BETA

Activities of Margrete AUKEN related to 2018/0193(COD)

Shadow opinions (1)

2020/11/03
Committee: ENVI
Dossiers: 2018/0193(COD)
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Authors: [{'name': 'Pascal CANFIN', 'mepid': 96711}]

Amendments (51)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)

(15a) While achieving the objectives of the common fisheries policy, full regard should be paid to animal welfare, in accordance with Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and, where relevant, food and feed safety and animal health.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3

(ba) point 3 is replaced by the following: “3. ‘control’ means monitoring and surveillance~~; ((https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02009R1224-~~ of any fishing and aquaculture activities, markets and auctions;” Or. en 20170101&from=EN))

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point k a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 34 a (new)

(ka) the following point is added: “34a. ‘traceability’ means the ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food- producing animal or substance intended to be, or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed, through all stages of production, processing and distribution.”

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 3

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, masters of Union fishing vessels below 12 metres’ length overall may carry on board a fully functioning mobile device which allows the vessel to be automatically located and identified by a vessel monitoring system through recording and transmitting vessel position data at regular intervals close to real time or at a maximum of every 10 minutes. In case the device is not within reach of a mobile network, the vessel position data shall be recorded during that period of time and shall be transmitted as soon as the vessel is in reach of such network and at the latest before entering port.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9a – paragraph 3

3. Flag Member States shall ensure that fisheries monitoring centres have access to all relevant data and in particular as listed in Articles 109 and 110 ~~and operate~~, thus ensuring monitoring and access 7 days a week and 24 hours a day.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9a – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Flag Member States shall use data collected by fisheries monitoring centres to evaluate the implementation of other Union legislation, in particular Council Directive 92/43/EEC1a and Directives 2008/56/EC1b, 2009/147/EC1c and 2014/89/EU1d of the European Parliament and of the Council. _________________ 1a Directive92/43/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 1b Directive2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19). 1c Directive2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 1dDirective 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 135).

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9a – paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Fisheries monitoring centres shall support real-time monitoring of vessels in order to enable immediate enforcement actions.

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point h

(h) estimated discards of live-weight equivalent in volume, and number, for any species not subject to the landing obligation;

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)

(ka) data on the fishing impact on the wider ecosystem including incidental catches of sensitive species, reporting in particular on the species caught, the number of occurrences, the date and time of the occurrences, the type of gear used and whether the specimen survived, in order to comply with other Union legislation, in particular with Council Directive 92/43/EEC1a, Directives 2008/56/EC1b, 2009/147/EC1c and 2014/89/EU1d of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) 2017/1004; ________________ 1a Directive92/43/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 1b Directive2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19). 1c Directive2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 1dDirective 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 135).

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12

(a) at least once a day, and ~~where applicable,~~for vessels above 12 metres after each haul; and

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 19a – paragraph 3 – point g

(g) the quantities of each species recorded in the fishing logbook., including, as a separate entry, those below the applicable minimum conservation reference size;

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 25a – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure the effective control of the landing obligation. For this purpose a minimum percentage of fishing vessels fishing for species subject to the landing obligation and flying their flag established in accordance with paragraph 2, shall be equipped with, incidental catches of sensitive species and the reliability of catch data. For this purpose, all vessels over 12 meters in length shall be equipped with remote electronic monitoring systems, consisting of continuously recording Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV), net sensors, and the required systems incorporating data storage.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27

1. Each flag Member State shall record all data related to catches and fishing effort referred to in this Regulation, in particular data referred to in Articles 14, 21, 23, 25a, 55, 59a, 62, 66 and 68, and shall keep the originals of those data for a period of at least three years in accordance with national rules.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 33 – paragraph 4

4. In the case where a Member State detects inconsistencies between the information submitted to the Commission in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 and the results of the validation performed in accordance with Article 109, the Member State shall provide to the Commission the corrected quantities established on the basis of that validation as soon as available and no later than 12six months after the date of landing.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 42 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 48 – paragraph 3

3. If the lost gear cannot be retrieved, the Master of the vessel shall include the information on the lost gear in the logbook pursuant to Article 14(3). The competent authority of the flag Member State shall immediately inform the competent authority of the coastal Member State.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 42 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 48 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall collect and record all the information concerning lost gears that could not be retrieved as referred to in Article 48(3) and provide this information to the Commission upon request.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 43

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 50 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The position of any fishing vessel shall be transmitted every 2 minutes following the entry in a fishing restricted area.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 60

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 74 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) the legality of the fisheries products kept on board, discarded, stored, transported, transhipped, transferred, landed, processed or marketed and the accuracy of the documentation or electronic transmissions relating to them;

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 60

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 74 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) the legality of fishing gears used for the targeted and bycatch species and for the catches kept on board and the equipment used for the retrieval of the fishing gears as referred to in Article 48;

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 60

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 78 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall set up and keep up to date an public electronic database where they upload all inspection reports and surveillance reports concerning the fishing vessels flying their flag drawn up by their officials or other Member States officials or third country officials, as well as other inspections reports and surveillance report drawn up by their officials.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 68

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 88 – paragraph 1

1. If the Member State of landing or transhipment is not the flag Member State and its competent authorities do not take appropriate measures against the natural or legal persons responsible, or do not transfer proceedings in accordance with Article 86, the quantities of fish caught, discarded, landed or transhipped in the breach of the rules of the common fisheries policy may be counted against the quota allocated to the Member State of landing or transhipment.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 68

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 88 – paragraph 3

3. If the Member State of landing or transhipment no longer has a corresponding quota at its disposal, Article 37 shall apply. To that end the quantities of fish caught, discarded, landed or transhipped in the breach of the rules of the common fisheries policy shall be deemed equivalent to the amount of the prejudice suffered, as mentioned in that Article, by the flag Member State.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 89a – paragraph 3

3. When determining these sanctions the Member States shall take into account, in particular, the gravity of the infringement, including the level of environmental damage done, adverse effects on animal welfare or conservation, the value of the prejudice to the fishing resources, the nature and extent of the infringement, its duration or repetition, orand the accumulation of simultaneous infringements.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 89a – paragraph 4

4. Member States ~~may~~shall apply a system whereby a fine is proportionate to the turnover of the legal person, or to the economic benefit achieved or envisaged by committing the infringement.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 90 – paragraph 2 – point h

(h) being involved in the operation, management, ownership of, or being hired on, a vessel engaged in IUU fishing as defined under Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, in particular those listed in the IUU vessel list of the Union or of a regional fisheries management organisation as referred to in Articles 29 and 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 or supplying services to operators connected to a vessel engaged in IUU fishing or benefitting from, supporting or engaging in IUU fishing including as operators, effective beneficiaries, owners, logistics and service providers, including insurance providers and other financial service provider; or

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 90 – paragraph 2 – point i

(i) fishing in a restricted or closed area, or a fish stock recovery area, or during a closed season, or without or after attainment of a quota or beyond a closed depth~~; or~~, including restricted or closed areas for the protection of sensitive species and sensitive habitats under Council Directive 92/43/EEC1a or Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1b; or _____________________ 1aDirective 92/43/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 1bDirective 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 90 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)

(ia) deliberate catching (including as bycatch) of sensitive species protected under Union legislation, in particular under Council Directive 92/43/EEC1a or Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1b; ________________ 1a Directive92/43/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 1b Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 90 – paragraph 2 – point i b (new)

(ib) removing the fins of sharks on board vessels in breach of Council Regulation (EC) No 1185/20031a, or the detachment of claws from crabs in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament or of the Council1b; or ___________________ 1a Council Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 of 26 June 2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels (OJ L 167, 4.7.2003, p. 1). 1b Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105).

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 90 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)

(ja) engaging in direct fishing of sensitive species protected under Union legislation, in particular under Council Directive 92/43/EEC1a or Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1b; or _____________________ 1a Directive92/43/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 1b Directive2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 90 – paragraph 3 – point d

(d) not fulfilling obligations related to the ~~use~~identification, use, disposal or recovery of fishing gears as set in the rules of the common fisheries policy; or not fulfilling obligations related the protection of marine ecosystems and technical measures, in particular the obligation to implement measures to mitigate the incidental catches of sensitive species; or

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 90 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)

(da) refusing a scientific observer on board a vessel without prior approval by the Member State;

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 69

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 91 – paragraph 2

2. The immediate enforcement measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be of such nature as to prevent the continuation of the detected serious infringement concerned, to prevent any additional environmental damage, to take all necessary action to ensure safekeeping of the evidence pertaining to such suspected serious infringement and to allow the competent authorities to complete their investigation.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 70

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 93a – paragraph 2

2. By 30 June every year, Member States shall submit to the Commission a report on inspections and controls performed in the previous year, in accordance with the national control programmes and in compliance with the present Regulation. These reports shall be made public on the official website of the Member State submitting the report and on the public website of the Commission.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 70

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 93a – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The reports referred to in paragraph 2 shall contain at least the following information: (a) total budget allocated to fisheries control; (b) number and type of inspections and controls performed; (c) number and type of suspected and confirmed infringements, including serious infringements; (d) type of follow-up actions to confirmed infringements (simple warning, administrative sanction, criminal sanction, immediate enforcement measure, number of penalty points administered); and (e) number, place and type of lost fishing gears.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 71 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 101 – paragraph 4 a (new)

~~((https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02009R1224-~~(71a) in Article 101, the following paragraph is added: “4a. The Commission shall, no later than one month after their finalisation, publish a version of the verification, autonomous inspection or audit reports on its website.” Or. en 20170101&from=EN))

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 73 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 104 – paragraph 1

1. Where a Member State does not respect its obligations for the implementation of a multiannual plan, and where the Commission has evidence that the failure to respect those obligations constitutes a serious threat to the conservation of a stock or group of stocks or the protection of the marine environment, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, provisionally close the fisheries affected by those shortcomings for the Member State concerned.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 73 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 104 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, lift the closure after the Member State has demonstrated in writing to the satisfaction of the Commission that the fisheries can be safely exploited and the threat to the marine environment has been removed.

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 74 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 105 – paragraph 4

4. In the case of an overfishing of a quota, allocation or share of a stock or a group of stocks available to a Member State in earlier years, the Commission, ~~may~~shall, by means of implementing acts, deduct quotas from future quotas of that Member State to take account of the level of overfishing.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 74 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 105 – paragraph 5

5. If a deduction according to paragraphs 1 and 2 cannot be operated on the quota, allocation or share of a stock or group of stocks that was overfished as such because that quota, allocation or share of a stock or group of stocks is not or not sufficiently available to the Member State concerned, the Commission ~~may~~shall, by means of implementing acts, deduct in the following year or years quotas for other stocks or groups of stocks available to that Member State in the same geographical area, or with the same commercial value in accordance with paragraph 1.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 75 – point c

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 106 – paragraph 3

3. If a deduction according to paragraph 2 cannot be operated on the maximum allowable fishing effort for a stock that was exceeded as such because such maximum allowable fishing effort for that stock is not or not sufficiently available to the Member State concerned, the Commission, by means of implementing acts, ~~may~~shall deduct in the following year or years fishing effort available to that Member State in the same geographical area in accordance with paragraph 2.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 75 – point c

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 106 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission ~~may~~shall, by means of implementing acts, lay down detailed rules concerning the assessment of the maximum available effort against which the excess of utilisation shall be calculated. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 119(2).

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 76 – point a

Regulation (EC) 1224/2009
Article 107 – paragraph 1

1. Where there is evidence that rules on the common fisheries policy are not being complied with by a Member State and that this may lead to a serious threat to the conservation of stocks subject to fishing opportunities, the Commission ~~may~~shall, by means of implementing acts, operate deductions in the following year or years from the annual quotas, allocations or shares of a stock or group of stocks available to that Member State, applying the proportionality principle by taking into account the damage caused to the stocks.

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 78

Regulation (EC) 1224/2009
Article 110 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU)°2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, Member States shall grant access to any natural or legal person that can demonstrate a legitimate interest to the data referred to in paragraph 1of this Article. _________________ 1aRegulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 78

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Data listed in paragraph 1(a)(ii) and (iii) ~~may~~shall be provided to scientific bodies of Member States, scientific bodies of the Union and Eurostat, and to any natural or legal person that can demonstrate a legitimate interest.

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 78

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 110 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Member States shall publish annually their annual reports on national control programmes on the website of their competent authorities.

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 81

3. Personal data contained in information referred to in Article 110(1) and (2) shall not be stored for a period longer than 5eight years while data stemming from CCTV shall not be stored for a period longer than one year, except for personal data that is necessary to allow the follow up of a complaint, an infringement, an inspection, a verification or an audit or on- going judicial or administrative proceedings, which may be retained for 10 years. If the information listed in Article 110(1) and (2) is retained for a longer period of time, the data shall be anonymized.

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 81 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 113 – paragraph 2

(81a) in Article 113, paragraph 2 is deleted. Or. en ((https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02009R1224- 20170101&from=EN))

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 81 b (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 113 – paragraph 3

~~((https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02009R1224-~~(81b) in article 113, paragraph 3 is deleted. Or. en 20170101&from=EN))

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 84 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 118 – paragraph 1

~~1. Every five~~(84a) in Article 118, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. Every two years, Member States shall transmit a report to the Commission on the application of this Regulation. ~~((https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02009R1224-~~” Or. en 20170101&from=EN))

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 84 b (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 118 – paragraph 2

(84b) in Article 118, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. On the basis of the reports submitted by the Member States and its own observations, the Commission shall draw up a report every ~~five~~two years to be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council. ~~((https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02009R1224-~~” Or. en 20170101&from=EN))

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 84 c (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 118 – paragraph 2 a (new)

(84c) in Article 118, the following paragraph is inserted: “2a. These biannual reports will be made publicly available on the website of the European Commission within two months of submission by the Member States.”

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Committee: ENVI