342 Amendments of Marine LE PEN
Amendment 37 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the lines between cybercrime, cyber espionage, cyber warfare, cyber sabotage and cyber terrorism are becoming increasingly blurred; whereas cybercrimes can target individuals, public or private entities and cover a wide range of offences, including privacy breaches, copyright infringement, child pornography, online incitement to hatterrorism and violence, the dissemination of fake news with malicious intent, financial crime and fraud, as well as illegal system interference;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the importance of the legal measures taken at European level to harmonise the definition of offences linked to attacks against information systems as well as to child sexual exploitation online and to obligepropose that the Member States to set up a system for the recording, production and provision of statistical data on these offences;
Amendment 165 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the review of the European cybersecurity strategy,Member States to assess the situation regarding the fight against cybercrime in the European Union and the Member States, in order to achieve a better understanding of the trends and developments in relation to offences in cyberspace;
Amendment 170 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 201 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns to ensure that citizens, in particular children and other vulnerable users, and the private sector are aware of the risks posed by cybercrime, and to promote the use of security measures such as encryption;
Amendment 259 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 343 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 359 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 374 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 381 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 386 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 390 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 408 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 425 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on the CommissionMember States to put forward concrete measures to address impediments to the exchange of information between European law enforcement authorities and third countries, notably the quick obtaining, upon a court decision, of relevant evidence, subscriber- related information as well as detailed meta- and content data (if not encrypted) from law-enforcement authorities and/or service providers with a view to improving mutual legal assistance;
Amendment 428 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 35 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Shares the view that the Decent Work Country Programme should be extended beyond 2016 and should be deepened so as to consider the modernisation of the Uzbek economy, employment policy, occupational health and safety and labour inspection, also taking gender equalitynd the still dramatic water consumption and environmental aspects into account;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to provide Parliament regularly with detailed information on the situation in Uzbekistan, in particular with regard to the eradication of child and forced labour; asks for the creation of a detailed study on the current situation of the abolishment of forced labour in order to support decision-building within the European Parliament and its commissions; decides to continue to monitor developments in Uzbekistan and to organise a regular dialogue with the ILO, the Commission, the EEAS and other stakeholders aimed at the total eradication of forced labour in Uzbekistan;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2206(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the solidNotes the output of all agencies in the area of freedom, security and justice; welcomnotes their flexibility to adapt to evolving political priorities and to respondse to unforeseen events; regrets, however, the lack of effective indicators reflecting their impact on the maintenance of internal security, control of external borders, management of migration flows and respect of fundamental rights;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2206(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the commitment of all JHA Agencies to continue to further fine- tune budgetary procedures but stresses, however, that their priority should be to improve operational efficiency on the ground and to address the rather structural issues identified by the Court of Auditors and the IAS; requests that FRONTEX streamline its financial management procedures by obtaining rights of using “simplified cost options” for the reimbursement of Member States’ expenditure and by using “other funding mechanisms” in addition to grants; requests that EUeu-LISA better address the risks involved with the implementation of high cost infrastructure projects by fully adopting the financial regulation of the Union; requests that EUROJUSTurojust avoid sub- optimal budget management due to uncertainties as to the availability of funds in order to implement its on-going projects and to procure its essential services;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2193(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the agency outsourced procurement of services to a third party without ensuring that it acted in compliance with the financial regulation of the Union; regrets that a call for expression of interest for participation in a negotiated procedure took place without a delegation by the authorising officer; regrets that the agency engaged in contractual agreements or negotiations with a single contractor without precisely defining the services requested; acknowledges that the agency acted in compliance with its own financial regulation; requestsdemands, however, that given the very high financial amounts involved with the development and maintenance of JHA systems and the associated risks, the agency fully complies with the financial regulation of the Union;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2193(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomNotes efforts to keep JHA systems aligned with evolving political priorities and unforeseen events through the year; acknowledgnotes the growing importance of the agency for the functioning of the Schengen area; calls forurges the agency to closely monitor its financial and human resources and, if needed, to submit timely and justified requests for adjustments;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2192(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EASO committed only 93,7 % of its approved budget and that 36,9 % of committed appropriations were carried over for administrative expenditure; acknowledgestakes the view that these sub- optimal figures do not reflect structural issues within the EASO but are indirectly related to rapid staff and budget increases in 2015 due to its key role in assisting Member States, in particular through emergency support, in the context of the current migration flow; welcomes the approval of a new policy for the recruitment of temporary and contract agents that addresses most issues identified by the Court of Auditors in past audits;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2192(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that in 2015, a record number of more than 1 392 155 applications for international protection were made; recognisnotes that the EASO invested significmade ant efforts in to implementing the activities assigned to it in the European Agenda on Migration, in particular as part of the development of the ‘hotspots’ approach;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2192(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 21 #
2016/2192(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the very solidNotes the output of the Agency, with over 117 meetings and workshops organised, 3 764 national staff trained, 272 persons relocated and more than 100 civil society organisations consulted; acknowledges the results of the independent audit of EY and the commitment of the EASO to develop a corresponding action plan; agrees on themaintains that there is a need for the EASO to betterimprove communicate onion with regard to the effects and impacts of its activities.
Amendment 4 #
2016/2184(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high implementation rate of the budget of 99,8 % for commitment appropriations and 89 % for payment appropriations; noteregrets, however, the fact that carry-overs of committed appropriations reached 41 % for administrative expenditure; stresses the importance of the respect of the principle of annuality of the budget; welcomes the commitment of the Agency to continue its efforts to ensure efficient and compliant budget implementation;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2184(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees withNotes the Management Board's view that Europol is effectively and efficiently delivering the expected products and services by the competent law enforcement authorities of the Member States and cooperation partners; acknowledges that over 732 000 operational messages were processed through the Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA) and that almost 40 000 related cases were initiated, that the Europol Information System (EIS) processed over 633 000 searches, that the Agency supported 812 operations, produced over 4 000 operational reports and coordinated 98 joint actions;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2184(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that, in response to terrorist attacks and the migration crisis and in light of the Commission’s Agenda on Security and Migration, Europol’s mandate was strengthened and its staff reinforced; welcomes the successfulacknowledges the efforts ofmade by the agency in setting up the EU Internet Referral Unit, the European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC) and the European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC);
Amendment 7 #
2016/2178(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high implementation rate of the 2015 budget that reached 95.5% out, of which 79% has been paid; noteregrets, however, the fact that, according to the Court of Auditors, the level of committed appropriations for administrative expenditure carried over from 2014 to 2015 reached 49 % at the end of 2015, which is relativelymuch too high, although lower than in 2014 (59%); welcomes, therefore, the commitment of CEPOL to continue to improve its budget management procedures and to better comply with the budgetary principle of annuity provided in the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2178(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the solid output of CEPOL; acknowledges the training of 12 992 law enforcement officers, which represents an increase of over 25% in comparison with 2014; welcomes the very high level of satisfaction of training participants, which reached 93% for residential courses, 94% for webinars and 94% for European Police Exchange Programmes; acknowledges that the number of residential activities (85) exceeded the target one (80), and that they have brought together 3 073 law enforcement participants, representing a 12 % increase from theon the number originally forecasted number (2 755); encourages CEPOL, however, CEPOL to better report effects of its activities on the security of the Union.
Amendment 17 #
2016/2178(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the European Commission grant of 2 500 000 euros to implement a counter-terrorism training capacity building project in four countries in the MENA region; requests a thorough evaluation of the project and its added value for the security of the Union, and if beneficial, requests the continuation and extension of the project in the coming years.
Amendment 5 #
2016/2163(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes that during 2015, the Agency strongly focused on fundamental rights challenges arising from the significant increase in refugees and migrants coming to the Union; acknowledges especially that the Agency considerably stepped up its activities in the area of immigration and integration of migrants, visa and border control and asylum procedures;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2163(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the solid output of the AgencyNotes the Agency’s activism; notes that it organised 60 events bringing together its key partners and stakeholders to discuss fundamental rights issues in various thematic areas; acknowledges that the Agency offered its expertise at 240 presentations and hearings and that it published its research in 32 reports and papers; recalls that the Agency formulated 122 opinions in response to requests from Member States, Union institutions and other international organisations;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2163(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the continued efforts of the AgencyAgency’s efforts to present its findings in an accessible manner via social media platforms, reaching a wide audience; strongly encourages further dissemination of the works of the Agency via online platforms.;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2159(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. NotesPoints out, however, that the IAS audit report revealed that for 3 out of the 14 ICS objectives some significant implementations efforts are still required by the EDPS; welcomesill monitor the commitment of the EDPS to implement all recommendations;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2159(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the development of an EDPS strategy for 2015-2019 and of associated key performance indicators to monitor and adjust, if needed, the use of its resources; acknowledges that key performance indicators selected show that the implementation of this strategy is largely on track;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the conclusion of the Court of Auditors that the consolidated accounts of the Union present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Union as at 31 December 2015; notesregrets the fact that payments were materially affected by an estimated error rate of 3,8 %; welcomes, nevertheless, the reduction from the figure of 4,4 % in 2014; encourages the future simplification of the financial regulation of the Union in order to succeed in attaining the target rate of 2 %;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 14 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RegretsDeeply regrets the fact that key performance indicators in DG-HOME’s annual activity report do not cover the volume of people assisted, resettled, relocated and returned in 2015; regrets the lack of indicators to evaluate the effect of measures adopted to reinforce coordination and cooperation between national law enforcement authorities;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. EncouragesCalls for the development of clearer political priorities with more concrete translation into operational priorities;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RDeeply regrets the lack of alignment of the Commission’s Information Security governance structures with recognised best practices (as per IAS audit report).
Amendment 2 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), which is used to finance risky and innovative projects, can be used as a tool to boost EU growth and promote the development of strong, sustainable and competitive industry; demands nonetheless to make sure that the fund is used in responsible way not allowing its use for overly risky projects;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 18 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 22 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The autonomous trade measures would be granted in the form of zero-tariff quotas for products listed in Annexes I and II in addition to the preferential tariff-rate quotas set out in the Agreement, and the partial or full removal of import duties on industrial products listed in Annex III;.
Amendment 26 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) It is necessary to provide for the reintroduction of normal Common Customs Tariff duties for imports of any products which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to the European Union producers of like or directly competing products, subject to an investigation by the European Commission;
Amendment 31 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Amendment 39 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Where a product originating in Ukraine is imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to a Community producer of like or directly competing products, Common Customs Tariff duties on such product may be reintroduced at any time by the Council acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.
Amendment 44 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. At the request of a Member State or on the Commission’s initiative, the Commission shall take a formal decision to initiate an investigation within a reasonable period of time. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the investigation. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received and state that any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period, which shall not exceed fourtwo months from the date of publication of the notice, within which interested parties may make their views known in writing.
Amendment 45 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall seek all information it deems necessary and may verify the information received with Ukraine and any other relevant source. It mayshall be assisted by officials of the Member States on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests.
Amendment 48 #
2016/0308(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The investigation shall be completed within sixthree months afterof the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 2. The Commission may, in the case of exceptional circumstances which shall be justified in writing, extend this period in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 118 #
Amendment 189 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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–
The European Parliament rejects [the Commission proposal].
Amendment 129 #
Amendment 133 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission’s Communication of 3 March 2010 entitled ‘Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’30 sets the objective of the Union becoming an economy based on knowledge and innovation, reducing the administrative burden on companies and better matching lab our supply with demand. Measures to facilitate the admission of third-country national highly skilled workers have to be seen in that broader contextAccess to the labour market should therefore be facilitated and encouraged for the more than 20 million people who are unemployed in the European Union. _________________ 30 COM(2010) 2020 final
Amendment 212 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Member States should reject applications for an EU Blue Card and be allowed to withdraw or refuse to renew an EU Blue Card if there is a threat to public policy, public security or public health. Any rejection on grounds of public policy or public security should be based on the individual behaviour of the person concerned, in accordance with the principle of proportionality. Illness or disability suffered after the third- country national was admitted to the territory of the first Member State should not constitute the sole ground for withdrawing or refusing to renew an EU Blue Card or for not issuing an EU Blue Card in a second Member State.
Amendment 220 #
2016/0176(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Member States should be allowed to withdraw or refuse to renew an EU Blue Card where the EU Blue Card holder has either failed to comply with the conditions for mobility under this Directive or has repetitively exercised the mobility rights in an abusive manner, for example by applying for EU Blue Cards in second Member States and beginning employment immediately while it is clear that the conditions will not be fulfilled and the application will be refused.
Amendment 1 #
Amendment 151 #
2016/0106(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set outRejects the Commission proposal;
Amendment 21 #
2016/0105(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set outRejects the Commission proposal;
Amendment 27 #
Amendment 4 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for adequate financing in order to implement the Commission’s ambitious trade polbut recommends that a stop be put to the widespread negotiation of free trade agreements whicyh agenda, contributing to the stability and prosperity of the EU and thirdre destroying jobs and industry in the great majority of European countries;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the migration and refugee crisis has revealed significant shortcomings in the inconsistencyies of EU action in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood and in Sub-Saharan AfrMember States’ and EU foreign policay; calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity of the MFF revision to launch a fundamental reform of the policy strategy towards the EU’s partners with a view to increasing its impact and tackling migration causes effectivelyEuropean Union not to intervene further in the Member States’ foreign and migration policies;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to assess and improve the various initiatives under the Partnership Instrument supporting SME internationalisation, in relation to private and Member State initiatives, with a view to ensuring complementarity and European added-valuelet the Member States act in the interests of their SMEs, with a view to efficiency and a return to national economic sovereignty;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NotDeplores the increasing recourse to guarantees and financial instruments outside the EU budget to respond to multiple crises despite budgetary constraints; deplores the various cuts in Heading 4 in order to provide funding for the newly created Trust Funds for Syria and Africa and the Turkey Facility; insists that such funding instruments must remain an exception and should eventually be included in the budget;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the valuable support under the EU’s Macro-Financial Assistance mechanism to partner countries facing severe economic difficulties must be reflected in the EU budget; deplores the fact that the ‘structural reforms’ required of countries in return for such assistance impose on them what is in some cases an unwanted economic model; deplores the fact that the assistance to Ukraine is disbursed via a corrupt government with links to dangerous political milieus, and ultimately favours the division of the country, torn as it is between its Russian and European interests;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. whereas the humanitarian crisis affecting more than 65.3 million ‘displaced’1 persons1 means that the distinction between people in need of international protectionolitical refugees and migrants is becoming increasingly difficult to draw; whereas, however, since 65% of the people concerned are economic migrants, this distinction should be made in a stringent manner; _________________ 1 http://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2016/6/5 763b65a4/global-forced-displacement-hits- record-high.html
Amendment 46 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls onDemands that the European Union to open up legal and safe routes for migrants and refugeescease its irresponsible policy of allowing in floods of migrants, as immigration policy is a Member State prerogative;
Amendment 107 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 15 #
2015/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that trade and renewed access to the global rules-based trading system is a potential way to break Iran’s self-chosen isolationhe nuclear agreement with Iran makes it possible for European countries to cooperate fully with it, which will be of benefit to all;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses concern abouNotes that the high levels of corruption andre a problem and that trade- circumventing sanctions, which have lead to a grey economy; stresses, therepoints out, however, that it is fore, the need to fight corruption and increase transparency, and for a truly private sector to develop in IranIranian people and its leaders to solve that problem and that there must be no EU interference in the internal affairs of what is a sovereign country, since that has often led to major foreign-policy mistakes;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that a potential renewal of trade ties between the EU and Iran must go hand in hand with substantial improvements in respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in Iran, and that, while human rights and fundamental freedoms are essential principles for European countries, the EUre must use its position as an economic bloc as leverage to improve the living conditions andbe distrust of policies that may be perceived by others as imposing Western notions and, accordingly, regarded as cultural colonisation; hopes that the wellbeing of the Iranian people will improve;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to explore the possibility of restarting Iran’s accession talks with the World Trade Organisation, as membership of the WTO would bring a further liberalisation of Iran’s economy to drive growth, embed the country in the global rules-based system and provide a mechanism to hold the regime to account on commitments madeNotes that Iran, as a sovereign country, may decide whether or not to apply for membership of the WTO and that the EU must not seek to influence a sovereign country's choices;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that the American sanctions still in place restrict EU policy space, obstructing EU companies with US business activities doing business in Iran; calls on the US Government to provide legal certainty and predictability, including by granting waivers, and asks the Commission to increase dialogue and cooperation with the US; urges the Member States and the Commission to defend EU companies against the extraterritorial application of US law;
Amendment 108 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the definition of core values and principles is a living and permanent process, and while those values and principles may evolve over time, they must be protected against short termism and ad hoc changes as a result of different political majorities;
Amendment 124 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas respect for cultural diversity and, national traditions may not impede a uniform and high level of protection of democracy, rule of law and fundamand democratic rules and the principle of subsidiarity is essential rights (DRF);
Amendment 158 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the failure of a candidate country to meet the required standards results in a delay of accession to the Union, while the failure of a Member State or an institution of the Union to meet those same standards has little consequence in practiceand undermines the Union’s credibility if the accession process is not interrupted;
Amendment 185 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 212 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
Amendment 291 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 302 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 313 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 376 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 5
Paragraph 9 – indent 5
Amendment 393 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. ConfirmInsists that the recommendations respect fundamental rights and the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas through the TiSA negotiations are aimed at achieving better international regulation, not lower domestic regulationthere shall be no further pruning of national competence;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas trade in services is an engine for jobs and growth in the EU, certain sectors of this kind of trade should not be entirely free of government regulation;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas numerous barriers to trade in services, which if translated into equivalent tariffs amount to 15 % for Canada, 16 % for Japan, 25 % for South Korea, 44 % for Turkey and 68 % for China, continue to prevent European companies from reaping the full benefits of their competitiveness; whereas the EU, where the tariff equivalent of services restrictions is only 6 %, is substantially more open than most of its partners, often without being reciprocal;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas citizens’ trust in EU’s trade policy is a must, which can only be restored by ensuring the highest level of transparency, by maintaining constant dialogue with civil society, and by setting clear guidelines in the negotiations which take account of the justified concerns of the citizens;
Amendment 117 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas data protection is not an economic burden, but a source of economic growthindispensable basic civil liberty; whereas restoring trust in the digital world is crucial; whereas data flows are indispensable to trade in services;
Amendment 139 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Amendment 155 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
ii. to reiterate its support for a comprehensive and balanced agreement, which should unleash the untapped potential of a more integrated global services market, while fully guaranteeing compliance with the EU acquis; to shape globalisation and to create international standards, while fully preserving the right to regulate and the competences of the member states; to secure increased market access for European services suppliers in key sectors of interest, while accommodating specific carve-outs for sensitive sectors;
Amendment 220 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
i. to exclude public services and, in particular all aspects of public services such as electricity, gas, water supply, hospitals, public transport and education as well as cultural services from the scope of the negotiations, and to seek the further opening of foreign markets in telecommunications, transport and professional services;
Amendment 275 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
vii. to take a cautious approach in Mode 4, while bearing in mind that the EU has an offensive interest in the inward and outward movement of highly-skilled labour; and to acknowledge that the labour clause maintains the legal obligation of foreign service providers to comply with EU and Member State social and labour legislation, as well as with collective agreements; to enter into ambitious commitments for those cases which underpin Mode 3 commitments;
Amendment 408 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
iv. to oppose any provisions regarding visas and other entry procedures except those aimed at increasing transparency and streamlining administrative procedures; to set requirements to ensure that temporary service providers return home;
Amendment 415 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi
Amendment 578 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point i – point iv
Amendment 585 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point v
Paragraph 1 – point i – point v
v. to encourage the Member States to involve their national parliaments and to keep them adequately informedinformed in the best possible way about the ongoing negotiations;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that trading partners should derive benefit from the growing competition in the field of trade, from investment by the private sector, including investment under public-private partnerships, and from the greater affluence of consumerhe growing international competition in the field of trade could be harmful to the development of economies, and that public-private partnerships often have unfavourable consequences for states’ public finances;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that anticompetitive practices and private monopolies are harmful to consumers and to the development of innovation, and that they can constitute barriers to trade which distort trade and investment flows;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to go even further in seeking an ambitious opening- up of international public procurement markets in order to eliminate the imbalance which exists with regard to the degree of opening-up of public procurement markets between the EU and other trading partners;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 15 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. SupportAcknowledges the competition policy initiatives of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the OECD and their efforts to improve worldwide cooperation in the field of competition policy;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 27 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that access to resources, including energy sources, on equal terms is of vital importance for fair competition on the global marketenergy policy must remain the responsibility of the Member States;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 11 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the problems of smuggling, counterfeiting, trafficking and other forms of illegal and illicit trade, which not only have an impact on Member States’ collection of customs duties and consequently on the EU budget, but are also strongly associated with organised international crime, threats to consumers and negative effects on the functioning of the single market, and which undermine a level playing field for all competing companies; requests, therefore, better coordination between the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF), customs authorities and market surveillance authorities in order not only to combat these problems but also to curb the trade in products that infringe intellectual property laws in the EU; notes that the closure of customs posts has meant that fewer checks are now carried out, and these types of unlawful activity have mushroomed as a result; notes that internet commerce makes new kinds of fraud possible, particular VAT fraud resulting in heavy losses of revenue to Member States;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the implementation of the Hercule III Programme under the new financial framework, and considers it useful that this programme be used to assist the law enforcement agencies of certain Member States in combating illegal and illicit trade; notes that the existence in the European Union of a number of tax havens encourages companies to divert monies they would normally use to pay tax, thus undermining Member States’ revenue;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that in 2014 there were 48 agreements in place that encompassed mutual administrative assistance, covering 71 countries, with another 49 countries in negotiations, including major trading partners such as the USA and Japan; notes that VAT carousel fraud is costing EU Member States tens of billions of euro, and calls for a change in the rules on levying VAT in respect of trade between Member States, in order to put an end to this type of fraud;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the key role played by the EU’s macro-financial assistance (MFA) programme in encouraging reform in the EU’s closest trading countries; requests that the Commission continue to report to Parliament and the Member States with a view to ensuring that all funds are spent in full compliance with the basic regulation; is concerned that much of the macro- financial assistance to Ukraine may be being misused, given that corruption is known to be rife in the Ukrainian authorities.
Amendment 8 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EIB to pay greater attention to the impact its operations have on human rights and to further develop its policy on social standards into a human rights policy in the area of banking;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the EIB public consultation on climate action and believes that the EIB can further strengthen its position as leader in the climate field; looks forward to the update of the EIB climate strategy outside of the EU, with the expectation of an action plan phasing out lending to non-renewable energy projects; calls on the ECB to lend to the EIB on a massive scale at 0% so that the latter can in turn finance on a massive scale at 0.5% insulation projects in the EU Member States; points out that this arrangement could also be used to finance many projects in the area of renewable energy production;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly believes that a long-term resilient Energy Union should be based on cost effectiveness, increased energy efficiency, renewable energy, interconnection, with particular attention to European islandsMember States’ energy security should be based on a deal struck at national level between a strong public sector and the private sector, increased energy efficiency, renewable energy, improved self- sufficiency and cooperation;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 19 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 42 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the European energy import strategy must take into account the real costs and benefits of energy sources by rationally assessing all direct and indirect factors and not only those that are related to their direct use;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance trade and the public sector can play in the promotion and development of future-oriented energy technology, particularly regarding energy storage and transport and the development of international standards for energy efficiency;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to increase their cooperation on the information exchange mechanism onform one another in greater detail about intergovernmental agreements with third countries in the field of energy; calls on the Commission, furthermore, to explore the options available for the joint negotiation of energy contracts with external suppliers on behalf of the EU.
Amendment 65 #
2015/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s new strategy ‘Trade for all – Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’; regrets the Commission’s delay in presenting a new strategy, given that Parliament requested that a revised mid- and long-term trade strategy be presented by summer 2012Regrets the still existing lack of transparency in trade negotiations, especially in TTIP and TiSA talks;
Amendment 144 #
2015/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the ILO estimates that 865 million women around the world, if better supported, could contribute more robustly to economic growth; notes that women-owned businesses represent an underutilised lever to boost competitiveness, accelerate business and sustain growth; states that trade policy can have differing gender impacts across the various sectors of the economy; regrets that the Commission does not address the gender dimension of trade agreements in its ‘Trade for All’ communication; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to ensurecalls on the Commission to adequately consider that both women and men can take advantage of the benefits of trade liberalisation and be protected from its negative effects;
Amendment 202 #
2015/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 206 #
2015/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. NotUrges that improvements were achieved at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015; recognises the differences among WTO members on how to proceed as regards the Doha Round, including the need to consider new approaches to solve outstanding issues; welcomes the intere commission not to use WTO talks as an excuse to further curtail competencest of some WTO members in starting to address new negotiating areas; believes that the outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conference provides an opportunity to give new life to the WTO’s negotiating function; urges the Commission to take the initiative in reforming and strengthening the WTO in order to ensure greater effectiveness, transparency and accountabilitythe member states in matters of international trade;
Amendment 269 #
2015/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to start negotiations fpay more an investment agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the one with China; underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework; asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealandttention to public opinion before involving in further trade negotiations;
Amendment 296 #
2015/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Strongly opposes the granting of MES to China, as it is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU’'s five technical criteria for defining a market economy; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong trade distortion caused by Chinese exporting companies; refers in this context especially to the heavy and partly unfair competition the European heavy industry had to face vis-à-vis their Chinese competitors during the last years;
Amendment 321 #
2015/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 357 #
2015/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Stresses the importance of further debate with stakeholders and Parliament on the Commission’s proposal for the Investment Court System in order to better clarify its impact on the ‘right to regulate’, the annual costs for the EU budget and its compliance with the EU legal order, the power of the EU courts in particular, and more specifically the EU competition rulesUrges the Commission to abandon their plans on an Investment Court system;
Amendment 368 #
2015/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
Amendment 5 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for an ambitious sustainable development agenda on the part of the UN, and, in line with Article 21(d) TEU, is of the opinion that European trade policy needs to be coordinated and implemented in a coherent way in order to revitalise the global partnership forthe UN to promote sustainable development;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that trade policy is crucial in combating climate change, and therefore urges the EU to ensure that its trade policy decisions are in line with the imperative to decarbonise global production and consumption; stresses, in this context, the danger that TTIP presents to the continuation of efforts to achieve sustainable development in the European Union;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. UrgesCalls on the EU and its Member States to ensure the implementation of the Right to Food, as outlined in the UN resolution of 2011 on the right to food (A/66/158);
Amendment 34 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that a possiblethe setting-up of a permanent international court for the settlement of investment disputes shwould be situated within the UN system and should be based on the principles of multilateralism and of the rights and obligations of those subject to the courtpromote the interests of certain private economic operators to the detriment of the general interests of the countries concerned and would seriously affect the economic sovereignty of States;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls forStresses that the systematic integration of the findings and recommendations on Gender Equality and Trade Policy of UN Women into the revision of thehas no place in an EU Handbook on Sustainability Impact Assessments;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that certain restrictions in the economic and commercial sphere are more capable of reducing the risks of breaches of the rights of peoples within their territory;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the precautionary principle set out in Article 191 TFEU requires, moreover, that a risk be prevented or counteracted before conclusive proof exists of that risk actually materialising, and whereas that principle also applies to goods imported into the European Union;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the benefits that the implementation of this agreement will bring, in particular for SMEs; emphasises that the agreement will reduce uncertainty regarding market entry conditions and the costs of trade by between 12.5 % and 17.5 % (according to estimates such as those by the OECD) through a scaling-back of customs control, thus allowing businesses to access new markets and improve their competitiveness by reducing red tape and associated costs;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the benefits that the implementation of this agreement will bring, in particular for SMEs; emphasises that the agreement will reduce uncertainty regarding market entry conditions and the costs of trade by between 12.5 % and 17.5 % (according to estimates such as those by the OECD) thus allowing businesses to access new markets and improve their competitiveness by reducing red tape and associated costs; nevertheless believes that the Trade Facilitation Agreement is very likely to lead to the release of additional budgetary resources, particularly for the management of advance rulings and stemming from a fresh incentive to create separate transit infrastructure;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2067(INI)
3. Acknowledges the benefits that the implementation of this agreement will bring, in particular for SMEs; emphasises that the agreement will reduce uncertainty regarding market entry conditions and the costs of trade by between 12.5 % and 17.5 % (according to estimates such as those by the OECD) thus allowing businesses to access new markets and improve their competitiveness by reducing red tape and associated costs; also highlights the risk of opening the way to a dispute settlement mechanism in the customs area through a strengthening of the right of appeal and review to which the applicant is entitled before an administrative or judicial authority and a lack of clarity as regards the independence of that authority;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the benefits that the implementation of this agreement will bring, in particular for SMEs; emphasises that the agreement will reduce uncertainty regarding market entry conditions and the costs of trade by between 12.5 % and 17.5 % (according to estimates such as those by the OECD) thus allowing businesses to access new markets and improve their competitiveness by reducing red tape and associated costs; recognises, however, that in view of the precautionary principle, a change in the circumstances giving rise to notifications for controls and inspections is insufficient reason for lowering the level of control on goods imported into the European Union; therefore considers the system of notifications for controls and inspections laid down in the Trade Facilitation Agreement to conflict with the precautionary principle;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Also invites the EU Member States to conduct a prior evaluation of the costs arising from the training and recruitment of special units attached to the advance rulings infrastructure;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2067(INI)
3b. Calls on the Commission to collect and submit statistical data on the costs incurred through the creation of advance rulings infrastructure and special facilities for goods in transit;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Urges the Commission fine tune Article 3.7 and Article 4 of the Trade Facilitation Agreement so that only one national administrative or judicial authority exercising official authority in the State to which an application has been submitted can hear the appeal and review the procedures or rulings disputed by the applicant;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Invites the EU Member States to interpret broadly the change in circumstances giving rise to notifications for controls and inspections so that it is not possible for the risks associated with the import of goods solely to be linked to a potential risk event;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges allInvites States that are members both of the WTO to tryEU and of the WTO to find a solution without delay for implementing the Bali Package so that the DDA can be concluded for the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Nevertheless recognises that the estimated reduction in the costs of trade for these countries does not take into account their degree of resilience to the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement or the calculations of opportunities in the national strategy choices relating to the creation of transit and customs infrastructure in particular, as recommended by the WTO;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the degree of implementation of the agreement will determinenecessarily be subject to the benefits that will bethe members derived therefrom;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that, while a number of requirements under the agreement, notably on transparency and the automated entry and payment of duties, can be a powerful means of addressing border corruption, intervention by customs units on the ground remains essential to better manage risk;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Nevertheless enjoins the Commission to conduct in-depth monitoring of the allocation of that funding and of the effectiveness of its use;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to do its utmost to support developing and least developed countries in the implementation of their commitments, while ensuring that those commitments do not impact adversely on national and local policies in the area of territorial security and risk monitoring;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to do its utmost to support developing and least developed countries in the implementation of their commitments, without the implementation of those commitments creating unreasonable additional costs that have to be met by the State concerned or the European Union;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the terrorist attacks in Paris, Copenhagen and Tunis in early 2015 highlight the security threat which is posed by the presence and movement of these foreign fighterterrorists in Europe; whereas the European Union has condemned these attacks in the strongest terms and has committed itself to combat terrorism alongside the Member States;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas combating terrorism and preventing the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations still falls essentially within the sphere of competence of the Member States, but whereas a concerted European approach is necessary to harmonise the legislation that applies in an area where European citizens are free to move;
Amendment 116 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to establish as quickly as possible a global strategy to prevent the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens, taking into account all vectors of radicalisation, on the basis of the exchange of best practice within the European Union and the evaluation of measures undertaken in the Member States; takes the view that the Commission should develop an intensive communication strategy on preventing the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations;
Amendment 223 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the internet plays a significant role in fuelling the radicalisation of European citizens, as it facilitates the rapid, large-scale distribution of hate messages inciting violence and praise for terrorism; expresses concern at the impact that such messages praising terrorism have on young people, who are particularly vulnerable; calls for a dialogue to be launched at European level with the internet giants with a view to preventing the online distribution of hate messages and to eradicating them swiftlyeffective monitoring to be carried out by the appropriate police services with a view to identifying the authors;
Amendment 245 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 268 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 286 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 301 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 306 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 324 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 345 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15 Stresses that schools and education have an important role to play in preventing radicalisation; recalls the crucial role that schools play in helping to promote integration and develop critical thinking; calls on the Member States to investigate the possibility of introducing, where it does not already exist, education on religious issues in schools;
Amendment 365 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the European Union to carry out a communication campaign to raise the awareness of young people, as well as supervisory staff, as regards issues of radicalisation; calls on the Member States to introduce specialist training for teaching staff so that they can detect any suspicious changes in behaviour and properly supervise young people who are at risk of being recruited by terrorist organisations;
Amendment 412 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the crucial importance of making all actors aware of their responsibility to prevent radicalisation, whether at local, national, European or international level; encourages the establishment of close cooperation between all civil society actors, including national and local platforms for cooperation between actors on the ground, such as associations, NGOs and families of victims of terrorism; calls, in this regard, for the introduction of training adapted for the actors on the ground dealing with potentially radicalised European citizens;
Amendment 461 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its desire to see the so- called ‘EU PNR’ directive swiftly adopted before the end of 2015 in order to enable the movements of European citizens likely to adopt a terrorist ideology to be tracked; recalls, however, that the EU PNR will not be enough to prevent the recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisatemphasises the fundamental importance of controlling the internal and external borders of the European Unions;
Amendment 532 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates its belief that the European Union must step up its external border controls as a matter of urgency and that the Member States must also be able to guard and control the internal borders; stresses that it will be impossible to effectively track the departures or arrivals of European citizens unless mandatory and systematic controls are introduced on the European Union’s external borders; states that, to this end, one of the European Union’s priorities must be reformpealing the Schengen Code;
Amendment 545 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on Member States to share good practices in regard to exit checks on radicalised EU citizens and how to manage the return of citizens who have taken part in terrorist activities in conflict theatres abroad; supports in particular Member States confiscating the passports of EU citizens planning to join terrorist organisations;
Amendment 599 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 609 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 621 #
2015/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 23 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas prison conditions and prison management are responsibilities of the Member States but the Union also has a necessary role to play in protecting the fundamental rights of prisoners and in creating the European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice;.
Amendment 51 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 116 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that overcrowding of prisons, which is in many cases related to the disproportionally high number of third country nationals present in the EU and which is very common in Europe’s prisons, particularly in Greece, France, Belgium, Italy, Slovenia and Romania, in many cases has a serious impact on the safety of prison staff and prisoners, but also with regard to the activities made available, medical care and monitoring of prisoners;
Amendment 136 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 162 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 202 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reaffirms the importance of ensuring that children in prison are treated in a manner that takes into account their best interests, including being kept separate from adults and having the right to maintain contact with their families; recalls that Directive (EU) 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children includes a preference for alternative measureStresses that the controlling of external and internal borders is imperative to prevent criminals entering nation states and is an effective means to prevent overcrowding of some Member States' prisons;
Amendment 268 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 272 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 273 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 17 #
2015/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the recognition of protection of non-agricultural GIs is both a defensive and offensive interest in the framework of the common commercial policy and it can be an effective tool in countering imitation and counterfeit products and in ensuring fair competition, protecting traditional local activities and crafts and creating associated jobs, in the context of international competition in which EU countries are already disadvantaged;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recallgrets that the Treaty on European Union (TEU) marked a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union in which decisions are taken as openly and as closely as possible toloss of sovereignty by Member States, often against the wishes of their citizens, in which European Union decisions are not taken in the interest of the citizen (Article 1 TEU); notes that there is a considerable lack of trust among EU citizens in EU trade-policy making, and believes that a radical shift is needed in the way that information about trade negotiations is communicated to the public, in order to ensure their legitimacy; stresses that such legitimacy can only be guaranteed by introducing elements of democracy to the decision-making process;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 47 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the Commission must promote the general interests of the Union, be led by members chosen on the grounds of their competence and independence, and refrain from any action incompatible with its duties (Article 17 TFEU); welcomes initiatives aimed at greater transparency, accountability and integrity, including the decisions adopted by the Commission on 25 November 2014 and the new impetus given to the Transparency Register, which should be mandatory and binding for all EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; calls for Parliament, in this respect, to coordinate action to enhance transparency within the institutions as regards the activity of lobbies and special interest groups; notes that lobbies are widely consulted and listened to in all trade negotiations while no account is taken of the opinion of Member States’ citizens;
Amendment 102 #
2015/0310(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts itsRejects the position at first reading hereinafter set out;
Amendment 109 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The objective of Union policy in the field of external border management is to develop and implement European integrated border management at national and Union level, which is a necessary corollary to the free movement of persons within the Union and is a fundamental component of an area of freedom, security and justice. European integrated border management is centralintended to improvinge migration management and ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union. The only effective way to meet these objectives, however, is to re-establish national borders.
Amendment 112 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The objective of Union policy in the field of external border management is to develop and implement European integrated border management at national and Union level, which is a necessary corollary to the free movement of persons within the Union and is a fundamental component of an area of freedom, security and justice. European integrated border management is central to improving migration management and ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union.
Amendment 130 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Having regard to the increasing migratory pressures at the external borders, to the necessity of ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union and to safeguard the functioning of the Schengen area as well as the overarching principle of solidarity, it is necessary to reinforce the management of the external borders by building on the work of Frontex and further develop it into an Agency with a shared responsibility for the management of the external borders.
Amendment 143 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency relies on the cooperation of Member States to be able to perform its tasks effectively. In this respect, it is important for the Agency and the Member States to act in good faith and to have a timely and accurate exchange of information. All the Agency's activities should be subject to close supervision by the Member States directly affected.
Amendment 244 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
A European Border and Coast Guard is hereby set up to ensure a European integrated border management at the external borders with a view to managing migrationthe increasingly intense migratory pressures at the EU’s external borders effectively and ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union, while safeguarding the free movement of persons therein.
Amendment 466 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The Executive Director shall appoint experts from the staff of the Agency to be deployed as liaison officers. The Executive Director shall, based on risk analysis and in consultation with the Management Board, determine the nature of the deployment, the Member State to which a liaison officer may be deployed and the duration of the deployment. The Executive Director shall notify the Member State concerned of the appointment and shall determine, together with the Member State, the location of deployment. Member States may, by means of a reasoned decision notified to the Agency, reject liaison officers deployed on their territory.
Amendment 532 #
2015/0310(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. The Executive Director shall adopt a decis, on the basis of the vulnerability assessment and taking into account the Agency’s risk analysis, adopt a recommendation setting out the necessary corrective measures to be taken by the Member State concerned, including by using resources under the Union financial instruments. The drecisommendation of the Executive Director shall be binding on the Member State and shall lay down the time-limit within which the measures are to be taken.
Amendment 639 #
Amendment 60 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Acts of terrorism constitute one of the most serious violations of security and of the universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity, enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms on which the European Union is founded. It also represents one of the most serious attacks on democracy and the rule of law, principles which are common to the Member States and on which the European Union is based.
Amendment 67 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The terrorist threat has grown and rapidly evolved in recent years. Individualslamists referred to as "foreign terrorist fighters" travel abroad for terrorism purposes. Returning foreign terrorist fighters pose a heightened security threat to all EU Member States. Foreign terrorist fighters have been linked to several recent attacks or plots, including the attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015. In addition, the European Union and its Member States face increased threats from individuals inspired or instructed by terrorist groups abroad but who remain within Europe. The Schengen system, exemplified by the lack of checks at national borders, has also helped to exacerbate the terrorist threat.
Amendment 184 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 32 #
2015/0211(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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Amendment 72 #
2015/0211(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) As regards Turkey, the legal basis for protection against persecution and mistreatment is, in theory, adequately provided by substantive and procedural human rights and anti-discrimination legislation, including membership of all major international human rights treaties. In 2014, the European Court of Human Rights found violations in 94 out of 2899 applications. There are no indications of any incidents of refoulement of its own citizens. In 2014, Member States considered that 23,1 % (310) of asylum applications of citizens of Turkey were well-founded. One Member State has designated Turkey as a safe country of origin. Turkey has been designated as a candidate country by the European Council and negotiations have been opened. At that time the assessment was that TurkeyTo date, Turkey has not fulfilled the criteria established by the Copenhagen European Council of 21-22 June 1993 relating to stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities and Turkey will have to continue to fulfil these criteria for becoming a member in line with the recommendations provided in the Annual Progress Report; negotiations on Turkey’s accession to the EU should therefore be suspended.
Amendment 124 #
Amendment 4 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
Amendment 5 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Following the reinstatement of the Ukrainian constitution of 2004a coup d'état, presidential as well as parliamentary elections were successfully held on 25 May 2014 and 26 October 2014, respectively, in a civil war context. Following the formation on 2 December 2014 of a new government reflecting the outcome of the parliamentary elections, Ukraine has reconfirmed its commitment to political and economic reforms in line with the framework provided by the Association Agreement and presented an Action Plan outlining the intended reforms.
Amendment 7 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrityconflict and the resulting military conflict have had damaging effects on Ukraine's already precarious economic and financial stability. Ukraine is facing a difficult balance of payments and liquidity position linked to receding confidence and concomitant capital flight, as well as a worsening fiscal situation as a result of the direct budgetary cost of the conflict, a deeper than expected recession and the loss of fiscal revenues from the areas controlled by the separatistRussian- speaking regions. At the same time, pre- existing structural weaknesses and budgetary and external-financial vulnerabilities have also contributed to the deterioration of the economic situation.
Amendment 8 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In this context, Ukraine’s external financing needs are substantially larger than initially identified, which might requiringe additional financial assistance by international creditors and donors. In its most recent programme review mission, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has identified a significant financing need over and above the funding committed so far by the international community, which includes Union macro-financial assistance under Council Decision 2002/639/EC, Decision No 388/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2014/215/EU.
Amendment 9 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union has, on various occasions, declared its commitment to support the new Ukrainian authorities in their aims to stabilise the situation and pursue the course of reforms. The Union has also declared its readiness fully to support efforts of the international community and international financial institutions, especially the IMF, with regard to an international assistance package designed to address the urgent needs of Ukraine, conditional on Ukraine's clear commitment to reforms. Financial support from the Union to Ukraine is consistent with the Union’s policy as set out in the ENP and in the Eastern Partnership. In its concluscurbing the uncontrolled distributions of 18 December 2014, the European Council states that, following the Commission’s second disbursement in December 2014 of EUR 500 million in macro-financial assistance, the Union and its Member States stand ready to further facilitate and support Ukraine’s reform process, together with other donors and in line with IMF conditionalityfunds allocated and to combating the corruption furthered by that assistance.
Amendment 10 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Union’s macro-financial assistance should be an exceptional financial instrument of untied and undesignated balance-of-payments support, which aims at addressing the beneficiary’s immediate external financing needs and should underpin the implementation of a policy programme containing strong immediate adjustment and structural reform measures designed to improve the balance-of-payments position in the short termfor ad hoc financial support so as to ease the fiscal strain on Ukraine's public finances.
Amendment 12 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 13 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union's macro-financial assistance should aim to support the restoration of a sustainable external financing situation for Ukraine, thereby supporting its economic and social development in line with the Association Agreement.
Amendment 14 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Commission should ensure that the Union's macro-financial assistance is legally and substantially in line with the key principles, objectives and measubject to prior assessment of the level of general-government corruption in Ukraine in order to make sures taken within the different areas of external action and other relevant Union policieshat the funds allocated and financed by the Member States are put to the best possible use.
Amendment 15 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 16 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 17 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A pre-condition for granting the Union's macro-financial assistance should be that Ukraine respects effective democratic mechanisms – includingmechanisms based on a multi-party parliamentary system – and the rule of law, and guarantees respect for human rights and the right of peoples to self-determination. In addition, the specific objectives of the Union's macro- financial assistance should strengthen the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the public finance management systems in Ukraine and to promote structural reforms aimed at supporting sustainable and inclusive growth, employment creation and fiscal consolidation. Both fulfilment of the preconditions and the achievement of those objectives should be regularly monitored by the Commission and the European External Action Service.
Amendment 18 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The Union's macro-financial assistance should be subject to economic policyfinancial management conditions, to be laid down in a Memorandum of Understanding. In order to ensure uniform conditions of implementation and for reasons of efficiency, the Commission should be empowered to negotiate such conditions with the Ukrainian authorities under the supervision of the committee of representatives of the Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Under that Regulation, the advisory procedure should, as a general rule, apply in all cases other than as provided for in that Regulation. Considering the potentially important impact of assistance of more than EUR 90 million, it is appropriate that the examination procedure be used for operations above that threshold. Considering the amount of the Union's macro-financial assistance to Ukraine, the examination procedure should apply to the adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding, and to any reduction, suspension or cancellation of the assistance,
Amendment 21 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The release of the Union's macro- financial assistance shall be managed by the Commission in a manner consistent with the agreements or understandings reached between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ukraine, and with the key principles and objectives of economic reforms set out in the EU- Ukraine Association Agreement and the EU-Ukraine Association Agenda agreed under the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)requirements of financial transparency. The Commission shall regularly inform the European Parliament and the Council of developments regarding the Union's macro-financial assistance, including disbursements thereof, and shall provide those institutions with the relevant documents in due time.
Amendment 24 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. A pre-condition for granting the Union's macro financial assistance shall be that Ukraine respects effective democratic mechanisms – including a multi-party parliamentary system – and the rule of law, and guarantees respect for human rights.all of the following:
Amendment 27 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 (new)
- mechanisms to combat corruption within general-government departments and corruption involving general-government departments and private-sector businesses which are in receipt of grants or which have service provider links or partnership arrangements with general-government departments;
Amendment 28 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 (new)
- mechanisms based on a multi-party parliamentary system;
Amendment 29 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 (new)
- human rights and the right of peoples to self-determination.
Amendment 30 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. No later than six months after publication of this Decision, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an assessment of the level of corruption in the instances referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 31 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 32 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 33 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7(2), shall agree with the Ukrainian authorities on clearly defined economic policy and financial conditions, focusing on structural reforms and soundthe sound management of public finances, to which the Union's macro- financial assistance is to be subject, to be laid down in a Memorandum of Understanding ("the Memorandum of Understanding") which shall include a timeframe for the fulfilment of those conditions. The economic policy and financial conditions set out in the Memorandum of Understanding shall be consistent with the agreements or understandings referred to in Article 1(3), including the macroeconomic adjustment and structural reform programmes implemented by Ukraine, with the support of the IMF.
Amendment 35 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The conditions referred to in Paragraph 1 shall aim, in particular, to enhance the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the public finance management systems in Ukraine, including for the use of the Union's macro-financial assistance. Progress in mutual market opening, the development of rules-based and fair trade and other priorities in the context of the Union's external policy shall also be duly taken into account when designing the policy measures. Progress in attaining those objectives shall be regularly monitored by the Commission.
Amendment 36 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall verify at regular intervals that the conditions in Article 4(3) continue to be met, including whether the economic policies of Ukraine are in accordance with the objectives of the Union's macro-financial assistance. In so doing, the Commission shall coordinate closely with the IMF and the World Bank, and, where necessary, with the European Parliament and the CouncilEuropean Parliament and the Council, and, where necessary, with the IMF and the World Bank.
Amendment 38 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) a continuous satisfactory track record of implementing a policy programme that contains strong adjustment and structural reform measures supported by a non- precautionary IMF credit arrangementmaking use of the funds allocated in a transparent manner and demonstrating that those funds have been soundly managed and are traceable within the public-finances set-up; and
Amendment 40 #
2015/0005(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the implementation, within a specific time-frame, of the economic policy and financial conditions agreed in the Memorandum of Understandingmeasures the impact of which on the public finances and the domestic economy can be assessed.
Amendment 129 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 166 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in both European and national legislationEU law;
Amendment 213 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 294 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores recent instances of jihadist terrorism, discrimination and anti- Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance;
Amendment 398 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the fact that even today people, whether belonging to minorities or not, are still victims of discrimination;
Amendment 438 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 653 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
– improve legal avenues for refugeeseffectively combat illegal immigration;
Amendment 665 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
– introduce new procedures for legal entry into the EUdiscourage illegal immigration and tackle its causes;
Amendment 695 #
2014/2254(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 3 #
2014/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the importance of the common commercial policy and EU economic relations with third countries and regional organisations for EU growth and jobfor EU growth and jobs of Community preference and trade protection arrangements benefiting the Member States; is therefore of the view that the principle of proportionality and, where applicable, subsidiarity should be duly respected also in these policy areas, particularly when trade agreements are required to be of a mixed nature;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for clarification of whetherNotes that trade instruments, such as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), could jeopardise the subsidiarity principle with respect to the competences of Member States;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with regret that the Commission’s ex-ante impact assessments of envisaged far-reaching trade agreements often prove to be excessively optimistic and raise false hopes about their positive impact on EUthe citizens and businesses of the Member States, in particular on SMEs; points out that the assessment of economic, social and environmental implications is carried out only after the launch of negotiations in the form of the so-called sustainability impact assessment; is convinced that these two assessment tools should be merged so as to assess the economic, social and environmental implications before launching trade negotiations, and calls on Parliament and the Commission to fully cooperate in this regard;
Amendment 31 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, owing to public budgetary constraints exacerbated by the economic and public debt crisis, it is important to improve the costs, effectiveness, efficiency and quality of public services and to ensure the timely delivery of public infrastructure, and whereas appropriate involvement of public and private actors can contribute to this;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, in addition, there are new areas to be developed which have not been provided in the past by public services, together with newly designed financial instruments and a network of free trade agreements which provide, or pave the way, for further participation in investmMember States should be invited to develop new areas which have not beent projects abroad bringing together private companies andvided in the past by public entitiservices;
Amendment 37 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the fact that the private sector may undervalue social infrastructure and the cover it provides, the considerable costs associated with providing infrastructure, the position of some sectors as natural monopolies or their strategic importance mean that in many cases open competition and privatisation are not the most suitable policy option whersince the public interest must prevail;
Amendment 42 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas many emerging and developing countries face a mismatch between the dynamism of private businesses and the lack of reliable public infrastructure; whereas such gaps (which are striking in India or Brazil) have undermined potential growth, limiting export/import capacities or disturbing production lines owing to the absence of sufficient port infrastructure, deficiencies in internal transport (railways, freight or highways) or dysfunctional power generation units and power distribution grids; whereas they also have a negative impact on human welfare (owing to scarcity of sewage and water distribution networks); whereas PPPs allow integrated solutions whereby a partner or a consortium provides ‘building’ (construction, engineering and architecture services), ‘financing’ (injection of private funds, at least to pre- finance a project) and ‘exploitation’ (maintenance, surveillance and management services);
Amendment 47 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas, however, experience has demonstrated that PPPs have shown serious management deficiencies and governments have had to take on a heavy financial burden, in particular in the hospital and prison sectors;
Amendment 67 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it regrettable that while the EU has so far kept its government procurement markets largely open to international competition, many companies competing at EU level operate from protected countries, with such protection taking different forms such as state-owned enterprises, trade barriers in the field of government procurement, services or investment, preference for domestic bidders, restrictions on national treatment and market access, regulatory barriers to the establishment of branches or subsidiaries, and restrictions on access to financing, the EU has so far kept its government procurement markets largely open to international competition;
Amendment 83 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 92 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 102 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to work towards gaining substantial market access commitments internationally in the World Trade Organisation and in ongoing bilateral negotiations with third countries in order to redress the asymmetries in the level of openness of EU government procurement markets as compared with those of other trading partnerhelp Member States protect their government procurement markets by taking an approach based on reciprocity in relation to third countries which are partners of the Member States and have set up protectionist systems;
Amendment 105 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to monitor EU businesses abroad and draw conclusions on success stories, models and good practices, with a view to drawing up guidelines, and to consider creating virtual documentation centres or observatories, to promote user-friendly platforms and networks for informing EU SMEs about opportunities to participate in PPPs abroad and to provide technical support as regards the legal framework and expected challenges; also calls on the Commission to promote the use of clear and comprehensive accounting rules at the international level so as to reduce the uncertainties associated with PPPs, while at the same time promoting sound budgetary policies and the sustainability of projectproduce an assessment of their viability and protection, in order to inform EU SMEs;
Amendment 112 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 119 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 125 #
2014/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 41 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an ambitioussuch an agreement with the US may support the reindustrialisation ofoffer advantages to American businesses and financial institutions in Europe and help achieve the 2020 target f markets – as they benefit from greater regulatory an increase of the EU’s GDP generated by industry from 15 % to 20 %; whereas it has the potential to create opportunities especially for SMEs, which suffer more fromd financial margins of manoeuvre resulting from US trade policy, which is realistic, independent and based on the defence of American national interests – and particularly threaten SMEs, which suffer more than larger companies from the absence of independent, national offensive trade policies and from the absence of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) than larger companies;; and whereas an agreement between the two biggest economic blocs in the world has the potential to crecreates the risk thate standards, norms and rules which will be introduced and adopted at a global level, which would serve to the advantage of third countries as wellto the detriment of national laws and interests;
Amendment 68 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, given the growing interconnectedness of global markets – up to 40 % of European industrial products are manufactured from imported upstream products – it is crucial that policymakers shape the way these markets interact; whereas proper trade rules are fundamand given the significant differences between the balances of trade of different Member States, it is essential to creating added value in Europe, since industrial production takes place in global value chains;hat trade rules should be developed independently so as to more closely reflect national interests.
Amendment 68 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that decisions on legal conflicts about fundamental rights may only be made by competent ordinary courts; is concerneddeems it unacceptable that provisions on investor- state dispute settlement (ISDS) may prevent access to justice and undermine democracy;
Amendment 80 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. RecallsInsists on the need for transparency in the negotiations throughout the entire process; reminds the Commission of its obligation to keep Parliament fully informed on an immediate basis at all stages of the negotiations; insists on access for the public to relevant negotiation documents from all parties, with the exception of those which are to be classified with clear justification on a case- by-case basis, in line with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents2. __________________ 2 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Amendment 87 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas we are faced with an unregulated picture of globalisation and a well-designed trade agreement of this significance could contribute to harnessdevelopments ing liberalisation; whereas such an agreement should not only focus on reducing tariffs and NTBs but should also be a tool to protectich would threaten workers, consumers and, the environment; whereas a strong and ambitious trade agreement is an opportunity to create a framework by strengthening regulation to the highest standards at a global level in order to prevent social and environmental dumpingstrategic national economic activities and national public services;
Amendment 111 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas many economic impact studies on TTIP should be taken with caution as they are built on computable general equilibrium economic models with very optimistic predictions about the capacity of the EU and the US to reduce regulatory barriers to trade; whereas the TTIP alone will not resolve economic problems in the EU and no false hopes and expectations should be raised in that respect by proposing such an agreement;
Amendment 139 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the wellbeing of ordinary citizens, workers and consumers hasand the economic interests of Member States have to be the benchmarks for a trade agreement; whereas TTIP should be a model for a good trade agreement responding to these requirementit is not obvious that respect has been observed in these negotiations;
Amendment 161 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the secret character of negotiations as they have been conducted in the past has led to deficiencies in terms of democratic control of the negotiation procesrepresents a denial of democracy and a serious breach of the duty of openness required of the European institutions;
Amendment 180 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas President Juncker has clearly reiterated in his Political Guidelines that – while the EU and the US can go a significant step further in recognising each other’s product standards and working towards transatlantic standards – the EU will not sacrifice its safety, health, social and data protection standards or our cultural diversity, recalling that the safety of the food we eat and the protection of Europeans’ personal data are non- negotiable; but that, at the same time, the Commission wishes to stress economic and regulatory integration within the Single Market, and intends to lay stress on openness to competition of network industries and infrastructures, even if this means liberalising activities which have hitherto been undertaken as national public services;
Amendment 203 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas President Juncker has also clearly stated in his Political Guidelines that he will not accept that the jurisdiction of courts in the Member States is limited by special regimes for investor disputes; whereas now that the results of the public consultation on investment protection and ISDS in the TTIP are available, a reflection process – taking account of critical and constructive contributions – is needed within and between the three European institutions on the best way to achieve investment protection and equal treatment of investors; but that a mechanism for settling disagreements or an arbitration court is very unfavourably viewed by the citizens of the Member States, and could constitute a serious infringement of the sovereignty of the Member States, their legal institutions and the national legal systems partly produced by the national legislator democratically designated by the citizens of the Member States;
Amendment 225 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas since July 2013 talks between the US and the EU have been going on, but up to now no common text has been agreed and it is now exactly the right time to undertake a reflection on the state of playprofound challenge of the legitimacy and relevance of this agreement, and also to make public all the negotiation documents and the inter- institutional communication produced or in the course of preparation;
Amendment 239 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) to ensure that TTIP negotiations lead to a deep, comprehensive, ambitious, balanced and high-standard trade and investment agreement that would promote sustainable growth, support the creation of high-quality jobs for European workers, directly benefit European consumers, increase international competitiveness, and open up new opportunities for EU companies, in particular SMEs; the content of the agreement is more important than the speed of the negotiations;suspend the negotiations on the TTIP agreement
Amendment 258 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) to emphasise that while the TTIP negotiations consist of negotiations on three main areas – ambitiously improving reciprocal market access (for goods, services, investment and public procurement at all levels of government), reducing NTBs and enhancing the compatibility of regulatory regimes, and developing common rules to address shared global trade challenges and opportunities – all these areas are equally important to be included in a comprehensive package; TTIP should be ambitious and binding on all levels of government on both sides of the Atlantic, the agreement should lead to lasting genuine market openness on a reciprocal basis and trade facilitation on the ground, and should pay particular attention to structural means of achieving greater transatlantic cooperation while upholding regulatory standards and preventing social and environmental dumpingwere not prepared with a spirit of openness or with the goal of defending the economic interests of the Member States and their citizens;
Amendment 273 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) to keep in mind the strategic importance of the EU-US economic relationship in general and of TTIP in particular, inter alia as an opportunity to promote the principles and values that the EU and the US share and cherish and to design common approaches to global trade, investment and trade-related issues such as high standards, norms and regulations, in order to develop a broader transatlantic vision and a common set of strategic goaland to highlight the need to encourage independent national commercial policies, whilst seeking European cooperation which would offer protection of European markets;
Amendment 283 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) to ensure, especially given the recent positive developments in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), that an agreement with the US serves as a stepping-stone for broader trade negotiations and is not seen as an alternative to the WTO process;disagreements brought before the WTO and the statutory divergences between the Union and the United States, and the divergences of interests between each Member State, that no new bilateral trade agreements are always the second-best option and must not prevent improvements on the multilateral level is proposed between the Union, on the one hand, and the United States, on the other;
Amendment 306 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) to ensure that the market access offers in the different areas are equally ambitious and reflect both parties’ expectations, as market access for industrial goods, agricultural products, services and public procurement is equally important in all cases and a balance is needed between the different proposals for these areadecided by Member States within the framework of national trade policies;
Amendment 316 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Amendment 335 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) to keep in mind that there are important offensive interests for the EU Member States in protecting the services sector, for instance in the areas of engineering, telecommunications and transpir networks and infrastructure for national public services and natural monopolies delegated to private ort servicemi-private operators;
Amendment 352 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Amendment 375 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point v
Paragraph 1 – point b – point v
Amendment 389 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Amendment 428 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
(vii) to combine market access negotiations on financial services with convergence in financial regulaany future agreements conditional on the highest level, in order to support the introduction of necessary regulation to prevent financial crises and in order to support ongoing cooperation efforts prior coordination of reforms of national banking sectors which would enable improved financing other international forums, such as the Basel Committee on Banking Supervisionf investments in every Member State;
Amendment 444 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
(viii) to ensure that the EU’s acquis on data privacy is not compromised through theEuropean coordination on data privacy is proposed as an alternative to any liberalisation of data flows, in particular in the area of e- commerce and financial services; to ensure that no commitments on data flows are taken up before European data protection legislation is in place;
Amendment 457 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ix
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ix
Amendment 474 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x
(x) to keep in mind that the agreement should not risk prejudicing the Union’sMember States’ cultural and linguistic diversity, includingmay be expressed in particular in the audiovisual and cultural services sector, and that existing and future provis, as it is essential to the maintenance of nationsal and policies in support of the cultural sector, in particular in the digital world, are kept out of social cohesion in the Member States, the Union has neither scompe of the ntence nor legoitiationmacy to act in this field;
Amendment 486 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi
Amendment 508 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xii
(xii) to promote EU-US cooperation between Member States and the US at the international level in order to promote sustainability standards for public procurement, inter alia in the implementation of the recently revised Government Procurement Agreementconsidered and careful trade which respects the ecological and social requirements of each Member State and to recognise the sovereign power of Member States to establish a level of protection for their public contracts which is at least equal to that afforded to public contracts in the US;
Amendment 514 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiii
Amendment 523 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that the negotiations on rules of origin aim at reconciling the EU and US approaches; given the conclusion of the negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between EU and Canada and the potential upgrade of the EU-Mexico free trade agreement, the possibility and srules of origin are defended in areas within the Union’s compe of cumulation will need to be consideredtence;
Amendment 539 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 620 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 864 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 869 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) submit the draft agreement to the national parliaments of Member States;
Amendment 114 #
2014/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the above form should be accessible in the most common languages spoken by migrants and asylum seekersall the official languages of the EU and that it should include all necessary information on how to submit a complaint; is of the opinion that the possibility to submit a complaint orally to a person wearing the Frontex emblem should be ensured, which complaint would be duly transcribed by the officer involved; urges Frontex to make the complaints form available both in electronic format on its website and in hard-copy format, in the Member States’ screening centres as well as from Frontex staff and guest officers participating in any Frontex operation;
Amendment 122 #
2014/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recommends that Frontex should set a reasonable deadline for the submission of a complaint, thus allowing the possibility of filing a complaint after the termination of a Frontex operation; considers this to be of particular relevance for return operations;
Amendment 154 #
2014/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Frontex Executive Director to consider the exclusion ofsanctioning any officer who has been found to be in breach of fundamental rights from participating in any Frontex operation or pilot project;
Amendment 164 #
2014/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 8 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas competitiveness of the EUeconomies of the Member States has increasingly been based on creativity and innovation, and whereas ‘smart growth’ – developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation – is one of the three priorities of the Europe 2020 strategysearch and innovation;
Amendment 14 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU and its Member States, as members of the World Trade Organisation, are bound by the Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and thereby committed to the adoption and implementation of effective measures against all infringements of IPR;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the fight against counterfeiting is an effective way to protect the specific features and cultural diversity of the Member States and third countries;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Member States are the most effective level at which to implement customs controls to curb fraud and combat counterfeiting networks;
Amendment 25 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas it is necessary to combat IPR infringements in order to lower the risks they pose to the health and safety of consumers and to the environment and in order to avoid economic and social consequences for EU businesses and creators in the Member States; whereas the fight against organised crime profiting from trade in counterfeit and pirated goods and the failure to control both the internal and external borders of the EU requires specific attention;
Amendment 36 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that there is no clear indication of coordination between internal policies and external policies regarding the protection of intellectual property rights, and stresses the importance of internal improvement on the issue whilst ensuring that the interests of each Member State are respected;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out in this regard that organised crime and networks involving the production, distribution and sale of counterfeit products can be combated and dismantled through stringent controls on the flows of people and goods at both the external and internal borders of the EU, between each Member State;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the Strategy should include a strong collaboration with customs authorities of the Member States to ensure horizontal coherence;
Amendment 85 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that the Strategy should have included the introduction of an obligation for banks to sanction automatically fraud happening on the internet and calls for more involvement in the development of IPR protection mechanisms and anti- fraud measures relating to counterfeiting and illegal sales on the internet and to companies offering online services and payment systems;
Amendment 86 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that measures to combat IPR fraud on internet do not restrict the digital freedoms of citizens of the Member States, especially with regard to the protection of personal data and privacy;
Amendment 91 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the CommissionMember States to contribute to creating an environment of cooperation in which the interests of Member States and third countries are convergentrespected and where there is a reciprocal interest in raising the bar;
Amendment 104 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Agrees with the call for a broad response to the complex and multifaceted problem of access to medicinesCalls for the development of a coordinated response by Member States to the complex and multifaceted problem of access to medicines, while ensuring that the economic interests of the Member States are respected;
Amendment 126 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 129 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 131 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 150 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Supports the Commission’s approach of setting up IP dialogues and working groups with priority countries with which comprehensive negotiations are not ongoing, with the aim of achieving specific commitments in IP protection and enforcement and accordingly urges the Commission to propose a framework for cooperation between national patent, trademark and design registration offices on the one hand, and the European Patent Office on the other;
Amendment 151 #
2014/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
Amendment 49 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Commission to assess the risks of corruption and diversion of funds allocated as part of direct aid or loans;
Amendment 56 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the review of existing trade and investment agreements in order to identify any areas, especially provisions on intellectual property rights, that may negatively affect development;
Amendment 71 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the need for EU trade policy to promote good governance via a binding framework which ensures that EU companies are accountable for their actions in developing countries as regards standards in respect of human rights, gender equality, decent work, union rights, environmental protection, universal access to quality public services, social protection, public and universal health coverage, universal access to medicines,the principles common to the nations of Europe, the standards established by the partner countries, environmental protection and food, health and product safety.
Amendment 75 #
2014/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Insists that European enterprises must not replace public services in the partner countries.
Amendment 2 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that in order to meet globalEurope’s energy challenges and, implement its energy and climate change objectives, the EU must also take common action on the int and enable the Member States to pursue effective and sustainable national industrial policies, the EU must also look at the feasibility of establishing arrangements for Europe-wide coopernational stage on energy supplies;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the Member States have primary responsibility for ensuring their own energy security, and, in doing so, can help to ensure energy security in the Union as a whole; believes, therefore, that the Union needs to promote national energy policies while at the same time fostering cooperation in this area, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 17 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, furthermore, that each Member State has its own specific production, transport and distribution networks, which are organised in keeping with its own independent public-service objectives and national industrial policies;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the fact that the energy security strategy should strive to alleviate tensions between countries and reduce market inefficiencies, both of which factors counteract the benefits of trade; stresses the need to promote democratic global governance structures for energy and raw materials;
Amendment 60 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that the EU should help the most vulnerable countriesMember States with the least plentiful energy supplies to diversify their sources and supply routes, including reverse flows, with an emphasis on renewable energies and related storage facilities, in order to increase energy efficiency worldwide, and should helpin the Member States, and should provide support for the eradicateion of energy poverty, contribute to global sustainable development and support the global effort to tackle climate change in the Member States and encourage Member States to conduct energy policies that are in keeping with their national sustainable development targets;
Amendment 6 #
Amendment 11 #
2014/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 374/2014
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 2 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Stepping up trade between the EU and the Republic of Moldova is conditional upon existing trade agreements being upheld. To this end, the Commission must ensure that there is no fraud, that there are no irregularities, and that there is no systematic failure to comply with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 55/2008, in particular Article 10 thereof, by investigating products imported from the Republic of Moldova and the conditions in which they were grown and by requesting close cooperation on the part of the public authorities in the Republic of Moldova.
Amendment 3 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Regulation (EC) No 55/2008, and in particular Article 11 thereof, provides for a safeguard clause where serious difficulties, or the threat of such, are caused to a Community producer of like or indirectly competing products.
Amendment 4 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 5 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 6 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 7 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Amendment 8 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 9 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Within one month of [date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall take a formal decision to initiate an investigation on compliance with the rules of origin of products and the procedures related thereto.
Amendment 10 #
2014/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 b (new)
The Commission's investigation must establish that there are no risks or situations presenting serious difficulties, as described in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 55/2008, that are or may be caused to Community producers of indirectly competing or like products originating in the Republic of Moldova.
Amendment 2 #
2014/0177(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 5 #
2014/0177(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 6 #
2014/0177(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 (new)
Amendment 62 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) it does not, on the basis of the scientific evidence available, pose a safetyhas been proved scientifically and in accordance with EFSA criteria to pose no risk to human health;
Amendment 73 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) where applicablein all cases, a proposal for the conditions of use and a proposal for specific labelling requirements which do not mislead the consumer.
Amendment 75 #
2013/0435(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission mayshall request EFSA to render its opinion if the update is liable to have an effect on human healthn all cases.
Amendment 11 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Council Directive 98/58/EC14 lays down general minimum welfare standards for animals bred or kept for farming purposes. It calls on Member States to avoid unnecessary pain, suffering or injury of farm animals. If cloning causes unnecessary pain, suffering or injury, Member States have to act at national level to avoid it. Different national approaches to animal cloning could lead to market distortion. It is thus necessary to ensure that the same conditions apply to all involved in the production and distribution of live animals throughout the Unionare justified in view of the strong opposition to this relatively recent technique. Given that the single market completely deprives Member States of the sovereignty over their borders necessary to control flows of goods, the precautionary principle should, as regards cloning, be applied within the Union not just to animals kept and reproduced for farming purposes, but, more broadly, to all animal species in every case. __________________ 14 Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes (OJ L 221, 8.8.1998, p. 23).
Amendment 20 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Currently animals of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species are likely to be cloned for farming purposes. The scope of this Directive should therefore be limited to the use of cloning for farming purposes of those five species, but the Union should apply the precautionary principle in order to protect consumers and seek techniques compatible with animal welfare. The scope of this Directive should therefore be extended to cover all animal species in every case.
Amendment 26 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 29 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the placing on the market of embryo clones and, animal clones, and the offspring of animal clones.
Amendment 31 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
It shall apply to animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species (‘the animals’) kept and reproduced for farming purposes and to all animal species in every case.
Amendment 40 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – introductory part
Member States shall provisionally prohibit:
Amendment 47 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) the placing on the market of offspring of animal clones.
Amendment 53 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Article 5
Amendment 20 #
2013/0432(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that legal persons are held liable for customs infringements committed for their benefit by any member of their staff if that individual can be deemed to have been exploited by the legal person concerned and that person has derived substantial benefit over a sufficiently long period of time.
Amendment 21 #
2013/0432(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall also ensure that legal persons are held liable where the lack of supervision or control by a person referred to in paragraph 1a has made possible the commission of a customs infringement for the benefit of that legal person by a person under the authority of the person referred to in paragraph 1a.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0023(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposalRejects the proposal for a directive;
Amendment 52 #
2011/0023(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another textFavours a targeted and more effective approach, geared to high-risk groups, rather than one based on regarding all passengers as potential terrorists or criminals;
Amendment 53 #
2011/0023(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that the fight against terrorism and organised crime is being hampered by the Schengen Convention, which rules out the performance of checks at internal borders, and by the inadequacy of the checks carried out at external borders;
Amendment 54 #
2011/0023(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes the view that across-the-board gathering of PNR data is not consistent with the principles of data protection and passenger privacy;
Amendment 55 #
2011/0023(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is opposed to the transfer of PNR data to third countries, and expresses concern at the use third countries may make of such data;