermore that good governance clauses and the full BEPS action plan should be included in the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) in order to ensure a level playing field, create more value for society as a whole and combat tax fraud and avoidanceing BEPS recommendations in order to ensure a level playing field between EU and US;
Amendment 521 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Underlines that it is the responsibility of the tax authority in every nation in cooperation with each other to secure that taxes are paid and to define where taxes shall be paid dependent on the character of the business;
Amendment 522 #
2016/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)
Paragraph 47 b (new)
47b. Underlines that the responsibility for fighting tax evasion is national competence and it must be a point of departure for the European efforts against tax evasion to ensure that Member States adopts and follows the OECD recommendations;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that a simple system for VAT which demand fewer exemptions is necessary for the proper functioning of the digital single market;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises that the unanimity will be a necessary precondition for an agreement for a better functioning system for VAT and therefore calls for a clear vision regarding simplicity and fewer exceptions combined with a pragmatic approach respecting the interests of the rapidly developing digital economy;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that it is the responsibility of the tax authorities of the individual Member States to ensure that VAT is paid in as simple and SME- friendly way, which can be facilitated by increased cooperation between the national authorities;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that it is the responsibility of the tax authorities in the single Member States to ensure that VAT is paid in a proper and simple way;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Takes the view that fewer exemptions are important to fight VAT fraud and that the best and most efficient way to tackle fraud is a simple VAT system with as low rate as possible;
Amendment 158 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that a major problem for SMEs today is that Member States do different interpretations of what can be described as a product or as a service; therefore calls on commission to be clearer and more distinct in its definitions;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on Commission to carefully study the consequences of reverse charge and examine whether this procedure will simplify for SMEs and reduce the VAT fraud;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Underlines that a new simplified system for VAT must be designed in a way that SME´s easily can follow rules for cross border trade and in each member state can find support not only on how to adopt to the them but also manage the VAT procedures;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Highlights the need of an EU- harmonized threshold for SMEs performing electronic, broadcasting and telecom services and reporting such transactions through MOSS;
Amendment 221 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls in the short term for a comprehensive internet portal for companies and end-users to find, clearly and easily, information on the VAT rates applicable to individual products and services in the Member States; calls on Member States to set up public information systems, such as a VAT web portal, to make reliable information available;
Amendment 224 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on Commission to set up a list with updated information on VAT rules in every single Member States; underlines at the same time that it is the responsibility of the Member States to report their rules and fares to Commission;
Amendment 228 #
2016/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on Member States to urgently provide the Commission with information regarding VAT rates, special requirements and exemptions in respective Member States; calls on Commission to collect this information and provide to companies and consumers;
Amendment 87 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the fact that the initiative to remove obstacles and barriers is one of the most important proposals for the financial sector to be able to providing funding for SMEs;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Believes that the fastest way to achieve a well-functioning capital markets union is to reduce national regulations hindering the well-functioning capital markets to have a broader impact all over the union and to reduce the burden of new regulations;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Underlines that new proposals from Commission must not lead to more complex regulation that can affect investments negatively, undermining banks possibilities to investment and market making, to their ability to facilitate liquidity on the single market, thereby hurting the functionality of the existing capital markets;
Amendment 192 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. EmphasisUnderlines the importance of the transparency, standardisation and public availability of SME financing information for investors, supervisors and other stakeholders in order to understand the risk profile and take informed decisions; welcomes the Commission’s SME information strategy regarding public schemes and state aid supporting investment to SME's, as well as the emergence of new institutions for financing and investments;
Amendment 233 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the importance of corporate and income taxation for the internal financing capacity of SMEs; stresses the importance of low corporate and income taxation as well as simple and transparent taxation systems attracting finance and investments in order to create better possibilities for SMEs to start up and grow;
Amendment 236 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Notes that European Union is the region in the global economy having the highest tax load, financing a big public sector and well fare states, but also influencing competitiveness and the financing of start-ups and SMEs; underlines the need for a policy of taxation reducing the overall tax load and lower taxes for work and enterprises;
Amendment 245 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Underlines the need for European companies to have company taxes making them competitive and attractive for investments and capital taxes stimulating investments in European industry;
Amendment 246 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Stresses that the European economy must be attractive for a high level of FDI, stimulating not only capital markets but also private equity industry as well as venture capital and the investments in established European industry;
Amendment 78 #
2016/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas information and communications warfare technologies are being employed in order to legitimize actions threatening EU members states' sovereignty, political independence, the security of their citizens and their territorial integrity;
Amendment 109 #
2016/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that strategic propaganda against the EU comes in many different forms and uses various tools, often tailored to match Member States’ profiles, with the goal of provoking doubt, paralysing the decision-making process, discrediting the EU institutions and transatlantic partnerships such as the TTIP and NATO in the eyes and minds of its citizens and eroding western values and transatlantic ties;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Warns also that authoritarian states, by conducting disinformation campaigns, tries to affect public opinion and the democratic decision-making process, aiming to undermine public trust, openness and democracy;
Amendment 136 #
2016/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Reminds that information campaigns are not only conducted through disinformation, but also by overloading the media space with nonsense and contradictory truths;
Amendment 176 #
2016/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that Russia has been aggressively employing a wide range of tools and instruments, such as special foundations (Russkiy Mir,), special authorities (Rossotrudnichestvo), multilingual TV stations (Russia TodayT, RIA Novosti), news agencies (Sputnik), social and religious groups (including the Russian Orthodox church), social media and internet trolls to challenge Western values, divide Europe, gather domestic support and create the perception of failing states in the EU’s eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 186 #
2016/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that security and intelligence services concludes that Russia has the capacity and intention of conducting operations aimed at destabilizing other countries; points out that this often takes the form of support to political extremists and large scale disinformation and mass media campaigns; furthermore notices that such media companies are present and active in the EU;
Amendment 189 #
2016/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Argues that Russian strategic communication is part of a larger subversive campaign to weaken the EU cooperation and the sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity of the union and its Member States; urges Member States' governments to be vigilant towards Russian information operations on European soil, increase capacity sharing and counterintelligence efforts aimed at countering such operations;
Amendment 283 #
2016/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the communication on the Joint Framework on countering hybrid threats and calls for the implementation of its recommendations without delay; stresses that the Joint Framework needs an open understanding of what constitutes a hybrid threat as opposed to other threats; calls on countries holding the rotating presidency of the EU to always include strategic communications as part of their programme in order to ensure continuity of work on this topic; welcomes the initiatives and achievements of the Latvian Presidency in this regard;
Amendment 314 #
2016/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines the responsibility of Member States to actively, preventively, and in cooperation counter hostile information operations on their territories or aimed towards their interests; urges Member States' governments to develop their own strategic communications capabilities;
Amendment 558 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Appeals that it is a part of the European legacy to restore justice in the aftermath of extreme hate crimes (such as Holocaust, genocides, ethnic cleansing, mass killing) through restitution, reconciliation and remembrance. Restitution is an inevitable part of restorative justice, as any extreme hate crimes aim not just in mass murder, but also in mass theft and destruction of cultural heritage of victims. Therefore, it is critical to ensure restoration of justice through recovering looted property and affiliated actions to restore victims' cultural heritage, as well as through reconciliation programs and commemoration of victims. Restorative justice enhances tolerance in the society, where the extreme hate crimes took place and helps to prevent them from being repeated. Restorative justice helps to face and accept responsibility for the past and is an important step in moving forward as a cohesive and integrated Europe.
Amendment 145 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 186 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this DirectiveHowever it should be recognized that it is not the feedstock which determines the sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction of biofuels. Therefor this directive should take a technology neutral approach while also preparing for the transition towards facilitating the deployment and use of advanced biofuels.
Amendment 205 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) Advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, and renewable electricity in transport can contribute to low carbon emissions, stimulating the decarbonisation of the Union transport sector in a cost- effective manner, and improving inter alia energy diversification in the transport sector while promoting innovation, growth and jobs in the Union economy and reducing reliance on energy imports. The incorporation obligation on fuels suppliers should encourage continuous development of advanced fuels, including biofuels, and it is important to ensure that the incorporation obligation also incentivises improvements in the greenhouse gas performance of the fuels supplied to meet it. The Commission should assess the greenhouse gas performance, technical innovation and sustainability of those fuels.
Amendment 210 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
Recital 65
Amendment 253 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) To ensure that, despite the growing demand for forest biomass, harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner in forests where regeneration is ensured, that special attention is given to areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity, landscapes and specific natural elements, that biodiversity resources are preserved and that carbon stocks are tracked, woody raw material should come only from forests that are harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europe and are implemented through national laws or the best management practices at the forest holdingsupply base level. Operators should take the appropriate steps in order to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass for the production of bioenergy. To that end, operators should put in place a risk- based approach. In this context, it is apporopriate for the Commission together with the Standing Forestry Committee as established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24, to develop operational guidance on the verification of compliance with the risk based approach, following the consultation of the Energy Union Governance Committee, and the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24. __________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 259 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76 a (new)
Recital 76 a (new)
(76a) A 'risk-based approach' is carried out starting at country level. If requirements of a single criterion cannot be fulfilled by national and/or subnational legislation or monitoring systems, the information regarding that part should be provided at supply base level in order to reduce the risk of unsustainable forest biomass production.
Amendment 298 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
Recital 65
Amendment 304 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) ‘biofuels’ means liquid or gaseous fuel for transport produced from biomass;
Amendment 309 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point q
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point q
(q) ‘non-food cellulosic material’ means feedstocks mainly composed of cellulose and hemicellulose, and having a lower lignin content than ligno-cellulosic material; it includes food and feed crop residues (such as straw, stover, husks and shells), grassy energy crops with a low starch content (such as ryegrass, switchgrass, miscanthus, giant cane and cover crops before and after main crops), ley crops (such as grass, clover, alfalfa), industrial residues (including from food and feed crops after vegetal oils, sugars, starches and protein have been extracted), and material from biowaste;
Amendment 329 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IXbiomass which meet the sustainability criteria as set out in Article 26 of this Directive and which has a greenhouse gas reduction saving of 80%;
Amendment 339 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Amendment 355 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
Amendment 364 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
(mm) ‘forest holding’ means one or more parcels of forest and other wooded land which constitute a single unit from the point of view of management or utilisationsupply base level’ means the geographical region from which the biomass originates;
Amendment 397 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. From 1 January 2021 onwards, the share of energy from renewable sources in each Member State’s gross final consumption of energy shall not be lower than that shown in the third column of the table in part A of Annex I. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with this baseline. Member States shall be allowed to temporarily diverge from the baseline, provided that the Member State has a baseline of at least 40% and that compliance with baseline was not possible due to unforeseen circumstances.
Amendment 418 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall open support for electricity generated from renewable sources to generators located in other Member States to which they are directly linked by interconnectors under the conditions laid down in this Article.
Amendment 424 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that support for at least 10% of the newly- supported capacity in each year between 2021 and 2025 and at least 15% of the newly-supported capacity in each year between 2026 and 2030 is open to installations located in other Member States to which they are directly linked by interconnectors.
Amendment 429 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 429 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘'advanced biofuels’' means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IX;biomass which meet the sustainability criteria as set out in Article 26 of this Directive and which has a greenhouse gas reduction saving of 80%.
Amendment 434 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
For the calculation of a Member State’s gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3,8% in 2030 following the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X. Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by setting a lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuels produced from oil crops, taking into account indirect land use change.
Amendment 440 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Amendment 465 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 474 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 498 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. From 1 January 2021 onwards, the share of energy from renewable sources in each Member State's gross final consumption of energy shall not be lower than that shown in the third column of the table in part A of Annex I. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with this baseline. It should thus be recognized that Member States' ability to ensure compliance with this baseline might prevail due to unforeseen conditions. In such a scenario Member States shall be allowed to temporarily diverge from the baseline, provided that the Member State has a baseline of at least 40%.
Amendment 505 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 521 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7. The expected increase rate shall be outlined by Member States in their respective contribution to the overall 2030 target in accordance with Article 3 of this Directive.
Amendment 522 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as tomarket- based and market responsive, thereby fostering market integration, avoiding unnecessary distortions of electricity markets, and ensureing that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraints.
Amendment 557 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
Amendment 570 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The minimum share shall be at least equal to 1.5% in 2021, increasing up to at least 6.8% in 2030, following the trajectory set out in pPart B of Annex X. Within this total share, the contribution of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in part A of Annex IX shall be at least 0.5% of the transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market as of 1 January 2021, increasing up to at least 3.6% by 2030, following the trajectory set out in part C of Annex X.
Amendment 586 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The greenhouse gas emission savings from the use of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IXbiogas shall be at least 780% as of 1 January 2021.
Amendment 593 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
(a) for the calculation of the denominator, that is the energy content of road and rail transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market, petrol, diesel, natural gas, biofuels, biogas, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, waste-based fossil fuels and electricity, shall be taken into account;
Amendment 602 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall review the possible impact on the industrial sector from the financial model chosen for support schemes. This assessment shall include measures to preserve industrial global competitiveness.
Amendment 608 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1
(b) for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
Amendment 618 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 2
For the calculation of the numerator, the contribution from biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock included in part B of Annex IX shall be limited to 1.7% of the energy content of transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market and the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 1.2 times their energy content.
Amendment 674 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to further specify the methodology referred to in paragraph 3(b) of this Article to determine the share of biofuel resulting from biomass being processed with fossil fuels in a common process, to specify the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emission savings from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin and waste-based fossil fuels and to determine minimum greenhouse gas emission savings required for these fuels for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 692 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
However, biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass from thinnings and biodiversity enhancing management activities, waste and residues, other than agricultural, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry residues, need only fulfil the greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in paragraph 7 in order to be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph. This provision shall also apply to waste and residues that are first processed into a product before being further processed into biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 701 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Biomass fuels shall have to fulfil the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 7 only if used in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling or fuels with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 20 MW in case of solid biomass fuels and with an electrical capacity equal to or exceeding 0.5 MW in case of gaseous biomass fuels. Member States may apply the sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria to installations with lower fuel capacity.
Amendment 738 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008, unless evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting of raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.
Amendment 751 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point i
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point i
i) harvesting is carried out in accordance to the conditions of thea harvesting permit or equivalent procedure within legally gazetted boundaries;
Amendment 757 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
iii) areas of highdesignate by national law or by relevant competent national authorities, for nature conservation valuepurposes, including wetlands and peatlands, are protected;
Amendment 767 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
iv) the impacts of forest harvestingharvesting is carried out taking into account maintenance onf soil quality and biodiversity are minimised; and
Amendment 778 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point v
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point v
v) harvesting does not exceedmaintains or improves the long-term productionvity capacity of the forest at country level;
Amendment 783 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
(b) when evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holding leveladditional information of legality and forest management practices are provided at the supply base to demonstrate minimization of risk of using unsustainable forest biomass, to ensure that:
Amendment 786 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
(b) when evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems or equivalent procedures are in place at forest holdingsupply based level to ensure that:
Amendment 794 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to a legal permit or equivalent procedures within legally gazette boundaries;
Amendment 806 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation valuedesignated, by national law or by relevant competent national authorities, for nature protection purposes, including peatlands and wetlands, are identified and protected;
Amendment 818 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
iv) impacts ofduring forest harvesting on soil quality and biodiversity are minimised;
Amendment 825 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point v
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point v
v) harvesting does not exceed the long-term productionvity capacity of the forests in Member States.
Amendment 836 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
When evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holding level to ensure that carbon stocks and sinks levels in the forest are maintainedsupply base level to manage long-term carbon stocks.
Amendment 838 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 844 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 847 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 887 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 8
Article 26 – paragraph 8
Amendment 906 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 9
Article 26 – paragraph 9
9. For the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1, Member States shall not refuse to take into account, on other sustainability grounds, biomass fuels, biofuels and bioliquids obtained in compliance with this Article.
Amendment 910 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 10
Article 26 – paragraph 10
Amendment 929 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Commission may decide that voluntary national or international schemes setting standards for the production of biomass products contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 26(7), and/or demonstrate that consignments of biofuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 26(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), and/or that no materials have been intentionally modified or discarded so that the consignment or part thereof would fall under Annex IX. When demonstrating that requirements set out in Article 26(5) and (6) for forest biomass are met, the operators may decide to directly provide the required evidence at the forest holdingsupply base level. The Commission may also recognise areas for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature for the purposes of Article 26(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 946 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the purposes of Article 26 (7), the greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuel, bioliquids and biomass fuels shall be calculated as followby applying one of the following methodologies:
Amendment 991 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – Part C – paragraph 15
Annex V – Part C – paragraph 15
15. Emission saving from carbon capture and replacement or use, eccru, shall be related directly toof CO2 generated by the production of biofuel or bioliquid they are attributed to, and shall be limited to emissions avoided through the capture of CO2 of which the carbon originates from biomass and which is used in the energy or transport sectorwhich is used for commercial purposes.
Amendment 1007 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – Part B – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 3
Annex VI – Part B – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 3
In accounting for the consumption of electricity not produced within the solid biomass fuel production plant, the greenhouse gas emission intensity of the production and distribution of that electricity shall be assumed to be equal to the fossil fuel comparator ECF(el) set out in paragraph 19 of this Annexaverage emission intensity of the production and distribution of electricity in a defined region. By derogation from this rule, producers may use an average value for an individual electricity production plant for electricity produced by that plant, if that plant is not connected to the electricity grid.51 __________________ 51 The solid biomass pathways consume and produce the same commodities at different stages of the supply chain. Using different values for electricity supply to solid biomass production plants and the fossil fuel comparator would assign artificial GHG savings to these pathways.
Amendment 1009 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – Part B – paragraph 15
Annex VI – Part B – paragraph 15
15. Emission saving from carbon capture and replacement or use, eccru, shall be related directly toof CO2 generated by the production of biomass fuel they are attributed to, and shall be limited to emissions avoided through the capture of CO2 of which the carbon originates from biomass and which is used to replace fossil-derived CO2 used in the energy or transport sectorwhich is used for commercial purposes.
Amendment 1018 #
Amendment 1033 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7. The expected increase rate shall be outlined by Member States in their respective contribution to the overall 2030 target in accordance with Article 3 of this Directive.
Amendment 1077 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex X – part A
Annex X – part A
Amendment 1106 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex X – Part C
Annex X – Part C
Amendment 1162 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
Amendment 1179 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The minimum share shall be at least equal to 1.5% in 2021, increasing up to at least 6.8% in 2030, following the trajectory set out in part B of Annex X. Within this total share, the contribution of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in part A of Annex IX shall be at least 0.5% of the transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market as of 1 January 2021, increasing up to at least 3.6% by 2030, following the trajectory set out in part C of Annex X.
Amendment 1184 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
(a) for the calculation of the denominator, that is the energy content of road and rail transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market, petrol, diesel, natural gas, biofuels, biogas, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, waste-based fossil fuels and electricity, shall be taken into account;
Amendment 1196 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
Amendment 1209 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2
For the calculation of the numerator, the contribution from biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock included in part B of Annex IX shall be limited to 1.7% of the energy content of transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market and the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 1.2 times their energy content.
Amendment 284 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In addition, the long term renovation strategy shall contribute to the alleviation of energy povertyould take into consideration the need to improve energy efficiency for vulnerable households.
Amendment 429 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2017/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 supplementing this Directive withmay issue guidelines for a definition of ‘smartness indicator’ and with the conditions under which the ‘smartness indicator’ would be provided as additional information to prospective new tenants or buyers, which may subsequently provide the basis for a voluntary national scheme.
Amendment 254 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay ensure the protection of energy poor orconomically vulnerable customers in a targeted manner by other means than public interventions in the price-setting for the supply of electricity. Any such measures shall be duly justified and shall not, beyond what is reasonably expected, impact negatively on the effective functioning of the retail market.
Amendment 269 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 288 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
After [OP – insert the date – fivetwo years from the entry into force of this Directive], Member States may still apply public interventions in the price-setting for the supply of electricity for vulnerable household customers in so far as it is strictly necessary for reasons of extreme urgency. Such interventions shall comply with the conditions set out in paragraph 3be limited to what is strictly necessary in order to achieve the general economic interest and shall not distort the market beyond what is reasonably expected by such measures.
Amendment 405 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that every final customer is entitled, on request, to athere are no barriers for suppliers if they choose to propose dynamic electricity price contract by his suppliers.
Amendment 414 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that final customers are fully informed by the suppliers of the opportunities and risks of such dynamic electricity price contractdifferent pricing models.
Amendment 441 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that a customer wishing to change supplier, while respecting contractual conditions, is entitled to such change within threone weeks.
Amendment 1008 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 5
Article 38 – paragraph 5
5. Closed distribution systems shall be considered as distribution systems for the purpose of the DirectiveProvisions under Articles 32, 33 and 36 shall not apply to closed distribution systems.
Amendment 335 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 343 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 350 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 488 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Dispatching of power generation facilities and demand response shall be non-discriminatory and fully market based unless otherwise provided under paragraphs 2 to 4.
Amendment 659 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Each bidding zone should be equal to an imbalance price areaThe imbalance price area shall be equal to the bidding zone in case of self- dispatching model, while it may constitute a part of the bidding zone in case of central dispatch model.
Amendment 1031 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Where a Member State wishes to implement a capacity mechanism, it shall consult on the proposed mechanism at least with its electrically connected neighbouring Member States, in particular with regards to increasing regional participation and cross-border trade on market-based terms.
Amendment 1039 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Capacity mechanisms shall not create unnecessarybe market-based and not create any unjustified market distortions and not limit cross-border trade. The amount of capacity committed in the mechanism shall not go beyond what is strictly necessary to address the concern.
Amendment 1058 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Amendment 113 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The Commission and the Member States should ensure that the reduction in energy consumption results from greater energy efficiency and not from macro- economic circumstances. The main focus of this Directive is to achieve real energy efficiency gains, regardless of the macro- economic circumstances. Therefore flexibility in the calculation of the target should be provided for key influencing para-meters such as economic growth, technological developments, variations of industrial production, structural changes of the economy and significant climate variations, in order to maintain a level of energy efficiency ambition and avoid a cap on in-dustrial growth.
Amendment 263 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure that the Union’s 2020 20 % headline targets and its 2030 30 % bindingcative headline targets on energy efficiency are met and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond those dates. It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets and contributions for 2020 and 2030.;
Amendment 295 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) that the Union’s 2020 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy and/or no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy;
Amendment 326 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Each Member State shall set indicative national energy efficiency contributions towards the Union's 2030 target referred to in Article 1 paragraph 1 in accordance with(1) in accordance with the second and third subparagraphs of Article 3(1), taking into account Articles [4] and [6] of Regulation (EU) XX/20XX [Governance of the Energy Union]. When setting those contributions, Member States shall take into account that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to aim to be no more than [1 321] Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than [987] Mtoe of final energy as reference baseline values and the primary and final energy consumption levels must be adjusted to: (a) economic development or structural adjustment according to the production index on the ground of Eurostat data; (b) changes in demographic developments; (c) climate variations or extreme events such as heat waves or cold spells, according to IPCC assessment reports; (d) energy consumption patterns due to innovation processes and implementation of environmental, energy and climate policy measures, such as decarbonisation measures, recycling processes, sector coupling or demand- side-management; (d) technological developments and increasing economic activity to allow for economic growth. The recalculation of the baseline values shall be done bi-annually based on national energy and climate plans and Eurostat data. Member States shall notify those contributions to the Commission as part of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with the procedure pursuant to Articles [3] and [7] to [11] of Regulation (EU) XX/20XX [Governance of the Energy Union].;
Amendment 532 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7b – paragraph 2
Article 7b – paragraph 2
2. In designing alternative policy measures to achieve energy savings, Member States shall take into account the effect on households affected by energy povertylow income households compared to national average.
Amendment 565 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In multi-apartment and multi-purpose buildings with a central heating or cooling source or supplied from district heating and cooling systems, individual meters shall be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling or hot water for each building unit, if technically feasible and cost-efficient.
Amendment 584 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
In new buildings of the kind referred to in the first sub-paragraph or when such a building undergoes major renovation, as set out in Directive 2010/31/EU, individual meters shall always be provided, if technically feasible and cost-efficient.
Amendment 694 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) There are no binding targets at national level in the 2030 perspective. The need for the Union to achieve its energy efficiency targets at EU level, expressed in primary and/or final energy consumption, in 2020 and 2030 should be clearly set out in the form of an bindingcative 30 % target. 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, subject to biannual revision of baseline calculations. This means that primary energy consumption shouldis likely to 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.
Amendment 213 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
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.
Amendment 223 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
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.
Amendment 232 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
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.
Amendment 240 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
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.
Amendment 246 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
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.
Amendment 252 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
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.
Amendment 279 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
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).
Amendment 297 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
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;
Amendment 319 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
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.
Amendment 326 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
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.
Amendment 336 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
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.
Amendment 359 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
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).
Amendment 379 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
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.
Amendment 385 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
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.
Amendment 392 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
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.
Amendment 393 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 b (new)
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.
Amendment 398 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
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.
Amendment 411 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
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.
Amendment 417 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
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.
Amendment 422 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
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.
Amendment 438 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
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.
Amendment 441 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
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.
Amendment 461 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 a (new)
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.
Amendment 464 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45 – indent 11 a (new)
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
Amendment 469 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
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;
Amendment 473 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
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;
Amendment 504 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
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.
Amendment 544 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
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;
Amendment 562 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
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;
Amendment 569 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
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;
Amendment 602 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point -i (new)
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,
Amendment 621 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
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;
Amendment 632 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point ii
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;
Amendment 638 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point iii
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;
Amendment 657 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 669 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
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;
Amendment 676 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 3
(3) if applicable, the objectives for the long-term renovation of the national stock of residential and commercial buildings (both public and private);
Amendment 686 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 1
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;
Amendment 689 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 2
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;
Amendment 695 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 4
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);
Amendment 702 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
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;
Amendment 709 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 2
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;
Amendment 722 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4
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;
Amendment 725 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 a (new)
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.
Amendment 728 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 b (new)
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;
Amendment 729 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 c (new)
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;
Amendment 730 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 d (new)
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;
Amendment 733 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 1
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;
Amendment 740 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 2
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;
Amendment 742 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 3
Amendment 761 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the degree of market competition;
Amendment 782 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
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;
Amendment 823 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
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.
Amendment 870 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
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.
Amendment 926 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
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.
Amendment 932 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
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;
Amendment 969 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
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.
Amendment 999 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
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.
Amendment 1012 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
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);
Amendment 1016 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
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;
Amendment 1026 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) links to other national long-term planning and investments.
Amendment 1057 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
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;
Amendment 1084 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) on the implementation of the following indicative trajectories and objectives:
Amendment 1088 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 3
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;
Amendment 1094 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 5
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);
Amendment 1108 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) on the implementation of the following national indicative trajectories, objectives and targets:
Amendment 1113 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
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;
Amendment 1116 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2
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;
Amendment 1132 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
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;
Amendment 1136 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
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;
Amendment 1137 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) national objectives for the deployment of domestic energy sources, notably renewable energy and innovative low-carbon technologies;
Amendment 1145 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
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;
Amendment 1151 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
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;
Amendment 1153 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
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;
Amendment 1154 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
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;
Amendment 1155 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
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;
Amendment 1156 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
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.
Amendment 1157 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d e (new)
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;
Amendment 1158 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d f (new)
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];
Amendment 1159 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d g (new)
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.
Amendment 1166 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) where relevant, national objectives with regards to energy poverty, including the number of households in energy poverty;.
Amendment 1175 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) if applicable, national objectives and policies translating to a national context the SET Plan objectives and policies;
Amendment 1178 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
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;
Amendment 1181 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1198 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 1203 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
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.
Amendment 1210 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
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.
Amendment 1211 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
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;
Amendment 1221 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
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;
Amendment 1223 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
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.
Amendment 1224 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
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.
Amendment 1238 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
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).
Amendment 1247 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
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).
Amendment 1252 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
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;
Amendment 1269 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) addressing the impact of national policies to guarantee the effective functioning of the EU ETS.
Amendment 1287 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
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.
Amendment 1319 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1323 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
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.
Amendment 1328 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
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:
Amendment 1365 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
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;
Amendment 1367 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
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;
Amendment 1431 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
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";
Amendment 1447 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
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.
Amendment 1477 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 1481 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Amendment 54 #
2016/0364(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In addition to the capital buffers, risks linked to the systemic importance of an institution should also be taken into account when calculating the leverage ratio in accordance with the Basel Committee decision on a buffer for globally systemically important banks. For that reason, a leverage ratio adjustment for global systemically important institutions (G-SIIs) should be introduced which should be set at 50% of a G-SIIs risk-weighted higher-loss absorbency requirements.
Amendment 194 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Basel Committee is currently considering the introduction of a leverage ratio surcharge forFor institutions that are designated globally systemically important bankinstitutions (G-SIBIs). The final outcome of the Basel Committee's calibration work should give rise to a discussion on the appropriate calibration of the leverage ratio for systemically important EU institution because of their size, connectivity, complexity, irreplaceable nature or global relevance, a leverage ratio surcharge should be introduced. In line with leverage ratio requirements agreed upon by the Basel Committee, the leverage ratio for G-SIIs should be set at 50% of a G-SIIs risk-weighted higher-loss absorbency requirements.
Amendment 318 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) intangible assets; 14) In paragraph 1 of Article 36, point (b) is replaced by the following: "(b) intangible assets with the exception of software that has a market value. Institutions shall only deduct from CET1, the difference between the exposure value of the software calculated in accordance with article 111(1) and the market value, when the exposure value is higher than the market value. EBA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards to define the term "software" and to determine the methodology to calculate the market value referred to in this paragraph. EBA shall submit those draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by XXX;" Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0575&from=EN)
Amendment 481 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 39 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 39 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 92 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 92 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(aa) in paragraph 1, the following point (da) is added: "(da) By derogation from point d, 50% of a G-SIIs risk-weighted higher-loss absorbency requirements is added to the 3 % leverage requirement for institutions which are G-SIIs or part of a G-SII;"
Amendment 584 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 56 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 56 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 134 – paragraph 1
Article 134 – paragraph 1
(56a) In Article 134, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Tangible assets within the meaning of item 10 under the heading 'Assets' in Article 4 of Directive 86/635/EEC shall be assigned a risk weight of 100%." and the software that shall not be deducted in accordance with Article 36(1)(b) shall be assigned a risk weight of 100%." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0575&from=EN)
Amendment 858 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 114
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 114
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 428 a f – point g a (new)
Article 428 a f – point g a (new)
(ga) encumbered assets with a residual maturity of one year or more in a cover pool funded by covered bonds that meet the eligibility requirements for the treatment set out in Article 129(4) or (5).
Amendment 26 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In the light of experience gained in past proceedings, it is appropriate to clarify the circumstances in which significant distortions other than countervailable subsidies 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, 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. It is further appropriate to provide that the Commission services may issue a report describing the specific situation concerning these criteria in a certain country orsector in a certain sectorcountry; that such report and the evidence on which it is based may 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 report and the evidence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used; that such report be updated within a period of time no longer than the time a measure remains in force.
Amendment 45 #
2016/0351(COD)
(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, the normal value shall be constructed on the basis of costs of production and sale reflecting undistorted prices or benchmarks for the costs affected by significant distortions. 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 and with a similar level of competitiveness in the concerned sector 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.
Amendment 54 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1037
Article 2 - paragraph 6a - point b
Article 2 - paragraph 6a - point b
(b) Significant distortions for the product concerned within the meaning of point (a) may be deemed to exist, inter alia, when reported prices or costs, including the costs of raw materials, are not the result of free market forces as they are affected by government interventions that are not countervailable subsidies as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037. 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.
Amendment 67 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
(c) When appropriate, the Commission services may issue a report describing the specific situation concerning the criteria listed in point (b) in a certain country orsector in a certain sectorcountry. Such report and the evidence on which it is based may 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. Such report shall be issued for no longer than a period of five years and shall be re-issued whenever the situation concerning the criteria in point (b) have changed.
Amendment 72 #
Amendment 75 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Companies which seek to do business across frontiers within the Union encounter serious obstacles and market distortions owing to the existence and interaction of 28 disparate corporate tax systems. Furthermore, tax planning structures have become ever-more sophisticated over time, as they develop across various jurisdictions and effectively take advantage of the technicalities of a tax system or of mismatches between two or more tax systems for the purpose of reducing the tax liability of companies. Although those situations highlight shortcomings that are completely different in nature, they both create obstacles which impede the proper functioning of the internal market. Action to rectify those problems should therefore address both types of market deficiencies without foregoing the fact that taxation is a national competence and without leading to de facto automatic transfers of tax revenues between Member States.
Amendment 82 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Companies, both big and small, which seek to do business irrespective of their location in the Union need first and foremost long-term legal clarity and certainty in order to stimulate (long-term) investments. Member States who are able to provide sound, long-term legal clarity and certainty will always be an attractive location for companies to operate from.
Amendment 83 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Tax policy and the ability to set corporate tax rates remains a national competence. While administrative simplification of corporate taxation systems may lead to greater efficiencies, the likely impact of a common consolidated tax base is an intrusion into Member States' tax policy and their ability to set corporate tax rates into the future.
Amendment 84 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Taxation is a national competence, dependent on the political view and actions of governments and parliaments, based upon fiscal policies and political aspirations regarding public spending.
Amendment 85 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Corporate tax rates within the Union paint a very diffuse picture of the different levels of tax burdens on companies. Effective tax rates, however, show different and in same cases even opposite results.
Amendment 86 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) It is the responsibility of the tax authority in every nation in cooperation with each other to secure that taxes are paid and to define where taxes shall be paid dependent on the character of the business.
Amendment 88 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) To support the proper functioning of the internal market, the corporate tax environment in the Union should be shaped in accordance with the principle that companies pay their fair share of tax in the jurisdiction(s) where their profits are generated. It is therefore necessary to provide for mechanisms that discourage companies from taking advantage of mismatches amongst national tax systems in order to lower their tax liability. It is equally important to also stimulate growth and economic development in the internal market by facilitating cross-border trade and corporate investment. At the same time, a corporate tax environment in the Union must be competitive and allow Member States to define their own national corporate tax system in order to attract and keep investment in the Union. To this end, it is necessary to eliminate both double taxation and double non- taxation risks in the Union through eradicating disparities in the interaction of national corporate tax systems. At the same time, companies need an easily workable tax and legal framework for developing their commercial activity and expanding it across borders in the Union. In that context, remaining cases of discrimination should also be removed.
Amendment 97 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) As pointed out in the proposal of 16 March 2011 for a Council Directive on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB)7 , a corporate tax system which treats the Union as a single market for the purpose of computing the corporate tax base of companies would facilitate cross-border activity for companies resident in the Union and promote the objective of making it a more competitive location for investment internationally. The proposal of 2011 for a CCCTB focussed on the objective of facilitating the expansion of commercial activity for businesses within the Union. In addition to that objective, it should also be taken into account that a CCCTB can be highly effective in improving the functioning of the internal market through countering tax avoidance schemes, albeit only if and when the formula for consolidation is able to encompass all forms of tangible and intangible economic activity. In this light, the initiative for a CCCTB should be re- launched in order to address, on an equal footing, both the aspect of business facilitation and the initiative's function in countering tax avoidance. Such an approach would best serve the aim of eradicating distortions in the functioning of the internal market. __________________ 7 Proposal for a Council Directive COM (2011) 121 final/2 of 3.10.2011 on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base.
Amendment 104 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Considering the need to act swiftly in order to ensure a proper functioning of the internal market by making it, on the one hand, friendlier to trade and investment and, on the other hand, more resilient to tax avoidance schemes, it is necessary to divide the ambitious CCCTB initiative into two separate proposals. At a first stage, rules on a common corporate tax base should be enacted, before addressing, at a second stage, the issue of consolidation. Whereas (partial) harmonisation of the corporate tax base across the Union could be beneficial to businesses and also help in the fight against tax avoidance by dealing with (hybrid) mismatches between two or more corporate tax regimes, it also has the potential to put more emphasis on competition between Member States based solely on the corporate tax rate, leading to an intensified 'race to the bottom'.
Amendment 114 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Considering the need to act swiftly in order to ensuresupport a proper functioning of the internal market by making it, on the one hand, friendlier to trade and investment and, on the other hand, more resilient to tax avoidance schemes, it is necessary to divide the ambitious CCCTB initiative into two separate proposals. At a first stage, rules on a common corporate tax base should be enacted, before addressing, at a second stage, the issue of consolidation.
Amendment 115 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) It should be considered that no sufficiently detailed impact assessment has been conducted on either the CCTB or CCCTB proposals. To understand the true impact of the proposals, particularly in terms of the impact on Member State's corporate tax revenue, it is necessary for a detailed impact assessment to be conducted on a country-by-country basis, which considers all different national systems of corporate tax collection.
Amendment 120 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Many aggressive tax planning structures tend to feature in a cross-border context, which implies that the participating groups of companies possess a minimum of resources. On this premise, for reasons of proportionality, the rules on a common base should be mandatory only for companies which belong to a group of a substantial size. For that purpose, a size-related threshold should be fixed on the basis of the total consolidated revenue of a group which files consolidated financial statements. In addition, to ensure coherence between the two steps of the CCCTB initiative, the rules on a common base should be mandatory for companies which would be considered as a group should the full initiative materialise. In order to better serve the aim of facilitating trade and investment in the internal market, the rules on a common corporate tax base should also be available, as an option, to companies which do not meet those criteriaoptional for all companies.
Amendment 126 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Many aggressive tax planning structures tend to feature in a cross-border context, which implies that the participating groups of companies possess a minimum of resources. On this premise, for reasons of proportionality, the rules on a common base should be mandatory only for companies which belong to a group of a substantial size. For that purpose, a size- related threshold should be fixed on the basis of the total consolidated revenue of a group which files consolidated financial statements. In addition, to ensure coherence between the two steps of the CCCTB initiative, the rules on a common base should be mandatory for companies which would be considered as a group should the full initiative materialise. In order to better serve the aim of facilitating trade and investment in the internal market, the rules on a common corporate tax base should also be available, as an option, to companies which do not meet those criteria. It is important, however, to realise that giving the ability to companies to choose between the harmonised rules or the rules of national tax laws can create new possibilities for tax avoidance.
Amendment 129 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Aggressive tax planning by multinational companies is a global problem that requires a global solution. The ideal way to tackle this problem is on an internationally agreed basis through the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative.
Amendment 141 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Taxing the digital economy at a global level has been a number one priority in the OECD BEPS Action Plan. Therefore, any attempt made to impose a new tax on the digital economy at EU level could put Europe at a mismatch to the rest of the world given that the digital economy is global in nature. As part of the OECD BEPS Action Plan, a report with recommendations on taxing the digital economy at a global level will be published in Spring 2018; any decision to plan for a tax on the digital economy at an EU level in advance of this report would be unnecessary and premature.
Amendment 175 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) As far as specific anti-tax avoidance measures are concerned, it is often necessary to ascertain the level of taxation on the other side of the border, in order to determine whether the taxpayer is liable to pay tax on foreign generated income. This would create a level-playing field regarding the level of tax and competition within the internal market and also protect the market from base erosion vis-à-vis third countries. In this context, it is necessary to provide for a switch-over clause targeting some types of income earned in a third country, such as profit distributions and proceeds from the disposal of shares, in order to ensure that income be taxable in the Union if it has been taxed below a certain level in a third country. Controlled foreign company (‘CFC’) legislation is also an indispensable element of a corporate tax system and has the effect of re-attributing the income of a low-taxed controlled subsidiary to its parent company in an effort to discourage profit shifting. In that regard, it is necessary that CFC rules extend to the profits of permanent establishments where those profits are not subject to tax or are tax exempt in the Member State of the taxpayer.
Amendment 185 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 189 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) It should be acknowledged that seven Member State national parliaments have issued reasoned opinions to state that this legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity as defined in Article 5(3) TEU.
Amendment 193 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes an optional system of a common base for the taxation of certain companies in the Union and lays down rules for the calculation of that base.
Amendment 198 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The rules of this Directive shall apply tomay be applied by a company that is established under the laws of a Member State, including its permanent establishments in other Member States, where the company meets all of the following conditions:
Amendment 200 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 210 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
This Directive shallmay also be apply toied by a company that is established under the laws of a third country in respect of its permanent establishments situated in one or more Member State where the company meets the conditions laid down in points (b) toand (d) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 212 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 253 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) proceeds from a disposal of shares, provided that the taxpayer has maintained a minimum holding of 10 % in the capital or 10 % of the voting rights of the company during the 12 months preceding the disposal, with the exception of proceeds resulting from a disposal of shares held for trading as referred to in Article 21(3) and of shares held by life insurance undertakings in accordance with point (b) of Article 28;
Amendment 261 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The expenses referred to in paragraph 1 shall include all costs of sales and all expenses, net of deductible value added tax, that the taxpayer incurred with a view to obtaining or securing income, including costs for research and development - in accordance with the OECD's Modified Nexus Approach for IP regimes - and costs incurred in raising equity or debt for the purposes of the business.
Amendment 267 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 287 #
Amendment 335 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 42
Article 42
Amendment 341 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 53
Article 53
Amendment 407 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31st December 201823 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 411 #
2016/0337(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall apply those provisions from 1st January 201924.
Amendment 33 #
Amendment 40 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Companies which seek to do business across frontiers within the Union encounter serious obstacles and market distortions owing to the existence and interaction of 28 disparate corporate tax systems. Furthermore, tax planning structures have become ever-more sophisticated over time, as they develop across various jurisdictions and effectively take advantage of the technicalities of a tax system or of mismatches between two or more tax systems for the purpose of reducing the tax liability of companies. Although those situations highlight shortcomings that are completely different in nature, they both create obstacles which impede the proper functioning of the internal market. Action to rectify these problems should therefore address both these types of market deficiencies without foregoing the fact that taxation is a national competence and without leading to de facto automatic transfers of tax revenues between Member States.
Amendment 44 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Companies, both big and small, which seek to do business irrespective of their location in the Union need first and foremost long-term legal clarity and certainty in order to stimulate (long-term) investments. Member States who are able to provide legally sound, long-term legal clarity and certainty will always be an attractive location for companies to operate from.
Amendment 45 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Tax policy and the ability to set corporate tax rates remains a national competence. While administrative simplification of corporate taxation systems may lead to greater efficiencies, the likely impact of a common consolidated tax base is an intrusion into Member States' tax policy and their ability to set corporate tax rates into the future.
Amendment 46 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Taxation is a national competence, dependent on the political view and actions of governments and parliaments, based upon fiscal policies and political aspirations regarding public spending.
Amendment 47 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) It is the responsibility of the tax authority in every nation in cooperation with each other to secure that taxes are paid and to define where taxes shall be paid dependent on the character of the business.
Amendment 48 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Corporate tax rates within the Union paint a very diffuse picture of the different levels of tax burdens on companies. Effective tax rates, however, show different and in some cases even opposite results.
Amendment 51 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) To support the proper functioning of the internal market, the corporate tax environment in the Union should be shaped in accordance with the principle that companies pay their fair share of tax in the jurisdiction(s) where their profits are generated. It is therefore necessary to provide for mechanisms that discourage companies from taking advantage of mismatches amongst national tax systems in order to lower their tax liability. It is equally important to also stimulate growth and economic development in the internal market by facilitating cross-border trade and corporate investment. At the same time, a corporate tax environment in the Union must be competitive and allow Member States to define their own national corporate tax system in order to attract and keep investment in the Union. To this end, it is necessary to eliminate both double taxation and double non- taxation risks in the Union through eradicating disparities in the interaction of national corporate tax systems. At the same time, companies need an easily workable tax and legal framework for developing their commercial activity and expanding it across borders in the Union. In that context, remaining cases of discrimination should also be removed.
Amendment 56 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) As pointed out in the proposal of 16 March 2011 for a Council Directive on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB)7 , a corporate tax system which treats the Union as a single market for the purpose of computing the corporate tax base of companies would facilitate cross-border activity for companies resident in the Union and promote the objective of making it a more competitive location for investment internationally. The proposal of 2011 for a CCCTB focussed on the objective of facilitating the expansion of commercial activity for businesses within the Union. In addition to that objective, it should also be taken into account that a CCCTB can be highly effective in improving the functioning of the internal market through countering tax avoidance schemes, albeit only if and when the formula for consolidation is able to encompass all forms of tangible and intangible economic activity. In this light, the initiative for a CCCTB should be re- launched in order to address, on an equal footing, both the aspect of business facilitation and the initiative's function in countering tax avoidance. Such an approach would best serve the aim of eradicating distortions in the functioning of the internal market. __________________ 7 Proposal for a Council Directive COM (2011) 121 final/2 of 3.10.2011 on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base.
Amendment 76 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Considering the need to act swiftly in order to ensuresupport a proper functioning of the internal market by making it, on the one hand, friendlier to trade and investment and, on the other hand, more resilient to tax avoidance schemes, it is necessary to divide the ambitious CCCTB initiative into two separate proposals. At a first stage, rules on a common corporate tax base should be agreed, before addressing, at a second stage, the issue of consolidation.
Amendment 77 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) It should be considered that no sufficiently detailed impact assessment has been conducted on either the CCTB or CCCTB proposals. To understand the true impact of the proposals, particularly in terms of the impact on Member States' corporate tax revenue, it is necessary for a detailed impact assessment to be conducted on a country-by-country basis, which considers all different national systems of corporate tax collection.
Amendment 81 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Many aggressive tax planning structures tend to feature in a cross-border context, which implies that the participating groups of companies possess a minimum of resources. On this premise, for reasons of proportionality, the rules on a CCCTB should be mandatory only for groups of companies of a substantial size. For that purpose, a size-related threshold should be fixed on the basis of the total consolidated revenue of a group which files consolidated financial statements. In addition, in order to better serve the aim of facilitating trade and investment in the internal market, the rules on a CCCTB should also be available, as an option, to those groups that fall short of the size- related thresholdoptional for all groups of companies.
Amendment 83 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Many aggressive tax planning structures tend to feature in a cross-border context, which implies that the participating groups of companies possess a minimum of resources. On this premise, for reasons of proportionality, the rules on a CCCTB should be mandatory only for groups of companies of a substantial size. For that purpose, a size-related threshold should be fixed on the basis of the total consolidated revenue of a group which files consolidated financial statements. In addition, in order to better serve the aim of facilitating trade and investment in the internal market, the rules on a CCCTB should also be available, as an option, to those groups that fall short of the size- related threshold. It is important, however, to realise that giving the ability to companies to choose between the harmonised rules and the rules of national tax laws can create new possibilities for tax avoidance.
Amendment 90 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Aggressive tax planning by multinational companies is a global problem that requires a global solution. The ideal way to tackle this problem is on an internationally agreed basis through the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative.
Amendment 99 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Taxing the digital economy at a global level has been a number one priority in the OECD BEPS Action Plan. Therefore, any attempt made to impose a new tax on the digital economy at EU level could put Europe at a mismatch to the rest of the world given that the digital economy is global in nature. As part of the OECD BEPS Action Plan, a report with recommendations on taxing the digital economy at a global level will be published in Spring 2018; any decision to plan for a tax on the digital economy at an EU level in advance of this report would be unnecessary and premature.
Amendment 108 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The formula apportionment for the consolidated tax base should comprise three equallyof weighted factors, namely labour, assets and sales by destination. Those equally weighted factors, but not limited to, labour, (tangible and intangible) assets and sales by destination and with a maximum total weighting of labour of 25%. Those weighted factors should encompass all forms of tangible and intangible economic activity, should reflect a balanced approach to distributing taxable profits amongst the relevant Member States and should ensure that profits are taxed where they are actually earned. Labour and assets should therefore be allocated to the Member State where the labour is performed or the assets are located, and would thereby give appropriate weight to the interests of the Member State of origin, whilst sales should be allocated to the Member State of destination of the goods or services. To account for differences in the levels of wages across the Union and thus allow for a fair distribution of the consolidated tax base, the labour factor should comprise both payroll and the number of employees (i.e. each item counting for half). The asset factor, on the other hand, should comprise all fixed tangible assets, but not intangible and financial assets because of their mobile nature and the resulting risk that the rules of this Directive could be circumvented. Where, due to exceptional circumstances, the outcome of the apportionment does not fairly represent the extent of business activity, a safeguard clause should provide for an alternative method of income allocation.
Amendment 130 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 132 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) It should be acknowledged that seven Member State national parliaments have issued reasoned opinions to state that this legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity as defined in Article 5(3) TEU.
Amendment 136 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes an optional system for the consolidation of the tax bases, as referred to in Council Directive 2016/xx/EU,14 of companies that are members of a group and lays down rules on how a common consolidated corporate tax base shall be allocated to Member States and administered by the national tax authorities. __________________ 14 [full title of the Directive (OJ L [ ], [ ], p. [ ])].
Amendment 142 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The rules of this Directive shall apply tomay be applied by a company that is established under the laws of a Member State, including its permanent establishments in other Member States, where the company meets all of the following conditions:
Amendment 143 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 150 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
This Directive shallmay also be apply toied by a company that is established under the laws of a third country in respect of its permanent establishments situated in one or more Member States where the company meets the conditions laid down in points (b) toand (d) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 152 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 211 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The consolidated tax base shall be shared between the group members in each tax year on the basis of a formula for apportionment. In determining the apportioned share of a group member A, the formula shall take the following form, giving equal weight to at least, but not limited to, the factors of sales, labour and assets:(tangible and intangible) assets and with a maximum total weighting of labour of 25%.
Amendment 215 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – formula
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – formula
Amendment 230 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The asset factor shall consist of the average value of all fixed tangible and intangible assets owned, rented or leased by a group member as its numerator and the average value of all fixed tangible and intangible assets owned, rented or leased by the group as its denominator.
Amendment 273 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 72
Article 72
Amendment 295 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31st December 20205 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 301 #
2016/0336(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall apply those provisions from 1st January 20216.
Amendment 176 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Interpersonal communications services are services that enable interpersonal and interactive exchange of information, covering services like traditional voice calls between two individuals but also all types of emails, messaging services, or group chats. Interpersonal communications services only cover communications between a finite, that is to say not potentially unlimited, number of natural persons which is determined by the sender of the communication. Communications involving legal persons should be within the scope of the definition where natural persons act on behalf of those legal persons or are involved at least on one side of the communication. Interactive communication entails that the service allows the recipient of the information to respond. Services which do not meet those requirements, such as linear broadcasting, video on demand, websites, social networks, blogs, or exchange of information between machines, should not be considered as interpersonal communications services. Under exceptional circumstances, a service should not be considered as an interpersonal communications service if the interpersonal and interactive communication facility is a purely ancillary feature to another service and for objective technical reasons cannot be used without that principal service, and its integration is not a means to circumvent the applicability of the rules governing electronic communications services. An example for such an exception could be, in principle, a communication channel in online games, depending on the features of the communication facility of the service.
Amendment 279 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 184
Recital 184
(184) Due to current uncertainty regarding the rate of materialisation of demand for very high capacity broadband services as well as general economies of scale and density, co-investment agreements offer significant benefits in terms of pooling of costs and risks, enabling smaller-scale operators to invest on economically rational terms and thus promoting sustainable, long-term competition, including in areas where infrastructure-based competition might not be efficient. Where an operator with significant market power makes an open call for co-investment on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms in new network elements which significantly contribute to the deployment of very high capacity networks, and such an offer is taken up by a co-investor and agreed upon, or when commercial access agreements based on the same preconditions have equivalent results, the national regulatory authority should typically refrain from imposing obligations pursuant to this Directive on the new network elements, subject to further review in subsequent market analyses. Provided due account is taken of the prospective pro- competitive effects of the co-investment at wholesale and retail level, national regulatory authorities can still consider it appropriate, in light of the existing market structure and dynamics developed under regulated wholesale access conditions, and in the absence of a commercial offer to that effect, to safeguard the rights of access seekers who do not participate in a given co-investment through the maintenance of existing access products or – where legacy network elements are dismantled in due course – through imposition of access products with comparable functionality to those previously available on the legacy infrastructure.
Amendment 300 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or any other type of network which is capable of delivering under usual peak- time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error- related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whVery high capacity networks are in any case fibre to the home networks or any other network which provides the technical performance requirements needed for the backhaul of 5G networks. Network performance will be assessed solely on the basis of technical paramethers and not take into account the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point.
Amendment 304 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'very high capacity network' means an electronic communications network which either consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or any network which is capable of delivering under usual peak- time conditions similarat least equally consistent and reliable network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error- related parameters, and latency and its variation. Network performance can be considered similarshall be assessed on the basis of technical parameters, regardless of whether the end- user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point.
Amendment 377 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) safeguarding competition to the benefit of consumers and promoting, where appropriate, infrastructure-based competition;
Amendment 424 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. In line with the needf necessary in order to ensure the effective and efficient use of radio spectrum and competition, or the implementation of harmonised conditions adopted under Decision No 676/2002/EC, Member States may allow withdrawal of rights, including those with a 2530 year minimum duration, based on procedures laid down in advance, in compliance with the principles of proportionality and non-discriminationafter consultations with the right holder and based on fully transparent conditions and procedures laid down prior to the granting of such rights, in compliance with the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination. Member States shall ensure that licence holders, following any withdrawal, are adequately and proportionally compensated with regards to investments made.
Amendment 435 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing electronic communications networks and services associated facilities, or associated services provide all the information, including financial information, necessary for national regulatory authorities, other competent authorities and BEREC to ensure conformity with the provisions of, or decisions made in accordance with, this Directive. In particular, national regulatory authorities shall have the power to require those undertakings to submit information concerning future network or service developments that could have an impact on the wholesale services that they make available to competitors. They may also require information on electronic communications networks and associated facilities which is disaggregated at local level and sufficiently detailed for the national regulatory authority to be able to conduct the geographical survey and to designate digital exclusion areas in accordance with Article 22. In accordance with Article 29, national regulatory authorities may sanction undertakings deliberately providing misleading, erroneous or incomplete informationSuch information shall facilitate the forecasting of future investments in network deployment and development.
Amendment 464 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b – paragraph 2
This forecast shall reflect the economic prospects of the electronic communications networks sector and investment intentions of operators at the time when the data is gathered, in order to allow the identification of available connectivity in different areas. This forecast shall include information on planned deployments by any undertaking or public authority, in particular to include very high capacity networks and significant upgrades or extensions of legacy broadband networks to at least the performance of next- generation access networks. For this purpose, national regulatory authorities shall requesgather relevant uandertakings to provide relevant reasonably available information regarding planned deployments of such networks.
Amendment 473 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. National regulatory authorities may designate a "digital exclusion area" corresponding to an area with clear territorial boundaries where, on the basis of the information gathered pursuant to paragraph 1, it is determinedforeseen that for the duration of the relevant forecast period, no undertaking or public authority has deployed or is planning to deploy a very high capacity network or has significantly upgraded or extended its network to a pverformance of at least 100 Mbps download speedsy high capacity network, or is planning to do so. National regulatory authorities shall publish the designated digital exclusion areas.
Amendment 477 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Within a designated digital exclusion area, national regulatory authorities may issue a call open to any undertaking to declare their intention to deploy very high capacity networks over the duration of the relevant forecast period. The national regulatory authority shall specify the information to be included in such submissions, in order to ensure at least a similar level of detail as that taken into consideration in the forecast envisaged in paragraph 1(b). It shall also inform any undertaking expressing its interest whether the designated digital exclusion area is covered or likely to be covered by an NGA network offering download speeds below 100 Mbpsa very high capacity network on the basis of the information gathered pursuant to paragraph 1(b).
Amendment 483 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. When national regulatory authorities take measures pursuant to paragraph 3, they shall do so according to an efficient, objective, transparent and non- discriminatory procedure, whereby no undertaking is a priori excluded. Failure to provide information pursuant to paragraph 1(b) or to respond to the call for interest pursuant to paragraph 3 may be considered as misleading information pursuant to Articles 20 or 21.
Amendment 542 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
When adopting these measures, the national regulatory authority shall take into account the relevant national policy objectives set out by the Member State as well as other relevant national measures in regard to the management of radio spectrum in compliance with Union law and shall base its measure on a thorough and objective assessment of the competitive, technical and economic situation of the market.. It shall also take into account the need to cooperate with other Member States, with the Commission and BEREC in order to ensure a consistent application of the above mentioned powers across the Union. BEREC shall adopt, as soon as practicable following the adoption of this Directive, and to the extent necessary update, radio spectrum policy guidelines with a view to defining best practices in relation to the exercise by national regulatory authorities of their powers under the Code.
Amendment 544 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. WIn order to facilitate coordination and efficient use of spectrum, also across the borders, where a national regulatory authority intends to take a measure which falls within the scope of paragraph 1 (a) to (g), it shall make the draft measure accessible, together with the reasoning on which the measure is based, to BEREC, the Radio Spectrum Policy Group and the Commission and national regulatory authorities in other Member States, at the same time.
Amendment 545 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. Where a national regulatory authority intends to take a measure which falls within the scope of paragraph 1 (a) to (g), it shall take the utmost account of BEREC's radio spectrum policy guidelines, make the draft measure accessible, together with the reasoning on which the measure is based, to BEREC, the Commission and national regulatory authorities in other Member States, at the same time and hold a consultation in accordance with Article 24.
Amendment 548 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Within one month, or a longer period up to three months, if the national regulatory authority agrees to extend the deadline, BEREC shall issue a reasoned opinion on the draft measure, which shall analyse whether that measure would be the most appropriate in order to:
Amendment 552 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(c a) the principles of service and technological neutrality and of effective and efficient use of spectrum;
Amendment 557 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Two or several Member States may cooperate with each other and with the Commission and BEREC to meet their obligations under Articles 13, 46 and 54, by jointly establishing the common aspects of an authorisation process and also jointly or through the Commission or BEREC and RSPG, conducting the selection process to grant individual rights of use for radio spectrum in line, where applicable with any common timetable established in accordance with Article 53. The joint authorisation process shall meet the following criteria:
Amendment 558 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) it shall provide for the manner in which the Member States concerned will reach a common position for the granting of the individual rights.
Amendment 652 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Competent authorities shall attach conditions to individual rights and general authorisations to use radio spectrum in accordance with Article 13(1) in such a way as to ensure a sufficiently high level of network resilience and cyber security, in addition to ensuring the most effective and efficient use of radio spectrum by the beneficiaries of the general authorisation or the holders of individual rights or by any third party to which an individual right or part thereof has been traded or leased. They shall clearly define any such conditions including the level of use required and the possibility to trade and lease in relation to this obligation in order to ensure the implementation of those conditions in line with Article 30. Conditions attached to renewals of right of use for radio spectrum may not provide undue advantages to existing holders of those rights.
Amendment 657 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. When attaching conditions to individual rights of use for radio spectrum, competent authorities may authorise the sharing of passive or active infrastructure, or of radio spectrum, as well as commercial roaming access agreements, or the joint roll-out of infrastructures for the provision of services or networks which rely on the use of radio spectrum, in particular with a view to ensuring effective and efficient use of radio spectrum or promoting coverage. Conditions attached to the rights of use shall not preventfacilitate, by different means, the sharing of radio spectrum. Implementation by undertakings of conditions attached pursuant to this paragraph shall remain subject to competition law.
Amendment 671 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 49 – paragraph 2
Article 49 – paragraph 2
2. Where Member States grant rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum for a limited period of time, those rights of use for harmonised radio spectrum shall be valid for a duration of at least 2530 years, provided there are conditions to facilitate trading, leasing and sharing of rights, except in the case of temporary rights, temporary extension of rights pursuant to paragraph 3 and rights for secondary use in harmonised bands.
Amendment 686 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 52 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 52 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
When Member States grant, amend or renew rights of use for radio spectrum, their national regulatory authorities may takeshould, if necessary in order to ensure effective competition pursuant to point 1 of this Article, consider appropriate measures such as:
Amendment 696 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In order to ensure efficient use of spectrum and coordinate the use of harmonised radio spectrum in the Union and taking due account of the different national market situations, the Commission may, by way of an implementing measure:
Amendment 701 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall, in its efforts to establish common maximum dates by which the use of specific harmonised radio spectrum bands shall be authorised, as set out in this Article, take into utmost consideration the need to ensure a swift harmonisation of spectrum bands which have been identified by the RSPG in its opinion on spectrum related aspects for next-generation wireless systems (5G) as 'pioneer' bands for use by 2020, in particular spectrum in the 3.4-3.8 GHz and the 24.25-27.5 GHz, as well as additional bands which the RSPG identifies as particularly important to this end.
Amendment 725 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) in justified cases, obligations on providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services to make their services interoperable, namely whe where the reach, coverage and user uptake corresponds to that of number-based services and where strictly necessary in order to ensure access to emergency services or end-to-end connectivitymmunication between end-users is endangered due to a lack of interoperability between interpersonal communications services, obligations on providers of number- independent interpersonal communications services to make their services interoperable.
Amendment 741 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
National regulatory authorities shall impose obligations uponto meet reasonable request to grants for access to wiring and cables inside buildings or up to the firsta concentration or distribution point where that point ias clocated outside the buildingse to end-users as possible, on the owners of such wiring and cable or on undertakings that have the right to use such wiring and cables, where this is justified on the grounds that replication of such network elements would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable. The access conditions imposed may include specific rules on access, transparency and non- discrimination and for apportioning the costs of access, which, where appropriate, are adjusted to take into account risk factors. Under special circumstances, when access regulation is imposed beyond the first concentration or distribution point, national regulatory authorities may impose active or virtual access to such wiring and cables.
Amendment 751 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 762 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
National regulatory authorities shall not impose obligations in accordance with the second subparagraphbeyond the first concentration or distribution point where:
Amendment 783 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States may ensure that national regulatory authorities may, on the grounds that the replication of infrastructure to end-users would be economically inefficient or physically impracticable, impose obligations upon reasonable request to grant access to network elements and to settle disputes concerning this access. Such access shall be subject to agreements concluded on the basis of fair and reasonable terms and conditions that allow replicability. When imposing such access the national regulatory authority shall do so proportionately, taking into account the future economic and financial viability of investments in new network elements, and solely if it is aimed at preventing or countering consumer harm and enabling maximum consumer benefits in terms of choice, price and quality on the basis of effective competition. It shall also respect the objective of promoting access to very high capacity data connectivity, both fixed and mobile, by all Union citizens and businesses.
Amendment 1019 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the deployment of the new network elements is open todone through co-investment offers according to a transparent process and on terms which favour sustainable competition in the long term including inter alia fair, reasonable and non- discriminatory terms offered to potential co-investors; flexibility in terms of the value and timing of the commitment provided by each co-investor; possibility to increase such commitment in the future; reciprocal rights awarded by the co- investors after the deployment of the co- invested infrastructure;
Amendment 1036 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) In order to promote effective competition and the deployment of new network elements, and pro-competitive regulatory conditions, Member States shall, in consultation with BEREC, establish fair and reasonable rules for shared networks and commercial access agreements between operators and virtual service providers. Such rules and regulatory conditions shall serve to increase the level of network traffic, so as to facilitate return on investment, thereby promoting effective competition and development towards trans-European networks.
Amendment 31 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) A competitive market and a future- proof legislative framework, which incentivises innovation, Trans-European networks and structures and new business models are the main driver for investments in very high capacity networks that can deliver connectivity to citizens throughout the Union.
Amendment 64 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Delivering 5G by 2020 should be the main priority for the digital single market, given its decisiveness for the global competitiveness, growth, innovation and research potential of the Union. Union funds need to be used effectively and appropriately in order to deliver on key issues. This initiative or similar investments should be financed by the existing budget of the Connecting Europe Facility and, when appropriate, by the European Structural and Investments funds, rather than by additional funds.
Amendment 171 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the BEREC Office (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 190 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The need for the regulatory framework for electronic communications to be consistently applied in all Member States is essential for the successful development of an internal market for electronic communications throughout the Union and the promotion of access to, and take-up of, very high capacity data connectivity, of competition in the provision of electronic communications networks, services and associated facilities and of the interests of the citizens of the Union. In view of market and technological developments, which often entails an increased cross-border dimension, and to the experience so far in ensuring a consistent implementation in the electronic communications field, it is necessary to build on the work of BEREC and the BEREC Office and further develop them into a fully-fledged agency.
Amendment 196 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) BEREC, as a technical body with expertise on electronic communications and composed of representatives from NRAs and the Commission, is best placed to be entrusted with tasks such as deciding on certain issues with a cross-border dimension, contributing to efficient internal market procedures for draft national measures (both as regards market regulation and assignments of rights of use for radio spectrum), providing the necessary guidelines to NRAs in order to ensure common criteria and a consistent regulatory approach, and keeping certain registries at Union level. This is without prejudice to the tasks established for NRAs, which are closest to the electronic communications markets and their local conditions. In order to carry out its tasks, the agency wouldBEREC Office requires adequate financial and human resources and would also continue the pooling of expertise from NRAs.
Amendment 199 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) BEREC should also serve as a body for reflection, debate and advice for the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission in the electronic communications field. BEREC should, accordingly, provide advice to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, upon their request or on its own initiative.
Amendment 202 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Compared to the situation in the past where both a Board of Regulators and a Management Committee were running in parallel, having a single board giving general orientations for the activities of BEREC, deciding on regulatory and operational as well as on administrative and budgetary management matters should help improving the efficiency, coherence and performance of the agency. To this end, the Management Board should carry the relevant functions and should consist, in addition of two representatives of the Commission,The Management Board should be responsible for the relevant administrative and budgetary management matters and should consist, in addition of the Head, or otherwise a member of the collegiate body, of each NRA, who a and of one re protected by dismissal requirementsesentative of the Commission.
Amendment 222 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 227 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The BEREC Office should have sufficient financial and human resources to carry out its tasks. The increased number of tasks assigned to BEREC and complexity of the tasks requested from the BEREC Office should be duly reflected in resource programming of the BEREC Office. Furthermore, the BEREC Office's composition of human resources should reflect the need for adequate balance between the temporary agents and external personnel.
Amendment 228 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) On 24th February 2011, a Headquarters Agreement ('Seat Agreement') was concluded between the Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (The BEREC Office) and the Government of the Republic of Latvia.
Amendment 229 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to guarantee the BEREC Office’s autonomy and independence, it should have its own budget, most of which comes essentially from a contribution from the Union. The Budget should reflect additional tasks assigned and enhanced role of the BEREC Office and BEREC. The financing of BEREC should be subject to an agreement by the budgetary authority as set out in point 31 of the Inter- institutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management35 . _________________ 35 Inter-institutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 236 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to further extend the consistent implementation of the provisions of the regulatory framework for electronic communications within the scope of BEREC, ithe new agency should be open to the participation of regulatory authorities of third countries competent in the field of electronic communications that have entered into agreements with the Union to that effect, in particular those of EEA EFTA States and candidate countries.
Amendment 240 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The BEREC Office, which was established as a Community body with legal personality by Regulation (EC) No 1211/2009, is succeeded by the BEREC Office as regards all ownership, agreements, legal obligations, employment contracts, financial commitments and liabilities. BEREC should take over the staff of the BEREC Office whose rights and obligations should not be affected,
Amendment 243 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (‘BEREC’) isand the BEREC Office are hereby established.
Amendment 249 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. BEREC shall carry out its tasks independently, impartially and transparently.
Amendment 256 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) issue recommendations and best practices, addressed to the NRAs in order to encourage better and consistent implementation on any technical matter within its mandate;
Amendment 257 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) assist, advise, including by means of reports, the European Parliament and the Council, following a reasoned request or on its own initiative on any matter regarding electronic communications within its competence;
Amendment 274 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) evaluate the implementation and evolution of the abolishment of roaming charges in the Union, in particular by observing tariff fluctuations in domestic markets after 15 June 2017, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/... [amending Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 as regards rules for wholesale roaming markets] and Regulation (EU) No 2015/2120;
Amendment 275 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. BEREC´s tasks shall be published on the website and updated accordingly to new assignments.
Amendment 277 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to compliance with relevant Union law, NRAs shall comply with any decision and take the utmosttake into account of any opinion, guideline, recommendation and best practice adopted by BEREC with the aim of ensuring a consistent implementation of the regulatory framework for electronic communications within the scope referred to in Article 1(2).
Amendment 290 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Amendment 292 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 b (new)
Article 2 b (new)
Article 2 b Tasks of BEREC Office The BEREC Office shall, in particular, have the following tasks: (a) to provide professional and administrative support services to BEREC; (b) to collect information from NRAs and exchange and transmit information in relation to the tasks of BEREC set out in Article 2; (c) to disseminate regulatory best practices among NRAs, in accordance with point ad of Article 2(1); (d) to assist in the preparation of the work and provide other support to ensure the smooth functioning of the Board of Regulators, the Contact Network and the Working Groups; (e) to participate in the activities of the Working Groups upon decision by their Co-Chairs; (f) to assist in the preparation and provide other support to ensure the smooth functioning of the Management Board; (g) to assist BEREC in public consultations.
Amendment 307 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Management Board shall be composed of one representative from each Member State and twoone representatives of the Commission, all with voting rights. Each NRA shall be responsible for nominating its respective representative amongst the Head or members of the collegiate body of the NRA.
Amendment 317 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) appoint an Accounting Officer, subject to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of other servants, who shall be totally independent in the performance of his/her duties. The BEREC Office may appoint the Commission’s Asame accounting officer as another Union body. The BEREC Office may also agree with the Commission that the accounting Oofficer asof the Commission shall also act as Accounting Officer of the BEREC; Office;
Amendment 355 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point f
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point f
(f) preparing an action plan following- up conclusions of internal or external audit reports and evaluations, as well as investigations by the OLAF and reporting on progress twionce a year to the Commission and regularly to the Management Board;
Amendment 377 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – title
Chapter 3 – title
ESTABLISHMENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE BUDGET OF THE BEREC OFFICE
Amendment 380 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The annual work programme shall comprise detailed objectives and expected results including performance indicators. It shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed and an indication of the financial and human resources allocated to each action, in accordance with the principles of activity-based budgeting and management. The annual work programme shall be coherent with the BEREC's annual work programme as referred to in Article 2e(5) and with the multi-annual work programme referred to in paragraph 4. It shall clearly indicate tasks that have been added, changed or deleted in comparison with the previous financial year. Any additional tasks shall be assessed in light of the available resources.
Amendment 381 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Each year, the Executive Director shall draw up a provisional draft estimate of the BEREC Office’s revenue and expenditure for the following financial year, including the establishment plan, and send it to the Management Board.
Amendment 382 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Amendment 408 #
2016/0286(COD)
1. The BEREC Office shall be an official body of the Union. It shall have legal personality.
Amendment 422 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Members and their alternates of the Management Board, and the ExecutivBoard of Regulators, the Director, seconded national experts and other staff not employed by the BEREC Office shall each make a declaration indicating their commitment and the absence or presence of any direct or indirect interest which might be considered prejudicial to their independence.
Amendment 425 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Members and their alternates of the Management Board, the Executiv and of the Board of Regulators, the Director, seconded national experts, other staff not employed by the BEREC Office and experts participating in working groups shall each accurately and completely declare, at the latest at the start of each meeting, any interest which might be considered prejudicial to their independence in relation to the items on the agenda, and shall abstain from participating in the discussion of and voting upon such points.
Amendment 431 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. The necessary arrangements concerning the accommodation to be provided for the BEREC Office in the host Member State and the facilities to be made available by that Member State as well as the specific rules applicable in the host Member State to the Executive Director, members of the Management Board, the BEREC Office staff and members of their families shall be laid down in a Headquarters Agreement between the BEREC and the Member State where the seat is located, concluded after obtaining the approval of the Management Board and no later than two years after the entry into force of this regulation.Office and the host Member State;
Amendment 434 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. The BEREC Office’s host Member State, Latvia, shall provide the necessary conditions to ensure the smooth and efficient functioning of the BEREC Office, including multilingual, European- oriented schooling and appropriate transport connections.
Amendment 438 #
2016/0286(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 122 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting planreport shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of current forest manageand further development prof actice and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forestsve, sustainable forest management practice, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.
Amendment 66 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. TAs of 15 June 2017, the average wholesale charge that thea visited network operator may levy on thea roaming provider for the provision of a regulated roaming call originating on that visited network, inclusive, among others, of origination, transit and termination costs, shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.04 per minute as of 15 June 2017 and shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.04 until 30 June 2022be set based on the principle of reciprocal charging.
Amendment 79 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. With effect from 15 June 2017, the average wholesale charge that thea visited network operator may levy on thea roaming provider for the provision of a regulated roaming SMS message originating on that visited network shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.01 per SMS message and shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.01 until 30 June 2022be set based on the principle of reciprocal charging.
Amendment 88 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. With effect from 15 June 2017, the average wholesale charge that thea visited network operator may levy on thea roaming provider for the provision of regulated data roaming services by means of that visited network shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.0085 per megabyte of data transmitted and shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.0085 per megabyte of data transmitted until 30 June 2022be set based on the principle of reciprocal charging.
Amendment 130 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 1 a (new)
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall not apply the rules set out in paragraph 1 to non- affiliated undertakings, ultimate parent undertakings and their affiliated undertakings where such undertakings operate only within the territory of one single Member State and in no other tax jurisdiction.
Amendment 165 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 1
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 1
1. The report on income tax information shall include material information relating to all the activities of the undertaking and the ultimate parent undertaking, including activities of all affiliated undertakings consolidated in the financial statement in respect of the relevant financial year.
Amendment 192 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 2 – point e
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the amount of income tax accrued (current year) which is the current tax expense recognised on taxable profits or losses of the financial year by undertakings and branches resident for tax purposes in the relevant tax jurisdiction;
Amendment 193 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 2 – point f
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 198 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 2 – point g
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 2 – point g
Amendment 207 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of point (e) of the first subparagraph the current tax expense shall relate only to the activities of an undertaking in the current financial year and shall not includeincome tax shall include current and deferred taxes or provisions for uncertain tax liabilities.
Amendment 226 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 3 a (new)
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Information required to be disclosed in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article may be omitted when its nature is such that it would be seriously prejudicial to the commercial position of the undertakings to which it relates.
Amendment 230 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 4
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 c – paragraph 4
Amendment 247 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 f – paragraph 1
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 f – paragraph 1
Amendment 43 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
Having regard to the reasoned opinions issued by national parliaments from 11 Member States objecting the Commission proposal on the grounds of subsidiarity;
Amendment 65 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The freedom to provide services includes the right of undertakings to provide services in another Member State, to which they may post their own workers temporarily in order to provide those services there. The Treaty provides that restrictions on the freedom to provide services are prohibited.
Amendment 81 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Almost twenty years after its adoption, it is necessary to assess whetherenforce the rules and confirm that the Posting of Workers Directive still strikes the right balance between the need to promote the freedom to provide services and the need to protect the rights of posted workers.
Amendment 190 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is within Member States' competence to set rules on remunerationminimum rates of pay and bonuses and allowances in accordance with their law and practice. However, these national rules on remuneration applied to posted workers must be proportionate, non- discriminatory and justified by the need to protect posted workers and must not disproportionately restrict the cross- border provision of services. Therefore Member States should ensure that workers posted to their territory are entitled to minimum rates of pay as well as specific categories of bonuses and allowances as specified in Article 3.1.(c).
Amendment 204 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 365 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – point c
(c) remuneration, including overtime rates; this point does not apply to supplementary occupational retirement pension schemes; the minimum rates of pay, including overtime rates; allowances for work carried out on public holidays and Sundays; sector- specific allowances and bonuses with regards to specific working conditions as well as health and safety; seniority allowances; end of year bonuses; daily allowances including board and lodging allowances with regard to assignment within the Member State to which a worker is posted; this point does not apply to supplementary occupational retirement pension schemes, benefits in kind as well as bonuses and allowances which are not directly paid to posted workers;
Amendment 392 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 412 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
For the purpose of calculating the sums due to a posted worker double payment of applicable bonuses and allowances of equal or similar nature shall be avoided. In case of a conflict a common decision shall be taken jointly by competent authorities of the host and of the home member state. Miscalculation of sums due to a posted worker resulting from wrong or insufficient information published in the single official national website or transmitted to subcontractors in written form shall not be sanctioned. Posted workers shall be entitled to the gross amount which does not have to comply with all the mandatory elements but with the amount required
Amendment 420 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
For the purpose of calculating the sums due to a posted worker double payment of applicable bonuses and allowances of equal or similar nature shall be avoided. In case of a conflict a common decision shall be taken jointly by competent authorities of the host and of the home member state.
Amendment 421 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Miscalculation of sums due to a posted worker resulting from wrong or insufficient information published in the single official national website or transmitted to subcontractors in written form shall not be sanctioned.
Amendment 422 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 c (new)
Posted workers shall be entitled to the gross amount which does not have to comply with all the mandatory elements but with the amount required
Amendment 425 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall publish in the single official national website referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU the constituent elements of remuneration in accordance with point (c)specify in a transparent way minimum rates of pay as well as allowances and bonuses as listed in point (c) that are applicable in their territory. They shall publish this information in the single official national website referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU. In case of universally applicable collective agreements a separate clear information on the applicable minimum rates of pay as well as bonuses and allowances shall be published.
Amendment 444 #
2016/0070(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
In case of subcontracting the national contractors shall be obliged to inform their subcontractors in writing about applicable terms and condition of employment including minimum rates of pay, applicable bonuses and allowances.
Amendment 131 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Natural gas (gas) remains an essential component of the energy supply of the Union. A large proportion of such gas is imported into the Union from third countries, of which one is notable for being the single largest supplier.
Amendment 166 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) An internal gas market that operates smoothly and in accordance with market principles, competition rules and the legislation and principles laid down in the Third Energy Package, as well as the aims and visions of the Energy Union, is the best guarantee of security of energy supply across the Union and to reduce the exposure of individual Member States to the harmful effects of supply disruptions. Where a Member State's security of supply is threatened, there is a risk that measures developed unilaterally by that Member State may jeopardise the proper functioning of the internal gas market and damage the gas supply to customers in other Member States. To allow the internal gas market to function even in the face of a shortage of supply, provision must be made for solidarity and coordination in the response to supply crises, as regards both preventive action and the reaction to actual disruptions of supply.
Amendment 265 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In the event of a supply crisis, market players shouldall be given sufficientred adequate opportunity to respond to the situation with market-based measures. Where market measures have been exhausted and they are still insufficient, Member States and their competent authorities should take measures to remove or mitigate the effects of the supply crisis.
Amendment 325 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) Since gas supplies from third countries are central to the security of the Union gas supply, while at the same dependency on one major supplier constitutes a notable security risk, the Commission should coordinate action with regard to third countries, work with supplying and transit countries on arrangements to handle crisis situations and ensure a stable gas flow to the Union. The Commission should be entitled to deploy a task force to monitor gas flows into the Union in crisis situations, in consultation with the third countries involved, and, where a crisis arises from difficulties in a third country, to act as mediator and facilitator.
Amendment 330 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) Underlines that giving one supplier a dominant position on the European gas market would change its architecture;
Amendment 372 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 2
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 2
(2) ‘essential social service' means a healthcare, emergency or security serviceand defence service, including cyber security and other aspects of crisis management relevant to national security;
Amendment 483 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) disruption of supplies from third country suppliers, as well as, where appropriate, geo geopolitical risks that may directly or indirectly affect the Member State by increased dependence or by one supplier achieving a dominant polsitical riskson on the European gas market;
Amendment 23 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the multiannual radio spectrum policy programme (RSPP) established by Decision No 243/2012/EU20 , the European Parliament and the Council set the objectives of identifying at least 1 200 MHz of spectrum suitable for wireless broadband electronic communications services in the Union by 2015, of supporting the further development of innovative audiovisualtraditional and modern media services by ensuring sufficient spectrum for the satellite and terrestrial provision of such services, if the need is clearly substantiated, and of ensuring sufficient spectrum for programme making and special events (PMSE). __________________ 20 Decision No 243/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing a multiannual radio spectrum policy programme (OJ L 81, 21.3.2012, p. 7).
Amendment 29 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The rapid allocation across the Union of the 700 MHz frequency band is a precondition for the industrial shift to 5G, which would put Europe at the centre of innovation. Lagging behind in terms of allocation means lagging behind in economic growth and competitiveness.
Amendment 30 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) In this formative time, the Union as a whole needs to be able to take part in that change, in order for Europe to benefit from being the world's biggest economy, and also having the potential of transforming into the world's most dynamic market. 5G will need spectrum in lower frequencies, such as the 700 MHz frequency band, which is crucial for Internet of Things, B2B, mobile services, traffic and vehicle applications and for rural areas, while at the same time allocation of higher frequencies will be needed to ensure not only connectivity but also sufficient speed.
Amendment 33 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In its strategy for the digital single market (DSM)21 , the Commission highlights the importance of the 694-790 MHz (‘700 MHz’) frequency band for ensuring the provision of broadband services in rural areas and stresses the need for a coordinated release of that frequency band, while accommodating the specific needs of audiovisualtraditional and modern media services distribution. __________________ 21 See http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/digital- single-market/index_en.htm.
Amendment 39 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Improving the management of spectrum, and of the 700 MHz frequency band in particular, is a precondition for creating a favourable environment for digital networks and services to develop, which thus maximises the growth potential of the digital economy. The European Economy will increasingly have digital society at its core, which requires ubiquitous network coverage to develop services relating to the Internet of Things, E-Commerce, and European Cloud services, and to reap the full benefits of Industry 4.0 across Europe.
Amendment 41 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) The '700 MHz' frequency band represents an opportunity for globally harmonised and coordinated spectrum for mobile broadband offering economies of scale. That band should allow new innovative digital services to be developed in urban and in rural or remote areas, such as e-Health and mHealth, supported by mobile phones, patient monitoring devices and other wireless devices, as well as smart energy grids and other services relating to the Internet of Things.
Amendment 48 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Spectrum in the 470-790 MHz frequency band is a valuable asset for the cost-efficient deployment of wireless networks with universal indoor and outdoor coverage. This spectrum is currently used across the Union for digital terrestrial television (DTT) and wireless audio PMSE equipment. It supports, in parallel to new forms of distribution, the development of the media, creative and cultural sectors, which extensively rely on this spectrum resource for the wireless provision of content to mass audiences.
Amendment 49 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The allocation of the 700 MHz frequency band should be structured in a way that facilitates competition, by the allocation of spectrum as such but also by requirements allowing for network sharing and virtual operators.
Amendment 50 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) As underlined in the RSPP, spectrum management may affect competition by changing the role and power of market players, for example if existing spectrum users receive undue competitive advantages. Limited spectrum access, in particular when appropriate spectrum becomes scarcer, can create a barrier to entry for new services or applications and hamper innovation and competition. The allocation of frequencies should therefore be done in a way that does not undermine existing competition but instead opens up for new competition.
Amendment 53 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) For Region 1, which includes the Union, the International Telecommunication Union’s Radio Regulations adopted by the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015 have allocated the 700 MHz frequency band to the broadcasting and the mobile (except aeronautical mobile) service on a co- primary basis, and the 470-694 MHz (‘sub- 700 MHz’) frequency band exclusively to the broadcasting service, on a primary basis, and to wireless audio PMSE use, on a secondary basis.
Amendment 59 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Rapidly growing wireless broadband traffic makes enhanced wireless network capacity a necessity. Spectrum in the 700 MHz frequency band provides both additional capacity and universal coverage, in particular for the economically challenging rural and remote areas, for indoor use and for wide-range machine- type communications. In this context, coherent and coordinated measures for high-quality terrestrial wireless coverage across the Union, which build on best national practice for operators’ licence obligations, should aim to meet the RSPP objective that all citizens should have access to broadband speeds of not less than 30 Mb/s by 2020, in order to encourage the necessary investments. In this way, the measures will promote innovative digital services and ensure long-term socioeconomic benefits.
Amendment 61 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The launch of 5G will be crucial for the economic development of the Union and for the competitiveness of European economies. There is therefore a need for Europe to take the lead by securing enough spectrum for a successful launch and development of 5G.
Amendment 64 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) 5G will change the logics and opportunities for modern economies far beyond what is normally seen as the telecom or digital sector, and it will have an impact on the economies as a whole by integrating digital structures and broadband.
Amendment 67 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Spectrum sharing within a common frequency band between bidirectional wireless broadband use (uplink and downlink), on the one hand, and unidirectional television broadcasting or wireless audio PMSE use, on the other hand, is technically problematic. This means that repurposing the 700 MHz frequency band for bidirectional terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services would deprive DTT and wireless audio PMSE users of part of their spectrum resources. The DTT and PMSE sectors therefore need long- term regulatory predictability on the availability of sufficient spectrum, so that they can safeguard the sustainable provision and development of their services, in particular free-to-view television, and secure the certainty of their investments by inter alia having the right to trade and share licences. Measures may be needed at national and Union level to ensure additional spectrum resource for wireless audio PMSE use outside the 470-790 MHz frequency band.
Amendment 77 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Europe is lagging behind in terms of deployment of 4G and corresponding services, while previously having led the advancement of 3G, which had a significant impact on the European telecoms industry. Such leadership in advancing 5G is even more important as it will define the innovations, competitiveness and productivity of economies.
Amendment 78 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) Competition defines the scale of economies and is the driving force for new services and for absorbing investments, and whereas the more value new services can provide, the more valuable broadband connections will be.
Amendment 93 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Member States should be able to delay, on the basis of reasonable grounds, the availability of the 700 MHz frequency band for use for terrestrial systems capable of providing wireless broadband electronic communications services beyond a common Union deadline of 2020 for up to two years. Reasonable grounds for delay should be limited to: unresolved cross-border coordination issues resulting in harmful interferences, the need to ensure technical migration of a large amount of the population to advanced broadcasting standards, financial costs of the transition exceeding the expected revenue generated by award procedures or force majeure. Member States should ensure protection from radio interference during the period of such delay to neighbouring Member States which comply with a common Union deadline for allowing use of the 700 MHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing wireless broadband electronic communications services.
Amendment 97 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The use of the 700 MHz frequency band for terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services should be subject to a flexible authorisation regime as soon as possible. This should include the possibility for holders of rights of use of spectrum to trade and lease their existing rights in the context of the application of Articles 9, 9a and 9b of Directive 2002/21/EC24 . The authorisation regime should aim at securing competition and investments driven by new services. __________________ 24 Directive No 2002/21/EC of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (OJ L108, 24.4.2002, p.33).
Amendment 98 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The sooner the revenues come from licence fees, the bigger the opportunities for financing migration costs, for consumers as well as for internet providers.
Amendment 99 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) The costs of migration in frequencies will exist regardless of when the migration is done, while the incomes and licence fees as well as increased growth will come sooner and be bigger the earlier allocation and deployment are done. Furthermore, lagging behind with 5G will risk serious effects on the long- term perspective of European competitiveness.
Amendment 116 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Member States should adopt coherent and coordinated national roadmaps to facilitate the use of the 700 MHz frequency band for terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services while ensuring continuity for the television broadcasting services that vacate the band. Once adopted, Member States should communicate the roadmaps in a transparent manner around the Union. The roadmaps should cover activities and timescales for frequency re-planning, technical developments for network and end-user equipment, co-existence between radio and non-radio equipment, existing and new authorisation regimes, mechanisms to avoid harmful interference to spectrum users in adjacent bands and information on the possibility to offer compensation for migration costs, where these would arise, in order to avoid, inter alia, costs for end- users. Roadmaps should also include detailed steps to be taken in order to ensure the full availability of the 700 MHz frequency band for terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services by the deadline laid down in this Decision. A Member State seeking a delay should take all reasonable prior steps to minimise it, such as engaging the RSPG good offices in bilateral negotiations on cross-border frequency coordination agreements, and inform the Commission and other Member States accordingly as well as include justification in its national roadmap published pursuant to this Decision. Impediments which lie within the reasonable power of the Member State concerned to remedy should not be regarded as sufficient justification. The RSPG should as a matter of priority adopt an opinion on any roadmap envisaging such a delay. The Commission should assess the justification and take utmost account of the opinion of the RSPG in determining whether the delay is justified and can thus be deemed to be compliant with the coordinated approach set out in this Decision. Where Member States intend to maintain DTT, the roadmaps should give particular attention to facilitating upgrades of broadcasting equipment to more spectrum-efficient technologies such as advanced video formats (e.g. HEVC) or signal transmission technologies (e.g. DVB-T2).
Amendment 124 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The scope and mechanism of possible compensation for completing the transition in spectrum use within the 470- 790 MHz frequency band should be analysed in accordance with the relevant national provisions as provided by Article 14 of Directive 2002/20/EC27 , and have to be consistent with the provisions of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU. In this regard, given the high value of the band for wireless broadband use, Member States should take advantage of revenues from award procedures or other fees, which could be expected to significantly exceed migration costs. The Commission should provide guidance to Member States on adequate and prompt compensation, in order to facilitate the transition in spectrum use. Member States should, in particular, take into account the importance of prompt compensation for end-users. __________________ 27 Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.04.2002, p. 21)
Amendment 138 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(1) By 30 June 2020, Member States shall allow the use of the 694-790 MHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing wireless broadband electronic communications services only under harmonised technical conditions set by the Commission pursuant to Article 4 of Decision 676/2002/EC. A Member State may delay, on the basis of reasonable grounds, the making available of that band for wireless broadband electronic communications services for up to two years. Where a Member State does so, it shall inform other Member States and the Commission accordingly and include due justification in its national roadmap pursuant to Article 5. Where necessary, Member States shall carry out the authorisation process or amend relevant existing rights to use the spectrum in accordance with Directive 2002/20/EC, in order to allow that use.
Amendment 144 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States which delay the use of the 694-790 MHz frequency band under the first subparagraph shall ensure that from 30 June 2020 their use of the 694-790 MHz frequency band does not prevent the availability of that band for wireless broadband electronic communications services other than broadcasting in neighbouring Member States.
Amendment 152 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
By 30 June 20221, Member States shall allow the transfer or leasing of the rights of use of spectrum for electronic communications services in the 694-790 MHz frequency band.
Amendment 155 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
When Member States authorise the use of the 694-790 MHz frequency band or amend existing rights to use the 694-790 MHz frequency band, they shall take all necessary measures to ensure a high- quality level of coverage of all their population and at least 97% of their territory, at the fastest possible broadband speeds of, and at least 30 Mb/s, both indoors and outdoors, including in pre-determined national priority areas where necessary, and along major terrestrial transport paths. Such measures ma, for the purpose of allowing wireless applications and European leadership in new digital services to contribute effectively to Union economic growth. In addition, Member States shall take due account of the opportunity to ensure that wholesale access to spectrum (for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)) is possible and to increase the geographical coverage of their territory. This may include the ability for an MVNO to exist in all networks, and measures aimed at wholesale services and explicit requirements on geographical coverage to a specific licence. Such measures may explicitly include conditions facilitating or encouraging sharing network infrastructure orf spectrum in compliance with Union law.
Amendment 161 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall support the Member States in promoting and facilitating jointly organised auctions, thus contributing to pan-European structures achieved by virtual operators or network sharing.
Amendment 162 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
In order to encourage investments, licences shall have a duration of 30 years, which would provide opportunities for return on investment or revenues from licence trading.
Amendment 165 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
(1) Each Member States shall ensure the availability of the 470-694 MHz frequency band or parts of the band foruntil 2030, for operators managing the terrestrial provision of audiovisual media services to mass audiences, including free television, and for use by wireless audio PMSE equipment, based on national broadcasting needs. Member Statesneeds. Operators shall have the right to fully manage their licences, including the right to trade and share. In this regard, Member States shall promote cooperation between broadcasters, broadcasting operators and mobile operators in order to facilitate convergence of audiovisual and internet platforms and shared spectrum use. Each Member State shall ensure that any other use of the 470-694 MHz frequency band on theirits territory is compatible with its national broadcasting needs and does not cause harmful interference with the terrestrial provision of audiovisual media services in a neighbouring Member State.
Amendment 176 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(2) If Member States authorise the use of spectrum in the 470-694 MHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing electronic communication services other than television broadcasting networks, such use shall be limited to downlink-only. Such use shall be without prejudice to obligations resulting from international agreements and Union law. This shall allow for the introduction of new technologies and for license holders to trade and share frequencies.
Amendment 180 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 188 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall, in order to address disproportionate distribution of social and economic costs and in accordance with Union and national law, ensure that the direct migration or reallocation costs of spectrum usage, including those borne by end users, are compensated adequately, promptly, and in a transparent and technology neutral manner. Member States shall make sufficient funds available to this effect.
Amendment 190 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
In cooperation with Member States, the Commission may provide guidance to Member States on compensation, in order to facilitate the transition in spectrum use.
Amendment 199 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
By 1 January 20253, the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall carry out, based on relevant studies and consultations with relevant stakeholders, an assessment and report to the Council and Parliament on developments in the use of the 470-694 MHz frequency band, taking into account the social, economic, cultural and technological aspects affecting the use of the band pursuant to Articles 1 and 4. The report shall assess whether it is necessary to change the use of the 470-694 MHz frequency band, or any part of it, in the Union with a view to developing a common European position towards the planned review of that frequency band at the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2023.
Amendment 48 #
2016/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Regarding the definition of permanent establishment and the rules to ensure that tax is paid where profits are generated, it is essential for the Union to follow the OECD model tax convention on income and on capital. Different rules will lead to legal uncertainty and deviating standard since the OECD model tax convention is a flexible document that develops over time.
Amendment 49 #
2016/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) It is the responsibility of the tax authority in every Member State to cooperate with each other to ensure that taxes are paid and to establish in which Member State taxes should be paid depending on the character of the business.
Amendment 52 #
2016/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) When Member States and the Commission take action against tax avoidance it is important with consistence with the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) by OECD. If the Union goes beyond the OECD recommendations it will affect European competiveness negatively but also create grey zones and new loopholes for tax avoidance.
Amendment 53 #
2016/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) The responsibility for fighting tax evasion is a national competence and EU- rules, and it must be a point of departure for the European efforts against tax evasion to ensure that member states adopt and follow the OECD recommendations.
Amendment 10 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) As Multi National Enterprise (MNE) Groups are active in different countries, they have the possibility of engaging in aggressive tax planning practices that are not available for domestic companies. When MNEs do so, purely domestic companies, normally small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) may be particularly affected as their tax burden is higher than that of MNE Groups. On the other hand, all Member States may suffer revenue losses and there iMember States might suffer revenue losses and there is the risk of distorted competition between small and new companies and MNE Groups as well as the risk of competition between Member States to attract MNE Groups by offering them further tax benefits. There is therefore a problem for the proper functioning of the Internal Market.
Amendment 15 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) It is of vital importance for the Union that tax rules are designed not to impair growth, reduce investments or put Union companies at a competitive disadvantage.
Amendment 16 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) Tax rules should be designed not to increase the risk of double taxation of companies, since that can be detrimental to growth and investments in the Union.
Amendment 17 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 c (new)
Recital 2 c (new)
(2c) Tax rules should be designed to minimise costs and administrative burdens for companies.
Amendment 18 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Union tax authorities need comprehensive and relevant information on MNE Groups regarding their structure, transfer pricing policy and internal transactions in and outside the EU. That information will enable the tax authorities to react to harmful tax practices through changes in the legislation or adequate risk assessments and tax audits, and to identify whether companies have engaged in practices that have the effect of artificially shifting substantial amounts of income into tax-advantaged environments.
Amendment 24 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 34 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) A country-by-country report will be helpful for high-level transfer pricing risk assessment purposes. It could be used by tax administrations for evaluating other tax risks and also be appropriate for economic and statistical analysis. However, the information in a country- by-country report should not be used as a substitute for a detailed transfer pricing analysis of individual transactions and prices based on a fully functional analysis and a full comparability analysis. The information in a country-by-country report on its own does not constitute conclusive evidence that transfer prices are or are not appropriate. The report should not be used by tax administrations to propose transfer pricing adjustments based on a global formulary apportionment of income.
Amendment 35 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The information in a country-by- country report is closely connected to transfer pricing information which is not public. It is therefore of vital importance that the information in a country-by- country report is subject to confidentiality and that appropriate safeguards are in place limiting the use of the information exchanged.
Amendment 40 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to enhance the efficient use of public resources and reduce the administrative burden for MNE Groups, the reporting obligation should only apply to MNE Groups with annual consolidated group revenue exceeding a certain amount. That amount should not be lower than what is established according to Action 13 of the OECD BEPS Action Plan to ensure a level playing field for companies. The Directive should ensure that the same information is collected and made available to tax administrations in a timely manner throughout the EU.
Amendment 60 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to minimise costs and administrative burdens both for tax administrations and for MNE Groups, as well as to ensure a level playing field for MNE Groups, it is necessary to provide rules that are in line with the international developments and contribute positively to their implementation. On 19 July 2013 the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) published an Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS Action Plan) which is a major initiative for modifying existing international tax rules. On 5 October 2015 the OECD presented its final reports that were endorsed by the G20 Finance Ministers. During the meeting of 15 and 16 November 2015, the OECD package was also endorsed by the G20 leaders.
Amendment 61 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The work on Action 13 of the BEPS Action Plan resulted in a set of standards for providing information for MNE Groups, including the masterfile, the local file and the country-by-country report. It is therefore appropriate to take into account the OECD standards when establishing the rules on the country-by-country report in the Union. That should be done by adopting requirements for a country-by- country report that are identical to Action 13 of the BEPS Action Plan.
Amendment 65 #
2016/0010(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Union action in the area of country- by-country reporting should continue to take particular account of future developments at OECD level. In implementing this Directive, Member States should use the 2015 Final Report on Action 13 of the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project, developed by the OECD, as a source of illustration orand interpretation of this Directive and in order to ensure consistency in application across Member States.
Amendment 69 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas it became apparent during the sovereign debt crisis that the European Treaties do not provide the euro area with the instruments to deal effectively with shocks; countries which did not comply with the fiscal rules of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), which did not budget responsibly but triggered large budget deficits through high spending and had postponed relevant reforms of their labour markets and public administration, were more vulnerable and could not effectively handle economic shocks; whereas it became apparent that the lack of responsibility of one Member of the euro area is a risk for the euro area as a whole, meaning that one country not adhering to the rules can affect the economy of all Member States of the Union; whereas the currency union is only as strong as its Members, which requires all participating countries to respect economic and financial rules at national level and at the same time to strengthen their economies in their own interest and in that of the whole euro area, thus guaranteeing the well-being of all citizens in the long-term, as the consequences of irresponsible policies at national level have to be borne by the Union as a whole;
Amendment 112 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas Member States that failed to adhere to the SGP and enforce fiscal rules at national level have lost credibility of financial markets and herewith the possibility to finance themselves and a great deal of trust has been lost in the process, both between Member States and on the part of citizens and the markets in the EU institutions and the Union as a whole;
Amendment 151 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers, against this background, that shortcomings have existed in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) since its inception undtronger enforcement of existing fiscal rules such as the SGP, the Six-Pack and the Two-Pack is necessary, and not the transfer of more financial means; whereas the SGP is a set of rules designed to ensure that EU Member States pursue sound public finances and coordinate their fiscal policies, however, the Maastricht Treaty with the attribution of monetary policy to the European level, while budgetary policy remains within the competencies of the Member States and is only framed by provisions on light coordination of national policiesmain shortcoming is the non-implementation of existing rules as well as the underestimation of macroeconomic imbalances, which were not addressed in a sufficient and timely manner; whereas governments of euro countries are required by European economic governance rules to submit their draft budgetary plans for the following year to the European Commission by October 15 each year to ensure the coordination of fiscal and economic policies among euro countries and that EU economic governance rules are respected, but the implementation rate of the guidelines put forward by the European Commission subsequently has to be improved;
Amendment 257 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Makes it clear that rapidfurther action is needed to ensure the sustainability of the euro; stresses that this requires strong joint efforts on the part of the EU and its Member States to complete the EMU and to restore the trust of citizens and markets; stresses that the responsibility of transposing reforms to complete the EMU lies primarily with the Member States;
Amendment 283 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Argues that convergence, good governance and conditionality enforced through institutions being held democratically accountable at the euro- area and national level are key, notably to preventingthe enforcement of fiscal rules, the implementation of CSRs and good governance at euro area and national level are key to pursue sound fiscal responsibility, address macroeconomic imbalances, implement structural reforms and boost investment, in addition there is a need for monitoring and evaluating transposed reforms, notably to prevent and avoid any form of permanent transfers and moral hazard;
Amendment 346 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that three different functions have to be fulfilled; argues, first, that in order to foster economic and social convergence within the euro area and to improve the economic competitiveness and resilience of the euro area, Member States’' structural reforms should be incentivised in good economic times; argues, secondly, that differences in thmore efforts have to be made to stabilise business cycle movements of euro area Member States stemming from structural differences create the need for an instrument to address asymmetric shocks; considers, thirdly, that symmetric shocks should be addressed so as to increase the resilience of the euro area as a wholeover time, since business cycle fluctuations across euro countries are highly correlated, but differ in variance, which explains why shocks in the euro area are of a more symmetric nature with differences in the boom-bust dynamics of growth rates in individual Member States, especially experienced by euro countries of the periphery; considers, thirdly, that symmetric shocks should be addressed at national level, while respecting the SGP and maintaining budgetary discipline, by making economies more competitive so as to increase the resilience of the euro area as a whole; adds that in the reform of the SGP in 2005, the European Council asked EU Member States to strengthen their domestic fiscal governance through fiscal rules and institutions at national level and further reinforced national fiscal frameworks following the adoption of the Budgetary Frameworks Directive, the Fiscal Compact and the Two-Pack;
Amendment 485 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Suggests that reforms advocated in the CSRs can be incentivised through financial and technical assistance facilitated by a fiscal capacity without Treaty change and therefore be realisable in the short-term; considers that fundamental attention should be given to the CSRs, which already emphasize thoroughly the areas in need of reform, however, since the implementation rate of these measures is not satisfactory and recent reflections have not yielded to any significant tools able to improve it, the fiscal capacity could leverage the transposition of CSRs by providing positive incentives in form of financial assistance for Member States to implement reforms, especially in years of economic growth; stresses that no compensation should be granted to countries that did not pursue budgetary discipline and postponed necessary reforms; emphasizes that convergence towards the level of the most competitive countries in the euro area should be fostered through reforms that are conducive to more investment, profitable projects, productivity enhancing and have the objective of reaching full employment;
Amendment 679 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Warns that future symmetric shocks could destabilise the euro area as a whole since the currency area is not endowed with the instruments to cope with anotherif Member States do not adhere to the SGP and only make limited progress in transposing the CSRs; notes that since the crisis of 2009, the European Union has introduced several new instruments in order to increase resilience against possible crisies of the extent of the previous one; is convinced that the right instrument to deal with symmetric shocks depends on the nature of the shockin the future, notably the ESM, the Six-Pack, the Two-Pack, the Fiscal Compact, the Euro-Plus Pact, launched the Banking Union and introduced the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) to further complete the EMU; is further convinced that symmetric shocks should be addressed at national level, while respecting the SGP and maintaining budgetary discipline; recalls that the EMFfiscal capacity should be used as an appropriate financial resource; to incentivise structural reforms;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
Paragraph 6 – point a
a. Recommends improving the transparency and clarity of bills, which should include information on the final price, with an explanation of the different taxes, levies and tariffs, together with information on the different energy sources and complaint handling, clear indication of contact points, and information on switching and energy efficiency measureith the purpose of providing consumers with information on the total costs, including an explanation of the different taxes, and how to proceed with complaints; insists that clear language must be used, with technical terms either avoided or clearly explained; requests the Commission to identify minimum standards in this respect; warns, however, that an overload of information is counter-productive, does not serve the consumers and should therefore be avoided;
Amendment 192 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point f
Paragraph 6 – point f
f. Recommends measures to enableStrongly recommends steps towards a European market economy for electricity, in other words retail prices to better reflectmirror wholesale prices and thus reverse the trend of an increasing proportion of fixed elements in energy bills, in particular network charges, taxes and levies, which are often regressive elements; recommends that such elements be applied progressively or, where, possible funded from alternative sourcesstresses that in order for retail prices to mirror wholesale prices, price volatility must be allowed without market intervention;
Amendment 273 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that access to capital, high upfront investment costs and long repayment periods represent barriers to the take-up of self-generation and energy efficiency measures; calls, therefore, for the development of new business models and innovative financial instruments to incentivise self-generation, consumption and energy efficiency for all consumers; suggests that this should become a priority fornotes the possible role of the EIB, EFSI and the Structural Funds;
Amendment 319 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points outStresses that to incentivise demand response energy prices must vary between peak and off-peak periods, and therefore supports the development of dynamic pricing on an opt-in basis, subject to a thorough assessment of its impacts on all consumers; recognizes the importance of making the costumers responsive to market signals; calls, therefore, on the abolishment of market distorting interventions, such as price caps and subsidies, that currently hinders price variation; believes that dynamic tariffs must be transparent, comparable and clearly explained;
Amendment 375 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the development of a strong EU framework to fight energy poverty, including a broad, common but non- quantitative definition of energy poverty, focusing on the idea that access to affordable energy is a basic social right; urges the Commission to prioritise measures to alleviate energy poverty in upcoming legislative proposals and to present a dedicated action plan by mid- 2017While recognizing the issue of energy poverty as such, points out that it is first and foremost an issue that should be dealt with on the national level, within the context of a nationally defined problem formulation and with the most effective social instruments at hand; similarly, stresses that a developed market by itself benefits the consumers with lower prices and is therefore an effective way of dealing with energy poverty;
Amendment 399 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that the Energy Union governance framework shouldmay include voluntary objectives and reporting from Member States for energy poverty, and; stresses, however, that key indicators foron energy poverty shouldneed to be developed by the Member States, if requested together with the Commission;
Amendment 439 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that well-ta functioning margketed social tariffs are vital for low-income, vulnerable citizen, which empowers costumers and encourages mobility and cost transparency is the best way of securing favourable conditions for all costumers, and should therefore be promoted;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas a European energy market, if well-designed and properly implemented, holds the potential to substantially boost European energy security and independence, in particular vis-á-vis major suppliers on which the Union is dependent;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the existing regulatory framework of the European markets to be adjusted to allow for a growing share of renewable energy sources; stresses that a new market design for electricity must promotebe fully compatible with market principles, which would stimulate investments and unlock a sustainable and efficient electricity supply;
Amendment 141 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers the full implementation of the Third Energy Package in all Member States as one of the most important steps towards a European energy market; thus, urges the Commission to secure the implementation of the current regulatory framework before introducing new, overlapping legislation;
Amendment 185 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a European internal market in electricity is possible on the basis of stronger price incentives; is aware, however, of the rbuilt upon stronger demand response mechaniskms of unpredictable price surges and calls for meaningful pilot projects to benables consumers to take on an active role on the cmarried out before introducing prices that reflect the actual scarcket; believes, furthermore, that this is one of the most important objective in the pursuity of suppliesenergy efficiency;
Amendment 197 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the consumers and the European energy market is best served by a pricing mechanism based on supply and demand, free from subsidies, government interventions, price caps and market distorting capacity mechanisms;
Amendment 250 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that network expansion in particular is indispensable with a view to completing the internal market in electricity with a growing share of renewables; regrets that there are still large gaps in the interconnections within and between Member States, leading to network bottlenecks and significantly impairing cross-border energy trading; regrets the practice of limiting transmission capacities in order to balance national production and as means of dealing with internal bottle necks; calls for the electricity interconnection objectives to be differentiated by region and aligned withbased on the ENTSO-E ten-year network plan;
Amendment 263 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Reiterates its support for the EU regional interoperability targets; recognizes, however, that suboptimal use of existing infrastructure threatens the vitality of such targets; underlines that optimal use of existing infrastructure is crucial for a European energy market and therefore asks the Commission to address this issue in any upcoming proposal for legislation.
Amendment 266 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Notes a possible conflict between on the one hand the ambition to expand infrastructure, and on the other hand existing EU legislation, e.g. the Habitats Directive; calls on the Commission to review current legislation with the aim of creating clear rules and incentives for expanding infrastructure;
Amendment 319 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised where a detailed analysis of the production and supply situation at regional level has been carried out in advance and a bottleneck has been identified which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures such as a strategic reserve; underlines that capacity mechanisms must not in any way distort the market;
Amendment 374 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that a European electricity market must be market-driven; underlines, in this regard, that price volatility has a signal and guidance function in the electricity market and can beand is doubtlessly an important factor in the efficiency of the electricity market, as it encourages consumer activity, such as mobility and consumption patterns;
Amendment 379 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recognises the great challenge of activating consumers on the market, making them responsive to price signals; stresses, in this regard, the importance of allowing price volatility without market interventions, as it holds the potential of making the costumers aware of their consumption and more likely to adjust the demand;
Amendment 427 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Supports the EU’s goal of increasing the share of renewables to 30%on-going integration of renewables on the EU energy market; notes, however, that the permanent subsidising of renewables is outdated and that renewables too must react to market signals in this new energy system, since otherwise market signals for all electricity producers will be heightened disproportionately; recognises, furthermore, the non-planned nature of renewables and calls, accordingly, for Members States that are phasing out nuclear power or any equivalent energy source to secure its replacement with an energy production that can provide similar supply and contributions to the European energy market;
Amendment 430 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that the focus must be on how to phase out subsidies given to any type of energy, rather than harmonizing the levels within the EU; is convinced that this will boost competitiveness and cost- efficiency, in addition to being favourable for consumers; calls on the Commission to secure that, given the current circumstances, subsidies are kept at a bare minimum;
Amendment 559 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Regards distribution system operators as neutral market pioneers receiving data from various sources, which they can then make available in a non-discriminatory manner to authorised third parties with the active consent of the consumer and only after documented consideration of privacy aspects;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2315(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is deeply concerned at twhen human rights violations are committed in third countries by corporations and business enterprisesindividuals, corporations, violent non- state actors and states alike;
Amendment 173 #
2015/2315(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to compel companies thatsuggest to relevant companies to confirm if they use raw materials or commodities that might originate in conflict-affected areas (for example, so- called conflict minerals) to disclose their sourcing and use of such materials;
Amendment 216 #
2015/2315(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Strongly calls for the systematic inclusion in trade and investment agreements of rules on corporate liability for violations of human rights, to be implemented at national level, and of references to internationally recognised principles and guideUnderlines that the Member States must safeguard human rights and that the international community must be firm when governments are not acting along these lines;
Amendment 247 #
2015/2315(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 29 #
2015/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Union needs to strengthen its resilience through cooperation and coordination with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, especially the United States, as that country's initiatives are often the driving factor behind that development, and also with the United Nations and with its neighbours and regional partners;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas space situational awareness plays a decisive role as a source of intelligence in military operations on land, at sea and in the air;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that space situational awareness in particular is going to continue to play a vital role in military and civilian affairs; further believes that capability development of space situational awareness is needed to ensure the security of EU borders and to enhance member state military and civilian intelligence capacity;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that in order to enhance space situational awareness, capabilities to launch small satellites and rockets are needed; points out that existing European infrastructure to launch smaller satellites and rockets, such as Esrange, requires small investments in comparison to other projects worldwide in order to accommodate additional small-size enterprises;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes also that research and development within the field of space technology and services should be strengthened within a consistent EU policy framework;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the importance of developing the parliamentary dimension of EU-Iran relations as part of the strategy for re-establishing mutual trust; reiterates its support, demands that Iran, being this regard, for the proposal discussed between Parliament and the Majlis for an inter-parliamentary dialogue on counter-terrorisme one of the world's foremost sponsors of terrorism, cease all support for terrorist organisations if any future political dialogue is to be possible; welcomes the renewed political dialogue between the EU and Iran, including on human rights; recognises that while there is suspicion and mistrust on both sides, there is also a long history between many Member States and Iran and that Iran has a strong ambition to havefuture potential for good relations with Europe, which provides the potential for a relationship based on mutual trust and respect; reiterates that the EU does not seek to interfere in internal political choices in this country or in any other, but seeks cooperation based on mutual respect for international standards and principles; believes that the full normalisation of relations can only occur by means of regular and sustained dialogue and that the immediate priority should be to broaden the scope of EU-Iran relations in areas where there is common agreement to do so; believes, however, that the ultimate aim must be one of partnershipnormal relations between Iran and the EU, based upon full and implemented respect for human rights and democracy;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EEAS to explore the possibility of establishing an institutional framework for cooperation with Iran, such as a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) or a Framework Agreement.conditions and forms for future relations with Iran, based upon the opening up of the Iranian economy, reforms allowing for closer economic cooperation and mutual trust, respect for human rights, efforts to fight terrorism instead of sponsoring it and accepting all the existing states in the region with regards to their right to safe and secure borders, thus contributing to peace and stability;
Amendment 140 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes note of Iran’s stated objective of achieving a yearly growth rate of 8 %; believes that European investments are key for Iran to achieve this goal; stresses that for Iran to realise its economic potential, it will have to take steps to create a transparent economic environment conducive to international investment and take anti-corruption measures, particularly regarding compliance with the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force; calls on the EU to fully support Iran’s efforts in this process via, in particulnotes that the IMF estimates that the Iranian shadow economy constitutes approximately one third of the country's total GDP; recalls, in this regard, support for work towthe role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards fCorging a bilateral investment treaty between the EU and Iran; calls for the EU to develop economic cooperation with Iranps (IRGC) within the Iranian economy, being involved in smuggling and drug trafficking; calls on the Iranian government to dismantle the IRGC's own financial assets, as this bars any sound economic reform and development; calls for the EU to develop economic cooperation with Iran; believes, however, that substantial economic reforms must be implemented before any trade agreement can be reached; takes note that Iran is the world’s largest economy outside the WTO; supports, in this regard, Iran’s bid to join the WTO;
Amendment 207 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes note of studies stating that nuclear energy might not be competitive in Iran due to low reserves of uranium and the costs of extracting it; calls, nevertheless, on the Commission to explore the potential for nuclear civilian cooperation with Iran, in line with the commitment of the JCPOA, and to encourage Iran to sign the Convention on Nuclear Safety; encourages Iran to consider the proposal by some Iranian officials for establishing a regional dialogue on safety and security of civil nuclear programmesncourage Iran to sign the Convention on Nuclear Safety; demands that Iran follows and respects the instructions and recommendations of the IAEA;
Amendment 229 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises that the young, educated and technologically advanced population in Iran can provide particular opportunities for advancing people-to- people contacts with the EU; calls for increased cooperation in the field of education, research and innovation via increased exchanges of students and researchers; calls for the Commission to study the possibility of visa liberalisation for Iranian academics and researchers to study and undergo training in European universitiesis concerned by reports of various European intelligence and security agencies that Iran continues its espionage activities in EU Member States aimed at obtaining technological knowledge on the production of weapons of mass destruction;
Amendment 277 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Condemns the Iranian pursuit of the destruction of the state of Israel; furthermore condemns all statements by Iranian officials confirming this goal, amongst them recent statements by the Ayatollah Khamenei for Muslim youths to universally engage in a cyberwar against the US and Israel, as well as statements by Revolutionary Guard deputy commander Hossein Salami in early July 2016 calling for the destruction of Israel;
Amendment 297 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that there can be no solution to conflicts in the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf region without all players being present at the table; welcomes, in this regard, Iran’s engagement in the Syrian peace talks via its participation in the International Syria Support Group (ISSG); calls for its contribution to further facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to increase protection of the civilian population from attacks and to continuously seek a long- term solution to the conflictas long as sectarian violence is pursued and supported by intervening actors; condemns, therefore, Iranian support for the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon, various terrorist organizations in Gaza and the Palestinian territories, the Shiite terrorist organization Kata'ib Hezbollah in Iraq, and any others;
Amendment 314 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. WelcomNotes Iran’s readiness to support the current efforts to bring stability to Iraq, andian involvement in Iraq; calls for additional efforts to bring all the militias operating in the country under the authority of the Iraqi army; welcomes Iran’calls contribution to the fight against ISIS/Da’esh; notes the agreement between Iran to submit command of Iran iand Australia to share intelligence on the fight against ISIS/Da’esh militia forces operating in Iraq to the Iraqi government;
Amendment 368 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Condemns the continued discrimination of religious minorities in Iran, amongst them Sufi, Baha'is, Christians and Jews;
Amendment 404 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the fact tNotes that Iran hats the adoption of the 2013 Islamic Penal Code andhighest number of executions per capita in the world; condemns Iran’'s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rightcontinued use of the death penalty as a method of punishment; calls ofn the Child prohibits child executions and allows all juvenile offenderIranian judiciary to amend the sentences for juveniles sentenced to death prior to the 2013 to seek retrialrevision of the Islamic Penal Code; calls on Iran to ensure thisat the prohibition of child executions is fully implemented and that all relevant offenders are made aware of this right; calls on Iran to declare a moratorium on the death penalty, at least for juvenile offenders;
Amendment 439 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Deplores the restrictions of political organizational rights in Iranian society; believes that such rights must be put in place, safeguarded and encouraged in order for Iranian society to develop in a direction of prosperity, democracy and tolerance; stresses the necessity of such rights for any further cooperation between the EU and Iran;
Amendment 465 #
2015/2274(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. WelcomesTakes note of President Rohani’s campaign promise to present a charter for citizens’ rights; underlines the importance of respecting the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in providing the necessary legal certainty required for foreign direct investments to take place; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to work together with the Iranian authorities in areas such as judicial reform, reform of the prison system, government accountability, respect for the rule of law, citizens’ rights and the fight against corruption; believes that these measures will increase legal certainty in Iran and the country’s attractiveness to foreign investors while also benefiting Iranian citizens.;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the European peace order, taking for granted since the fall of the Iron Curtain and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, now is threatened by the acts of Russia, invading and occupying the territory of a sovereign European nation and projecting threats at others;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas there is a need for the restoring the respect of national borders and sovereignty, of international agreements and international law as a basis for a stable Europe with business as usual;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas threats of different kinds versus different member states must be seen as threats to the Union as such, calling for strong unity and solidarity between member states and a consistent common foreign and security policy;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the borders of each member state are the borders of the Union and shall be defended as such;
Amendment 115 #
2015/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, including information and hybrid warfare, in full complementarity with NATO;
Amendment 120 #
2015/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that European Union has the world’s biggest economy, that it together with the United states accounts for nearly 40 times as much as the Russian economy; points to the fact that EU together with its allies have a unique strength to stand up against policies and actions aiming to undermine, destabilise or threaten European countries by means of energy policy, economic blockades and soft power pressures;
Amendment 122 #
2015/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that European cooperation is aiming for free trade, open borders and the rule of law, which by definition is not a threat to anyone but an opportunity for the whole of Europe;
Amendment 230 #
2015/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that the European Neighbourhood Policy is an instrument of the fostering of stability, stable democracies, open societies, prosperity and the rule law, and as such is one of the unions most important means for European security;
Amendment 325 #
2015/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability; furthermore considers that said commitment should be considered a minimum acceptable level of defence spending;
Amendment 330 #
2015/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the need for increased cooperation and joint efforts regarding defence industry, joint development of new weapon systems and an increased scale of economy regarding defence material;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to review the Energy Efficiency Directive with the aim of reducing the administrative burden for businesses, cutting red tape and to make simplification the top priority for any new legislation, thereby securing the focus on energy efficiency without overregulation hindering its improvement and development; furthermore, calls on the Commission to carry out a study on how the energy efficiency targets can be achieved by keeping legislation and the administrative burden for the public and private sector at a minimum;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CStrongly criticises the 2 000 or so energy reporting obligations imposed on businesses, consumers and public authorities which limits the potential for growth and innovation; regrets that it is ultimately electricity consumers who bear the consequences of an overly complex reporting system;
Amendment 148 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that energy saving rules and rules on increased use of renewable energy sources have a direct and indirect impact on the carbon footprint and the ETS system (certificate prices); notes that low ETS certificate prices is one of many factors that may reduce the incentives for investment in energy saving;
Amendment 157 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that national legislation (exit from coal, payment schemes for renewable energy, capacity markets) restricts the scope for European solutions that provide the best possible results in terms of cost and supply and cancels out the price advantages obtained through energy saving; calls for increased possibilities for binding coordination by the Commisson the Commission to closely monitor the adherence to market rules and put forward coordinating measures in order to fully realise the Energy Union;
Amendment 203 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Is concerned about overlapping EU legislation and its negative effects on European businesses, innovation and jobs; calls on the Commission to make simplicity and flexibility the watchwords of any new legislation on energy efficiency;
Amendment 206 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Is concerned about the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive in the Member States, which in some cases have put businesses operating across the EU in a position of uncertainty regarding rules and legislation, leading to unnecessary red tape which ultimately impacts negatively on innovation;
Amendment 301 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers energy audits for businesses to be a proven means of boosting energy efficiency; calls for a uniform definition and enforcement of the criteria set out in Article 8 (definition of SME, audits, no double certification for cross-border business structures); considers it crucial to avoid unnecessary administrative burdens on businesses, in particular SMEs;
Amendment 111 #
2015/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the persistently high unemployment rates across most Member States, in particular the youth and long- term unemployment rates; stresses the need to reform nationalfor flexible labour markets in order to increase job creation rateachieve openness, flexibility and more jobs;
Amendment 201 #
2015/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for Member States to adapt their public finances by conducting a counter-cyclical policy when necessary and making full use of the existing flexibility clauses foreseen in the legislation, at the same time respecting the rules of the stability pact; considers that Member States with high debt levels in particular must continue with growth-friendly fiscal consolidation and urgently implement the recommended structural reforms, while those with more fiscal space should use it to accelerate stresses the need for Member States to implement reforms to improve the businvestments environment and growth;
Amendment 232 #
2015/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the role of flexible labour markets in combatting unemployment, in particular the negative impact on job creation rates of rigid rules on dismissal, excessive minimum wage levels, high labour taxes and lengthy labour disputes; calls for a shift away from labour taxes to other sources of taxation;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas; whereas the digital economy is no longer only an important part of society, it is society;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the digital economy remains global by definition, and digitalization in Europe is integral to global development; whereas a Digital Single Market strategy should aim to create a common market open to the world, to ensure that European companies have the best possible business climate and the largest possible common home market;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the technical developments, industrial digitalisation and consumer behaviour are evolving rapidly, data traffic growing exponentially, and areas of use constantly widening; whereas any new industry regulation therefore needs to be principle-based, technology neutral and flexible;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas addressing and supporting the exceptional growth in mobile data traffic is pivotal to securing the EU's competitiveness and global leadership in the digital economy;
Amendment 93 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas an open-mindedness in embracing new products and services from a digital society must be encouraged;
Amendment 94 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas enhanced coordination and harmonisation of spectrum resources are necessary to fully exploit the potential of the internal market and to increase economic growth in Europe;
Amendment 142 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas 5G is the key to a connected society and the services of tomorrow, enabling whole new fields of application and innovative solutions for society;
Amendment 143 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the timely roll-out of future communication networks in Europe, such as 5G will depend on the creation of an investment-conducive environment;
Amendment 192 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Endorses the Commission´s Better Regulation policy and welcomes its application to the digital sphere; Believes that bBetter rRegulation should help tonecessarily involves examineing policyies and proposals through a digital lens and facilitate theing the implementation and, where appropriate and following the necessary consultations and ex-post impact assessments, adaptation of existing legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market, boost innovation and promote growth;
Amendment 333 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious and firm targets for 5G rollout, setting as European milestone - for inspiring a speedy development of 5G;
Amendment 344 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that Europe´s Digital Single Market should be part of the new globally connected marketplace, with the aim to be a global centre open to foreign companies, ideas, knowledge and investments, enabling European companies to succeed globally; calls on the Commission to develop an ambitious digital trade strategy to benefit European innovation and competitiveness globally;
Amendment 358 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Underlines that the digital economy and technologies are not new phenomena, they are already today a fundamental base of our societies, having changed the logics of economy, business, innovations and information;
Amendment 361 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses the need for an entrepreneurial and industrial perspective regarding the development of new services, new business models and new markets, if Europe is to be in the lead; calls for European leadership regarding the resources for mobile broad band as regards availability of spectrum for new supply and increased demand;
Amendment 580 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that geo-blocking is a specific set of practices that should not be confused with restrictions to access to a service; many restrictions to cross-order access to a service, such as restrictions to e-commerce delivery of physical goods, are caused by diverging national consumer, product or labelling requirements and are thus often the consequence of remaining barriers to the Single Market; underlines the need to remove these remaining barriers;
Amendment 649 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers and businesses; Stresses the importance of encouraging competition to achieve more broadband investment; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks, in fact, it is rather the opposite, that competition has proved to stimulate investments; calls on the Commission, therefore, to enforce competition rules in order to ensure that consumers and businesses can benefit from affordable high-quality services;
Amendment 670 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses that as technical and industrial developments and consumer behaviour are evolving rapidly, data traffic growing exponentially, and areas of use constantly widening, any new industry regulation needs to be principle- based, technology neutral and flexible;
Amendment 674 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that investment in next- generation broadband infrastructure and access for all players to non-duplicable network assets is fundamental for Europe´s innovation and competitiveness, in order to lead not to lag behind, and in order to be able to offer the highest broadband speeds, the highest penetration rates and the largest digital motorways enabling the development of new services, innovations and economic growth;
Amendment 722 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition; recalls that access to networks remain a bottleneck and that competition therefore is needed at the infrastructure layer;
Amendment 737 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investmentfor a flexible and coordinated European spectrum policy where inefficient use of spectrum is addressed and where the exponential growth of mobile data traffic can be met by future re-allocations; emphasises that spectrum policy needs to be designed in a way which should not allow viable challenger operators actively investing in their own infrastructure to be squeezed out of the market by protectionist spectrum policy decisions;
Amendment 749 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the Commission to undertake a comprehensive review of the spectrum framework with a view to providing consistency and predictability that would boost network investment across the EU, thereby enabling the Digital Single Market;
Amendment 751 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Stresses that the development of data demand has consistently exceeded expectations meaning that future EU spectrum policy needs to be forward- thinking, in particular given the scarcity of a resource so essential for connecting all European citizens; calls for the elimination of spectrum policy fragmentation;
Amendment 752 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Underlines the importance of spectrum allocation for mobile broadband and internet, paving the way for the speeds and capacities essential for the development and emergence in Europe of new services and innovations;
Amendment 753 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Points out that the services of today would not have been possible with the speeds and capacities of yesterday, meaning that the services of tomorrow will not emerge in a Europe still staying with present capacities and speeds;
Amendment 754 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Points out that a harmonised, forward-looking and predictable spectrum management environment is critical for the long term investments necessary for 5G access networks to be rolled out;
Amendment 755 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Urges the Commission to push forward with 5G to ensure European leadership; emphasises the need for harmonised radio spectrum to ensure global interoperability regarding 5G rollout;
Amendment 756 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 g (new)
Paragraph 21 g (new)
21g. Calls on the Commission to act in order to facilitate the allocation of the 700 MHz band together with other necessary frequencies as soon as possible, securing other parts of the spectrum for broadcasting and at the same time facilitating for meeting up with increased demands for IP Television, reminds of the importance to be in the global lead regarding preconditions for the rapid development of new services and technologies in Europe, requiring the best capacities for fixed and mobile broadband;
Amendment 827 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Notes that the concept of platforms covers a wide range of heterogeneous infrastructure, services and markets in both the online and the offline world changing and developing very rapidly, and therefore, there is no clear and enforceable definition of this concept;
Amendment 836 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Emphasises the importance of ensuring unified application of competition law to ensure that all competition takes place on a level playing field rather than creating special legislation that may limit the opportunities for business to develop innovative business models;
Amendment 860 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy and underlines that platforms already fall under the scope of EU legislation, such as competition law, data protection and consumer law;
Amendment 910 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Recognises that the e-commerce Directive provides a strong and flexible legal framework for the digital economy in the EU; stresses that intermediary liability protections underpinned the development of the Internet and is a necessary condition for the protection of fundamental rights, in particular the right to privacy and freedom of expression;
Amendment 920 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and Supports the self or co-regulatory solutions put in place by digital actors, notably on online child protection, and encourages Internet actors to conltinue networksing and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital servicooperating together in a responsible way to ensure that Internet remains an open, fair and safe spaces;
Amendment 934 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Considers that maintaining a secure and protected IT infrastructure environment is a prerequisite for the further digitalisation of industry, particularly for critical sectors such as healthcare, transport and energy; maintains that as our society evolves into ever more digitalisation high standards of cyber security are of utmost importance;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds that there is no trade-off between competition and innovation, nor between competition and investments and that effective competition is the best way to foster investments while ensuring innovation and high quality services for end-users at affordable prices;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Is of the view that any policy should favour efficient investments in new networks and take into account the impact on consumers delivering prices and genuine choice, which is the only way to prevent from the outset the emergence of new digital divides, including a new one between high and low income households;
Amendment 202 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the temporary State aid in the financial sector for the stabilisation of the global financial system was necessary but on completion of the Banking Union must be quickly reduced or totally removed and scrutinised; stresses the importance of a restrictive approach to state aid;
Amendment 210 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to launch a road map for less but better targeted state aid, aiming for a reduction of state aid opening up for lower taxes stimulating new businesses and fair competition rather than supporting old structures and incumbents;
Amendment 212 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Underlines that when using state aid in order to promote services of general interest it is the consumers and the citizens benefit that is crucial, not individual companies or public entities today;
Amendment 253 #
2015/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines that Commission when dealing with competition rulings must see the internal market as one market, not as a number of local or national markets;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Member States are exclusively competent for defining their energy mix, and the Commission must not encroach upon this competence by passing EU laws that discriminate against certain energy resources to the advantage of others, but instead ensure that the targets of CO2 emissions for 2030 are respected by implementing credible policies to fulfil them;
Amendment 125 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas it has become an important part of Russian foreign policy to develop and implement a strategy regarding strategic resources, in particular oil and natural gas, in order to put other countries under political pressure; notes that this has been the case for a number of its neighbouring countries and several Member States of the European Union;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the use of oil and natural gas for reasons of foreign policy and for the destabilisation of other countries, undermines economic growth and, even more dangerous, democratic stability in Europe and the independence of sovereign states;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas a policy for energy security must address the need for a stable supply from different energy sources, providing the European economy with the energy needed for transports, industry and housing in a way that supports competitiveness and climate policy, at the same time as it must minimize the dependence on those who deliberately want to use energy resources for their own political purposes in order to influence the political development in other countries;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas European energy security must be developed in a way that defends both European security and the sovereignty of European countries, comprising both EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 154 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas significant commercial gas supply contracts have an impact on EU energy security and, therefore should be subject to ex-ante compliance checks with EU law;
Amendment 163 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas 30 million European jobs are at risk owing to the US shale gas bothe emergence of shale gas has changed the logics of the global economy, as energy-intensive industries move operatiwell as geopolitics, facilitating lower global oil and gas prices and the competitiveness of European industry, decreasing the dependence on Russia as well as other regimes based upons to the US, where energy costs are far lowerhe wealth of oil and gas; whereas there is a need to proceed with policies aiming for less fossil fuels and more renewables phased in with competitive prices;
Amendment 200 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T b (new)
Recital T b (new)
Tb. Underlines that the full implementation of an integrated European energy market, for gas and electricity, are of fundamental importance for energy security and for the steps towards an Energy Union; whereas the Commission has the responsibility to follow up that all Member States implement and respect all parts of the Third Energy Package, aiming for an integrated market for electricity and gas;
Amendment 347 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to support those Member States that wish to negotiate energy contracts on a voluntary basis by introducing a common negoUnderlines that energy contracts must be based upon market prices and competiating mechanism, andon, stresses that the funcall negotiationings of such a mechanismlong-term contracts negotiated by Members States, as well as by others, must be subject to compliance with the EU internal market acquis and with EU competition and World Trade Organisation rules;
Amendment 368 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. calls on the Commission to include strong ex-ante assessment provisions on commercial gas supply contracts in the revision of the Security of Gas Supply Regulation;
Amendment 454 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that indigenous resources, both conventional and unconventional, which have the potential to increase the EU's energy security of supply should be fully tapped and that unnecessary regulatory burdens on the entities willing to invest in these fields must be avoidedUnderlines that an ambitious climate policy is consistent with the goals of both energy security and less dependence on those parts of the world where strategic energy resources are used as part of foreign policy;
Amendment 547 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on Member States with regulated prices for electricity to open up the market for normal competition and pricing based on supply and demand, as a means for a better functioning internal market, a responsible development of demand and incentives for new production and transmission capacity;
Amendment 548 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines that the competition policy of the European Union is an integrated part of the internal market and that it must be applied to all energy sources, all distribution channels and all suppliers in the same manner as in other markets;
Amendment 558 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the need to implement the third energy package including the deregulation of prices at retail level, empowerment of consumers while safe- guarding the needs of vulnerable consumers;
Amendment 674 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Supports regional approaches where there are particular regional challenges or opportunities, or where acting regionally could speed up market integration, including through the creation of regional hubs to enhance market liquidity, including the full use of cross-border connections;
Amendment 864 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Notes that a fully integrated energy market is the best way to utilize to its full extent all sorts of renewable resources and the available capacity for production;
Amendment 865 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Amendment 909 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses, however, that the EU must employ a technology-neutral approach to decarbonising our energy systems, with the level of CO2 emissions for different energy sources as a crucial rational for energy taxation, adopting strategies for using and promoting not only renewable energy sources but also other low-emission sources of energy; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to revise its Energy and Environmental State Aid Guidelines in a way which will provide for an equitable treatment of energy production from different energy sources;
Amendment 940 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Underlines that increased investments in district heating facilitates a growing market for indigenous energy sources, among them different kinds of bioenergy, combined with competition from different sources, allowing for energy sources such as industrial waste to be utilized;
Amendment 975 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Notes that nuclear power is one of the most important contributions of the European energy system, providing for lower CO2 emissions while simultaneously limiting import dependence, securing a stable production of electricity that can serve the internal market and be a stable base for an energy system where renewables can be phased in;
Amendment 978 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Underlines that new investments in nuclear power, fulfilling high security standards, belongs to the most feasible and concrete steps that can be taken in order to implement EU climate policy as well as increased independence regarding energy and electricity;
Amendment 980 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39b. Calls for Member States that are phasing out nuclear power to secure that it is replaced with an energy production that can contribute with the same supply, and contribute to stabilize the common system for production and distribution;
Amendment 1024 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake common efforts in order to bring down wholesale and retail gas and energy prices by 20 % by 2020secure that wholesale and retail gas and energy prices are fully market priced, thereby stimulating investments and energy efficiency;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s Investment Package, including the Capital Markets Union (CMU); stresses that an efficient and effective financial services framework ensuring financial stability is a prerequisite in order to increase (long-term) investment and to foster growth in a competitive European economy; stresses the need for investments and growth to create financial stability; underlines the linkage between economic and financial stability;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned about the increased complexity, reflected in the greater amount, detail and number of layers of regulation and supervision with requirements at international, European and national level; underlines that more complex regulation and tighter preconditions can affect investments negatively;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that the necessary increase of investment in Europe calls for making investments more attractive;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes the possible unintended consequences of multiple capital, liquidity and leverage requirements on maturity transformation and the provision of long- term financing; notes that the combination of the new regulations can mean that the capital markets functionality regarding market- and liquidity making can be hurt; asks the Commission, in cooperation with the supervisors, to analyse these consequences for banking and insurance as a matter of priority;
Amendment 309 #
2015/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Points to the fact that there are a number of well-functioning capital markets in the union; asks the commission to use the method at best practice in order to develop a capital market for the whole union;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
– having regard to the agreements reached in Minsk on 5 and 19 September 2014 and on 12 February 20155 , __________________ 5 ‘Protocol on the results of consultations of the Trilateral Contact Group’, signed on 5 September 2014, and ’Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements’, adopted on 12 February 2015.
Amendment 63 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Russian Ministry of Justice has decided to include the Council of Ministers' office in St Petersburg on its list of foreign agents, thereby limiting an important dialogue and cooperation between the Nordic countries and Northwest Russia;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas a number of officials representing the Russian Government has made public threats about the risks of military and even nuclear attacks on Nordic countries;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the Russian military activities around the Baltic Sea has developed into bigger and more provocative military exercises and manoeuvres as a mean to demonstrate military capacity for military operations directed at the Baltic and the Nordic countries;
Amendment 158 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the Transparency International ranks Russia 136 out of 175 countries on its corruption perception index, Russia poses a serious concern with regard to international corruption and money laundering which in its turn is a threat to European economies and their integrity;
Amendment 232 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is of the opinion that, in the long run, a constructive and predictable relationship between the EU and Russia is possible, for the benefit of both partners, especially in view of the existing political, trade and energy relations, people-to- people contacts and of the common challenges and interests on the world scene;
Amendment 313 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Firmly supports the swift creation of a robust European Energy Union, specifically the interconnection of national energy networks in order to reduce considerably the dependence of individual Member States on external energy suppliers; calls on the transformation of the energy trade in Europe so that it becomes more transparent and thereby creating a true free market with greater efficiency; calls on the application of the full scale of European competition legislation to foreign actors as well as domestic; is of the firm conviction that the challenges to and vulnerability of European solidarity, and the exposure of individual Member States, to the illegitimate use of energy as a political and diplomatic bargain chip can only be combatted efficiently through the full implementation of the Third Energy package and the completion of a transparent, integrated, synchronised and resilient European internal energy market;
Amendment 335 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the relevance of the suspensCalls for the prohibition of all cooperation with Russia in the defence sector, and calls on the Member States to refrain from taking any decisions that could jeopardise this united position; is therefore of the view that, notwithstanding their undisputable bilateral nature, agreements in the field of defence cooperation between some Member States and Russia should be assessed carefully at EU level, with a view to defining an appropriate and consistent approach; calls for the EU’s cooperation with NATO to be consolidated further;
Amendment 378 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Renews its call for the development of EU reconnaissance capabilities of weaponised information and the preparation of information contingency plans, including the strengthening of analytical and monitoring capabilities, especially in the Russian language, in order to be able to identify, and respond swiftly and appropriately to, purposefully biased information; calls on the Commission to earmark without delay adequate funding for concrete projects aimed at countering Russian propaganda within the EU and abroad; calls on the Commission and the Member States to devise as well a mechanism for transparency of and for the collection, monitoring and reporting of financial, political or technical assistance provided by Russia to political parties and other organisations within the EU, with a view to assessing its involvement in, and influence over, political life and public debate in the EU;
Amendment 432 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its deep concern for the state of human rights and the rule of law in Russia, and strongly condemns the crackdown on independent civil society and the persistent and multiform repression of activists, political opponents and critics of the regime, which has in some cases led to their murder (Anna Politkovskaya, Natalya Estemirova, Boris Nemtsov, Sergey Magnitsky, Alexander Litvinenko, and others); demands that all assassinations of political activists, journalists and whistle blowers be investigated properly and independently; insists that Russia respects its obligations to the Helsinki Final Act, the UN convention of Human rights, and the Council of Europe; reiterates its call on the Council to deliver on its commitment to defend these principles, and to adopt restrictive measures for the officials involved in the well-documented Magnitsky case;
Amendment 448 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of continued political and financial support to independent civil society activists, media and NGOs; encourages the EU to reach out to Russian officials and civil society organisations that are inclined to develop an alternative vision of political and diplomatic relations with the EU; underlines that Russian troops must be withdrawn from the territories of Ukraine before sectorial sanctions may be lifted and normal relations between EU and Russia can be reinstated, and stresses that continued weapon supplies and military operations in Ukraine must lead to increased sanctions, rejects the idea of starting negotiations on any new trade arrangement with Russia as long as Russia does not recognise its international commitments and the sovereignty of other countries; underlines that future agreements on free trade can be discussed only when Russia respects international laws as well as its treaties and agreements with neighbouring countries; underlines that the European Union must remain firm and consistent towards a Russian regime that is invading, occupying, threatening and provoking its neighbours and Member States in the Union and neglecting international commitments and rule of law but open for a Russia accepting an international cooperation based upon rule of law, democracy and respect for the sovereignty and integrity of other countries;
Amendment 457 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the need for cooperation and dialogue between the Russian society and Europe, calls upon the Russian authorities to keep channels for this open and not closing or limiting the activities and opportunities of European countries and the European society to contribute to this;
Amendment 458 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses the importance of European media and European public service broadcasters to offer their services in the Russian language, accessible for Russians as well as for Russian speaking minorities in the European Neighbourhood;
Amendment 41 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In the context of infrastructure development, it is noteworthy that the Member States have committed to achieve the targets for minimum download speeds of 30 Mbps by 2020 in order to meet the conditions relating to high connectivity for all.
Amendment 49 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the objective of this Regulation is to adapt the legal framework in order to ensure that the licensing of rights no longer presents barriers to cross- border portability of online content services in the Union and that the cross- border portability can be ensured without additional licensing costs.
Amendment 69 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure the cross-border portability of online content services it is necessary to require that online service providers enable their subscribers to use the service in the Member State of their temporary presence by providing them access to the same content on the same range and number of devices, for the same number of users and with the same range of functionalities as those offered in their Member State of residence. This obligation is mandatory and therefore the parties may not exclude it, derogate from it or vary its effect. Any action by a service provider or a right holder which would prevent the subscriber from accessing or using the service while temporarily present in a Member State, for example restrictions to the functionalities of the service or to the quality of its delivery, would amount to a circumvention of the obligation to enable cross-border portability of online content services and therefore would be contrary to this Regulation.
Amendment 74 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Requiring that the delivery of online content services to subscribers temporarily present in Member States other than their Member State of residence be of the same quality as in the Member State of residence could result in high costs for service providers and thus ultimately for subscribers. Therefore, it is not appropriate for this Regulation to require that the provider of an online content service take measures to ensure quality of delivery of such services beyond the quality available via the local online access chosen by a subscriber while temporarily present in another Member State. In such cases the provider shall not be liable if the quality of delivery of the service is lower. The service provider should however inform the consumer at the subscription stage of the possible limitation in quality. Nevertheless, if the provider expressly agrees to guarantee certain quality of delivery to subscribers while temporarily present in other Member States, the provider shall be bound by such agreement.
Amendment 97 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation introduces a common approach to ensuring that subscribers to online content services in the Union, when temporarily present in a Member State other than Member State of residence, can access and use these services.
Amendment 101 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) "Member State of residence" means the Member State where the subscriber is habitually residing where he/she returns to after a temporary presence in another country;
Amendment 104 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) "Temporarily present" means a presence of a subscriber in a Member State other than the Member State of residence, whatever the effective duration of such presence, provided that the Member State of residence was verified in accordance with article 2 - paragraph 1 - point e - subparagraph 2 - point 2;
Amendment 113 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – subparagraph 2 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – subparagraph 2 – point 2
(2) without payment of money provided that the subscriber's Member State of residence is verified by the provider based on online declaration by the subscriber on their Member State of residence or the fiscal residence of the subscriber or on the possession of an identity card or billing and postal address or bank details or any other valid document that confirms the subscriber's residence;
Amendment 122 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(1) The provider of an online content service subject to the payment of money or without payment of money but subject to prior verification of the subscriber's Member State of residence, shall enable a subscriber who is temporarily present in a Member State to access and use the online content service.
Amendment 128 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
(3) The provider of an online content service shall informprovide the subscriber with information concerning limitations tof the quality of delivery of the online content service provided in accordance with paragraph 1 prior to providing that service.
Amendment 137 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
(1) Any contractual provisions including those between holders of copyright and related rights, those holding any other rights relevant for the use of content in online content services and service providers, as well as those between service providers and subscribers which are contrary to Articles 3(1) and 4may have the effect of preventing the application of this Regulation, shall be unenforceable.
Amendment 150 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a The Commission shall, not later than on 3 years review the application of this Regulation and submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council. The Commission should pay particular attention to whether the solutions created and implemented have a positive or a negative impact on development of Digital Single Market.
Amendment 154 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
It shall apply from [date: 612 months following the day of its publication].
Amendment 239 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Manufacturers respond to the energy label by creating ever more efficient products. This technological development leads to products populating mainly the highest classes of the energy label. Further product differentiation may be necessary to allow customers a proper comparison, leading to the need to rescale labels. For the frequency of such rescaling a timescale of approximately ten years would be appropriate, taking into account the need to avoid over burdening manufacturers. This Regulation should therefore lay down detailed arrangements for rescaling in order to maximise legal certainty for suppliers and dealers. AWhether a newly rescaled label should have one or two empty top classes to encourage technological progress and enable ever more efficient products to be developed and recognised shall be determined for each product category and with regards to innovation potential and current energy efficiency status. When a label is rescaled, confusion to customers should be avoided by replacing all energy labels within a short timeframe, taking into consideration the limited resources of small businesses.
Amendment 441 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) in retail stores, including online, where the specific product is on display and can be purchased, they shall make reference to the energy efficiency class of the product in any advertisement or technical promotional material for a specific model of products in accordance with the relevant delegated act;
Amendment 533 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall ensure that, , when a label is introduced or rescaled, give careful consideration to the innovation potential and the current energy efficiency status of different product categories, and ensure that the requirements are laid down so that no products are expected to fall in energy classes A or B A at the moment of the introduction of the label and so that the estimated time within which a majority of models falls into thoseenergy classes A or B shall be at least ten years laterup to ten years later; The Commission shall ensure that, from a consumer perspective, there is a general understanding of the scale, while also ensuring that no product category is unreasonably disfavoured by the introduction of new labels.
Amendment 573 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) dealers shall replace the existing labels on products on display including on the Internet with the rescaled labels within one weekas swiftly as possible, and within three months, following the date specified for that purpose in the relevant delegated act. Dealers shall not display the rescaled labels before that date.
Amendment 602 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall establish and maintain a product database including the information referred to in Annex I. The information listed under point 1 of Annex I shall be made publicly available; the database shall be designed with regards to decreasing the administrative burden and simplifying information flows for consumers, industry and authorities; Market surveillance authorities shall ensure that products on the market are registered in the database and that the product information is correctly referenced, by evaluating at least 10 percent of the products on the market in the respective Member State.
Amendment 646 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) the content and, where appropriate, the format and other details concerning the technical documentation and product information sheet; it shall be specified, in order to ensure proper safeguarding of confidential information and technical documentation, what information to be uploaded in the product database and what information to be available on the request of national authorities and the Commission;
Amendment 79 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The auctioning of allowances remains the general rule, with free allocation as the exception. Consequently, and as confirmed by the European Councilan important exception to maintain European global competitiveness. Consequently, the share of allowances to be auctioned, which was 57% over the period 2013-2020, should not bneeds to be reconsidered in favour of increasing the amount of free allowances, in order to secure that the best performing installations in sectors at risk of carbon leakage areduced guaranteed free allocation of allowances. The Commission's Impact Assessment18 provides details on the auction share and specifies that this 57% share is made up of allowances auctioned on behalf of Member States, including allowances set aside for new entrants but not allocated, allowances for modernising electricity generation in some Member States and allowances which are to be auctioned at a later point in time because of their placement in the Market Stability Reserve established by Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council19 . __________________ 18 SEC(2015)XX SEC(2015)XX 19 Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of … concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and amending Directive 2003/87/EC (OJ L […], […], p. […]).
Amendment 199 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
From 2021 onwards, the share of allowances to be auctioned by Member States shall be 57%.most efficient installations shall be ensured free allocation of allowances, in order to maintain international competitiveness and foster an industrial structure for reducing carbon emissions;
Amendment 246 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) The Commission shall establish a framework to ensure that the financial measures in favour of sectors and subsectors that are exposed to a genuine risk of carbon leakage due to indirect costs incurred from greenhouse gas emissions and which are passed on in electricity prices do not distort competition on the internal market and follow a fully harmonized methodology as regards to the levels of compensation;
Amendment 320 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) On the basis of verified production data and information submitted pursuant to Article 11, the Commission shall identify whether the values for each benchmark calculated using the principles in Article 10a differ from the annual reduction referred to above by more than 0.5% of the 2007-8 value higher or lower annually. If so, that benchmark value shall be adjusted either 0.5% or 1.5% in respect of each year between 2008 and the middle of the period for which free allocation is to be made; consideration shall be given to those sectors with a limited potential of technological development due to unavoidable process emissions; accordingly, for those sectors, the benchmark value shall be adjusted by less than 0.5 %.
Amendment 370 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 422 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
400 million allowances reserved for auctioning shall be available to support innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in industrial sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of commercial demonstration projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (CCS) of CO2 as well as demonstration projects of innovative renewable energy technologies, in the territory of the Union.
Amendment 471 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b – paragraph 1
Article 10b – paragraph 1
1. Sectors and sub-sectors where the product exceeds 0.2 from multiplying their intensity of trade with third countries, defined as the ratio between the total value of exports to third countries plus the value of imports from third countries and the total market size for the European Economic Area (annual turnover plus total imports from third countries), by their emission intensity, measured in kgCO2 divided by their gross value added (in €), shall be deemed to be at risk of carbon leakage. Such sectors and sub-sectors shall be allocated allowances free of charge for the period up to 2030 at 100% of the quantity determined in accordance with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 10a, in order to foster European competitiveness and an industrial structure for reducing carbon emissions.
Amendment 47 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
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 Uunion suffers in particular from a lack of private investment as a consequence of market uncertainty regarding the economic future and the fiscal cons that could contribute to competitiveness and new jobs. The fall of investments is due to instable public finances, increased debt burdens and high interest rates resulting in low growth and market uncertainty regarding the economic future. Stabilized public finances have, where this has been achieved, given lower interest raints on Member States. This lack of investment slows economic recovery and negatively affects job creation, long-term growth ptes and a slow but not sufficient rice of investments. There is a need to increase the attractiveness to invest in European business, in new companies as well as established and growing industries and the infrastructure of a modern knowledge economy. Investments in research, science and development are essential in order to improve Eurospects and competitiveness.
Amendment 53 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Comprehensive action is required to reverse the vicious circle created by a lack of investment. Structural reforms and fiscal responsibility are necessary preconditions for stimulatingIn order to improve European competitiveness and to facilitate the market certainty needed, stable public finances and structural reforms are preconditions for investments in Europe coming back to the levels where they should be. There is a need to get rid of regulations hindering or delaying investments, to open up the internal market for investments and to safeguard that financial markets and European banks can provide liquidity, market making and loans to finance the investments needed. Along with a renewed impetus towards investment financing, these preconditions can contribute to establishing a virtuous circle, where investment projects help support employment and demand and lead to a sustained increase in growth potential.
Amendment 57 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The G20, through the Global Infrastructure Initiative, has recognised the importance of investment in boosting demand and lifting productivity and growth and has committed to creating a climate that facilitates higher levels of investment. The EFSI should complement to an overall strategy to improve investments in Europe, not replacing other investments and financial structures and not undermining the Union's investments in science, research and development.
Amendment 66 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The financing of the EFSI should not undermine the Union's research, science and development, neither on EU nor on national levels. The aim should be to use money in the EU budget that today has no or little leverage for attracting private investments and small effects for increased competitiveness and new innovations needed to create a European leadership.
Amendment 94 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
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 private investment as a consequence of market uncertainty regarding the economic future and the fiscal constraints on Member States. This lack of investment slows economic recovery and negatively affects job creation, long-term growth prospects contributing to competitiveness and new jobs. The fall of investment is due to market uncertainty regarding the economic future as a result of weak public finances, high public debt and structural imbalances. Where public finances have been stabilized and where structural reforms have been carried out, economic growth has picked up and investment levels have risen, although not sufficiently. There is a need to strengthen the attractiveness to invest in Europe and in the infrastructure of a modern knowledge economy. Investments in science, research and development are essential in order to improve Europeand competitiveness.
Amendment 101 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
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 private investment as a consequence of market uncertainty regarding the economic future and the fiscal constraints on Member States. This lack of investment slows economic recovery and negatively affects job creation, long-term growth prospects contributing to competitiveness and new jobs. The fall of investment is due to market uncertainty regarding the economic future as a result of weak public finances, high public debt and structural imbalances. Where public finances have been stabilized and where structural reforms have been carried out, economic growth has picked up and investment levels have risen, although not sufficiently. There is a need to strengthen the attractiveness to invest in Europe and in the infrastructure of a modern knowledge economy. Investments in science, research and development are essential in order to improve Europeand competitiveness.
Amendment 110 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Comprehensive action is required to reverse the vicious circle created by a lack of investment. Structural reforms and fiscal responsibility are necessary preconditions for stimulating investmentimproving European competitiveness and stimulating investment. Europe needs to focus on cutting red tape and reducing administrative burdens for business, open up the internal market for investments and to safeguard that financial markets can provide liquidity needed to finance private investments. Along with a renewed impetus towards investment financing, these preconditions can contribute to establishing a virtuous circle, where investment projects help support employment and demand and lead to a sustained increase in growth potential.
Amendment 117 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The EFSI must be a complement to an overall strategy to improve European competitiveness and attract investments. Structural reforms, fiscal responsibility and simplification of legislation is a precondition to improve the environment for private investments in Europe.
Amendment 118 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The G20, through the Global Infrastructure Initiative, has recognised the importance of investment in boosting demand and lifting productivity and growth and has committed to creating a climate that facilitates higher levels of investment. The EFSI must complement to an overall strategy to improve investments in Europe, not replacing other investments and financial structures and not undermining the Union's investments in science, research and development.
Amendment 121 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value with a good probability for return on investments, in order to ensure sustainability and ensure that EU funding is used for guarantees and not to cover for losses. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth and competitiveness. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
Amendment 144 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The EFSI is part of a comprehensive approach to address uncertainty surrounding public and private investments. The strategy has three pillars: mobilising finance for investment, making investment reach the real economy and improving the investment environment in the Union. It must be seen as a complement to all other actions needed and – by acting as a guarantee fund - as a stimuli for new investments.
Amendment 152 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The financing of the EFSI must not undermine the Union's research, science and development, neither on EU nor on national levels. The aim must be to use money in the EU budget that today has no or little leverage for attracting private investments and small effects for increased competitiveness and new innovations needed to create a European leadership.
Amendment 169 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. A precondition for this to be achieved is that investments are made on a commercial basis, thereby generating more capital and attracting still more investments. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 171 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to allow for further increase in its resources, participation in the EFSI should be open to third parties, including Member States, national promotional banks or public agencies owned or controlled by Member States, private sector entities and entities outside the Union subject to the consent of existing contributors. Third parties may contribute directly to the EFSI and take part in the EFSI governance structure. National contributions to the EFSI should follow the same rules as other public spending and investing, must be a priority of budget policy and shall not undermine the rules of the stability pact.
Amendment 193 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments in commercially viable projects with high economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives.
Amendment 207 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Research and innovation should be the main focus of the EFSI, including combating new and emerging health threats and development of new antibiotics.
Amendment 219 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
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. 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. The EFSI should be a complement to regular credit institutions, not replacing them but facilitate more of their lending in to the economy.
Amendment 254 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The EFSI Agreement shall be open to accession by Member States. Subject to the consent of existing contributors, the EFSI Agreement shall also be open to accession by other third parties, including national promotional banks or public agencies owned or controlled by Member States, and private sector entities. National contributions to the EFSI shall follow the same rules as other public spending and investing, must be a priority of budget policy and shall not undermine the rules of the stability pact.
Amendment 257 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value with a good probability for return on investments, in order to ensure sustainability and ensure that EU funding is used for guarantees and not to cover for losses. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promote job creation, long- term growth and competitiveness. It is important that its decisions are based upon commercial and market oriented assessments and priorities. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use. It must not distort investments decisions by guaranteeing or subsidising investments of projects of little commercial value to the disadvantage of investment with higher commercial value promising a high return on investment and economic sustainability.
Amendment 295 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
National contributions to the EFSI shall follow the same rules as other public spending and investing, must be a priority of budget policy and not undermine the rules of the stability pact.
Amendment 301 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Steering Board shall have the responsibility to select investments that can give return on investments and create economic growth by attracting more investments.
Amendment 370 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to allow for further increase in its resources, participation in the EFSI should be open to third parties, including Member States, national promotional banks or public agencies owned or controlled by Member States, private sector entities and entities outside the Union subject to the consent of existing contributors. Third parties may contribute directly to the EFSI and take part in the EFSI governance structure. Member States' contributions should follow the same rules as general public expenditure, adhere to national budgetary rules and should be subject to the full range of the existing rules of the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 379 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The amounts from the Union must not be financed in a way that undermines research, science and development and projects already today attracting private money and further investments.
Amendment 392 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Provided that all relevant eligibility criteria are fulfilled, Member States may use European Structural Investment Funds to contribute to the financing of eligible projects that are supported by the EU guarantee. The flexibility of this approach should maximise the potential to attract investors to the areas of investment targeted by the EFSI. The contributions from Member states must be financed in the framework of the rules of the stability pact.
Amendment 404 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Infrastructure and project investments supported under EFSI should be consistent with State aid rules. To that end, the Commission has announced that it will formulate a set of core principles, for the purpose of State aid assessments, which a project will have to meet to be eligible for support under the EFSI. If a project meets these criteria and receives support from the EFSI, the Commission has announced that any national complementary support, will be assessed under a simplified and accelerated State aid assessment, provided it does not distort competition to the disadvantage of private investments, whereby the only additional issue to be verified by the Commission will be the proportionality of public support (absence of overcompensation). The Commission has also announced that it will provide further guidance on the set of core principles with a view to ensuring an efficient use of public funds.
Amendment 426 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The EFSI shall not only give priority to investments providing the opportunity for growth and return on investments, it must also ensure that the investments where there is a higher risk also can give a higher return on investment and contribute to innovation and leadership in new markets. Furthermore it shall ensure that the financing of investments are not directed to political projects or replacing the funding of public spending.
Amendment 476 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) To partially finance the contribution from the Union budget, the available envelopes of the Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 ofStructural Funds – the European Regional Development Fund provided by , the European Parliament and of the Council2 , aSocial Fund, the Connecting Europe Facility, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council3 , should be reduced. Those programmes serve purposes that are not replicated by the EFSI. However, the reduction of both programmes to finance the guarantee fund is expected tohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development - should be reduced. EFSI should guarantee a more effective use of these programmes by ensure aing greater investment in certain areas of their respective mandates than is possible through the existing programmes. The EFSI should be able to leverage the EU guarantee to multiply the financial effect within those areas of research, development and innovation and transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructurecontribution of private investments. The EFSI should be able to leverage the EU guarantee to multiply the financial effect compared to if the resources had been spent via grants within the planned Horizon 2020 and Connecting Europe Facility programmeStructural Funds. It is, therefore, appropriate to redirect part of the funding presently envisaged for those programmes to the benefit of EFSI. __________________ 3 Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129).
Amendment 477 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) To partially finaIn order to secure a decisive policy to increase spending on research and science in the contribution from the Union budget, the availablUnion, to contribute to the involvement of private capital in European research and science and to facilitate a modernisation of the modern infrastructure of Europe the EFSI should not be financed from the envelopes of the Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 , and the Connecting Europe Facility, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council3 , should be reduced. Those programmes serve purposes that are not replicated by the EFSI. However, the reduction of both programmes to finance the guarantee fund is expected to ensure a greater investment in certain o which the EFSI should be a complement. As a big shareas of their respective mandates than is possible through the existing programmes. The EFSI should be able to leverage the EU guarantee to multiply the financial effect within those areas of research, development and innovation and transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructure compared to if the resources had been spent via grants within the planned Horizon 2020 and Connecting Europe Facility programmes. It is, therefore, appropriate to redirect part of the funding presently envisaged for those programmes to the benefit of EFSI investments that will be facilitated by the EFSI is related to the need for regional development and modernisation of economic structures it is natural to see the financing coming from these budget lines. Further to that, relatively small amounts of existing money in the Agricultural envelopes can be sufficient to finance the guarantees for the EFSI without the long term plans being undermined. __________________ 2 Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104). 3 Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129).
Amendment 483 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an assessment of the added value, the mobilisation of private sector resources, the estimated and actual outputs, outcomes and impact of EIB financing and investment operations at an aggregated basis; furthermore this assessment shall evaluate whether the EFSI is giving priority to investments that provide the opportunity for growth and return on investments, whether it is ensuring that the investments where there is a higher risk are also giving a higher return on investment and contributing to innovation and leadership in new markets. Furthermore it shall also evaluate whether the financing of investments is not directed to political projects or replacing the funding of public spending.
Amendment 731 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. Member States that become parties to the EFSI Agreement shall be able to provide their contribution, in particular, in the form of cash or a guarantee acceptable to the EIB. Other third parties shall be able to provide their contribution only in cash. Member States' contributions shall be subject to the full range of the existing rules of the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 754 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall be governed by a Steering Board, which shall determine the strategic orientation, the strategic asset allocation and operating policies and procedures, including the investment policy of projects that EFSI can support and the risk profile of the EFSI, in conformity with the objectives under Article 5(2). The Steering Board shall elect one of its members to be Chairperson. The Steering Board shall have the responsibility to select investments that can give return on investments and create economic growth by attracting more investments. The Steering Board shall have the responsibility to oversee that criteria for investments are based on the need for return, commercial viability and economic sustainability, avoiding losses that will erode the resources of the EFSI.
Amendment 918 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
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 commercially viable, consistent with Union policies and support any of the following general objectives:
Amendment 927 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) investment in research and development;
Amendment 1013 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
All investments need to be assessed upon the risk of losses concerning the fund, their probability for return on investment and their commercial and economic sustainability.
Amendment 1025 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In addition, the EU guarantee shall be granted for support of dedicated investment platforms and national promotional banks, via the EIB, that invest in operations meeting the requirements of this Regulation. In that case, the Steering Board shall specify policies regarding eligible investment platforms. The EFSI shall not only give priority to investments providing the opportunity for growth and return on investments, it must also ensure that the investments where there is a higher risk also can give a higher return on investment and contribute to innovation and leadership in new markets. Furthermore it shall ensure that the financing of investments are not directed to political projects or replacing the funding of public spending.
Amendment 1038 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The Steering Board shall also ensure that financing is not directed to political projects or replacing public funding in the Member States.
Amendment 1160 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2018, and every year thereafter, the Commission shall review the adequacy of the level of the guarantee fund taking into account any reduction of resources resulting from the activation of the guarantee and the EIB's assessment submitted in accordance with Article 10(3). The Commission shall every year report to Parliament and Council on the development of the fund and its return on investments as well as its forecasted future returns on investments.
Amendment 1206 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the EIB shall develop, update and disseminate, on a regular and structured basis, information on current and future investments which significantly contribute to achieving EU policy objectives. They shall also every year update the forecasted development of the Guarantee Fund and of the projects, whether forecasted return on investments are feasible or becoming real.
Amendment 1255 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the financial statements of the EFSI, accompanied with an opinion of an independent external auditor.
Amendment 1276 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall, by 30 June1 March of each year, send to the European Parliament, the Council and the Court of Auditors an annual report on the situation of the guarantee fund and the management thereof in the previous calendar year.
Amendment 1287 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. At the request of the European Parliament, the Managing Director, the Chair of the EFSI Steering Board and the Chair of the EIB Board of Directors shall participate in a hearing of the European Parliament on the performance of the EFSI.
Amendment 1394 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013
Article 6, paragraphs 1,2 and 3; Annex II
Article 6, paragraphs 1,2 and 3; Annex II
Amendment 1399 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1430 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a To partially finance the contribution from the Union budget, the available envelopes of the Structural Funds – the European Regional Development Fund provided by , the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, provided by Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013, Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013, Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013, Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and Council Regulation (EU) No 1300/2013 - should be reduced.
Amendment 1437 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013
Article 5
Article 5
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No In Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘ 1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the CEF for the period 2014 to 2020 is set at EUR 29 942 259 000 (*) in current prices. That amount shall be distributed as follows: (a) transport sector: EUR 23 550 582 000, of which EUR 11 305 500 000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund; (b) telecommunications sector: EUR 1 041 602 000; (c) energy sector: EUR 5 350 075 000. These amounts are without prejudice to the application of the flexibility mechanism provided for under Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013(*). (*) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-20 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884). ’rticle 19 deleted 1316/2013
Amendment 1444 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Article 19
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No In Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘ 1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the CEF for the period 2014 to 2020 is set at EUR 29 942 259 000 (*) in current prices. That amount shall be distributed as follows: (a) transport sector: EUR 23 550 582 000, of which EUR 11 305 500 000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund; (b) telecommunications sector: EUR 1 041 602 000; (c) energy sector: EUR 5 350 075 000. These amounts are without prejudice to the application of the flexibility mechanism provided for under Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013(*). (*) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-20 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884). ’rticle 19 deleted 1316/2013
Amendment 13 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. CWelcomes the initiative to negotiate a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US; notes that TTIP aims at eliminating tariffs, duties and quotas, but also at regulatory cooperation; believes that TTIP will unlock the hidden potential of all European industry sectors, stimulating growth and job creation; calls on the Commission to maintain the objective of including a specific energy chapter in the TTIP which could significantly increase the EU’s energy security;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of a transatlantic market for the revival and vitalization of European industry, creating the world's biggest market of the two most advanced economies in the world;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reminds that the EU and the US markets are the world's leading knowledge economies, with a number of globally leading companies operating on both side of the Atlantic that are dominating the foreign direct investments in research and science in both directions, could increase the global development of knowledge, research and science in industry and more efficient production;
Amendment 35 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls for the elimination of all tariffs for industry and goods, the full opening up for investments in both directions and for a transatlantic market including industry, energy, ICT, digital economy with a broad cooperation on research and science;
Amendment 36 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Underlines that a transatlantic market, with the world's leading economies will make it possible to reassert standards in all areas, thus having a global impact, creating not only better conditions for competition but also better development for global trade and prosperity, giving European companies better access to the global economy, and giving European consumers access to the best possible goods and services;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Requests thatCalls on the Commission ensure a policy of free trade with respect to fuels, including LNG and crude oilto reduce the trade barriers with respect to all energy sources, including LNG, crude oil, renewables and green technology; believes that an ambitious agreement will help the EU reaching the climate and energy targets;
Amendment 68 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to work on transatlantic harmonisation and/or mutual recognition of standards and regulations that define the principles of public support for different energy sourcesfor all industry sectors and energy sources through the creation of a Regulatory Cooperation Council, strengthening European companies' competitiveness on the global market;
Amendment 84 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 105 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the importance of a transatlantic energy market providing a more diversified supply, reducing the dependency on Russian oil and gas, and facilitating not only lower energy prices but also higher standards and reduced CO2 emissions,
Amendment 127 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. CPoints out that SMEs are most hardly hit by both tariffs and non-tariff barriers; calls on the Commission to ensure that the priorities and concerns of SMEs are fully taken into account in the TTIP negotiations e.g. by means of impact assessments or targeted public consultations;
Amendment 134 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that a precondition for European global industrial champions to maintain and develop their leadership is strengthened by a transatlantic market, allowing European companies to make the most of global value chains;
Amendment 179 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers TTIP an excellent opportunity to facilitate the creation of a truly transatlantic digital economy; calls on the Commission to prioritise negotiating an agreement that promotes and allows the cross-border flow of data; points out that EU exports of digitally deliverable services represent 25 per cent of the value of EU exports;
Amendment 184 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for open competition and development of the digital economy, by nature global but with its main bases in EU and US, underlines that the digital economy must be central for the transatlantic market, with a leverage in the global economy and on opening up global markets further;
Amendment 201 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers a comprehensive chapter on investment, containing provisions on investment liberalisation and investment protection, essential to encourage and safeguard investments in the energy sector, including renewable energy and green technology;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that the investment gap can only be bridged by significantly higher levels of investments in private companies and in European business, calls for reforms facilitating a new entrepreneurial climate stimulating new business, new investments and innovations, with the possible returns on investments as a crucial factor for attracting financial capital to the European economy;
Amendment 58 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that increased financing of investments calls for a well-functioning financial system where increased stability and existing cross border institutions can facilitate liquidity and market making, especially for small and medium sized enterprises, underlines that reforms regarding banking structure must not hamper liquidity making;
Amendment 87 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that the Investment Plan for Europe will not work without the availability of commercial investment and projects able to attract capital by offering return on investments;
Amendment 96 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that the financial system of today, and its institutions, will be crucial for investment and growth in the European economy for a foreseeable time. It is characterised by an increased security and stability through new legislation, higher capital requirements and better supervision, the systemic risks must not be forced out of this framework to shadow institutions with less supervision and weaker rules for stability, the existing banks and credit institutions will be crucial for the development of a Capital Markets Union;
Amendment 128 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for rapid reforms regarding the development of broadband and Internet, a single telecom market, and leadership for speeds and capacity by pan-European services and a functioning digital market;
Amendment 134 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines that leadership regarding productivity and the knowledge economy requires increased spending for research, development and science, calls on the Commission and on governments to give these priority in their budgets;
Amendment 208 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that where financial consolidation has taken place, private investments have increased because of higher credibility and lower interest rates, while where governments have tried to stimulate the economy through deficits and increased public spending, investments have fallen and unemployment risen;
Amendment 224 #
2014/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is concerned that only five Member States were found to be fully compliant with the provisions of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), underlines that all Member States, independent of size, must adhere to it, with the risk of otherwise undermining economic stability and growth not only for themselves but for the whole Union;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas it has become an important part of Russian foreign policy to develop and implement a strategy regarding strategic resources, in particular oil and natural gas, in order to put other countries under political pressure, notes that this has been the case for a number of its neighbouring countries and several Member States of the European Union,
Amendment 58 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. Whereas the use of oil and natural gas for reasons of foreign policy and for the destabilisation of other countries, undermines economic growth and even more dangerous democratic stability in Europe and the independence of sovereign states,
Amendment 59 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. A policy for energy security must address the need of stable supply from different energy sources, providing the European economy with the energy needed for transports, industry and housing in a way that supports competiveness and climate policy, at the same time as it must minimize the dependence to those who deliberately want to use energy resources for their own political purposes in order to influence the political development in other countries,
Amendment 131 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that European energy security must be developed in a way that defends the sovereignty of European countries, be it Member States in the EU or the Eastern partnership, and European security,
Amendment 133 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that the full implementation of an integrated European energy market, for gas and for electricity are of fundamental importance for energy security and for the steps towards an Energy Union, reminds the Commission of the responsibility to follow up that all Member States implement and respect all parts of the Third Energy package, aiming for an integrated market for electricity and gas,
Amendment 220 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that an ambitious climate policy is consistent with the goals of Energy security and less dependence to those parts of the world where strategic energy resources are used as a part of foreign policy,
Amendment 224 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes that a fully integrated energy market is the best way to utilize to its full extent all sorts of renewable resources and the available capacity for production,
Amendment 418 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines that new investments in nuclear power, fulfilling high security standards, belongs to the most feasible and concrete steps that can be taken in order to implement the climate policy of the union as well as increased independence regarding energy and electricity,
Amendment 421 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls for Member States that are phasing out nuclear power to secure that it is replaced with an energy production that can contribute with the same supply, and contribute to stabilize the common system for production and distribution,
Amendment 477 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines that increased investments in district heating facilitates a growing market for indigenous energy sources, among them different kinds of bioenergy, combined with competition from different sources, allowing for energy sources as industrial waste energy to be utilized,
Amendment 603 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Underlines that the competition policy of the European Union is an integrated part of the internal market and that it must be applied to all energy sources, all distribution channels and all suppliers in the same manners as in other markets,
Amendment 604 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Calls for Member States with regulated price for electricity to open up for normal competition and prizing based on supply and demand, as a means for a better functioning internal market, a responsible development of demand and incentives for new production and transmission capacity,
Amendment 606 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30c. Underlines that new energy infrastructure and better interconnections are best financed via commercial investments, facilitated by market based prices, in the framework of a functioning internal energy market,
Amendment 114 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Consistent with the goals of contributing to the functioning of the internal market, it should be possible to grant a derogation for a credit institution from the provisions on separation of certain trading activities where a Member State has adopted national primary legislation prior to 29 January 2014 (including secondary legislation subsequently adopted) prohibiting credit institutions, which take deposits from individuals and Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) fromfor a core credit institution which does not deal in investments as a principal nor hold trading assets and for any core credit institution within a corporate group that is legally separated from group entities that engage in the regulated activity of dealing in investments as a principal andor holding trading assets. The Member State should therefore be entitled to make a request to the Commission to grant a derogation from the provisions on separation of certain trading activities for a credit institution that is subject to the national legislation compatible with those provisions. This would allow, and that also meets certain other conditions, to avoid being subject to the assessment set out in this Regulation. As well as creating a 'safe harbour' for institutions which take adequate steps to meet the objectives of this Regulation, this would allow institutions in Member States that already have primary legislation in place, the effects of which are equivalent to and consistent with this Regulation, to avoid alignment of existing, effective provisions. To ensure thbeing subject to further assessment and to a further requirement to separate the impact of that national legislation, as well as of subsequent implementing measures, does not jeopardise the aim or functioning of the internal market, the aim of that national legislation and related supervisory and enforcement arrangements must be able to ensure that credit institutions that take eligible deposits from individuals and from SMEs comply with legally binding requirements that are equivalent and compatible with the provisions provided inir activities. This would enable a Member State, or a jurisdiction with a common supervisor, which considers that its banking sector and the credit institutions in its territory and under its competent authorities' responsibility are of such a size relative to its economy as a whole that retail customers and depositors would, because of the proportion of trading and market making activities in its financial sector as a whole, face substantial risks without the provision of public financial support for resolution, to legislate at the appropriate level in order to separate such activities in a way that is consistent with this Regulation. The competent authority supervising the credit institution subject to the national legislation in question should be responsible for providing an opinion that should accompany the request for the derogationverifying that the conditions of the exemption are met.
Amendment 429 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. An assessment under paragraph 1(b) shall not affect any core credit institution within the group which - is legally separated from and neither holds capital instruments or voting rights in, nor is a subsidiary of, any group entity that engages in the regulated activity of dealing in investments as a principal or holds trading assets ("trading entity"); - is able to make decisions independently of other group entities; - has a management body that is independent of other group entities; - is subject to capital and liquidity requirements in its own right; and - may not enter into contracts or transactions with other group entities other than on terms similar to those referred to in Article 13(7).
Amendment 430 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 ba (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 ba (new)
1 ba. Where paragraph 1b applies, the EU parent of each core credit institution shall ensure to the extent necessary that the core credit institution can carry on its activities in the event of the insolvency of any trading entity within the group.
Amendment 431 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 bb (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 bb (new)
Amendment 432 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Paragraphs 1a and 1b shall not apply: - to institutions and groups which have been deemed unresolvable following the assessment by the resolution authority provided for in Articles 15 and 16 of Directive 59/2014/EU [BRRD] - to institutions and groups which have not begun the process of complying with the conditions of those paragraphs before the assessment has begun.
Amendment 502 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Where the competent authority concludes that, following the assessment referred to in Article 9(1), the limits and conditions linked to the metrics referred to in points (a) to (hg) of Article 9(2) and specified in the delegated act referred to in paragraph 5 are met, and it therefore deems that there is a threat to the financial stresolvability of the core credit institution or to the Union financial system as a whole, taking into account the objectives referred to in Article 1 and the size, complexity and risk intensity of the institution, it shall, no later than two months after the finalisation of that assessment, start the procedure leading to a decision as referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 3. In its assessment of resolvability, the competent authority shall specifically regard the risk that financial problems in the core credit institution could spread to other credit institutions in case of a failure.
Amendment 40 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) There is a need for European state of the art industry to be able to develop and invest in Europe thereby contributing to Union competitiveness and global CO2 reduction.
Amendment 41 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Member states should invest more in research and development of energy efficiency, CO2 reductions and carbon capture storage as well as new generations of power production including wind, water and solar power as well as hydro energy and nuclear power. The revenues from the auctions of allowances should contribute to this.
Amendment 95 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In any year, if the total number of allowances in the reserve in year x-1 is higher than 400 million, 40 million allowances shall be set aside and made available to support breakthrough innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in sectors listed in Annex I of Directive 2003/87/EC. Selection and support criteria defined in Article 10a(8) of Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community1a should apply. _________ 1a OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 63.
Amendment 162 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the debt crisis which has racked Europe in recent years has its ultimate roots in lack of competitiveness and obsolete economic structures; whereas, while these are more characteristic of some Member States than others, we all need to make an effort to enable Europe to resume its leadership of the global economy;
Amendment 163 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas change is needed: a reduced tax burden, more flexible labour markets, abolition of private and public monopolies, more effective public administration, greater investment in research and knowledge, a genuine internal market in services, sustainable pension systems and an increase in the number of hours worked;
Amendment 164 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas in various countries we have seen how fiscal stimulus programmes have rather aggravated than improved the situation; whereas in such Member States as Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom, the situation was aggravated by the initial attempts to overcome the crisis by means of fiscal policy; whereas this not only aggravated the state of public finances: it also diverted the focus from the fundamental structural reforms which were necessary towards a belief that the crisis could be overcome by means of short-term stimuli;
Amendment 165 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L d (new)
Recital L d (new)
Ld. whereas in several Member States the crisis became so serious that it was not possible to tackle the challenges independently but became necessary to seek assistance from other Member States, for which purpose various temporary and permanent crisis funds were set up;
Amendment 166 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L e (new)
Recital L e (new)
Le. whereas as a condition for receiving emergency loans from these funds it was made a requirement that the recipient country should consolidate its finances and implement comprehensive structural reforms, which, from the point of view both of creditors and of lenders, was right and entirely reasonable; whereas the alternative for the creditors was that it would have become impossible to finance their deficits and current expenditure;
Amendment 167 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L f (new)
Recital L f (new)
Lf. whereas in mid-December 2013 Ireland was able, after three years of intensive economic and political efforts, to become the first Eurozone country which had passed through a crisis to leave the emergency financing programme set up by the EU and IMF in November 2010;
Amendment 168 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L g (new)
Recital L g (new)
Lg. whereas it is not by chance that within only three years Ireland managed to make the transition from the deepest crisis, with a budget deficit of fully 30 % of GNP in 2010, to standing on its own two feet again and, without guarantees from elsewhere, being able to meet its financing needs on the international capital markets; whereas this is the outcome of three years of very laborious and purposeful work;
Amendment 169 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L h (new)
Recital L h (new)
Lh. whereas this is the result of market- oriented reforms, a clean-up of the banking industry and austerity in public administration, but it was also thanks to the fact that the EU and IMF made EUR 85 bn available in emergency loans when no sources in the private sector were prepared to lend to Ireland any longer;
Amendment 170 #
2013/2277(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L i (new)
Recital L i (new)
Li. whereas without these emergency loans the situation in Ireland would have remained far worse for a long time: unemployment would have risen even higher, cuts in the public sector and welfare would have had to be even more swingeing and the social impact even worse, as without emergency loans Ireland would not have had any budget funds at all; whereas the same applies to Greece, Portugal and Cyprus, which also benefited from these emergency financing programmes;
Amendment 56 #
2013/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points to the trend of a decline of initial public offerings and considers that this could be a major obstacle to meeting future enterprise needs as well as investments crucial to the EU's global competitiveness;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recommends that the EU takes pan- European actions to develop the IPO markets; in doing this, the EU should take stock of and build upon successful national initiatives;
Amendment 92 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas UN statistics division figures show that global CO2 emissions has increased by more than 50% between 1990 and 2010;
Amendment 116 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the global climate change challenge only can be addressed if ambitious EU policies are combined with commitments from third countries
Amendment 229 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to take a multifaceted approach, the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of which ought to be enhanced by coordinated and coherent policies that address in equal measure issues such as competitiveness, energy security and climate objectives (e.g. GHG emission reduction, renewable energy source. Notes that one overarching climate target is a cost effective way of reducing GHG while encouraging new technologies, competitiveness and energy efficiency);.
Amendment 244 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the importance of having one overarching climate target that can reduce CO2 emissions in the most cost- effective way.
Amendment 266 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to keep up the progress made at EU level and set ambitious but realistic objectives for the 2030 EU policies th, taking into account the most cost-effective path take account ofo achieve our long term commitment, as well as the economic, social, environmental, international and technological contexts, and to establish a clear, stable, long-term and cost-effective framework for industries and investors;
Amendment 382 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that an ambitious development of renewables must be combined with nuclear power to guarantee security of supply and to avoid that coal-fired power plants are used to compensate for fluctuations in power generation from renewables; nuclear energy plays a crucial role in limiting CO2 emissions and reducing the use of fossil fuel.
Amendment 394 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Market mechanisms and competition is a precondition for the long term development of renewable energy in Europe; notes that a free and open market is the best way to stimulate a sustainable development of renewable energy
Amendment 398 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Recalls the implications for the internal market of different compensation levels for indirect carbon costs across Member States; invites the Commission to develop a framework for compensation that levels the playing field on the internal market;
Amendment 669 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Highlights the need to continue to unbundle and deregulate European energy markets to secure competition and supply of electricity at the lowest possible price
Amendment 763 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Recalls that nuclear energy is one of the most economic and climate friendly energy sources and less vulnerable to fuel price changes. Therefore, within the EU energy mix nuclear energy is indispensable to achieve a non-fossil fuel society;
Amendment 844 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Notes with concerns the calls for a carbon inclusion mechanism at EU borders; such an instrument would not only hamper economic growth and innovation, but would also have negative implications for climate action
Amendment 907 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Notes that it is important for the EU to maintain its leading role and for Member States to speak with one voice in order to define a strong and common position to defend during the 2015 Paris negotiations that will aim at reaching a new global climate binding agreement; emphasize the importance of a comprehensive strategy in which third countries make binding commitments to reduce CO2 emissions
Amendment 5 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the differences in the enforcement and implementation of the regulatory framework has led to higher costs for operators active in more than one country; thereby hindering investments and the development of a single market for telecoms
Amendment 6 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. Whereas the European Commission has not made use of the possibility to adopt a decision identifying transnational markets as specified in the provision of Art 15(4) FD
Amendment 14 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. Whereas pan-European business users have not been recognised as a separate market segment resulting in a lack of standardised wholesale offers, unnecessary costs and a fragmented Internal Market.
Amendment 15 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. Whereas functional separation, i.e. the separation of wholesale access products into a separate and independently operating entity, is currently only envisaged as an exceptional measure.
Amendment 22 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the rollout of ultrafast internet access is slowtoo slow compared to the rest of the world, representing only 3.4 % of all fixed lines, and user demand appears weak, with only about 2 % of households subscribing to such lines1 ;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. Whereas 4G deployment in Europe has been hindered by a lack of sufficient coordination in radio spectrum allocations, in particular Member States delay in carrying out the authorisation process in order to allow the use of the 800 MHz band for electronic communication services by 1 January 2013 as stipulated by the Radio Spectrum Policy Program;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas the Radio Policy Spectrum Policy Program asks the European Commission to review the use of the spectrum below 1GHz and assess whether additional spectrum could be freed and made available for new applications, such as the 700 Mhz band;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that while the framework has made substantial progress towards achieving its aims;, the EU telecoms market remains fragmented along national borders, making it difficult for businesses and citizens to fully benefit from a single market.
Amendment 55 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point xiii
Paragraph 4 – point xiii
(xiii) pan-European services and operators, taking into account the (unused) provision of Art 15(4) FD allowing the Commission to identify transnational markets; recommends that the review of the framework includes consideration of:
Amendment 59 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point xiii – point a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point xiii – point a (new)
a) Identification of transnational markets, as a first step at least with respect to business services;
Amendment 60 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point xiii – point b (new)
Paragraph 4 – point xiii – point b (new)
b) enabling providers to notify BEREC that they intend to serve such markets;
Amendment 61 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point xiii – point c (new)
Paragraph 4 – point xiii – point c (new)
c) supervision of providers serving such markets by BEREC;
Amendment 66 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point xiii a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point xiii a (new)
(xiiia) Suggests that strengthening the application of the functional separation remedy by removing the exceptional character of the obligation could increase incentives for network investments and further develop the internal market in electronic communications;
Amendment 72 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iv
Paragraph 5 – point iv
(iv) facilitating the development of pan- European providers. and the provision of cross-border business services;
Amendment 78 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the overall aim of the framework should continue to be the promotion of a sectoral ecosystem of competition and investment which benefits consumers and users, while consolidating thencouraging the creation of a true internal market in communications and promoting the global competitiveness of the Union;
Amendment 84 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Believes that in order to maintain a consistent framework and provide regulatory certainty, issues such as a Union passport or one-stop shop for providers, technical arrangements for spectrum auctions, and consumer issues shcould all be addressed in a comprehensive review of the framework as set out herein, and not piecemealplay an important role in order to create a single market for telecoms and provide regulatory certainty;
Amendment 85 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Believes that to encourage investments and to create regulatory certainty a European electronic communications provider that wish to start activity outside its "home" Member State should only be required to submit a single notification to the competent authority of the "home" Member State;
Amendment 86 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point a (new)
(a) Highlights that national competent authorities shall aim to apply regulatory principles, procedures and conditions for spectrum usage which do not impede European electronic communications providers from providing networks and services in several Member States or across the Union;
Amendment 87 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point b (new)
Paragraph 8 – point b (new)
(b) Is convinced that increased spectrum coordination combined with the application of common principles for right of use of spectrum across the Union would be an important remedy to tackle the lack of predictability regarding spectrum availability, thus encouraging investments and economic of scale;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c (new)
Paragraph 8 – point c (new)
(c) Stresses that incentive payments and/or the revoking of right of use in case of failure to use relevant radio spectrum could be important measures to free up sufficient harmonised radio spectrum to stimulate high-capacity wireless broadband services;
Amendment 89 #
2013/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point d (new)
Paragraph 8 – point d (new)
(d) Highlights that a pan-European auctioning of 4 and 5G wireless services, with a limited number of licensees that collectively serve the whole territory of the EU, would enable pan-European wireless services, eroding the fundaments upon which roaming is built;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Annual Report on Competition Policy should serve as an instrument for furthering the of the Union's overall competitiveness expanding competition and opening up for new actors, thereby widening and deepening the internal market, and not only relating to the practical implementation of competition policy by the Commission;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas sectors where the level of competition is inferior often are the very same as where economic output is under- performing;
Amendment 28 #
2013/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that implementation of competition policy in the broader sense must not strengthen already established companies and providers of goods and services, but rather have as its overarching objective to facilitate the entry of new actors and the emergence of new ideas and techniques, thereby maximising the benefit to Union citizens;
Amendment 101 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas enhanced competition in the European banking industry is highly desirable; whereas the aggregated amount of legislative and regulatory requirements on banks, although indeed warranted for many reasons, risk to create barriers to entry and, therefore, facilitate the cementation of the current banking groups' dominant positions;
Amendment 103 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the EU needs growth and jobs as businesses need capital and credit; EU banking sector plays an important role to initiate growth, therefore any reforms for the EU banking sector that would impede growth should be avoided;
Amendment 107 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the HLEG's analysis and recommendations on banking reform and considers them a sound basis for initiating reforms. However, considers that legislative initiatives currently processed or recently adopted, such as the Single supervisory mechanism, the capital and prudential requirements regulation and directive, the Bank recovery and resolution directive, the Deposit guarantee scheme, MiFID and MiFIR, the Market abuse regulation and directive, the European markets infrastructure regulation, the Alternative investment fund managers' directive, the Financial transaction tax, the Insurance mediation directive, the Insurance guarantee schemes, the Investor compensation schemes, Omnibus II, Solvecny II, UCITS II, the Credit rating agencies legislation and Short-selling legislation, should be implemented and allowed to come into operation and that the outcome thereof should be taken as a basis for the assessment of what might be needed in the future;
Amendment 115 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that many of the issues identified in the HLEG's report are addressed by currently processed and already adopted legislative initiatives, most importantly by the proposal for a Directive on bank recovery and resolution;
Amendment 117 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights that HLEG's analysis shows that no particular business model did better than others during the financial crisis of 2008-09; underlines that this insight must be a point of departure of the analysis for further initiatives;
Amendment 124 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that while current proposals for reforms of EU banking sector rules (including the Capital Requirements Directive and Regulation, the Recovery and Resolution Directive, the Single Supervisory Mechanism, the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive and shadow banking initiatives) are vital, a more fundamental reform of the banking structure is essential, and complementary to the other proposalsshould be adopted, implemented and allowed to come into operation before the need for further legislative initiatives is assessed;
Amendment 152 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that the Commission's impact assessment include a thorough assessment of the cost to both public finances and financial stability of the failure of an EU- based bank during the current crisis, together with information on the nature of the EU's current universal banking model, including the size and balance sheets of the retail and investment activities of all universal banks operating in the EU, broken down by individual bank and country; reminds in this regard of the funding requirements stipulated for RRD and DGS and underlines the important contribution these will make in enhancing financial stability;
Amendment 157 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds the Commission of the warning issued by the European Banking Authority and the European Central Bank (ECB) that financial innovation can undermine the objectives of structural reforms, and iconsistders that structural reforms be subject to periodic review7 the eventual need for structural reforms might be considered once the current and recently concluded legislative procedures have come into operation7;
Amendment 166 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to ensure that the core principles of reform detailed in paragraph 7 also apply to the shadow banking sector and unregulated areas of the financial services sector if a structural review was to be initiated;
Amendment 171 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the core principle of banking reform must be to deliver a safe, stable and efficient banking system that serves the needs of the real economy, customers and consumers; takes the view that structural reform must stimulateight in fact hamper economic growth by supportreducing the provisionoverall supply of credit to the economy, in particular to SMEs and start-ups, provide gre which often imply risks to those who lend to them, but also risking to reduce rather resilience against potential financial crises, restore trust anthan increase the resilience of the banking system as funding sources will be less diversified, and increase risks to public finances. Therefore, is of the opinion that an eventual structural reform must be based confidence in banks and remove risks to public financ a clear analysis whether it would increase or decrease risk, whether it would be compatible with bail-in and in the perspective of current and recently concluded legislative initiatives;
Amendment 182 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Remembers that one of the main reasons why the situation in Cyprus has been so difficult to deal with is the fact that the banking system was more or less solely dependent on retail deposits for its funding. Highlights that had there been a larger share of unsecured debt-holders in the funding mix of Cypriot banks, the extraordinarily unfortunate debacle of bailing in insured depositors most probably would not have taken place;
Amendment 187 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Acknowledges the potential problems posed by large and overly complex banking groups. Is of the opinion that such concerns are most effectively mitigated through a credible recovery and resolution framework whereby it is ensured shareholders and bank creditors will be the ones to bear the losses from bank failures;
Amendment 188 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Underlines that banks which are solely dependent on deposits and retail activities, thereby reducing the possible scope for bail-in, might pose a risk to public finances, as was clearly seen in Cyprus;
Amendment 189 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that an effective banking system must deliver a change in banking culture in order to reduce complexity, enhance competition, limit interconnectedness between risky and commercial activities, improve corporate governance, create a responsible remuneration system, allow effective bank resolution and recovery, reinforce bank capital and deliver credit to the real economy. Reiterates there are multiple ways of achieving these goals and that some 20 legislative initiatives have already been proposed to address these very issues;
Amendment 214 #
Amendment 216 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 237 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that such proposal might hinder the functioning of the whole banking sector of the EU, distort competition and pose far-reaching negative effects on the economic growth;
Amendment 241 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to come forward with a proposal for such mandatory separation through the establishment of a thorough, transparent and credible ‘ring fence’ around bank activities that are vital ntribute to the conclusion of already existing legislative initiatives before the real economy, such as those relating to credit functions, payment systems and deposits; takes the view that in the event of a bank failure, the ring fence must ensure that the retail entity continues business unaffected by operational problems, financial losses, funding shortages or reputational damage resulting from the resolution or insolvency of the investment entityneed for further legislative acts is assessed. Reminds the Commission that a number of legislative proposals have been in deadlock for a long time and that the physical capacity of the Parliament and Council to professionally deal with all outstanding dossiers is already significantly over-stretched;
Amendment 265 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to ensure that trading activities do not benefit from implicit guarantees, the use of insured deposits or taxpayer bailouts and that these activities do not pose a risk to the delivery of ring-fenced retail servie implicit guarantee of the banking system in its entirety is reducesd;
Amendment 293 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 337 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the crucially important role of banks as market makers in order to uphold liquidity and, thereby, reduce the funding costs for firms, public authorities and sovereigns; reminds of the significant technical difficulties in defining what is a "pure" market making activity; is concerned that with an inferior definition of market making activities, structural separation would have considerably detrimental effect to the smooth functioning of capital markets;
Amendment 343 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to, if structural separation eventually was to be considered, take into account the ECB's proposal to establish clear and enforceable criteria for separation8 ;
Amendment 362 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to ensure that the retail entitybank has sufficient capital and liquid assets to enable it, in the event of ithe bank's failure, to maintain depositors' access to funds, to protect the essential services of the ring-fenced arm from the risk of disorderly failure and to prioritise paying out depositors in a timely fashion and avoid adverse effects on financial stability;
Amendment 375 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to ensure that adequate differentiation exists in termrequirements ofn capital, leverage and liquidity requirements between the investment and retail entities, with an emphasis on higher capital requirements for the investment entiexist for the bank in its entirety;
Amendment 396 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to implement, if a future assessment shows there is a need for structural separation, to consider the proposals set out in the HLEG's report in the area of corporate governance of separated banks, including a) governance and control mechanisms, b) risk management, c) incentive schemes, d) risk disclosure and e) sanctions;
Amendment 401 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Commission to ensure that separation delivers independent decision- making and governance for each entity, with separate executive and non-executive board members and whereby neither side of the ring fence is owned by or reports to the otherIs of the opinion that the recently adopted directive on prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms contains an appropriate framework of requirements on the governance of banks, including their executive and non-executive board members;
Amendment 406 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 416 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. UrgeReminds the Commission to include provisions introducinghat the personal accountability and liability for board members on both sides of the ring fence and at groupis regulated at Member State level;
Amendment 438 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 452 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that effective competition is necessary in order to ensure a well- functioning and efficient banking sector which funds the real economy by reducing the cost of banking services; Is concerned that the aggregated amount of legislative and regulatory requirements on banks, although warranted for many reasons, risk to pose significant barriers to entry and, therefore, facilitate the cementation of the current banking groups' dominant positions, thereby increasing the dependence of the financial system on a limited number of big players;
Amendment 465 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the Commission and the Member States to work together to promote greater diversification and competition of the EU's banking sector by encouraging and facilitating more consumer-oriented banking, for example through cooperative, building society, peer-to-peer lending and saving bank models; stresses that fully functioning Single Market is the key;
Amendment 481 #
2013/2021(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to bring forward the necessaryStresses that structural reforms as outlined in this e HLEG-report, which, while maintaining the integrity of the internal market, respect the diversity of national banking systems and ensure Member States' ability to reinforce them where appropriaould risk to reduce the diversity of national as well as the European banking system;
Amendment 337 #
2013/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Welcomes that the European Commission has opened formal proceedings to investigate whether Gazprom might be hindering competition in Central and Eastern European Markets, in breach of EU antitrust rules
Amendment 443 #
2013/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. CRecalls that it is the competence of each Member State to define its own energy mix; calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay attention to the need to further develop cogeneration as the most efficient way of production of electrical energy and heat, and to base this option on the wide implementation of district heating as well as district cooling;
Amendment 449 #
2013/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Stresses that obstacles to competition and market-driven development of all energy infrastructures, including district heating and cooling must be removed
Amendment 450 #
2013/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36b. Stresses that price signals and market based instruments are the most cost efficient way to increase energy efficiency.
Amendment 23 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Medium combustion plants which are covered by implementing measures adopted in accordance with Article 13(5) of Directive 2010/75/EU should only be subject to the provisions of the Directive that exceed the scope covered by those implementing measures.
Amendment 35 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) combustion plants which are covered by Chapter II, III or Chapter IV of Directive 2010/75/EU;
Amendment 36 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) combustion plants which are covered by implementing measures adopted in accordance with Directive 2010/75/EU where those implementing acts are setting emission limits values for the pollutants listed in Annex II of this Directive;
Amendment 39 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) combustion plants in which the gaseusthe products of combustion are used for the direct heating, drying or any other treatment of objects or materials;
Amendment 74 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Chapter II of Directive 2010/75/EU, where applicable, tThe emission limit values set out in Annex II shall apply to individual medium combustion plants.
Amendment 88 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States may exempt existing medium combustion plants which do not operate more than 1500 operating hours per year from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II. In that case, for plants firing solid fuels, an emission limit value for particulate matter of 200 mg/Nm³ shall apply.
Amendment 104 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States may exempt new medium combustion plants which do not operate more than 1500 operating hours per year from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 2 of Annex II. In that case, for plants firing solid fuels, an emission limit value for particulate matter of 100 mg/Nm³ shall apply.
Amendment 113 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Amendment 148 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part 1 – table 1
Annex II – part 1 – table 1
Pollutant Solid biomass Other solid Liquid fuels Heavy fuel oil Natural gas Gaseous fuels fuels other than other than heavy fuel oil natural gas SO2 200 400 170 350 - 35(-1a) NOX 650 650 200 650 200 250(-1b) Particulate 3 50(1) 30 30 30 - - matter __________________ (1) 45(-1a) 400 mg/Nm3 in case of low calorific gases from coke oven and 200 mg/Nm3 from blast furnace. (-1b) 300 mg/Nm3 in case of low calorific gases from coke oven or blast furnace. (1) 200 mg/Nm3 for plants with a thermal input below or equal to 510 MW.
Amendment 167 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part 1 – table 2
Annex II – part 1 – table 2
Pollutant Type of installation Liquid Natural Gaseous fuels gas fuels other than natural gas SO2 Engines and gas 60 - 15(-1a) turbines NOX Engines 190 (1) 190 (2) 190 (2) Gas turbines (3) 200 150 200 Particulate Engines and gas 10 - - matter turbines __________________ (1-1a) 130 mg/Nm³ in case of low calorific gases from coke oven and 65 mg/Nm³ from blast furnace. (1) 1850 mg/Nm³ in the following cases: (i) for diesel engines the construction of which commenced before 18 May 2006; (ii) for dual fuel engines in liquid mode. (2) 380 mg/Nm³ for dual fuel engines in gas mode. (3) (3) Emission limit values are only applicable above 70 % load.
Amendment 176 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part 2 – table 1
Annex II – part 2 – table 1
Pollutant Solid Other solid Liquid Heavy fuel Natural Gaseous biomass fuels fuels other oil gas fuels other than heavy than fuel oil natural gas SO2 200 400 170 350 - 35(-1a) NOX 300 300 200 300 100 200 1.1 Particulate 20(1) 20 20 20 - - matter __________________ (-1a) 400 mg/Nm3 in case of low calorific gases from coke oven and 200 mg/Nm3 from blast furnace. (1) 25 mg/Nm3 for plants with a thermal input below or equal to 5 MW.
Amendment 181 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part 2 – table 2
Annex II – part 2 – table 2
2. Emission limit values (mg/Nm³) for engines and gas turbines Pollutant Type of installation Liquid fuels Natural gas Gaseous fuels other than natural gas SO2 Engines and gas 60 - 15(-1a) turbines NOX Engines 190(1) 95(2) 190 Gas turbines(3) 75 50 75(3a) Particulate matter Engines and gas 10 - - turbines __________________ (-1a) 130 mg/Nm³ in case of low calorific gases from coke oven and 65 mg/Nm³ from blast furnace. (1) 225 mg/Nm³ for dual fuel engines in liquid mode. (2) 190 mg/Nm³ for dual fuel engines in gas mode. (3) Emission limit values are only applicable above 70 % load. (3a) 200 mg/Nm3 in case of low calorific gases from coke oven or from blast furnace.
Amendment 254 #
2013/0314(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) An administrator is the natural or legal person that has control over the provision of a benchmark, in particular who administers the benchmark, collects and analyses the input data, determines the benchmark and in some cases publishes the benchmark. However, where a person merely publishes or refers to a benchmark as part of his or her journalistic activities but does not have control over the provision of that benchmark, that person should not be subject to the requirements imposed on administrators by this Regulation.
Amendment 282 #
2013/0314(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular the right to respect for private and family, the protection of personal data, the right to freedom of expression and information, the freedom to conduct a business, the right to property, the right to consumer protection, the right to an effective remedy, the right of defence. Therefore, this Regulation should be interpreted and applied in accordance with those rights and principles. In this regard, in order to uphold the rules governing the freedom of the press and the freedom of expression in media, as recognised under Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and other relevant provisions, this Regulation should not apply to citizens using their freedom of expression, the press, other media and journalists or in any way prevent Member States from applying their constitutional rules relating to freedom of the press or freedom of expression.
Amendment 307 #
2013/0314(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) citizens using their freedom of expression, the press, other media and journalists in the conduct of their journalistic activities, including the provisions of information relating to or used as indices or benchmarks
Amendment 424 #
2013/0314(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the requirements of the Title II, the specific requirements set out in Annex II shall apply to inter-bank interest rate benchmarks. When it comes to non- critical benchmarks in non-eurozone Member States the requirements set out in Annex II shall apply in accordance with decisions by the competent national authority.
Amendment 508 #
2013/0314(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 163 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In a seamless single market in electronic communications, the freedom to provide electronic communications networks and services to every customer in the Union and the right of each end-user to choose the best offer available on the market should be ensured and should not be hindered by the fragmentation of markets along national borders. The current regulatory framework for electronic communications does not fully address such fragmentation, with national, rather than Union-wide general authorisation regimes, national spectrum assignment schemes, differences of access products available for electronic communications providers in different Member States, and different sets of sector-specific consumer rules applicable. The Union rules in many cases merely define a baseline, and are often implemented in diverging ways by the Member States.the differences in the enforcement and implementation of the regulatory framework has led to higher costs for operators active in more than one country; thereby hindering investments and the development of a single market for telecoms
Amendment 165 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) A truly single market for electronic communications should promote competition, coordination, investment and, innovation and more capacity in new and enhanced networks and services by fostering market integration and cross- border service offerings. It should thus help to achieve the ambitious high-speed broadband targets set out in the DAE. The growing availability of digital infrastructures and services should in turn increase consumer choice, quality of service and diversity of content, and contribute to territorial and social cohesion, as well as facilitating mobility across the Union.
Amendment 175 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The provision of electronic communications services or networks across borders may take different forms, depending on several factors such as the kind of network or services provided, the extent of the physical infrastructure needed or the number of subscribers in the different Member States. The intention to provide electronic communications services cross-border or to operate an electronic communications network in more than one Member State may be demonstrated by activities such as negotiation of agreements on access to networks in a given Member State or marketing via an internet site in the language of the targeted Member State.
Amendment 185 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Radio spectrum is a public good and an essential resource for the internal market for mobile, wireless broadband and satellite communications in the Union. Development of wireless broadband communications contributes to the implementation of the Digital Agenda for Europe and in particular to the aim of securing access to broadband at a speed of no less than 30 Mbps by 2020 for all Union citizens and of providing the Union with the highest possible broadband speed and capacity. However, partly due to the fragmentation of the Union process for making available spectrum suitable for high speed wireless broadband access, the Union has fallen behind other major global regions - North America, Africa and parts of Asia - in terms of the roll-out and penetration of the latest generation of wireless broadband technologies that are necessary to achieve those policy goals. The piecemeal process of authorising and making available the 800 MHz band for wireless broadband communications, with over half of the Member States seeking a derogation or otherwise failing to do so by the deadline laid down in the Radio Spectrum Policy Programme (RSPP) Decision 243/2012 of the European Parliament and the Council,23 testifies to the urgency of action even within the term of the current RSPP. The situation calls for improvement in Member States willingness and ability to implement already agreed rules, as well as in the Commission's exercise of its powers. Union measures to harmonise the conditions of availability and efficient use of radio spectrum for wireless broadband communications pursuant to Decision 676/2002/EC of the European Parliament and the Council24 have not been sufficient to address this problem. __________________ 23 Decision 243/2012/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 14 March 2012, establishing a multiannual radio spectrum policy programme, OJ L 81 of 21.3.2012. 24 Decision 676/2002/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 7 March 2002 on a regulatory framework for radio spectrum policy in the European Community (Radio Spectrum Decision) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 1).
Amendment 188 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) Trading and leasing of spectrum for wireless broadband communications should be further facilitated in order to create more flexible and efficient allocation of spectrum resources.
Amendment 208 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24 a) The economic value of consistent spectrum usage rights over several territories granted to the same operator would be higher than the fragmented combination of individual licenses because of the possibilities for economies of scale, for integrated networks, and for the avoidance of cross-border interference issues. Multi-territorial spectrum authorisation procedures conducted jointly between Member States would allow mobile network operators to be granted spectrum usage rights across several Member States that are consistent or identical, for example with regard to their duration, the spectrum blocks assigned, and the related license conditions.
Amendment 209 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 b (new)
Recital 24 b (new)
(24 b) Pan European licence auctions under BEREC supervision can stimulate the development of one single EU telecom market, without roaming.
Amendment 217 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Member States should ensure that for bands harmonised at Union level for wireless broadband communications, the implementation of harmonised timetables and deadlines for the assignment of spectrum is not unduly delayed by coordination problems; in particular the management of radio spectrum at national level doesshould not prevent other Member States from using the radio spectrum to which they are entitled, or from complying with their obligations as regards bands for which the use is harmonised at Union level. Building on the existing activities of the RSPG, a coordination mechanism is necessary to ensure that each Member State has equitable access to radio spectrum and that the outcomes of coordination are consistent and enforceable.
Amendment 231 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In the interests of regulatory predictability, key elements of evolving decisional practice under the current legal framework which affect the conditions under which wholesale access products, including European virtual broadband access products, are made available for NGA networks, should also be reflected in the legislation. These should include provisions reflecting the importance, for the analysis of wholesale access markets and in particular of whether there is a need for price controls on such access to NGA networks, of the relationship between competitive constraints from alternative fixed and wireless infrastructures, effective guarantees of non-discriminatory access, and the existing level of competition in terms of price, choice and quality at retail level. The latter consideration ultimately determines the benefits to end users. For example, in the conduct of their case-by- case assessment pursuant to Article 16 of Directive 2002/21/EC and without prejudice to the assessment of significant market power and the application of EU competition rules, national regulatory authorities may consider that in the presence of two fixed NGA networks, market conditions are competitive enough to be able to drive network upgrades and to evolve towards the provision of ultra- fast services, which is one important parameter of retail competition.
Amendment 272 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) There is also end-user demand for services and applications requiring an enhanced level of assured service quality offered by providers of electronic communications to the public or by content, applications or service providers. Such services may comprise inter alia broadcasting via Internet Protocol (IP-TV), video-conferencing and certain health applications. End-users should therefore also be free to conclude agreements on the provision of specialised services with an enhanced quality of service with either providers of electronic communications to the public or providers of content, applications or services. It should be ensured that such agreements do not impair the general quality of internet access and lead to a two speed Internet.
Amendment 300 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74 a (new)
Recital 74 a (new)
(74 a) The structural measures provided for in regulation (EU) No 531/2012 aiming at increasing the competition in the roaming market such as the local break out solution and the decoupling mechanism is an important step to abolish retail roaming charges. The phasing out of retail roaming charges must be subject to lower wholesale caps creating a level playing field between all operators in the union and the Commission shall therefore by 1 July 2015 present the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers with proposals in this respect.
Amendment 301 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74 b (new)
Recital 74 b (new)
(74 b) With a view to creating a level playing field for all market operators, wholesale roaming access should be provided on non-discriminatory terms and conditions without making a distinction between domestic and foreign operators, including the terms and conditions of wholesale access provided for domestic mobile services.
Amendment 306 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75 a (new)
Recital 75 a (new)
(75 a) Together with the Commission, BEREC should be responsible for ensuring that any phasing out of retail roaming charges does not lead to higher prices in domestic markets
Amendment 308 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) In addition, the significant reduction in mobile termination rates throughout the Union in the recent past should now allow the elimination of additional roaming charges for incoming callswhile some Member States have lowered mobile termination rates (MTR) drastically the level of MTRs still varies greatly between Member States and future binding legislation might therefore be needed.
Amendment 311 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) providers of electronic communications services and networks have the right, the ability and the incentive to develop, extend and operate their networks cross-border on a pan European scale and to provide services irrespective of where the provider is established or its customers are situated in the Union,
Amendment 369 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. A European electronic communications provider shall be entitled to equal treatment by the national regulatory authorities of different Member States in objectively equivalent situationsNational regulatory authorities shall treat electronic communications providers equally in comparable situations, irrespective of their Member State of establishment.
Amendment 416 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States should promote licensed shared access to spectrum within the actual authorization regime. The sharing may be imposed by the Member State in order to ensure efficient spectrum use.
Amendment 449 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) are due to be paid when operators are effectively able to exploit the spectrum.
Amendment 458 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
National competent authorities shall within a year from the date of entry into force of this regulation determine conditions under which undertakings may transfer or lease part or all of their individual rights to use radio spectrum to other undertakings, including the sharing of such radio spectrum. When determining those conditions, national competent authorities shall have regard to the following:
Amendment 459 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Pursuant to the objective to allocate at least 1200 MHz suitable spectrum for wireless broadband as set out in decision no 243/2012, national competent authorities shall within a year from the date of entry into force of this regulation identify harmonised wireless spectrum suitable for liberalisation and determine the conditions under which undertakings in possession of rights of use for wireless spectrum may change the destination and use of such harmonised wireless spectrum.
Amendment 466 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The duration of the rights of use or the dates for subsequent renewal shall be set well in advance of the relevant procedure included in the timetable referred to in the first subparagraph. The timetables, durations and renewal cycles shall take account of the need for a predictable investment environment, the effective possibility to release any relevant new radio spectrum bands harmonised for wireless broadband communications and of the period for amortisation of related investments under competitive conditions. National competent authorities shall apply a minimum duration of thirty (30) years for granting of radio spectrum.
Amendment 468 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States may provide for proportionate and non-discriminatory withdrawal of rights, including those with a 30 year minimum duration, in order to prevent any accumulation of rights that might distort competition
Amendment 469 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
The introduction of minimum 30 year licence duration should not impede the ability of regulators to issue temporary licences and licences for secondary uses in a harmonised band
Amendment 505 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12a Joint authorisation process to grant individual rights of use of radio spectrum 1. Two or several Member States may cooperate with each other, and with the Commission, in meeting their obligations under Article 6 and 7 of the Authorisation Directive with a view to establish a joint authorisation process to grant individual rights of use of radio spectrum, in line, where applicable, with any common timetable established in accordance with Article 12(2). The joint authorisation process shall meet the following criteria: (a) the individual national authorisation processes shall be initiated and implemented by the national competent authorities according to a common schedule; (b) it shall provide where appropriate for common conditions and procedures for the selection and granting of individual rights among the Member States concerned; (c) it shall provide where appropriate for common or comparable conditions to be attached to the individual rights of use among the Member States concerned inter alia allowing operators to be granted consistent spectrum portfolios with regard to the spectrum blocks to be assigned.
Amendment 506 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12b (a) the individual national authorisation processes shall be initiated and implemented by the national competent authorities according to a common schedule;
Amendment 507 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 c (new)
Article 12 c (new)
Article 12c (b) it shall provide where appropriate for common conditions and procedures for the selection and granting of individual rights among the Member States concerned;
Amendment 508 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 d (new)
Article 12 d (new)
Article 12d (c) it shall provide where appropriate for common or comparable conditions to be attached to the individual rights of use among the Member States concerned inter alia allowing operators to be granted consistent spectrum portfolios with regard to the spectrum blocks to be assigned.
Amendment 514 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where Member States intend to establish a joint authorisation process according to Article 12a, the national competent authorities concerned shall simultaneously make their draft measures accessible to the Commission and the competent authorities.
Amendment 547 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TWhe provision of a virtual broadband access productre undertakings are found to have SMP in a defined relevant market and where access obligations are imposed in accordance with Article 8 and 12 of Directive 2002/19/EC they shall be considered as the provision of a European virtual broadband access product if it is supplied in accordance with the minimum parameters listed in offer wholesale access products meeting at least the specifications set out in Annex 1, without prejudice to the impositione of the Offers set out in Annex Iphysical access obligations and cumulatively meets the following substantive requirements:
Amendment 554 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
1a. Except where objectively justified in light of prevailing competitive conditions in the relevant wholesale market relating to business access, charges for modern interface leased lines as identified in Annex 1 part 3 shall be cost oriented.
Amendment 557 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
A national regulatory authority which has previously imposed on an operator in accordance with Articles 8 and 12 of Directive 2002/19/EC any obligation to provide wholesale access to a next- generation network shall assess whether it would be appropriate and proportionate to impose insteador in addition to an obligation to supply a European virtual broadband access product which provides at least equivalent functionalities to the currently imposed wholesale access product.
Amendment 558 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
When assessing pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 or 3 whether to impose a European virtual broadband access product instead of any other possible wholesale access product, the national regulatory authority shall have regard to the interest in convergent regulatory conditions throughout the Union for wholesale access remedies, the current and prospective state of infrastructure- based competition and the evolution of market conditions towards provision of competing next-generation networks, to investments made respectively by the operator designated as having significant market power and by access-seekers, and to the amortisation period for such investments. However, European virtual broadband access products shall not be given priority when physical unbundled access is available.
Amendment 637 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Within the limits of any contractually agreed data volumes or speeds for internet access services, providers of internet access services shall not restrict the freedoms provided for in paragraph 1 by blocking, slowing down, degrading or discriminating against specific content, applications or services, or specific classes thereof, except in cases where it is necessary to apply reasonable traffic management measures. Traffic management measures shall not be applied in such a way as to discriminate against services competing with those offered by the provider of internet access. Reasonable traffic management measures shall be transparent, non-discriminatory, proportionate and necessary to:
Amendment 750 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34 a (new)
Article 1534a Amendments to Decision No 243/2012/EU In Article 15, the third subparagraph is amended as follows Reporting and review By 10 April 2014, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the activities developed and the measures adopted pursuant to this Decision. Member States shall provide the Commission with all information necessary for the purpose of reviewing the application of this Decision. By 31 December 2015, the Commission shall conduct a review of the application of this Decision. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:081:0007:0017:EN:PDF)The review shall include: A common timetable defining an end date by which bands identified for mobile broadband communications at ITU level such as the 700 MHz, 1.5GHz and 3.8-4.2 GHz bands are freed up and harmonised for mobile broadband usage in all EU- Member States while respecting the outcome of the assessment by the European Commission in accordance with article 6.5. Or. en (http://eur-
Amendment 777 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – point 4
Article 37 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 6a
Article 6a
1. By 31 December 2015, BEREC shall, after consulting stakeholders and in close cooperation with the Commission, lay down general guidelines for the application of reasonable use criteria by roaming providers. BEREC shall have regard in particular to the evolution of pricing and consumption patterns in the Member States, to the degree of convergence of domestic price levels across the Union, to any observable effect of roaming at domestic service rates on the evolution of such rates, and to the evolution of effective wholesale roaming rates for unbalanced traffic between roaming providers of various sizes.
Amendment 781 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – point 4
Article 37 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 7a
Article 7a
Article 7a 1.Wholesale roaming access shall be provided on non-discriminatory terms and conditions without making a distinction between domestic and foreign operators, including the terms and conditions of wholesale access provided for domestic mobile services; creating a level playing field for all market operators
Amendment 782 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – point 4
Article 37 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 7a
Article 7a
Operators shall have the right to access other networks at the same wholesale charges and conditions as they offer access to their own networks to other operators, unless national regulators or BEREC view it as unfair price conditions distorting the competition,
Amendment 796 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – point 8 – point a – point i
Article 37 – point 8 – point a – point i
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 19
Article 19
To increase competition the Commission shall by 30 June 2015, after a public consultation, propose to the European Parliament and the Council a revision of the level of maximum wholesale charges provided for in articles 7,9 and 12, also taking into account the development of mobile termination rates.
Amendment 807 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall submit reports on the evaluation and review of this Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council at regular intervals. The first report shall be submitted no later than 1 July 2018 . Subsequent reports shall be submitted every four years thereafter. The Commission shall, if necessary, submit appropriate proposals with a view to amending this Regulation, and aligning other legal instruments, taking account in particular of developments in information technology and of the state of progress in the information society. The reportsview shall be made public.include amongst others:
Amendment 810 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point i (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point i (new)
(i) pan-European services and operators, taking into account the possibility for the Commission to identify transnational markets under Article 15(4) of Directive 2002/21/EC;
Amendment 813 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point ii (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point ii (new)
(ii) identification of transnational markets, initially at least with respect to business services; enabling providers to notify BEREC of their intention to serve such markets, and supervision of providers serving such markets by BEREC
Amendment 816 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point iii (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point iii (new)
(iii) a single Union authorisation including pan-European spectrum auctions and the supervisory structure for the framework as a whole;
Amendment 818 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point iv (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point iv (new)
(iv) A strengthening of the application of the functional separation remedy by removing the exceptional character of the obligation creating increase incentives for network investments and further develops the internal market in electronic communications.
Amendment 819 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point v (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point v (new)
(v) The promotion of the global competitiveness of the Union and the European digital industry, as well as investment and innovation.
Amendment 220 #
2013/0253(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68 a (new)
Recital 68 a (new)
(68a) To the extent that decisions under this Regulation are to be subject to EBA binding mediation pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, such decisions shall be binding for all parties involved.
Amendment 1016 #
2013/0253(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 3
Article 78 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of non-contractual liability, the Board shall, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws concerning the liability of public authorities of the Member States, make good any damage caused by it or by its staff in the performance of their duties, in particular their resolution functions, including acts and omissions in support of foreign resolution proceedings. In such cases, participating Member States shall compensate non-participating Member States for any costs indirectly inflicted upon the latter through the multiannual financial framework.
Amendment 82 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Longer, higher and/or heavier vehicles may be used in cross- border transport if the two Member States concerned already allow itor wish to allow such vehicles on a permanent basis since Directive 96/53/EC came into force and if the conditions for derogation under Article 4(3), (4) or (5 (4) of the Directive are met. The European Commission has already provided guidance on the application of Article 4 of the Directive. The transport operations referred to in Article 4(4) do not have a significant impact on international competition if the cross- border use remains limited to two Member States where the existing infrastructure and the road safety requirements allSuch vehicles may also be used in cross border transport between Member States and neighbouring Member States where they are already allowed on provisional basis. Provisions to this effect are laid down itn a new Article 4 (7). This balances the Member States’ right under the principle of subsidiarity to decide on transport solutions suited to their specific circumstances with the need to prevent such policies from distorting the internal market. The provisions of Article 4 (4) are clarified in this respect.
Amendment 100 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Using alternative engines that no longer rely only on fossil fuels and are therefore non-polluting or less polluting, such as electric or hybrid engines for heavy-duty vehicles or buses (mainly in urban or suburban environments) generates extra weight which should not be counted at the expense of the effective load of the vehicle so that the road transport sector is not penalised in economic terms. The solutions should also maintain the principle of technological neutrality.
Amendment 147 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(a) The word ‘national’ is deleted from points (a) and (b) of paragraph 12.
Amendment 163 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Transport operations shall be considered to not significantly affect international competition in the transport sector if they take place on the territory of a Member State or, for a cross-border operation, between only two neighbouring Member States who have both adopted measures taken in application of this paragraph, and ifunder this, and if , as regards dimensions, one of the conditions under (a) and (b) is fulfilled:
Amendment 183 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
(5a) The following paragraph 7a. is added to Article 4: 7a. Neighbouring Member States that on a permanent basis since Directive 96/53/EC entered into force allow road transport of goods with vehicles or vehicle combinations with weights and/or dimensions deviating from Annex 1 as provided in Article 4.1 a) and 4.2 a) and, as regards dimensions, in compliance with Article 4 (4) with the addition, as regards cross boarder operations, of deviations from Annex 1 point 1.3, may allow cross boarder operations between them with such vehicles and combinations. Such Member States and neighbouring Member States where longer, heavier or higher vehicles are provisionally allowed may likewise allow cross boarder operations between them on mutual agreement. The Member States will notify the Commission on this procedure.
Amendment 28 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 33 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Acknowledging the importance of high- speed broadband rollout, Member States have endorsed the ambitious broadband targets set out in Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘The Digital Agenda for Europe- Driving European growth digitally29 (’the Digital Agenda‘): 100% broadband coverage by 2013 and increased speeds of 30MBps for all households, with at least 50% of the households subscribing to Internet connections above 100MBps by 2020. Points out however that given the rapid evolution of technologies that lead to even faster internet connections, it is appropriate today, for all Union households, to target internet connections above 100 Mbps with 50 % of the households having access to 1 Gbps as expressed in European Parliament resolution on the "Digital Agenda for Growth, Mobility and Employment: time to move up a gear" __________________ 29 COM (2010)245; see also see also the Digital Agenda review, COM (2012) 784 final.
Amendment 40 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This RegulationRespecting the subsidiarity and proportionality principle, this Directive aims at providing some minimum rights and obligations applicable across the Union in order to facilitate the rollout of high- speed electronic communications networks and cross-sector coordination. While ensuring a minimum level playing field, this should be without prejudice to existing best practices and measures adopted at national and local level entailing more detailed provisions and conditions as well as additional measures complementing those rights and obligations, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle.
Amendment 48 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) It can be significantly more efficient for electronic communications network operators, in particular new entrants, to re- use existing physical infrastructures, including those of other utilities, in order to roll-out electronic communications networks, in particular in areas where no suitable electronic communications network is available or where it may not be economically feasible to build-up a new physical infrastructure. Moreover, synergies across sectors may significantly reduce the need for civil works due to the deployment of electronic communications networks and therefore also the social and environmental costs linked to them, such as pollution, nuisances and traffic congestion. Therefore this Regulation should be applicable not only to electronic communications network providers but to any owner or holder of rights to use extensive and ubiquitous physical infrastructures suitable to host electronic communications network elements, such as physical networks for the provision of electricity, gas, water and sewage, heating and transport services.
Amendment 52 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In view of their low degree of differentiation, physical facilities of such networks can often host at the same time a wide range of electronic communications network elements, including those capable of delivering broadband access services at speeds of at least 30 Mbpsof 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps and above in line with the technological neutrality principle, without affecting the main service conveyed and with minimum adaptation costs. Therefore a physical infrastructure that is intended to only host other elements of a network without becoming itself an active network element, can be in principle used to accommodate electronic communications cables, equipment or any other element of electronic communications networks, regardless of its actual use or its ownership. Without prejudice to the pursuit of the specific general interest linked to the provision of the main service, synergies across network operators should be encouraged in order to contribute at the same time to achieving the targets of the Digital Agenda.
Amendment 62 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Achieving the targets of the Digital Agenda requires that the infrastructure rollout is brought close to the end-users location, while fully respecting the principle of proportionality as regards any limitation brought to the right of property in view of the general interest pursued. Existence of high-speed electronic communications networks up to the end- user should be facilitated while ensuring at the same time technological neutrality, in particular by high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure. In view of the fact that providing for mini-ducts during the construction of the building has only a limited incremental cost while retrofitting buildings with high-speed infrastructure may represent a significant part of the cost of high-speed network deployment, all new or majorly renovated buildings shouldmay be equipped with physical infrastructure, allowing the connection of end-users with high-speed networks. In order to roll-out high-speed electronic communications network, moreover, new multi-dwelling buildings, as well as majorly renovated multi-dwelling buildings shouldmay be equipped with an access or concentration point, by which the provider may access the in- building network. In practice, this would mean that building developers should foresee that empty ducts are provided from every dwelling to a concentration point, located in or outside the building. There may be cases such as new single dwellings or categories of major renovation works in isolated areas where the prospect of high- speed connection is considered, on objective grounds, too remote to justify the additional costs of deploying in-house high-speed-ready physical infrastructures and/or a concentration point.
Amendment 72 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 1
(1) ‘network operator’ means an electronic communications network provider as well as an undertaking providing a physical infrastructure intended to provide: a service of production, transport or distribution of gas, electricity, including public lighting, heating, water, including disposal or treatment of waste water and sewage; transport services, including railways, roads, ports and airports;
Amendment 78 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 3
(3) ‘high-speed electronic communications network’ means an electronic communication network which is capable of delivering broadband access services at speeds of at least 30 Mbps.of 100 Mbps and 1Gbps where possible and above
Amendment 88 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. This provision is without prejudice to landowners and private property owners right to decide how to administer and manage assets
Amendment 116 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
In order to request access to physical infrastructure in accordance with Article 3, every undertaking authorised to provide electronic communications networks shall have the right to access, upon request for each geographical area, via a single information point, the following set of minimum information concerning the existing physical infrastructure of any network operator:
Amendment 124 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Access to the minimum information for the specified area shall be granted forthwith in electronic form under proportionate, non- discriminatory and transparent terms. Access to the minimum information may be limited by the single information point only when considered necessary in view of the security of the networks and their integrity or operating and business secrets and when considered necessary in view of protecting fundamental public and individual interests according to national law.
Amendment 127 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
If existing infrastructure is not considered technically suitable to deploy high-speed electronic communications networks, Member States may provide exemptions from obligations provided for in paragraph 1. Such measure shall be notified to the Commission and duly motivated with all interested parties given the opportunity to comment on the draft measure.
Amendment 149 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The competent authorities shall grant or refuse permits within six months from receiving a request provided that all interested parties have been heard and that that legal security can be guaranteed, without prejudice to other specific deadlines or obligations laid down for the proper conduct of the procedure which are applicable to the permit granting procedure in accordance with national or Union law. Any refusal shall be duly justified on the basis of objective, transparent, non- discriminatory and proportionate criteria.
Amendment 153 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. All newly constructed buildings at the end-user's location, including elements under joint ownership, for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation], shallmay be equipped with a high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure, up to the network termination points. The same obligationpossibility applies in the event of major renovation works for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 158 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. All newly constructed multi-dwelling buildings, for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation], shallmay be equipped with a concentration point, located inside or outside the building, and accessible to electronic communications networks providers, whereby connection to the high- speed-ready in-building infrastructure is made available. The same obligation applies in the event of major renovation works concerning multi-dwelling buildings for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 164 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. EPrior to consent from the land or property owner and, if applicable, financial compensation, every provider of public communications networks shall have the right to terminate its network at the concentration point, provided that it minimise the impact on the private property and at its own costs, in view of accessing the high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure.
Amendment 178 #
2013/0080(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
This RegulationDirective shall enter into force on the twentieth dayXXXX following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 21 #
Amendment 68 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) The imposition of a tax on financial transactions would significantly reduce the liquidity of financial instruments subject to the tax and thereby increase the cost of funding for companies, pension funds, sovereigns and other economic agents. For a number of Member States currently experiencing difficulties in their financing of public activities and servicing their sovereign debt, the tax on financial transactions would be even more cumbersome.
Amendment 101 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) The tax introduced through this directive must not be levied on entities established outside the territory of the participating Member.
Amendment 131 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 133 #
2013/0027(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) A cooperation mechanism should be established at Union level to allow for information exchange and coordinated detection and response regarding network and information security (‘NIS’). For that mechanism to be effective and inclusive, it is essential that all Member States have minimum capabilities and a strategy ensuring a high level of NIS in their territory. Minimum security requirements should also apply to public administrations and operators of critical information infrastructure to promote a culture of risk management and ensure that the most serious incidents are reported. The legal framework must be based upon the need to safeguard the privacy and integrity of citizens
Amendment 138 #
2013/0027(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) To secure that governments do not exceed or misuse their powers, it is of vital importance that information and security systems of public authorities are transparent, legitimate, well-defined and adopted in a transparent manner through a democratic process.
Amendment 156 #
2013/0027(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) All Member States should be adequately equipped, both in terms of technical and organisational capabilities, to prevent, detect, respond to and mitigate network and information systems' incidents and risks. Well-functioning Computer Emergency Response Teams complying with essential requirements should therefore be established in all Member States to guarantee effective and compatible capabilities to deal with incidents and risks and ensure efficient cooperation at Union level. Security systems of public administrations must be safe and subject to democratic control and scrutiny.
Amendment 54 #
2012/2309(INI)
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 3
Article 3
Pursuant to Article 1, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows, with effect from the beginning of the 2014-2019 parliamentary term: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 17 Czech Republic 21 Denmark 13 Germany 96 Estonia 6 Ireland 11 Greece 21 Spain 54 France 74 Croatia 11 Italy 73 Cyprus 6 Latvia 8 Lithuania 11 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 21 Malta 6 Netherlands 26 Austria 198 Poland 51 Portugal 21 Romania 32 Slovenia 8 Slovakia 13 Finland 13 Sweden 1920 United Kingdom 73
Amendment 62 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas existing legal instruments on forest management set up a sufficient framework to provide the proof of sustainability of forest biomass produced within the European Union;
Amendment 63 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas liberalisation and competition has played a pivotal role in bringing down energy prices for all EU consumers;
Amendment 150 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Acknowledges that there is a sufficient legal framework in the form of Regulation (EU) No 955/2010 of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market to provide a proof that biomass within the European Union is produced sustainably and that no forest or environmental legislation related to sustainable forest management is breached; notes that any new legislation on sustainability of biomass used to generate renewable energy and produced within the European Union should take into account the existing legal framework and instruments that it provides;
Amendment 153 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Market mechanisms and competition is a precondition for the long term development of renewable energy in Europe; notes that a free and open market is the best way to stimulate a sustainable development of renewable energy;
Amendment 175 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. A single European energy market, where energy can flow freely between all EU Member States, is a crucial factor for the development of renewables in Europe;
Amendment 328 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Notes that the Connection Europe Facility can play an important role in creating one single European Energy Market where current bottlenecks and hinders are replaced by competition, openness and cross-border infrastructure;
Amendment 466 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wideEurope needs cost-competitive energy prices and therefore needs cost-efficient systems for promoting RES will offer the most cost-effective framework in which their full potential can be realisedrenewables. This can be achieved both within national systems or through an EU-wide system; sees decisive advantages in a technology- neutral European market for renewables, in which producers will have to cover a pre- determined quota of their energy output from RES, and in which one of the ways of reaching that quota will be through the trading of certificates on a market established for that purpose; notes the evidence of experience in the Member States that, in order to ensure quotas are met, heavy fines must be imposed for failure to meet them;
Amendment 29 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the Commission forecasts for 2012 have been successively revised downwards from 1.8 % in spring 2011 to - 0.4 % in autumn 2012 for 2012; whereas in its autumn forecasts the Commission predicts a GDP growth of a mere 0.1 % for 2013; whereas there are ser calculatiouns doubts as to the accuracy of these 2013 forecasts, since they are likely to be based on an underestimated fiscal multiplier, thereby underestimatof the size of fiscal multipliers performed by the IMF in its World Economic Outlook for October 2012, which have been widely spread ing the negative effect of current fiscal contracdebate on budgetary consolidation oin economic growthEurope, proved to be severely flawed and insufficiently robust;
Amendment 40 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the size of fiscal multipliers in bad economic times can be 2 to 3 times higher than in normal economic times, when the output gap is close to zeros, in spite of some 70 years of attempts to quantify them, exceedingly uncertain, thus rendering them an insufficient basis for economic policy formulation;
Amendment 42 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas constant deficits impede economic growth in a detrimental way; and whereas fiscal discipline must be forcefully upheld in order to prevent deficits of the kind seen in Europe during the last decade from emerging, as these have had a disastrous effect regarding growth as well as employment in a number of Member States;
Amendment 46 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas it is highly uncertain whether the simultaneous consolidation across most of the EU also increased the size of the fiscal multiplier in the eurozone as a whole, and its impacts were amplified by the high degree of openness of the European economies inside the internal marke or not;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas this fiscal tightening strategy forces down demand, wages and prices while driving up unemployment; consolidation and structural reform are a necessity if individual Member States and the EU as a whole is to return to long-term growth and prosperity; whereas any uncertainty as regards Member States' commitment to the reform processes enacted would be detrimental for the propensity to invest in and economic opportunities of a Member State;
Amendment 156 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the recent debate on the size of the fiscal multiplier, notably following the IMF analysis on this matter in its latest World Economic Outlook, has been unduly downplayed by the Commission, while a broad consensus has been emergingCalls on the Commission to open its macroeconomic modelling and forecasting to serious and systematic scrutiny by independent institutes on a regular basis, while acknowledging that the estimations onf this matter from recent theoretical and empirical work in the existing economic literature; considers this matter to be of central importance to policy-making, as wrong fiscal multipliers can lead to massive policy mistakes; calls on the Commission, therefe size of fiscal multipliers provided by the IMF in its World Economic Outlook for October 2012 have proved to be severely flawed and insufficiently robust as the statistical test omitted to exclude the extreme outliers (Greece and Germany) and thus made fiscal multipliers seem more, rapidly to open its macroeconomic modelling and forecasting to serious and systematic scrutiny by independent institutes on a regular basiselevant for crisis management than when tested in accordance with established statistical methodology;
Amendment 258 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines the importance of national ownership of and responsibility for the structural and budgetary reform processes undertaken by Member States; highlights that the long-term success of these processes is crucially dependent on national politicians' ability to anchor the necessary decisions among constituents and that such anchoring cannot be substituted by arrangements with community bodies, neither as regards the implementation thereof;
Amendment 261 #
2012/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Remembers that the purpose of common legislation on Member States' fiscal frameworks is to make sure Member States stay committed to the rules commonly agreed upon and not to specify the policy choices of a Member State;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the report of the Presidents of the European Council, the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the Eurogroup 'Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union' is to be welcomed as a vision for the Monetary Union; points out that any further integration needs a solid and reliable fundament consisting of a sound and efficient framework for resolution and recovery of financial institutions, a sound and efficient deposit guarantee framework and sound capital requirements without which no overarching structure such as a "genuine EMU" will be able to exist; calls therefore to wait with the building up of any such structure as long as these three proposals are not yet adopted.
Amendment 181 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AC
Recital AC
AC. whereas it cannot be excluded that new Treaty changes, some of which may be unacceptable in some Member States at the moment might be needed for increasing the governance of a fully operational EMU; whereas the Commission should list without delay the necessarycurrent legislative initiatives that must not be delayed by the long-term institutional developments in the long term;
Amendment 211 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AH
Recital AH
AH. whereas the precarious situation of the banking sector in several Member States threatens the public finances and the cost of management of the banking crisis falls too heavily on taxpayers and the development of the real economy thus hampering growth; whereas the existing mechanisms and structures are insufficient to prevent mutual contagion;
Amendment 455 #
2012/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BZ
Recital BZ
BZ. whereas the common issuance of debt is in the longer run a corollary of EMU; but will require a Treaty change which is unacceptable in some Member States at the moment and risks eroding other important reforms;
Amendment 97 #
2012/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to ensure greater transparency in the structure and activities of financial institutions; invites the Commission, taking account of the conclusions of the Liikanen report, to propose legislation to separate commercial and investment banks, in particular in order to avoid the finmeasures on the structural build- up of the European banking sector taking both benefits and potential risks of combining commercial and investment bancking of SB activities via savingsinto account;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the economic crisis is continuing to grip Europe, resulting in austerity measures across many Member States leading to reductions of public spending and increases in taxation; underlines that EU spending must be based on the same approach of responsibility as for Member States;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Believes that the EU budget must be compatible with the reform efforts for the whole of the European Union meaning, among other things, that less prioritised items should be reduced or phased out;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes the EU should prioritisebudget for 2013 should be approached in the same way as Member States' national budgets with clear priority for programmes and funding that will deliver growth in the European Union;
Amendment 1 #
Amendment 3 #
2012/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that the free movement of services, accounting for 70 % of the Union's GDP, is severely constrained by administrative obstacles and diverging national rules; urges therefore for a fully implemented and extended Service Directive covering all services in a modern knowledge-based economy;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on theUrging all Member States to accelerate the implementation of this EU legislation, andfully implement the third energy package and other related EU legislation respecting agreed deadlines; asks the Commission to undertake vigorous monitoring of the transposition of these rules;
Amendment 6 #
2012/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urgent action is needed, nationally and at EU level to remove planning and regulatory barriers to investments in energy infrastructure to release the potential of the single market;
Amendment 17 #
Amendment 20 #
2012/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminding that a Digital Single Market, where services can flow freely on a 500 million consumer market, is a crucial driver for competitiveness and economic growth, providing highly- qualified jobs and facilitating EU's convergence into a knowledge driven economy;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that a European market with nearly 500 million people connected to high-speed broadband would act as a spearhead for the development of the internal market; stresses the need to connect the digital agenda with the provisions of new services such as e-trade, e-health, e-learning, e-banking and e- government services;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for the establishment of a 'one- stop-shop' for VAT in each Member State in order to facilitate cross-border e- commerce for SMEs and entrepreneurs;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5d (new)
Paragraph 5d (new)
5d. Stresses the urgent need for the EU to provide business and consumers with confidence and means to trade online in order to increase cross-border trade; therefore calls for simplification of licensing systems and the creation of an efficient framework for copyright;
Amendment 32 #
2012/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to facilitate investment opportunities for innovative start-ups by removing obstacles that hinders the emergence of an EU wide venture capital market;
Amendment 40 #
2012/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to secure agreements enabling SMEs to operate all over Europe and commercialise their ideas by granting them better access to markets and reducing red tape.
Amendment 10 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Internet and ICT facilitates SMEs opportunities to sell services around the globe and play a vital role in making SMEs more potent contributors to economic growth and job creation.
Amendment 80 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to secure agreements enabling SMEs to operate all over Europe and commercialise their ideas by granting them better access to markets and reducing red tape;
Amendment 84 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for better access for SMEs to public procurement through tenders designed in a way to make the utmost use of small companies as well as the opening up of services to public tenders.
Amendment 113 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Recognises that cloud computing significantly can boost the efficiency and productivity of SMEs; therefore calls on the European Commission to develop a Europe-wide framework for cloud computing which is open to other global clouds;
Amendment 114 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Regrets that the EU is lagging behind other global actors such as Japan and South-Korea with only 2 % of Internet connections operating on fibre, calls therefore on Member States and the European Commission to accelerate the spread and adoption of ultra high-speed broadband;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Recognises that e-commerce is an enabling tool for SMEs that want to enter new markets and expand their customer base; calls therefore on the Commission to facilitate for cross-border e-commerce by for example creating a reliable, safe and efficient online payment system;
Amendment 116 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Stresses the urgent need for the EU to provide SMEs and entrepreneurs with confidence and means to trade online in order to increase cross-border trade; therefore calls for simplification of licensing systems and the creation of an efficient framework for copyright;
Amendment 117 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)
Paragraph 25 e (new)
25e. Calls on the Commission to encourage the free movement of services by extending and fully implementing the Service Directive in order to give SMEs and entrepreneurs a real possibility to scale up and sell services and products to the EU's 500 million consumers
Amendment 123 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses that free trade and access to global markets is an important catalyst for jobs and growth and a decisive factor enabling European SMEs to become world leading; underlines therefore the importance of progress in trade negotiations which would further reduce regulatory barriers to trade, which effect SMEs disproportionally.
Amendment 140 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a new
Paragraph 30 a new
30a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to facilitate investment opportunities for innovative start-ups by removing obstacles that hinders the emergence of an EU wide venture capital market;
Amendment 149 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls for increased efforts to be made in implementing mutual recognition in order to facilitate cross-border activities of SMEs; calls for the establishment of a 'one-stop-shop' for VAT in order to make it possible for entrepreneurs to fulfil their responsibilities in the business country of origin;
Amendment 150 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph b (new)
Paragraph b (new)
31b. Calls on the Commission to encourage the Member States to establish a level playing field for all forms of finance; urgent measures are needed so that businesses are not so reliant on debt; supports the establishment of tax neutrality between equity and debt;
Amendment 151 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 c (new)
Paragraph 31 c (new)
31c. Urges the Commission and Member States to promote the continuity of SMEs, via a regulatory environment that facilitates business transfers; recommends that fiscal barriers (inheritance tax, gift tax etc...) that could put the continuity of family businesses in jeopardy are removed;
Amendment 152 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 d (new)
Paragraph 31 d (new)
31d. Underlines the need for lower taxes on labour and investments;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that a European market with nearly 500 million people connected to high-speed broadband would act as a spearhead for the development of the internal market; stresses the need to connect the digital agenda with the provisions of new services such as e-trade, e-health, e-learning, e-banking and e- government services.
Amendment 2 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reminding that a Digital Single Market, where services can flow freely on a 500 million consumer market, is a crucial driver for competitiveness and economic growth, providing highly- qualified jobs and facilitating EU’s convergence into a knowledge driven economy.
Amendment 8 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that broadband and the internet are important drivers for economic growth, job creation and European competitiveness, as well as boosting online commerce and services, but points out that more competition is needed to ensure net neutrality; reiterates the support for an open Internet where content and individual commercial services can not be blocked;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance for the development of the European Digital Single Market to continue efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access for all consumers, through the promotion of access to fixed and mobile Internet and the deployment of next generation infrastructure; emphasises that this requires policies that promote access on competitive terms;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to provide new impetus to the European fast and ultra fast broadband strategy and updating these target;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the urgent need for the EU to provide business and consumers with confidence and means to trade online in order to increase cross-border trade; therefore calls for simplification of licensing systems and the creation of an efficient framework for copyright;
Amendment 46 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that the internet is increasingly being used on mobile devices and calls for action to ensure increased radio spectrum availability for the mobile internet; the future allocation of radio spectrum must pave the way for European leadership in wireless applications and new services in order to boost European growth and global competitiveness;
Amendment 48 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that both fixed and mobile data traffic is growing exponentially and that a number of actions, such as further harmonised spectrum allocations for wireless broadband, increased spectrum efficiency and a rapid roll out of next generation access networks, will be crucial to manage this increase;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Assessing the need to open up the 700 MHz band for mobile data traffic is a necessary first step to meet future capacity requirements;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that high-speed networks are a prerequisite for the development of online services and ieconomic growth; calls on the European Commission to develop world leading digital agenda targets ensuring that Europe becomes the global leader with regard to Internet speed and connectivity. Invites the Member States to further develop national broadband plans and adopt operational plans with concrete measures to implement the targets set in the Digital Agendaambitious broadband targets;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets that the EU is lagging behind other global actors such as Japan and South-Korea with regard to Internet connections operating on fibre, calls therefore on Member States and the European Commission to accelerate the spread and adoption of ultra high-speed broadband;
Amendment 56 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. A rapid deployment of ultra fast broadband is crucial for the Europe's global competitiveness, the development of European productivity and for the emergence of new and small enterprises that can be leaders in different sectors, for example health care, manufacturing and the services industry;
Amendment 120 #
2012/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that the shale gas revolution in the US has reduced CO2 emissions while creating a significant competitive advantage for the US industry;
Amendment 155 #
2012/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to allow public funding only for Member States which have fully implemented existing legislation, including the regulatory work called by the third internal market package;
Amendment 183 #
2012/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights that expanding energy networks in strategic areas such as the Baltic Sea is of pivotal importance to increase efficiency in energy consumption and to secure energy supply to EU countries that today depend on non EU countries;
Amendment 185 #
2012/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Highlights the need to continue to unbundle and deregulate European energy markets to secure competition and supply of electricity at the lowest possible price;
Amendment 208 #
2012/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that to prevent dominant incumbent suppliers from foreclosing the opening of the market, it is important to enable the development of new business models, for instance the ability to contract simultaneously with several suppliers;
Amendment 23 #
2012/0299(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;Rejects the Commission's proposal.
Amendment 41 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The appointment of board members and executive and non-executive directors shall fully remain the prerogative and responsibility of the shareholders.
Amendment 43 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) Reducing individuals to representatives of different groups in society, such as men, women or ethic minorities, runs counter to the objective of providing equal opportunities for all. Every individual shall be regarded as an individual and for that reason there should be no quotas on representation imposed by law.
Amendment 85 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 88 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The appointment of board members and executive and non-executive directors shall fully remain the prerogative and responsibility of the shareholders.
Amendment 89 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16b) Reducing individuals to representatives of different groups in society, such as men, women or ethic minorities, runs counter to the objective of providing equal opportunities for all. Every individual shall be regarded as an individual and for that reason there should be no quotas on representation imposed by law.
Amendment 101 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 112 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 122 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 127 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 166 #
Amendment 16 #
2012/0298(APP)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas experience of taxation on financial transactions clearly vindicates the negative effects such taxation has on the functioning of financial markets,
Amendment 20 #
2012/0298(APP)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas the Commission’s own impact assessment clearly states that its proposal for FTT would have a significant negative effect on economic growth in the Union if implemented,
Amendment 22 #
2012/0298(APP)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital O c (new)
Recital O c (new)
Oc. whereas the mobility financial markets would, as demonstrated by previous experience, imply a substantial risk of trading migrating to jurisdictions not applying such taxes, even more so in the current globalised economy,
Amendment 24 #
2012/0298(APP)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital O d (new)
Recital O d (new)
Od. whereas a tax implemented by means of enhanced cooperation would only serve to create an obstacle to the free movement of capital in the Union; whereas this would risk further fragmentation of an already fragmented financial market in the Union; whereas our overarching goal in the current challenging times must be to hold the Union together as one unity,
Amendment 26 #
2012/0298(APP)
1. CDeclines to consents to the proposal for a Council decision, without prejudice to which Member States participate;
Amendment 28 #
2012/0298(APP)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 162 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) The mandate given to the ECB through this Directive shall only apply to those Member States whose currency is the euro. Any decision or recommendation issued by the ECB to the authorities of a Member State whose currency is not the euro, including those who have entered into a close cooperation agreement with the ECB as specified in this Directive, shall be of an advisory character only.
Amendment 292 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Participation in the single supervisory mechanism shall be of a full and equal character also for those Member States whose currency is not the euro and who wish to opt in .As regards the supervision of cross- border banks active both inside and outside the Euro area the ECB should cooperate closely with the competent authorities of non participating Member States. As a competent authority the ECB should be subject to the related obligations to cooperate and exchange information under Union law and should participate fully in the colleges of supervisors. In addition, since the exercise of supervisory tasks by a European institution brings about clear benefits in terms of financial stability and sustainable market integration, Member States not participating in the common currency should therefore also have the possibility to participate in the new mechanism. However, it is a necessary pre- condition for an effective exercise of supervisory tasks, that supervisory decisions are implemented fully and without delay. Member States wishing to participate in the new mechanism should therefore undertake to ensure that their national competent authorities will abide by and adoptconsider any measure in relation to credit institutions requested by the ECB and fulfil the commitments agreed upon. The ECB should be able to establish a close cooperation with the competent authorities of a Member State not participating in the common currency. It should be obliged to establish the cooperation where the conditions set out in this regulation are met. The conditions under which representatives of the competent authorities of the Member States which established a close co-operation take part to the activities of the Supervisory Board should allow the greatest possible involvement of those representatives taking into account the limits following from the Statute of ESCB and of the ECB, in particular as regards the integrity of its decision making process.
Amendment 619 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
To that end, the ECB may address guidelines or requests to the national competent authority of the non participating Member State. Those guidelines and requests shall only be considered as recommendations.
Amendment 646 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Where the ECB considers that a measure relating to the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 should be adopted by the competent authority of a concerned Member State in relation to a credit institution, financial holding company or mixed-financial holding company, it shall make a request to that authority, specifying a relevant timeframe. That timeframe shall be no less than 48 hours unless earlier adoption is indispensable to prevent irreparable damage. The competent authority of the concerned Member State shall take all the necessary measures in accordance with the obligation referred to in paragraph (2)(c).
Amendment 652 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5a* – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 5a* – subparagraph 1
Amendment 656 #
2012/0242(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5a* – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 5a* – subparagraph 2
Amendment 234 #
2012/0150(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52a) Resolution authorities should be able to make only partial use of the bail-in tool, or not to apply it, where an assessment of the potential impact on the stability of the financial system in the Member States concerned and in the rest of the Union demonstrates that its use would be contrary to the overall economic and financial interests of the Member State or the Union as a whole.
Amendment 491 #
2012/0150(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 949 #
2012/0150(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) creditors of the institution under resolution bear losses after the shareholders in accordance with the order of priority of their claims pursuant to Article 43 this Directive;
Amendment 1281 #
2012/0150(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the principal amount of relevant capital instruments is reduced to zero or to the extent necessary to absorb the loss;
Amendment 1358 #
2012/0150(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 76 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 76 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1a (new)
This prohibition applies notwithstanding Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 and Member States shall ensure that it applies notwithstanding national legislation concerning freedom of information and access to documents.
Amendment 1543 #
2012/0150(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 97 – paragraph 1
Article 97 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that financing arrangements under their jurisdiction shall have the rightopportunity to borrow from all other financing arrangements within the Union, in the event that the amounts raised under Article 94 are not sufficient to cover the losses, costs or other expense incurred by the use of the financing arrangements, and the extraordinary contributions foreseen in Article 95 are not immediately accessible.
Amendment 666 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that trade unions and other third parties, such as associations, organisations and other legal entities which have, in accordance with the criteria laid down by their national law, a legitimate interest in ensuring that the provisions of this Directive are complied with, may engage, on behalf or in support of the posted workers or their employer, with their approval, without prejudice to national industrial relations systems and the autonomy of social partners, in any judicial or administrative proceedings provided for with the objective of implementing this Directive and/or enforcing the obligations under this Directive.
Amendment 161 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28 a) Account operators, as defined in some direct holding systems, record entries into securities accounts maintained by the CSD without necessarily being account providers themselves. In view of the need for legal certainty on the entries made into accounts at the CSD level, the specific role played by account operators should be recognised by this Regulation. It should therefore be possible, under specific circumstances and subject to strict rules laid down by law, to share the responsibility for maintaining securities accounts at the top tier level with another person that is subject to appropriate regulation and supervision.
Amendment 424 #
2012/0029(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28a Shared services 1. Member States may provide for a person other than the CSD to be responsible for recording entries into securities accounts at the level of the CSD. Where Member States provide for such shared services, , the requirements of this Regulation shall apply, where relevant, also to that other person. 2. Where Member States provide for shared services pursuant to paragraph 1,they shall specify the applicable requirements, including requirements pursuant to this Regulation, in their national law. 3. Where Member States provide for shared services pursuant to paragraph 1, they shall notify the Commission and ESMA accordingly. ESMA shall include information on shared services in the CSD register referred to in Article 19.
Amendment 170 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
2a. The protection of individual privacy must be the point of departure for how to deal with personal data in public registers.
Amendment 171 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
3a. The principles of free access to information that characterise the Member States through their constitutional traditions should not be undermined, while freedom of expression and freedom of the press as expressed in Member State constitutions must be safeguarded.
Amendment 307 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The provisions of this Regulation shall not influence or restrict the freedom of the press and the freedom of expression that are enshrined in Member State constitutions and are derived from the tradition of freedom of expression and freedom of the press that characterises free and open societies. Nor should citizens' rights and access to information from the public authorities be affected or impaired. The Member States' right and responsibility to protect individual privacy with respect to dealing with public registers through special legislation shall also not be affected by this regulation.
Amendment 4 #
2011/2288(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to harmonise and simplify regulations and fiscal and tax condition, reduce bureaucracy and improve conditions for business to guarantee free and fair competition and patent protection and to simplify investors' access to the EU market; supports the use of tax and fiscal regimes that simplify and encourage investment, especially long-term investment, into EU markets, in particular infrastructure projects;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2288(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Respects the subsidiarity of Member States with regard to tax matters but recommends that Member States should consider whether their tax regimes adequately incentivise long-term investments; notes also that stability and certainty of policy decisions are key to encouraging investment especially in longer-term infrastructure projects;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2288(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Insists, in order to attract more investment, on the need for the EU and EU Member States to:
Amendment 34 #
2011/2288(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point b
Paragraph 4 – point b
b) invest in and supportencourage and enable investment in innovative businesses into becominge commercially successful, and participate in such investment where appropriate,
Amendment 39 #
2011/2288(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
c) launch urbanencourage urban and rural infrastructure projects, including digital infrastructure, in all EU regions andwhere this is lacking, and encourage innovative business parks with incubation units to guaranteenable technology and knowledge transfer, especially for SMEs and young entrepre and sharing of equipment and skills, especially for SMEs and all entrepreneurs working with other industrial and economic partneurs where appropriate, fostering synergies between research, education and innovation,
Amendment 55 #
2011/2288(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d b (new)
db) recognise that long timetables and uncertainty regarding planning and development decisions many discourage investment;
Amendment 61 #
2011/2288(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's proposal for a programme focusing on the competitiveness of SMEs, notes and welcomes recent increases in venture and angel capital in many EU Member States, but reiterates that the EU should simplify regulations and access to finance for SMEs, for example by structuring an and other economic players, by encouraging effective EU venture capital systemand angel capital systems across the EU and by enhancing the role of private equity firmand public equity investments in financing long-term corporate growth.
Amendment 44 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that fruitful lessons can be learnt for all by the examples of those Member States where taxation and the collection of tax have proven track- records;
Amendment 47 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines the need for a simplification of VAT regimes in order to eliminate double taxation and bureaucracy for employers;
Amendment 48 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls for proposals from the Commission regarding the establishment of one-stop-shops for VAT, thereby simplifying for small and medium sized enterprises active in cross-border trade;
Amendment 49 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls for the Commission to take initiatives together with Member States to achieve a VAT system adapted to conditions of the digital market and digital services in order to facilitate the development of the European digital market and create the best preconditions for the development of European digital services;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Underlines that a low tax level is essential not only for the social welfare of families and households but also for competitiveness and new jobs; stresses the need for controlled and efficient public spending and stable public finances;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Underlines that proposals from the Commission regarding taxation must contribute to European competitiveness by eliminating distortions to competition which arise from the various taxation systems in place; also underlines that Commission proposals must not contribute to increased tax burdens;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges that company law in Member States stems from different traditions and judicial principles; therefore, underlines that detailed specifications regarding corporate governance are most properly decided upon in the national frameworks;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Encourages further voluntary industry agreements on the "comply or explain" basis at the EU level;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1
Paragraph 2 – point 1
Measures by national trading authorities to increase the responsibility of individual board members and companies, including a possible system of sanction by the ways and means that are suitable for the customs and judicial traditions which have developed alongside national provisions in the field of company law in Member States,
Amendment 14 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. In this sense, stresses that attention must be drawn to the important role that the different committees (audit, remuneration and nomination) play in the good governance of a company and calls on the Commission to strengthen their role;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that a basic set of EU corporate governance measurprinciples should apply to all listed companies, no matter what their size;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the requirement for public disclosure on diversity policy and the introduction of a minimum gender balance of 1/3Reaffirms the responsibility of owners regarding appointment of board members to consider the importance of having a broad set of competences and skills, including men as well as women;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that these measures should be proportional to the size, complexity and type of the company; suggests that in order to define which measures apply, a system of thresholds based on the number of employees and/or the turnover should be set up; notes that this is handled by the comply or explain-principle, and that explanations should be promoted;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the number of board seats held by board members should be limited to two at any one time, and that the inclusion of ‘grey directors’ should be phased outUnderlines that it is the competence of the annual shareholders’ meeting to appoint members of the board that represent competences and skills vital to the specific company;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that boards must include independent individuals with a mix of skills, experiences and backgrounds, that this aspect of their composition should be adapted to the complexity of the activities of the company and that it is the responsibility of the Cshaireholders to ensure the right balance of skills in the board;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is of the opinion that recruitment policies, where they are used, should be specific and that they should be subject to a comply-or-explain regime; underlines that the drafting and approval of policy documents of this kind is a strict shareholder competence;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for an increase in the number of women on boards by means of a system of flexible quotaUnderlines the importance of having a broad and diverse set of skills and competences represented in the company board; reminds that reducing individuals to being only a representative of a specific group, such as by gender, age or ethnicity, does not promote the interest of those individuals;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that directors must devote sufficient time to the performance of their duties; considers, however, that no one- size-fits-all rules are advisable and the limits to the number of boards on which a director can serve should be established on an individual basis by each company’s shareholders; highlights the importance of board members being fully transparent and open with their other engagements;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the board is the body responsible for reviewing and approving the strategy of the company, which includes the company'’s approach to risk, and should report it meaningfully to shareholders as far as it is possible without disclosing information that may damage the company, for example in relation to competitors; considers that environmental and social risks should be included insofar as they have a material impact on the company, as already required under EU legislation;
Amendment 68 #
2011/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that the ‘comply-or-explain’ system is a useful tool in corporate governance; is in favour of compulsory adherence to a national corporate governance code or a Code of Conduct chosen by the company; considers that any deviation from the Code of Conduct should be explained in a meaningful way and in addition to this explanation, the alternative corporate governance measure taken should be described and explained;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the cooperation in the framework of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly aims at bringing positive effects by serving as a platform to exchange views, find common positions on global challenges of our times in respect to democracy, politics, economics, energy security, and social affairs, as well as strengthen ties between the countries of the region and with the EU,
Amendment 128 #
2011/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the work of the High-Level EU Advisory Group of the Republic of Armenia and the launch of a similar group in Moldova; encourages the VP/HR and the Commission to offer such assistance to all Eastern Partners making sure, as in the case of Armenia, that the parliamentary dimension is covered; requests the upgrade of this EU instrument and recommends the EEAS to be directly in charge of the recruitment as well as management of advisors in order to guarantee the most adequate transfer of EU knowledge to the Eastern Partnership Countries;
Amendment 308 #
2011/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. UnderlineReaffirms that the multilateral parliamentary assemblies, such as EURONEST and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM), are crucial vectors of confidence- and coherence- building between the EU and the partner countries and among the partner countries themselves, and therefore greatly contribute to the achievement of the goals of the EaPstern Partnership (EaP) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM); invitescalls on the EEAS and the Commission to associate EURONEST members to the maximum extent possible with the multilateral structures and platforms of the EaP; insists on the need to recognise the PA-UfM as a legitimate parliamentary institution of the UfM; emphasises that a fully-fledged secretariat will impart increased coherence to the EURONEST´s and PA-UfMI’s work and consistency with the ENP programmes planned for the eastern and southern regional dimension;
Amendment 312 #
2011/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the proposal for the new European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and the increase of funding for the ENP, as requested in its previous resolutions; considers that the distribution of funds should be flexible, and adequate, symmetric and balanced for both regions, with an approach that is performance- driven and not geographically driven; notes that more flexibility and simplification should respect the right of democratic scrutiny by democratically elected Partners´ national parliaments and be accompanied by increased supervision of the spending;
Amendment 317 #
2011/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Confirms its openness to welcome representatives of Belarusian Parliament in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly as soon as parliamentary elections in Belarus are considered democratic by international community, including OSCE;
Amendment 152 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a more integrated macro- prudential policy framework within the monetary policy context, if necessary including differentiated macro-prudential tools in the Union to account for differences between the euro area and non- euro area countries; calls for an analysis of the effectiveness of the new financial supervisory architecture and for an evaluation of the option establishing a single European financial supervisory authority, unifying under its umbrella the current European Supervisory Authorities and the European Systemic Risk Board;
Amendment 158 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 171 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 191 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 206 #
2011/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Highlights as its opinion that the solution to Europe's sovereign debt crisis is not to establish new forums for discussion and coordination but to use those decision making bodies we already have to address the underlying problems; considers the consolidation of public finances, better surveillance of financial markets, growth enhancing reforms and the integration of the service economy into the Internal Market as the three most important steps forward in order to make Europe prosper once more;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2149(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Reminds of the multiple beneficial effects for European consumers, such as lower prices and a wider set of provided products and services, which would be created through a fully integrated Internal Market;
Amendment 113 #
2011/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines the importance of not subsidising production when designing policy programs relating to services of general economic interest, but to keep the interest of the consumer as the point of departure; against this background, reminds of the importance to allow the dynamics of competition and growth to also characterise services of general economic interest in order to secure efficiency and continuous development of those services;
Amendment 114 #
2011/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Stresses that plurality and freedom of choice must be guiding principles when designing policies which define the framework under which services of general economic interest operate;
Amendment 115 #
2011/2146(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Considers it highly important that subsidies to services of general economic interest must not distort competition or harm other non-subsidised companies operating in the same sectors or markets;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU has established the objective of increasing spending on R&D to reach 3 % of EU GDP by 2020, and whereas this objective requires increased public spending in research and science in order to attract more private investment for R&D in the European Union,
Amendment 9 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European Parliament in its resolution of 8 June 2011 on "Investing in the Future: A New Multiannual Financial Framework" has called for a significant increase of public spending on research and science,
Amendment 18 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas other regions and countries of the world are increasingly investing in R&D&I, and whereas EU investment in this domain should therefore be oriented towards a reinforcement of scientific capacity and an improvement in overall EU competitive capacity, whereas priorities and spending on research should be set with the aim to get Europe in the lead,
Amendment 22 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, although EU funding for R&D&I has been increasing, scientifically and technologically more developed EU Member States (MS) still absorb the greatest slice of the available resources under the various funding schemeDI is aiming for European excellence, there is a need to increase this spending with strict criteria as and programmes (including large-scale projects), perpetuating the under-representativeness of some MS and European regions in terms both of access to fundecondition for global leadership; whereas Structural and Cohesion funds should play a bigger role for the emergence of excellence ing and of participatll parts of the Union,
Amendment 29 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there are still inequalities within the EU in terms of national levels of R&D funding capacities, industrial structures and higher education systemsresearch and innovation capacities throughout Europe should be enhanced and their optimal use should be ensured in order to support the emergence of world leading research in Europe; whereas there is no conflict between criteria for excellence and cohesion, without excellence there will be no European leadership and less investment in research in the Union as such,
Amendment 37 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas theindustry and SMEs are of great importance of SMEs for the EU economy and employment is not mirrored in their level of access to EU R&D&I funds, and therefore there is a need to simplify and cut red tape in order to increase the accessibility and participation of SMEs as well as industry as such,
Amendment 49 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the European Commission Green Paper defining a Common Strategic Framework (CSF) for funding in research and innovation, and considers that the new CSF core should be the articulation of tho make EU research programmes and funding schemes more attractive and easy to access for all participants;
Amendment 55 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that enhanced synergies should be developed between EU research funds and programmes and the Structural and Cohesion Funds have different aims and, as such, should be kept separate, although on a complementary basi, to more effectively stimulate smart specialization, for example by strengthening the development of clusters;
Amendment 63 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention toUnderlines the importance of maintaining convergence policies, and asks the Commission to build stairways to excellence for those MS and regions that are underrepresented in the FP by developing appropriate instruments to intensify cooperation between MS with a strong participation and those with a weaker participation, and to substantially incstructural and cohesion funds in order to support the development of leading and excellent rease human capacity buildarch ing and infrastructure in the latterll parts of the Union;
Amendment 81 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that althoughscientific excellence is consideredshould be the main general criterion for funding, it must be borne in mind that the nature of excellence differs with the type of participant or the very nature ofof the European research funding; believes that the cresearch and innovation project (the excellence criterion for a research institution is not the same as for an individual researcher or for an SME, and also differs between fundamental and applied projects)dibility of the framework program is based on scientific quality, which must not be qualified by other means;
Amendment 93 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that in order to reach excellence and enhance European competiveness, the best and most excellent research and innovation communities in Europe must be encouraged to collaborate with the best research communities outside of Europe; believes that opening up the future CSF should primarily be based on a reciprocity principle, allowing participation on equal terms in programmes and activities of high mutual interest;
Amendment 97 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Is convinced that, in the future, unilateral opening of the CSF should also be considered when in line with European interests and when impact depends on the participation of third country actors; believes, furthermore that in order to tackle Grand challenges, the future CSF should facilitate a structure for global strategy processes and priority setting also engaging non European actors;
Amendment 99 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Underlines that FP8 must aim for research and structures enabling the creation of a European global research area;
Amendment 146 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for clarification, simplification and reorganisation of the different EU programmes and instruments in existence, for a clear definition of the overall funding system, and for a more tight integration of research, education and innovation; calls for the EU research and innovation programmes budget for the next financial period to be doubled as of 2014 (excluding the budget devoted to Structural Funds and the EIB) as the appropriate response to the current economic crisis and to the great shared challenges; suggests, therefore, a new organisational model based on three different layers of funding aimed at stability and convergence:
Amendment 160 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. The funding scheme within this layer includes the funding provided through the EIT, the part of the FP concerning the Capacities Programme and Marie Curie initiatives, the European funding components of large-scale projects, access to loans by the EIB (covering projects over EUR 50 million), grants associated with the above-mentioned components of the FP, and cooperation with Structural Funds associated with infrastructure; SME access to research infrastructure should be stimulated at regional level by using mainly Structural Funds covering both development and the running of research infrastructures in science, medicine, social sciences and the humanities;
Amendment 173 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to fundat future large-scale projects, such as ITER, Galileo and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) should be funded outside the FP, creating autonomous budget lines for them, in order to guarantee a transparent and reliable financing structure; suggests that they should be partially funded through the issuing of project bonds by the EIB;
Amendment 204 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for a more flexible funding scheme in order to make the Cooperation theme more attractive for SMEs, whereby SME's would be able to join Cooperation projects during the projects implementation where possible and an open budget line for this should be available for the project; believes that in this way the SME can see the opportunities more clearly since the timeframe from entering the project to market results is shortened;
Amendment 209 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the European Research Council (ERC) has proved to be successful and a strengthening element of the European Research Area (ERA); stresses the need to increase the proportion of the budget dedicated to grants to young researchers, as well to strengthen Marie Curie actions and initiatives, thus reinforcing mobility; believes that mobility can also be strengthened by introducing a mobility component, when suitable, in the ERC grants; calls for the implementation of the necessary measures to cope with the precarious conditions of scientific workers in the EU as a means to attract and retain researchers, bearing in mind that precarious working conditions (which are still more prevalent for women) constitute a bottleneck on the way to achieving excellence in Europe;
Amendment 220 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for a new mobility component, already supported by the European Parliament, that could increase mobility and strengthen the financing of globally leading research in Europe, by a research voucher following researchers moving to a university or a research institute in another Member state, thereby supporting the financing of the most attractive and inspiring research projects, establishing a critical mass of researchers and resources based upon the knowledge and vision in the scientific society and leading researchers;
Amendment 223 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Underlines that the mobility of researchers in Europe should be given priority in order to secure the diffuse dissemination of knowledge and to ensure that innovative frontier research in various disciplines benefits from dedicated and competent researchers, as well as increased financial resources;
Amendment 230 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. This layer is the space for marketing of products and services and generation of public wealth; innovative SMEs play a pivotal role here in developing novel products and services to meet societal needs;
Amendment 239 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Takes the view that increasing the innovative capacity of SMEs is crucial for future growth and job creation in Europe; believes that the Common Strategic Framework should be designed to meet this challenge and hence, any future instrument on European level targeting innovation in SMEs should be more oriented towards the demands of the companies; therefore, calls for measures to increase SME participation in collaborative projects;
Amendment 265 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that increased participation by SMEs needs appropriate funding instruments that respond to their specificities, including an increased margin of the tolerable risk of error and shorter timeframe from proposal to project implementation/market results; within this scenario soft loans should be considered, which are reimbursed in the event of success, excluding administrative costs;
Amendment 283 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines that in order to more effectively attract private investment and to ensure that research and development most effectively contribute to enhancing European competitiveness, appropriate measures should be taken in the Framework programme for a strong and efficient regulatory framework for the protection of intellectual property rights at an early stage in the research process;
Amendment 289 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the need for relevant user groups to be involved in setting the research and innovation agenda in the future CSF; believes that business involvement in the priority setting process is a prerequisite for high impact RDTI- projects and increased business participation; believes that the European technology platforms (ETPs), which bring industry, regulators and financial institutions together to develop long term strategic agendas within specific fields of technology, should continue to play a key role in the priority setting discussion in the CSF;
Amendment 296 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Favours moving towards a ’‘science- based’ approach and calls for a trust-based and risk-tolerant attitude towards participants at all stages of the funding system; calls for a full-cost funding model for academic research in the next FP;
Amendment 321 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses the need for further simplification to make the funding processes quicker and more dynamic, for example, the manifold of reports required within the financial and scientific management could be reduced significantly, financial reporting at the same time being simplified;
Amendment 327 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Calls for the Commission to establish a simplified reporting based upon the existing reporting schemes in universities and established research institutions;
Amendment 333 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for consolidation of multidisciplinary research and recognition of the social dimension of research; in this context, recalls that great societal challenges (such as climate change, demographic ageisocial change and resources sustainability) cannot be dealt with only through technological responses and that therefore European research in social sciences and humanities is a pivotal asset in successfully addressing them; believes therefore that both a SSH-oriented programme to understand societal needs and dynamics, and an increased SSH-component in all agenda driven actions should be secured in CSF to promote smart, inclusive and sustainable growth;
Amendment 355 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for a balance to be kept between bottom-up (cooperative like the current FET-open scheme) and top-down projects (’‘great societal challenges’), as well as for smaller bottom-up projects to be facilitated;
Amendment 371 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for an intensification of international cooperation through effective reinforcement of capacity building and the establishment of fair partnerships wi- including the development of scientific excellence, education in primary and secondary schools and university undergraduate levels and the developing countries in order better to tackle global challengment of research in applied sciences to meet local needs and tackle global challenges - and establishment of fair partnerships with developing countries;
Amendment 379 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses that the next framework program must within its main scope to a greater extent than the previous framework be an attractive funding mechanism for private and public sector actors, which are also the main users and responsible for translating the knowledge produced into actual products and services;
Amendment 384 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Underlines that the overriding aim of the Framework Programme must be to contribute to the European Union becoming the world’s leading research area, which requires the Framework Programme to be strongly focused on promoting and investing in world-class research; believes therefore that it is imperative that the implementation of the specific programmes is based upon the principles of scientific excellence rather than other priorities, since only by creating state-of-the-art research it is possible for the EU to become the world’s leading research area;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that the EU has to move towards a more efficient and competitive transport sector which contributes to its emission reduction targets and to lowering energy dependency;
Amendment 5 #
2011/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the many initiatives the European Union has taken to promote the competitiveness and efficiency of the European transport sector, such as the Eurovignette, the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems, fuel efficiency for vehicles and labelling of tyres;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for intra-modal transport solutions; that no single form of transport can deliver on all accounts as there is a clear need for a smarter combination of road transport, railway, aviation and shipping;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reiterates the Parliaments opinion that there is a need for a wider deployment of modular road trains; that these are a sustainable solution which contributes to a higher energy efficiency level in the road transport sector; further acknowledges that the diverging set of rules which modular road trains encounter when crossing country borders are detrimental for an increased use of this method of road transport; calls upon the Commission to inquire which differences in rules can easily be bridged and how an increased level of cross- bordering transport by modular road trains can be ensured;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to promote the development and the use of innovative devices to improve energy efficiency (e.g. spoilers for trucks and other forms of improved aerodynamics, or functioning) for all means of transport in a cost- efficient manner;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the need to decrease State aid and make it more targeted, as the European Parliament has previously recommended;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that State aid must be allocated in a way that does not distort competition or favour established companies at the expense of emerging ones;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Is of the opinion that State aid should focus on innovation and research clusters and thereby support entrepreneurship rather than individual entities;
Amendment 53 #
2011/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the importance of fostering competition in all sectors and not least in the service sector, which constitutes 70 % of the European economy; further highlights the right to establish new companies and services;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Highlights the importance of those parts of the service sector which in Members States are seen as services of general economic interest and underlines the need for plurality and competition also in these areas; recalls the need for higher quality and new ways to provide services and notes that these industries would enhance European competitiveness if opened up for export and development;
Amendment 77 #
2011/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 18 – indent 1 a (new)
– a description of the development of State aid in the light of its aim to decrease the allocated amounts and target the funds more effectively;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines that non-profit-making organisations play a vital and very beneficial role for democracy, growth and prosperity in Europe; calls on the Commission to propose a mechanism allowing Member States wishing to strengthen civil society to generally exempt from VAT all or most of the activities and transactions carried out by these organisations; stresses that at least the smaller non-profit-making organisations should be covered by such a mechanism;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to look carefully into the issue of further reducing VAT red tape for non-profit- making organisations; underlines that there should be a higher degree of flexibility in the VAT system for Member States wishing to take ambitious measures in order to ease the VAT administration burden for these organisations;
Amendment 218 #
2011/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Request that the AGS be transformed into "Annual Sustainability Guidelines”(ASG);Calls on the Commission to make the AGS a survey not only of growth but also of growth potential and unutilised opportunities as well as the room for reforms crucial to long-term sustainable growth.
Amendment 222 #
2011/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the Commission to adopt the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGS by 10 January each year with a specific chapter on and guidelines for the euro area;
Amendment 228 #
2011/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15.Calls on the Commission, when drawing up the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGS, to draw upon heterodox scientific expertise to the greatest extent possible and to take relevant recommendations of the European Parliament into account;
Amendment 234 #
2011/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission clearly to assess, in the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGS, the main economic problems of the EU and individual Member States, to propose priority measures to overcome those problems, and to identify the initiatives taken by the Union and the Member States to support long-term investment, to remove obstacles to growth, achieve the targets laid down in the Treaties and the current economic strategy, implement the 7 flagships and reduce macroeconomic imbalances;
Amendment 240 #
2011/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and Council to ensure that policy guidance for fiscal consolidation and structural reforms are fully coherent and consistent with the Union's objectives of social and sustainable development; considers that, in defining and implementing the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGS, the Union must take into account the impact of developments in micro-financial legislation, in particular prudential regulation, on long-term investment stimulating sustainable growth and job creation; believes that the country-specific recommendations need to be subject of social impact assessments so as to ensure that requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training, retraining and protection of human health are met;
Amendment 246 #
2011/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to identify explicitly in the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGS potential cross-border spill- over effects of major economic policy measures implemented at the EU level as well as in Member States;
Amendment 250 #
2011/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the commissioners responsible for the European Semester to come and debate the Annual Sustainability GuidelinesGS with the relevant EP committees as soon as it has been adopted by the Commission;
Amendment 279 #
2011/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 2 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Appeals to the European Commission to present a methoroughgoing legislative initiativedical revision onf public procurement which will bring more simplicity, flexibility, transparency and legal certainty to the sector and thus avoid frequent reforms in the future, which is the main reason for high costs and administrative burdens for participants, which significantly and disproportionately narrow SME access to public contracts; asks for the Commission to include non- legislative initiatives to accompany the revision, such as a platform for exchange of best practises between Member States;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes a strengthened dialogue between public procurers and potential bidders, without compromising on transparency, non-discrimination and competition, will lead to better results, and calls on the Commission to explore the options for making this part of the procurement process;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for public procurement to be anchored in the "think small first" principle, making the contract awarding procedures more accessible to SMEs; calls on the European Code of Best Practises Facilitating Access by SMEs to Public Procurement Contracts should be taken into account in the revision;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that public procurement can be used as a driver of innovation and, energy efficiency and other key policy areas as identified in the EU2020 strategy and supports the steps taken towards ensuring that these areas are taken into account by public authorities in their contract- awarding criteria, and; stresses the importance of dialogue and mutual understanding between the public and R&D sectors, however, that it is important to keep an eye on the extra administrative costs this may carry for businesses and the public authorities, and should be preceded by proper impact assessments, as well as individual SME tests, to avoid excessive red tape;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that introducing mandatory prescriptions for innovation or excessively detailed technical specifications regarding, for instance, the energy performance of the subject of a public contract risk restricting competition and the choices of contracting authorities;
Amendment 41 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the initiative taken by some Member States to adapt the US Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) model to the EU context by supporting innovation using pre-commercial procurement where contracts are offered that develop solutions to specific challenges identified by public services; Notes that excessive demands and technical prescriptions in the public procurement process may produce excessive administration, thus hampering innovation; believes public procurement instead should focus on function and the end results;
Amendment 47 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that future EU public procurement legislation should reinforce existing provisions which require that energy-efficiency criteria be applied when deciding on the award of a public contract without hampering the free competition rules; such an approach can stimulate innovation and diversification of the offer on the market; stresses that use of public procurement policy to support other key EU policies such as climate change, energy efficiency or innovation should be preceded by proper impact assessments to avoid overregulation of the sector;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas FP7, especially centres of excellences and frontier research, are crucial for stimulating economic growth, making Europe more competitive and accelerating Europe's transformation into a knowledge society,
Amendment 117 #
2011/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls that FP7 should encourage collaboration and increased mobility between European researchers by for example introducing a research voucher scheme with money for research following researchers that move to universities in other Member States;
Amendment 199 #
2011/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Proposes that research and development policies be territorialised; Underlines that frontier research and centres of excellence should be at the heart of European research and FP7; reminds that such research is playing an instrumental role in producing new knowledge contributing to economic growth and facilitating Europe's transformation into a knowledge based society;
Amendment 267 #
2011/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is concerned by the excessive administrative burden of FP7; supports the proposal to review the Financial Regulation to simplify procedures while stressing that research funding has to be based on more trust;
Amendment 282 #
2011/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to allow universities to submit one single set of auditing documents per reporting period, incorporating the accounting of European research funds into the accounting of national research programmes, thereby reducing the administrative burden for European universities;
Amendment 55 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas interconnection capacity between Member States remains generally insufficient, and whereas certain regions remain isolated and dependent on single supplier,
Amendment 67 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the third energy package has created a legal framework which should improve competitiveness in the energy market,
Amendment 77 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas energy efficiency offers a powerful and cost-effective tool for achieving a sustainable energy future and can partially reduce the need forfosters smart investment in energyold and new infrastructure,
Amendment 94 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas regulators play an important role in the creation of a consumer orientated, integrated and competitive internal energy market,
Amendment 96 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas market-based toolslengthy permitting and lack of cost-allocation methodologies are considered the major barriers to the development of infrastructure projects, market-based tools and the user-pay principle must remain the basis for financing energy infrastructure, and whereas a limited amount of public finance may be required to fund certain projects of European interest which are not strictly commercially viable,
Amendment 112 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the lack of instruments to share benefits and costs of cross-border is a major impediment to the development of cross-border infrastructure projects,
Amendment 114 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. StressesThe market should keep the main responsibility for planning and investments in energy infrastructure; stresses therefore the crucial importance of timely and full implementation of existing legislation, including the regulatory work called for by the third internal energy market package which includes the principal tools for infrastructure development which are needed;
Amendment 123 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that a EU approach is needed in order to fully exploit the benefits of new infrastructure and stresses the need to develop a harmonised method for the selection of infrastructure projects, complementary to the planning tools provided by the third internal market package, based on a European and regional perspectives and the optimisation of socio- economic and environmental effects;
Amendment 137 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the reference scenario used for assessing the energy infrastructure for 2020 needs to be consistent with the overall energy policy objectives and the EU's 2050 roadmap, and with other EU policies (such as transport, buildings and the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS)), including energy efficiency policies (notably the implementation of the forthcoming energy efficiency action plan (EEP)) as well as, the potential impact of technological advances and, the deployment of ‘smart cities’ initiatives and the principle of security of supply;
Amendment 171 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need for new infrastructure which will put an end to energy islands and single supplier dependency and enhance security of supply;
Amendment 186 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that, although the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) identifies relevant electricity and gas infrastructure projects, it should also set the priorities to be developed in order to achieve EU energy and climate goals;
Amendment 197 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission, with a view to ensuring better governance of future EU electricity and gas infrastructure planning, to present a concrete proposal to improve transparency and public participation in determining EU priorities within a broader stakeholder participation process involving the powerenergy sector, independent experts, consumer organisations and NGOs;
Amendment 209 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the TYNDP should form the basis of a rolling programme for developing European electricity and gas transmission infrastructure within a long- term European planning perspective and with monitoring by the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Commission;
Amendment 241 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Endorses the importance of efficient gas infrastructures in enhancing diversification and security of supply and, in contributing to better internal energy market functioning, and thus in reducing energy dependence; highlights the need for additional flexibility requirements in gas infrastructures, in particular with a view to ensuring reverse flows and interconnections, and stresses that gas infrastructure should be developed, with full account being taken of the contribution of LNG/ CNG terminals, as well as storages;
Amendment 263 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the development of infrastructure for unconventional gas sources has not yet been given the necessary attention by the Commission as regards, throughout assessment as regards available reserves, legal issues, life cycle assessment and, environmental impacts; asks the Commission to conduct a thorough evaluation on this issue and economic viability should be conducted; asks the Commission to speed up work on this issue and include the results of the assessment in any future long-term Union strategy;
Amendment 317 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that energy infrastructures should become more end-user-oriented, with a stronger focus on the interaction between distribution system capacities and consumption; to this end, emphasises the need for real-time, two-directional power and information flows; points to the benefits of a new electricity system incorporating modern technologies and services such as smart meters, smart grids and interoperable ICT-operated load- and demand-side energy management services;
Amendment 331 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that smart grids and energy management solutions offer a unique opportunity to boost theinnovation, the creation of jobs as well as competitiveness of European industry, with particular reference to SMEs; calls on the Commission to present a new proposal which includes a binding requirement to deploy smart meters for all non-residential customclosely monitor the third energy package obligations that imposed household costumers to poses smart meters by 2014;
Amendment 345 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Members States, in liaison with European standardisation bodies and industry; to speed up work on technical standards for electric vehicles and smart grids and meters, with a view to its completion by 2012and interoperability for electric vehicles, charging infrastructure and smart grids and meters; emphasises that technologies should be based on open international standards which will enhance the interoperability of the systems as well as to provide consumer with choices in terms of solutions;
Amendment 355 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that, as stated in the electricity directive 2009/72/EC, where positively assessed, Member States are already obliged to roll out smart meters for at least 80% of their final consumers by 2020; underlines that the objective of smart meters is to enable consumers to effectively monitor and control their energy consumption; stresses that Member States should support a sufficient number of pilot projects for residential consumers in order to boost the innovation process, as provided for in the third energy market package; calls for clear rules concerning privacy and data protection to be established in accordance with existing EU law;
Amendment 373 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the priority corridors identified by the Commission and agrees on the need to optimise limited funds; calls for a clear and transparent methodology leading to the identification of priority projects that meet pressing European needs in terms of upholding the principles of security of supply, sustainability, competition and development of the internal market;
Amendment 380 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – introductory part
Paragraph 24 – introductory part
24. Stresses that the market, including transmission system operators, have the main responsibility for the planning of and investments in energy infrastructure. Additional measures to tackle market failures must be complementary to the tools of the third internal energy market package; thus a complementary method for selection of projects of European interest (PEIs) should be conducted on the basis of objective and transparent criteria and with the involvement of all stakeholders; stresses that all PEIs should contribute to achieving EU energy policy objectives and considers that the following criteria should be mandatory:
Amendment 383 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 1
Paragraph 24 – indent 1
Amendment 390 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 24 – indent 1 a (new)
- the project must increase market integration and competition, and reduce market concentration,
Amendment 393 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 1 b (new)
Paragraph 24 – indent 1 b (new)
- the project must contribute to the security of supply,
Amendment 418 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 4
Paragraph 24 – indent 4
– they must be consistent with long-term EU energy policy (allowing flexible and multifunctional application and avoiding lock-in effects),
Amendment 423 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 5
Paragraph 24 – indent 5
– they must make use of proven technologies such as ICT and smart grids;
Amendment 435 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 1
Paragraph 25 – indent 1
– contribution to putting an end to energy islands, and resolution of single-supplier dependency,
Amendment 443 #
Amendment 447 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 25 – indent 2 a (new)
- presents a good cost-benefit ratio,
Amendment 457 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 4
Paragraph 25 – indent 4
– reducing potential to increase the use of renewable energy source (RES) curtailments,
Amendment 461 #
Amendment 465 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that the assessment of possible obstacles toobstacles to competition and market-driven development of all energy infrastructure must be guarantes, including district heating and cooling must be removed;
Amendment 466 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses thate need for the assessment of possible obstacles to market-driven development of energy infrastructure must be guaranteed;
Amendment 481 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the establishment of a national contact authority for each European interest project (‘one-stop shop’) as a single administrative interface between developers and the different authorities involved in the authorisation procedure; takes the view that, with regard to cross- border projects, further coordination between national ‘one-stop shops’ and an increased role for the Commission in such coordination should be ensured; before creation of new administrative entities ('one-stop-shop') the Commission and the national authorities must make full use of existing institutions;
Amendment 489 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to determine whether joint or coordinated procedures establishing concrete ad hoc key measures (regular exchanges of information, timely communication of decisions, joint problem-solving mechanisms, etc.) could be set up; encourages the Commission to assess the possibility of modifying certain aspects of national administrative lawclosely monitor the fact that no national administrative procedure unreasonably delays the correct and rapid implementation of the European energy internal market;
Amendment 512 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Notes that grid investments are cyclical and should be viewed in a historical perspective; points out that a large amount of the infrastructure built over the past decades to interconnect centralised power plants will become obsolete in the coming years; points out that society will expect the cost of deploying new infrastructure to be optimised why market-based mechanism must be the basis for this deployment;
Amendment 514 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Notes that grid investments are cyclical and should be viewed in a historical perspective; points out that a large amount of the infrastructure built over the past decades to interconnect centralised power plants will become obsoletage in the coming years; points out that society will expect the cost of keeping existing infrastructure in operation and deploying new infrastructure to be optimised;
Amendment 526 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses that the bulk of the cost of infrastructure investments needs to be financed by the market and based on the ‘user pays’ principle; takes the view that where key projects are not attractive to the market but their development is necessary in order to achieve the stated objectives, public funding shouldmay be used to lever private investment by setting up an innovative mix of financial instrumenand to establish well functioning networks opening up European energy markets;
Amendment 534 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Amendment 553 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses that the fullest possible use should be made of market-based tools, including project bonds, loan guarantees, risk-sharing facilities, incentives for funding public- private partnerships, partnerships with the EIB and the use of ETS revenue, in accordance with EU energy and climate objectives;
Amendment 558 #
2011/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Stresses the importance of developing a common methodology by the regulators with regards to cost allocation in cross-border infrastructure projects as such network infrastructure incentives are characterised by multiple market failures, mainly due to natural monopoly and lack of competition;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of responsible monetary policies; urges central banks of major economies to consider potential negative externalities, such as asset bubbles and financial destabilization in other countries, when implementing non- conventional measures;
Amendment 62 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is aware that, ultimately, confidence in the strength of the underlying economy and the depth and sophistication of its financial markets are the main determinants for which currencies are kept as reserves by central banks; stresses in regard to this that any currency that seeks to become a part of the IMF's Special Drawing Rights basket must be fully convertible;
Amendment 88 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that the commitments given in the G20 need to be more concrete and that progress needs to be monitored by an independent bodyand more formal body with statutes and a secretariat, such as the IMF;
Amendment 121 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends a strong and independent IMF with sufficient tools and resources enabling it to increase its attention to cross- country linkages by not only strengthening multilateral surveillance but also focussing on economies of systemic importance and developing indicators to assess durable large imbalances; calls for the extension of the IMF's intervention mandate to be extended also to risks arising from capital accounts;
Amendment 127 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers the G20 to be a key forum for global coopernsultation, but also underlines aits lack of representativeness and universality; stresses that actions for global institutional coordination should be carried out through the IMF;
Amendment 138 #
2011/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the lack of cooperation among financial supervisors facilitatedRecommends that the IMF is strengthened politically with annual summits of the leaders of the countries represented in the Executive Board of the IMF; against this background, also encourages the Member States of the IMF to appoint persons from the most senior ranks of government to the Executive Board; thereby taking the sprlead ofas the financial crisis and worsened its effectsorum for discussions and decisions regarding global economic governance;
Amendment 43 #
2011/0418(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Social undertakings include a large range of undertakings, taking various legal forms, that provide social services or goods to vulnerable or marginalised persons. Such services include access to housing, healthcare, assistance for elderly or disabled persons, child care, access to employment and training as well as dependency management. Social undertakings also include undertakings that employ a method of production of goods or services with a social objective, but whose activities may be outside the realm of the provision of social goods or services. Those activities include social and professional integration by means of access to employment for people disadvantaged in particular by insufficient qualifications or social or professional problems leading to exclusion and marginalisation. A further benefit would be the increased plurality of providers of those services which would foster development and new ideas on how best to organise the work and enhancing the quality of the social services provided.
Amendment 223 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union has the objective of strengthening its scientific and technological bases by achieving a European Research Area (‘ERA’) in which researchers, scientific knowledge and technology circulate freely, and encouraging the Union to become more competitive, including in its industra world leading competitive knowledge economy, including in its industry. Especially centres of excellences and frontier research are crucial for attracting further private investments in research and stimulating economic growth, making the Union more competitive and accelerating the Union's transformation into a knowledge society. To pursue those objectives the Union should carry out activities to implement research, technological development and demonstration, promote international cooperation, disseminate and optimise results and stimulate training and mobility.
Amendment 234 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Union is committed to achieving the Europe 2020 strategy, which has set the objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, highlighting the role of research and innovation as key drivers of social and economic prosperity and of environmental sustainability and setting itself the goal to increase public spending on Research and Development to reachin order to attract private investments, thereby reaching an accumulative total of 3 % of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020 while developing an innovation intensity indicator. In this context, the Innovation Union flagship initiative sets out a strategic and integrated approach to research and innovation, setting the framework and objectives to which future Union research and innovation funding should contribute. Research and innovation are also key factors for other Europe 2020 flagship initiatives, notably on resource efficient Europe, an industrial policy for the globalisation era, and a digital agenda for Europe. Moreover, for achieving the Europe 2020 objectives relating to research and innovation, Cohesion policy has a key role to play through building capacity and providing a stairway to excellence.
Amendment 247 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation in the European Union (hereinafter ‘Horizon 2020’), focuses on three priorities, namely generating excellent science in order to strengthen the Union's world-class excellence in science, fostering industrial leadership to support business, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and innovation and tackling societal challenges, in order to respond directly to the challenges identified in the Europe 2020 strategy by supporting activities covering the entire spectrum from research to market. Horizon 2020 should support all stages in the innovation chain, especially activities closer to the market including innovative financial instrumentsfrontier and cutting edge research and activities closer to the market, as well as non-technological and social innovation, and aims to satisfy the research needs of a broad spectrum of Union policies by placing emphasis on the widest possible use and dissemination of knowledge generated by the supported activities up to its commercial exploitation. The priorities of Horizon 2020 should also be supported through a programme under the Euratom Treaty on nuclear research and training.
Amendment 396 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Horizon 2020 shall contribute to building an world leading economy based on knowledge and innovation across the whole Union by leveraging sufficient additional frontier and excellent research, development and innovation funding. Thereby, it shall support the creation of globally competitive centres of excellence and the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and other Union policies, as well as the achievement and functioning of the European Research Area (ERA). The relevant performance indicators are set out in the introduction of Annex I.
Amendment 442 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) selected third countries that fulfil all of the following criteriashall:
Amendment 443 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) Are world-leaders in their respective research field and have a good capacity in science, technology and innovation;
Amendment 444 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
(ia) be able to contribute to the development of global excellence in Europe
Amendment 445 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Amendment 446 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Amendment 595 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. National and regional funds should support positively evaluated projects such as ERC, Marie Curie or collaborative actions that meet the criteria of excellence but where there is not enough funding available in the Horizon2020 program.
Amendment 596 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a Synergies with the structural funds Structural Funds should be deployed to their full extent to support capacity and R&D infrastructure building in the regions through dedicated activities aimed at creating centres of excellences
Amendment 625 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The integrated approach set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 is expected to lead to aroundt least 15% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and the priority ‘Societal challenges’ going to SMEs.
Amendment 635 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a Collaborative projects and partnership program Horizon 2020 shall be implemented primarily through transnational collaborative projects, delivered through calls for proposals stipulated in the Horizon 2020 Annual Work Programmes. These projects will be complemented by public-private and public-public partnerships which will be designed together with Member States.
Amendment 667 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Horizon 2020 shall contribute to the strengthening of public-public partnerships where actions at regional, national or international level are jointly implemented within the Union. The amount used for funding of public-public-partnerships shall not exceed 15% of the total budget for Horizon 2020
Amendment 687 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Supporting the creation of globally competitive centres of excellence making the European Union a global hub for world leading cutting edge research and innovation.
Amendment 761 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 1
Horizon 2020 has the general objective to build an world leading economy based on knowledge and innovation across the whole Union, while contributing to sustainable development. It will support the Europe 2020 strategy and other Union policies as well as the achievement and functioning of the European Research Area.
Amendment 765 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– tThe Europe 2020 R&D target (R&D public funding target (1% of GDP), with the aim of attracting private funding, thereby realising the R&D target of not less than 3 % of GDP);
Amendment 766 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
In order to build globally competitive centres of excellence in Europe, international cooperation with third countries and international, regional or global organisations is crucial. International cooperation is essential for frontier and basic research in order to capture the benefits from emerging science and technology opportunities. Promoting researchers and innovation staff mobility at an international level is also crucial to enhance this global cooperation. International cooperation will, therefore, be promoted in each of the three priorities of Horizon 2020. In addition, dedicated horizontal activities will be supported in order to ensure the coherent and effective development of international cooperation across Horizon 2020.
Amendment 788 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 10 – point a
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 10 – point a
(a) Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies shall provide dedicated support for research, development and demonstration on ICT, nanotechnology, advanced materials, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing and processing and space. Emphasis will be placed on interactions and convergence across and between the different technologies and access to highly advanced research infrastructure in Europe will accelerate progress in all relevant areas.
Amendment 831 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 15
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 15
All the activities shall take a challenge- based approach, focusing on policy priorities without predetermining the precise choice of technologies or solutions that should be developed. The emphasis shall be on bringing together a critical mass of resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and scientific disciplines and research infrastructures in order to address the challenges. The activities shall cover the full cycle from research to market, with a new focus on innovation-related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, support for public procurement, design, end-user driven innovation, social innovation and market take-up of innovations.
Amendment 860 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 2
Europe has set out its ambition to move to a new economic model based on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. This type of transformation will need more than incremental improvements to current technologies. It will require much higher capacity for science-based innovation fuelled by radical new knowledge, allowing Europe to take a leading role in creating the technological paradigm shifts which will be the key drivers of productivity growth, competitiveness, wealth and social progress in the future. Such paradigm shifts have historically tended to originate from the public-sector science basecuriosity driven basic research before going on to lay the foundations for whole new industries and sectors.
Amendment 870 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
National and regional funds should support positively evaluated ERC projects that meet the criteria of excellence but where there is not enough funding available in the Horizon2020 program
Amendment 872 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
By 2020, the ERC therefore shall aim to demonstrate: that the best researchers are participating in the ERC's competitions, that ERC funding has led directly to scientific publications of the highest quality and to research results with a high societal and economic impact, and to the commercialisation and application of innovative technologies and ideas and that the ERC has contributed significantly to making Europe a more attractive environment for the world's best scientists. In particular, the ERC shall target a measurable improvement in the Union's share of the world's top 1 % most highly cited publications. In addition it shall aim at a substantial increase in the number of excellent researchers from outside Europe whom it funds and specific improvements in institutional practices and national policies to support top researchers.
Amendment 902 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1
The specific objective is to ensure optimum development and dynamic use of Europe's intellectual capital in order to generate new skills, attracting world-leading researchers to Europe in order to generate and transfer new skills, knowledge and innovation and, thus, to realise its full potential across all sectors and regions.
Amendment 909 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Increasing mobility of researchers and strengthening the resources of those institutions which attract researchers from other Member States will encourage centres of excellence around the European Union
Amendment 910 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 5
This reform must continue through every stage of researchers' careers. It is vital to increase the mobility of researchers at all levels, including mid-career mobility, not only between countries but also between the public and private sectors. This creates a strong stimulus for learning and developing new skills. It is also a key factor in cooperation between academics, research centres and industry across countries. The human factor is the backbone of sustainable cooperation which is the key driver for an innovative and creative Europe able to face challenges to society, and key to overcoming fragmentation of national policies. Collaborating and sharing knowledge, via individual mobility at all stages of a career and via exchanges of highly skilled research and innovation staff, are essential for Europe to re-take the path to sustainable growth and to tackle societal challenges. In this context Horizon2020 should also encourage collaboration between European researchers by introducing a research voucher scheme with money for research following researchers that move to universities in all Member States, contributing to centres of excellence, independent universities, increased mobility among researchers.
Amendment 937 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point c – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point c – paragraph 2
Key activities shall be to support short- term exchanges of research and innovation staff , as well as to offer possibilities to recruit researchers ,among a partnership of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio- economic groups, both within Europe and worldwide. This will include fostering cooperation with third countries.
Amendment 940 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
National and regional funds should support positively evaluated Marie Curie actions that meet the criteria of excellence but where there is not enough funding available in the Horizon2020 program.
Amendment 977 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point c – subparagraph 1 (new)
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point c – subparagraph 1 (new)
National and regional funds should be deployed to their full extent to support capacity building in research infrastructure.
Amendment 1079 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.2 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.2 – paragraph 4
To accelerate progress, a multidisciplinary and convergent approach benefitting from world leading European research infrastructure shall be fostered, involving chemistry, physics, engineering sciences, theoretical and computational modelling, biological sciences and increasingly creative industrial design.
Amendment 1776 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 2 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 2 – paragraph 4
The specific feature of the EIT is to integrate higher education and entrepreneurship with research and innovation as links in a single innovation chain across the Union and beyond.
Amendment 1786 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – paragraph 1
The EIT shall operate mainly, but not exclusively, via the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) in areas of societal challenges that are of utmost relevance to Europe's common futurewhich offers true innovation potential. While the KICs have a large degree of autonomy in defining their own strategies and activities, there are a number of innovative features common to all KICs. The EIT will moreover enhance its impact by making the experiences from the KICs available across the Union and by actively fostering a new culture of knowledge sharing.
Amendment 1792 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – point b – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – point b – paragraph 1
The EIT's strategy and activities shall be driven by a focus on societal challenges that are of utmost relevance to the future, such as climate change or sustainable energyareas which offer a true innovation potential and has a clear relevance to the societal challenges addressed in Horizon2020. By addressing key societal challenges in a comprehensive way, the EIT will promote inter- and multi- disciplinary approaches and help focus the research efforts of the partners in the KICs.
Amendment 218 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) 'results‘ means any intangible or tangible results of the action, such as data, knowledge and information whatever their form or nature, whether or not they can be protected, which are generated in the action as well as any attached rights, including intellectual property rights;
Amendment 278 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Synergies with cohesion funds In order to create synergies and efficiency with the use of Cohesion policy funds dedicated to research purposes common rules for participation should be set. One single set of rules and entry point for all research funding from Union shall be established, including usage of same Participant Identification Code (PIC) and participant portal for all of Union calls and projects
Amendment 364 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16a Time to grant The Commission or the relevant funding body shall ensure that the time between the deadline for proposals as established by the individual calls for proposals and the signature of the grant agreement, or where applicable the grant decision, shall as a general rule be limited to four months, with a possibility to extend the time to signature of the grant agreement up to maximum period of six months
Amendment 427 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. The Horizon 2020 grant mayshall reach a maximum of 100 % of the total eligible costs, without prejudice to the co-financing principle.
Amendment 465 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. To cover costs for the management and coordination of the action, each action shall receive an additional lump sum corresponding to 5% of the total direct eligible costs, excluding direct eligible costs for subcontracting and the costs of resources made available by third parties which are not used on the premises of the beneficiary, as well as financial support to third parties. This lump sum is to be managed at the discretion of the consortium.
Amendment 466 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regarding the validation process that is used to validate and verify the type of participant, the records of the Unique Registration facility, including the Participation Identification code shall be used to the greatest possible extent. For entities that have been validated in previous framework programmes, no repeated validations shall be necessary, unless the entity's legal nature has changed or, in case of SMEs, a company has exceeded the requirements of the SME definition.
Amendment 475 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Value added tax (VAT) shall be considered as eligible cost if the beneficiary can not be reimbursed according to the national legislation.
Amendment 501 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, indirect eligible costs shall for SMEs and non-profit legal entities be determined by applying a flat rate of 35% of the total direct eligible costs, excluding direct eligible costs for subcontracting and the costs of resources made available by third parties which are not used on the premises of the beneficiary, as well as financial support to third parties.
Amendment 507 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Eligible personnel costs shall only cover the actual hours worked by the persons directly carrying out work under the action. The evidence regarding the actual hours worked shall be provided by the participant, normally through a in accordance with the participant's own official time recording system.
Amendment 514 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. The grant agreement shall contain the minimum requirements for the time recording system as well as the number of annual productive hours to be used for the calculation of the hourly personnel rates.which may entail one single document declaring the university/legal entity degree of the involvement of the researchers/participant in the project. The number of annual productive hours to be used for the calculation of the hourly personnel rates shall be based on each participant's own normal accounting and management principles, and relevant national rules, and may be expressed as an percentage of working time
Amendment 61 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Sound public finances and balanced budgets are a prerequisite for economic and financial stability as clearly demonstrated by the sovereign debt crisis, underlining the need for strong and solid fiscal frameworks. Furthermore, the deficits of today, associated with stagnated economies, highlight the need for reforms rather than increased spending.
Amendment 79 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) There is strong evidence showing the effectiveness ofEconomic research as well as practical experience clearly vindicates the highly significant role played by rules-based fiscal frameworks in supporting sound and sustainable fiscal policies. The introduction of national fiscal rules that are consistent with the budgetary objectives set at Union level should be a crucial element to ensure the respect of the Stability and Growth Pact provisions. In particular, Member States shouldall for the purpose of further anchoring the provisions of the Stability and Growth Pact put in place structural balanced budget rules which transpose into national legislation the main principles of the Union fiscal framework. This transposition should be effective through binding rules preferably of a constitutional nature so as to demonstrate the strongest commitment of national authorities in relation to the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 83 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The extent of sovereign indebtedness in the Union is a paramount challenge which should be addressed if the economy is to return to a stable and resilient growth trend in the short as well as the long term. A significant time span will elapse before the average level of indebtedness among Member States re- enters the 60 % trajectory stipulated by the Stability and Growth Pact. Fulfilment of the medium-term budgetary objectives is a fundamental precondition in this regard while deviating from them could trigger soaring interest rates and thereby threaten growth and recovery.
Amendment 166 #
2011/0386(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall have in place an fully independent fiscal council for monitoring the implementation of national fiscal rules as referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 48 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Any regulation at national or Union level on credit rating agencies should not, directly or indirectly, lead to or risking to be interpreted as a restriction on the freedom of expression.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Credit rating agencies are important participants in the financial markets. As a consequence, the independence and integrity of credit rating agencies and their credit rating activities are of particular importance to guarantee their credibility vis-à-vis market participants, in particular investors and other users of ratings. Regulation 1060/2009 provides that credit rating agencies have to be registered and supervised as their services have considerable impact on the public interest. Credit ratings, unlike investment research, are not mere opinions about a value or a price for a financial instrument or a financial obligation. Credit rating agencies are not mere financial analysts or investment advisors. Credit ratings have regulatory value for regulated investors, such as credit institutions, insurance companies and other institutional investors. Although the incentives to excessively rely on credit ratings are being reduced, credit ratings still drive investment choices, notably because of information asymmetries and for efficiency purposes. In this context, credit rating agencies must be independent and perceived as such by market participants.
Amendment 58 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 already provided a first round of measures to address the question of independence and integrity of credit rating agencies and their credit rating activities. The objectives of guaranteeing the independence of credit rating agencies and of identifying, managing and, to the extent possible, avoiding any conflict of interest that could arise were already underlying several provisions of that Regulation in 2009. Whilst providing a sound basis, the existing rules do not appear to have had a sufficient impact in this regard. Credit rating agencies still are not perceived as sufficiently independent actors. The selection and remuneration of the credit rating agency by the rated entity (issuer- pays model) engenders inherent conflicts of interest, which are insufficiently addressed by the existing rules. Under this model, there are incentives for credit rating agencies to issue complacency ratings on the issuer in order to secure a long-standing business relationship guaranteeing revenues or in order to secure additional work and revenues. Moreover, relationships between the shareholders of credit rating agencies and the rated entities may cause conflicts of interest which are not sufficiently dealt with by the existing rules. As a result, credit ratings issued under the issuer-pays model may be perceived as the credit ratings that suit the issuer rather than the credit ratings needed by the investor. Without prejudice to the conclusions of the report to be submitted by the Commission on the issuer-pays model by December 2012 pursuant to Article 39(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, it is essential to reinforce the conditions of independence applying to credit rating agencies in order to increase the level of credibility of credit ratings issued under the issuer-pays modelConsiders that any evaluation of these provisions is premature as they have been operational only for a limited period of time.
Amendment 67 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The credit rating market shows that, traditionally, credit rating agencies and rated entities enter into long-lasting relationships. This raises the threat of familiarity, as the credit rating agency may become too sympathetic to the desires of the rated entity. In those circumstances, the impartiality of credit rating agencies over time could become questionable. Indeed, credit rating agencies mandated and paid by a corporate issuer are incentivised to issue overly favourable ratings on that rated entity or its debt instruments in order to maintain the business relationship with such issuer. Issuers are also subject to incentives that favour long-lasting relationships, such as the lock-in effect: an issuer may refrain from changing credit rating agency as this may raise concerns of investors regarding the issuer's creditworthiness. This problem was already identified in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, which required credit rating agencies to apply a rotation mechanism providing for gradual changes in analytical teams and credit rating committees so that the independence of the rating analysts and persons approving credit ratings would not be compromised. The success of those rules, hHowever, was highly dependant on a behavioural solution internal to the credit rating agency: the actual independence and professionalism of the employees of the credit rating agency vis- à-vis the commercial interests of the credit rating agency itself. These rules were not designed to provide sufficient guarantee towards third parties that the conflicts of interest arising from the long-lasting relationship would effectively be mitigated or avoided. It therefore appears necessary to provide for a structural response having a higher impact on third parties. This could be achieved effectively by limiting the period during which a credit rating agency can continuously provide credit ratings on the same issuer or its debt instruments. Setting out a maximum duration of the business relationship between the issuer which is rated or which issued the rated debt instruments and the credit rating agency should remove the incentive for issuing favourable ratings on that issuer. Additionally, requiring the rotation of credit rating agencies as a normal and regular market practice should also effectively address the lock-in effect, where an issuer refrains from changing credit rating agency as this would raise concerns of investors regarding the issuer's creditworthiness. Finally, the rotation of credit rating agencies should have positive effects on the rating market as it would facilitate new market entries and offer existing credit rating agencies the opportunity to extend their business to new areasno holistic and viable alternative to the current issuer-pays model has yet been presented it seems apparent that the current system is to be considered the second-best solution.
Amendment 77 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Regular rotation of credit rating agencies issuing credit ratings on an issuFinancial markets per for its debt instruments should bring more diversity to the evaluation of the creditworthiness of the issuer that selects and pays that credit rating agency. Multiple and different views, perspectives and methodologies applied by credit rating agencies should produce more diverse credit ratings and ultimately improve the assessment of the creditworthiness of the issuers. For this diversity to play a role and to avoid complacency of both issuers and credit rating agencies, the maximum duration of the business relationship between the credit rating agency and the issuer paying must be restricted to a level guaranteeing regular fresh looks at the creditworthiness of issuers. Therefore, a time period of three years would seem appropriate, also considering the need to provide certain continuity within the credit ratings. The risk of conflict of interest increases in situations where the credit rating agency frequently issues credit ratings on debt instruments of the same issuer within a short period of time. In those cases, the maximum duration of the business relationship should be shorter to guarantee similar results. Hence, the business relationship should stop after a credit rating has rated ten debt instruments of the samem at best when there is a multitude of opinions and ideas expressed as to what the macro and micro financial development will be like. The opinions issued by leading credit rating agencies shall not be taken as the ultimate truth nor be the sole basis for an investment decision. Rather, they are to support the risk assessment of financial actors in their role as allocators of savings and investments. Therefore, it is of outmost importance that rules and provisions regulating the credit rating industry promote and encourage a plurality of views and estimates of the credit quality of private and public issuers. However, in order to avoid imposing a disproportionate burden on issuers and credit rating agencies, no requirement to change credit rating agency within the first 12 months of the business relationship should be imposed. Where an issuer mandates more than one credit rating agency, either because as an issuer of structured finance instruments he is obliged to do so, or on a voluntary basis, it should be sufficient that the strict rotation periods only apply to one of the credit rating agencies. However, also in this case, the business relationship between the issuer and the additional credit rating agencies should not exceed a period of six yearsThis objective is best obtained by ensuring that entry of new rating agencies is facilitated by removing excessive regulatory hurdles and disapproving of proposals such as making agencies civilly liable for their ratings as that would constitute a paramount disincentive for any new player to enter the industry.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 91 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 97 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 107 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 128 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The new rules limiting the duration of the business relationship between an issuer and the credit rating agency would significantly reshape the credit rating market in the Union, which today remains largely concentrated. New market opportunities would arise for small and mid-size credit rating agencies, which would need to develop to take up those challenges in the first years following the entry into force of the new rules. Those developments are likely to bring new diversity into the market. The objectives and the effectiveness of the new rules would, however, be largely jeopardised if, during these initial years, large established credit rating agencies would prevent their competitors from developing credible alternatives by acquiring them. Further consolidation in the credit rating market driven by large established players would result in a reduction of the number of available registered credit rating agencies, thus creating selection difficulties for issuers at the moment in which they regularly need to appoint one or more new credit rating agencies and disturbing the smooth functioning of the new rules. More importantly, further consolidation driven by large established credit rating agencies would particularly prevent the emergence of more diversity in the marketIncreased competition in the credit rating industry shall be promoted and a through consultation with industry players including credit rating agencies, financial intermediaries, institutional investors, financial consumer organisations, national debt offices and other relevant interests shall be carried out in order to find viable and constructive actions for the fulfilment of this objective.
Amendment 156 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Credit ratings, whether issued for regulatory purposes or not, have a significant impact on investment decisions. Hence, credit rating agencies have an important responsibility towards investors in ensuring that they comply with the rules of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 so that their ratings are independent, objective and of adequate quality. However, in the absence of a contractual relationship between the credit rating agency and the investor, investors are not always in a position to enforce the agency's responsibility towards them. Therefore, it is important to provide for an adequate right of redress for investors who relied on a credit rating issued in breach of the rules of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009. The investor should be able to hold the credit rating agency liable for any damage caused by an infringement of that Regulation which had an impact on the rating outcome. Infringements which do not impact the rating outcome, such as breaches of transparency obligations, should not trigger civil liability claimsAlthough ratings sometimes are associated with broad market interest it shall be remembered they are nothing but the estimation of an individual rating agency. Civil liability on behalf of the credit rating agencies would pose a substantial risk of increasing user's reliance upon them and thereby be contradictory to the overarching aim of reducing reliance on ratings. Regarding matters concerning the civil liability of a credit rating agency such matters should therefore be governed by the applicable national law determined by the relevant rules of international private law.
Amendment 160 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Credit ratings agencies should only be held liable if they infringe intentionally or with gross negligence any obligations imposed on them by Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009. This standard of fault means that credit rating agencies should not face liability claims if they neglect individual obligations under the Regulation without disregarding their duties in a serious way. This standard of fault is appropriate because the activity of credit rating involves a certain degree of assessment of complex economic factors and the application of different methodologies may lead to different rating results, non of which can be qualified as incorrectre merely an opinion by a single rating agency on the credit quality of a financial instrument and shall be considered as such. Elevating these opinions into a legally enforceable assurance, true in all its predictions, would reduce the incentive of the investor to scrutinise the instrument at hand by himself, thereby further risking to increase the reliance on such ratings. Rather, the use of ratings shall be subject to the responsibility of the issuer and the investor not to base decisions on them in a mechanical fashion. An agency which consequently misperforms will face significant credibility problems which will affect its ability to pursue its business.
Amendment 166 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 172 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Regarding matters concerning the civil liability of a credit rating agency and which are not covered by this regulation, such matters should be governed by the applicable national law determined by the relevant rules of International Private Law. The competent court to decide on a claim for civil liability brought by an investor should be determined by the relevant rules on International Jurisdiction.
Amendment 178 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 347 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 20
Article 1 – point 20
Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009
Title IIIa
Title IIIa
Amendment 420 #
2011/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point b
Annex III – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009
Annex III – Part I – points 26a to 26 f
Annex III – Part I – points 26a to 26 f
Amendment 203 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The provision of services other than statutory audit to audited entities by statutory auditors, audit firms or members of their networks may compromise their independence. Therefore, it is appropriate to require the statutory auditor, the audit firm and the members of their network not to provide non-audit servprovides significant economies of scale to the entity being audited. In order to mitigate what might be potential conflicets to their audited entities. The provision ofof interest, non- audit services by an audit firm to a company would prevent that audit firm from carrying out statutory audit of that company, thus resulting in a reduction of the audit firms available to provide statutory audit, in particular with regard to the audit of large public-interest entities where the market is concentrated. As a result, in order to secure that a minimum number of audit firms is able to provide audit services to large public-interest entities, it is appropriate to request that audit firms of significant dimension focus their professional activity on the carrying out of statutory audit and are not allowed to undertake other servprovided by the statutory auditor shall be stated in the statutory audit of the audited entity, its parent undertaking and its controlled undertakings. The list shall outline the extent and characteristices unconnected to their statutory audit function such as consultancy or advisory servicesof those non- audit services provided.
Amendment 207 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In order to promote cost control and efficiency among the entities being audited, firms providing the statutory audit shall not be prohibited from supplying the entity being audited with related financial audit services.
Amendment 265 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 304 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Non-audit services provided by the statutory auditor shall be stated in the statutory audit of the audited entity, its parent undertaking and its controlled undertakings. The list shall outline the extent and characteristics of those non-audit services provided.
Amendment 305 #
Amendment 410 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Amendment 428 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The public-interest entity may renew this engagement only oncethree times.
Amendment 437 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The maximum duration of the combined twohree engagements shall not exceed 618 years.
Amendment 442 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 567 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The public-interest entity may renew this engagement only oncethree times.
Amendment 581 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The maximum duration of the combined twohree engagements shall not exceed 618 years.
Amendment 587 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 741 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part I – subpart A – point 5
Annex 1 – part I – subpart A – point 5
Amendment 166 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Modern, fibre-based internet networks are a crucial infrastructure for the future in terms of connectivity for European companies, in particular SMEs that want to use cloud computing in order to improve cost-efficiency. Regrettably, the deployment of fibre and ultra fast broadband connections in Europe remains unsatisfactory while other economies are moving ahead taking the global lead by offering significantly higher capacity and speeds of 1 Gbps and beyond. Investments in fibre, both to the home and in passive infrastructure in the backhaul network is a crucial ingredient if Europe is to be home to new innovations, knowledge and services.
Amendment 170 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Europe 2020 Strategy calls for the implementation of the Digital Agenda for Europe that establishes a stable legal framework to stimulate investments in an open and competitive high speed internet infrastructure and in related services. The JuneHowever, targets for 20120 European Council endorsed the Digital Agenda for Europe and called upon all institutions to engage in its full implementationshould be revised, aiming for Europe to have the fastest broadband speeds in the world by seeking to ensure that by 2020 all Europeans have access to 100 Mbps and 50% of EU households have access to 1 Gbits or more.
Amendment 172 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21 a) In order to ensure competitiveness of the European Union and to facilitate the growth of a European world leading service economy, the current Digital Agenda Targets should be achieved by 2015 instead of 2020.
Amendment 175 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) Public investments in fast and ultra-fast broadband networks must not unduly distort competition nor create disincentives to invest. It should be used to crowd in private investments and only in cases where there is a lack of commercial interest to invest.
Amendment 326 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) accelerating the deployment of fast and ultrafast broadband networks and their uptake, including by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), to be measured by the level of broadband and ultrafast broadband coverage and the number of households having subscribed for broadband connectionby ensuring that by 2020 all Europeans have access to 100 Mbps and 50% of EU households have access to 1 Gbits for above 100 Mbps;more.
Amendment 737 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part III – Point b – introductory part
Annex – Part III – Point b – introductory part
Intervention in the field of broadband shall contribute to smart and inclusive growth through building a balanced and geographically diversified portfolio of broadband projects, including both 30Mbps andseeking to ensure that by 2020 all Europeans have access to 100 Mbps plus projectsand 50% of EU households have access to 1 Gbits or more; with urban suburban and rural projects, in order to reach a satisfactory level of connectivity in all the Member States.
Amendment 739 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part III - Point b - row 2 - paragraph 1
Annex – Part III - Point b - row 2 - paragraph 1
The intervention in the field of broadband Investments in broadband networks networks shall include: capable of achieving the Digital Agendatarget of universal 2020 target of universal coverage at 3 coverage at 100Mbps; or Investments in broadband networks capable of achieving the Digital Agenda 2020 target and having at least 50% of households subscribing to speeds above 100Mbps;
Amendment 741 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part III - Point b - row 2 - paragraph 2
Annex – Part III - Point b - row 2 - paragraph 2
The intervention in the field of broadband Investments in broadband networks networks shall include: capable of achieving the Digital Agenda 2020 target of universal coverage at 30Mbps; or Investments in broadband networks capable of achieving the Digital Agenda target of having at 2020 target and having at least 50% of least 50% of households subscribing to speeds above 100Mbpsspeeds of 1Gbps and above;
Amendment 150 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The identification of projects of common interest should be based on common, transparent and objective criteria in view of their contribution to the climate and energy policy objectives. For electricity and gas, proposed projects should be part of the latest available ten- year network development plan. This plan should notably take account of the conclusions of the 4 February European Council with regard to the need to integrate peripheral energy markets.
Amendment 155 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Union-wide list of projects of common interest should be limited to projects which contribute the most to the implementation of the strategic energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas and has a significant impact on the implementation of the Union climate and energy objectives. This requires the decision on the list to be taken by the Commission, while respecting the right of the Member States to approve projects of common interest related to their territory. According to analysis carried out in the accompanying impact assessment, the number of such projects is estimated at some 100 in the field of electricity and 50 in the field of gas.
Amendment 158 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Projects of common interest should be implemented as quickly as possible and should be closely monitored and evaluated, while keeping the administrative burden for projects promoters to a minimum. The Commission should nominate European coordinators for projects which pass the 3- year deadline or are facing particular difficulties.
Amendment 186 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) SinceThe Member States failure to meet the electricity interconnection target from the European Council in March 2002 is evidence that the objective of this Regulation, namely the development and interoperability of trans-European energy networks and connection to such networks, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 194 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. ‘'energy infrastructure’' means any physical equipment designed to allow transmission and distribution of electricity or gas, transportation of oil or carbon dioxide, or storage of electricity or gas, which is located within the Union or linking the Union and one or more third countries;
Amendment 226 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Each Group shall draw up its proposed list of projects of common interest according to the process set out in section 2 of Annex III, according to the contribution of each project to implementing the energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas set out in Annex I and, according to their fulfilment of the criteria set out in Article 4. Each individual proposal for a project shall require the approval of only the Member State(s), to the territory of which the project relates. In case a specific proposal for a cross-border project fulfils the relevant criteria, as set out in this Regulation, but is supported by only one of the involved Member States, the decision shall be deferred to the Commission, which should act in consultation with the Agency. Before taking such a decision, the Agency shall consult involved Members States and stakeholders.
Amendment 285 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The project is making a valuable contribution to the Energy 2020 Strategy, the 2020 energy and climate targets and the long term goal of creating a European competitive low carbon economy in 2050.
Amendment 333 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – indent 2
Amendment 344 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. When ranking projects contributing to the implementation of the same priority, the cost-benefit analysis will constitute the main driver for prioritisation. However, due consideration shall also be given to the urgency of each proposed project in order to meet the energy policy targets of market integration and competition, sustainability and security of supply, the number of Member States affected by each project, and its complementarity with regard to other proposed projects. For projects falling under the category set out in point 1(e) of Annex II, due consideration shall also be given to the number of users affected by the project, the annual energy consumption and the share of generation from non dispatchable resources in the area covered by these users.
Amendment 355 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Projects which have received funding pursuant to Regulation 663/2009/EC should be directly eligible for consideration as project of common interest pursuant to this Regulation.
Amendment 412 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 417 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 512 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Within three months of the day of receipt of the methodology, the Agency, after formally consulting the organisations representing all relevant stakeholders, shall provide an opinion to the Commission on the methodology.
Amendment 521 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7
Article 12 – paragraph 7
7. The methodology shall be applied to the cost-benefit analysis under all subsequent ten-year network development plans for electricity or gas developed by the ENTSOs for Electricity or Gas pursuant Article 8 of Regulation (EC) 714/2009 and Regulation (EC) 715/2009, and the main results of the cost-benefit analysis in relevant scenarios must be included in the consultation process and final reporting of the ten-year network development plans.
Amendment 733 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – point 1 a (new)
Annex III – part 2 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) Proposed electricity transmission projects failing under the categories set out in point 1(a) to (b) of Annex II must be allowed for deeper scrutiny and consideration by the respective Groups if proposed by relevant stakeholders, and if the as a minimum fulfil the criteria listed in Article 4 point 1, Article 4 point 2(a), and Annex II point 1.
Amendment 737 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – point 3
Annex III – part 2 – point 3
(3) Proposed electricity transmission and storage projects falling under the categories set out in point 1(a) to, (b) and (d) of Annex II shall be part of the latest availablcome an integral part of the relevant regional investment plans pursuant Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 and of the ten-year network development plan for electricity, developed by the ENTSO for Electricity pursuant Article 8 of Regulation (EC) 714/2009.
Amendment 748 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – point 5
Annex III – part 2 – point 5
Amendment 802 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 2
Annex V – point 2
(2) The data set shall reflect Union and national legislations in force at the date of analysis. The data sets used for electricity and gas respectively shall be compatible, notably with regard to assumptions on prices and volumes in each market. The data set shall be made public and elaborated after formally consulting Member States and the organisations representing all relevant stakeholders. The Commission and the Agency shall ensure access to the required commercial data from third parties when applicable.
Amendment 1 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Title
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on guidelines for trans-European telecommunicationsdigital networks and repealing Decision No 1336/97/EC
Amendment 3 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) TelecommunicationsDigital networks and services are increasingly becoming internet-based infrastructures, with broadband networks and digital services closely interrelated. The internet is becoming the dominant platform for communication, services, and business. Therefore, the trans-European availability of fast Internet access and digital services in the public interest is essential for economic growth and the Single Market.
Amendment 10 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Digital Agenda for Europe stipulates that by 2020 all Europeans should have access to internet speeds of above 30 Mbps and 50% or more of European households should subscribe to internet connections above 100 Mbps. However, given the rapid evolution of technologies that lead to ever faster internet connexions, it is appropriate today, for all Union households, to target internet connections above 100 Mbps with 50% of the households having access to 1 Gbps.
Amendment 11 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) A European market with nearly 500 million people connected to high-speed broadband would act as a spearhead for the development of the Internal Market, creating a globally unique critical mass of users exposing all regions to new opportunities and giving each user increased value, as well as giving the Union the capacity to be a world leading knowledge-based economy. A rapid deployment of high-speed broadband networks is crucial for the development of European productivity and for the emergence of new and small enterprises that can be leaders in different sectors, for example health care, manufacturing and the service industries.
Amendment 13 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) While the deployment of fibre and ultra high-speed broadband connections in the Union remains unsatisfactory, other economies in the world are taking the global lead by offering significantly higher capacity and speeds of 1 Gbps and beyond. Investment in fibre, both in the home and in passive infrastructure in the backhaul network, is a crucial ingredient if the Union is to be home to innovation, knowledge and services.
Amendment 14 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 c (new)
Recital 11 c (new)
(11c) Targets for 2020 should be revised, aiming for the Union to have the fastest broadband speed in the world by seeking to ensure that by 2020 all Union citizens have access to 100 Mbps and 50% of Union households have access to 1 Gbps or more.
Amendment 15 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Public funding for broadband should be spent solely on infrastructures open to competition. Only networks open to competition via mandated third party access can deliver affordable competitive services and innovation for consumers and businesses.
Amendment 16 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Ensuring that consumers are easily able to access and distribute content, services and applications of their choice via a single internet subscription is of vital importance for the completion of the Union's single digital market. In this context, BEREC's findings of May 2012 show that at least 20% of mobile internet users in Europe experience some form of restriction on their ability to access VoIP services. Although competition is expected to discipline operators, progress has been very slow and the publicly- funded telecommunications networks covered by this Regulation should therefore be prohibited from blocking lawful services.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down guidelines for the timely deployment and interoperability of projects of common interest in the field of trans-European telecommunicationsdigital networks.
Amendment 22 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
"TelecommunicationsDigital networks" means broadband networks and digital service infrastructures.
Amendment 24 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
f) "Broadband networks" means wired and wireless access networks, ancillary infrastructure and core networks capable of delivering very high speed connectivity, thereby contributing to the broadband targets of the Digital Agenda for Europ100 Mbps and 1Gbps where possible and above.
Amendment 36 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Second pPriority shall be given toalso to other digital service infrastructures in support of specific provisions of EU legislation and based on existing building blocksas listed in the annex (Section 1.2.).
Amendment 37 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a (new)
(3a) As the core service platform is a pre- condition for establishing a digital service infrastructure, the support to core service platforms and their common building blocks shall take priority over generic services.
Amendment 40 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) make a significant contribution to the realisation of thebroadband targets of the Digital Agenda for Europ100Mbps and 1Gbps where possible and above.
Amendment 41 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) A European market with nearly 500 million people connected to high-speed broadband would act as a spearhead for the development of the Internal Market, creating a globally unique critical mass of users exposing all regions to new opportunities and giving each user increased value and Europe the capacity to be a world leading knowledge-based economy. A rapid deployment of fast and ultra-fast broadband networks is crucial for the development of European productivity and for the emergence of new and small enterprises that can be leaders in different sectors, for example health care, manufacturing and the service industry.
Amendment 42 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1 b) The development of broadband traffic shows that the demand for bandwidth continues to be insatiable. The demand for mobile data traffic increases by 50 percent per year and is driven by bandwidth demanding applications and services, more Internet users and more online content, especially video.
Amendment 43 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1 c) This exponential growth in broadband traffic will require ambitious policies at Union and Member States level, both for fixed and mobile broadband, if Europe is to achieve more growth, competitiveness and productivity.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 d (new)
Recital 1 d (new)
(1 d) The Radio Spectrum Policy Program is an important step to increase Europe's mobile broadband opportunities and it is therefore crucial that Member States implement swiftly its provisions.
Amendment 45 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
The Union may establish contacts, discuss, exchange information and cooperate with public authorities or any other organisations in third countries to achieve any objective pursued by these guidelines. Among other objectives, this cooperation shall seek to promote the interoperability between telecommunicationsdigital networks in the Union and telecommunicationsdigital networks of third countries.
Amendment 45 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 e (new)
Recital 1 e (new)
(1 e) The discussions about how and when to open up the 700 Mhz (694 - 790 MHz)for mobile broadband is of vital importance if Europe is to avoid hitting the capacity roof.
Amendment 46 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 f (new)
Recital 1 f (new)
(1 f) The European Parliament´s Resolution of 11 May 20111 refers to the need for action to harmonise additional spectrum bands, such as the 700 MHz band. 1 P7_TA(2011)0220
Amendment 49 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – last paragraph
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – last paragraph
The Expert Group may also consider any other issue relating to the development of the trans-European telecommunicationsdigital networks.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Section 1 – first paragraph
Annex – Section 1 – first paragraph
Interventions in the area of digital service infrastructure generally rely on a two-layer architecture approach: core service platforms and generic services. As the core service platform is a pre-condition for establishing a digital service infrastructure, the support to core service platforms and their common building blocks shall take priority over generic services.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Annex – section 1 – point 2 – introductory part
2. Other digital service infrastructures a priori identified as eligible in accordance with Article 6.1 and 6.3:
Amendment 54 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) While the deployment of fibre and ultra-fast broadband connections in Europe remains unsatisfactory, other economies in the world such as China, Japan and South Korea are instead taking the global lead by offering significantly higher capacity and speeds of 1 Gbps and beyond. Investment in fibre, both in the home and in passive infrastructure in the backhaul network, is a crucial ingredient if Europe is to be home to new innovations, knowledge and services.
Amendment 55 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3 b) In order to ensure competitiveness of the Union and to facilitate the growth of a European world leading service economy, the current Digital Agenda Targets should be achieved by 2015 instead of 2020.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 c (new)
Recital 3 c (new)
(3 c) Targets for 2020 should be revised, aiming for Europe to have to fastest broadband speed in the world by seeking to ensure that by 2020 all Europeans have access to 100 Mbps and 50% of EU households have access to 1 Gbits or more. Projects eligible for funding set out in this regulation should deliver minimum speeds of 100 Mbps to rural areas and 1 Gbps to high density or urban areas.
Amendment 60 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions -European Broadband: investing in digitally driven growth concludes that the critical role of the internet means that the benefits for society as a whole appear to be much greater than the private incentives to invest in faster networks. Public investments in fast and ultra-fast broadband networks should be carefully targeted towards low and high density areas where there is a lack of commercial incentives to invest. Public support for this area is therefore necessary, but shouldmust not unduly distort competition nor create disincentives to invest.
Amendment 62 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) Ultra-fast broadband in high density/urban areas is crucial if Europe is to reap the significant economic growth related benefits springing from a modern Internet economy. Cities that can offer world-leading broadband speeds will attract innovations, investments, knowledge and enterprises, benefiting the whole of the Union. Whereas private investments should continue to be the main driver, public investments, specifically passive infrastructure with very long down payment times, could stimulate the deployment of ultra-fast broadband networks which offer speeds of 1 Gbps, and with a possibility to upgrade to 10 Gbps or more, and where there is no clear business case to deliver such high speeds.
Amendment 63 #
2011/0299(COD)
(ha) Deployment of infrastructures in public transport allowing the use of secure and interoperable mobile proximity services: the deployment of infrastructures in public transport allowing the use of secure and interoperable mobile proximity services will enable citizens, businesses and organisations to access a variety of innovative services in mobility across the Union.
Amendment 65 #
2011/0299(COD)
(hb) European Platform for Access to Educational Resources. The objective is to exploit the benefits of ICT in the field of education through Europe-wide access to shared educational material. Cost- effective access to and improved quality of educational material through peer-review would strengthen European cohesiveness by enabling contacts, cooperation and debates among students and in the academic world. It would serve as a backbone for cooperation between educational institutions facilitating the implementation of other Union programmes such as "Erasmus for All". It would improve access to education and enhance the position of the Union in the global academic realm.
Amendment 68 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Within the framework of a system of open and competitive markets, the Union's intervention ismay be necessary where market failures need to be overcome and where there is no business case to deliver speeds of 100 Mbps in rural areas and 1 Gbps in urban areas or more. By providing financial support and additional financing leverage to infrastructure projects the Union can contribute to the establishment and development of trans- European networks in the area of telecommunications, thus generating higher benefits in terms of market impact, administrative efficiency and resource utilisation.
Amendment 69 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 2 – point 2 – introductory part
Annex – section 2 – point 2 – introductory part
All projects financially supported under this Regulation shall significantly contribute to the achievement of the targets of the Digital Agenda for Europ100Mbps and 1Gbps and above where possible.
Amendment 71 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) Public funding for broadband should be spent solely on infrastructures open to competition. Only networks open to competition via mandated third party access can deliver affordable competitive services and innovation for consumers and businesses.
Amendment 72 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 2 – point 2 – point a – subparagraph a
Annex – section 2 – point 2 – point a – subparagraph a
(a) be based on state-of-the art technology, either wired or wireless, capable of delivering very high-speed broadband services of speeds to at least 100 Mbps, thus meeting demand for applications which require high bandwidth, or
Amendment 73 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9 b) Ensuring that consumers are easily able to access and distribute content, services and applications of their choice via a single internet subscription is of vital importance for the completion of the Union's Single Digital Market. Recalls, in this context BEREC's findings of May 2012 showing that at least 20% of mobile Internet users in Europe experience some form of restriction on their ability to access VoIP services. Whereas competition is expected to discipline operators, progress has been very slow and publicly funded telecommunications networks set out in this regulation should therefore be prohibited to block lawful services.
Amendment 74 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 2 – point 2 – point a – subparagraph c a (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 2 – point a – subparagraph c a (new)
(ca) Comply with applicable law, in particular with competition law and with the obligation to ensure access. Only networks open to competition should be eligible for public funding as set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 75 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 2 – point 2 – point a – subparagraph c b (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 2 – point a – subparagraph c b (new)
(cb) Support the open character of the internet by ensuring that blocking of lawful services on telecommunications networks funded via this Regulation is prohibited, while allowing for reasonable traffic management at time of network congestion at peak hours, respecting the minimum quality of service requirements stipulated in Article 22(3) of Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (the Universal Service Directive).
Amendment 77 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 2 – point 2 – point b
Annex – section 2 – point 2 – point b
b) Actions funded from additional ring- fenced contributions provided in accordance with Article 15.2 of Regulation (EU) No xxxx/2012 [CEF regulation] shall bring significant new capabilities to the market in terms of broadband service availability, speeds and capacity. Projects which provide speeds of data transmission of less than 3100 Mbps should ensure the increase of speeds to at least 3100 Mbps over time.
Amendment 128 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. ‘BFast broadband networks’ means wired and wireless (including satellite) access networks, ancillary infrastructure and core networks capable of delivering very high speed connectivity with at least 100 Mbps per customer.
Amendment 129 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2 a. 'Ultra fast broadband networks' means wired and wireless (including satellite) access networks, ancillary infrastructure and core networks capable of delivering very high speed connectivity with at least 1 Gbps per customer.
Amendment 142 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the deployment of ultra fast broadband networks ensuring the speed of data transmission of 100 M Gbps and above;
Amendment 152 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the deployment of fast broadband networks to link island, landlocked and peripheral regions with the central regions of the Union ensuring in those regions that speeds of data transmission are sufficient to permit broadband connectivity of 3100 Mbps and above;
Amendment 211 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 2
Investment in broadband infrastructure has been undertaken predominantly by private investors and it is expected that this will remain the case. However, the achievement of the Digital Agenda targets willmay require investment in areas for which there is not a clear business case or where a business case may need to be enhanced within the time frame of the targets. The following types of areas can be characterized on the basis of the likely investment:
Amendment 227 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 8
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 8
Actions contributing to the project of common interest in the field of broadband networks shall constitute a balanced portfolio including actions contributing to both the 3100Mbps and the 100M Gbps Digital Agenda targets, covering suburban, rural and ruralban areas in particular, as well as areas across the European Union.
Amendment 231 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 9 – point a
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 9 – point a
(a) Support investments in broadband networks capable of achieving the Digital Agenda 2020 target of universal coverage at 30100 Mbps; or
Amendment 238 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 9 – point b
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 9 – point b
(b) Support investments in broadband networks, capable of achieving the Digital Agenda 2020 target and of having at least 50% of households subscribing to speeds above 100M Gbps;
Amendment 242 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 9 – point c
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 9 – point c
(c) Comply with applicable law, in particular with competition law. Only networks open to competition (via mandated third party access) should be eligible for public funding set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 244 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
(c a) Support the open character of the Internet by ensuring that blocking of lawful services on telecommunications networks funded via this regulation is prohibited, while allowing for reasonable traffic management at time of network congestions at peak hours, respecting the minimum Quality of Service requirements stipulated in Article 22(3) of Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (the Universal Service Directive).
Amendment 250 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 11
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 11
The deployment of broadband networks to connect island, landlocked and peripheral regions with central regions of the Union, including where necessary submarine cables, will be supported where it is essential to ensure access by isolated communities to broadband at 3100 Mbps and above. This support should complement other funds, whether EU or national, available for this purpose.
Amendment 254 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 13 – point a
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 13 – point a
(a) Telecom operators and fibre network operators (incumbent, whether investing directly or through a subsidiary or new- entrant) launching investments in fast and ultra fast broadband networks.
Amendment 256 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 13 – point b
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 13 – point b
(b) Utility companies (e.g. urban and municipality networks, water, sewage, energy, transport), which are expected to invest in passive broadband networks, either alone or in partnership with operators.
Amendment 260 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 13 – point d
Annex 1 – section 2 – paragraph 13 – point d
(d) Partnerships between several operators (private as well as public) active in wired and wireless markets to build new generation of infrastructures.
Amendment 219 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) There is agreement among regulatory bodies at international level that weaknesses in corporate governance in a number of financial institutions, including the absence of effective checks and balances within them, have been a contributory factor to the financial crisis. Excessive and imprudent risk taking may lead to the failure of individual financial institutions and systemic problems in Member States and globally. Incorrect conduct of firms providing services to clients may lead to investor detriment and loss of investor confidence. In order to address the potentially detrimental effect of these weaknesses in corporate governance arrangements, the provisions of this Directive should be supplemented by more detailed principles and minimum standards. These principles and standards should apply taking into account the nature, scale and complexity of investment firms. On the matter of board members, it is the responsibility of shareholders to ensure that all members at all times are of sufficiently good repute and possess sufficient knowledge, skills and experience whilst it is acknowledged that directorships differ and that detailed provisions as well as quantitative limits on the number of positions to be held therefore are unwarranted.
Amendment 257 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45 a (new)
Recital 45 a (new)
(45a) High-frequency trading as a general phenomenon is to be seen as a natural element of technological advancement and improved business models. Academic studies vindicate, as a general conclusion, that high-frequency trading adds liquidity and reduces volatility. It has also, at the same time, been concluded that the new technology as any other form of trading as such can be misused for purposes of market abuse.
Amendment 260 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) The use of high-frequency trading technology has increased the speed, capacity and complexity of how investors trade. It has also enabled market participants to facilitate direct access by their clients to markets through the use of their trading facilities, through direct electronic access or sponsored and direct market access. Trading technology has provided benefits to the market and market participants generally such as wider participation in markets, increased liquidity, narrower spreads, reduced short term volatility and the means to obtain better execution of orders for clients. Yet, this high-frequency trading technology also gives rise to a number of potential risks such as an increased risk of the overloading of the systems of trading venues due to large volumes of orders, risks of algorithmic trading generating duplicative or erroneous orders or otherwise malfunctioning in a way that may create a disorderly market. In addition there is the risk of algorithmic trading systems overreacting to other market events which can exacerbate volatility if there is a pre-existing market problem. Finally, algorithmic trading or high frequency trading can lend itself to certain forms of abusive behaviour if misused. On the other hand, high-frequency trading in general does, as demonstrated by numerous academic studies, reduce volatility and contributes to improved price formation across different market places.
Amendment 282 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) There is a multitude of trading venues currently operating in the EU , among which a number are trading identical instruments. In order to address potential risks to the interests of investors it is necessary to formalise and further harmonise the processes on the consequences for trading on other venues if one trading venue decides to suspend or remove a financial instrument from trading. In the interest of legal certainty and to adequately address conflicts of interests when deciding to suspend or to remove instruments from trading, it should be ensured that if one regulated market or MTF stops trading due to non disclosure of information about an issuer or financial instrument, the others follow that decision unless continuing trading may be justified due to exceptional circumstances. In addition, it is necessary to formalise and improve the exchange of information and the cooperation of trading venues in cases of exceptional conditions in relation to a particular instrument that is traded on various venues. To achieve this, the primary listing venue should be responsible for the real-time surveillance of all order-books on both primary and secondary trading venues.
Amendment 345 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 85
Recital 85
(85) Explicit powers should be granted to competent authorities to limit the abilitymanage the positions of any person or class of persons from entering into ain derivative contracts in relation to a commodity. The application of a limit should be possible both in the case of individual transactions and positions built up over time. In the latter case in particulcompetent authority should ensure that the powers necessar,y the competent authority should ensure that these position limitso implement this position management are non-discriminatory, clearly spelled out, take due account of the specificity of the market in question, and are necessary to secure the integrity and orderly functioning of the market. Position limits should be employed only as appropriate and only in the delivery month, as they have the potential to have a material adverse impact on liquidity.
Amendment 409 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i – subparagraph 2
provided that in all cases this is an ancillary activity to their main business, when considered on a group basis, and that main business is not the provision of investment services within the meaning of this Directive or banking services under Directive 2006/48/EC or acting as a market maker in relation to commodity derivatives;
Amendment 432 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – indent 2
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – indent 2
– the capital employed for carrying out the activity; and – the extent to which the activity provides a material source of revenue on a group level.
Amendment 608 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In order to secure that no one is discriminated or hindered regarding the opportunities of high-frequency trading Member States shall also ensure that access to market places is provided at a level playing field basis.
Amendment 609 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In order to fight market abuse arising from high-frequency trading, Member States shall ensure that regulated markets and other trading venues have the right instruments for surveillance, follow-up and control in place covering all sorts of transactions.
Amendment 899 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall require that an investment firm or a market operator operating a regulated market, an MTF or an OTF, that are secondary trading venues to a specific share, cooperate with the primary listing venue of this share, in order for it to carry out its obligations in accordance with [Article 11 MAR].
Amendment 937 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may adopt a decision in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 95 in relation to a third country if the legal and supervisory arrangements of that third country ensure that firms authorised in that third comply with legally binding requirements which have equivalent effect to the requirements set out in this Directive, in Regulation (EU) No …/…..../.... [MiFIR] and in Directive 2006/49/EC [Capital Adequacy Directive] and their implementing measures and that third country provides for equivalent reciprocal recognition of the prudential framework applicable to investment firms authorised in accordance with this directive.
Amendment 940 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 41 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The prudential framework of a third country may be considered to have equivalent effect where that framework fulfils all the following conditions:
Amendment 1070 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 54 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall require that, in relation to a share, an operator of a regulated market that is the primary listing venue of this share, cooperates with the operators of other regulated markets, MTFs and OTFs, that are secondary trading venues for this share, in order for it to carry out its obligations in accordance with [Article 11 MAR].
Amendment 1073 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
ESMA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards to determine the specific circumstances that trigger an information requirement as referred to in paragraph 1 and the specific requirements and conditions for the cooperation referred to in paragraph 1a, including sharing of costs.
Amendment 1094 #
Amendment 1102 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that regulated markets, operators of MTFs and OTFs which admit to trading or trade commodity derivatives apply limits on the number of contracts which any given market members or participants can enter into over a specified period of position management powers with automatic review thresholds, which powers might include position limits on the size of position which any given market members or participants can enter into but only during the delivery month of the relevant commodity derivatimve, or alternative arrangements with equivalent effect such as position management with automatic review thresholds , to be imposed in order to:
Amendment 1121 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The limits or arrangementpowers shall be transparent and non- discriminatory, specifying the persons to whom they apply and any exemptions, and taking account of the nature and composition of market participants and of the use they make of the contracts admitted to trading. They shall specify clear quantitative thresholds such as the maximum number of contracts persons can enter, and also taking account of the liquidity characteristics of the underlying commodity market, including as well as patterns of production, consumption and transportation to market.
Amendment 1130 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 2
Article 59 – paragraph 2
2. Regulated markets, MTF and OTFs shall inform their competent authority of the details of the limits or arrangementpowers. The competent authority shall communicate the same information to ESMA which shall publish and maintain on its website a database with summaries of the limits or arrangementpowers in force.
Amendment 1137 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 3
Article 59 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 94 to determine the limits or alternative arrangements on the number of contracts whichmanagement powers over the ability of any person canto enter into derivative contracts over a specified period of time and the necessary equivalent effects of the alternative arrangements established in accordance with paragraph 1, as well as the conditions for exemptions. The limits or alternative arr and the method for determining position limits. For purposes of calculating compliance with position limits, positions in economically equivalent OTC transactions may be netted off against positions entered into on the regulated market, MTF or OTF. The management powers shall take account of the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 and the limits that have been set by regulated markets, MTFs and OTFs. The limits or alternative arrangementmanagement powers determined in the delegated acts shall also take precedence over any measures imposed by competent authorities pursuant to Article 72(1) paragraph (g) of this Directive.
Amendment 1227 #
2011/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) limitmanage the ability of any person or class of persons fromto entering into a commodity derivative , including by introducing non- discriminatory limits on positions or twhen number of such derivative contracts per underlying which any given class of persons can enter into over a specified period of time, when necessaryecessary and as appropriate to ensure the integrity and orderly functioning of the affected markets;
Amendment 147 #
2011/0296(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) It is not the intention of this Regulation to require the application of pre-trade transparency rules to transactions carried out on an OTC basis, the characteristics of which include that they are ad-hoc and irregular and are carried out with wholesale counterparties and are part of a business relationship which is itself characterised by dealings above standard market size, and where the deals are carried out outside the systems usually used by the firm concerned for its business as a systematic internaliserof vital importance that alternative market places can emerge, offering sellers and buyers a level field and balanced formation of prices not least for the settlement of large scale and irregular transactions.
Amendment 182 #
2011/0296(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) The provision of services by third country firms in the Union is subject to national regimes and requirements. These regimes are highly differentiated and the firms authorised in accordance with them do not enjoy the freedom to provide services and the right of establishment in Member States other than the one where they are established. It is appropriate to introduce a common regulatory framework at Union level. The regime should harmonize the existing fragmented framework, ensure certainty and uniform treatment of third country firms accessing the Union, ensure that and equivalence assessment has been carried out by the Commission in relation to the regulatory and supervisory framework of third countries and should provide for a comparable level of protections to investors in the EU receiving services by third country firms. In applying the requirements relating to third country firms, the Commission and Member States should have regard to the central role that the Union plays in worldwide financial markets, the importance of openness for attracting investments, the need to preserve European financial centres, the interdependence of EU and third country financial markets, and the benefits to EU investors and issuers, citizens, companies, public authorities, and the European economy, of worldwide international trade. Having regard to the wide scope of financial services requiring a licence under MIFID, the application of the third country requirements should not, except where justified by objective and evidence-based prudential concerns, have the effect of preventing EU investors and issuers from investing in or obtaining funding from third countries, nor of preventing third country investors and issuers from investing, raising capital, or obtaining other financial services in European markets.
Amendment 201 #
2011/0296(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States may, fully or partially, exempt from the application of articles 7, 9, 17 and 20, financial instruments that are denominated in a domestic currency that is not a major trading currency. Member States shall notify ESMA of the intended use of this exemption.
Amendment 406 #
2011/0296(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Obligation to trade OTC through systematic internalisers 1. All transactions in shares, depositary receipts, exchange-traded funds, certificates and other similar financial instruments which are not intragroup transactions as referred to in Article 2a of Regulation (EU) No .../... [EMIR] and which are not concluded on a regulated market, MTF or OTF shall be concluded through a systematic internaliser unless the transaction involves the primary issuance of the instrument or is carried out OTC. 2. All transactions in bonds, structured finance products admitted to trading on a regulated market or for which a prospectus has been published, emission allowances and derivatives which are eligible for clearing or which are admitted to trading on a regulated market or are traded on an MTF or an OTF and which are not subject to the trading obligation under Article 26, which are not concluded on a regulated market, MTF, OTF or third-country trading venue assessed as equivalent in accordance with Article 26(4), shall be concluded through a systematic internaliser unless the transaction involves the primary issuance of the instrument or is carried out OTC.
Amendment 637 #
2011/0296(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authority of the trading venue may only deny a CCP access to a trading venue where such access would threaten the smooth or orderly functioning of markets or would result in reinforcing the position of a CCP having already a major market share of the European clearing business. If a competent authority denies access on that basis it shall issue its decision within two months following receipt of the request referred to in paragraph 2 and provide full reasons to the CCP and the trading venue and the CCP including the evidence on which itsthe decision is based. Access rights of a CCP to a trading venue with respect to OTC derivatives shall be established in accordance with the provisions of Regulation [ ] (EMIR).
Amendment 654 #
2011/0296(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
(ba) what would constitute a threat to the smooth or orderly functioning of markets which would justify that competent authorities deny access pursuant to Article 29.4.
Amendment 655 #
2011/0296(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6 – point b b (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 6 – point b b (new)
(bb) what would constitute a major market share of the European clearing business for the purposes of Article 29.4.
Amendment 790 #
2011/0296(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may adopt a decision in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 42 in relation to a third country if the legal and supervisory arrangements of that third country ensure that firms authorised in that third country comply with legally binding requirements which have equivalent effect to the requirements set out in Directive No [MiFID], in this Regulation and in Directive 2006/49/EC [Capital Adequacy Directive] and in their implementing measures and that third country provides for equivalent reciprocal recognition of the prudential framework applicable to investment firms authorised in accordance with this directivefundamental rules apply which safeguard equivalent surveillance and stability.
Amendment 794 #
2011/0296(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The prudential framework of a third country may be considered to have equivalent effect where that framework fulfils all the following conditions:
Amendment 149 #
2011/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a This regulation does not apply to information which is disseminated within the framework of freedom of expression and the freedom of independent media as laid down in Member States' constitutional traditions.
Amendment 222 #
2011/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) disseminating information through the media, including the Internet, or by any other means, which has the consequences referred to in subparagraph (a), where the person who made the dissemination knew, or ought to have known, that the information was false or misleading. When information is disseminated for the purposes of journalism, such dissemination of information shall be assessed taking into account the rules governing the freedom of the press and freedom of expression in other media, unless:
Amendment 225 #
2011/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1
Amendment 226 #
2011/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
Amendment 477 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Roads correspond to the provisions of Article 20(3). At the request of a Member State, exemptions from the provisions of Article 20(3) may be granted by the Commission in duly justified cases, including cases where certain infrastructure investments could not be justified in economic cost- benefit terms, as long as an appropriate level of safety is ensured.
Amendment 15 #
Amendment 273 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Competent authorities shall require that all members of the management body of any institutionIt is the fundamental responsibility of shareholders to ensure that members of the management body and the board have the knowledge, qualifications and skills necessary to safeguard proper and prudent management of the institution at hand. This unalienable responsibility shall be exercised and manifested through transparent and open appointment procedures, especially in regard to members of the management body and of the board. All members of the management body of any institution, in its managerial as well as supervisory function, shall at all times be of sufficiently good repute, possess sufficient knowledge, skills and experience and commit sufficient time to perform their duties. Members of the management body shall, in particular, fulfil the following requirements:
Amendment 277 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) MAll members of the management body shall commit sufficient time to perform their functions in the institution. They shall not combine at the same time more than one of the following combinations:
Amendment 279 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Amendment 282 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 288 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a – subparagraph 2
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a – subparagraph 2
Amendment 297 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a – subparagraph 3
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a – subparagraph 3
Amendment 310 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 3
Article 87 – paragraph 3
3. Competent authorities shall require institutions to take into account diversity as one of the criteria for selection ofInstitutions are encouraged to engage a broad set of qualities and competences when recruiting members of theto its management bodyies. In particular, institutions shall put in place a policy promoting gender, age, geographical, educational and professional diversityexcellence, responsibility and commitment as the guiding criteria for senior recruitment, safeguarding that those appointed are unquestionably loyal to the interests onf the management bodyinstitution.
Amendment 316 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 4
Article 87 – paragraph 4
Amendment 319 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 87 – paragraph 5
Article 87 – paragraph 5
Amendment 523 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Section III a (new)
Section III a (new)
Section IIIa Principles of macro-prudential power Article 132a Definitions The concept of "Systemic risk" shall for the purposes of this Chapter be seen as the risk of the financial system being adversely destabilised with the potentiality of inflicting detrimental consequences for the financial system and/or the real economy.
Amendment 524 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 132 b (new) (under Section IIIa)
Article 132 b (new) (under Section IIIa)
Amendment 525 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 132 c (new) (under Section IIIa)
Article 132 c (new) (under Section IIIa)
Article 132c Mandate of the assigned authority 1. While fully respecting the provisions of Article 5 of this Directive, the assigned authority is empowered to undertake any measure under national law which it deems necessary for the prevention and mitigation of systemic risk, or require the competent authority to assist in such endeavours. 2. Measures undertaken may include the adoption of requirements regarding in particular:- liquidity - risk weights - prudential consolidation - capital buffers - prudential filters - own funds requirements - large exposures Usage of any such provision shall not imply a less strict application of the requirements set out in the Regulation (EU) No. .../2012 of ... [on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms] in relation to the matters within scope of that Regulation. 3. The provisions may apply to all institutions authorised by the assigned authority under this Directive which operate in the territory of the Member State or a class of such institutions. 4. Where the assigned authority requires institutions, whether by its own request or through a competent authority, to apply the provisions of this article, it shall duly notify the members of the college in advance of such provisions becoming effective, unless this would imperil the stability of financial markets or be detrimental to the interests of the parties involved. Where the latter is the case, notification shall take place as soon as possible.
Amendment 526 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 132 d (new) (under Section IIIa)
Article 132 d (new) (under Section IIIa)
Article 132d Review of measures The assigned authority shall review the measures applied at regular intervals and amend as warranted. When a measure is no longer considered appropriate or necessary, it shall ensure its discontinuation. r. en
Amendment 527 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 132 e (new) (under Section IIIa)
Article 132 e (new) (under Section IIIa)
Article 132 e Notification of measures 1. The assigned authority shall notify the ESRB in advance of any measures of signification which it proposes to apply. 2. The assigned authority shall notify EBA and the Commission of any measures it applies with a maximum delay of two working days.
Amendment 528 #
2011/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 132 f (new) (under Section IIIa)
Article 132 f (new) (under Section IIIa)
Article 132f Assessments, warnings and recommendations of the ESRB 1. The ESRB shall be mandated to assess whether the existence of the systemic risk targeted by the assigned authority and whether other Member States or the Union as a whole could be considered to be exposed to the same risk. A study shall be executed by the ESRB when so requested either by the Commission or at least three Member States. 2. The ESRB may issue a warning in accordance to article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010 if it identifies significant systemic risks to the financial stability of the Union that arise from developments within the financial sector. 3. Where such systemic risks are identified, the ESRB may also issue a recommendation in accordance with article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010 for remedial action which it considers an assigned authority should take under Article 3 in response to the risks identified.
Amendment 186 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) A leverage ratio is a new regulatory and supervisory tool for the Union. In line with international agreements, it should be introduced first as an additional feature that can be applied on individual institutions at the discretion of supervisory authorities. Reporting obligations for institutions would allow appropriate review and calibration, with a view to migrating to a binding measure in 2018evaluate whether the measure should be implemented after the observation period is concluded.
Amendment 230 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
This Regulation does not cover systemic risk to the financial system within a Member State or across Member States and does not exclude that Member States where the magnitude of the financial sector poses additional risks to the economy as a whole apply further measures as outlined in Chapter X of Directive [inserted by OP].
Amendment 260 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 86 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 86 a (new)
(86a) an ownership share in a housing cooperative, which entitles the owner to full, unlimited and exclusive use of a specific apartment in the cooperative's property, is to be considered residential property.
Amendment 1328 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 436 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 436 – paragraph -1 (new)
A decision on the public disclosure of individual institutions' leverage ratios shall be taken when an appropriate observation period has been concluded.
Amendment 1464 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 463 – paragraph 1
Article 463 – paragraph 1
1. This Article shall apply only to instruments that were issued prior to 20 Jul1 January 20113 and are not those referred to in Article 462(1).
Amendment 1494 #
2011/0202(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 476 – paragraph 2
Article 476 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities may, after having consulted EBA, waive the application of paragraph 1(b) to institutions provided that all the requirements for the Internal Ratings Based Approach set out in Part Three, Title II, Chapter 3, Section 6 andor the qualifying criteria for the use of the Advanced Measurement Approach set out in Part Three, Title III, Chapter 4 are met.
Amendment 769 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) Promote the deployment of fishing gears and practices with low environmental impact.
Amendment 1490 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. All catches of the following fish stocks subject to catch limits caught during fishing activities incaught during fisheries activities in Union waters and by Union fishing vessels outside the Union waters orand by Union fishing vessels outstide Union waters shall be brought and retained on board the fishing vessels and recorded and landed, except when used as live bait, in EU ports or third countries designated ports, except when used as live bait or specified in a register of exempt species. This register is to be established and maintained by the Commission, in accordance with the following timeframe:
Amendment 1527 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. At the latest from 1 January 2014: demersal fisheries for whitefish/gadoid species in the Baltic Sea.
Amendment 1541 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Minimum conservation reference sizes based on the best available scientific advice and above age and size for first reproduction shall be established for the fish stocks set out in paragraph 1. The sale of catches of such fish stocks below the minimum conservation reference size shall be restricted for reduction to fish meal or pet food only.
Amendment 1813 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. EBy..*, each Member State shall establish a system of transferableindividual fishing concessions no later than 31 December 2013 forfor all fishing vessels that fish stocks for which the Union fishing opportunities have been allocated pursuant to Article 16, each Member State concerned shall also establish s system of fishing concessions for all vessels that fish that stock.
Amendment 2047 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 2
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 2
2. No exit from the fleet supported by public aid granted under the framework of the European Fisheries Fund for the 2007-2013 programming period shall be permitted unless preceded by the withdrawal of the fishing licence and the fishing authorisations.
Amendment 2049 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 3
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 3
3. The fishing capacity corresponding to the fishing vessels withdrawn with public aid shall not be replaced.
Amendment 2092 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 36 – paragraph 4
Part 5 – article 36 – paragraph 4
4. The information contained in the Union fishing fleet register shall be made available to all Member States and the public. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerning the definition of the information referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 2219 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Union fishing vessels shall have a fully documented fishery when operating under partnership agreements by means of CCTV cameras or similar.
Amendment 2235 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 2244 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) Cost of access to the fisheries resources in third country waters shall be fully borne by the operators fishing in these waters.
Amendment 2246 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Union vessels benefiting from fishing access under these agreements shall pay the Union the full cost of the financial assistance.
Amendment 2436 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 11 – article 49 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 11 – article 49 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Financial assistance will be phased out by 2020.
Amendment 2440 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 11 – article 50 – paragraph 2
Part 11 – article 50 – paragraph 2
2. Non compliance by Member States with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy may result in the interruption or suspension of payments or in the application of a financial correction to Union financial assistance under the Common Fisheries Policy. Such measures shall be proportionate to the nature, extent, duration and repetition of the non compliance. The European Commission will publish each year all cases of non-compliance by Member States with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 2443 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 11 – article 50 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 11 – article 50 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Union shall ensure the public disclosure of detailed and timely information on the use of financial assistance, including relevant budgets and evaluations.
Amendment 2455 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 11 – article 51 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 11 – article 51 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The European Commission and the Member States will publish each year and online all instances of serious infringements by operators of the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 65 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Roaming charges constitute a serious impediment to Europe's efforts to develop into a knowledge-based economy and the realisation of a single 500 million consumer market. The exponential growth in mobile data traffic must be facilitated by allocating sufficient radio spectrum in order for consumers and businesses to use voice, sms and data anywhere in Europe at prices close to domestic level.
Amendment 67 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) Given the rapid development of mobile data traffic and the increasing amount of customers using voice, sms and data roaming abroad there is a need to increase the competitive pressure, to develop new business models and technologies, as well as increasing the amount of radio spectrum available for wireless services. The regulation of roaming prices must be designed in a way that does not disincentive competition to even lower price levels.
Amendment 73 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The first multiannual Radio Spectrum Policy Programme established by [Decision No.../.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council...] will pave the way for a development that will allow the Union to take the global lead on broadband speeds, mobility, coverage and capacity, facilitating the emergence of new business models and technologies, reducing the structural reasons for roaming.
Amendment 74 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) Pan-European licence auctions can stimulate the development of a single EU telecom market, without roaming.
Amendment 85 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) Consumer and businesses demand for mobile data services has exploded in recent years. However, due to high data roaming charges, the use of these services is severely constrained for consumers and businesses operating across borders in the Union. Given the infancy of the market and the rapidly increasing consumer demand for data roaming, regulated consumer prices might keep prices around the proposed price caps levels, as experienced in the current regulation, instead of pushing it down further, underlining therefore the need for further reforms.
Amendment 87 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22 b) In combination with increased deployment of Wi Fi hotspots, appropriate measures should be taken in order to facilitate the separate sale or temporary use of local data roaming service. Providers of domestic mobile communication services should without any additional charge allow their customers to temporarily access local data services of any alternative provider of local data roaming services while continuing to provide voice and sms roaming. This should be made possible regardless of the contract with the domestic mobile communication provider. The provider of local data roaming services in the visiting country should not discriminate foreign customers but offer data services on equal terms and conditions that are being offered to domestic customers.
Amendment 135 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point o a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point o a (new)
(oa) 'local data roaming service' means data roaming service provided to customers directly on a visited network by a mobile operator, mobile virtual network operator or reseller;
Amendment 139 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Mobile network operators shall meet all reasonable requests for wholesale roaming access, including those from mobile virtual network operators and resellers. Wholesale roaming access shall be provided on non- discriminatory terms and conditions without making a distinction between domestic and foreign operators, including the terms and conditions of wholesale access provided for domestic mobile services. Rules on regulated wholesale roaming tariffs laid down in Articles 6, 8 and 11 shall apply for the provision of wholesale roaming access.
Amendment 146 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Wholesale roaming access shall cover access to all network elements and associated facilities, relevant services, network capacity, software and information systems, necessary for the provision of roaming services to customers.
Amendment 154 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Home providerProviders of domestic mobile communication services shall enable their subscribers to access voice, SMS and data roaming services of, or to access local data roaming services provided by any interconnected alternative roaming provider.
Amendment 172 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The obligations related to voice and sms roaming provided for in paragraphs 1 to 6 above and Article 5 shall not apply to home providers who offer to all of their subscribers voice and sms roaming tariffs significantly close to the tariffs levied from the roaming customer for domestic voice, SMS and data services by 1 July 2014. If an operator opts for voluntary reduction, it would have to apply to all of its tariff plans. BEREC in close co- operation with the Commission, shall lay down, within 3 months after the adoption of this Regulation, guidelines with regard to the definition of roaming tariffs significantly close to domestic tariffs.
Amendment 174 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Providers of domestic mobile communication services shall not prevent their customers from temporarily access local data services of any alternative provider of local mobile data roaming services.
Amendment 175 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. The home operator shall continue to provide voice and sms roaming while the costumer is temporarily using local data services with the same technical characteristics as when the customer is using data roaming services provided by the provider of domestic mobile communications services. No extra charge shall be levied on any consumer who chooses to temporarily access local data services of any alternative provider.
Amendment 177 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 d (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Operators shall by 1 July 2014 make sure that facilities are in place for customers to temporarily access local data roaming services of any provider while keeping their mobile number.
Amendment 178 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 e (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. The providers of local data roaming services in the visiting country shall not discriminate roaming customers but offer data services at similar terms and conditions that are being offered to domestic customers.
Amendment 184 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
In order to ensure the development of the single market, implementation of the technical solutions for the facility of separate sale of roaming services and for enabling access to local data roaming services must be cost effective and shall take place simultaneously across the Union.
Amendment 198 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
BEREC, after consulting stakeholders and in close co-operation with the Commission, shall lay down, within a reasonable period of time not exceeding three months after the adoption of this Regulation, guidelines with regard to harmonised technical solutions relating to the facility for separate roaming services and to harmonised procedures to change the provider of roaming services, and relating to the facility for enabling access to local data roaming service. Upon a reasoned request from the BEREC, the Commission may extend that period.
Amendment 226 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Home providers shall not discriminate by substantially higher marginals and higher prices for roaming customers compared to domestic customers, and make available and actively offer to all their roaming customers, clearly and transparently, a Eurotariff as provided for in paragraph 2. This Eurotariff shall not entail any associated subscription or other fixed or recurring charges and may be combined with any retail tariff.
Amendment 251 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Home providers shall not discriminate by substantially higher marginals and higher prices for roaming customers compared to domestic customers, and shall make available to all their roaming customers, clearly and transparently, a Euro-SMS tariff as provided for in paragraph 2. The Euro- SMS tariff shall not entail any associated subscription or other fixed or recurring charges and may be combined with any retail tariff, subject to the other provisions of this Article.
Amendment 282 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Roaming providers shall not discriminate by substantially higher marginals and higher prices for roaming customers compared to domestic customers, and shall make available to all their roaming customers, clearly and transparently, a Euro-data tariff as provided for in paragraph 2. This Euro-data tariff shall not entail any associated subscription or other fixed or recurring charges and may be combined with any retail tariff.
Amendment 3 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that to get the EU out of the current economic and social crisis, and to guarantee its future competitiveness in a globalised world, it is absolutely essential that the objectives set out in the EU 2020 strategy to achieve a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth are met; underlines that to implement these objectives, an estimated total of EUR 1600 billion of future-oriented investments in core policies are neededbelieves that it is essential that Union’s budget is reformed to better reflect the financial needs associated with tackling 21st Century challenges;
Amendment 5 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that the Union budget can be a powerful agent for reform if EU spending is focused on areas which stimulates economic growth such as innovation, research and development;
Amendment 6 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1b (new)
Paragraph 1b (new)
1b. Underlines that a number of areas, such as innovation, research and development, strategic investments in infrastructural trans-European networks and foreign policy need to be given priority before other areas to meet current and future political and economic challenges;
Amendment 7 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1c (new)
Paragraph 1c (new)
1c. Stresses that one of EU's most important objectives is to enhance its competitiveness and facilitate the transformation into a world leading knowledge based economy; underlines that the next MFF should support this development across all EU policy areas;
Amendment 10 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the key role that the EU budget must play in achieving the commonly agreed EU 2020 strategy objectives; since,tresses that the aim must be a smart and modern budget prioritising the Union's main political objectives especially growth generating areas, rather than a big budget encompassing everything; believes that if well devised, EU funding can actually trigger and catalyse actions of clear EU added value that Member States are unable to carry out on their own, as well as create synergies and complementarities with Member States’ activities by helping them to focus on key future-oriented investments; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s proposal to increase – relative to the current MFF 2007-2013 – the funding available for EU programmes in the fields of research, innovation, competiveness, SMEs and infrastructure; strongly believes that these proposed financial allocations constitute a bare minimum, and strongly warns against the temptation by some Member States to cut them, as this would jeopardise the EU’s credibility and political commitment in favour of growth and jobs; emphasises, at the same time, the need to ensure sufficient budgetary flexibility so that the budgetary means can be aligned in an appropriate manner with evolving circumstances and priorities;
Amendment 11 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a full spending review of the current MFF aiming at identifying expenditures that are crucial for achieving the Union's policy objectives while also identifying those expenditures which are less relevant, with the target of reallocating 30 % of the expenditures from areas no longer relevant to areas with high priority, thereby freeing up economic resources for other areas;
Amendment 120 #
Amendment 167 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It would be preferable for the 20% energy efficiency target to be achieved as a result of the cumulative implementation of specific national and European measures promoting energy efficiency in different fields. If that approach does not succeed, it would however be necessaryFuture energy price developments will encourage individuals to reinforduce the policy framework by adding a system of binding targets. In a first stage, therefore, Member States should be required to set nationir energy consumption; therefore the real energy efficiency targets, schemes gains cand programmes. It should be for them to decide whether these targets should be binding or indicative in their territory. In a second stage, these targets and the individual efforts of each Member State should be evaluated by the Commission, alongside data on the progress made, to assess the likelihood of achieving the overall Union target and the extent to which the individual efforts are sufficient to meet the common goal. The Commission should therefore closely moniimarily be reached by incentivising more efficient common infrastructures in buildings, heating systems and transport sector twhe implementation of national energy efficiency programmes through its revised legislative framework and withre otherwise decisions improving the Europe 2020 process. If this assessment shows that the overall Union target is unlikely to be achieved, then the Commission should propose mandatory national targets for 2020, taking into account the individual starting points of Member States, their economic performance and early action takenuse of energy are beyond the control and influence of individuals or companies.
Amendment 174 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Price signals are crucial in order to increase energy efficiency and the use of economic instruments is the most cost- effective way of promoting energy savings.
Amendment 177 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The rate of building renovation needs to be increased, as the existing building stock represents the single biggest potential sector for energy savings. Moreover, buildings are crucial to achieving the EU objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990. Buildings owned by public bodies account for a considerable share of the building stock and have high visibility in public life. It is therefore appropriate to set an annual rate of renovation of all buildings owned by public bodies to upgrade their energy performance. This renovation rate should be without prejudice to the obligations with regard to nearly-zero energy buildings set in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings. The obligation to renovate public buildings complements the provisions of that Directive, which requires Member States to ensure that when existing buildings undergo major renovation their energy performance is upgraded so that they meet minimum energy performance requirements.
Amendment 249 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) High-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) and district heating and cooling has significant potential for saving primary energy which is largely untapped in the Union. Member States should draw up national plans to develop high-efficiency CHP and district heating and cooling. These plans should cover a sufficiently long period to provide investors with information concerning national development plans and contribute to a stable and supportive investment environment. New electricity generation installations and existing installations which are substantially refurbished or whose permit or licence is updated should be equipped with high-efficient CHP units to recover waste heat stemming from the production of electricity. This waste heat could then be transported where it is needed through district heating networks. To this end, Member States should adopt authorisation criteria to ensure the location of installations in sites close to heat demand points. Member States should however be able to lay down conditions for exemption from these obligations where certain conditions are met.
Amendment 447 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set a national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020. When setting these targets, theyWhen setting energy efficiency targets, Member States shall take into account the Union’s target of 20 % energy savings, the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level.
Amendment 458 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 489 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4
Article 4
Amendment 631 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Article 5
Amendment 657 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 956 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In the case of electricity and on request of the final customer, meter operators shall ensure that the meter can account for electricity produced on the final customer's premises and exported to the grid. Member States shall ensure that if final customers request it, metering data on their real-time production or consumption is made available to a third party acting on behalf of the final customer.
Amendment 957 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 977 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 1038 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1084 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to develop efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure to accommodate the development of high- efficiency cogeneration and the use of heating and cooling from waste heat and renewable energy sources in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3, 6 and 7. When developing district heating and cooling, they shall to the extent possible opt for high-efficiency cogeneration rather than heat-only genera. To ensure efficient market conditions for the final customer, networks for district heating and cooling must be open to competition.
Amendment 1095 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1114 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1128 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1142 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1158 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1187 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1195 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1222 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1227 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1247 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1312 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 10
Article 10 – paragraph 10
Amendment 1317 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 11
Article 10 – paragraph 11
Amendment 1324 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1409 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. With a view to achieving a high level of technical competence, objectivity and reliability, Member States shall where they deem it necessary ensure that, by 1 January 2014, certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes are available for providers of energy services, energy audits and energy efficiency improvement measures, including for installers of building elements as defined in Article 2(9) of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 1741 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VII – section 1 – introductory part
Annex VII – section 1 – introductory part
1. The analyses of national heating and cooling planotentials referred to in Article 10(1) shall include:
Amendment 1764 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VII – section 3
Annex VII – section 3
Amendment 26 #
2011/0167(NLE)
Draft opinion
Short justification – Paragraph 4 a (new)
Short justification – Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the need to defend and safeguard a free and open internet as well as protecting intellectual property rights; underlines that there is no contradiction between property rights and the freedom of information, whether it is on- or offline.
Amendment 463 #
2011/0006(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 70
Article 2 – point 70
Directive 2009/138/EC
Article 308a – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 308a – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Where, on the date of entry into force of this Directive, home Member States applied provisions referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2003/41/EC, such home Member States may, until the review of Directive 2003/41/EC is completed, continue to apply the laws, regulations and administrative provisions that had been adopted by them with a view to comply with Articles 1 to 19, 27 to 30, 32 to 35 and 37 to 67 of Directive 2002/83/EC as in force on the last date of application of Directive 2002/83/EC.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the need for growth promoting reforms in Europe and highlights the immediate fulfilment of the Single Market as its overarching priority; calls on the Commission to take action against those Member States who have not yet fully implemented the Single Market Act and the Services Directive;
Amendment 25 #
2011/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Furthermore, stresses that the current scope of the Single Market, even when fully implemented, is insufficient as nearly four fifths of the European economy today is constituted by the services sectors; therefore, calls on national as well as community initiatives to extend the range of the Single Market to cover the entire European economy in order to fully utilise also the potential posed by the knowledge intensive parts of our economy;
Amendment 26 #
2011/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Is of the opinion that efforts must be enhanced to create a truly Digital Single Market by 2015 at the latest, enabling entrepreneurs, innovators and consumers to benefit the many opportunities and potentials for development offered by online services;
Amendment 27 #
2011/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Points to the fact that no other circumstance in economics or economic history has been as fundamentally supported as the mutual benefits of free trade; remembers that the swift revitalisation of world trade was the prime factor for preventing a reprise of a 1930's- like global depression after the crisis of 2008;
Amendment 28 #
2011/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Seeks to stretch the ambitions even further by injecting political momentum into deepening of EU-US economic integration, aiming for a free trade agreement and a fully integrated trans- Atlantic market;
Amendment 29 #
2011/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Urges against this background for a quantum leap of EU-lead trade liberalisation aiming for conclusion of free trade agreements with India, Canada, countries in the Eastern partnership as well as ASEAN members before the end of 2012;
Amendment 30 #
2011/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7g. Acknowledges the burden inflicted upon European business from excessive regulation, especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, stemming from national as well as EU provisions; asks the Commission to annually publish a statement identifying and explaining the total net cost to businesses of regulatory proposals issued in the preceding year alongside proposals for reducing that cost during the year to follow;
Amendment 31 #
2011/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7h. Stresses the importance of increasing mobility in European labour markets where, especially, young people suffer from rigid structures and excessive regulation; underscores that the number of regulated professions must be reduced significantly;
Amendment 32 #
2011/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7i. Highlights the significance of allowing consumers in all of the European Union the ability of freely choosing the provider of services and goods for their daily consumption;
Amendment 33 #
2011/0000(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 j (new)
Paragraph 7 j (new)
7j. Welcomes further legislative initiatives which open up national markets and transform them into a fully integrated Single Market in order to increase the number of providers and thereby foster competition between them to the benefit of European consumers;
Amendment 8 #
2010/2304(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas European broadband policy must lay the ground for a development where the EU can take the lead regarding broadband speeds, mobility, coverage and capacity. Global leadership in the ICT sector is crucial for the prosperity and competitiveness of the EU,
Amendment 10 #
2010/2304(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a European market with nearly 500 million people connected to high-speed broadband would act as a spearhead for the development of the internal market, creating a globally unique critical mass of users exposing all regions to new opportunities and giving each user increased value and the Union the capacity to be a world-leading knowledgebased economy. A rapid deployment of broadband is crucial for the development of European productivity and for the emergence of new and small enterprises that can be leaders in different sectors, for example health care, manufacturing and the services industry,
Amendment 24 #
2010/2304(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that both fixed and mobile data traffic is growing exponentially and that a number of actions, such as further harmonised spectrum allocations for wireless broadband, increased spectrum efficiency and a rapid roll out of next generation access networks, will be crucial to manage this increase;
Amendment 55 #
2010/2304(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the future allocation of radio spectrum must pave the way for European leadership in wireless applications and new services; access to low radio frequency bands, with their propagation characteristics supporting wide-area coverage, is crucial to facilitating wireless rural broadband coverage allowing access to all foreseeable Internet services;
Amendment 68 #
2010/2304(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. URecalls the importance of realising the objectives of the Digital Agenda, ensuring that all Union citizens have access to broadband speeds, not less than 30 Mbps by 2020, making it possible for the Union to have the highest possible broadband speeds and capacity; underlines that, to achieve the EU 2020 broadband targets, the Digital Agenda must establish benchmarks for the intermediate years 2015 and 2018 on a EU-wide rather than national level;
Amendment 97 #
2010/2304(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the urgency to establish a competitive digital single market working as a spearhead to open up the Internal market for all Union citizens; calls for the establishment of a 'one-stop-shop' for VAT in each Member State in order to facilitate cross-border e-commerce for SMEs and entrepreneurs;
Amendment 108 #
2010/2304(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. NoteHighlights that the broadbreal driver in improving connectivity for all is experimentation and adaption based on market demand; state aid framework and targeted use of Community funds may be the most progressive complementary means of acceleratingresses that the cost of infrastructure investments needs to be financed by the market; broadband state aid and targeted use of Community funds shall only be used when there is no market interest and shall support the acceleration of high speed broadband roll- out and new technological and innovative leadership in the EU;
Amendment 135 #
2010/2304(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 173 #
2010/2304(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. recalling the need to connect the digital agenda with the provisions of new growth generating services such as e- trade, e-health, e-learning, and e- banking;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to maintain, stimulate and secure the financing of research, innovation and development in the EU via appropriate programme management and funding amounting at least to the percentage of the total EU budget that FP7 will have when it ends; calls for a significant increase in research expenditure from 2013 aiming at doubling EU's spending on R&D, with an EU target of 1% of GDP for public funding; calls for increased international cooperation on R&D;
Amendment 78 #
2010/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Stresses that in order for the European market to stay competitive and enable economic growth the entire single internal market needs to be the norm for competition rules;
Amendment 87 #
2010/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Underlines that State aid primarily should be channelled to promote common interest within the Union such as the deployment of broadband and energy infrastructures;
Amendment 88 #
2010/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Notes that state aid and other public funds should only be used in exceptional cases, where private operators have no commercial incentives to invest;
Amendment 12 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Europe continues to become more dependent on imports of foreign sources of energy, notably as regards fossil fuels, EU's energy policy must therefore have an international dimension,
Amendment 27 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas energy infrastructure need to be financed first and foremost by energy tariffs; but whereas EU funding might also be needed where markets alone can not finance such investments, especially in the least developed regionin order to establish well functioning networks opening up European energy markets,
Amendment 63 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly stresses and underlines the need to fully implement the current EU energy legislation and to fulfil the EU energy targets; underscores the need for the rapid and correct implementation of 3rd Energy package rules in all 27 Member States;
Amendment 74 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the need to continue to unbundle and deregulate European energy markets to secure competition and supply of electricity at the lowest possible price;
Amendment 81 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a Recalls that to prevent dominant incumbent suppliers from foreclosing the opening of the market, it is important to enable the development of new business models, for instance the ability to contract simultaneously with several suppliers;
Amendment 106 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that only a pan-European energy network, not based on Member State borders, will enable the final completion of the internal energy market; ensuring that all European energy production will be used in an optimal way, decreasing the need for imports;
Amendment 137 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point d
Paragraph 15 – point d
(d) extend financial support to the implementation phase of projects if they provide benefits for security of supply and competition;
Amendment 152 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that expanding energy networks in strategic areas such as the Baltic Sea is of pivotal importance to increase efficiency in energy consumption and to secure energy supply to EU countries that today depend on non EU countries;
Amendment 294 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls for the further extension of the membership of the Energy Community to more EU neighbouring countries, notably countries in the Eastern Partnership; underlines that the Commission should ensure and enforce a timely and strict implementation of EU energy rules by its members, notably by making the availability of EU funds conditional to the application of the Treaty obligations;
Amendment 326 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Recalls that nuclear energy is one of the most economic and climate friendly energy sources and less vulnerable to fuel price changes. Therefore, within the EU energy mix nuclear energy is indispensable to achieve a non-fossil fuel society;
Amendment 334 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Believes thatCalls for the creation of EU minimum standards for licensing and design certification for new nuclear power plants would be useful; security levels equivalent to Generation III reactor concepts should be the template for future new construction;
Amendment 383 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Recalls that developing new and existing nuclear power plants will be crucial for guaranteeing Europe's demand for non fossil fuels; therefore Europe should intensify its research into next generation nuclear power;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas future energy price developments will encourage individuals to reduce their energy consumption; therefore the real energy efficiency gains can primarily be reached by incentivising more efficient common infrastructures in buildings, heating systems and transport sector where otherwise decisions improving the use of energy are beyond the control and influence of individuals or companies,
Amendment 23 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas efforts mainly focusing on the regional and the local level need to be stepped up to reachif the 20% energy efficiency target by 2020 is to be met and whereas monitoring of progress towards achieving the target is not sufficient,
Amendment 30 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the payback period for investments in energy efficiency is shortrelatively short compared to other investments and investments create new jobs in rural as well as in urban areas which can to a large extent not be outsourced, in particular in the construction sector and within SMEs,
Amendment 50 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas an estimated 69% of the housing stock in Europe is owner- occupied and 17% is private rented predominantly by individual landlords and whereas the private housing sector face financial constraints to carry out energy refurbishments,
Amendment 76 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to present an evaluation of the result of the efforts made by Member States and the Commission; considers that, if the evaluation reveals unsatisfactory implementation of the strategy and the EU is therefore projected not to reach its 2020 target, the EEAP should include a commitment by the Commission to propose further EU measures such as bindingcost effective EU measures in order to reach energy efficiencyt targets for the Member States, which are fair, measurable and take into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances; stresses that the method should be based on absolute reductions in energy consumption to ensure transparency;
Amendment 101 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to include a critical assessment of National Energy Efficiency Action Plans and their implementation, including a binding template for reporting,common standards for reporting which include minimum requirement elements such as all relevant energy efficiency policy including soft and supporting tools like financing; merge reporting with ESD, energy labelling and eco-design to remove burdens from Member States, and evaluate each Member State'’s actions and rank them to make sound use of the flexible targets approach;
Amendment 133 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a revision of the CHP Directive to promote CHPonsiders that a stronger focus is needed to increase the overall energy system efficiency, in particular to reduce heat losses; therefore calls for a revision of the CHP Directive to promote highly efficient CHP, Micro-CHP, use of waste heat from industry and district heating/cooling by encouraging Member States to set up a stable and favourable regulatory framework by considering priority access to the electricity grid for CHP and by promoting use of highly efficient CHP, Micro-CHP and district heating in buildings and sustainable funding for CHP, e.g. by making CHP a selection criterion for urban and rural development projects financed by the Structural Funds;
Amendment 153 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that district heating and cooling networks have the potential to bridge the gap to a low carbon future; stresses that these networks must be open to competition;
Amendment 162 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. UHighlights the decisive role that energy efficiency can play in the development of urban and rural areas; underlines the need to support initiatives which focus on the local and regional level to lower energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions such as the Covenant of Mayors and the Smart Cities initiative;
Amendment 185 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Acknowledges the potential for energy savings in buildings, both in cities and rural areas;
Amendment 215 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates authorised by an independent body, one- stop shops providing access to technical advice and support as well as financial incentives available at regional, national and European level;
Amendment 218 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote refurbishment techniques, which are more economical while ensuring a high level of energy savings;
Amendment 226 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the Commission should finance pilot studies of energy efficiency audits of buildings to verify potential savings and motivate market players to invest in energy-efficient solutionspromote the transformation of existing buildings into nearly zero energy buildings including financing of refurbishment;
Amendment 267 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Acknowledges the need to support partnerships between the ICT sector and major emitting sectors to improve the energy efficiency and emissions of these sectors;
Amendment 295 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Asks the Commission to publish an ambitious white paper on transport in order to develop a sustainable European transport policy that promotes the introduction of energy-efficient new technologies and reduces dependency on fossil fuels, especially oil; and in this regard promotes higher energy consciousness in infrastructure and spatial planning;
Amendment 325 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Acknowledges that the deployment of modular road trains is a sustainable solution which contributes to a higher energy efficiency level in the road transport sector; further acknowledges that the diverging set of rules which modular road trains encounter when crossing country borders are detrimental for an increased use of this method of road transport; calls upon the Commission to inquire which differences in rules can easily be bridged and how an increased level of cross-bordering transport by modular road trains can be ensured;
Amendment 326 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Believes that price signals are crucial in order to increase energy efficiency. Energy and carbon taxation, should be part of the revised energy efficiency action plan, as the use of economic instruments is the most cost-effective way of promoting energy savings. In order to reach the full potential of smart metering there is a need for increased price flexibility, such as on hourly basis, for the end-use customers;
Amendment 330 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to submit a report on the need for further financial assistance in order to increase energy efficiency in the existing building stock and which evaluates current financial instruments. If needed, the Commission could put forward proposals on how to establish an EU framework of revolving financial instruments to support complementary energy efficiency measures which support existing successful national schemes and distribution channels (e.g. by means of risk sharing) and which encourages the setting- up and improvement of energy efficiency schemes in Member States;
Amendment 336 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Asks the Commission and Member States to further promote the adoption of financial instruments and programmes, which are more accessible and tailored for the private individual real estate sector, and in particular homeowners and landlords with small and medium portfolios;
Amendment 3 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that successful implementation of the 20-20-20 targets requires substantial financial commitment and new ways of supplementing existing financing for initiatives tackling climate change and energy challenges; encourages efforts by the Commission and Member States to find innovative means of financing through a shift towards basing taxation systems on carbon emissions as this would create revenues for the budgetary authorities and climate-friendly incentives to consumers and industry, including ways to encourage consumers and industry to shift towards a lower carbon emission environment;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the divergent forms of carbon tax that already exist in some Member States and warns against the risk they pose to competitiveness in the Single Market and interference with the EU ETS; believes in the greater benefit of introducing carbon taxation in a coordinated manner; calls on the Commission to further examine possible instruments for coordinating carbon taxation for non-ETS sectors at EU levelrecognises that several EU Member States have had a carbon based energy tax framework for many years; believes that Member States can learn the best possible practise from each other in their methods of taxation and minimise interference with the EU ETS;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in the EU in particular the cost of the bail-outs has triggered a subsequent fiscal and debt crisisadded to the debt crisis, caused by over spending, that has placed a burden on public budgets and severely endangered job creation and welfare state provision,
Amendment 18 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that any innovative form of EU-coordinated climate change taxation should have its revenues earmarked forMember States may consider allocating revenues from climate change taxation to financinge R&D and measures aimed at reducing carbon emissions, stimulating energy efficiency and improving energy infrastructure in the EU;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 31 #
2010/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls upon the commission and the European Central Bank to investigate the moral hazard implications for Member States of financing critical infrastructure projects via EU Project-bonds or Euro- bonds, especially where such infrastructure projects have a trans- national reach;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 34 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas the European Parliament has already asked the Commission to perform an impact assessment and provide an analysis of the positive merits of a FTT, hence, the European Parliament should wait for this analysis before taking further action,
Amendment 38 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the work carried out so far by the Commission, but deplores its obvious reluctance to make concrete proposals and its failurethe failure of the Commission to respond to the call made by Parliament in its resolution of March 2010 for a feasibility study on an EU-based FTT;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 65 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the introduction of an FTT could help to tackle the growing and highly damaging trading patterns in financial markets, such as short-termism and automated HFT, and curb speculation; stresses thatAsks the Commission for an analysis taking into account the consequences of an FTT would thus improve market efficiency, reduce excessive price volatility and create incentives for the financial sector to make long-term investments with added value for the real economyon trade and countries that need capital in order to perform new investments and to finance budget deficits;
Amendment 71 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 74 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 80 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. SEven thouldgh no international agreement will be reached within the next few months, urges the EU to move ahead with legislative proposals on theregarding an introduction of a FTT, it is significant that there is no introduction of an EU -FTT; stresses that a low rate between 0.01 and 0.05% would prevent major shifts in activity towards other, lower-taxed jurisdictionince it would be damaging for the European financial markets;
Amendment 93 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that some EU Member States have already introduced similar types of transaction taxes with no apparent negative impacta clear negative consequence;
Amendment 97 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes that the experience of the introduction of a FTT in Sweden had highly negative consequences for the Swedish economy and was very difficult to implement;
Amendment 100 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 110 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission also to address in its feasibility study the geographical asymmetry of transactions and revenues and the possibility of a graded or differentiated rate on the basis of the asset category, the nature of the actor involved or the short-term and speculative nature of the transactionimpact of a FTT on those countries that have high sovereign debts and that are in need of an enhancement of financial transactions to recover from the crisis;
Amendment 146 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Fully supportConsiders Eurobonds as a common debt management instrument based on mutual pooling of parts of sovereign debt to safeguard low interest rates; calls on the Commission to move forward with an in-depth impact assessment regarding the feasibility of Eurobondsrisky, since it could have a reverse effect on the European economy, eliminiating the natural market sanctions with differentiated market rates reflecting sovereign debt;
Amendment 158 #
2010/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Notes that the mutualisation of sovereign debt could lead to a moral hazard problem that follows from the bailing out of Member States not capable of following the SGP;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 35 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas economic growth, stable public finances is a precondition for economic growth, new innovations and social stability,
Amendment 39 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas actions must be taken now in order to reduce deficits and restore confidence in European public finances,
Amendment 47 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas, the process of reducing long term deficits must be combined with other efforts stimulating the economy as improved preconditions for investments, an improved and developed internal market providing opportunities and increased competitiveness,
Amendment 56 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas, to make Europe a leading global actor and the most competitive knowledge society, long term growth oriented measures must be established as soon as possible,
Amendment 67 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas Europe will not be able to face today's economic challenges without growth; there will be no growth if there is no action to bring down deficits in order to restore confidence in European economies and the Euro,
Amendment 74 #
2010/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas, to foster economic growth, businesses and entrepreneurs must be given a real possibility to scale up and make use of Europe's 500 million consumers; hence the internal market for services needs to be fully developed,
Amendment 39 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas removing obstacles to the Internal Market and opening up EU's borders is the best way to create a thriving and competitive European Industry,
Amendment 83 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a new, sustainable industrial policy can achieve success only via an integrated, cross-sectoral approach underpinned by horizontal and sectoral initiatives based on objective economic argumentation and measures at European, national and regional level;
Amendment 94 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the fact that fair competition together with open markets are crucial for the emergence of new and dynamic industries;
Amendment 120 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is convinced that the success of a new, sustainable industrial policy depends on the involvement of all stakeholders, particularly the social partners; notes that the Commission is required to embed a clear partnership principle in all areas and measures, part of which consists in joint monitoring and evaluation of anticipated measures, including assessment of strategies/measures/programmes;
Amendment 136 #
Amendment 268 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is convinced that industry needswill benefit from an energy policy focused on the long term which guarantees appropriate energy prices andand is based on security of supply and competition, allows manufacturing to take place without the release of gases damaging to the climate, and prevent as few damaging emissions as possible; points out that legal certainty and stable framework conditions carbon leakage; points oute fundamental for any business, and that the internal energy market is an asset when it comes to switching to low- carbon production and supply, and that the network infrastructure must therefore be renewed and extended, and smart grids promoted, and stresses that saving energy means saving resources;
Amendment 337 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a stronger, coordinated EU policy on lead markets, such as the environmental industries (some 3.5 million employees, EUR 300 billion turnover, up to 50% of the global market); stresses that many "traditional" markets – steel, automobiles and shipbuilding, for example – have a strong capacity for innovation and/or offer comparative advantages, of which full use should be made; for these purposes, product-specific legislation such as the eco-design directive should be developed further, and industry-stimulating initiatives such as the "green car initiative" put in place; underlines, however, that an industrial policy supportive of these industries must not limit the opportunities of new emerging industries with high growth potential;
Amendment 382 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 1
Paragraph 22 – indent 1
• to press on with implementation of the Small Business Act, and to deal with shortcomings in the application of the guidelines adopted and address specific measures such as reducing the administrative burden and the "SME Test"; believes that other aspects of regulatory burden than administrative burden should be taken into account, e.g. compliance costs;
Amendment 385 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 2
Paragraph 22 – indent 2
• to continue working on better access to financing opportunities for SMEs and, in particular, to develop viable venture capital possibilities; to strengthen, in the context of the new architecture of the financial market, financing possibilities for SMEs and their preferred sources of finance;to open up markets and create fair pre- conditions for competition, enabling more entrepreneurs and small companies to grow and develop into companies operating all over Europe;
Amendment 391 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 22 – indent 2 a (new)
• to strengthen internationalisation measures in order to make SMEs more competitive and geared for the internal and global market;
Amendment 403 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that sectoral aid policy should not onexclusively be seen in the context of competition law, but must, in the interests of Europe, be used proactively, transparently and with clear rules to strengthen innovation and the roll-out of new products, and in connection with industrial restructuring operations and stresses that the principles of open markets and a level playing field constitute the very basis of a competitive European industry;
Amendment 445 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
• the existing industry-specific approaches (task forces, high-level groups, innovation platforms such as Cars 21, etc.) to be renewed, comparably developed and equipped with clear strategic content by the Commission, in consultation with all stakeholders,
Amendment 453 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
Amendment 494 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 28 – indent 3 a (new)
• initiatives such as the Covenant of Mayors and Smart Cities should be supported as industry and SME's also benefit from these;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas research and innovation, especially centres of excellences and frontier research, are crucial for stimulating economic growth, making Europe more competitive and accelerating Europe's transformation into a knowledge-based society,
Amendment 34 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Agrees and recommends broader acceptance of usual national accounting practices for the eligible costs of participants, especially for average personnel cost methodologies, provided that these procedures are in accordance with national rules and certified by, national authorities, leaving enough flexibility to each beneficiary to use either actual personnel costs methodology or average personnel costs methodology; encourages the use of real-time auditing under condition that a user-friendly and appropriate IT tool is available;
Amendment 37 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to allow universities to submit one single set of auditing documents per reporting period, incorporating the accounting of European research funds into the accounting of national research programmes, thereby reducing the administrative burden for European universities;
Amendment 64 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Requests simplified interpretation and further clarification on the definition of eligible costs (such as taxes and charges in personnel costs), as well as on the question whether VAT can be covered under eligible costs; requests further clarification on procedures related to exchange rates for partners using different currencies;
Amendment 66 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Regrets that the introduction of the participation identification code (PIC) has not reduced repeated requests of legal and financial information (and supporting documents) and that the reception of PIC during the application process is not always followed by a validation process; calls therefore on relevant actors to improve and make the usage of the PIC more efficient;
Amendment 84 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Expresses its concern that current average time from proposal deadline to signed contract (time-to-contract) is still too long, with discrepancies within different services of the Commission; calls on the Commission to shorten time-to- contract to maximum 6 months and to fix appropriate deadlines for evaluation and contract negotiation, based on a benchmark system;
Amendment 88 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Has strong reservatioconcerns about the effects of abolishing the opinions provided by Member State representatives with regard to selection decisions, especially in security and defence research and in cases of ethical evaluation of projects; favours instead a simplified written procedure based on the current mechanisms, unless communication in earlier phases e.g. in the topic selection process is sufficiently granted;
Amendment 101 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Believes that European funding should be more open to truly innovative ideas and supports the creation of a pilot project to fund, through a call for proposals, independent best practices that have given initial proof of being successful innovators within the field of research and innovation;
Amendment 119 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Supports a science-based funding system and a well balanced division between top-down, impact-driven and bottom-up, science-driven research as the basis for FP8; invites the Commission to set up a think-tank where top researchers (e.g. ERC grantees) suggest new topics for future calls and programmes in order to ensure excellence and innovation in European research;
Amendment 122 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Believes that FP8 should takefocus on frontier research while taking into consideration the whole chain of innovation from frontier research, technological development, demonstration, dissemination, valorisation of results and rapid integration of research results into markets;
Amendment 123 #
2010/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Believes that FP8 should encourage collaboration between European researchers by introducing a research voucher scheme with money for research following researchers that move to universities in all Member States, contributing to centres of excellence, independent universities, and increased mobility among researchers;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Whereas, the long-term sustainability of public finances is closely linked to the EU budget and its financing; with consequences for the euro area as a whole;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the financial crisis in Greece and other countries within the euro area is a serious matter for the euro area as a whole and reflects a certain dysfunction ofs in the euro zonefiscal and economic politics of some Member States;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that actions must be taken now in order to start the reduction of deficits from now on and restore confidence in European public finances;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that Member States not following the rules of the eurozone with regards to public finances and the access to credible statistics should be sanctioned by suspended structural funds, to the same amount as the excessive deficits;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges that financial support to EU countries in a debt crisis must be designed to encourage repayment of loans, budgetary balance and economic reform, and stresses the danger of turning loans into financial contributions, while it encourages borrowing and the creation of debts since someone else will pay for it in the end;
Amendment 59 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that the parts of Europe that are the least reformed and thus burdened by heavy government interventions will find it difficult to leave the crisis behind and achieve sustainable economic growth, new innovations and the creation of new jobs, underlines the need for reforms all over Europe;
Amendment 78 #
2010/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Emphasizes that a gradual and controlled exit from the deficits is of crucial importance in order to keep interest rates down and the debt burden limited;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas, well-functioning and dynamic European financial markets are a precondition for an innovative and competitive European economy,
Amendment 10 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, there will be no European recovery, new jobs and investments if European financial markets are not able to increase lending to the private sector,
Amendment 24 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, the main problems of the European banking sector was not lack of solvency but the lack of liquidity, confidence combined with falling asset prices,
Amendment 25 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas, the present framework of rules contributed to falling asset prices due to their procyclical nature,
Amendment 70 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that a recovery of the European economy requires dynamic financial markets, able to finance investments and innovations, warns against rules, and requirement that would create a new credit crunch, destabilising the economical development and European labour markets;
Amendment 175 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is concerned about the pro-cyclical nature of a fixed bank-specific capital conservation buffer, notes that present capital requirement rules are designed in a way that contributed to systemic risks during the crisis;
Amendment 177 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Underlines the need for future rules to be truly risk based and being designed in a way that awards procyclical behaviour;
Amendment 198 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes the concept of a ‘crude’ LR as a possible backstop against building excessive leverage, but can find no evidence of a LR that has prevented excess leverage in other jurisdictions, and has strong concerns about its added value;
Amendment 215 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is, however, concerned that a crude LR maywould not sufficiently take risk into account and would penalise entities providing traditional low -risk banking services (such as corporate and real-estate financing) or economies where the corporate sector is financed predominantly through lending;
Amendment 234 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Urges the Commission to ensure that a leverage ratio does not lead to excessive securitisation, which played an important role in provoking the financial crisis, and less credit (these being likely ways for banks to reduce their leverage ratio);
Amendment 236 #
2010/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Reminds the Commission that decreased lending would reduce growth and could create new risks and undermine the stability of European economies;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas fiscal policy is not sustainable if it implies an excessive accumulation of government debt over time,
Amendment 7 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the projections underpinning the communication are based on assumptions that will inevitably change between now and 2060, which is a long way off,
Amendment 11 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas theseveral Member States have taken steps to reduce their administrative expenditure, bring their healthcare spending under control and reform their health and retirement systems, whilst other Member States are still lagging behind with their structural reforms,
Amendment 16 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas a positive correlation could be observed during these times between sound public finances and the economies' resilience,
Amendment 20 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas government debt in some Member States has increased in a way that undermines stability and results in high government expenses related to interest payments at the expense of the increasingly important spending on health and retirement systems,
Amendment 21 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas increased public borrowing distorts financial markets due to higher interest rates, with negative consequences for households as well as for investments in new jobs,
Amendment 28 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the long-term growth rate is, affected by short-termmongst others, dependent on business investment,
Amendment 29 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Amendment 30 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 33 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 40 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 43 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 47 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the current debt and deficit levels threaten the very existence of the welfare state,
Amendment 48 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas the lack of implementing structural reforms and of consolidating public finances will have an adverse effect on expenditure with regard to health care, pensions and employment,
Amendment 49 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Amendment 51 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title before first paragraph
Title before first paragraph
Amendment 52 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
Amendment 53 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Regrets that even before the crises started a number of Member States' performance in consolidating their public finances were not impressive despite the fact that the economic conditions were favourable; which was a breach of the preventive arm of the SGP, especially after its re-drafting in 2005, and which seriously diminished the capacity to act in a counter-cyclical way as the crises unfolded, leading to more uncertainty, higher unemployment and increased social problems;
Amendment 54 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Is aware that the current levels of public expenditure cannot be maintained indefinitely; welcomes the European Councils' decision to refrain from deciding on a follow-up package of help measures until the present one's results have been thoroughly analysed and the need for further action is clearly demonstrated;
Amendment 55 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Acknowledges that the operations destined to prevent a melt-down of the financial sector were successful, although vigilance is still highly necessary; expects the financial burden in relation to the saving of the banking sector to decrease; lauds the central banks' coordinated approach to achieve this goal; is proud of the ECB's leading role in saving the banking sector; puts its full weight behind the reform of the system of prudential supervision and the re-drawing of the framework of the financial architecture;
Amendment 56 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Underlines that the SGP must aim for balance or surplus over time, requiring surplus in economic good times and pension schemes transparently financed in the framework of public budgets or by funded private schemes;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Points out that the long-term sustainability of public finances is essential for stability and growth, and for maintaining appropriate levels of public expenditure; stresses that high debt and deficit levels are a threat to sustainability and will have adverse effects on public health care, pensions and employment;
Amendment 58 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 f (new)
Paragraph -1 f (new)
Amendment 59 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 g (new)
Paragraph -1 g (new)
-1g. Reminds that the consolidation of public finances, the reduction of deficit and debt levels is essential to maintain a modern welfare state and a system of redistribution which caters for society as a whole but especially supports the less privileged parts of it;
Amendment 60 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 h (new)
Paragraph -1 h (new)
-1h. Stresses that, if public debt continues to increase, the costs in the form of interest rate payments cannot be borne anymore by future generations without endangering welfare state models;
Amendment 61 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 i (new)
Paragraph -1 i (new)
-1i. Is deeply concerned that many Member States are in breach with the Stability and Growth Pact; regrets that Member States have not consolidated their public finances in economic beneficial times before the crisis; agrees with the Commission statement that debt sustainability should get a very prominent and explicit role in surveillance procedures; urges the Commission to rigorously ensure compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 62 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. DWarns against an abrupt end of support to the real economy in order to avoid a double dip; draws attention to the undesirable effects – in terms of deteriorating employment, human capital and purchasing power – of prematurely withdrawing support measures; reminds that these measures were explicitly meant to be timely, targeted and temporary; welcomes the Commission's work on the exit strategy from the present contingency measures; supports the Commission's approach of exit strategies that are differentiated between countries in time and scope; understands that the withdrawals from the measures will start in 2011 for the first batch of countries; encourages the Member States to do their utmost to implement the exit strategies as soon and as firmly as possible;
Amendment 68 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the fiscal exit strategy should start before the monetary exit strategy in order to allow the latter to be correctly implemented, thus ensuring that the ECB, which successfully avoided a slip into deflation, can equally well insure that inflation does not ruin the recovery; understands that the ECB has hinted that in the absence of timely fiscal reining-in, its monetary tightening would regrettably have to be stronger than anticipated;
Amendment 69 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that a decrease of financial stimulus must be combined with efforts to make the internal market more dynamic, competitive and attractive to investments;
Amendment 70 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that a gradual and controlled exit from the deficits is of crucial importance in order to keep interest rates down and the debt burden limited, thereby securing the ability to uphold the spending of welfare systems and economic standards of households;
Amendment 71 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Reminds that low interest rates are favourable for investment and the recovery; is aware of the effects of a government's intense borrowing activities on interest levels; deeply regrets that this has led to increased interest rate spreads within the EU; warns Member States to take into account the effects of their budgetary decisions on the market's interest rates; is of the opinion that sound public finances are a pre-requisite for secure jobs; reminds that by driving up the cost of borrowing, the governments also increase the burden weighing on their own budgets;
Amendment 72 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points to the fact that the anti-cyclical effects of the SGP can only work if the Member States effectively achieve a budgetary surplus in good times; calls in this respect for a better implementation also of the preventive arm or the SGP; urges to move from the 'spend first, reimburse later' attitude to a 'save for a possible future emergency' principle; reminds that the SGP requires the Member States to achieve a budget that is balanced or in surplus over the medium term, meaning that a deficit of three percent is not an aim, but the extreme limit allowed for, even under the revised Pact; warns decision-makers as well as businesses to get used to non- conventional fiscal and monetary measures to expect these to become the norm;
Amendment 73 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Urges to carry out structural reforms in parallel to the unwinding of the help packages in order to prevent future crises as well as to increase the competitiveness of the European businesses, achieve more growth and boost employment;
Amendment 77 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the Commission should define indicators of a ‘recovering economy’ in order to determine the point at which exit strategies should be deployed, for example where an economy has reached its normal production capacity utilisation rate;
Amendment 81 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 90 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Agrees with the Commission that ‘successful fiscal expansion to counter recession and longer-term fiscal sustainability are not incompatible’, as long as the measures are not made permanent;
Amendment 92 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 98 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that a substantial part of the public-sector and welfare spending is more than just unproductive expenditure, since it also has a beneficial impact on the accumulation of physical and human capital and on effective demand; underlines the need to control the increase of debt burden in order to secure that rising costs for interest rates do not squeeze out crucial welfare spending;
Amendment 103 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that the resulting increase in the potential growth rate would in turn be likely to relax constraints on financing such expenditure, thanks to the ensuing tax revenue;
Amendment 106 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that the role of social protection systems as ‘social safety nets’ has proven particularly effective in times of crisis, and that such systems can be maintained by, inter alia, broadening their financing bas; underlines that stability in public finances is a precondition for ensuring that this is also the case in the future;
Amendment 113 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 115 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 117 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that therising deficits markets and credit- rating agencies may overestimate the risks of holding government securities, just as they underestimated the risks of acquiring private securities before the financial crisiborrowing more expensive, partly due to the fact that markets assess risks higher when the debt burden is increasing faster than the economic growth and the ability to pay back loans;
Amendment 129 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Suggests, in particular, that the Commission assess the effects of the fiscal spending deployed by the Member States in order to kick-start their economies, in terms of its impact on production and on government accountsboth in the short- and the long-term;
Amendment 134 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 139 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the Stability and Growth Pact was revised in 2005 in order to allow the de facto adoption of the principles underpinning a counter-cyclical macroeconomic policy, which have come into their own in the face of the crisi, which was already allowing a contra-cyclical macro economic policy from its start on, was revised in 2005 in order to allow the necessary flexibility that is needed to withstand the onslaughts of major crises and ensure that Member States build up budgetary reserves in good times;
Amendment 147 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Asks the Commission to ensure that any recommendations on deficit reduction are compatible with this principle of counter-cyclical managcounter-cyclical management of public finances is carried out in accordance with the requirements of public financesthe Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 150 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 153 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 156 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers a renewed growth and jobs strategy as key contributor to sustainable public finances in the European Union; believes that the European Union needs to modernise its economy and particularly its industrial base; calls for a re-allocation in the EU and the Member States' budgets towards greater investment into research and innovation; points out that the new EU 2020 strategy needs binding instruments to succeed;
Amendment 160 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Reminds that the interest rates' spreads on the capital markets are the main indicators of the Member States' solvency;
Amendment 161 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Is extremely worried about the divergence in the quality of statistics that can be observed within the EU in general and the Eurozone in particular;
Amendment 162 #
2010/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and, Commission, the ECB and the governments of the Member States.
Amendment 34 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas a limited number of banks (“Systemic Bcross border banks”) represent an extremely high level of systemic risk due to their size, complexity and interconnectedness across Europe, calling for an urgent and targeted special regime,
Amendment 40 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas a special regime for Systemic Bcross- border banks, in order to be effective in supporting interventions, requires a common set of rules, appropriate expertise and financial resources,
Amendment 48 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the fast-track special framework for Systemic Bcross-border banks should evolve in the medium/long term towards a universal regime covering all banks in the Union.
Amendment 80 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 1 – paragraph 3
Annex – recommendation 1 – paragraph 3
3. Attribute to the relevant supervisor the responsibility for crisis management and the approval of each bank’s contingency plan, as follows: • for Systemic Bcross-border banks: the European Banking Authority (EBA) in close cooperation with the college of national supervisors and the Cross Border Stability Groups (as defined in the above-mentioned Memorandum of Understanding of June 2008); • for all other cross border non-systemic banks: the consolidated supervisor within the college, under the coordination of the EBA and in consultation with the Cross Border Stability Groups; • for local banks: the local supervisor.
Amendment 130 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 1 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Annex – recommendation 1 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 142 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 2 – title
Annex – recommendation 2 – title
Recommendation 2 on SystemicCross-Border Banks
Amendment 149 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 2 – paragraph 1
Annex – recommendation 2 – paragraph 1
1. Systemic Banks, due to their special risk profile,Cross-border banks require to be urgently addressed by a new special regime to be known as the European Bank Company Law to be designed until the end of 2011.
Amendment 161 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 2 – paragraph 2
Annex – recommendation 2 – paragraph 2
2. Systemic BCross-border banks shall adhere to the new special regime which shall overcome legal impediments to effective action across borders while ensuring clear and predictable treatment of shareholders, depositors, creditors and other stakeholders.
Amendment 167 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 2 – paragraph 3
Annex – recommendation 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 184 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 2 – paragraph 5
Annex – recommendation 2 – paragraph 5
5. For each of the Systemic Bcross-border banks, the EBA shall lead the college of supervisors, act under normal circumstances through national supervisors and retain the ultimate decision power and a binding mediating role.
Amendment 190 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 2 – paragraph 6
Annex – recommendation 2 – paragraph 6
Amendment 199 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 3
Annex – recommendation 3
Amendment 238 #
2010/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recommendation 4 – paragraph 1
Annex – recommendation 4 – paragraph 1
1. A resolution unit shall be established within the EBA to lead the resolution and insolvency procedures for Systemic Bcross-border banks. This unit shall: • operate within the strict boundaries defined by the legal framework and the EBA’s competencies; • be a pool of legal and financial expertise specially skilled in bank restructurings, turnarounds and liquidation; • cooperate closely with national authorities on implementation, technical assistance and sharing of staff; • propose the disbursements from the Stability Fund.
Amendment 121 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a new
Paragraph 46 a new
46a. Calls on the European Commission that in order to fulfil the objectives and secure effective implementation of the Eastern Partnership, extra financial assistance should be provided for the new ENPI Multi-Annual Indicative Programmes and National Indicative Programs for the period 2011-2013 covering Eastern Partnership countries.
Amendment 64 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) There is a need to build upon the experience gained and draw the consequences from the obvious weaknesses that the crisis has highlighted during the first decade of functioning of the economic and monetary union.
Amendment 82 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Regulation EC No. XX/2011 does not address the current situation in the short- term but rather in a structural approach for the medium- to long-term.
Amendment 130 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) When assessing imbalances, account should be taken of their severity, of the degree to which they may be considered unsustainable and of the potential negative economic and financial spillovers to other Member States. Particular attention should be paid to Member States with large current-account deficits and low competitiveness. The economic adjustment capacity and the track record of the Member State concerned as regards compliance with earlier recommendations issued under this Regulation and other recommendations issued under Article 121 of the Treaty as part of multilateral surveillance, in particular the broad guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union, should also be considered.
Amendment 134 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The structural reasons for imbalances risking undermining the financial stability of the Member State or having an impact on the economic and financial stability of the Union should be taken into account.
Amendment 135 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) The assessment of imbalances should take into account the objectives of balanced public finances in the medium- term perspective and the need to reduce the public debt and enhance economic growth.
Amendment 149 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The early warnings and recommendations by the European Systemic Risk Board to Member States or the Union address risks of a macrofinancial nature. These may also warrant appropriate follow-up action in the context of the surveillance of imbalancesy shall not interfere with the responsibility of the Member State to pursue economic policies for growth and increased competiveness, but warrant appropriate integration in the scoreboard and follow-up action by the Commission in the context of the surveillance of imbalances of importance to the economic and financial stability of the Union and of the Member State.
Amendment 160 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The envisaged measures for the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances should not lead to a centrally planned economy for the Member States of the European Economic and Monetary Union
Amendment 165 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU in respect of the scoreboard. In particular, delegated acts are necessary to establish a list of relevant indicators with crucial effect on the medium-term objectives for stable public finances and the stability of the monetary union.
Amendment 174 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'imbalances‘ means macroeconomic developments which are adversely affecting, or have the potential adversely to affect, the proper functioning of the economy of a Member State or of economic and monetary union, or of the Union as a whole, particularly due to large current account deficits, sharply rising debt levels or persistently low levels of competitiveness.
Amendment 181 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) '‘imbalances‘’ means macroeconomic developments which are adversely affecting, or have the potential adversely to affect, the proper functioning of the economystability of public finances of a Member State or of the economic and monetary union, or of the Union as a whole.
Amendment 213 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The scoreboard shall be, made up of an array of macroeconomic and macrofinancial indicators for Member States shall allow for comparisons between Member States and reflect short-term, structural and medium-long term trends regarding public finances. The Commission mayshall set indicative and symmetric lower or upper thresholds for these indicators to serve as alert levels. The thresholds applicable to Member States whose currency is the euro may be different from those applicable to the other Member States.
Amendment 219 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The scoreboard shall be made up of an array of macroeconomic and macrofinancial indicators for Member States. The Commission may set indicative and asymmetric lower or upper thresholds for these indicators to serve as alert levels. The thresholds applicable to Member States whose currency is the euro may be different from those applicable to the other Member States.
Amendment 222 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The indicators shall reflect developments on three major issues: public spending, current account balances and the foreign share of national debt.
Amendment 289 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the origin of and reasons for the detected imbalances, including the deep trade and financial inter-linkages between Member States.
Amendment 300 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. If, on the basis of its in-depth review referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation, the Commission considers that a Member State is experiencing imbalances, it shall inform the Council accordingly. The Council, on a recommendation from the Commission, mayshall address the necessary recommendations to the Member State concerned, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 121(2) of the Treaty.
Amendment 314 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Council, on a recommendation from the Commission, may adopt a recommendations in accordance with Article 121(4) of the Treaty to the Council declaring the existence of an excessive imbalance and recommending the Member State concerned to take corrective action. The recommendation by the Commission shall be deemed adopted by the Council unless it decides, by qualified majority to reject the recommendation within ten days of the adoption of the recommendation by the Commission. Those recommendations shall set out the nature of the imbalances and specify the corrective action to be taken in detail and the deadline within which the Member State concerned must take such corrective action. The Council may, as provided for in Article 121(4) of the Treaty, make its recommendations public.
Amendment 334 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The corrective action plan shall be coherent with the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 338 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Within twoone months after submission of a corrective action plan and on the basis of a Commission report, the Councilmmission shall assess the corrective action plan. If considered sufficient, on the basis of a Commission proposal, the Council shall adopt an opinion, endorsing it. If the actions taken or envisaged in the corrective action plan or their timetable for implementation are considered insufficient to implement the recommendations, the Council shall, on the basis of a Commission proposal, invite the Member State to amend its corrective action plan within a new deadline. The amended corrective action plan shall be examined according to the procedure laid down in this paragraph.
Amendment 346 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall monitor implementation of the recommended corrective action and of the corrective action plan by the Member State concerned. For this purpose, the Member State shall report to the Councilmmission and the Commissionuncil at regular intervals in the form of progress reports whose frequency shall be established by the Council, following a recommendation of the Commission, in the recommendation referred to in Article 7(2).
Amendment 352 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States’ progress reports shall be made public by the Council.
Amendment 372 #
2010/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 108 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 c (new)
Recital 5 c (new)
(5c) The Stability and Growth Pact and the complete economic governance framework should serve as a fundament for the Union strategy for growth and jobs which aims at boosting the Union's competitiveness and social stability.
Amendment 127 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) There is a need for a legal framework in Member States, with clear rules for budgetary policies and targets regarding spending and balances in public finances, stability and a possibility to follow up achievements on budgetary targets and strategies.
Amendment 128 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The improved economic governance framework should be focused on indicators crucial for financial and fiscal stability, an effective framework for preventing and correcting excessive budgetary positions (the Stability and Growth Pact), a robust framework for preventing and correcting macroeconomic imbalances, enhanced financial market regulation and supervision (including macro-prudential supervision by the European Systemic Risk Board) and a credible permanent crisis resolution mechanism.
Amendment 129 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 d (new)
Recital 5 d (new)
(5d) Strengthening economic governance, committed to by Member States' governments, should be based upon clear and transparent rules which are easy to supervise and follow-up upon with timely involvement of the European Parliament and the national parliaments throughout the economic policy coordination procedures.
Amendment 134 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Member States shall, in the framework of national budgetary law, set targets for deficits and surpluses for three years ahead, aiming for medium-term balance in public finances.
Amendment 164 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) A temporary departure from prudent fiscal policy-making should only be allowed in the exceptional case of severe economic downturn of a general nature in order to facilitate economic recovery.
Amendment 175 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In the event of a significant deviation from prudent fiscal-policy a warning should be addressed to the Member State concerned and in case the significant deviation persists or is particularly serious, a recommendation should be addressed to the Member State concerned to take the necessary corrective measures. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament, and its competent committee, on significant deviations by a Member State and its recommendations regarding corrective measures.
Amendment 179 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The Council and the Commission should make their positions and decisions public at the appropriate stages of the economic policy coordination procedures, in order to ensure effective peer pressure. The Commission shall present and explain the preventive and corrective actions recommended to a Member State to the European Parliament and its competent committee.
Amendment 197 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 1
Article 1
Amendment 220 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 c (new) – point b(new)
Article 1 – point 1 c (new) – point b(new)
Amendment 258 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b a (new)
(ba) In Article 3, the following paragraph is inserted 2a. Budgetary forecasts shall lay the ground for decisions on limits for spendings and targets for the balance of public finances in order to establish a criterion to follow-up and supervise.
Amendment 263 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint c
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint c
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The information about the paths for the general government balance and debt ratio, the growth of government expenditure, the planned growth path of government revenue at unchanged policy, the planned discretionary revenue measures, the paths of current account balance and foreign debt and the main economic assumptions referred to in paragraph 2(a) and (b) shall be on an annual basis and shall cover, the preceding year, the current year and at least the following three years.
Amendment 275 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Council, when assessing the adjustment path toward the medium-term budgetary objective, shall examine if the Member State concerned pursues an appropriate annual improvement of its cyclically-adjusted budget balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures, required to meet its medium-term budgetary objective, with 0.51% of GDP as a benchmark. For Member States with a high level of debtgovernment debt above 60% of GDP or excessive macroeconomic imbalances or both, the Council shall examine whether the annual improvement of the cyclically-adjusted budget balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures is higher than 0.51% of GDP. The Council shall take into account whether a higher adjustment effort is made in economic good times, whereas the effort may be more limited in economic bad times.
Amendment 321 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The prudent medium-term of growth should be assessed on the basis of projections over a tenfive-year horizon updated at regular intervals.
Amendment 376 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – first subparagraph
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – first subparagraph
In the event of a significant deviation from prudent fiscal-policy making referred in the fourth subparagraph of Article 5(1) of this rRegulation, and in order to prevent the occurrence of an excessive deficit, the Commission, in accordance with Article 121(4) of the Treaty may address a warning to the Member State concerned. TFEU may address a warning to the Member State concerned. Such a warning shall be made public. The Commission shall present and explain its recommendations to the Member State concerned to the European Parliament and its competent committee. In the event of such significant deviation, the Commission may require additional reporting from the Member State concerned. The Council shall, within one month of any significant deviation as referred to in the first subparagraph, adopt a recommendation for policy measures setting a deadline of no more than five months, for addressing the deviation, on the basis of a Commission recommendation, based on Article 121(4) TFEU. In the event of a particularly significant deviation or in a particularly serious situation, the deadline shall be no more than three months. The Council, on a proposal from the Commission, shall make the recommendation public. The Commission shall monitor the measures contained in the recommendation on the basis of surveillance visits in accordance with Article 6a and prepare a report to the Council. That report may be made public. If the Member State concerned fails to take appropriate action within the deadline specified in a Council recommendation under the second subparagraph, the Council shall immediately adopt a final recommendation setting out the noncompliance of the Member State on the basis of a further Commission recommendation in accordance with Article 121(4) TFEU. At the same time, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, shall address a formal report to the European Council. The process from the Council recommendation referred to in the second subparagraph to the final Council recommendation and report to the European Council referred to in the fourth subparagraph shall be no longer than six months.
Amendment 385 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
A deviation from prudent fiscal policy making shall be considered significant if the following conditions occur: an excess over the expenditure growth consistent with prudent fiscal policy-making, not offset by discretionary revenue-increasing measures; or discretionary revenue- decreasing measures not offset by reductions in expenditure; and the deviation has a total impact on the government balance of at least 0.25 % of GDP in one single year or of at least 0.251 % of GDP on average per year in two consecutive years.
Amendment 408 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the event that the significant deviation from prudent fiscal-policy making persists or is particularly serious, the Council, on a recommendation from the Commission, shall address a recommendation to the Member State concerned to take the necessary adjustment measures. The Council, on a proposal from the Commission, shall make the recommendation public may reject such a Commission recommendation by qualified majority. The Council shall make the recommendation public and shall be invited to the European Parliament in order to explain its decision before the competent committee.
Amendment 430 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 – subpoint c
Article 1 – point 6 – subpoint c
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The information about the paths for the general government balance and debt ratio, the growth of government expenditure, the planned growth path of government revenue at unchanged policy, the planned discretionary revenue measures, the paths of current account balance and foreign debt and the main economic assumptions referred to in paragraph 2(a) and (b) shall be on an annual basis and shall cover the preceding year, the current year and at least the following three years.
Amendment 442 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Council, when assessing the adjustment path toward the medium-term budgetary objective, shall take into account whether a higher adjustment effort is made in economic good times, whereas the effort may be more limited in economic bad times. For Member States with a high level of debt or excessive macroeconomic imbalances or both, the Council shall examine whether the annual improvement of the cyclically-adjusted budget balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures is higher than 0.51% of GDP. For ERM2 Member States, the Council shall examine if the Member State concerned pursues an appropriate annual improvement of its cyclically adjusted balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures, required to meet its medium- term budgetary objective, with 0.51% of GDP as a benchmark.
Amendment 483 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The prudent medium-term of growth should be assessed on the basis of projections over a tenfive-year horizon updated at regular intervals.
Amendment 508 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 9
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 9
Amendment 529 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – first subparagraph
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – first subparagraph
In the event of a significant deviation from prudent fiscal-policy making referred to in the fourth subparagraph of Article 9(1) of this Regulation, and in order to prevent the occurrence of an excessive deficit, the Commission, in accordance with Article 121(4) of the Treaty may address a warning to the Member State concerned. TFEU, may address a warning to the Member State concerned. Such a warning shall be made public. The Commission shall present and explain its decision to the European Parliament and its competent committee. In the event of such a significant deviation, the Commission may require additional reporting from the Member State concerned. The Council shall, within one month of any significant deviation as referred to in the first subparagraph,, adopt a recommendation for policy measures setting a deadline of no more than five months for addressing the deviation, on the basis of a Commission recommendation, based on Article 121(4) TFEU. In the event of a particularly significant deviation or in a particularly serious situation, the deadline shall be no more than three months. The Council, on a proposal from the Commission, shall make the recommendation public. The Commission shall monitor the measures contained in the recommendation on the basis of surveillance visits in accordance with Article 6a and prepare a report to the Council. That report may be made public. If the Member State concerned fails to take appropriate action within the deadline specified in a Council recommendation under the second subparagraph, the Council shall immediately adopt a final recommendation setting out the noncompliance of the Member State, on the basis of a further Commission recommendation in accordance with Article 121(4) TFEU. At the same time, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, shall address a formal report to the European Council. The process from the first Council recommendation referred to in the second subparagraph to the final Council recommendation and report to the European Council referred to in the fourth subparagraph shall be no longer than six months.
Amendment 533 #
2010/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
A deviation from prudent fiscal policy making shall be considered significant if the following conditions occur: an excess over the expenditure growth consistent with prudent fiscal policy-making, not offset by discretionary revenue-increasing measures; or discretionary revenue- decreasing measures not offset by reductions in expenditure; and the deviation has a total impact on the government balance of at least 0.25% of GDP in one single year or of at least 0.251% of GDP on average per year in two consecutive years.
Amendment 162 #
2010/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 203 #
2010/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 212 #
2010/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. If a Member State has paid a yearly fine for a given calendar year and the Council thereafter concludes, in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No […/…] that the Member State has taken the recommended corrective action in the course of the given year, up to 90% of the fine paid for the given year shall be returned to the Member State pro rata temporis.
Amendment 154 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The size of the interest-bearing deposit, of the non-interest-bearing deposit and of the fine provided for in this Regulation should be set in such a way as to ensure a graduation of sanctions in the preventive and corrective parts of the Stability and Growth Pact and to provide sufficient incentives for the Member States whose currency is the euro to comply with the fiscal framework of the Union. The fine linked to Article 126(11) of the Treaty as specified in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1467/974 is composed of a fixed component that equals 0.24% of GDP and of a variable component. Thus, graduation and equal treatment between Member States are ensured if the interest-bearing deposit, the non-interest-bearing deposit and the fine specified in this Regulation are equal to 0.24% of GDP, the size of the fixed component of the fine linked to Article 126(11) of the Treaty.
Amendment 156 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 230 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The interest-bearing deposit to be proposed by the Commission shall amount to 0.24% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Member State concerned in the preceding year.
Amendment 232 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Amendment 254 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The non-interest-bearing deposit to be proposed by the Commission shall amount to 0.24% of the GDP of the Member State concerned in the preceding year.
Amendment 257 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 277 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The fine to be proposed by the Commission shall amount to 0.24% of the GDP of the Member State concerned in the preceding year.
Amendment 278 #
2010/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Amendment 46 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 1 a (new)
1a. The budgetary frameworks regulation is a part of the economic governance legislation which is aimed at long term economic stability in Europe.
Amendment 73 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 7
7. Biased and unrealistic macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts may considerably hamper the effectiveness of fiscal planning and consequently impair commitment to budgetary discipline, while transparency and validation of forecasting methodologies mayshould significantly increase the quality of macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts for fiscal planning.
Amendment 74 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 8
8. A crucial element in ensuring the use of realistic forecasts for the conduct of budgetary policy is transparency, which must entail public availabilityation and therefore public availability not only of the official macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts but also of the methodologies, assumptions and parameters on which the official macroeconomic and budgetarysuch forecasts are based.
Amendment 79 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 10 a (new)
10a. Agreement between the Commission and each Member State on forecasting methodology and type and range of assumptions which are used to draft budgetary forecasts could ensure transparency and clarity of forecasts made by the Member State. This should lead to avoidance of conflicting macro- fiscal scenarios and enhance the validity of the forecasts used for budgetary planning.
Amendment 83 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 12
12. Considering the documented effectiveness of rules-based budgetary frameworks of the Member States in promoting budgetary discipline, strong national fiscal rules that are consistent with the budgetary objectives at the level of the Union must be a cornerstone of the strengthened budgetary surveillance framework of the Union. Strong fiscal rules should be equipped with well-specified target definitions together with mechanisms for effective and timely monitoring. In addition, policy experience has shown that for numerical fiscal rules to work effectively, consequences must be attached to non-compliance, where the costs involved may be simply reputationalich should include reputational, political as well as financial costs.
Amendment 86 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 12 a (new)
12a. Independent institutions with expertise in fiscal policy can have an important role in securing transparency of budgetary forecasts and credibility. Such independent public bodies can perform the necessary research and audit to assess the performance of national fiscal policy.
Amendment 88 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 12 b (new)
12b. The number of specific circumstances in which temporary non- compliance with numerical fiscal rules is permitted should be limited.
Amendment 99 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 13
13. Member States should avoid pro- cyclical fiscal policies and fiscal consolidation efforts should be greater in good times. Well-specified numerical fiscal rules are conducive to these objectives. These numerical fiscal rules should incorporate the aim of strengthening government expenditure control.
Amendment 110 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 18
18. To be effective in promoting budgetary discipline and the sustainability of public finance, budgetary frameworks should comprehensively cover public finances. For this reason, operations of extra- budgetary funds and bodies that have an immediate or medium-term impact on Member States’ budgetary positions should be given particular considerationreported in a transparent manner. Their expected or potential impact on general government budget balances and debt should be explicitly addressed in the medium-term budgetary frameworks.
Amendment 112 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 18 a (new)
18a. The purpose and the features of the Directive call for a national transposition which is as close as possible to the text of the Direcitve. While this is true for all Member States, it is particulary true for the participating Member States.
Amendment 113 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Recital 18 b (new)
18b. There is a need for euro area Member States to implement into their national budgetary frameworks several features in addition to the features contained in this Direcitve for all the Member states. A chapter with specific provisions for the euro area Member States establishes these two features: top- down budgetary processes and independent institutions with expertise in fiscal policy tasked with providing independent monitoring, analysis, assessments and forecasts. Non euro area Member States can voluntary incorporate several or all of these additional features into their national budgetary frameworks.
Amendment 117 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive sets out detailed rules concerning the characteristics of the budgetary frameworks of the Member States that are necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the excessive deficit procedurecompliance with the obligation of the Member States to avoid excessive government deficits as referred to in Article 126(1) of the Treaty.
Amendment 120 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) arrangements for analysisindependent monitoring, analysis, assessments and validation to enhance the transparency of elements of the budget process, including inter alia the mandate of independent national budget officesinstitutions with expertise in fiscal policy or institutions acting in the field of budgetary policy;
Amendment 121 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. As concerns national systems of public accountingTo ensure the timely and accurate reporting of annual and quarterly ESA- based government data as required by the ESA transmission programme, Member States shall have in place public accounting systems, applying the accural basis of accounting and comprehensively and consistently covering all sub-sectors of general government as defined by Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 (ESA 95), and containing the information needed to compile ESA 95-based data. Those public accounting. Those systems shall be subject to internaldependent control and audit.
Amendment 124 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 130 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that fiscal planning is based on realistic macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts using the most up-to-date information. Budgetary planning shall be based on the most likely macro-fiscal scenario or on a more prudent scenario that highlights in detail deviations from the most likely macro-fiscal scenario. The macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts shall be precompared taking into accountwith the Commission forecasts as appropriate. Differences between the chosen macro- fiscal scenario and the Commission forecast shall be explained.
Amendment 136 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Before the making of macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts each Member State and the Commission shall reach agreement on the forecasting methodology and type and range of assumptions taken into account when macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts are drafted. Member States shall make public the official macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts prepared for fiscal planning, including the methodologies, assumptions, and parameters used.
Amendment 138 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall have the macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts for fiscal planning regularly audited by independent bodies, including ex post evaluation. The auditing shall be conducted once a year. The result of this independent auditing shall be made public.
Amendment 152 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) effective and timely monitoring of compliance with the rules, such as by independent national budget officbodies or institutions acting in the field of budgetary policy;
Amendment 153 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) consequences in the event of non- compliance that involve a clear political and financial cost for the authorities responsible for non-compliance;
Amendment 154 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) consequences in the event of non- compliance, such as fines for the authorities carrying out the tasks;
Amendment 155 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 157 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) escape clauses, if any, setting out a limited number of specific circumstances in which temporary non-compliance with the rule is permitted.
Amendment 165 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) comprehensive and transparent multi- annual budgetary objectives in terms of the general government deficit, debt, expenditure and any other summary fiscal indicator, ensuring that these are consistent with any fiscal rules as provided for in Chapter IV in force,
Amendment 168 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) detailed projections of each major expenditure and revenue item, by general government sub-sector, for the budget year and beyond, based on unchanged and changed policies,
Amendment 171 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a statement of the government's medium-term priorities broken down by major revenue and expenditure item and by general government sub-sector, showing how the adjustment towards the medium- term budgetary objective is achieved compared to projections under unchanged and changed policies.
Amendment 175 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. All sub-sectors of general government shall be covered by numerical fiscal rules. Numerical fiscal rules shall be designed in order to ensure that fiscal targets cover all sub-sectors of general government and are in line with Member States' obligations under the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 178 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. For all sub-sectors of general government, Member States shall publish information on contingent liabilities with potentially large impacts on public budgets, including government guarantees, non-performing loans, and liabilities stemming from the operation of public corporations, including their extent and likelihood and potential due date of expenditure.
Amendment 180 #
2010/0277(NLE)
Chapter 6 a (new)
Chapter 6a Specific provisions for the participating Member States 1. In addition to their obligations under this directive and without prejudice to them, participating Member States shall incorporate into their budgetary frameworks: (a) a top-down approach, meaning a budgeting approach starts off from an agreement on the total spending level that is then allocated in spending allotments for different ministries or government agencies and thereby supports adherence to spending limits; (b) an independent institution with expertise in fiscal policy whose task is to provide independent monitoring, analysis, assessments and forecasts in all areas of domestic fiscal policy which may have an impact in the compliance by the euro area Member State with its obligations deriving from Article 121 and 126 of the Treaty and from any legislation and measures adopted under an of these Articles or under Article 136 of the Treaty. 2. Also in addition to their obligations under this Direcitve and without prejudice to them, Member States with a derogation may incorporate any or all of the above features into their budgetary frameworks, on a voluntary basis, in accordance with the procedure in Article 2 (1a).
Amendment 148 #
2010/0276(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In assessing the case for an exceptional extension of the deadline for correcting the excessive deficit, special consideration should be given to severe economic downturns of a general nature.
Amendment 173 #
2010/0276(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 2– paragraph 1a
Article 2– paragraph 1a
1a. When it exceeds the reference value, the ratio of the government debt to gross domestic product (GDP) is to be considered sufficiently diminishing and approaching the reference value at a satisfactory pace in accordance with Article 126 (2) (b) of the Treaty if the differential with respect to the reference value has reduced over the previous threewo years at a rate of the order of one-twentieth per year. For a period of 32 years from [date of entering into force of this Regulation - to be inserted], account shall be taken of the backward-looking nature of this indicator in its application.
Amendment 175 #
2010/0276(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
1a. When it exceeds the reference value, the ratio of the government debt to gross domestic product (GDP) is to be considered sufficiently diminishing and approaching the reference value at a satisfactory pace in accordance with Article 126 (2) (b) of the Treaty if the differential with respect to the reference value has reduced over the previous three years at an average rate of the order of one-twentieth per year. For a period of 3 years from [date of entering into force of this Regulation - to be inserted], account shall be taken of the backward-looking nature of this indicator in its application, as a benchmark, following an assessment made over a three-year period. The requirement under the debt criterion shall be also considered fulfilled if the budgetary forecasts as provided by the Commission indicate that the required reduction in the differential will occur over the three-year period encompassing the following two years.
Amendment 233 #
2010/0276(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 1 – point 3 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Council recommendation made in accordance with Article 126(7) of the Treaty shall establish a deadline of six months at most for effective action to be taken by the Member State concerned. The Council recommendation shall also establish a deadline for the correction of the excessive deficit, which should be completed in the year following its identification unless there are special circumstances. In the recommendation, the Council shall request that the Member State achieves annual budgetary targets which, on the basis of the forecast underpinning the recommendation, are consistent with a minimum annual improvement of at least 0,5 1% of GDP as a benchmark, in its cyclically adjusted balance net of one-off and temporary measures, in order to ensure the correction of the excessive deficit within the deadline set in the recommendation.
Amendment 257 #
2010/0276(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Any Council decision to give notice to the participating Member State concerned to take measures for the deficit reduction in accordance with Article 126(9) of the Treaty shall be taken within two months of the Council decision establishing that no effective action has been taken in accordance with Article 126(8). In the notice, the Council shall request that the Member State achieve annual budgetary targets which, on the basis of the forecast underpinning the notice, are consistent with a minimum annual improvement of at least 0,5 1% of GDP as a benchmark, in its cyclically adjusted balance net of one-off and temporary measures, in order to ensure the correction of the excessive deficit within the deadline set in the notice. The Council shall also indicate measures conducive to the achievement of these targets.
Amendment 291 #
2010/0276(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The amount of the fine shall comprise a fixed component equal to 0,24 % of GDP, and a variable component. The variable component shall amount to one tenth of the difference between the deficit as a percentage of GDP in the preceding year and either the reference value for government deficit or, if non compliance with budgetary discipline includes the debt criterion, the general government balance as a percentage of GDP that should have been achieved in the same year according to the notice issued under Article 126(9) of the Treaty.
Amendment 300 #
2010/0276(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
3. Any single fine referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not exceed the upper limit of 0,51 % of GDP.
Amendment 310 #
2010/0276(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Amendment 82 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) As underlined in the Digital Agenda for Europe, wireless broadband is an important means to boost competition, a pan- European level playing field, consumer choice and access in rural and other areas where deployment of wired broadband is difficult or economically unviable. However, spectrum management may affect competition by changing the role and power of market players, for example if existing users receive undue competitive advantages. Limited spectrum access, in particular when appropriate spectrum becomes scarcer, can create a barrier to entry for new services or applications and hamper innovation and competition. Acquisition of new usage rights, including through spectrum trading or other transactions between users, and the introduction of new flexible criteria for spectrum use can have an impact on the existing competitive situation. Member States should therefore take appropriate ex ante or ex post regulatory measures (such as action to amend existing rights, to prohibit certain acquisitions of spectrum rights, to impose conditions on spectrum hoarding and efficient use such as those referred to in Article 9 paragraph 7 of the Framework Directive, to limit the amount of spectrum for each operator, or to avoid excessive accumulation of spectrum) to avoid distortions of competition in line with the principles underpinning Article 5(6) of Directive 2002/20/EC (the ‘Authorisation’ Directive) and Article 1(2) of Directive 87/372/EEC (the ‘GSM’ Directive). Member States may also take steps to achieve a more even spectrum allocation between economic operators by reserving spectrum for new entrants to a frequency band or group of bands with similar characteristics.
Amendment 103 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The 800 MHz band is optimal for the coverage of large areas by wireless broadband services. Building on the harmonisation of technical conditions under Decision 2010/267/EU, and on Commission Recommendation of 28 October 2009 calling for analogue broadcasting to be switched off by 1 January 2012, and given rapid national regulatory developments, this band should in principle be made available for electronic communications in the Union by 2013. In the longer term, additional spectrum below 790 MHz could also be envisaged, depending on expeConsidering the capacity of the 800 MHz band to transmit over large areas, coverage obligations achieved through the prience and the lack of spectrum in other bands adequate for coverage. Considering the capacity ofiples of technical and service neutrality should be attached to rights. Additional spectrum for wireless broadband services in the 1.5 GHz band (1452-1492 MHz) and the 2.3 GHz band (2300-2400 MHz) should be freed up to meet the increasing demand for mobile traffic. Further mobile service spectrum allocations, such as the 8700 MHz band to transmit over large areas, coverage obligations should be attached to rights(694-790 MHz), should be evaluated depending on future capacity requirements for wireless broadband services and terrestrial TV.
Amendment 128 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Since a common approach and economies of scale are key to developing broadband communications throughout the Union and preventing competition distortion and market fragmentation among Member States, certain authorisation and procedural conditions could be defined in concerted action among Member States and with the Commission. Conditions could include coverage obligations, spectrum block size, the timing of granting rights, access to mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and the duration of rights of use. Reflecting the importance of spectrum trading for increasing efficient use of spectrum, facilitating the emergence of pan-European services and developing the internal market for wireless equipment and services, these conditions should apply to spectrum bands that are allocated to wireless communications, and for which rights of use may be transferred or leased.
Amendment 193 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point d
Article 2 – point d
(d) guaranteeing the functioningdevelopment of the internal market, in particular and digital services by ensuring effective competition, a level playing field and by promoting the emergence of pan-European services.
Amendment 229 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point b
Article 3 – point b
(b) maximise flexibility in the use of spectrum, to promote innovation and investment, through the consistent application of the principles of technology and service neutrality, the opening of and through adequate regulatory predictability, the opening up of harmonised spectrum to new advanced services, and the possibility to trade spectrum rights, thereby creating opportunities for pan-European services to be developed;
Amendment 287 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that authorisation and selection procedures avoid delays and promote effective competition by preventing any potential anti-competitive outcomes for the benefit of EU citizens and consumers.
Amendment 320 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission, in cooperation with Member States, is invited to take action at the appropriate levels to achieve the harmonisation and use of the 1.5 GHz band (1452-1492 MHz) and the 2.3 GHz band (2300-2400 MHz) for wireless broadband services. The Commission shall continuously monitor the capacity requirements for wireless broadband services and when justified, in cooperation with Member States, evaluate the need for action to harmonise additional spectrum bands, such as the 700 MHz band (694-790 MHz). Member States shall ensure that, where appropriate, the cost of migration or reallocation of spectrum usage is adequately compensated in accordance with national law.
Amendment 360 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. If necessary, the Commission shallThe Commission shall study the demand for PPRD (Public Protection & Disaster Relief )spectrum, the possibilities to share spectrum with military use and to use commercial networks for PPDR to ensure that sufficient spectrumcapacity is made available under harmonised conditions to support the development of safety services and the free circulation of related devices as well as the development of innovative interoperable solutions for public safety and protection, civil protection and disaster relief.
Amendment 282 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
(22 a) 'group' shall mean a group of undertakings, which consists of a parent undertaking, its subsidiary undertakings and the entities in which the parent undertaking or its subsidiary undertakings hold a participating interest within the meaning of the first sentence of Article 17 of the Fourth Company Law Directive 78/660/EEC of 25 July 1978;
Amendment 339 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) The clearing obligation under paragraph 1 shall not apply to OTC derivative contracts concluded by a counterparty with an undertaking that is a member of the same group as that counterparty, if that undertaking is established in the Union or in a jurisdiction whose legal and supervisory framework has been recognised by the Commission as equivalent to the requirements of this Regulation in accordance with Article [*] or, in relation to contracts concluded with a financial counterparty that is a bank or investment firm, is covered by the supervision on a consolidated basis to which the financial counterparty itself is subject, in accordance with Directive 2006/48/EC or 2006/49/EC or by equivalent standards in force in a third country.
Amendment 480 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
In calculating the positions referred to in paragraph 2, derivative contracts entered into by a non-financial counterparty with an undertaking that is a member of the same group as that non-financial counterparty shall not be taken into account, if that undertaking is established in the Union or in a jurisdiction whose legal and supervisory framework has been recognised by the Commission as equivalent to the requirements of this Regulation in accordance with Article [*].
Amendment 538 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The obligations under paragraphs 1 and 1a shall not apply to OTC derivative contracts concluded by a counterparty with an undertaking that is a member of the same group as that counterparty, if that undertaking is established in the Union or in a jurisdiction whose legal and supervisory framework has been recognised by the Commission as equivalent to the requirements of this Regulation in accordance with Article [*] or, in relation to contracts concluded with a financial counterparty that is a bank or investment firm, is covered by the supervision on a consolidated basis to which the financial counterparty itself is subject, in accordance with Directive 2006/48/EC or 2006/49/EC or by equivalent standards in force in a third country.
Amendment 969 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Commission may adopt a Decision in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 69(2) determining that the legal and supervisory arrangements of a third country ensure that undertakings established in that third country comply with legally binding requirements which are equivalent to the requirements set out in this Regulation, if those arrangements impose obligations on undertakings established in that country equivalent to those set out in Title II of this Regulation.
Amendment 298 #
2010/0207(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. If a credit institution ceases to be member of a scheme and joins another schemone, the contributions paid during the 6 months preceding the withdrawal of membership shall be reimbursed or transferred to the otheravailable financial means of the first scheme attributed to that credit institution shall be transferred to the new scheme, provided this does not endanger the stability of the first scheme. This shall not apply if a credit institution has been excluded from a scheme pursuant to Article 3(3).
Amendment 55 #
2010/0199(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The minimum level of compensation was established in 1997 and has not been modified since then. This level should be increased to EUR 530 000 in order to take into account developments in the financial markets and in the Union legislative framework. This amount takes into account the effects of inflation in the Union and the need to better align the level of compensation with the average value of investments held by retail clients in the Member States. In order to increase the protection provided to investors, it is necessary to remove the existing option for Member States to limit or exclude from cover funds in currencies other that those of the Member States.
Amendment 83 #
2010/0199(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive 97/9/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that schemes provide for coverage of EUR 530 000 for each investor in respect of the claims referred to in Article 2(2a) or (2c).
Amendment 88 #
2010/0199(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 –point a
Article 1 – point 4 –point a
Directive 97/9/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Members States which provide for coverage of more than EUR 530 000 at the time of adoption of this Directive, may maintain that level of coverage for no longer than 3 years from the date for the transposition of this Directive. After that date, those Member States shall ensure that the level of coverage is not less than EUR 530 000.
Amendment 102 #
2010/0199(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 97/9/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Member States shall ensure that each scheme establishes a target fund level of at least 0.5,1% of the value of the monies and financial instruments held, administered or managed by the investment firms or UCITS that are covered by the protection of the investor compensation scheme. The value of the covered monies and financial instruments shall be calculated every year as at 1 January.
Amendment 120 #
2010/0199(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 97/9/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 4
Article 4a – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the schemes may make additional calls for contribution to the members of the scheme in case the target fund level is insufficient to meet the payment of the compensation claims referred to in Article 9(2). Those additional contributions shall not exceed 0.50,1% of the covered monies and financial instruments as referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Those additional contributions shall not jeopardise the stability of the financial system of the Member State concerned and be based on affordability criteria.
Amendment 30 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas we have not yet achieved a fully functioning single market for online services in Europe; whereas the free movement of digital services and cross- border e-commerce is today severely hindered by fragmented rules at national level,
Amendment 58 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of continuing efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access for all citizens and consumers, through the promotion of access to fixed and mobile Internet and the deploycompetition and investment ofin next-generation infrastructure; emphasis and services; underlines that thise requires policies that promote access on fair terms and at competitive prices for all communities, irrespective of location, thereby ensuring that no European citizen faces exclusiongulatory framework in the Union must be open and supportive of the emergence of new and alternative technologies as well as new generations of infrastructure;
Amendment 78 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that every EU household should have access to broadband Internet at a competitive price by 2013; urges the Commission therefore to carry out a review of the universal service obligations and calls on Member States to impart new impetus to the European high-speed broadband strategy, notably by updating national targets forencouraging investment in the supply of broadband and high- speed coverage in line with market demand while at the same time promoting the development of technological leadership and the emergence of new high-quality services that can take the lead in the global market;
Amendment 92 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of maintaining Europe as the mobile continent in the world and ensuring that 75% of mobile subscribers are 3G (or beyomobile broadband) users by 2015; recalls the necessity to accelerate the harmonised deployment of the digital dividend without compromising existing and enhanced broadcast services; insists that the allocation of the digital dividend should support the extension of coverage and quality of broadband in a non-discriminatory manner;
Amendment 102 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls the necessity to accelerate the harmonised deployment of the digital dividend spectrum in a coordinated manner to ensure co-existence of existing and planned use of the frequency ranges and to optimise the exploitation of this valuable resource for new services such as mobile broadband;
Amendment 108 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines the need for further assessment and research into potential interference between existing and future users of the spectrum so as to mitigate against potential negative consequences for consumers;
Amendment 111 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, as Internet access rates are increasing, Member States should strive to ensure that 50% of EU households should bare connected to high-speed networks by 2015; underlines, however, that whilst high-speed broadband penetration targets are useful, the real driver in improving connectivity for all is experimentation and adaption based on market demand; underlines that state aid, when applicable, should support not only a more widespread broadband penetration connecting citizens all over Europe, but also new technological and innovative leadership in the EU;
Amendment 134 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need for the telecoms package and further reforms to be rapidly implemented in order to open up to different infrastructures, new operators and services, thereby increasing the level of broadband penetration and accessibility, remembering that new offers and services put competitive pressure on all current actors as regards prices and services;
Amendment 152 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that onthe aims of the new electronic communications regulatory framework is progressively to reduce ex ante sector-specific rules as competition in the markets develops and, ultimately, forare to promote competition in electronic communications networks and services, to contribute to a fully functioning single market and promote the interests of European citizens. While the ultimate aim for the electronic communications market is to be governed by competition law only, regulators should promote ex ante obligations where there is no effective and sustainable competition and relax them as soon as competition on the market is restored;
Amendment 222 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 223 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. CStresses the need to connect the digital agenda with the provisions of new services such as e-trade, e-health, e- learning, e-banking and e-government services; calls on the EU institutions to remove the key regulatory obstacles to cross-border online transactions by 2015; calls onfor the Commission to review the Community acquis affecting the online single market and to propose targeted legislative action on key impedimentestablishment of a 'one-stop- shop' for VAT in each Member State in order to facilitate cross-border e-commerce for SMEs and entrepreneurs;
Amendment 224 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the EU institutions to remove the key regulatory obstacles to cross- border online transactions by 2015Underlines that a successful development of e-trade requires efficient distribution of products and goods; highlights the need for a rapid implementation of the 3rd Postal Directive (2008/06/EC); calls on the Commission to review the Community acquis affecting the onlinedigital single market and to propose targeted legislative action on key impediments;
Amendment 235 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that, almost a decade after their adoption, the Directives concerning the legal framework for the information society (i.e. the Data Protection Directive, Electronic Signatures Directive and, Electronic Commerce Directive) appear out of date due to the increased complexity of the online environment and the introduction of new technologies; believes that, while the legal issues arising from some Directives can be resolved through an incremental update, other Directives need a more fundamental revisionnd IPR Enforcement Directive) have become incompatible with the preconditions and opportunities of today´s digital society and therefore need to be reformed and modernised; highlights the fact that copyright law must strike a balance between guaranteeing the rights of writers and artists and adapting to the reality of today´s digital society;
Amendment 247 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises the potential value to citizens and businesses of the digital switchover of public services and calls on Member States to ensure the optimal use of the digital dividend and to develop national plans for the digital switchover of public services, which should include targets and measures for getting all public services online and accessible to persons with disabilities by 2015;
Amendment 256 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises the need to develop the free circulation of content and knowledge and to achieve, by 2015, a simple, consumer-friendly legal framework for accessing digital content in Europe, which would give certainty to consumers and ensure robust solutions that are balanced and attractive for users and rights-holders; urges the EU to accelerate the debate on copyright and to establish an EU copyright title under Article 118 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU by 2013improved, more efficient, and more consistent transparent rights management and clearance system for both musical and audiovisual works which would help all market players to streamline their transaction and management costs; considers that key to this new system is further transparency and competition between collecting rights management organisations (CRMOs) helping drive a Digital Single Market forward; points out that an EU copyright title under Article 118 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU by 2013 may also contribute to creating a single market for copyrights and related rights, both online and offline;
Amendment 273 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines that global leadership in ICT development is crucial for the prosperity and competitiveness of the European Union;
Amendment 183 #
2009/0144(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The Authority shall act within the scope of Directive 97/9/EC, Directive 98/26/EC, Directive 2001/34/EC, Directive 2002/47/EC, Directive 2002/87/EC, Directive 2003/6/EC, Directive 2003/71/EC, Directive 2004/25/EC, Directive 2004/39/EC, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive 2005/60/EC, Directive 2009/65/EC, Directive 2002/65/EC, Directive 2006/49/EC (without prejudice to the competence of the European Banking Authority in terms of prudential supervision), Directive … [future AIFM Directive], and Regulation … [future CRA Regulation], including all directives, regulations, and decisions based on these acts, and of any further CommunityUnion act which confers tasks on the Authority.
Amendment 232 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) By securing that national deposit schemes and funds are established and designed in a sufficient way, the Authority shall be responsible to ensure that all institutions with an European dimension will contribute to the stability of the single financial market.
Amendment 340 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) ensure that national authorities have the necessary information pertaining to financial institutions, and take part of this information when concerning institutions with a European dimension;
Amendment 343 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(fb) analyse and follow whether there are products or types of transactions on the single financial market that are threatening the whole or part of the financial system;
Amendment 506 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Supervision of financial institutions with an EU dimension 1. National authorities shall exert prudential supervision of financial institutions with an EU dimension by acting as the agent of and following the instructions given by the Authority, in order to guarantee that the same supervisory rules are applied across the European Union. 2. The Authority shall submit its draft supervisory rules to the Commission and, simultaneously, to the European Parliament and the Council. The Commission shall endorse the draft supervisory rules following the procedure set out in Article 7 or 8. 3. A decision taken by the Board of Supervisors in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 29(1) shall identify the significant financial institutions with EU dimension. The criteria for identifying such financial institutions shall take into account the criteria established by the FSB, the IMF and the BIS. 4. The Authority, in collaboration with the European Systemic Risk Board, shall develop an information template for significant institutions in order to ensure a sound management of their systemic risk. 5. In order to protect the interests of depositors and to safeguard the stability of the financial markets the Authority shall ensure that financial institutions with an EU dimension can fulfil their commitments in the member states they are operating in. Therefore the Authority shall secure that national deposit schemes and funds are established and designed in a way that institutions with a European dimension can meet the commitments they face in the member states they are operating in. The Authority has a responsibility to overlook that member states and their national Authorities by these means are protecting the single financial markets against systemic risks.
Amendment 617 #
2009/0142(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The Authority shall ensure that no decision adopted under Articles 6.3,10 or 11 impinges in any way on the fiscal responsibilities of Member States (other than de minimis amounts).
Amendment 172 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The scope of this Directive should be confined to the management of collective investment undertakings which raise capital from a number of investors with a view to investing it in accordance with a defined investment policy on the principle of risk-spreading for the benefit of those investors. This Directive should not apply to the management of pension funds or managers of non-pooled investments such as endowments, sovereign wealth funds or assets hoeld on own account by credit institutions, insurance or reinsurance undertakings. This Directive should neither apply to actively managed investments in the form of securities, such as certificates, managed futures, or index-linked bonds. It should, however, cover managers of all collective investment undertakings which are not required to be authorised as UCITS. Investment firms authorised under Directive 2004/39/EC on Markets in Financial Instruments should not be required to obtain an authorisation under this Directive in order to provide investment services in respect of AIF. Investment firms can however only provide investment services in respect of AIF, if and to the extent the units or shares thereof can be marketed in accordance with this Directive. This Directive should not apply to industrial holding companies having their shares traded on an EU-regulated market insofar as they hold shares in their subsidiaries or associated companies over which they have a controlling influence for the purpose of carrying out an industrial business strategy.
Amendment 190 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to avoid imposing excessive or disproportionate requirements, this Directive provides for an exemption for AIFM where the cumulative AIF under management fall below a threshold of EUR 1500 million. The activities of the AIFM concerned are unlikely to have significant consequences for financial stability or market efficiency. For AIFM which only manage unleveraged AIF and do not grant investors redemption rights during a period of five years a specific threshold of EUR 51 000 million applies. This specific threshold is justified by the fact that managers of unleveraged funds, specialised in long term investments, are even less likely to cause systemic risks. Furthermore, the five years lock-up of investors eliminates liquidity risks. AIFM which are exempt from this Directive should continue to be subject to any relevant national legislation. They should however be allowed to be treated as AIFM subject to the opt-in procedure foreseen by this Directive.
Amendment 286 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) It is appropriate to allow the AIFM to delegate administrative tasks to an entity established in a third country provided that necessary safeguards are in place. Similarly, a depositary may delegate some of its depositary tasks in respect of AIF domiciled in a third country to a depositary domiciled in that third country, provided that the legislation of that third country ensures a level of protection of investor interests which is equivalent to that in the CommunityUnion. Under certain conditions, it should also be possible for the AIFM to appoint an independent valuator established in a third country.
Amendment 347 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) AIFM which either directly or indirectly through a company with which the AIFM is linked by common management or control, or by a substantive direct or indirect holding, manage portfolios of AIF whosemanage AIF whose total assets under management, including any assets acquired through use of leverage, in total do not exceed a threshold of 1EUR 500 million Euro or 500 millions euros when the portfolio of AIF consists ofor EUR 1 billion when the AIF consists of holdings that (a) are not leveraged; and (b) do not have redemption rights exercisable during a period of 5 years following the date of constitution of the AIF. For the purposes of calculating such thresholds: (i) AIF managed by the AIFM or the management of which is delegated by the AIFM to an undertaking in the same group as the AIFM shall be aggregated; (ii) in relation to AIF that (a) are not leveraged; and with no(b) do not have redemption rights exercisable during a period of 5 years following the date of constitution of eachthe AIF, the thresholds shall be applied to the investors’ net capital interest in the AIF;.
Amendment 385 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g k (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g k (new)
(gk) industrial holding companies having their shares traded on an EU regulated market insofar as they hold shares in their subsidiaries or associated companies over which they have a controlling influence for the purpose of carrying out an industrial business strategy.
Amendment 457 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point c
Article 3 – point c
(c) ‘Valuator’ means any legal or natural person or companyperson authorised and supervised by a competent authority, including the AIFM, valuing the assets or establishing the value of the shares or units of an AIF;
Amendment 469 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point e
Article 3 – point e
(e) ‘Marketing’ means any general offering or placement at the initiative of the AIF or AIFM of units or shares in an AIF to or with investors domiciled in the Community, regardless of at whose initiative the offer or placement takes placeUnion;
Amendment 501 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point o g (new)
Article 3 – point o g (new)
(og) ‘safe-keeping’ means holding financial instruments in custody or through position-keeping on behalf of the AIF.
Amendment 503 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point o h (new)
Article 3 – point o h (new)
(oh) ‘industrial holding company’ means a company with controlling shareholdings in one or more other companies the business purpose of which is to carry out an industrial business strategy through its subsidiaries or associated companies and which is not established for the main purpose of generating returns for its investors by means of divestment of its subsidiaries or associated companies within a planned timeframe;
Amendment 505 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point o j (new)
Article 3 – point o j (new)
(oj) ‘controlling influence’ means any direct or indirect holding which represents 20% or more of the voting rights of a company.
Amendment 515 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Entities which are neither authorised in accordance with this Directive nor, in case of AIFM not covered by this Directive, in accordance with the national law of a Member State, shall not be allowed to provide management services to AIF or market units or shares thereof within the CommunityUnion, except as expressly provided by this Directive.
Amendment 527 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. A management or investment company pursuant to Directive 2009/65/EC shall be deemed as authorised also for the purpose of this Directive, and shall be allowed to manage nationally regulated collective investment undertakings not covered by Directive 2009/65/EC. When managing AIF, a management or investment company pursuant to Directive 2009/65/EC shall comply with the provisions of this Directive.
Amendment 674 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. AIFM shall have own funds of at least EUR 1275 000.
Amendment 676 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Where the value of the portfolios of AIF managed by the AIFM exceeds EUR 2150 million, the AIFM shall provide an additional amount of own funds; that additional amount of own funds shall be equal to 0.02 equal to at least 0,01 % of the amount by which the value of the portfolios of the AIFM exceeds EUR 2150 million.
Amendment 694 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, an AIFM which is already authorised under Directive 2004/39/EC and/or subject to capital requirements under Directive 2006/49/EC or Directive 85/611/EEC shall not be required to meet additional requirements under this Directive.
Amendment 704 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. An AIFM shall ensure that, for each AIF that it manages, aproper valuator is appointed which is independent of the AIFM to establish the value of assets acquired byions of the AIF’s assets are performed on an appropriate, timely and consistent basis so that the value of the shares or units of the AIF cand the value of the shares and units of the AIF be readily assessed by investors and other interested parties.
Amendment 718 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 736 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The AIFM is responsible for the proper valuation of AIF assets as well as for the calculation of the net asset value of the AIF. This responsibility shall not be affected by the delegation of such functions to a third party.
Amendment 792 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For each AIF it manages, the AIFM shall ensure that a single depositary is appointed to fulfill, where relevant, the following taskfunctions:
Amendment 800 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) receive all payments made by investors when subscribing holds in deposit cash accounits or shares of an AIF managpened byin the AIFM and book them on behalf of the AIFM in a segregated accountbooks of the depositary;
Amendment 804 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) safe-keep any financial instruments which belong to the AIF, namely: (i) holding in custody all financial instruments that can be credited into securities accounts. For this purpose, the depositary appointed by the AIFM shall ensure the segregation of assets through the opening of separate accounts in its books in the name of AIF. Notwithstanding this principle, Member States may allow segregation in so-called ‘omnibus accounts’, provided that each fund’s assets can be clearly identified as belonging to a given AIF at any moment; (ii) maintain the records to verify the ownership of financial instruments that cannot be held in custody based on the information provided by the AIFM, including external evidence of the existence of the transaction;
Amendment 814 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) verify whether the AIF maintain the record the AIFM on behalf of the AIF has obtainedo evidence the ownership of all other assets by the AIF invests inbased on information provided by the AIFM or otherwise.
Amendment 817 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – introductory part (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – introductory part (new)
1a. In addition to the functions referred to in paragraph 1 (a) and (b), the depositary shall where relevant verify on an ex post basis that:
Amendment 822 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – point a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – point a (new)
(a) the sale, issue, re-purchase, redemption and cancellation of shares or units effected on behalf of an AIF are carried out in accordance with the applicable national law and the AIF rules;
Amendment 826 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – point b (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – point b (new)
(b) the value of units is calculated in accordance with the applicable national law and the AIF rules;
Amendment 830 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – point c (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – point c (new)
(c) the instructions of the AIFM are carried out, unless they conflict with the applicable national law or the AIF rules;
Amendment 834 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – point d (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – point d (new)
(d) in transactions involving an AIF's assets any consideration is remitted to it within the usual time limits;
Amendment 837 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – point e (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a – point e (new)
(e) the AIF's income is applied in accordance with the applicable national law and the AIF rules.
Amendment 851 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. An AIFM shall not act as depositary of an AIF of which it is the AIFM.
Amendment 856 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 867 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. The depositary shall be either: (a) a credit institution having its registered office in the Community and be authorised in accordance with Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (recast).;
Amendment 872 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) an investment firm authorised in accordance with Directive 2004/39/EC to also provide the ancillary service of safe- keeping and administration of financial instruments for the account of clients in accordance with Section B(1) of Annex I to that Directive, having its registered office in the Union;
Amendment 881 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a e (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a e (new)
Amendment 890 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a j (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a j (new)
(aj) in addition to the provisions in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1, for AIF which have no assets which can be safe- kept in accordance with point (b)(i) of paragraph 1 or which are derivatives, the depositary may be an entity which carries out depositary functions as part of professional or business activities in respect of which it is subject to mandatory professional registration recognised by law or to legal or regulatory provisions or rules of professional conduct and which can provide sufficient financial and professional guarantees to be able to effectively perform the relevant depositary functions and meet the commitments inherent to those functions.
Amendment 916 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Depositaries may delegate their tasks to other depositaries, apart from functions of monitoring and oversight over their sub-custodians. A depositary shall not delegate its functions to the extent that it becomes a letter-box entity.
Amendment 947 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 d (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 d (new)
In the event of loss of financial instruments which the depositary holds in custody as referred to in paragraph 1 (b), the depositary shall return the assets to the AIF without undue delay. The depositary can discharge itself of its own liability if it can prove that it has performed its due diligence duties as referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 955 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 k (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 k (new)
In the event of loss of financial instruments for which it is liable in accordance with subparagraph 2d, where a contract exists that allows for the transfer to a third party selected by the AIFM and re-use of assets by the third party with prior consent from the AIFM, the depositary can discharge itself of its own liability in accordance with the terms of the contract. Investors shall be informed of the existence of the contract. The depositary shall not be liable for any act or omission by (or insolvency of) any Central Securities Depositary (CSD).
Amendment 969 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 c (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 c (new)
The depositary's liability towards AIFM and investors shall not be affected by the fact that it has delegated a part of its tasks to an authorised third party which it has selected.
Amendment 1008 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
No delegation of portfolio management shall be given to the depositary, the valuator, or to any other undertaking whose interests may conflict with those of the AIF or its investorsunless those conflicts can be managed.
Amendment 1062 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a description of the investment strategy and objectives of the AIF, all thethe type of assets which the AIF canmay invest in and of the techniques it may employ and of all associated risks, any applicable investment restrictions, the circumstances in which the AIF may use leverage, the types and sources of leverage permitted and the associated risks and of any restrictions to the use of leverage;
Amendment 1089 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) whenever an investor obtains aa description of any preferential treatment or the right to obtain preferential treatment, the identity of the investor and a description of that preferential treatment;
Amendment 1458 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 4a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Member States may allow an authorised AIFM, which manages an AIF established in a third country, to market shares or units of such AIF to professional investors on their territory.
Amendment 1500 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35
Article 35
Amendment 1515 #
2009/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 a (new)
Article 35 a (new)
Article 35a Third-country AIF Member States shall not prevent professional investors domiciled in a Member State from investing in an AIF domiciled in a third country.
Amendment 17 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the international economy and global markets have been able to deliver an unprecedented and historically unique growth the last 25 years, with a capacity of production that has established prosperity for more people than ever before, a capacity that needs to be readjusted in an economic slowdown followed by decreasing demand,
Amendment 18 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas the main reason for the ongoing downturn of the international and the EU economy now is the lack of confidence and trust on the financial and capital markets, created by the failure of systemic crucial financial institutions, thereby undermining credit markets, hindering capital flow, investments and trade as well as putting downward pressure on prices and values, eroding solidity and capital assets needed for financial institutions to lend and for companies to secure their own financing,
Amendment 19 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas this problem should be the primary and main challenge for EU policy makers in the short-term, in order to get the financial and capital markets back to function, by coordinated actions in the framework of EU legislation regarding competition and State aid, thereby not distorting competition between companies or creating an imbalance in financial market security between the Member States,
Amendment 20 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A c (new)
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the problem of the functioning of financial and capital markets should be solved in order for other targeted actions to be able help the EU economy returning to growth, investments and new jobs,
Amendment 21 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A d (new)
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. whereas the causes of and reasons for the financial crisis were lax monetary policies and politically enforced increased credits for housing as well as macro- economical imbalances mainly between the US and emerging economies, such as China; underlines the need to develop further EU competitiveness and investments in infrastructure and research as well as in new companies and new markets,
Amendment 22 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the unprecedented dimension of the current financial crisis and the depth of the ensuing downturn requires an urgent need to rethink considered overhaul, at European Union and at an international level, of the regulatory and governance framework of financial markets, in order to prevent future problems in the international economy, create problems of the same kind on the financial markets and make the EU economy more robust to changes,
Amendment 30 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the consequences of the financial crisis on the real economy result in exceptional economic circumstances that require exceptimely, targeted and proportional measures and decisions, and whereas public intervention, although inevitable, drives a wedge between the gains of the private sector in the recent past and the losses of the public sector in the present and near future,
Amendment 32 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Member States have the ultimate responsibility and capacity in all sorts of crises for guarantying stability,
Amendment 35 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas short-term actions must fit in with and support the long-term objectives of making the EU the most competitive knowledge economy, not undermining future trust and confidence as well as ensuring macro economical stability,
Amendment 37 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Member States’ different capacities to engage in recovery programmes should be recognised; whereas a sizeable complementary European Union approach with strong focus on multi-supportive policy mix measures in the fields of economic, environment, employment and social policies should beis being developed,
Amendment 40 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas joining the euro has proved to enhance economic stability in the Member States; whereas, however, citizens expect, particularly in a time of economic recession, a strong enforcement of the Treaty provisions on social and regional cohesionresponsible government intervention to counter the economic downturn and offset the social effects, whilst preserving the rules and principles that guarantee a strong and stable single currency,
Amendment 42 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas it is of the utmost importance that confidence is restored in order to allow for an orderly functioning of the financial markets and to dampen the effects on the real economy,
Amendment 45 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. welcomes the Commission'’s prompt initiative to launch a European economic recovery plan (Recovery Plan) as a reaction to the serious ongoing downturn; regrets, however, that the Community dimension of that proposal amounts to only 15 % of the budget for the recovery programmeeconomic downturn;
Amendment 46 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. welcomes the Commission's prompt initiative to launch a European economic recovery plan (Recovery Plan) as a reaction to the serious ongoing downturn; regrets, however, that the Community dimension of that proposal amounts to only 15 % of the budget for the recovery programme;
Amendment 51 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. stresses that the top priority of the Recovery Plan must be to protect citizens of the Union from the effects of the financial crisis, as they are the most strongly affected whether as workers, as members of households, or as entrepreneursenable financial markets to function again and to facilitate investments improving opportunities for growth and jobs, thereby enabling the EU economy to recover and grow and giving citizens the best available opportunities and security through a growing and dynamic economy;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. stresses that the top priority of the Recovery Plan must be to protect citizens of the Union from the effects of the financial crisis, as they are the most strongly affected whether as workers, as members of households, or as entrepreneurscounter the economic decline whilst intensifying its strategy to strengthen the EU economy and labour market and improving the framework conditions for growth and job creation;
Amendment 58 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. insists that all financial aid be timely, targeted, and temporary so that it ceases once the worst of the crisis has been overcome; warns of possible crowding-out effects; urges for a return to sound state finance as soon as possible as foreseen in the revised Stability and Growth Pact in order to avoid putting too much burden on future generations;
Amendment 59 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 63 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. underlines the need to keep actions in the framework of financial stability and competition legislation, exceptions and deviations from the common rules and goals must be turned into normality in clearly defined time perspectives;
Amendment 65 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. stresses that actions aiming for restoring trust and confidence on the financial markets must be taken as the first steps of the Recovery Plan, making other actions relevant and meaningful by a functioning market for financing, housing and investments;
Amendment 66 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. strongly regrets the absence of clear growth and job benchmarks and targets from the Recovery Plan; calls for the European Union to agree on sustainable job creation, the safeguarding of employment, and the prevention of mass unemployment as its most important common goals, which should determine the size and components of the Recovery Plancalls for the European Union to step up its efforts to invest in skills training and sustainable job creation, and the prevention of mass unemployment;
Amendment 67 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. strongly regrets the absence of clear growth and job benchmarks and targets from the Recovery Plan; calls for the European Union to agree on sustainable job creation by investments in infrastructure, the safeguarding of employment by lower taxes and wage costs, and the prevention of mass unemployment as its mostby turning the European economy back to growth as very important common goals, which should help determine the size and components of the Recovery Plan;
Amendment 73 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. strongly calls focalls for assessing whether new horizontal initiatives at European Union level, given that different national capacities and margins of budgetary manoeuvre may generate very asymmetric outcomes across Europe might be necessary;
Amendment 75 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. strongly calls for new horizontal initiatives at European Union level, given that different national capacities and margins of budgetary manoeuvre may generate very asymmetric outcomes across Europe; recalls, however, the responsibility of each Member State to exercise fiscal discipline and structural reforms;
Amendment 80 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. calls onsupports the Commission to give clear guidance on the interpretation of the flexibility clause of the revised Stability and Growth Pact, namely when addressing short-term investment decisions which are compatible with medium-term budgetary targets and conducive to sustainable growth and long-term Lisbon goal´s commitment to the revised Stability and Growth Pact and notes its willingness to use all the flexibility which is foreseen by the pact in order to allow Member States to respond adequately to the economic crisis;
Amendment 82 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. calls on the Commission to give clear guidance on the interpretation of the flexibility clause of the revised Stability and Growth Pact, namely when addressingto assess whether short-term investment decisions which are compatible with medium-term budgetary targets and conducive to sustainable growth and long-term Lisbon goals;
Amendment 83 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. underlines that government intervention in the credit market should be temporary and that the strategy for government retraction must be clear from the outset;
Amendment 84 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. notes with concern the rapid rise of public debt and budget deficits; concerned that public debts may become an excessive burden for future generations;
Amendment 86 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. calls for coordinated action between Member States allowing for general and explicit national bank guarantees covering liabilities, but excluding equity capital, in order to reduce uncertainty in the credit markets and facilitate the functioning of those markets;
Amendment 89 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. welcomes the short-term measures adopted to return confidence to the financial system; recalls that those emergency measures are insufficient to tackle one of the fundamental problems at the source of the crisis, namely excessive risk- taking, leveraging and rewarding short- termism;
Amendment 91 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. warns of possible overregulation of the financial sector which might render innovation in the field of financial products impossible and reduce the attractiveness of EU financial markets, diverting financial flows towards third markets;
Amendment 103 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. recalls the necessity for regulators and appropriate Member States' authorities to scrutinise the banking and bankers' activities over the last months in depth, so asand also to determine whether criminal behaviour might have contributed to the banking meltdown;
Amendment 107 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. insists on the need for conditionality to be attached to the banking sector rescue plans in terms of dividend distribution, remuneration policy, provision of credit, lending conditions and protection of social policy terms;
Amendment 111 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. underlines the importance of ensuring that central interest rate cuts are passed on to borrowers;
Amendment 123 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. encourages the Commission urgently to put forward relevant proposals to tackle the issue of cross-border flows following the case ofand the Member States urgently to tackle the problem of banking guarantees, in order to ensure that similarly designed schemes would prevent banks to fail across the EU, thus allowing interbank lending to revive, a revival that is a necessary condition for putting an end to the banking crisis and allowing for new credit to be given to the real economy, increasing investment and consumption and so leading the way out of the economic crisis; considers that sound interbank lending would also help stem the massive repatriation of funds from central Europe by western banks, which added to the economic and financial difficulties of those countries;
Amendment 126 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. strongly urges an increase in the effectiveness of financial supervision at Member State and EU level; suggests that the de Larosière Group to take on board the recommendations put forward in Parliament's previous resolutions, relating to financial market supervision; urges the Commission to endorse its contributions to create a stable and efficient structure of regulation and supervision, which may prevent or limit the adverse impacts of future crises; would support a greater role of the ECB in financial supervision such as provided for by Article 105(5) of the Treaty;
Amendment 130 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. reaffirms that more transparency and better risk-management provide most of the solutions to further crisis-prevention and that the regulatory reform must be all- encompassing, applying to all actors and transactions in the financial markets; underlines that regulatory initiatives must cover executive remuneration, transparency, leverage, capital requirements and securitisation; reminds the Commission of its obligation to respond to Parliament's requests on the regulation of hedge funds and private equity;
Amendment 132 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. reaffirms that more transparency and better risk-management as well as coordinated supervision provide most of the solutions to further crisis-prevention and that the regulatory reform must be all- encompassing, applying to all actors and transactions in the financial markets; underlines that regulatory initiatives must cover executive remuneration, transparency, leverage, capital requirements and securitisationpoints to the fact that the global nature of financial markets necessitates an international coordination of reforms; underlines that regulatory initiatives must aim at creating transparency, sustainability, stability and responsibility in the market; reminds the Commission of its obligation to respond to Parliament's requests on the regulation of hedge funds and private equity;
Amendment 136 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. strongly recommends that sufficient, affordable and reasonably secure access to credit is urgently guaranteed across the European Union to SMEs, citizens and to those sectors in which a sustainable future is endangered due to the crisislack of credit; calls on the Commission to ensure exchanges of best practices in this respect;
Amendment 139 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. asks Member States to consider the possibility of reducing labour taxation in lower incomes in order to increase the purchasing power and stimulate demand for retail products;
Amendment 143 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. calls for a true European Pact for Employment; supports the Commission'’s initiative to put forwardadvance European Social Fund spendingpayments, to promote the development and matching of skills;
Amendment 144 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. calls for a true European Pact for Employment; supports the Commission's initiative to put forward European Social Fund spending, to promote the development and matching of skills;
Amendment 148 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. underlines the need to guarantee minimum living standards for all citizens of the Union and calls for adequate emergency measures to be taken; calls for social policies to be adapted to cope with the recession, supporting active labour market policies, living conditions (in particular in the housing market and access to quality public services) and paying special attention to the most vulnerable members of society;
Amendment 153 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. calls on the Commission urgently to assess the recession risks affecting industrial sectors across Europe in order pro-actively to intervene at European Union level, if needed;
Amendment 154 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. calls on the Commission urgently to assess the recession risks affecting industrial sectors across Europe in order to pro-actively to intervene at European Union level, if neededlevel if needed; stresses however, that some of the woes of EU industries may have been exacerbated, but certainly not caused by the financial crisis; is of the view, therefore, that State aid measures should be carefully targeted so as to not go beyond offsetting the effects of the financial crisis, and they must be accompanied by the strictest conditions of restructuring, investment in innovation and sustainability;
Amendment 157 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. warns against the undue loosening of the EU competition rules, as this might weaken the internal market; is concerned that national responses to the economic downturn may lead to protectionism and distortion of competition, which, in the long term, would seriously undermine the economic prosperity of the citizens of the Union;
Amendment 161 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 162 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 164 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. welcomes all the Commission proposals that simplify and accelerate access to the available cohesion instruments, and speed up project implementation, namely through anticipating funds, temporarily increasing community support rates, and improving technical assistance and accelerating payment procedures;
Amendment 169 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. calls on the development offor refining the recovery instruments and policies both at European Union and at Member State level, capable of boosting demand and confidence across the European Union, in accordance with a common set of priorities within the Lisbon strategy, such as: investing in education, skills and lifelong learning, energy efficiency and green technologies, broadband networks, urban transport, creative industries and services, health services, and services for children and older people;
Amendment 174 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. asks the Commission when presenting the list of specific projects applying for EU budget financing, and as requested by the 2008 European Council on 12 December, to take into account the need to increase the competitiveness of the EU economy with a long-term perspective, advancing infrastructure projects already decided and planned;
Amendment 180 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. stresses the need to reduce the bureaucratic burden on investment projects co-financed by private companies; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures that accelerate and facilitate investments;
Amendment 183 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. calls for adequate detailed criteria and standards to be developed for close monitoring and permanent reregular assessment of the effectiveness of the recovery plans, bearing in mind that the full extent of the crisis cannot yet be totally assessed;
Amendment 185 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 186 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. considerunderlines that the present disinflationary recessive environment renders a broad interpretation of the ECB mandate crucial; underlines that the ECB has a responsibility to ensure supportive monetary policy for recovery in the euro areaECB has a major role in ensuring that its monetary policy is conducive to recovery in the euro area; recalls the independence of the ECB and its mission to ensure price stability;
Amendment 192 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 - indent 2
Paragraph 34 - indent 2
- the establishment of a binding framework for Member States within which consult each other andconsultation and coordination between Member States and with the Commission before takingon major economic policy decisions, based on a common understanding of problems and priorities while accepting some national specificities;
Amendment 202 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. considers that involvement of the European Investment Bank (EIB) is crucial and that a large share of lending referred to in the Recovery Plan is within its competence; welcomes the Member States' agreement on a capital increase for the EIB; recalls that some of the EIB interventions also require support from the EU budget, but that this is not currently provided for in the Recovery Planemphasises the EIB role in refinancing commercial banks, including existing PPP structures;
Amendment 204 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 205 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 211 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 215 #
2008/2334(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. recommends a flexible approach to the European budget spending structure, reinforcing its internal social and cohesion dimensions; strongly supports the mobilisation ofproposes to assess the options for using unspent EU funds tofor priorities identified under a cohesion framework;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to further limit the number of notifications concerning mergers and aquisitions that are irrelevant from a competition perspective;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Underlines that the application of competition rules regarding mergers and aquisitions must be evaluated from the perspective of the whole internal market, not just parts of it;
Amendment 25 #
2008/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Supports the Commission in its endeavours to further develop the European gas and electricity markets, with a crucial element being the separation - 'unbundling' - of the transmission networks on the one hand, and the production and supply activities on the other, with ownership severance being decisive with regard to transmission, whereas functional separation is sufficient as far as local distribution networks are concerned;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes the increasing amount of state aid; calls for further detailed guidelines aiming for less but better targeted state aid;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. CongratulatWelcomes the Commission on its action in reducing telecoms roaming charges; notes, however, that prices are staying just below the regulated price cap; calls for measures supporting pricing competition instead of regulation of retail prices;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the application of the 'Think Small First' principle at Community and national level requires the consistent implementation of the internal market rules and the Services Directive1 and an efficient follow-up by the Commission in order to secure that all obstacles are eliminated in accordance with those rules and calls for a 1 Directive 2006/123/EC of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 36). sector inquiryhorizontal inquiry regarding the conditions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), corresponding to the sectoral enquiries made by the Commission in various business sectors, to be conducted with a view tof facilitating fair and open competition for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) all over Europe;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the establishment of a 'one- stop-shop' for VAT in order to make it possible for entrepreneurs to fulfil their responsibilities in the business country of origin;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for the following in order to facilitate SME participation in public procurement: relevant and proportionate qualification criteria in the specific tender, the division of tenders into smaller lots, and access to tender information in order to enhance the transparency of tender procedures;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Acknowledges that the widespread use of late payments, also from publicly funded bodies, creates a large-scale problem for SMEs since they are vulnerable to variations in cash flow;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Welcomes the ongoing review of Directive 2000/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on combating late payment in commercial transactions1and insists that the SME perspective is taken fully into account, reducing the occurrence and the abuse of late payments would facilitate for SMEs to use the full potential of the internal market to greater effect;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 31 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of progress in bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations which would further reduce regulatory barriers to trade, which effect SMEs disproportionally;
Amendment 35 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the Small Business Act must aim to reduce hindrances for start- ups as well as for self-employed entrepreneurs while at the same time facilitating growth and the emergence of new businesses, providing means and opportunities for innovative processes and competitiveness in European industries;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Deplores Member States' practice of 'gold plating', which is especially harmful for SMEs, and calls upon the Commission to investigate what further measures might be taken to prevent it, including the introduction of a right of direct action for citizens; calls for follow-up impact assessments, analysing how decisions are in fact implemented in Member States and at local level;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission to add indicative timetables to the large number of actions proposed in the Small Business Act, in order to report annually on the achievements made and thereby ensure that progress is properly monitored;
Amendment 56 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the need for EU's different research programmes and technological platforms to be designed in a way that facilitates the participation of SMEs across the borders;
Amendment 64 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that the full potential of e-commerce for SMEs is not yet fully exploited and that there is still much to be done to achieve a Single European Electronic Market for products and services where SMEs could play a leading role for the further integration of the EU markets;
Amendment 75 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Takes the view that for international public procurement, where new technologies allow for cross-border e- commerce, new forms of, for example, combinatorial auctions for SME- consortia and online publication and advertising tenders allow for significant increases of procurement trade not only within the European Union but globally to encourage cross-border e-commerce;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Europe needs more researchers with a capacity to develop frontier research, as they are indispensable for its increased productivity and competitiveness, and contribute to the achievement of the Lisbon strategy goals,
Amendment 3 #
2008/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, in order for Europe to be able to ensure satisfactory development of the research sector, free movement of researchers must be guaranteed; whereas harmonised cooperation in this regard between Member States, as well as among the public and private sectors, is crucial to increasing researcher mobilitytherefore crucial,
Amendment 4 #
2008/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas mobility can helpis of vital importance to enable some Member States to overcome their difficulties in training their own young researchers in areas without a critical mass of doctoral students or adequate research infrastructure,
Amendment 10 #
2008/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 11 #
2008/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that increasing the mobility of researchers and strengthening the resources of those institutions which attract researchers from other Member States will encourage centres of excellence and will also spread that excellence around the European Union.
Amendment 13 #
2008/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that the mobility of researchers in Europe should be given priority in order to ensure that knowledge is diffused and that innovative frontier research in various disciplines attracts dedicated and competent researchers and increased financial resources.
Amendment 15 #
2008/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers that increased mobility should be achieved by strengthening the interests and benefits for research institutions and universities to host researchers from other Member States by means of a “research voucher” scheme. This research voucher should transfer money for researchers and follow those participating in research institutions in Member States other than their own. This added support for mobility of researchers should be additional to current funding schemes with money from Cooperation and Capacity. The research voucher will be an incentive for Member States and for research establishments to compete in attracting the most talented scientists.
Amendment 17 #
2008/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States and public research institutions to improve researchers' careers by promoting reforms to make the researchers' labour market more competitive and less constrained by institutional affiliations; considers that, upon appointment, researchers should be able to obtain recognition of their period of research at the foreign educational establishment;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2213(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the Member States and public research institutions to provide incentives for mobility such as that mobility should be regarded as a strong recommendation upon appointment and such as career advancements for researchers after their return from their stays in other Member States;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the progress already achieved in the framework of GATS, WIPO Internet Treaties, UNCITRAL model law, the related OECD Guidelinesextensive work by the OECD, and the extensive policy framework adopted at the recent OECD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul in 2008, and the WSIS;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that ICTs are now ubiquitous in the economy; and new platforms and networks are being developed and rolled out; recognises the need for open standards and their importance for innovation, competition and effective consumer choice;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the full potential of e-commerce for SMEs is not yet fully exploited and that there is still much to be done to achieve a Single European Electronic Market for products and services where SMEs could play a leading role for the further integration of the European markets;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that in the context of international public procurement, where new technologies allow for cross-border e- commerce, new forms of, for example, combinatorial auctions for SME- consortia and online publication and advertising tenders allow for significant increases of procurement trade not only within the European Union but globally thus encouraging cross-border e- commerce;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Takes the view that much of the future of trade and future export markets for the European Union lie in welfare services such as certain health care services and education which can increasingly be offered over the Internet, and which depend on consistent, clear international trade frameworks and agreements;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the MS to ensure that new digital trade barriers (physical infrastructure, human and legal capacity, non-tariff barriers, such as censorship and restrictions on freedom of information) are anticipated and countered in existing and new commitments; interoperability, interconnectivity and issues related to internet governance should also be addressed in this context;
Amendment 19 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to review the applicability of trade instruments so as to harmonise and open the use of spectrum in order to ensure innovation and competition;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 38 #
2008/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 43 #
2008/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 47 #
2008/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 52 #
2008/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 69 #
2008/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Requests the Commission to submit to Parliament, by 30 November 2008, on the basis of Article 44, Article 47(2), Article 55, Article 95, Article 105(6), Article 202, Article 211 or Article 308 of the EC Treaty, a legislative proposal or proposals on an EU supervisory configuration, credit rating agencies and other relevant issues, following the detailed recommendations below.
Amendment 71 #
2008/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 1 #
2008/2121(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms that the information society is a crucial pillar of the Lisbon Strategy, based on access to knowledge and on the protection of digital content by means of a rigorous and effective system of protection of copyright and related rights and further reaffirms that such protection must promote innovation, respect technology neutrality and take into account the legitimate interests of law-abiding consumers and internet service providers;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2121(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need to achieve legal certainty as regards copyright in the information society and underlines the need for further harmonisation in that area, within the EU as well between the EU and the United States;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2121(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society is a vital component of the Community legislation on the protection of intellectual property in the digital environment, in conformity with the WIPO 'Internet treaties'; further recalls that this legislation has worked well in practice, helping to promote a vibrant community within Europe;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2121(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that information technologies create a need for modern copyright and related rights, and that the protection of these rights must be secured, with a clear division between the public authorities responsible for enforcement and the operators, acting within the applicable legal framework ;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2121(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls the rapid increase of user- created content on the internet and its contribution to creativity; recognises that it is a sector with an ever increasing value; notes that information sharing is a precondition for this and that this must be taken into consideration; recalls, in this context, that while copyright protection stimulates investment and production of content, carefully considered exceptions are equally essential to ensure access to knowledge, creation and innovation, and calls on the Commission to revise Article 5 of Directive 2001/29/EC to provide the level of flexibility needed for copyright exceptions and limitations to allow for the development of innovative services and users' self-expression where this is accurate and uncontroversial;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the need for a special, long- term relationship between the EU and Russia, built on stability, cooperation and good commercial practice, including transparency - particularly with regard to energy, research, environment and quality of life issues;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to secure access to diversified sources of energy supply and to enhance energy security; stresses the importance of EU competition rules as a base for investments and trade; underlines the necessity to use the private sector to secure and maintain the energy supply; calls on the Commission to emphasise in negotiations with Russia the importance of the planned Nabucco gas pipeline for the EU, and the EU's opposition to activities that might jeopardise it;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes that most Member States today are lagging behind other developed countries regarding investment in new generation communication infrastructures, and stresses that achieving leadership in broadband and Internet development is crucial for the competitiveness and cohesion of Europe in the international arena, especially as regards the development of interactive digital platforms and the provision of new services such as e-trade, e-health, e- learning and e-government services;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that technological convergence is a reality, offering traditional services new means and opportunities; emphasises that access to the parts of the spectrum that have previously been reserved for broadcasting is crucial in order to enable the emergence of new serviccan enable the emergence of new services provided that the spectrum is managed as efficiently and effectively as possible in order to avoid interference with the delivery of high-quality digital broadcasting programmes;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Observes that an efficient allocation of the digital dividend may be achieved without hampering any of the players that currently hold spectrum licenses in the UHF band, and that the continuation and expansion of current broadcasting services can be effectively achieved, at the same time securing that new mobile multimedia and broadband wireless access technologies are allocated substantial spectrum resources in the UHF band to bring new interactive services to European citizens;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises the greater efficiency of digital broadcasting, enabling more channels and potentially higher quality to be delivered using less spectrum, allowing enhanced broadcast services while at the same time freeing up spectrum for new services that can bring benefits to citizens and consumers; considers the market is best placed to determine the services and technologies of most benefit to society;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is convinced that new multi-play packages, containing innovative technologies and services, may soon be offered due to increased technological convergence, and at the same time observes that the emergence of these offers crucially depends on the availability of valuable spectrum as well as of new interactive technologies enabling seamless interoperability, connectivity and coverage, such as mobile multimedia technologies and broadband wireless access technologies;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Underlines that the digital dividend provides a unique opportunity for Europe to develop its role as world leader in mobile multimedia technologies and at the same time bridge the digital divide with an increased flow of information, knowledge and services connecting all European citizens with each other and providing new opportunities for media, culture and diversity in all areas of the territory of the European Union;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that Europe must benefit from such a unique opportunity as soon as possible if it wants to achieve world leadership in new interactive digital platforms and realise the 'information society for all', as envisaged in the i2010 strategy, and that such need may require active cooperation between Member States to overcome current obstacles existing at national level in the efficient (re)allocation of the digital dividend;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises the benefits of Member States releasing their digital dividends as quickly as possible in order to enable European citizens and consumers to take advantage of new, innovative and competitive services; notes, in particular, that some countries have already switched to digital broadcasting and/or identified their digital dividend;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is in favour of technology-neutral auctions for the purpose of allocating frequencies that are liberated because of the digital dividend and making those frequencies tradable; warns, however, of spectrum fragmentation which leads to the sub-optimal use of scarce resources; calls on the Commission to ensure that a common approach to the use of spectrum plan will not create new barriers to future innovation;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for close cooperation among Member States to achieve an efficient, open and competitive internal market by identifying common spectrum bands for the development of new pan-European services and for securing sufficient scale for the deployment of new network technologies;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Member States to agree on a common timetable and to release their digital dividends as quickly as possible, allowing European citizens to benefit from the deployment of new, innovative and competitive services;
Amendment 34 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the digital dividend opens up sufficient spectrum for broadcasters to significantly develop and expand their services and at the same time to take into account other potential social, cultural and economic applications, such as new broadband applicationstechnologies and access services, designed to overcome the so- called “digital divide”;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the potential benefits of a coordinated approach to usage of spectrum in the EU in terms of economies of scale, as well as the need to make the best use of the digital dividend in order to avoid fragmentation, which leads to a sub- optimal use of this scarce resource;
Amendment 62 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages Member States to take into account the appropriateness of allowing unlicensed users access to the dividend, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and the not-for-profit sector, under conditions of non-interference with licensed users;
Amendment 83 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Acknowledges the right of Member States to determine the use of the digital dividend, but affirms also that a coordinated approach at Community level greatly enhances the value of the dividend and is the only way to avoid harmful interference between Member States and between Member States and third countries;
Amendment 97 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. In order to achieve a more efficient use of spectrum and to facilitate the emergence of innovative and successful national, cross-border and pan-European services, supports the coordination approach of the Commission, based on three different clusters of the UHF spectrum for unidirectional and bi-directional services respectively, taking into account the potential for radio interference arising from the co-existence of different types of networks in the same band and the existing authorisations;
Amendment 108 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission to undertake, in cooperation with the Member States, the appropriate technical and socio-economic studies to determine the size and characteristics of the sub-bands that could be coordinated or harmonisedfor a common approach at Community level;
Amendment 119 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to submit, as soon as these studies have been completed and having consulted both the Radio Spectrum Policy Group and the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations and taking due account of national specificities, a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council for the adoption of non-binding measures to reservharmonise and coordinate at EU level common sub-bands of the digital dividend;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the Commission's aim to improve the quality of legislation and to reduce the legislative burden, including abolishing unnecessary EU legislation that hampers growth and inhibits innovation, stresses that even greater efforts are required in a number of areas to ensure that the maximum economic benefit is derived from internal market legislation;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for cost-benefit analyses that reflect the regulatory cost structures when directives are implemented by way of national legislation and change the regulatory framework within which companies and individuals operate;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores Member States' practice of 'gold plating' and urgescalls upon the Commission to prevent that practice effectivelyinvestigate what further measures might be taken to prevent it, including the introduction of a right of direct action for citizens; calls for 'follow- up impact assessments' analysing how decisions are in fact implemented in Member States and at local level; supports the increasingly appropriate use of regulations;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Commission to investigate alternatives to legislation that could improve the functioning of the internal market and ensure regulatory and supervisory convergence, including self regulation and the mutual recognition of national rules, the implementation of best practices and exchanges of information between Member States.
Amendment 10 #
2008/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls upon the Commission to present its achievements annually as regards reducing the administrative burden by 25% by 2012, as well as further efforts to achieve this agreed goal;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls the importance of the judicious use of 'sunset clauses' in ensuring that legislation remains pertinent;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Underlines that further efforts on simplification are also required in the Commission's interaction with citizens e.g. in the areas of procurement, financial services, research programmes, State aid rules and grant applications.
Amendment 1 #
2008/2004(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes that services, in particular financial services, affect many fields of competence and underlines that the focus of this Resolution is on trade in services, i.e. achieving market access by the voluntary opening of markets through the request and offer method of negotiations; suggests that areas such as financial supervision, regulation and other issues dealing with different aspects of financial services should be dealt with in the appropriate forum;
Amendment 62 #
2008/0224(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 3
Annex – point 3
Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC)
Chapter 3 – Article 128 – paragraph 2 – point f
Chapter 3 – Article 128 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) has completed: (i) a level of post-secondary education attested by a diploma, or (ii) a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to post- secondary education, and appropriate professional experience of at least three years, or (iii) where justified in the interest of the service, professional training or professionolitical experience of an equivale relevant level.
Amendment 50 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Recital 15
Recital 15
- 1. Recital 15 is replaced by the following: "Parents are entitled to parental leave, to be divided between them in accordance with national legislation or practice."
Amendment 77 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 1
Article 1 - point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory leave of at least six weeks after childbirth. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Armay be divided between parents in accordance with national legislation or practicle 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non-compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirthand in accordance with parents' mutual responsibility and free choice.
Amendment 147 #
2008/0191(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 27
Article 1 – point 27
Directive 2006/48/EC
Article 122a – paragraph 1 – after point b
Article 122a – paragraph 1 – after point b
have issued an explicit commitmentexplicitly disclosed to the credit institution to mainhat it will retain, on an ongoing basis, a material net economic interest andwhich, in any event, shall be not less than 5 per cent% in positions having the same risk profile as the one that the credit institution is exposed to.
Amendment 235 #
2008/0191(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 27
Article 1 – point 27
Directive 2006/48/EC
Article 122a – paragraph 10 – second sentence
Article 122a – paragraph 10 – second sentence
Amendment 238 #
2008/0191(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 27
Article 1 – point 27
Directive 2006/48/EC
Article 122a – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 122a – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
If the Commission’s report concludes that Article 122a is no longer appropriate, it shall present, to the European Parliament and the Council, a proposal to amend it.
Amendment 22 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
Amendment 23 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) This Regulation should ensure that there is no distortion or restriction of competition between undertakings providing Community-wide roaming services.
Amendment 45 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Moreover, the persistence of high wholesale charges for data roaming services is primarily attributable to high wholesale prices charged by operators of non-preferred networks. Such charges are caused by traffic steering limitations which leave operators with no incentive to reduce their standard wholesale prices unilaterally since the traffic will be received irrespective of the price charged. This results in an extreme variation in wholesale costs. In some cases the wholesale data roaming prices applicable to non-preferred networks are thirty times higher than those applied to the preferred network. These excessively high wholesale charges for data roaming services lead to appreciable distortions of competitive conditions between mobile operators within the Community which undermine the smooth functioning of the internal market. They also constrain the ability of home providers to predict their wholesale costs and therefore to provide their customers with transparent and competitive retail pricing packages. In view of the limitations on the ability of national regulatory authorities to tackle these problems effectively at national level, a wholesale price limit on data roaming services should apply. The wholesale price limit should be set at a safeguard level well above the lowest wholesale prices currently available in the market, to enhance competitive conditions and permit the better functioning of the internal market for the benefit of consumers.
Amendment 51 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
(40a) The Commission should, in consultation with the ERG, investigate further and assess whether the competitive structure of the mobile market is leading to uncompetitive roaming prices, and should within the framework of Community competition law propose, and if appropriate, introduce any necessary measures to address prevailing competition problems. As part of the review, the Commission should report on its assessment and on the proposed measures to address structural problems in mobile markets.
Amendment 63 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
3a. The following Article 2a shall be inserted: "Article 2a Transparency and reciprocity of wholesale charges 1. Undertakings providing Community- wide roaming services, including voice, SMS and data services, shall, without undue delay, make public the wholesale charges levied on any other provider. 2. The average wholesale charge that the operator of a visited network may levy from the operator of a roaming customer's home network shall not exceed the average wholesale charge levied from the operator of the roaming customer's home network to the operator of the visited network for the provision of roaming services. 3. National regulatory authorities shall ensure that that the average wholesale charge levied by any operator allows the operator a reasonable rate of return and does not aim at distorting the market."
Amendment 67 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. This average wholesale charge shall apply between any pair of operators and shall be calculated over a twelve month period or any such shorter period as may remain before the end of the period of application of a maximum average wholesale charge as provided for in this paragraph or the expiry of this Regulation. The maximum average wholesale charge shall decrease to EUR 0.28 and EUR 0.26, on 30 August 2008 and on 1 July 2009 respectively and shall further decrease to EUR 0.23, EUR 0.20 and EUR 0.17 on 1 July 2010, on 1 July 2011 and on 1 July 2012 respectively.
Amendment 77 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Eurotariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for the provision of a regulated roaming call may vary for any roaming call but shall not exceed EUR 0.49 per minute for any call made or EUR 0.24 per minute for any call received. The price ceiling for calls made shall decrease to EUR 0.46 and EUR 0.43, and for calls received to EUR 0.22 and EUR 0.19, on 30 August 2008 and on 1 July 2009 respectively. The price ceiling for calls made shall further decrease to EUR 0.40, EUR 0.37, and EUR 0.34 and for calls received to EUR 0.16, EUR 0.13 and EUR 0.10, on 1 July 2010, on 1 July 2011 and on 1 July 2012 respectively.
Amendment 158 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 4
Article 6a – paragraph 4
Amendment 180 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall review the functioning of this Regulation and report to the European Parliament and the Council no later than 31 December0 June 20110. The Commission shall evaluate in particular whether the objectives of this Regulation have been achieved. In its reportso doing, the Commission shall review, inter alia: – the degree of competition including the availability of services or products which are a substitute for, or alternative to, roaming; – the developments in wholesale and retail charges for the provision to roaming customers of voice and data communication services, including SMS and MMS, and shall, if appropriate, include recommendations regarding the need further to regulate thesethe corresponding developments in mobile communication services at national level; – the extent to which consumers have benefited through reductions in the price of roaming services or in other ways from reductions in the costs of the provision of roaming services.; For this purpose the Commission may use the information supplied pursuant to Article 7(3).
Amendment 188 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 16
Article 1 – point 16
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 13 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – subparagraph 2
16. In Article 13 "2010" is replaced by "20131".
Amendment 53 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to the provisions of this Directive, in particular Articles 7, 8 and 9, the Member State of affiliation shall ensure that insured persons travelling to another Member State with the purpose of receiving healthcare there or seeking to receive healthcare provided in another Member State, will not be prevented from receiving healthcare provided in another Member State where the treatment in question is among the benefits provided for by the legislation of the Member State of affiliation to which the insured person is entitled. The Member State of affiliation shall reimburse the costs to the insured person, which would have been paid for by its statutory social securitypublic system had the same or similar healthcare been provided in its territory. In any event, it is for the Member State of affiliation to determPatients shall be entitled to reimbursement for methods of treatment, even where those methods are not reimbursed ine the healthcareir own Member State, provided that this paid for regardless of where it is provided. is the case in the host Member State and that the method is recognised by international medical science;
Amendment 56 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The costs of healthcare provided in another Member State shall be reimbursed by the Member State of affiliation in accordance with the provisions of this Directive up to the level of costs that would have been assumed had the same or similar healthcare been providedin respect of the same medical condition in the Member State of affiliation, without exceeding the actual costs of healthcare received.
Amendment 58 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State of affiliation may impose on a patient seeking healthcare provided in another Member State, the same conditions, criteria of eligibility and regulatory and administrative formalities for receiving healthcare and reimbursement of healthcare costs as it would impose if the same or similar healthcare was provided in its territory, in so far as they are neither discriminatory nor an obstacle to freedom of movement of persons, goods or services.
Amendment 59 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall have a mechanism for calculation of costs that are to be reimbursed to the insured person by the statutory social securitypublic system for healthcare provided in another Member State. This mechanism shall be based on objective, non-discriminatory criteria known in advance and the costs reimbursed according to this mechanism shall be not less than what would have been assumed had the same or similar healthcare been provided in the territory of the Member State of affiliation.
Amendment 65 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of reimbursement of healthcare provided in another Member State in accordance with this Directive, hospital care shall mean: (a)- healthcare which requires overnight accommodation of the patient in question for at least one night. (b) healthcare, included in a specific list, that does not require overnight accommodation of the patient for at least one night. This list shall be limited to: - healthcare that requires use of highly specialised andthat is highly specialised and/or requires use of cost-intensive medical infrastructure or medical equipment; or - healthcare involving treatments presenting a particular risk for the patient or the population.
Amendment 71 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. This list shall be set up and may be regularly updated by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 19(3)e Member State of affiliation shall compile a list of types of care which fulfil the criteria for hospital care under paragraph 1 and shall communicate that list to the Commission.
Amendment 95 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16
Article 16
Amendment 96 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 49 #
2008/0082(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 3 – subpoint a
Article 2 – point 3 – subpoint a
Directive 2002/47/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1a (new)
(a) In pParagraph 1, the following subparagraph is added: “W shall be replaced by the following: “1. Without prejudice to Article 1(5), when credit claims are provided as financial collateral, Member States shall not require that their creation, validity or admissibility in evidence of their provision as financial collateral under a financial collateral arrangement, perfection, priority, enforceability or admissibility in evidence between the parties be dependent on the performance of any formal act such as the registration or the notification of the debtor of the credit claim provided as collateral. Member States may, however, require the performance of a formal act, such as registration or notification, for purposes of perfection, priority or enforceability against the debtor and/or third parties.”
Amendment 118 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
Amendment 168 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To ensure that the overall targets are achieved, Member States should work towards a an indicative trajectory tracing a path towards the achievement of their targets, and should establish a national action plan including sectoral targets, while having in mind that there are different uses of biomass and therefore it is essential to mobilise new biomass re. Because environmental and climate issues are closely linked, the Member States should be given incentives to support environmentally-friendly energy production which does not contribute to increased greenhouse gas emissions. In order to come closer to resolving climate problems, it is important to stress that climate-neutral energy sources should not be given less favourable treatment for tax purposes than other energy sources.
Amendment 170 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Underlines that the incentives used to increase the use of renewable energy sources should be CO2 related taxation and not state subsidies. The starting point must be that renewable energy sources compete on equal terms, in order for them to develop in the most competitive way. It is the responsibility of the European Commission to ensure that state aid rules are respected.
Amendment 216 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) To create opportunities for reducing the cost of achieving the targets laid down in this Directive, it is appropriate both to facilitate the consumption in Member States of energy produced from renewable sources in other Member States, and also to enable Member States to count electricity, heating and cooling consumed in other Member States towards their own national targets. For this reason, harmonised provisions for the design and transfer of guarantees of origin in these sectors should be adopted. Transfer of guarantees of origin should be permissible for both governments and companies.
Amendment 336 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point a
Article 2 – point a
(a) “energy from renewable sources” means renewable non-fossil energy sources: wind, solar, ambient air, geothermal, wave, tidal, osmotic, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases;
Amendment 346 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point b
Article 2 – point b
(b) “biomass” means the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from agriculture (including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and related industries, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal wastelogical material which is not completely decomposed or petrified;
Amendment 362 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point d
Article 2 – point d
(d) “district heating or cooling” means the distribution of thermal energy in the form of steam, hot water or chilled liquids, from a central source of production through a network to multiple buildings, for the use of space or process heating or cooling or for the heating of water;
Amendment 413 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If a Member State decides to reduce its production capacity of an energy type which does not contribute to CO2 emissions, its target for energy generation from renewable sources shall be increased by an equivalent amount.
Amendment 434 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The national action plans shall also set out how Member States intend to achieve the targets for renewable energy production. The aim is to avoid a situation where a Member State which has decided to reduce the capacity of energy production which does not contribute towards higher CO2 emissions offsets that reduction by importing power produced abroad. This ensures that a situation is avoided in which the phasing-out of CO2- reducing sources of production results in the elimination of the gains made in the fight against carbon dioxide emissions.
Amendment 490 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the origin of electricity produced from renewable energy sources, and of heating or cooling produced from renewable energy sources in plants with a capacity of at least 51 MWth, can be guaranteed as such within the meaning of this Directive.
Amendment 496 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. A guarantee of origin shall have two components: (a) A target component, which enables to count a quantity of renewable energy towards a Member State’s renewable energy target; and, (b) A fuel-mix disclosure component, which enables energy producers to demonstrate that the energy they sell is produced from renewable sources and serve to disclose the fuel mix of the supplied energy. Those two components may be subject to separate transactions.
Amendment 541 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. AThe target component of the guarantee of origin, corresponding to the unit of energy in question, shall be submitted for cancellation to a competent body designated in accordance with Article 7 when:
Amendment 544 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the production of a unit of electricity from renewable energy sources, or the production of a unit of heating or cooling from renewable energy sources in a plant with a capacity of at least 5 MWth,nergy from renewable energy sources receives support in the form of feed-in tariff payments, premium payments, tax reductions or payments resulting from calls for tenders, in which case the guarantee shall be submitted to the competent body designated by the Member State that established the system of support;
Amendment 548 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a unit of electricity produced from renewable energy sources, or a unit of heating or cooling produced from renewable energy sources in a plant with a capacity of at least 5 MWth,nergy produced from renewable energy sources is taken into account for the purposes of assessing an entity’s compliance with a renewable energy obligation, in which case the guarantee of origin shall be submitted to the competent body designated by the Member State that established the obligation; or
Amendment 551 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 552 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) The production certification/fuel mix disclosure component of a guarantee of origin corresponding to the unit of energy in question shall be submitted for cancellation to a competent body designated in accordance with Article 7 when an energy supplier or energy consumer chooses to use a guarantee of origin for the purpose of proving the share or quantity of renewable energy in its energy mix; in that case, the guarantee of origin shall be submitted to the competent body designated by the Member State in which the energy referred to by the energy mix in question is consumed. The two components of the guarantee of origin can be cancelled independently of each other and the cancellation of the target counting component has no incidence on the other component which can still be transferred separately.
Amendment 556 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 566 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Guarantees of origin shall not be submitted to a competent body for cancellation more than 12 years after their date of issue.
Amendment 599 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Subject to the provisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 2, guarantees of origin may be transferred between persons in different Member States provided they have been issued in relation to energy produced from renewable sources by installations that became operational after the date of entry into force of this Directive or if they have been issued for a unit of energy produced from biomass.
Amendment 625 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Article 11
For the purpose of Article 5(9), Article 6(2), Article 8(2) and Article 9(3) units of renewable energy imputable to an increase in the renewable capacity of an installation shall be treated as if they were produced by a separate installation becoming operational at the moment at which the increase of capacity occurred.
Amendment 747 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory guarantee the transmission and distribution of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. They shallmay also provide for priority access to the grid system of electricity produced from either renewable or other CO2 neutral energy sources. When dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators shallmay give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources insofar as the security of the national electricity system permits.
Amendment 816 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) forest undisturbed by significant human activity, that is to say, forest where there has been no known significant human intervention or where the last significant human intervention was sufficiently long ago to have allowed the natural species composition and processes to have become re-establish/other wooded land of native species, where there are no clearly visible indications of human activities and the ecological processes are not significantly disturbed;
Amendment 869 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall report on requirements for a sustainability scheme for energy uses of biomass, other than biofuels and other bioliquids, by 31 December 2010 at the latest. The report shall take into account the existing regulations and standards and principles on sustainable forestry and the ongoing work to develop standards in this area. The report shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals for a sustainability scheme for other energy uses of biomass, to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 1017 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
(da) the implementation of markets for guarantees of origin, including the systems of prior authorisations.
Amendment 1019 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d b (new)
(db) the need for a harmonised European incentive mechanism for renewable energy sources.
Amendment 40 #
2008/0014(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9a (new)
Recital 9a (new)
(9a) As a means to level out the differences in abatement cost facing different Member States by allowing for increased geographical flexibility, and at the same time enhancing the overall cost- efficiency of the total commitment of the Community, Members States should be able to transfer part of its allowed greenhouse gas emissions entitlement to another Member State. Such transfers would be regulated through a bilateral agreement and transparency would be ensured by way of a notification to the Commission and the registration of such a transfer in the registries of both Members States involved.
Amendment 78 #
2008/0014(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3a (new)
Article 3a (new)
3a. Each Member State may transfer part of its greenhouse gas emissions entitlement permitted under Article 3 paragraph 1 and 2 to another Member State. The acquiring Member State may use the emissions entitlement to implement its obligations under Article 3.
Amendment 44 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Given the considerable efforts of combating climate change and of adapting to its inevitable effects, it is appropriate that at least 20% of the proceeds from the auctioning of allowances should be used by the Member States based upon their own priorities but in the perspective of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to adapt to the impacts of climate change, to fund research and development for reducing emissions and adaptation, to develop renewable energies to meet the EU’s commitment to using 20% renewable energies by 2020, to meet the commitment of the Community to increase energy efficiency by 20% by 2020, for the capture and geological storage of greenhouse gases, to contribute to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund , for measures to avoid deforestation and facilitate adaptation in developing countries, and for addressing social aspects such as possible increases in electricity prices in lower and middle income households. This proportion is significantly below the expected net revenues for public authorities from auctioning, taking into account potentially reduced income from corporate taxes. In addition, proceeds from auctioning of allowances should be used to cover administrative expenses of the management of the Community scheme. Provisions should be included on monitoring the use of funds from auctioning for these purposes. Such notification does not release Member States from the obligation laid down in Article 88(3) of the Treaty, to notify certain national measures. The Directive does not prejudice the outcome of any future State aid procedures that may be undertaken in accordance with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty.
Amendment 47 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Consequently, full auctioning should be the rule from 2013 onwards for the power sector, taking into account their ability to pass on the increased cost of CO2, and no free allocation should be given for carbon capture and storage as the incentive for this arises from allowances not being required to be surrendered in respect of emissions which are stored. Electricity generators may receive free allowances for heat produced through high efficiency cogeneration as defined by Directive 2004/8/EC in the event that such heat produced by installations in other sectors were to be given free allocations, in order to avoid distortions of competition. The implementation of free and open competition in energy markets across the borders is crucial for the well being of consumers, especially for socially vulnerable groups and of strategic importance for the most efficient use of all energy sources.
Amendment 51 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Transitional free allocation to installations should be provided for through harmonised Community-wide rules ("benchmarks") in order to minimise distortions of competition with the Community. These rules should take account of the most greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques, substitutes, alternative production processes, use of biomass, renewables and greenhouse gas capture and storage. Any such rules should not give incentives to increase emissions and ensure that an increasing proportion of these allowances is auctioned. Allocations must be fixed prior to the trading period so as to enable the market to function properly. They shall also avoid undue distortions of competition on the markets for electricity and heat supplied to industrial installations. These rules should apply to new entrants carrying out the same activities as existing installations receiving transitional free allocations. To avoid any distortion of competition within the internal market, no free allocation should be made in respect of the production of electricity by new entrants, with the exception of electricity produced from waste house gases from industrial production processes. Allowances which remain in the set aside for new entrants in 2020 should be auctioned.
Amendment 76 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 and 3 a (new)
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 and 3 a (new)
The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall, to the extent feasible, ensure that allocation takes place in a manner that gives incentives for greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques and for reductions in emissions, by taking account of the most efficient techniques, substitutes, alternative production processes, use of biomass and greenhouse gas capture and storage, and shall not give incentives to increase emissions. No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production, with the exception of electricity produced from waste gases from industrial production processes. Where a waste gas from a production process is used as a fuel, allowances shall be allocated to the operator of the installation generating the waste gas with the same allocation principles as applied for this installation.
Amendment 83 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 and 3 a (new)
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 and 3 a (new)
No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production by new entrants, with the exception of electricity produced from waste gases from industrial production processes. Where a waste gas from a production process is used as a fuel, allowances shall be allocated to the operator of the installation generating the waste gas with the same allocation principles as applied for this installation.
Amendment 8 #
2007/2287(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the provision of financial services to private clients and small businesses will remain to a large extent a local business, in view of linguistic and cultural factors and the need for personal contact.; considers, with that in mind, that the development of Internet services changes the prospects for Europe’s financial markets and presents an opportunity to take the lead in the development of consumer services;
Amendment 12 #
2007/2287(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that a single market in financial services for consumers and small businesses can be created only by measures that provide a secure environment both for the demand and the supply side.; considers it crucial that such measures should take a form which opens the way for new products, services and market actors;
Amendment 19 #
2007/2287(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the Commission in its aim only to pursue initiatives that demonstrably offer citizens tangible benefits, are soundly justified and have been subject to proper impact studies; agrees that, in the case of the single market in financial services for consumers and small businesses, only an increase in cross-border activity can justify legislative measures. an increase in cross-border activity is crucial to the freedom of consumer choice, to the revival of local financial markets and to increased competitiveness generating lower costs and more dynamic development;
Amendment 32 #
2007/2287(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the option of a 28th legal framework, such as the Common Reference Framework, as a possible new approach to European regulation, to enable cross-border market choice to be provided to a uniformly high consumer protection standard; considers that this must not form an obstacle to new services and products, which are a necessary component in the development of the financial sector; calls on the Commission again to put forward a time-frame for developing a 28th legal framework.
Amendment 54 #
2007/2287(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reminds the Commission that effective competition between financial service providers is secured by having a large number of market participants; notes in this connection that financial intermediation is of major importance in enabling the individual consumer to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the European market; draws attention to its resolution on consolidation in the financial services industry, in which it averred that the pluralistic structure of the European banking market, where financial institutions could take on diverse legal forms in accordance with their diverse business aims, was an asset to the European economy.
Amendment 30 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In recognition of the fact that biofuels can offer significant CO2 reductions on a well-to-wheels basis, and that manufacturers may offer vehicles with the capability to run on both conventional and alternative fuels to enable the transition to these lower CO2 fuels, this Regulation incorporates specific provisions aimed at promoting further deployment of alternative fuel vehicles in the European Market.
Amendment 63 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13a (new)
Recital 13a (new)
(13a) In recognition of the fact that biofuels can offer significant CO2 reductions on a well-to-wheels basis, and that car manufacturers may offer vehicles with the capability to run on both conventional and alternative fuels to enable the transition to these lower CO2 fuels, this Regulation incorporates specific provisions aimed at promoting further deployment of alternative fuel vehicles on the European Market.
Amendment 94 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) 'alternative fuel vehicle' means a vehicle as defined in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures.
Amendment 108 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point fa (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point fa (new)
(fa) 'Alternative fuel vehicle' means a vehicle as defined in Regulation 715/2007 and its implementing measures.
Amendment 130 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Specific emission target for 'alternative fuel vehicles' For the purposes of determining compliance by individual manufacturers of passenger cars with the specific emissions target referred to in Article 4, the CO2 emissions as stated in the certificate of conformity for each "alternative fuel vehicle", as defined in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, registered in the European Union shall be reduced by a factor of 5 % in recognition of the greater technological and emissions reduction capacity to run on two different fuels. This factor will be increased to 20% if at least 10% of the filling stations in the Member State where the vehicle is registered provide biofuels that meet the EU sustainability criteria.
Amendment 131 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4a (new)
Article 4a (new)
Article 4a For the purposes of determining compliance by individual manufacturers of passenger cars with the specific emissions target referred to in Article 4, the CO2 emissions as stated in the certificate of conformity for each "alternative fuel vehicle", as defined in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, registered in the European Union shall be reduced by a factor of 5 % in recognition of the greater technological and emissions reduction capacity to run on two different fuels. This factor will be increased to 20% if at least 10% of the filling stations in the Member State where the vehicle is registered provide biofuels that meets the EU sustainability criteria.
Amendment 168 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. In 20106, the Commission shall assess, on the basis of data reported under Decision 1753/2000/EC, whether between 2006 and 200915 there has been a change in the mass of new passenger cars greater or less than 0. If there has been a change in the mass of new passenger cars, the figure for autonomous mass increase in Annex I shall be amended to be the average of the annual changes in the mass between the calendar year 2006 to 200915. Such amendment, designed to amend the non-essential elements of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory power with scrutiny referred to in Article 12(3).
Amendment 169 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall review technological developments with a view to amending, as appropriate, the provisions of Regulation EC No 715/2007 on type approval of motor vehicles. In particular the Commission shall review the procedures to measure the CO2 emissions and the possibilities to include the CO2 emission test into the in-service conformity without hindering the rapid introduction of new and less proven technologies (e.g. batteries, fuel cells) to lower the CO2 emissions.
Amendment 47 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Electronic communications services are a fast developing sector, characterised by a high level of technological innovation and highly dynamic markets. There is a need to scrutinise regularly the accuracy of regulation in changing markets and technology with the aim of achieving the most from competition regarding prices, services and infrastructure. To ensure that EU citizens will continue to be able fully to participate in the global information society, innovation and the roll out of high-speed next generation networks able to satisfy future customer demands for more bandwidth and more services should be a priority in the application of this Directive.
Amendment 48 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The regulatory framework has to meet the new investment and innovation challenges, recognising the need to encourage both investment, in capacity as well as new infrastructure, and sustainable competition, so that consumer choice is extended and not undermined.
Amendment 73 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Unless otherwise provided in the second subparagraph or in the measures adopted pursuant to paragraph Article 9c, Member States shall ensure that all types of radio network or wireless access technology may be used in the radio frequency bands open to electronic communications services taking into account the national frequency allocation table and the ITU Radio Regulations.
Amendment 79 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Unless otherwise provided in the second subparagraph or in the measures adopted pursuant to Article 9c, Member States shall ensure, taking into account internationally agreed frequency plans and the ITU Radio Regulations, that all types of electronic communications services may be provided in the radio frequency bands open to electronic communications. The Member States may, however, provide for proportionate and non-discriminatory restrictions to the types of electronic communications services to be provided.
Amendment 80 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Restrictions that require an electronic communications service to be provided in a specific band shall be justified in order to ensure the fulfilment of a general interest objective, as defined in national legislation, in conformity with Community law, such as safety of life, the promotion of social, regional or territorial cohesion, the avoidance of inefficient use of radio frequencies, or, as defined in national legislation in conformity with Community law, the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralismhaving regard to the need to promote a better access to the information society for all citizens, the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism taking into account all the opportunities provided by the digital dividend and technological convergence.
Amendment 89 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9c – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9c – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) harmonise the identification ofrecommend the bands for which usage rights may be transferred or leased between undertakings, including frequencies planned by Member States for certain services which by technological development will take full use of the digital dividend;
Amendment 90 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9c – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9c – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) create an exception to the principle of service or technology neutrality, as well as to harmonise the scope and nature of any exceptions to the principle of service or technology neutrality in accordance with paragraphs Article 9(3) and (4) other than those aimed at ensuring the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism considering the need for a better access to the information society for all citizens.
Amendment 91 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9c – paragraph 2
Article 9c – paragraph 2
Amendment 93 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The objective of the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications is to create a sustainable "ecosystem" for electronic communications, based on supply and demand: the former through effective and competitive infrastructure and service markets, the latter thanks to increasing information society developments.
Amendment 111 #
2007/0247(COD)
Recital 5
(5) When conducting market analyses, NRAs should seek to ensure that regulation facilitates the widespread deployment of infrastructure as far as is economically viable and enables consumers in all geographic areas to benefit from effective competition. In order to ensure a proportional and adapted approach to varying competitive conditions national regulatory authorities may define markets on a subnational basis and/or lift regulatory obligations in markets and/or geographic areas where there is effective infrastructure competition.geographic markets where there is effective infrastructure competition. When assessing which access obligations are most appropriate in facilitating efficient investment and effective competition, national regulatory authorities should, where practicable, take into account any different conditions existing in the different geographic areas within their Member States, whilst protecting consumer interests, including those of rural communities, and the single market
Amendment 118 #
2007/0247(COD)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) When imposing obligations for access to new and enhanced infrastructures national regulatory authorities should ensure that access conditions reflect the circumstances underlying the investment decision, taking into account inter alia the roll-out costs, the expected rate of take up of the new products and services and the expected retail price levels. Moreover, national regulatory authorities should be able to set, if applicable, terms and conditions for access over a sufficient period of time to provide planning certainty to investors. These terms and conditions may include pricing arrangements which depend on volumes or length of contract, provided that such arrangements are in accordance with Community law. However, pricing arrangements should not be permitted where they would have the effect of discriminating in favour of the operator with significant market power, including through margin squeeze, raising barriers to entry or otherwise impeding the development of effective competition in services to consumers and businesses. In view of the size of investments needed for new and enhanced infrastructure, co- operation agreements between market players may accelerate and strengthen the roll-out of next generation networks to the benefit of consumers, provided that competition is safeguarded, including through the imposition of access obligations as necessary.
Amendment 130 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Although spectrum management remains within the competence of the Member States, coordination and, where appropriate, harmonisation at Community level can help ensure that spectrum users derive the full benefits of the internal market and that EU interests can be effectively defended world-wide.
Amendment 141 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 1 – point 8 – point g
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) promoting efficient investment and innovation in new and enhanced infrastructures, including by taking into account investment riskensuring that any access obligation takes appropriate account of the risk incurred by the investing undertakings;
Amendment 147 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) It lies within the competence of the Member States to define the scope and nature of any exception regarding the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism in accordance with their own national law. In doing so, Member States may take into account the cultural relevance of certain services and systems for multimedia-based audio, video and live productions as well as the opportunities the digital dividend offers to new technologies and new operators in this perspective.
Amendment 154 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 2 – point 9 – point a
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. A national regulatory authority may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, impose obligations relating to cost recovery and price controls, including obligations for cost orientation of prices and obligations concerning cost accounting systems, for the provision of specific types of interconnection and/or access, in situations where a market analysis indicates that a lack of effective competition means that the operator concerned might sustain prices at an excessively high level, or apply a price squeeze, to the detriment of end-users. To encourage investments by the operator including in next generation networks, national regulatory authorities shall take into account the investment made by the operator, and allow him a reasonable rate of return on adequate capital employed, taking into account the risks involvedany risks specific to a particular new investment network project whilst ensuring that pricing arrangements are compatible with protecting effective competition.
Amendment 158 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 2 – point 10
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 13 a – paragraph 1
Article 13 a – paragraph 1
1. Where the national regulatory authority concludes that the appropriate obligations imposed under Articles 9 to 13 have failed to achieve effective competition and that there are important and persisting competition problems/market failures identified in relation to the wholesale provision of certain access product markets, it may, as an exceptional measure in accordance with the provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 8(3), impose an obligation on vertically integrated undertakings to place activities related to the wholesale provision of relevant access products in an independently operating business entity.
Amendment 161 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 2 – point 12 – point e
Directive 2002/19/EC
Annex II – part A – point 1 – point c (new)
Annex II – part A – point 1 – point c (new)
(c) in circumstances where unbundled access is not technically or economically feasible, appropriate obligations offering equivalent functionality.
Amendment 174 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) The purpose of functional separation, whereby the vertically integrated operator is required to establish operationally separate business entities, is to ensure the provision of fully equivalent access products to all downstream operators, including the vertically integrated operator’s own downstream divisions. Functional separation has the capacity to improve competition in several relevant markets by significantly reducing the incentive for discrimination and by making it easier for compliance with non- discrimination obligations to be verified and enforced. In exceptional cases, it may be justified as a remedy where there has been persistent failure to achieveare obstacles to effective non-discrimination in several of the markets concerned, and where there is little or no prospect of effective competition by new infrastructure competition within a reasonable timeframe after recourse to one or more remedies previously considered to bebeing appropriate. However, it is very important to ensure that its imposition preserves the incentives of the concerned undertaking to invest in its network and that it does not entail any potential negative effects on consumer welfare. Its imposition requires a coordinated analysis of different relevant markets related to the access network, in accordance with the market analysis procedure set out in Article 16 of the Framework Directive. When performing the market analysis and designing the details of this remedy, national regulatory authorities should pay particular attention to the products to be managed by the separate business entities, taking into account the extent of network roll-out and the degree of technological progress, which may affect the substitutability of fixed and wireless services. In order to avoid distortions of competition in the internal market, proposals for functional separation should be approved in advance by the Commission.
Amendment 220 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 1 – point 2 – point e
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 2 – point s
Article 2 – point s
(s) “harmful interference” means interference which endangers the functioning of a radionavigation service or of other safety services or which otherwise seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radiocommunications service operating in accordance with the applicable international, Community or national regulations.
Amendment 304 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8 – point b
Article 1 – point 8 – point b
Directives 2002/21/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ensuring that there is no distortion, taking State aid rules into account, or restriction of competition in the electronic communications sector, in particular for the delivery of content.
Amendment 356 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Unless otherwise provided in the second subparagraph or in the measures adopted pursuant to Article 9c, Member States shall ensure that all types of electronic communications services may be provided in the radio frequency bands open toavailable for electronic communication services. The Member States may, however, provide for proportionate and non-discriminatory restrictions to the types of electronic communications services to be provided.
Amendment 384 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. For a period of five years starting onBy [1 January 20105], Member States shall ensure that holders of rights to use radio frequencies which were granted before that date may submit an application to the competent national regulatory authority for a reassessment of the restrictions to their rights in accordance with Article 9(3) and (4)take all appropriate measures to ensure that Article 9(3) and (4) apply to all assignments and allocations of radio frequencies which existed at the date of entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 410 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that undertakings may transfer or lease to other undertakings individual rights to use radio frequencies in the bands for which this is provided in the implementing measures adopted pursuant to Article 9c without the prior consent of the national regulatory authority.
Amendment 420 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9b – paragraph 2
Article 9b – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that an undertaking’s intention to transfer of rights to use radio frequencies is notified to the national regulatorycompetent authority responsible for spectrum assignment and is made public. Where radio frequency use has been harmonised through the application of the Radio Spectrum Decision or other Community measures, any such transfer shall comply with such harmonised use.
Amendment 533 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 13 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Every threwelve months, the national regulatory authority shall submit a summary report to the Commission on the notifications received and the action taken in accordance with this paragraph.
Amendment 611 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 26
Article 1 – point 26
Directive 2002/21/EC
Annexes I and II
Annexes I and II
(26) Annexes I and II are deleted. I is deleted and Annex II is replaced by the following: "ANNEX II Criteria to be used by national regulatory authorities in making an assessment of joint dominance in accordance with Article 14(2), second subparagraph Two or more undertakings can be found to be in a joint dominant position within the meaning of Article 14 if, even in the absence of structural or other links between them, they operate in a market which is characterised by a lack of effective competition and in which no single undertaking has significant market power. Without prejudice to the case law of the Court of Justice on joint dominance, this is likely to be the case where the market is concentrated and exhibits a number of appropriate characteristics of which the following may be the most relevant in the context of communications: - [...] - low elasticity of demand - [...] - similar market shares - [...] - high legal or economic barriers to entry - vertical integration with collective refusal to supply - lack of countervailing buyer power - lack of potential competition - [...] The above is an indicative list and is not exhaustive, nor are the criteria cumulative. Rather, the list is intended to illustrate only the sorts of evidence that could be used to support assertions concerning the existence of joint dominance."
Amendment 621 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 1a (new)
Article 2 – point 1a (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 2 – point e
Article 2 – point e
(1a) In Article 2, point (e) is replaced by the following: "(e) "local loop" means the physical circuit connecting the network termination point [...] to a distribution frame or equivalent facility in the fixed public electronic communications network, where the connection can technically be accessed."
Amendment 646 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 6 b (new)
Article 2 – point 6 b (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
(6b) In Article 9, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: "4. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, where an operator has been found to have SMP in a relevant market under Article [15 of the Framework Directive] relating to local access at a fixed location, national regulatory authorities shall ensure the publication of a reference offer containing at least the elements set out in Annex II."
Amendment 711 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 10 b (new)
Article 2 – point 10 b (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Annex II – introductory section – point a
Annex II – introductory section – point a
(10b) In the introductory section of Annex II, point (a) is replaced by the following: "(a) "local sub-loop" means a partial local loop connecting the network termination point [...] to a concentration point or a specified intermediate access point in the fixed public electronic communications network, where the connection can be technically accessed;"
Amendment 712 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 10 c (new)
Article 2 – point 10 c (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Annex II – introductory section – point c
Annex II – introductory section – point c
(10c) In the introductory section of Annex II, point (c) is replaced by the following: "(c) "full unbundled access to the local loop" means the provision to a beneficiary of access to the local loop or local sub-loop of the notified operator authorising the use of the full capacity of the network infrastructure;"
Amendment 713 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 10 d (new)
Article 2 – point 10 d (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Annex II – introductory section – point d
Annex II – introductory section – point d
(10d) In the introductory section of Annex II, point (d) is replaced by the following: "(d) "shared access to the local loop" means the provision to a beneficiary of access to the local loop or local sub-loop of the notified operator, authorising the use of a specified part of the capacities of the network infrastructure, such as part of the frequencies or wavelengths available, for example the non-voice band frequency spectrum of the twisted metallic pair; [...]"
Amendment 714 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 10 e (new)
Article 2 – point 10 e (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Annex II – introductory section – point da (new)
Annex II – introductory section – point da (new)
(10e) In the introductory section of Annex II, following point is added: "(da) “wholesale broadband access” means non-physical or virtual network access to the local loop or local sub- loop, providing two-way data transmission across the local loop or sub-loop to specified access points in the fixed public electronic communications network."
Amendment 715 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 10 f (new)
Article 2 – point 10 f (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Annex II – part A
Annex II – part A
(10f) In Annex II, part A is replaced by the following: "A. Conditions for unbundled access [...] 1. Network elements to which access is offered covering in particular the following elements, together with appropriate associated facilities: (a) unbundled access to local loops and local subloops; (b) duct access enabling installation of access and backhaul networks; (c) wholesale broadband access at appropriate points in the network to ensure effective national competition and which shall allow equivalent functionality to unbundled access in circumstances where such access is not technically or economically feasible; 2. Information concerning the locations of physical access sites including street cabinets and distribution frames, availability of local loops and subloops, ducts and backhaul facilities in specific parts of the access network; 3. Technical conditions related to access and use of local loops, sub-loops and ducts, including the technical characteristics of the twisted [...] pair and/or optical fibre, cable distributors, ducts and associated facilities; 4. Ordering and provisioning procedures, usage restrictions."
Amendment 716 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 10 g (new)
Article 2 – point 10 g (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Annex II – part B – point 1
Annex II – part B – point 1
(10g) In part B of Annex II, point 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Information on the notified operator's relevant sites or equipment locations."
Amendment 188 #
2007/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 h – paragraph 3
Article 2 h – paragraph 3
Amendment 103 #
2007/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 h – paragraph 3
Article 2 h – paragraph 3
Amendment 93 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) A secure supply of electricity is of a vital importance for the development of a European society, for the implementation of a sustainable climate change policy as well as in order to foster competitiveness within the internal market. To this purpose, cross-border interconnections should be further developed to secure the furniture/ supply of all energy sources at the lowest possible price both to consumers and industry within the European Union.
Amendment 95 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) A functioning internal market for electricity should provide both producers with the appropriate incentives for investing in new power generations and consumers with the adequate measures to promote a more efficient use of energy; a secure supply of energy being a precondition for this.
Amendment 97 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3 c (new)
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) The internal market should increase the trade and flow of electricity over the borders in order to secure the best use of available power generation and the lowest possible prices. At the same time, this must not be an excuse for Member States and producers not to invest in new and modern technology for generation of electricity. Member States that by legislation or by political decisions choose to reduce the capacity of their non CO2 emitting power generation should contribute with the same amount of power generation obtained from renewables and explain how they will achieve this goal.
Amendment 99 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In order to secure competition and supply of electricity at the lowest possible price, while, at the same time, avoiding market dominance by large players, Member States and national regulatory agencies should facilitate cross-border access of new providers of different energy sources as well as new power generation.
Amendment 123 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In order to develop competition in the internal market of electricity, customers should be able to choose their suppliers as well as to contract for their electricity requirements from different suppliers.
Amendment 140 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) In order to prevent dominant incumbent suppliers from foreclosing the opening of the market, it is important to enable the development of new business models, for instance the ability to contract simultaneously with several suppliers.
Amendment 144 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Existing rights for consumers need to be guaranteed and further strengthened by increased competition, better access to the grid and more choice for consumers. Market prices should give the right incentives for the development of the grid and for investing in new power generation.
Amendment 145 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 21 b (new)
Recital 21 b (new)
(21b) Promoting fair competition and easy access for different suppliers as well as granting capacity for new power generation should be of the utmost importance for Member States in order to allow consumers to fully grasp the opportunities of a liberalised internal market of electricity. At the same time, Members States should be responsible for developing national actions plans and social policies.
Amendment 149 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) To secure common rules for a truly European internal market, the development of a common grid and a broad supply of energy accessible to everyone should be the main goals of this Directive. To this purpose, undistorted market prices would provide the best incentives for cross border interconnections and for investments in new power generation while leading, in the long term, to price convergence. Regulatory issues on cross-border interconnections and regional markets should be the responsibility of the Agency.
Amendment 151 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22b) Increased regional cooperation should gradually lead to the development of a fully integrated European electricity grid, ultimately incorporating the electricity islands currently present in the Union. It must be achieved step by step, based upon market supply and demand conditions. Member States, national regulatory authorities and transmission system operators, in cooperation with the Agency, should be responsible for facilitating the gradual integration of regional markets.
Amendment 153 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point –1 (new)
Article 1 – point –1 (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 1
Article 1
Amendment 154 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (- a) (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point (- a) (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 2 – point 12
Article 2 – point 12
Amendment 159 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (b a) (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point (b a) (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 2 – point 34 a (new)
Article 2 – point 34 a (new)
Amendment 178 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 i (new)
Article 1 – point 1 i (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Amendment 185 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1j (new)
Article 1 – point 1j (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 187 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Amendment 200 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 5a
Article 5a
Members States and national regulatory authorities shall cooperate among themselves for the purpose of integrating their national markets at leafirst at the regional level. In particular, Member States shall promote the cooperation of network operators at a regional level, and foster with the aim of creating a competitive European market, facilitating the charmonsistencyation of their legal and regulatory framework. The geographical area covered by regional cooperations shall be in line with the definition of geographical areas by the Commission in accordance with Article 2h(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament and of the council of 26 June 2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and, above all, integrating the electricity islands currently present in the Union.
Amendment 259 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 2
Article 8a – paragraph 2
2. An agreement, based on the ratified European Energy Charter, concluded with one or several third countries to which the Community is a party may allow for a derogation from paragraph 1.
Amendment 265 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 8b – paragraph 13
Article 8b – paragraph 13
Amendment 301 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 3
Article 10 a – paragraph 3
Amendment 305 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8 c (new)
Article 1 – point 8 c (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 322 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9 f (new)
Article 1 – point 9 f (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Amendment 323 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9 g (new)
Article 1 – point 9 g (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 344 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 e (new)
Article 1 – point 11 e (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 367 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22b – point (d)
Article 22b – point (d)
(d) ensuring, in the most cost-efficient way, the development of secure, reliable and efficient systems, promoting energy efficiency, system adequacy, and research and innovation to meet demand and the development of innovative renewable and low carbon technologies, in both short and long term;
Amendment 410 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 1 – point (k)
Article 22c – paragraph 1 – point (k)
(k) without prejudice to the competence of other national regulatory authorities, ensuring high standards of universal and public services for electricity, the protection of vulnerable customers, and that consumer protections measures set out in Annex A are effective and implemented;
Amendment 500 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 14
Article 22c – paragraph 14
Amendment 516 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22d - paragraph 4
Article 22d - paragraph 4
Amendment 86 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) It is the practice in some Member States that insurance companies sell life insurance products in relation to which the policy holders and beneficiaries contribute to the risk capital of the company in exchange for all or part of the return on the contributions. Those accumulated profits constitute surplus funds. In line with the requirements on own funds, surplus funds should be subject to the criteria laid down in the Directive on the classification into tiers. This means, inter alia, that, insofar as they meet the requirements for classification into tier 1, surplus funds should be considered as tier 1 capital.
Amendment 265 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 90 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 90 – paragraph -1 (new)
Surplus funds shall be deemed to be accumulated profits, which are assigned either individually or collectively to policy holders and beneficiaries in the form of future discretionary bonuses.
Amendment 277 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 90– paragraph 1
Article 90– paragraph 1
Amendment 282 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 90 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 90 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In so far as authorised under national law and to the extent that they fulfil the criteria as set out in Article 94(1), surplus funds that have not been made available for distribution to policyholders and beneficiaries shall be considered as Tier 1 capital.
Amendment 322 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) in order to ensure that the proportion of Tier 1 items in the eligible own funds is higher than one third of the total eligible own funds, the eligible amount of Tier 2 together with the eligible amount of Tier 3 shall be limited to twice the total amount of Tier 1 items;; and
Amendment 327 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) in order to ensure that the proportion of Tier 3 items in the eligible own funds is less than one third of the total eligible own funds, the eligible amount of Tier 3 shall be limited to half the total amount of Tier 1 and eligible amount of Tier 2 items.
Amendment 332 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 98 – paragraph 2
Article 98 – paragraph 2
2. As far as the Minimum Capital Requirement is concerned, in order to ensure that the proportion of Tier 1 items in the eligible basic own funds shall be higher than one half of the totalthe eligible basic own funds, the amount of basic own fund items eligible to cover the Minimum Capital Requirement which are classified in Tier 2 shall be limited to the total amount of Tier 1 items which are classified in Tier 2.
Amendment 334 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 98 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 98 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Tier 1 items shall always be eligible to cover the Minimum Capital Requirement.
Amendment 383 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 107 – paragraph 1
Article 107 – paragraph 1
The adjustment referred to in point (c) paragraph 1 of Article 103 for the loss- absorbing capacity of technical provisions and deferred taxes shall reflect potential compensation of unexpected losses through a simultaneous decrease in technical provisions andor deferred taxes or a combination of both.
Amendment 566 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 235 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 235 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. During the period referred to in paragraph 2, the group supervisor shall, at the request of an undertaking concerned, or any of the other supervisory authorities concerned, consult the CEIOPS. The group supervisor may consult the Committee on its own initiative. In the event that the Committee is consulted, the period referred to in paragraph 2 shall be extended by two months.
Amendment 568 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 235 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 235 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In the event that the CEIOPS has been consulted, the supervisory authorities concerned shall duly consider such advice before taking their joint decision. The group supervisor shall provide to the applicant the joint decision referred to in paragraph 2 in a document containing full reasons and an explanation of any significant deviation from the positions adopted by the CEIOPS. That joint decision shall be recognised as final and shall be applied by the supervisory authorities concerned.
Amendment 573 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 235 – paragraph 3
Article 235 – paragraph 3
3. In the absence of a joint decision between the supervisory authorities concerned within six monthsthe periods set out in paragraphs 2 and 2a, the group supervisor shall make its own decision on the application. The decision shall be set out in a document containing the fully reasoned decision andIn making its decision, the group supervisor shall duly take into account the following: (a) any views and reservations of the other supervisory authorities concerned expressed within a six months periodduring the applicable period; (b) where the CEIOPS has been consulted, the advice of that Committee. The decision shall be set out in a document containing the fully reasoned decision and an explanation of any significant deviation from the positions adopted by the CEIOPS. The decision shall be provided to the applicant and the other supervisory authorities concerned by the group supervisor. That decision shall be recognised as determinative and applied by the supervisory authorities concerned.
Amendment 615 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 236 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 236 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The group supervisor shall duly consider such advice before taking its final decision. The decision shall be fully reasoned and shall contain an explanation of any significant deviation from the advice adopted by the CEIOPS. The decision shall be submitted to the subsidiary and the supervisory authority by the group supervisor.
Amendment 641 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 237 – paragraph 2
Article 237 – paragraph 2
2. The group support shall take the form of a declaration to the group supervisor, expressed in a legally binding document and constituting a commitment to transfer own funds eligible under Article 98(5), with the exception of surplus funds falling under Article 90.
Amendment 769 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 251 – paragraph 3
Article 251 – paragraph 3
In particular cases, the supervisory authorities concerned may, at the request of any of the authorities, take a joint decision to derogate from the criteria set out in paragraph 2 if their application would be inappropriate, taking into account the structure of the group and the relative importance of the insurance and reinsurance undertakings activities in different countries, and designate a different supervisory authority as group supervisor. For that purpose, any of the supervisory authorities concerned may request that a discussion be opened on whether the criteria referred to in paragraph 2 are appropriate. Such a discussion shall not take place more than once a year. The supervisory authorities concerned shall do everything within their power to reach a joint decision on the choice of the group supervisor within three months from the request for discussion. Before taking their decision, the supervisory authorities concerned shall give the group an opportunity to state its opinion.
Amendment 770 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 251 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 251 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. During the period referred to in paragraph 3, any of the supervisory authorities concerned may request that CEIOPS is consulted. In the event that CEIOPS is consulted, the period referred to in paragraph 3 shall be extended by two months.
Amendment 771 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 251 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 251 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. In the event that CEIOPS has been consulted, the supervisory authorities concerned shall duly take into account CEIOPS' advice before taking their joint decision. The joint decision shall be fully reasoned and shall contain an explanation of any significant deviation from the positions adopted by the Committee.
Amendment 772 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 251 – paragraph 4
Article 251 – paragraph 4
4. In the absence of a joint decision within three months, the task of group supervisor shall be exercised by the supervisory authority of the Member State where the group has its most important insurance and reinsurance activities. However, where that result is opposed by a majority of the other supervisory authorities concerned, the designation of the group supervisor shall be referred within one month following the default designation for final decision to the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors, which shall render its decision within one month following the referralto derogate from the criteria set out in paragraph 2, the task of group supervisor shall be exercised by the supervisory authority identified in accordance with that paragraph.
Amendment 773 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 251 – paragraph 5
Article 251 – paragraph 5
5. The Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors shall inform the Commission, at least once a year, of any major difficulties with the application of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4application of the criteria set out in paragraphs 2 and 3. In the event that any major difficulties with the application of the criteria set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 arise, the Commission may adopt implementing measures specifying those criteria. Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 304(3).
Amendment 782 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 252 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 252 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) other tasks, measures and decisions assigned to the group supervisor by this Directive or deriving from the application of this Directive, in particular leading the process for validation of any internal model at group level as set out in Articles 229 and 231 and, leading the process for permitting group support as set out in Article 235 and leading the process for the determination of the solvency capital requirement regarding the possibility to impose a capital add-on as set out in Article 236.
Amendment 786 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 252 – paragraph 2
Article 252 – paragraph 2
2. In order to facilitate group supervision, the group supervisor and the other supervisory authorities concerned shall have coordination arrangements in place. Those coordination arrangeThe group supervisor shall establish colleges of supervisors to facilitate its tasks referred to in paragraph 1. The establishment and the functioning of the colleges shall be set out in a document. That documents may entrust additional tasks to the group supervisor and may specify, without prejudice to any measure adopted pursuant to this Directive, the procedures for the decision-making process among the supervisory authorities concerned as referred to in Articles 211(3), 212(2), and 213(2), Articles 214, 215, and 217, Articles 218(2), 219(2), and 225(2), Articles 236, 248, and 249, Article 251 (3) and (4), and Articles 254, 263 and 264 and for cooperation with other supervisory authorities.
Amendment 791 #
2007/0143(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 252 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 252 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. CEIOPS shall elaborate guidelines for the operational functioning of colleges.
Amendment 33 #
0000/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges Member States to see that the names and emblems of the European political parties appear on the ballot paper alongside their respective lists of candidatesnderlines that the political parties has the full right to decide on how to present themselves to the voters on the election day without government interference;
Amendment 53 #
0000/2013(INI)
4. EncouragUnderlines theat Member States to permit political broadcasts by the European political partiesare not to intervene in the dependence of free media;