Activities of Helga TRÜPEL
Plenary speeches (142)
Establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021 to 2027) (debate) DE
'Erasmus': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport (debate) DE
Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2020 – Section I – European Parliament (debate) DE
Copyright in the Digital Single Market (debate) DE
European Solidarity Corps programme (debate) DE
Interim report on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 – Parliament's position with a view to an agreement (debate) DE
General budget of the European Union for 2019 - all sections (debate)
Copyright in the Digital Single Market (debate)
European Solidarity Corps (debate) DE
European Solidarity Corps (debate)
Debate with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, on the Future of Europe (debate)
2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework and own resources (debate) DE
Commission decision adopted on the MFF post-2020 package (debate) DE
Implementation of the Bologna Process – state of play and follow-up (debate) DE
The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020 - Reform of the European Union’s system of own resources (debate) DE
Permitted uses of certain works and other protected subject-matter for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled - Cross-border exchange of accessible format copies of certain works and other protected subject-matter for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled (debate) DE
The cases of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che DE
European Year of Cultural Heritage (debate) DE
Hate speech, populism, and fake news on social media – towards an EU response (debate) DE
Implementation of the Creative Europe programme (debate) DE
Implementation of the Europe for Citizens programme (debate) DE
Implementation of Erasmus + (debate) DE
Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (Article 36 TEU) (A8-0360/2016 - Elmar Brok)
MFF revision (debate) DE
Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal (debate) DE
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (debate) DE
Recent revelations of high-level corruption cases in FIFA (debate) DE
Rules on VAT and VAT mini one-stop shop (MOSS) for digital services, books and papers in the EU (debate) DE
Destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da'esh (debate) DE
Situation in Hong Kong (debate) DE
Payment situation in the EU budget given the unprecedented level of outstanding EU commitments (debate) DE
MEDIA Mundus: audiovisual cooperation programme with professionals from third countries (debate)
Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - Economic Recovery Programme: energy projects - Amendment of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 (debate)
Electronic communications networks, personal data and the protection of privacy - Electronic communications networks and services - Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Office - Frequency bands for mobile communications (debate)
The ABB-ABM method as a management tool for allocating budgetary resources - Mid-term Review of the 2007-2013 Financial Framework (debate)
Revision of the Broadcasting Communication - State aid for public broadcasting (debate)
Draft general budget 2009 as modified by the Council (all sections) (debate)
Draft general budget 2009 (Section III) - Draft general budget 2009 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX) (debate)
Draft general budget 2009 (Section III) - Draft general budget 2009 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX) (debate)
2006 discharge (debate)
Cultural industries in Europe (debate)
Culture in a globalising world (debate)
Situation in Tibet (debate)
EU/China summit - EU/China human rights dialogue (debate)
Draft general budget 2008 as modified by the Council (all sections) (debate)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2006 (debate)
Coordination of certain of the Member States' provisions on television broadcasting (debate)
2008 draft general budget: Section III – 2008 draft general budget: Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (debate)
2008 draft general budget: Section III – 2008 draft general budget: Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (debate)
Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EC and Denmark and Greenland (debate)
Discharge for the financial year 2005 (debate)
Coordination of certain of the Member States' provisions on television broadcasting (debate)
Programme of support for the European audiovisual sector (MEDIA 2007) (debate)
Culture programme (2007-2013) (debate)
Draft general budget for 2007 (Section III) – Draft general budget for 2007 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII)
Draft general budget for 2007 (Section III) – Draft general budget for 2007 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII)
"Youth in Action" programme (2007-2013) (debate)
Action programme in the field of lifelong learning (debate)
"Europe for Citizens" programme (2007-2013) (debate)
Explanations of vote
Key competences for lifelong learning (debate)
European natural, architectural and cultural heritage in rural and island regions (debate)
IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management – Conclusion of the IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (debate)
Citizens for Europe programme (2007-2013) (debate)
European Capital of Culture (2007 - 2019) (debate)
Draft general budget 2006, as modified by the Council (all sections) - Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument - Draft amending budget No 8/2005
New directive on audiovisual content
Draft general budget for 2006 (Section III) - Draft general budget for 2006 (Other sections)
Lifelong learning
Culture 2007
Protocol to the EEC-Comoros Agreement on tuna fishing
Television without frontiers
European Union general budget for 2006
Tsunami
Policy challenges and budgetary means
EU information and communication strategy
Cultural diversity
European Capital of Culture - 2005 to 2019
2005 draft general budget, modified by the Council (all sections)
2005 budget procedure
2005 budget procedure
Financial year 2005
General guidelines for the 2015 budget - Section III (debate)
EU guarantee to EIB against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union (debate)
Copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses (debate)
Multiannual financial framework 2014-2020 - Interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (debate)
Multiannual financial framework 2014-2020 - Interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (debate)
Erasmus for all programme (debate)
Creative Europe programme (debate)
Draft amending budget No 2/2013 - Increase in forecasts concerning other revenue stemming from fines and penalties - Increase in payment appropriations (debate)
Review of the Irish Presidency, including the MFF agreement (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (14-15 March 2013) (debate)
Guidelines for the 2014 budget - Section III (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (7-8 February 2013) (debate)
Draft amending budget No 6/2012 - Revenue from own resources and other resources - Increase in payment appropriations in headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3a and 4 of the Multiannual Financial Framework - Reduction in the level of commitment appropriations entered in the budget - New general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 - all sections (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (22-23 November 2012) with particular reference to the Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (22-23 November 2012) with particular reference to the Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (22-23 November 2012) with particular reference to the Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
Is ERASMUS in danger? (debate)
Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 - Own resource based on the value added tax (debate)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 - all sections (debate)
Permitted uses of orphan works (debate)
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the USA (debate)
2013 budget - mandate for trialogue (debate)
Preparation for the European Council meeting (28-29 June 2012) - Multiannual financial framework and own resources (debate)
General guidelines for the 2013 budget: Section III - Commission (debate)
Revision of the multiannual financial framework to address additional financing needs of the ITER project (debate)
2012 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)
Parliament's position on the 2012 draft budget as modified by the Council - Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (debate)
Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
2012 draft budget trilogue (debate)
A new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe (debate)
A new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe (debate)
Report: Zver - Youth on the Move: – a framework for improving Europe's education and training systems - Report: Honeyball - Early years learning - Report: Schaake - Cultural dimensions of EU external actions - Report: Sanchez-Schmid - Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries - Sarajevo as a European Capital of Culture in 2014 (debate)
Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2012 - Section I - Parliament (debate)
Preparation of 2012 budget (debate)
Guidelines for the 2012 budget - other sections (debate)
EU guarantee to the EIB against losses under loans and guarantees for projects outside the EU (debate)
Media law in Hungary (debate)
Parliament's position on the new 2011 Draft Budget as modified by the Council (debate)
Parliament's position on the new 2011 Draft Budget as modified by the Council (debate)
2011 budget (debate)
Parliament's position on the 2011 draft budget as modified by the Council - all sections - Draft amending budget No 3/2010: Section III - Commission - BAM (Banana Accompanying Measures) (debate)
Parliament's position on the 2011 draft budget as modified by the Council - all sections - Draft amending budget No 3/2010: Section III - Commission - BAM (Banana Accompanying Measures) (debate)
EU-China summit on 6 October 2010 (debate)
Multiannual financial framework for 2007-2013 (debate)
Presentation by the Council of its position on the draft general budget - 2011 financial year
Revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
Amending budget no 1/2010: Section I - Parliament - Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 2011 - Section I - Parliament (debate)
Amending budget no 1/2010: Section I - Parliament - Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 2011 - Section I - Parliament (debate)
Amending budget no 1/2010: Section I - Parliament - Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 2011 - Section I - Parliament (debate)
Question Hour with the President of the Commission
Europeana - the next steps (short presentation)
Explanations of vote
Human Rights violations in China, notably the case of Liu Xiaobo
Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010 as modified by the Council (all sections) - Draft amending budget No 10/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission - Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument - Amendment to the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013: financing energy projects under the European Economic Recovery Plan (debate)
Google’s project to digitise the world’s book heritage (debate)
Transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (debate)
Draft general budget of the European Union – 2010 financial year (vote)
Draft general budget 2010 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX) - Draft general budget 2010 (Section III) (debate)
Draft general budget 2010 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX) - Draft general budget 2010 (Section III) (debate)
China (debate)
Reports (8)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the legal framework of the European Solidarity Corps and amending Regulations (EU) No 1288/2013, (EU) No 1293/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and Decision No 1313/2013/EU PDF (1 MB) DOC (335 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on key competences for lifelong learning PDF (452 KB) DOC (382 KB)
REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 5/2011 of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor and Section X - European External Action Service PDF (186 KB) DOC (345 KB)
REPORT Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, all sections, as modified by the Council PDF (124 KB) DOC (62 KB)
REPORT Report on Council's position on draft generl budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011 - all sections and Letters of amendments Nos 1/2011, 2/2011 and 3/2011 to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011 PDF (1 MB) DOC (2 MB)
REPORT on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2011 PDF (501 KB) DOC (635 KB)
REPORT Report on the guidelines for the 2011 Budget procedure, Section I - European Parliament, Section II - Council, Section IV - Court of Justice, Section V - Court of Auditors, Section VI - European Economic and Social Committee, section VII - Committee of the Regions, Section VIII - European Ombudsman, Section IX -European Data Protection Supervisor PDF (166 KB) DOC (89 KB)
REPORT on "Europeana - the next steps" PDF (244 KB) DOC (158 KB)
Shadow reports (39)
REPORT on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2020 PDF (394 KB) DOC (148 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 PDF (351 KB) DOC (164 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Solidarity Corps programme and repealing [European Solidarity Corps Regulation] and Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 PDF (606 KB) DOC (281 KB)
REPORT on the New European Agenda for Culture PDF (385 KB) DOC (66 KB)
INTERIM REPORT on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position with a view to an agreement PDF (1 MB) DOC (289 KB)
REPORT on structural and financial barriers in the access to culture PDF (340 KB) DOC (73 KB)
REPORT on the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy PDF (670 KB) DOC (93 KB)
REPORT on reform of the European Union’s system of own resources PDF (658 KB) DOC (110 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2014 to 2020) PDF (444 KB) DOC (77 KB)
REPORT on academic further and distance education as part of the European lifelong learning strategy PDF (629 KB) DOC (73 KB)
REPORT on Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations PDF (397 KB) DOC (76 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services in view of changing market realities PDF (1 MB) DOC (324 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 445/2014/EU establishing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 PDF (574 KB) DOC (87 KB)
REPORT on the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2014 to 2020) and repealing Decisions No 1718/2006/EC, No 1855/2006/EC and No 1041/2009/EC PDF (412 KB) DOC (77 KB)
REPORT on the implementation of Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 establishing the ʻEurope for Citizensʼ programme for the period 2014–2020 PDF (659 KB) DOC (84 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Year of Cultural Heritage PDF (564 KB) DOC (86 KB)
REPORT on promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training PDF (213 KB) DOC (148 KB)
REPORT on European film in the digital era PDF (185 KB) DOC (104 KB)
REPORT on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2015 PDF (543 KB) DOC (515 KB)
REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2014 of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section III – Commission PDF (126 KB) DOC (56 KB)
REPORT on the draft Council decision on the system of own resources of the European Union PDF (183 KB) DOC (286 KB)
REPORT on implementing measures for the system of own resources of the European Union PDF (135 KB) DOC (61 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council regulation (EU, Euratom) laying down implementing measures for the system of own resources of the European Union PDF (142 KB) DOC (56 KB)
REPORT on the draft Council regulation on the methods and procedure for making available the traditional, VAT and GNI-based own-resources and on the measures to meet cash requirements (recast) PDF (186 KB) DOC (78 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2012/007 IT/VDC Technologies from Italy) PDF (186 KB) DOC (85 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2012/004 ES/Grupo Santana from Spain) PDF (191 KB) DOC (86 KB)
REPORT on negotiations on the MFF 2014-2020: lessons to be learned and the way forward PDF (307 KB) DOC (213 KB)
REPORT on general guidelines for the preparation of the 2015 budget, Section III – Commission PDF (158 KB) DOC (73 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2013/008, ES/Comunidad Valenciana textiles from Spain) PDF (207 KB) DOC (92 KB)
REPORT on Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World PDF (201 KB) DOC (99 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on granting an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union PDF (875 KB) DOC (1008 KB)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 PDF (562 KB) DOC (329 KB)
REPORT on connected TV PDF (188 KB) DOC (140 KB)
REPORT on the Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive PDF (241 KB) DOC (174 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Creative Europe Programme PDF (774 KB) DOC (1 MB)
REPORT on the online distribution of audiovisual works in the European Union PDF (250 KB) DOC (137 KB)
REPORT on European cinema in the digital era PDF (239 KB) DOC (148 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Union action for the European Heritage Label PDF (308 KB) DOC (443 KB)
REPORT Report on journalism and new media - creating a public sphere in Europe PDF (215 KB) DOC (132 KB)
Opinions (46)
OPINION on the next MFF: preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain permitted uses of works and other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled and amending Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
OPINION on Control of the Register and composition of the Commission’s expert groups
OPINION on recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
OPINION Draft opinion on 2007 discharge : EU general budget, Section III, Commission
OPINION on Small Business Act
OPINION Opinion on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2012
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament Building a Global Climate Change Alliance between the European Union and poor developing countries most vulnerable to climate change
OPINION Final Opinion on the 2009 budget: first reflections on the 2009 PDB mandate for the conciliation
OPINION Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for the enhancement of quality in higher education and the promotion of intercultural understanding through co-operation with third countries (Erasmus Mundus) (2009-2013)
OPINION Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Côte d’Ivoire
OPINION Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the amendments to the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
OPINION European Commission : Final annual accounts of the European Communities — Financial Year 2006 — Volume I — Consolidated financial statements and consolidated reports on implementation of the budget
OPINION Draft opinion on Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2007-2008
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique
OPINION Amended proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar
OPINION 2008 Budget: Section III -Commission
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe and the European Community
OPINION on the proposal for a Council regulation introducing a scheme to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the French departments of Guiana and Réunion from 2007 to 2013
OPINION on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2005
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese Republic
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cape Verde
OPINION 2007 budget: Section III - Commission
OPINION Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters extending the Protocol setting out, for the period 1 June 2005 to 31 May 2006, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé e Príncipe
OPINION Proposal for a Council Regulation Denouncing the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People’s Republic of Angola on fisheries off Angola and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999
OPINION Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Federated States of Micronesia on fishing in the Federated States of Micronesia
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation concerning the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Solomon Islands on fishing off Solomon Islands
OPINION European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Communities - Financial year 2004 - Volume I - Consolidated reports on implementation of the budget and consolidated financial statements
OPINION Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles
OPINION on the period of reflection: the structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the debate on the European Union
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation establishing Community financial measures for the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and in the area of the Law of the Sea
OPINION CULT opinion on 2006 budget: Section III - Commission
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the tuna fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2010
OPINION Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an integrated action programme in the field of lifelong learning
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2007, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire
OPINION Proposal for a Council decision establishing the European Police College (CEPOL) as a body of the European Union
OPINION Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the extension of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the period from 28 February 2004 to 31 December 2004
OPINION Opinion on Budget 2005 - Section III - Commission
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses in the internal market
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)
OPINION Proposal for a Council Regulation on Community financial assistance with respect to the decommissioning of Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria “Kozloduy Programme”
OPINION European Commission : Final annual accounts of the European Communities — Financial Year 2008
OPINION 2010 Budget: Section III - Commission
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea
Shadow opinions (42)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section III – Commission and executive agencies
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2017
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Rights and Values programme
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the InvestEU Programme
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Digital Europe programme for the period 2021-2027
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination
OPINION on the Interim report on MFF 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position in view of an agreement
OPINION on harnessing globalisation: trade aspects
OPINION on the situation in Hungary (pursuant to the European Parliament resolution of 17 May 2017)
OPINION on media pluralism and media freedom in the European Union
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2018
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
OPINION on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2018 draft budget
OPINION on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band in the Union
OPINION on EU strategic communication to counteract propaganda against it by third parties
OPINION on the preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament’s input ahead of the Commission’s proposal
OPINION on the implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy
OPINION on the role of the EU within the UN – how to better achieve EU foreign policy goals
OPINION on creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century: matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities, as a way to recover from the crisis
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures concerning the European single market for electronic communications and to achieve a Connected Continent, and amending Directives 2002/20/EC, 2002/21/EC and 2002/22/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1211/2009 and (EU) No 531/2012
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund
OPINION on EU Member States preparedness for an effective and timely start of the new Cohesion Policy Programming period
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards the financial allocation for certain Member States from the European Social Fund
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability and to the decommitment rules for certain Member States
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations
OPINION on the General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 - all sections
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing "ERASMUS FOR ALL" The Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT): the contribution of the EIT to a more innovative Europe
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III, Commission
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain permitted uses of orphan works
OPINION on Parliament’s position on the 2012 Draft Budget as modified by the Council – all sections
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination
OPINION on investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the first radio spectrum policy programme
OPINION on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating the sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, repealing Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA
OPINION on Internet governance: the next steps
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Europe’s Digital Competitiveness Report - Main achievements of the i2010 strategy 2005-2009
Institutional motions (46)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on China, notably the situation of religious and ethnic minorities PDF (153 KB) DOC (62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on China, notably the situation of religious and ethnic minorities PDF (161 KB) DOC (56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and an exchange of letters accompanying the said Agreement PDF (153 KB) DOC (54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region PDF (151 KB) DOC (57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region PDF (351 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Deterioration of media freedom in Belarus, notably the case of Charter 97 PDF (178 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia PDF (162 KB) DOC (61 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Gaza Strip PDF (152 KB) DOC (50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria PDF (408 KB) DOC (62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (287 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman PDF (353 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria PDF (278 KB) DOC (59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of the human rights activists Wu Gan, Xie Yang, Lee Ming-che and Tashi Wangchuk, and the Tibetan monk Choekyi PDF (290 KB) DOC (56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of human rights activists Wu Gan, Xie Yang, Lee Ming-chec, Tashi Wangchuk and the Tibetan monk Choekyi PDF (299 KB) DOC (57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU PDF (309 KB) DOC (61 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che PDF (153 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-Che PDF (274 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation on Hungary PDF (277 KB) DOC (50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU-Turkey relations PDF (275 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU-Turkey relations PDF (253 KB) DOC (61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Gui Minhai, jailed publisher in China PDF (267 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria PDF (261 KB) DOC (72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters PDF (374 KB) DOC (86 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on European Voluntary Service PDF (171 KB) DOC (66 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent developments in Poland and their impact on fundamental rights as laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union PDF (282 KB) DOC (78 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent developments in Poland and their impact on fundamental rights as laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union PDF (173 KB) DOC (73 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of the missing book publishers in Hong Kong PDF (157 KB) DOC (83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of the missing book publishers in Hong Kong PDF (268 KB) DOC (74 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Azerbaijan PDF (155 KB) DOC (85 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan PDF (149 KB) DOC (85 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent revelations on high-level corruption cases in FIFA PDF (162 KB) DOC (87 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Hungary PDF (147 KB) DOC (81 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent revelations of high-level corruption cases in FIFA PDF (278 KB) DOC (75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the List of Issues adopted by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to the initial report of the European Union PDF (254 KB) DOC (72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Nadiya Savchenko PDF (136 KB) DOC (64 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da’esh PDF (152 KB) DOC (76 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Nadiya Savchenko PDF (129 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da’esh PDF (324 KB) DOC (77 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide PDF (224 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the murder of Boris Nemtsov and the state of democracy in Russia PDF (236 KB) DOC (63 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Saudi Arabia, the case of Mr Raif Badawi PDF (145 KB) DOC (67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ukraine PDF (255 KB) DOC (83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recognition of Palestine statehood PDF (133 KB) DOC (194 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the closing-down of the NGO ‘Memorial’ (winner of the 2009 Sakharov Prize) in Russia PDF (146 KB) DOC (76 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Closing down of Memorial (Sakharov Prize 2009) in Russia PDF (137 KB) DOC (62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Youth Employment PDF (129 KB) DOC (60 KB)
Oral questions (8)
Shrinking space for civil society PDF (191 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Shrinking space for civil society PDF (190 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Recognition of school study periods abroad PDF (198 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Commission's answers to written questions PDF (205 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Switch between summer and winter time PDF (195 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Call for a limitation of abusive fees charged for cross-border intra-EU phone calls and SMSs in the upcoming review of the telecoms framework PDF (106 KB) DOC (18 KB)
45th anniversary of International Roma Day PDF (105 KB) DOC (25 KB)
45th anniversary of International Roma Day PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Written questions (21)
PEGASE evaluation PDF (99 KB) DOC (19 KB)
ENI, UNRWA and PEGASE PDF (99 KB) DOC (17 KB)
The European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) PDF (97 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Consolidation in the music sector - concerns regarding the Sony/EMI Music Publishing deal PDF (102 KB) DOC (18 KB)
VP/HR - Implementation of sanctions against Russia PDF (197 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Defending and safeguarding cultural heritage in Syria PDF (104 KB) DOC (19 KB)
PCE/PEC - Recognition of citizenship rights of UK citizens in other EU Member States and agreement on non-UK EU citizens' rights in the UK PDF (194 KB) DOC (17 KB)
EU funding for the European Union Youth Orchestra PDF (191 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Trade Agreements and the funding of the EU budget PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Chemical warfare agents (CWA) in the Baltic Sea PDF (100 KB) DOC (28 KB)
Situation in Poland - next steps PDF (194 KB) DOC (26 KB)
Protection of World Heritage in Malta PDF (103 KB) DOC (23 KB)
The Fehmarn project as part of the Connecting Europe Facility PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Possible problems concerning Europeana PDF (100 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Erasmus+ programme - Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices - student exchanges PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
VP/HR - Case of Ahmed Douma and other political prisoners in Egypt PDF (99 KB) DOC (28 KB)
Financial cuts to culture in Europe PDF (196 KB) DOC (25 KB)
TTIP - Cultural exception, cultural services and products PDF (100 KB) DOC (26 KB)
The 'Fehmarn' project as part of the 'Connecting Europe Facility' PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Conformity of Hungary's Act XXII of 2014 with EU law PDF (103 KB) DOC (25 KB)
YouTube/independent labels dispute PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Individual motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on fighting discrimination based on race, religion and nationality PDF (254 KB) DOC (48 KB)
Written declarations (8)
Amendments (1836)
Amendment 15 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. believes that the medium term budgetary challenges, in particular the expenses related to the the PHS building and overall cuts in the next MFF, require structural reforms in the EP, including possible merger of DGs, and a leaner approach to non-core business activities;
Amendment 16 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. insists that before rushing into further expanding the international network of the EP by dispatching staff to inter alia Jakarta and New York, the added value and long term costs of such steps should be discussed more thoroughly;
Amendment 39 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. In order for the institutional communication of the EP to be credible, believes that such communication should be targeted, limited, and based on the assessment of the compatibility and complementarity with the communication by MEPs and political groups; asks DG COMM to refrain from publishing controversial and inaccurate materials;
Amendment 40 #
Amendment 56 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Affirms that while parking is free of charge for Parliament\s employees, employees using public transport are only being reimbursed half of the annual subscription fee; asks the Secretary General to generate estimates as to the annual implicit subsidies granted to those using a car compared to those using other means of transport, and to make proposals to rectify possible unequal treatment of the use of different modes of transport by either levying appropriate parking fees and/or through higher reimbursement of subscription fees for other means of transport;
Amendment 59 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. believes that as a general rule MEPs and staff should not be reimbursed for business class flights within the EU;
Amendment 79 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Regarding the voluntary Members´ Pension Fund, welcomes the limited modifications adopted by the Bureau, calls on the Secretary General to make further more far reaching proposals, and requests an examination of the voluntary Members´ Pension Fund by the European Court of Auditors, while ensuring full transparency;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the existing cooperation agreements between Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee, with a view to identifying other areas in which back office functions could be shared; inviteMandates the Secretary General to negotiate with the Committee of Regions and the Economic and Social Committee a strategy to swiftly merge all back office functions of the three institutions, including but not limited to human resources, translation and interpretation, finance, IT, and building management. In addition, asks the Secretary- General to evaluate existing cooperation among Union institutions in order to identify further potential synergies and savingsundertake a study on possible synergies - in back office functions and services - to be generated between the Parliament, the Commission and the Council;
Amendment 92 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Is of the opinion that appropriations are needed to cover the cost of mediators and oDemands, for the purpose of implementing the recommendations of Parliament’s resolution of 26 October 2017 on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the Union, further support to cover the cost of the external expertise needed to widen ther expterts competent to prevent and manage thnal audit to the “Staff advisory committee for Parliament staff” on harassment prevention; also demands, for the same purpose, further support to cover the cost of additional staff competent to manage harassment cases within the Parliament together with the network of confidential counsellors and current structure, gathering in a dedicated service staff with medical, psychological, legal, and human resources management background, and specific expertise in that field and to make effective the re-composition of the two existing committees; Request as well the necessary appropriations to guarantee the implementation of the anti-harassment trainings for all staff and Meps;
Amendment 2 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the results of 30 years of Erasmus, engaging 9 million studentslearners (and recently staff persons) in mobility activity since 1987; stresses the strong European added value of the program and its role in delivering as a strategic investment in Europe’s young people;
Amendment 9 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the start of the implementation phase of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) with 2500 placements offered to the young peoplethough without legal basis; regrets that the initial decision to allocate Erasmus+ EVS budget to the ESC was taken through an implementing act;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is alarmed by the low take-up and insufficient geographical coverage of the Erasmus+ Student Loan Guarantee Facility; urges the Commission and European Investment Fund to put in place an implementation strategy to maximise the Facility’s effectiveness till 2020; the budget not used for the Student Loan Guarantee Facility should be reallocated to the Programme itself and allow for a better funding coverage of actions within the different strands;
Amendment 21 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is worried by the still low project success rates under the Europe for Citizens programme and the Creative Europe Culture sub-programme (20% and 15% respectively in 2017); stresses that a more adequate levels of financing is decisive to tackle thisese unsatisfactory results which are counterproductive to the objectives of the programme itself in discouraging citizens from participating;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the role of EACEA in implementing the three culture and education programmes, expresses however its concern about the EACEA internal control weakness identified by an audit on the Erasmus+ and Creative Europe grant management; calls on EACEA to put in place the necessary corrective actions, in order to ensure full transparency, and guarantee the highest quality of EACEA implementation of the culture and education programmes;
Amendment 29 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the first results of the implementation stage of the Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility, with the initial signing of 280 contracts with the financial intermediaries; looks forward for a steady progress of the Facility operational phase., thereby giving solid tools to be included within the implementation of the follow-up of the Facility within InvestEU programme;
Amendment 9 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the priorities for the New Agenda and the sector-specific approach are welcome; whereasequal support should be given to all cultural and creative sectors, whereas sectorial approaches are adequate for sector specific challenges and cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue should be maintained as cross- cutting priorities;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe is emerging from a severe financial crisis, during which, unfortunately, thenational and regional budgets for culture hasve often been among the firsts to suffer cuts;
Amendment 23 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Europe’s creative and cultural sectors are the EU’s strongest assets, whereas they represent 4.2 % of the EU’s GDP, create 8.4 million jobs, equal to 3.7 % of total employment in the EU, are economically resilient, even in times of crisis, and offer a higher percentage of youth and women employment than other sectors;
Amendment 31 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas culture can plays an important role in social cohesion and integration and whereas the special call for migrants’ integration in the Creative Europe programme has proved to be efficient but oversubscribed and underfunded;
Amendment 36 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas cultural networks are a power tooful in forging inter personal bonds and long-lasting and peaceful connections across national borders and, therefore, in fostering international cultural relations and the emergence of a European cultural and public space;
Amendment 54 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present an Action Plan for Cultural Heritage and, emphasises the need to focus on both tangible and intangible aspects of Europe’s heritage and considers the Action Plan an opportunity to build upon the governance structure of the EYCH, expanding it to all cultural, creative and heritage sectors;
Amendment 64 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to introduce EU scoreboards to measure cultural and media pluralism, develop indicators and monitor freedom of artistic expression at European level and diversity in the creation, distribution and supply of creative works;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce a dedicated action on mobility within Creative Europe, but underlines that this requires an appropriate budget and simplified administrative procedures in order to avoid obstacles linked to visas and double. Particular action is needed to address the various hindrances and obstacles which result in excessive or double artist taxation;
Amendment 90 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Member States to consider removing Article 17 of the OECD Model Tax Convention from bilateral tax treaties between EU Member States; calls upon the Commission, as an intermediate solution, to establish a sector-specific Code of Conduct on Withholding Taxes detailing the options for reducing costs and simplifying procedures by presenting best practice and available exceptions;
Amendment 120 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that democratic principles and European values are increasingly challenged due to growing polarisation both within Europe and globally; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to develop a strategic approach for the protection of cultural rights, freedom of artistic expression and media pluralism, as well as the right to freely participate in cultural life; particularly by supporting the development of indicators and monitoring systems at European level,
Amendment 131 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines that, despite the EU added value of cultural investment, Creative Europe represents 0.15 % of the overall EU budget, of which only 31 % is earmarked for culture; welcomes the new MFF proposal and the proposed increase in funding as a good first step and calls for a doubling of the budget allocated to the new Creative Europe programme and for making the programme more accessible for smaller organisations;
Amendment 1 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with disappointment that the 2019 draft budget for Erasmus+ does notRecalls that Erasmus+ remains a highly valued and hugely popular programme promoting youth learning mobility, as demonstrated by the volume of applications received, which exceeds the funding available; deeply regrets that the 2019 draft budget for Erasmus+ falls well below Parliament’s expectations, failing to go beyond the programmed figures under the MFF; calls for at leastcurrent MFF, including in providing the remaining available top- up funding for the programme agreed under the MFF revision (around 26 million EUR) to be allocated in 2019; reiterates; calls, therefore, for an increase of 20% of the funding over the draft budget 2019 (DB 2019), across all four Erasmus+ budget lines, in order to cater for current needs, to respond to citizens’ expectations of the programme, and to provide European youth with the future they expect from the EU; reiterates, in that regard, its support for a tripling of Erasmus+ funding in the next MFF and its intention to fight for that increase;
Amendment 3 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates its concern at the manner in which the European Solidarity Corps was initially set up without a legal base and without a stand-alone budget line; is, furthermore, uncomfortable that the final decision on sources of funding for the Corps - with the exception of the stipulation on Erasmus+ - has been left to the annual budgetary procedure; confirms that it will scrutinise the amending letter from the Commission with great care to ensure that the trilogue agreement is fully respected;
Amendment 7 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the value of Creative Europe in supporting the EU’s audio- visual and cultural sectors; is pleased to note that the new programme proposal makes provision and insists that funding levels should match the ambitions of the programme; notes, with respect to the MEDIA sub-programme, that, in order to fund all high-quality projects, the budget would need to be increased by some 44%; calls, therefore, for a substantial 22% funding increase over the DB 2019 to tackle low application success rates, to reinforce supporting media pluralism and freedom and media literacy under the cross-sectoral strand; asks, in the meantime, for the budget line on digital content for European cinema operators’ networks and to incorporate - and finance - the successful Preparatory Action on the sub-titling of cultural content without jeopardising the financing of core actions; reiterates that both the Culture sub-programme and the cross-sectoral strand remain chronically underfunded and calls for a funding increase of at least 10% over the DB 2019 on both lines; proposes, with respect to the Culture sub-programme, and audiovisual and other media industries (09 02 05) to be reinforced to boost efforts to tackle fake news through enhanced media literacy work; dditional 3 million EUR funding over the DB 2019 - on top of the 10% increase - to scale up the already successful, but currently limited, trial action on the individual mobility of artists and culture professionals in preparation for the next Creative Europe programme;
Amendment 9 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is pleased to note that the new Creative Europe programme proposal makes provision for supporting media pluralism and freedom and media literacy under the cross-sectoral strand; asks, in the meantime, for the budget line on digital content and audio-visual and other media industries (09 02 05) to be reinforced to boost efforts to tackle fake news through enhanced media literacy work and to provide direct support to organisations monitoring and promoting media freedom and pluralism;
Amendment 10 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the inclusion of support to the music sector within the new Creative Europe programme; notes that this builds on the success of the pilot initiative within the Commission and the Preparatory Action “Music Moves Europe” proposed by the committee;
Amendment 11 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to conduct a full-scale review – to be provided to Parliament – of all activities under the ‘multimedia actions’ line to ensure that they deliver on their core aims and that the next MFF strikes the right funding balance across actions; calls for extra funding; calls for an additional 4.2 million EUR in commitment appropriations in 2019 to secure the important work of Euranet Plus for the remainder of the MFF; reiterates that the network’s current ‘hand- to-mouth’ existence is unsustainable, necessitating a long-term solution in the ; notes that the funding aim for Euranext MFFPlus from 2020 onwards is 8.4 million EUR annually;
Amendment 13 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the value of Europe for Citizens in enhancing citizens’ understanding of the EU and fostering a sense of citizenship; insists that the planned cuts to the programme to fund the revamped European Citizens’ Initiative be reversed; deplores the fact that the legislative proposal for the new European Citizens’ InitiativeCI failed to detail the budgetary impact on Europe for Citizens, thus depriving the legislator of essential information; beyond the restoration of these funds to the budget line, calls for a 10% funding increase over the DB 2019 - based on current MFF programming figures - to provide the minimum necessary increase for a programme that suffers from persistent under-funding and low project success rates, thus frustrating the expectations of applicants;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union poses particularly acute challenges for the European Schools, especially given the size of the English language section (around 21% of all pupils) and the prevalence of English as a second language (61% of all pupils in the 2016- 2017 school year); believes that important budgetary and educational questions remain to be addressed with regard to the long-term provision of first-class English- language teaching and the continued recognition of the European baccalaureate in the UK, notwithstanding the provisions in article 120 of the draft withdrawal agreement; urges the Commission and the Board of Governors to report to the Committee on Culture and Education on its long-term plans to deal with the challenges of Brexit;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points to the potential of Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPAs) as means to test out measures in Union policy areas and introduce new innovative initiatives that could become long-term Union measures; stresses that a number of PPPAs proposed by the committee in the current parliamentary term have proved hugely successful, paving the way for the design of the new generation of education and culture programmes; regrets that the pre- assessment of PPPAs by the Commission leaves very limited time for opinion-giving committees in the Parliament to address the ratings and comments; regrets, furthermore, that in some instances the ratings and comments provided by the Commission are not entirely objective, and appear to have been influenced by institutional or personal preferences; recalls that failure to enact a PPPA inside the Commission can never be a reason for a low assessment grade;
Amendment 21 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Urges the Committee on Budgets to review the procedure for handling and deciding on Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions, which currently lacks transparency and does not give sufficient space for individual opinion- giving committees to shape the political priorities on PPPAs within their respective policy remits; asks the Committee on Budgets to engage more actively with the individual opinion-giving committees prior to its vote on the PPPA package and to consider how it could devolve more responsibility to the opinion- giving committees – potentially through a non-binding financial envelope for each committee, based on Parliament’s priorities and past spending in the relevant policy area among other criteria - for adopting their own priority PPPAs; suggests that such an approach might help respond to the Commission’s criticism regarding the proliferation of PPPA proposals over recent years by promoting a more focused, priority-based method in committees;
Amendment 8 #
2018/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is deeply concerned that, in the EU28, the average rate of general government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP fell year-on-year from 2009 to 20161 ; regrets that the education sector has been severely hit by austerity and stresses thatis not supported enough through well-resourced public education systems ar, which prove vital for equality and social inclusion; calls, therefore, for a shift in the euro area’s macroeconomic policy mix towards increased public spending oinvestment in education and training; _________________ 1 Eurostat data.
Amendment 37 #
2018/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a genuine revisionstrong focus of EU and Member States’ policies for education, and training and skills policies to deliver education and lifelong learning for inclusion; highlights that these policieson inclusiveness and participation of young persons with fewer opportunities; highlights that these policies towards young people, which should also target lifelong learning, should promote personal and societal development in a holistic manner and not simply bebe merely designed to meet labour market demands.
Amendment 8 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stipulates, moreover, the need to provide the so-called European Solidarity Corps, presently under negotiation, with its own budget line and its own resources, composed of the previous European Voluntary Service funds under Erasmus+ and further funds coming exclusively from unallocated margins;
Amendment 13 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the value of Creative Europe in supporting the EU’s audiovisual and cultural sectors; insists that funding levels match the ambitions of the programme; considers that a reinforcement of the cross-sectoral strand will enableould provide a way for the Commission to scale up efforts to tackle fake news, both through enhanced media literacy work and by fostering sectoral dialogue;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CUrges the Commission to conduct a full-scale review – to be provided to Parliament – of all activities under the ‘multimedia actions’ line to ensure that they deliver on their core aims and that the next MFF strikes the right funding balance across actions; calls for extra funding in 2019 to secure the work of Euranet Plus for the remainder of the MFF; insists, however, that the network’s current ‘hand-to- mouth’ existence is unsustainable and calls for a long-term financing basis in the next MFF; urges the Commission to conduct a full-scale review – to be provided to Parliament – of all activities under the ‘multimedia actions’ line to ensure that they deliver on their core aims and that the next MFF strikes the right funding balance across actinsists also on providing the relevant funding for European broadcasters like ARTE, which supports multilingual access to quality programmes for a larger number of citizens throughout the Unions;
Amendment 18 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In the light of the seriously deteriorating situation of press and media freedom in Europe, calls for the existence of the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom in Florence (CMPF) and the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom in Leipzig (ECPMF) to be safeguarded for the remainder of the MFF and for additional funding to be made available in 2019; notes that these centres complement each other perfectly in their activities and urges the Commission to guarantee them a long- term financing basis in the next MFF to enable them to develop as independently as possible as effective European instruments to safeguard media freedom and media pluralism and provide journalists in hazardous situations with tailor-made assistance and support;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the value of Europe for Citizens in enhancing citizens’ understanding of the EU and fostering a sense of citizenship; reaffirms its commitment to propbetter funding levels for the programme, using all available possibilities to increase the project success rate in this year of European elections, and beyond that, ensuring a proper funding level;
Amendment 6 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to Article 27 of the UN Convention on Human Rights on the right to participate in cultural life;
Amendment 8 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission and European External Action Service Joint Communication ‘Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations’;
Amendment 28 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the cultural and creative industries contribute approximately 2.6 % of the EU’s GDP, with a higher growth rate than the rest of the economy, and notably remained one of the most resilient sectors during the financial crisis;
Amendment 34 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas innovation and creativity are needed to ensure a more sustainable development of cities, regions and societies as a whole, and are key to providing solutions to the societal challenges our societies face today;
Amendment 37 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Amendment 39 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas craft and the production of artworks are particularly key to local development;
Amendment 40 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas intercultural dialogue fosters respect and mutual understanding, and encourages fairer social and economic exchanges, including trade, helping to develop practices that promote the interests of all parties in a more balanced and respectful way, and fight unfair practices such as abusive clauses and imposed unilateral conditionalities;
Amendment 41 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that culture and education can, including lifelong learning, are common goods and that access to culture and education are Human Rights, and that culture and education can therefore not be considered or managed in the same way as a discretionary good or service;
Amendment 44 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists therefore on the key role played by the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions among international trade treaties which shall take into account and respect the relevant provisions of this convention;
Amendment 64 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that culture and education policies are key to ensuring resilience, fair distribution of wealth and competitiveness, and can provide the skillsocial and transferable skills, such as intercultural skills, entrepreneurship, problem solving, creativity and critical thinking, required to faceaddress globalisation;
Amendment 67 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Therefore calls for mainstreaming education for sustainability, fair trade and ecological citizenship across disciplines, in particular in entrepreneurship learning, including social entrepreneurship, and digital literacy and skills;
Amendment 71 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission and Member States to promote and develop tailor-made high-quality mobility and scientific cooperation schemes to enable international collaboration and knowledge exchange, whilst also broadening STEM to STEAM;
Amendment 74 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls the specific role of culture in external relations and in development policies, in particular for conflict prevention and resolution, peace-building and empowerment of local populations; therefore considers that an ambitious and sound cultural strategy, including cultural diplomacy, is needed to achieve a new consensus on development;
Amendment 77 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that sport is a highly globalised economic activity but also a social tool for inclusion, empowerment and individual and collective development, hence recalls the need to ensure high standards of ethics and transparency in governance of international trade and economic activity in the sports sector;
Amendment 79 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls the need to ensure transparency and democracy in trade agreements and decision-making processes, furthermore encourages participation in decision-making processes by citizens whose working conditions, environments, health and well-being will be affected.
Amendment 66 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The application of this Regulation should not affect the application of Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC8 . In particular, any measures taken by the hosting service provider in compliance with this Regulation, including any proactive measures, should not in themselves lead to that service provider losing the benefit of the liability exemption provided for in that provision, recalling that Article 14 requires service providers to act expeditiously to remove or to disable access to illegal content upon receiving knowledge of illegal activity or information. This Regulation leaves unaffected the powers of national authorities and courts to establish liability of hosting service providers in specific cases where the conditions under Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC for liability exemption are not met. _________________ 8 Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce') (OJ L 178, 17.7.2000, p. 1).
Amendment 70 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) The obligations laid down in this Regulation should not affect the duty and ability of national authorities and courts to take appropriate, reasonable and proportionate actions against criminal offences in accordance with national law.
Amendment 71 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) This Regulation contributes to the protection of public security while establishing appropriate and robust safeguards to ensure protection of the fundamental rights at stake. This includes the rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal data, the right to effective judicial protection, the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to receive and impart information, the freedom to conduct a business, and the principle of non-discrimination. Competent authorities and hosting service providers should only adopt measures which are necessary, appropriate and proportionate within a democratic society, taking into account the particular importance accorded to the freedom of expression and information, as well as the freedom of the press and pluralism of the media, which constitutes one of the essential foundations of a pluralist, democratic society, and is one of the values on which the Union is founded. Measures constituting interference ipotentially impacting on the freedom of expression and information should be strictly targeted, in the sense that they must and can only be based on judicial order, in the sense that they must relate to specific content and serve to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content, but without thereby affecting the right to lawfully receive and impart information, taking into account the central role of hosting service providers in facilitating public debate and the distribution and receipt of facts, opinions and ideas in accordance with the law. To underline the important role that professionals participating in the preparation, production and dissemination of press or media content have for the information and opinion forming of the public, these persons need special safeguards to ensure that their work is not jeopardised by decisions to remove terrorist content or disable access to it.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to provide clarity about the actions that both hosting service providers and competent authorities should take to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online to the general public, this Regulation should establish a definition of terrorist content for preventative purposes drawing onin line with the definition of terrorist offences under Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 and should in particular consider links with a recognised terrorist organisation as listed by the EU or UN on designated lists. Given the need to address the most harmful terrorist propaganda online, the definition should capture material and information that incites, encourages or advocates the commission or contribution, including financial or logistical, to terrorist offences, provides instructions for the commission of such offences or promotes the participation in activities of aor dissemination of content related to activities of an EU or UN listed terrorist group. Such information includes in particular text, images, sound recordings and videos. When assessing whether content constitutes terrorist content within the meaning of this Regulation, competent authorities as well as hosting service providers should take into account factors such as the nature and wording of the statements, the context in which the statements were made and their potential to lead to harmful consequences, thereby affecting the security and safety of persons. The fact that the material was produced by, is attributable to or disseminated on behalf of an EU-listed terrorist organisation or person constitutes an important factor in the assessment. Content disseminated for educational, research, journalistic or research purposes should be adequately protectedand other editorial purposes should not however be considered as terrorist content, and should therefore be excluded from the scope of this Regulation, provided that it does not incite the commission of violence, in order to ensure a fair balance between fundamental rights including in particular the freedom of expression and information and public security needs. This is necessary in order to take into account the journalistic standards established by press or media regulation. To underline the important role that professionals participating in the preparation, production and dissemination of press or media content have for the information and opinion forming of the public, these persons need special protection to ensure that their work is not jeopardised by decisions to remove terrorist content or disable access to it. Furthermore, the expression of radical, polemic or controversial views in the public debate on sensitive political questions should not be considered terrorist content, provided that it does not incite the commission of violence. _________________ 9Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA (OJ L 88, 31.3.2017, p. 6).
Amendment 90 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) Where the disseminated material is published under the editorial responsibility of a content provider, any decision as to the removal of such content can only be made based on a juridical order. This is necessary in order to fully respect the law of the Union and the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom and pluralism of the media as enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Amendment 91 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to cover those online hosting services where therrorist content is disseminatede is widespread dissemination of terrorist content, this Regulation should apply to information society services which store information and material provided by a recipient of the service at his or her request and in making the information stored available to third parties, irrespective of whether this activity is of a mere technical, automatic and passive naturmake such information and material stored available to multiple end users of the hosting service provider or to the general public. This Regulation applies to the activity of providing hosting services, rather than the specific provider or its dominant activity, which might combine hosting services with other services that are not in the scope of this Regulation. Storing information for purposes of this Regulation consists of holding data in the memory of a physical or virtual server; this excludes mere conduits and other electronic communication services within the meaning of [European Electronic Communication Code], providers of caching services, other services provided in other layers of the cloud IT infrastructure services, such as VPS (Virtual Private Servers), bare metal servers, containers, registries and registrars, DNS (domain name system) or adjacent services, payment services or DDoS (distributed denial of service) protection services’. Further, the information has to be stored at the request of the online content provider; only those online hosting services for which the online content provider is the direct recipient are in scope. Finally, the information stored must be made available to the general public or to multiple end- users of the hosting service provider, which is understood as any end-user of the hosting service provider who is not the online content provider. Interpersonal communication services that enable direct interpersonal and interactive exchange of information between a finite number of persons, whereby the persons initiating or participating in the communication determine its recipient(s), are not in scope. By way of example such hosting service providers of information society services include social media platforms, video-sharing platforms, video streaming services, video, image and audio sharing services, public file sharing services, and other cloud services to the extent they make the information available to third parties and websites where users can make comments or post reviewsand storage services (excluding cloud IT infrastructure), to the extent they make the information or material directly available to multiple end users of the hosting service provider or to the general public. The Regulation should also apply to hosting service providers established outside the Union but offertargeting services within the Union, since a significant proportion of hosting service providers exposed to terrorist content on their services are established in third countries. This should ensure that all companies operating in the Digital Single Market comply with the same requirements, irrespective of their country of establishment. The determination as to whether a service provider offers services in the Union requires an assessment whether the service provider enables legal or natural persons in one or more Member States to use its services. However, the mere accessibility of a service provider’s website or of an email address and of other contact details in one or more Member States taken in isolation should not be a sufficient condition for the application of this Regulation. By contrast, web hosting service providers that provide the technical infrastructure to website operators, including in order to allow the deployment and functioning of the website, are not covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Hosting service providers should apply certain duties of care, in order to prevent and deter the dissemination of terrorist content on their services. These duties of care should not amount to a general monitoring obligation. Duties of care should include that, when applying this Regulation, hosting services providers act in a diligent, proportionate and non- discriminatory manner in respect of content that they store, in particular when implementing their own terms and conditions, with a view to avoiding removal of content which is not terrorist. The removal or disabling of access has to be undertaken in the observance of and respect for freedom of expression and information. Effective and expeditious complaints and redress mechanisms should be available by the hosting service providers in the case of unjustified removals of content.
Amendment 102 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The procedure and obligations resulting from legal orders requesting hosting service providers to remove terrorist content or disable access to it, following an assessment by the competent authorities, should be harmonised. Member States should remain free as to the choice of the competent authorities allowing them to designate administrative, law enforcement or judicial authorities with that task. Given the speed at which terrorist content is disseminated across online services, this provision imposes obligations on hosting service providers to ensure that terrorist content identified in the removal order is removed or access to it is disabled within one hour from receiving the removal order. In case of delays the nature and size of the hosting service providers should be taken into account, particularly in the case of microenterprises or small-sized enterprises. Given the disproportional high level of harm that a terrorist content can cause to the public or to the public order of a Member State, because of its high level of violence or its link to an on- going or very recent terrorist offence committed in the Member State concerned, Member States should be allowed in these cases to impose obligations on hosting service providers to ensure that the terrorist content identified in the duly justified removal order is removed or access to it is disabled immediately from receiving the removal order. It is for the hosting service providers to decide whether to remove the content in question or disable access to the content for users in the Union.
Amendment 122 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Given the scale and speed necessary for effectively identifying and removing terrorist content, proportionate proactive measures, including by using automated means in certain cases, are an essential element in tackling terrorist content online. With a view to reducing the accessibility of terrorist content on their services, hosting service providers should assess whether it is appropriate to take, effective and proportionate to take targeted proactive measures depending on the risks and level of exposure to terrorist content as well as to the effects on the rights of third parties and the public interest of information. Consequently, hosting service providers should determine what appropriate, effective and proportionate proactive measure should be put in place. This requirement should not imply a general monitoring obligation. In the context of this assessment, the absence of removal orders and referrals addressed to a hosting provider, is an indication of a low level of exposure to terrorist content.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) When putting in place proactive measures, hosting service providers should ensure that users’ right to freedom of expression and information - including to freely receive and impart information - is preserved. In addition to any requirement laid down in the law, including the legislation on protection of personal data, hosting service providers should act with due diligence and implement safeguards, including notably human oversight and verifications, where appropriate, to avoid any unintended and erroneous decision leading to removal of content that is not terrorist content. This is of particular relevance when hosting service providers use automated means to detect terrorist content. Any decision to use automated means, whether taken by the hosting service provider itself or pursuant to a request by the competent authority, should be assessed with regard to the reliability of the underlying technology and the ensuing impact on fundamental rights. Hosting service providers should put in place effective and expeditious complaints and redress mechanisms to address cases of unjustified removals of content.
Amendment 129 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure that hosting service providers exposed to terrorist content take appropriate measures to prevent the misuse of their services, the competent authorities should request hosting service providers having received a removal order, which has become final, to report on the proactive measures taken, as well as on the functioning of the complaints and redress mechanisms. These could consist of measures to prevent the re-upload of terrorist content, removed or access to it disabled as a result of a removal order or referrals they received, checking against publicly or privately-held tools containing known terrorist content. They may also employ the use of reliable technical tools to identify new terrorist content, for instance where it uses in part or whole terrorist content that is already subjected to a definitive removal order or where it is uploaded by users who already uploaded terrorist content, either using those available on the market or those developed by the hosting service provider. The service provider should report on the specific proactive measures in place in order to allow the competent authority to judge whether the measures are effective and proportionate and whether, if automated means are used, the hosting service provider has the necessary abilities for human oversight and verification. In assessing the effectiveness and proportionality of the measures, competent authorities should take into account relevant parameters including the number of removal orders and referrals issued to the provider, their economic capacity and the impact of its service in disseminating terrorist content (for example, taking into account the number of users in the Union).
Amendment 136 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Following the request, the competent authority should enter into a dialogue with the hosting service provider about the necessary proactive measures to be put in place. If necessary, the competent authority should impose the adoption of appropriate, effective and proportionate proactive measures where it considers that the measures taken are insufficient to meet the risks. A decision to impose such specific proactive measures should not, in principle, lead to the imposition of a general obligation to monitor, as provided in Article 15(1) of Directive 2000/31/EC. Considering the particularly grave risks associated with the dissemination of terrorist content, the decisions adopted by the competent authorities on the basis of this Regulation could derogate from the approach established in Article 15(1) of Directive 2000/31/EC, only as regards certain specific, targeted measures, the adoption of which is necessary for overriding public security reasons. Before adopting such decisions, the competent authority should strike a fair balance between the public interest objectives and the fundamental rights involved, in particular, the freedom of expression and information and the freedom to conduct a business, and provide appropriate justification.
Amendment 161 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) For the purposes of this Regulation, Member States should designate competent authorities, including judicial, with the relevant expertise. The requirement to designate competent authorities does not necessarily require the establishment of new authorities but can be existing bodies tasked with the functions set out in this Regulation. This Regulation requires designating authorities competent for issuing removal orders, referrals and for overseeing proactive measures and for imposing penalties. It is for Member States to decide how many authorities they wish to designate for these tasks. Member States should notify to the European Commission the competent authorities they designated for the purpose of this Regulation.
Amendment 174 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Regulation lays down uniform rules to prevent the misuse of hosting services for the dissemination to the general public of terrorist content online. It lays down in particular:
Amendment 179 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) rules on duties of care to be applied by hosting service providersproviders of services covered by this Regulation in order to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content to the general public through their services and ensure, where necessary, its swift removal;
Amendment 185 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a set of measures to be put in place by Member States to identify terrorist content, to enable its swift removal by hosting service providers and to facilitate cooperation with the relevant competent authorities in other Member States, hosting service providers and where appropriate relevant Union bodies.
Amendment 188 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation shall apply to hosting service providers offering servicesproviders of services, as defined in this Regulation, offering services targeted to the general public in the Union, irrespective of their place of main establishment.
Amendment 191 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a This Regulation must be applied in full respect fundamental rights enshrined in Article 6 of the Treaty of the European Union.
Amendment 192 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'hosting service provider' means a provider of information society services consisting in the storage of information provided by and at the request of the online content provider and in making the information stored available to third parties;e general public, excluding web hosting service providers that provide the technical infrastructure to website operators. For purposes of this Regulation, the following services are excluded from the scope: mere conduits, electronic communication services, caching services, cloud IT infrastructure services, protection services, registries, registrars, DNS, payment services, DDoS and interpersonal communication services. 'Cloud infrastructure services' which consist in the provision of on demand physical or virtual resources that provide computing and storage infrastructure capabilities on which the service provider has no contractual rights as to what content is stored or how it is processed or made publicly available by its customers or by the end-users of such customers, and where the service provider has no technical capability to remove specific content stored by their customers or the end-users of their customers, shall not be considered within the meaning and for the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 197 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'content provider' means a user who has provided information that is, or that has been, stored at the request of the user by a hosting service providerof the services of an hosting service provider who has provided content to such hosting service provider for the purpose of disseminating such content to the general public;
Amendment 202 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – introductory part
(5) 'terrorist content' means one or more of the following informationany publicly available information or material, other than material used for educational, research, journalistic and other editorial purposes provided that it does not incite the commission of violence, which is connected to a terrorist organisation as listed by the EU or UN on designated lists, and which may contribute to the commission of intentional acts, which constitute offences under national law, as listed in Article 3(1)(a) to (i) of Directive 2017/741/EU, by:
Amendment 220 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
(c) promoting the activities of a terrorist group, in particular by encouraging the participation in, meeting with, communicate with or support to a terrorist group within the meaning of Article 2(3) of Directive (EU) 2017/541, or by encouraging the dissemination of terrorist content;
Amendment 229 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)
(d a) the expression of radical, polemic or controversial views in the public debate on sensitive political questions shall however not be considered terrorist content.
Amendment 235 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘dissemination of terrorist content’ means making terrorist content publicly available to third parties on the hosting service providers’ services;
Amendment 242 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9 a) ‘competent authority’ means a body, including judicial, with the relevant expertise designated or created by the Member State for the purpose of this Regulation.
Amendment 245 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Hosting service providers shall take appropriate, reasonable and proportionate actions in accordance with this Regulation, against the public dissemination of terrorist content and to protect users from terrorist content. In doing so, they shall act in a diligent, proportionate and non- discriminatory manner, and with due regard to striking a balance withe fundamental rights of the users such as protection of private life, data protection, and secrecy of correspondence, and take into account the fundamental importance of the freedom of expression and information in an open and democratic society.
Amendment 248 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Hosting service providers shall include in their terms and conditions, and apply, effective and proportionate provisions to prevent the storing and dissemination of terrorist content on their services.
Amendment 252 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority shall have the power to issue a decisionremoval order requiring the hosting service provider to remove terrorist content or disable access to it. If material is published under the editorial responsibility of a content provider, any removal order can only become effective based on a judicial order.
Amendment 256 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Hosting service providers shall remove terrorist content or disable access to it within one hour from receipt of the removal order. Member States may provide that where a terrorist content is manifestly harmful or constitutes an immediate threat to the public order, hosting service providers shall remove or disable access to the terrorist content from the moment of receipt of a duly justified removal order.
Amendment 268 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) an exact online Uniform Resource Locator (URL), and, where necessary, additional identification of the online content provider and any other information enabling the identification of the content referred, and information enabling the identification of the content referred;
Amendment 273 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) information about redress and associated deadlines available to the hosting service provider and to the content provider;
Amendment 282 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Article 4 – paragraph 7
7. If the hosting service provider cannot comply with the removal order because of force majeure, or of de factof logistical impossibility not attributable to the hosting service providerdue to its size and capacities, or of de facto impossibility or impracticability, it shall inform, without undue delay, the competent authority, explaining the reasons, using the template set out in Annex III. TParagraph 2 shall apply as soon as the dreadline set out in paragraph 2 shall apply as soon as the reasons invoked are no longer presentsons invoked are no longer present, except when the hosting service provider cannot comply with the removal order because of technical impracticability or because it would have disproportionate effects on the service or its users or on the rights of the users such as protection of private life, data protection, and secrecy of correspondence, the freedom of expression and information in an open and democratic society and the freedom to conduct a business.
Amendment 288 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Article 4 – paragraph 8
8. If the hosting service provider cannot comply with the removal order because the removal order contains manifest errors or does not contain sufficient technical information to execute the order, it shall inform the competent authority without undue delay, asking for the necessary clarification, using the template set out in Annex III. The deadline set out in paragraph 2 shall apply as soon as the clarification is provided.
Amendment 295 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a 1. The issuing authority shall submit a copy of the removal order to the competent authority referred to in Article 17(1)(a) of the Member State in which the main establishment of the hosting service provider is located at the same time it is transmitted to the hosting service provider in accordance with Article 4(5). 2. In cases where the competent authority of the Member State in which the main establishment of the hosting service provider is located has reasonable grounds to believe that the removal order may impact fundamental interests and fundamental rights, it shall inform the issuing competent authority. 3. The competent authority shall take these circumstances into account and shall where necessary, withdraw or adapt the removal order.
Amendment 306 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Hosting service providers shall, where appropriate, take proactive measures to protect their services against the dissemination of terrorist content. The measures shall be effective, targeted and proportionate, taking into account the risk and level of exposure to terrorist content, and strike a balance with the fundamental rights of the users, and the fundamental importance of the freedom of expression and information in an open and democratic society.
Amendment 309 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) effectively preventing the re-upload of content which has previously been removed or to which access has been disabled because it is considered to be terrorist content;
Amendment 312 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Where the competent authority referred to in Article 17(1)(c) considers that the proactive measures taken and reported under paragraph 2 are disproportionate or are insufficient in mitigating and managing the risk and level of exposure, it may request the hosting service provider to adapt the measures already taken or to take specific additional proactive measures. For that purpose, the hosting service provider shall cooperate with the competent authority referred to in Article 17(1)(c) with a view to identifying the changes or specific measures that the hosting service provider shall put in place, establishing key objectives and benchmarks as well as timelines for their implementation.
Amendment 315 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Where no agreement can be reached within the three months from the request pursuant to paragraph 3, the competent authority referred to in Article 17(1)(c) may issue a decision imposing specific additional necessary and proportionate proactive measures. The decision shall take into account, in particular, the type of content hosted on the service, the technical feasibility of the measures, the economic capacity of the hosting service provider and the effect of such measures on the fundamental rights of the users and the fundamental importance of the freedom of expression and information. Such a decision shall be sent to the main establishment of the hosting service provider or to the legal representative designated by the service provider. The hosting service provider shall regularly report on the implementation of such measures as specified by the competent authority referred to in Article 17(1)(c).
Amendment 317 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Article 6 and Article 9 shall not apply to providers of cloud infrastructure services which consist in the provision of on demand physical or virtual resources that provide computing and storage infrastructure capabilities on which the service provider has no rights as to what content is stored or how it is processed or made publicly available by its customers or by the end-users of such customers, and where the service provider has no specific control of the content stored by their customers or the end-users of their customers.
Amendment 320 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the treatment of complaints issued in accordance with Article 10.
Amendment 332 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Hosting service providers shall publish annual transparency reports on action taken against the dissemination of terrorist content to the general public.
Amendment 344 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) overview and outcome ofassessment of the effectiveness of the complaint procand redures.s mechanisms
Amendment 349 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where hosting service providers use automated tools pursuant to this Regulation in respect of content that they store, they shall provide effective and appropriate safeguards to ensure that decisions taken concerning that content, in particular decisions to remove or disable access to content considered to be terrorist content, are accurate and well-founded.
Amendment 352 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Safeguards shall consist, in particular, of human oversight and verifications wherof the appropriate and, in any event,ness of the decision to remove or deny access to content, in particular with regard to the right to freedom of expression and information. Human oversight shall be required where a detailed assessment of the relevant context is required in order to determine whether or not the content is to be considered terrorist content.
Amendment 356 #
Amendment 361 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Hosting service providers shall establish expeditious, effective and accessible complaints and redress mechanisms allowing content providers whose content has been removed or access to it disabled as a result of a referral pursuant to Article 5 or of proactive measures pursuant to Article 6, to submit a substantiated complaint against the action of the hosting service provider requesting reinstatement of the content.
Amendment 367 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Where hosting service providers removed terrorist content or disable access to it, they shall make available to the content provider information on the removal or disabling of access to terrorist content within 24 hours.
Amendment 372 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a In cases where content has been removed or access to it disabled as a result of a removal order to Article 4, a referral pursuant to Article 5 or proactive measures pursuant to Article 6, the content provider concerned can initiate judicial proceedings at any time requesting re-instatement of the content. Initiation of judicial proceedings is not conditional on the initiation of complaint mechanisms referred to in Article 10.
Amendment 401 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall ensure that, when determining the type and level of penalties, the competent authorities take into account all relevant circumstances, in particular in the case of SMEs, including:
Amendment 405 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(e a) the nature and size of the hosting service providers, in particular microenterprises or small-sized enterprises, within the meaning of the Commission recommendation 2003/361/EC.
Amendment 39 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Union is built on solidarity, among its citizens and among its Member States. This common value, enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union, guides its actions and provides the necessary unity to cope with current and future societal challenges, which young Europeans are willing to help address by expressing their solidarity in practice, through a complementary bottom-up approach.
Amendment 52 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Young people should be provided with easily accessible and inclusive opportunities to engage in solidarity activities, which could enable them to express their commitment to the benefit of communities while acquiring useful experience, skills and competences for their personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, thereby improving their employability. Those activities should also support the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, in the sense that they should respond to unmet societal needs, contribute to strengthening communities,; they should aim to tackle unmet societal needs, enhance solidarity and contribute to strengthening communities and democratic participation. They should offer young people the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge and competences, and contribute to the personal development of participants. They should be financially accessible to young people, and be implemented in safe and healthy conditions, and shall not include activities that are potentially harmful or inappropriate for participants, such as volunteering in residential institutions for children.
Amendment 55 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, in the sense that they should respond to unmet societal needs, contribute to strengthening communities, offer young people the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge and competences, be financially accessible to young people, and be implemented in safe and healthy conditions. Dialogue with local and regional authorities and stakeholders should be encouraged in order to best determine unmet societal needs and ensure a needs-oriented programme.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, in the sense that they should respond to unmet societal needs, contribute to strengthening communities,; they should aim to tackle unmet societal needs, enhance solidarity and contribute to strengthening communities and democratic participation. They should offer young people the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge and competences, and contribute to the personal development of participants. They should be financially accessible to young people, and be implemented in safe and healthy conditions.
Amendment 63 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The European Solidarity Corps provides a single entry point for solidarity activities throughout the Union and beyond. Consistency and complementarity should be ensured with other relevant Union policies and programmes. The European Solidarity Corps is built on the strengths and synergies of predecessor and existing programmes, notably the European Voluntary Service19 and the EU Aid Volunteers20. It also complements the efforts made by Member States to support young people and ease their school-to- work transition under the Youth Guarantee by providing them with additional opportunities to make a start on the labour market in the form of traineeships or jobs in solidarity-related areas within their respective Member State or across borders. Complementarity with existing Union level networks pertinent to the activities under the European Solidarity Corps, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, EURES and the Eurodesk network, and other relevant civil society organisations, including social partners and networks representing young people and volunteers are also ensured. Furthermore, complementarity between existing related schemes, in particular national solidarity schemes and mobility schemes for young people, and the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured, building on good practices where appropriate. _________________ 19 Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50–73). 20 Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (‘EU Aid Volunteers initiative’) (OJ L 122, 24.4.2014, p. 1-17).
Amendment 76 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Volunteering activities (both within and beyond the Union) constitute a rich experience in a non-formal and informal learning context which enhances young people’s personal, socio-educational and professional development, active citizenship and demployabilitocracy. Volunteering activities should not have an adverse effect on potential or existing paid employment, nor should they be seen as a substitute for it. The Commission and the Member States should cooperate regarding volunteering policies in the youth field via the open method of coordination.
Amendment 87 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Particular attention should be given to ensuring the quality of the activities and other opportunities offered under the European Solidarity Corps, in particular by offering training, language support, insurance, administrative and post-activity support to participants as well as the validation of the knowledge, skills and competences acquired through their European Solidarity Corps experience. Security and safety of the volunteers remain of paramount importance and volunteers should not be deployed to operations conducted in the theatre of international and non-international armed conflicts. Due consideration should also be given to the safety and interests of beneficiaries. Activities involving direct contact with children should be guided by the “best interests of the child” principle and should be subject, where appropriate, to background checks or other measures with a view to ensure child safeguarding.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Any entity willing to participate in the European Solidarity Corps should receive a quality label provided that the appropriate conditions are fulfilled. The process that leads to the attribution of a quality label should be carried out on a continuous basis by the implementing bodies of the European Solidarity Corps. The attributed quality label should be reassessed periodically and could be revoked if, in the context of the checks to be performed, the conditions that led to its attribution were found to be no longer fulfilled, taking account of the main fields where solidarity is developing in the Member States.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) As a general rule, the grant request will be submitted to the national agency of the country where the organisation is based. Grant requests for activities organised by Europe-wide or international organisations; activities of volunteering teams in priority fields identified at European level; and activities in support of humanitarian aid operations in third countries; will be submitted to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.
Amendment 107 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) In order to support solidarity activities among young people, participating organisations should be non-profit or profit organisations, and may include non-governmental organisations or civil society organisations, youth organisations, religious associations or communities. The Programme should only provide funding to cover the non-profit part of activities of participating organisations.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The European Solidarity Corps Portal should be continuously developed in order to ensure easy access to the European Solidarity Corps and to, in accordance with the standards established by Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies. The European Solidarity Corps Portal provides a one-stop shop for both interested individuals and organisations as regards, inter alia, registration, identification and matching of profiles and opportunities, networking and virtual exchanges, online training, language and post-activity support as well as other useful functionalities, which may arise in the future. While a one-stop shop provides the advantage of integrated access to diverse activities, individuals may encounter physical, social and other obstacles in acceding the European Solidarity Corps Portal. In order to overcome such obstacles, participating organisations should provide participants with registration support.
Amendment 128 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In compliance with the Financial Regulation, the Commission should adopt work programmes and inform the European Parliament and the Council thereofGiven that the Programme is implemented over a seven-year period, it is necessary to provide for adequate flexibility to enable adaptation to changing realities and political priorities for the implementation of solidarity activities under the strands of the Programme. As such, the Regulation does not define in detail how the actions will be designed, nor does it prejudge political priorities or respective budgetary priorities for the next seven years. Instead, the secondary policy choices and priorities, including details of specific actions, to be implemented through the different activities, should be determined through an annual work programme in compliance with the Financial Regulation. The work programme should also set out the measures needed for their implementation in line with the general and specific objectives of the Programme, the selection and award criteria for grants, as well as all other elements required. Work programmes and any amendments to them should be adopted by implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure. means of a delegated act. To ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 136 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
Amendment 148 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘solidarity activity’ means an easily accessible, high- quality temporary, inclusive and adequately funded activity contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the European Solidarity Corps, which may take the form of volunteering, traineeships, jobs, solidarity projects and networking activities in various fields, including those referred to in paragraph 13, ensuring the European added value and compliance with health and safety regulations;
Amendment 152 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘young people with fewer opportunities’ means young people facing some obstacles that prevent them from having effective access to opportunities under the Programme forindividuals who require additional, targeted support due to discrimination, based on any of the grounds enshrined in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and are at a heightened risk of social exclusion as a result of various factors, either individually or in combination with each other; such factors may include disability, health status, educational difficulties, cultural differences, economic, social, cultural, and geographical or health reasons or for reasons such as disabilities and educational difficultiesbstacles. Young people facing some obstacles that prevent them from having effective access to opportunities under the Programme;
Amendment 156 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘young people with fewer opportunities’ means young people facing some obstacles that prevent them from having effective access to opportunities under the Programme for economic, social, cultural, geographical or health reasons or for reasons such as disabilities and educational difficultieindividuals who require additional, targeted support due to discrimination and a heightened risk of social exclusion as a result of various factors, either individually or in combination with each other. Such factors may include, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, health status, geographical obstacles, legal barriers or other status;
Amendment 157 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘young people with fewer opportunities’ means young people facing some obstacles that preventhinder them from having effective access to opportunities under the Programme for economic, social, cultural, geographical or health reasons or for reasons such as disabilities and educational difficulties;
Amendment 168 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘traineeship’ means a paid solidarity activity for a period from two to six months, renewable once and for a maximum duration of 12 months, that is offered and paid by the participating organisation hosting the European Solidarity Corps participant and that involves a learning component;
Amendment 172 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘job’ means adecently paid solidarity activity for a period from 2 to 12 months, paid by the participating organisation employing the European Solidarity Corps participant including a specific learning component;
Amendment 193 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Programme is to promote solidarity; it shall enhance the engagement of young people and organisations in accessible and high-quality solidarity activities as a means to contribute to strengthening cohesion, solidarity and democracy in the Union and abroad, addressing societal and humanitarian challenges on the ground, with particular effort to promote social inclusion and democratic participation.
Amendment 200 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The specific objective of the Programme is to provide young people, including those with fewer opportunities, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities in Europe and abroad while improving and properly validating their competenceprofessional and civic competences, promoting their continuous engagement as active citizens as well as facilitating their employability and transition into the labour market.
Amendment 208 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The operational objectives and corresponding policy priorities of the actions to be implemented through the activities under the strands shall be specified in detail in the annual work programme to be adopted pursuant to Article 18.
Amendment 214 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Annual Work Programme adopted pursuant to Article 18 shall include a list of activities that are potentially harmful to participants, beneficiaries and society, or inappropriate for participants, which shall not be carried out in the framework of the Programme or which shall be subject to special training, background checks or other measures.
Amendment 217 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) reinforcing the capacities of the participating organisations to offer good quality, easily accessible and adequately funded projects to an increasing number of European Solidarity Corps participants;
Amendment 228 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the establishment, maintenance and updating of than accessible European Solidarity Corps Portal and other relevant online services as well as the necessary IT support systems and web-based tools in line with the accessibility requirements of Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies.
Amendment 229 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the establishment, maintenance and updating of the multilingual European Solidarity Corps Portal and other relevant online services as well as the necessary IT support systems and web-based tools.
Amendment 257 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. To allow for flexibility and adaptation of the indicative budgetary breakdown by activities under Article 12a the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29. The delegated acts adopted under this article shall reflect the new political priorities by readjusting the breakdown respecting a maximum margin of 20%.
Amendment 284 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. As a result of the assessment the entity may be attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label. The obtained label shall be re-assessed periodically or upon request from participants and may be revoked.
Amendment 290 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Any public or private entity established in a participating country as well as international organisations may apply for funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the activities referred to in Articles 7, 8 and 11, a quality label shall be obtained by the participating organisation as a pre-condition for receiving funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the solidarity projects referred to Article 9, natural persons may also apply for funding on behalf of informal groups of European Solidarity Corps participants. As a general rule, the grant request will be submitted to the national agency of the country where the organisation is based. Grant requests for activities organised by Europe-wide or international organisations; activities of volunteering teams in priority fields identified at European level; activities in support of humanitarian aid operations in third countries; will be submitted to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.
Amendment 293 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Grant requests shall be submitted to the national agency of the country where the organisation is based. Grant requests for activities organised by Europe-wide or international organisations, activities of volunteering teams in priority fields identified at European level and activities in support of humanitarian aid operations in third countries shall be submitted to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.
Amendment 294 #
2018/0230(COD)
1. The secondary policy choices and priorities, including details of specific actions outlined in Articles 4 to 11, shall be determined on an annual basis through a work programme as referred to in Article [110] of the Financial Regulation. The work programme shall also set out the Programme’s implementation. In addition, the work programme shall give an indication of the amount allocated to each action and of the distribution of funds between the Member States and third countries associated to the Programme for the actions to be managed through the national agency. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt the work programme by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 29. 2. The Programme shall be implemented by work programmes referred to in [Article 110] of the Financial Regulation. In addition, the work programme shall give an indication of the amount allocated to each action and of the distribution of funds between the Member States and third countries associated to the Programme for the actions to be managed through the national agency. The work programme shall be adopted by the Commission by means of an implementing act. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 30.
Amendment 298 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The inmid-terim revaluationiew of the Programme shall be performed once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of the Programme, but no later than four years after the start of the programme implementation30 June 2024. It shall also be accompanied by a final evaluation of the predecessor programme.
Amendment 300 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall, if necessary and on the basis of the mid- term review and implementation reports submitted by Member States, propose a revision of the Regulation to be adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure. The Commission shall appear before the competent committee of the European Parliament to report on the mid-term review, including with respect to its decision on whether a revision of the Regulation is required.
Amendment 308 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) The Commission shall organise regular meetings and trainings with and for the network of national agencies in order to ensure coherent implementation of the European Solidarity Corps across all participating countries. The Commission shall regularly consult key stakeholders, including participating organisations, on the implementation of the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 310 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall organise regular meetings with the network of national agencies in order to ensure coherent implementation of the European Solidarity Corps across all participating countries. The Commission shall also invite existing Union level networks, pertinent to the activities under the Programme, social partners and networks representing young people and volunteers.
Amendment 312 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. In the event that the Commission cannot accept the yearly management declaration or the independent audit opinion thereon, or in the event of unsatisfactory implementation by the national agency of the Commission’s observations, the Commission may implement any precautionary and corrective measures necessary to safeguard the Union’s financial interests in accordance with point (c) of Article 131(3) of Regulation (EU Euratom) 2018/1046.
Amendment 313 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Amendment 319 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 12, 18 and 19 shall be conferred on the Commission for the duration of the Programme.;
Amendment 320 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 12, 18 and 19 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 321 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6
Article 29 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 12, 18 and 19 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 322 #
2018/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. As part of the committee referred in point 1 of this article, relevant civil society organisations including networks representing social partners, young people and volunteers should be included as permanent observers without voting rights in the Programme Committee and their presence laid out in the rules of procedures of the relevant Committee.
Amendment 19 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The InvestEU Fund should contribute to improving the competitiveness of the Union, including in the field of innovation and digitisation, the sustainability of the Union's economic growth, the social resilience and inclusiveness, strengthening human skills and capabilities as key enablers of economic, cultural and social development and the integration of the Union capital markets, including solutions addressing their fragmentation and diversifying sources of financing for the Union enterprises. To that end, it should support projects that are technically and economically viable by providing a framework for the use of debt, risk sharing and equity instruments underpinned by a guarantee from the Union's budget and by contributions from implementing partners. It should be demand-driven while support under the InvestEU Fund should at the same time focus on contributing to meeting policy objectives of the Union.
Amendment 24 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The InvestEU instrument aims at financing economic, cultural and social actors with a risk profile that private financiers are not to address in more conventional portfolios; it aims at opening up a new understanding from financial intermediaries in underlining the immense potential of those actors in terms of innovation and social development.
Amendment 30 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) According to the 2018 Global Risks Report issued by the World Economic Forum, half of the ten most critical risks threatening the global economy relate to the environment. Such risks include air, soil and water pollution, extreme weather events, biodiversity losses and failures of climate-change mitigation and adaptation. Environmental principles are strongly embedded in the Treaties and many of the Union's policies. Therefore, the mainstreaming of environmental objectives should be promoted in the InvestEU Fund related operations. Environmental protection, education and training to assess one's own environmental impacts and related risk prevention and management should be integrated in the preparation and implementation of investments. The EU should also track its biodiversity-related and air pollution control-related expenditure in order to fulfil the reporting obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity and Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council15 Investment allocated to environmentally sustainability objectives should therefore be tracked using common methodologies coherent with that developed under other Union programmes applying to climate, biodiversity and air pollution management in order to allow assessing the individual and combined impact of investments on the key components of the natural capital, including air, water, land and biodiversity. _________________ 15 Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 38 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Whereas the level of overall investment in the Union is increasing, investment in higher-risk activities such as research and innovation is still inadequate. The resulting underinvestment in research and innovation, in particular in cultural and creative industries which are highly contributing to innovation, is damaging to the industrial and economic competitiveness of the Union and the quality of life of its citizens. The InvestEU Fund should provide the appropriate financial products to cover different stages in the innovation cycle and a wide range of stakeholders, in particular to allow the upscaling of and deployment of solutions at a commercial scale in the Union, in order to make such solutions sustainable and competitive on world markets.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in the Union. However, they face challenges when accessing finance because of their perceived high risk and lack of sufficient collateral. Additional challenges arise from SMEs' need to stay competitive by engaging in digitisation, internationalisation and innovation activities and skilling up their workforce. Moreover, compared to larger enterprises, they have access to a more limited set of financing sources: they typically do not issue bonds, have only limited access to stock exchanges or large institutional investors. The challenge in accessing finance is even greater for those SMEs whose activities focus on intangible assets, in particular the cultural and creative sectors. SMEs in the Union rely heavily on banks and debt financing in the form of bank overdrafts, bank loans or leasing. Supporting SMEs that face the above challenges and providing more diversified sources of funding is necessary for increasing the ability of SMEs to finance their creation, growth and development, withstand economic downturns, and for making the economy and the financial system more resilient during economic downturn or shocks. This is also complementary to the initiatives already undertaken in the context of the Capital Markets Union. The InvestEU Fund should provide an opportunity to focus on specific, more targeted financial products.
Amendment 53 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) As set out in the reflection paper on the social dimension of Europe16 and the European Pillar of Social Rights17 , building a more inclusive and fairer Union is a key priority for the Union to tackle inequality and foster social inclusion policies in Europe. Inequality of opportunities affects in particular access to education, training and health. Investment in the social, skills and human capital- related economy, as well as in the integration of vulnerable populations in the society, can enhance economic opportunities, especially if coordinated at Union level. The InvestEU Fund should be used to support investment in education and training, help increase employment, in particular among the unskilled and long- term unemployed, and improve the situation with regard to intergenerational solidarity, the health sector, homelessness, digital inclusiveness, community development, gender equality, the role and place of young people in society as well as vulnerable people, including third country nationals. The InvestEU Programme should also contribute to the support of Europeanculture and creativity in Europe, whereby cultureal and creativitye industries are key- drivers for growth and do play a role traditionally at local and regional level, ensuring the socio-economic inclusion and allowing for an integrated sustainable urban regeneration. To counter the profound transformations of societies in the Union and of the labour market in the coming decade, it is necessary to invest in human capital, microfinance, social enterprise finance and new social economy business models, including social impact investment and social outcomes contracting. The InvestEU Programme should strengthen nascent social market eco-system, increasing the supply of and access to finance to micro- and social enterprises, ensuring that ito meets the demand of those who need it the most. The report of the High-Level Task-Force on Investing in Social Infrastructure in Europe18 has identified investment gaps in social infrastructure and services, including for education, training, health and housing, which call for support, including at the Union level. Therefore, the collective power of public, commercial and philanthropic capital, as well as support from foundations, should be harnessed to support the social market value chain development and a more resilient Union. _________________ 16 17COM(2017) 206. COM(2017) 206. 17 COM(2017) 250. COM(2017) 250. 18 Published as European Economy Discussion Paper 074 in January 2018.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The InvestEU Fund should operate under four policy windows, mirroring the key Union policy priorities, namely sustainable infrastructure; research, innovation, culture and digitisation: SMEs; and social investment and skills.
Amendment 63 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The InvestEU Fund should, where appropriate, allow for a smooth and efficient blending of grants or financial instruments, or both, funded by the Union budget or by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) Innovation Fund with that guarantee in situations where this is necessary to best underpin investments to address particular market failures or sub- optimal investment situations. It could be complementary to projects selected in other European programmes, corresponding to these objectives, such as Erasmus and Creative Europe.
Amendment 68 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the competitiveness of the Union, including innovation and, digitisation and the cultural dimension;
Amendment 69 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the social resilience and inclusiveness of the Union, including strengthening human skills and capabilities as key enablers of economic, cultural and social development with particular focus on young people and on equal opportunities;
Amendment 73 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to support financing and investment operations in research, innovation and digitisation for economic actors with an atypical profile for financial markets;
Amendment 90 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) research, innovation, culture and digitisation policy window: comprises research and innovation activities, transfer of research results to the market, demonstration and deployment of innovative solutions and support to scaling up of innovative companies other than SMEs as well as digitisation of Union industry, taking into consideration the cultural dimension;
Amendment 61 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The general objective of the Programme should be to support the digital transformation of industry and to foster better exploitation of the industrial potential of policies of innovation, research and technological development, for the benefit of businesses and citizencitizens and businesses all over the Union. The programme should be structured into five Specific Objectives reflecting key policy areas, namely: high- performance computing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, advanced digital skills, and deployment, best use of digital capacities and interoperability. For all these areas, the Programme should also aim at better aligning Union, Member States and regional policies, and pooling of private and industrial resources in order to increase investment and develop stronger synergies.
Amendment 68 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Programme's actions should be used to address market failures or sub- optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner, without duplicating or crowding out private financing and have a clear European added value. It should also see to the unconditional respect of rights of content providers, consumers and users of digital technology, ensuring full respect of European values in the development of a digital Europe.
Amendment 72 #
2018/0227(COD)
(16) The high performance computing and the related data processing capacities in the Union should allow to ensure wider use of high performance computing by industry and, more generally, in areas of public interest in order to seize unique opportunities that supercomputers bring to society as regards health, environment, linguistics and security as well as competitiveness of industry, notably small and medium-sized enterprises.
Amendment 77 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The availability of large-scale data sets, as well as computational linguistics, and testing and experimentation facilities are of major importance for the development of artificial intelligence.
Amendment 95 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The digital transformation of the areas of public interest such as healthcare68 , mobility, justice, earth/environmental monitoring, education and culture requires the continuation and expansion of Digital Service Infrastructures, which make secure cross-border exchange of data possible and foster national development. Their coordination under this Regulation best achieves the potential for exploiting synergies. The digital transformation should nevertheless take into account that some citizens are not taking part - out of different reasons - in it and networks should be supported to continue informing those citizens, helping them to remain in full possession of their rights and participation to all social and civic duties. _________________ 68 http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/docume nt.cfm?doc_id=51628
Amendment 104 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) In that context, and as evidenced by the Europeana initiative, the digitisation of European works represents a significant opportunity to improve the accessibility, distribution and promotion of European culture and common cultural heritage. Digital innovation can provide the impetus for a revolution in how cultural goods are exhibited and accessed. Promoting the use of 3D technologies for data collection and the reconstruction of destroyed cultural goods and heritage is, in that regard, of particular importance. Digital Europe can therefore contribute to the guarantee of funding for a fair and ethical digitisation, preservation and online availability of European cultural heritage and culture.
Amendment 112 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) "media literacy" designs the analytical skills necessary to find one's path of understanding throughout the digital world.
Amendment 115 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) reinforce Europe's capacities in key digital technology areas, seeing thereby to a full respect of rights and European values, through large- scale deployment,
Amendment 129 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support the design and delivery of long-term trainings and courses for students, taking into account and respecting language diversity, IT professionals and the workforce;
Amendment 140 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) support networks or services offering help and continued information to citizens not taking part in the digital development - out of different reasons.
Amendment 143 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure that the public sector and areas of public interests, such as health and care, education, judiciary, transport, energy, environment, cultural and creative sectors, can deploy and access state-of-the- art digital technologies, in particular high performance computing, language technology, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity;
Amendment 199 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 5 – subpart I – point 5 a (new)
Annex I – part 5 – subpart I – point 5 a (new)
5a. Cultural and creative sectors: support cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector, in their ongoing digital transformation whilst guaranteeing them the access to the most advanced, sustainable and performing digital technologies from AI to advanced computing, as well as supporting the contribution of the cultural and creative sectors to a fair and ethical use and development of their digital tools.
Amendment 980 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 6 a (new)
- Establish a “European Cultural Heritage Cloud”:A museum collaboration space will be created in order to grant accessibility of cultural heritage through new technologies as well as to encourage and to facilitate transmission of know- how and skills, such as restoring art works.The cloud will be closely linked to the current Europeana platform. The European Cultural Heritage Cloud will: - Create a research and project based collaboration space between museums, sciences organisations, cultural professionals and the public - Make research and knowledge accessible to the public - Provide the opportunity to set up individual workgroups and project structures -Provide and integrate links to existing platforms such as Europeana -Be a European cultural counterpart to commercially driven cloud services
Amendment 37 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) To deliver scientific, economic, cultural and societal impact in pursuit of this general objective, the Union should invest in research and innovation through Horizon Europe - a Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2021-2027 (the ‘Programme’) to support the creation and diffusion of high-quality knowledge and technologies, to strengthen the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing Union policies, to support the uptake of innovative solutions in industry andwhilst achieving the goal of establishing a more inclusive, educated and creative society to address global challenges and promote industrial competitiveness; to foster all forms of innovation, including breakthrough innovation, and strengthen market deployment of innovative solutions; and optimise the delivery of such investment for increased impact within a strengthened European Research Area.
Amendment 39 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Cultural and creative sectors, mostly made of SMEs, have a clear strategic potential, especially within the context of digital innovation, in view of their specific dual nature: as an important driver of economic and employment development and a tool for preserving and protecting European linguistic and cultural diversity.
Amendment 42 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Open science, including open access to scientific publications and research data, has the potential to increase the quality, impact and benefits of science and to accelerate the advancement of knowledge by making it more reliable, more efficient and accurate, better understandable by societycitizens and responsive to societal challenges. Provisions should be laid down to ensure that beneficiaries provide open access to peer-reviewed scientific publications, research data and other research outputs in an open and non- discriminatory manner, free of charge and as early as possible in the dissemination process, and to enable their widest possible use and re-use. More emphasis should in particular be given to the responsible management of authorship and research data, which should comply with the FAIR principles of ‘Findability’, ‘Accessibility’, ‘Interoperability’ and ‘Reusability’, notably through the mainstreaming of Data Management Plans. Where appropriate, beneficiaries should make use of the possibilities offered by the European Open Science Cloud and adhere to further open science principles and practices.
Amendment 43 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The Programme should be implemented in full respect of the international and EU framework of intellectual property, protection and enforcement. The effective protection of intellectual property plays a key role in innovation and thus is necessary for the effective implementation of the Programme.
Amendment 44 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Universities and higher education institutions play a fundamental role within the fields of the humanities, sciences and technologies by fulfilling and promoting excellence, in both training and research.
Amendment 59 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
Amendment 66 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Europe is the cradle of humanistic tradition. Horizon Europe should therefore support research in the field of social sciences and human disciplines (SSH), providing at least one intervention area in all clusters of the second pillar, especially for those that produce knowledge through basic and applied research and that contribute to the development of new fields of interdisciplinary research thanks to new material evidence or new methodologies. Such focus will help to create new jobs, to contribute to a deeper analysis and better understanding of the migration phenomenon, the challenges it entails as well as to reinforce the preservation of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage, in accordance with the objective of creating inclusive, educated and creative societies.
Amendment 76 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The activities developed under the Programme should aim at eliminating gender inequalities and, enhancing family/work life balance, promoting equality between women and men in, as well as ensuring accessibility of researchers with disabilities to, research and innovation, in compliance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 8 of the TFEU. The genderse dimensions should be adequately integrated in research and innovation content and followed through at all stages of the research cycle.
Amendment 88 #
2018/0224(COD)
(b) cluster 'Inclusive and Secur, Educated and Creative Society';
Amendment 90 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. The Programme shall ensure the effective promotion of gender equality, inter alia through enabling a better family/work life balance, and the gender dimension in research and innovation content. Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring accessibility and gender balance, subject to the situation in the field of research and innovation concerned, across the various parts of the Programme, and notably in evaluation panels and in bodies such as expert groups.
Amendment 96 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Framework Programme for the period 2021 – 2027 shall be EUR 94 1120 000 000 000 in curreonstant prices for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(a) and, in addition, the amount for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(b), as laid down in Regulation…. establishing the European Defence Fund.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2
(2) EUR 6 811 300 000 000 for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions;
Amendment 99 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 3
(3) EUR 2 43 900 000 000 for research infrastructures;
Amendment 100 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 2
(2) EUR 2 83 300 000 000 for cluster 'Inclusive and Secur, Educated and Creative Society';
Amendment 146 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – introductory part
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – introductory part
(b) Cluster 'Inclusive and securEducated and Creative sSociety': Strengthening European democratic values, including rule of law and fundamental rights, safeguarding our cultural heritage, and promoting socio- economic transformations that contribute to inclusion and growth, while responding to the challenges arising from persistent security threats, including cybercrime, as well as natural and man-made disastersupporting in particular research and innovation activities for the development of ICT technologies for the preservation and digitisation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage as well, exploring the potential of cultural and creative sectors and promoting socio- economic transformations that contribute to inclusion and growth, including migration management and integration of migrants.
Amendment 148 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
Areas of intervention: Democracy; Cultural heritage; Social and economic transformations; Disaster-resilient societies; Protection and Security; CybersecurityCultural and creative industries and sectors; Accessibility for persons with disabilities to all products and services (including education, cultural goods and services, tangible and intangible cultural heritage)
Amendment 154 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point c – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point c – paragraph 1
Areas of intervention: Manufacturing technologies; Digital technologies; Cultural and Creative industries - e.g. Augmented reality/Virtual reality, immersive environments, human computer interfaces, Internet Protocol and Cloud infrastructures, 5G, new media; Management of copyright and other intellectual property; Advanced materials; Artificial intelligence and robotics; Next generation internet; High performance computing and Big Data; Circular industries; Low carbon and clean industry; Space
Amendment 162 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point e – introductory part
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point e – introductory part
(e) Cluster 'Food and natural resources': Protecting, restoring, sustainably managing and using natural and biological resources from land and sea to address food and nutrition security and the transition to a low carbon, resource efficient circular economy, while developing awareness and educational schemes to healthy nutrition.
Amendment 164 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1
Through the following activities, this part will, in line with Article 4, optimise the Programme's delivery for increased impact within a strengthened European Research Area. It will also support the Programme's other specific objectives as described in Article 3. While underpinning the entire Programme, this part will support activities that contribute to a more knowledge-based and innovative and gender-equal Europe, at the front edge of global competition, thereby optimising national strengths and potential across Europe in a well- performing European Research Area (ERA), where knowledge and a highly skilled workforce circulate freely, where the outcomes of R&I are understood and trusted by informed citizens and benefit society as a whole, and where EU policy, notably R&I policy, is based on high quality scientific evidence. A swift link with the European Higher Education Area is ensured in order to promote results and foster common energies between all research teams.
Amendment 1075 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. An amount of €500 million will be earmarked for the creation of a European Cultural Heritage Cloud, as detailed in the Specific Programme.
Amendment 40 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Citizens, Rights and Values programme
Amendment 42 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
Having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 50 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Those rights and values must continue to be promoted and enforced and shared among the citizens and peoples and be at the heart of the EU project. Therefore, a new Justice, Rights and Values Fund, comprising the Rights and Values and the Justice programmes shall be created in the EU budget. At a time where European societies are confronted with extremism, radicalism and divisions, it is more important than ever to promote, strengthen and defend justice, rights and EU values: human rights, respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law. This will have profound and direct implications for political, social, cultural and economic life in the EU. As part of the new Fund, the Justice Programme will continue to support the further development of Union area of justice and cross-border cooperation. The Citizens, Rights and Values Programme will bring together the 2014-2020 Programme Rights, Equality and Citizenship established by Regulation (EU) No 1381/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council8 and the Europe for Citizens programme established by Council Regulation (EU) No 390/20149 , (hereafter 'the predecessor Programmes'). _________________ 8 Regulation (EU) No 1381/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme for the period 2014 to 2020 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 62) 9 Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 establishing the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme for the period 2014- 2020 (OJ L 115, 17.4.2014, p.3)
Amendment 54 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Justice, Rights and Values Fund and its two underlying funding programmes will focus primarily on people and entities, which contribute to make our common values, rights and rich diversity alive and vibrant. The ultimate objective is to nurture and sustain rights-based, equal, inclusive and democratic society. That, includesing a vibrant civil society,. The activities financed should aim at encouraging people's democratic, civic and social participation and fostering the rich diversity of European society, based on our common historyvalues and memhistory . Article 11 of the Treaty of the European Union further specifies that the institutions shall maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with civil society and shall, by appropriate means, give citizens and representative associations the opportunity to make known and publicly exchange their views in all areas of Union action.
Amendment 69 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to bring the European Union closer to its citizens, a variety of actions and coordinated efforts are necessary. Bringing together citizens in town-twinning projects or networks of towns and supporting civil society organisations in the areas covered by the programme will contribute to increase citizens' engagement in society and ultimately their involvement in the democratic life of the Union. At the same time supporting activities promoting mutual understanding, diversity, dialogue, social inclusion and respect for others fosters a sense of belonging and a European identity, based on a shared understanding of European values, culture, history and heritage. The promotion of a greater sense of belonging to the Union and of Union values is particularly important amongst citizens of the EU outermost regions due to their remoteness and distance from continental Europe.
Amendment 75 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Remembrance activities and critical reflection on Europe’s historical memory are necessary to make citizens aware of the common history, as the foundation for a common future, moral purpose and shared values. The relevance of historical, cultural and intercultural aspects should also be taken into account, as well as the links between remembrance and the creation of a European identity, based on solidarity, diversity and sense of belonging together.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Citizens should also be more aware of their rights deriving from citizenship of the Union, and should feel at ease about living, travelling, studying, working and volunteering in another Member State, and should feel able to enjoy and exercise all their citizenship rights, place their trust in equal access, full enforceability and protection of their rights without any discrimination, no matter where in the Union they happen to be. Civil society needs to be supported at all levels for the promotion, safeguarding and raising awareness of EU common values under Article 2 TEU and in contributing to the effective enjoyment of rights under Union law.
Amendment 87 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Non-discrimination is a fundamental principle of the Union. Article 19 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides for action to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. Non- discrimination is also enshrined in Article 21 of the Charter. The specific features of the diverse forms of discrimination should be taken into account and appropriate action should be developed in parallel to prevent and combat discrimination on one or more grounds. The Programme should support actions to prevent and combat discrimination, racism, xenophobia, anti- semitism, anti-ziganism, anti-muslim hatred and other forms of intolerance against persons belonging to minorities. In that context, particular attention should also be devoted to preventing and combating all forms of violence, hatred, segregation and stigmatisation, as well as combating bullying, harassment and intolerant treatment. The Programme should be implemented in a mutually reinforcing manner with other Union activities that have the same objectives, in particular with those referred to in the Commission Communication of 5 April 2011 entitled ‘An EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 202010 ’ and in the Council Recommendation of 09 December 2013 on effective Roma integration measures in the Member States11 . _________________ 10 COM(2011)173. 11 OJ C 378, 24.12.2013, p. 1.
Amendment 94 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Article 24 TFEU obliges the European Parliament and the Council to adopt provisions for the procedures and conditions required for a citizen's initiative within the meaning of Article 11 of the Treaty on European Union. This has been done by adopting Regulation [(EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council14 ]. The Programme should support, in its "equality and rights" strand, the financing of technical and organisational support to implement Regulation [(EU) No 211/2011], thereby underpinning the exercise by citizens of the right to launch and support European citizens’ initiatives. _________________ 14 Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative (OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1).
Amendment 98 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In accordance with Union acts on equal treatment, Member States set up independent bodies for the promotion of equal treatment, commonly known as "equality bodies", in order to combat discrimination based on race and ethnic origin as well as gender. However, many Member States have gone beyond these requirements and ensured that equality bodies can also deal with discrimination based on the other grounds such as language, age, sexual orientation, religion and belief, disability or other grounds. Equality bodies play a key role in promoting equality and ensuring effective application of equal treatment legislation by providing in particular an independent assistance to victims of discrimination, conducting independent surveys concerning discrimination, publishing independent reports and making recommendations on any issue relating to discrimination in their country. It is essential that the work of equality bodies is coordinated at Union level in this respect. EQUINET was created in 2007. Its members are the national bodies for the promotion of equal treatment as established by Council Directives 2000/43/EC15 and 2004/113/EC16 , and by Directives 2006/54/EC17 and 2010/41/EU18 of the European Parliament and of the Council. EQUINET is in an exceptional situation, being the only entity which ensures coordination of activities between equality bodies. This coordination activity by EQUINET is key for the good implementation of Union anti- discrimination law in Member States and should be supported by the Programme. _________________ 15 Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22). 16 Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37). 17 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). 18 Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC (OJ L 180, 15.7.2010, p. 1).
Amendment 100 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Independent human rights bodies and civil society organisations play an essential role in promoting, safeguarding and raising awareness of the Union’s common values under Article 2 TEU, and in contributing to the effective enjoyment of rights under Union law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. As reflected in the European Parliament Resolution of 189 April 2018, an increase in funding and adequate financial support is key to the development of a conducive and sustainable environment for civil society organisations to strengthen their role and perform their functions independently and effectively. Complementing efforts at national level, EU funding should therefore contribute to support, empower and build, including through adequate core funding and simplified cost options, financial rules and procedures, the capacity of independent civil society organisations active in the promotion of human rights whose activities help the strategic enforcement of rights under EU law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, including through advocacy and watchdog activities, as well as to promote, safeguard and raise awareness of the Union’s common values at national level.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure efficient allocation of funds from the general budget of the Union, it is necessary to ensure the European added value of all actions carried out, their complementarity to Member States’ actions, while consistency, complementarity and synergies shall be sought with funding programmes supporting policy areas with close links to each other, in particular within the Justice, Rights and Values Fund — and thus with the Justice Programme — as well as with Creative Europe programme, and Erasmus+ to realise the potential of cultural crossovers in the fields of culture, media, arts, education and creativity. It is necessary to create synergies with other European funding programmes, in particular in the fields of employment, internal market, enterprise, youth, health, citizenship, justice, migration, security, research, innovation, technology, industry, cohesion, climate, tourism, external relations, trade and development.
Amendment 107 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Regulation (EU, Euratom) No [the new FR] (the ‘Financial Regulation’) applies to this Programme. It lays down rules on the implementation of the Union budget, including the rules on grants, prizes, procurement, indirect implementation, financial assistance, financial instruments and budgetary guarantees, and demand full transparency in the use of resources, sound financial management and prudent use of resources. In particular, rules concerning the possibility for local, regional, national or transnational civil society organisations to be funded through multiannual operating grants, cascading grants and flexible grant-making procedures.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden, and the expected risk of non- compliance. This should include consideration of the use of lump sums, flat rates and unit costs,, with a view to achieve a positive success target rate, especially for action grants and projects. This should include consideration of the use of lump sums, flat rates and unit costs - by considering also further parameters to be incorporated into them, so that persons with special needs can be accommodated more effectively- as well as financing not linked to costs as referred to in Article 125(1) of the Financial Regulation. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council20 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9521 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9622 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193923 the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 . In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. _________________ 20 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999,(OJ L248, 18.9.2013, p. 1. 21 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p.1). 22 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities’ financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L292.15.11.96,, p.2). 23 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L283, 31.10.2017,, p.1). 24 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29).
Amendment 109 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden, the size and capacity of relevant stakeholders and targeted beneficiaries, and the expected risk of non- compliance. This should include consideration of the use of lump sums, flat rates and unit costs, as well as financing not linked to costs as referred to in Article 125(1) of the Financial Regulation. Co-funding requirements should be accepted in kind and may be waived in cases of limited complementary funding. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council20 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9521 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9622 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193923 the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 . In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. _________________ 20 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999,(OJ L248, 18.9.2013, p. 1. 21 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p.1). 22 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities’ financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L292.15.11.96,, p.2). 23 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L283, 31.10.2017,, p.1). 24 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29).
Amendment 112 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, with a view to ensuring effective assessment of the Programme's progress towards the achievement of its objectives, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of work programmes pursuant to Article 13 and indicators as indicated in Article 14 and 16 and Annex II. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 114 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 117 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the Citizens, Rights and Values programme (‘Programme’).
Amendment 129 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) protecting and promoting the rights of the child, the rights of people with disabilities, Union citizenship rights, including the European Citizenship Initiative, and the right to the protection of personal data.
Amendment 137 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) increasing citizens’ understanding of the Union, its history's shared values, its historical memory as the foundation for a common future, cultural heritage and diversity;
Amendment 157 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) EUR [233500.000.000] for at least 40 % of the financial envelope of the Programme referred to in Article 6(1), to achieve the specific objective referred to in Article 2(2)(b);
Amendment 158 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 may be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Programme, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, including corporate information technologyICT systems, studies, meetings of experts, communications on priorities and areas related to the general objectives of the programme, with a special focus on targeted initiatives to disseminate the knowledge of the Programme, such as the unique, user-friendly communication e- portal.
Amendment 159 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall allocate at least 40% of the resources referred to in paragraph 1 to the support of civil society organisations.
Amendment 168 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Programme may provide funding through action grants and multiannual operating grants, in any of the forms laid down in the Financial Regulation, including the use of lump sums, unit costs, flat rates and cascading grants. Co-funding requirements shall be accepted in kind and may be waived in cases of limited complementary funding.
Amendment 172 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme shall be implementedcarried out by work programmes referred to in Article 110 of Financial Regulation.
Amendment 175 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The work programme shall be adopted by the Commission by means of an implementing act. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 19Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to supplement this Regulation by establishing the appropriate work programme.
Amendment 178 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The performance reporting system shall ensure that data for monitoring programme implementation and results are collected efficiently, effectively, and in a timely manner. To that end, proportionate reporting and least burdensome requirements shall be imposed on recipients of Union funds and Member States.
Amendment 181 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 13 and 14 shall be conferred on the Commission until 31 December 2027.
Amendment 182 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 13 and 14 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 183 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 shall enter into force if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 186 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Amendment 191 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) awareness raising, promotion and dissemination of information to improve the knowledge of the policies, principles and rights in the areas covered by the Programme and its objectives;
Amendment 199 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) supporting initiatives and measures to promote and protect freedom and pluralism of the media, and to build capacity for the new challenges such as new media technologies and countering hate speech;
Amendment 200 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) supporting whistle-blower defence, supporting initiatives and measures to establish safe channels for reporting within organisations and to public authorities or other relevant bodies; developing measures to protect whistle- blowers against any form of retaliation, through information and training for relevant public authorities and stakeholders;
Amendment 201 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools development and maintenance; promoting public awareness and understanding of the risks, rules, safeguards and rights in relation to the protection of personal data, digital security, and addressing fake news and targeted misinformation, in particular through trainings, studies and monitoring activities;
Amendment 202 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools development and maintenance, to increase citizens’ knowledge of the Programme and their participation in the Union's democratic process;
Amendment 206 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) strengthening citizen's awareness of European culture, history and remembrance - oriented towards the future and not only the past - as well as their sense of belonging to the Union;
Amendment 211 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point g
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) bringing together Europeacitizens of different nationalities and cultures by giving them the opportunity to participate in town-twinning activities and small scale projects;
Amendment 216 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point h
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) encouraging and facilitating active and inclusive participation in the construction of a more democratic Union as well as raising awareness of , promoting and defending rights and values through support to civil society organisations;
Amendment 217 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point i
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) financingcooperating for the technical and organisational support to implement Regulation [(EU)No 211/2011], thereby underpinning the exercise by citizens of the right to launch and support European citizens’ initiatives;
Amendment 219 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point j
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) developing the capacity of European networks through multiannual operating grants to promote and further develop Union law, policy goals and strategies as well as, supporting civil society organisations as well as local and regional authorities and heir representative associations active in the areas covered by the Programme.
Amendment 221 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) strengthening the capacity and independence of human rights defenders and civil society organisations monitoring the situation of the rule of law and supporting actions on the local, regional and national levels;
Amendment 225 #
2018/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex II – paragraph 1 – introductory part
C8–0234/2018
Annex II – Table 1 – Line 3 a
Annex II – Table 1 – Line 3 a
The Programme will be monitored on the basis of a set of indicators intended to measure the extent to which the general and specific objectives of the Programme have been achieved and with a view to minimising administrative burdens and costs. To that end, data will be collected as regards the following set of key indicators: Line 3a Number of transnational networks and initiatives focusing on European remembrance, heritage and civil dialogue as a result of programme intervention
Amendment 33 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be developed in partnership between national, regional and local authorities, include a gender perspective and be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevant.
Amendment 39 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) On 20 June 2017, the Council endorsed the Union response to the 'UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ - a sustainable European future. The Council underlined the importance of achieving sustainable development across the three dimensions (economic, social and environmental), in a balanced and integrated way. It is vital that sustainable development is mainstreamed into all Union internal and external policy areas, and that the Union is ambitious in the policies it uses to address global challenges. The Council welcomed the Commission Communication on "Next steps for a sustainable European future" of 22 November 2016 as a first step in mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals and applying sustainable development as an essential guiding principle for all Union policies, including through its financing instruments. The ESF+ can make a particular contribution to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals by tackling relative poverty and eradicating extreme forms of poverty (goal 1);quality and inclusive education (goal 4), promoting gender equality (goal 5),promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all (goal 8), and reducing inequality(goal 10) as well as the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 45 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from social inequalities, economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threatrelated inclusion challenges, clean energy transition, technological change and, demographic challenges, unequal access to education and social protection, unbalanced distribution of care responsibilities, an increasingly ageing workforce, and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing inengaging in the just transition, investing in quality and inclusive education and training, lifelong learning and relevant skills, making growthlabour markets more inclusive and by improving employment, education and social policies, including in view of labour mobility and by fighting against gender gaps.
Amendment 59 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The ESF+ should aim to promote employment through active interventions enabling (re)integration into the labour market, notably for youth, the long-term unemployed and the inactive, as well as through promoting self–employment and the social economy. The ESF+ should aim to improve the functioning of labour markets by supporting the modernisation of labour market institutions such as the Public Employment Services in order to improve their capacity to provide intensified targeted counselling and guidance during the job search and the transition to employment and to enhance workers’ mobility. The ESF+ should promote women's participation in the labour market through measures aiming to ensure, amongst others, improved work/life balance and access to childcare. The ESF + should also aim to provide a healthy and well-adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work and the needs of the ageing workforce. The ESF+ should also support measures aimed to facilitate the transition of young people between education and employment.
Amendment 65 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The ESF+ should provide support to improving the quality, effectiveness and labour market relevancaccessibility and non-discriminatory nature of education and training systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of key competences notably as regards digital and language skills, including data protection and information governance and transversal skills which all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship. The ESF+ should help progression and flexibility within education and training and transition to work, support lifelong learning and employability, and contribute to competitivenesssocial cohesion, the reduction of horizontal and vertical segregation and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through high-quality work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and gratraining of educate tracking, training of educatorsors, support for informal and non- formal learning, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications and prior learning.
Amendment 75 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support through the ESF+ should be used to promote equal access for all, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to high-quality, non-segregated and inclusive education and training, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, with special attention to children and young people coming from a disadvantaged background, such as children in institutional care and children experiencing homelessness or housing deprivation, thereby fostering permeability between education and training sectors, preventing early school leaving, improving health literacy, reinforcing links with non- formal and informal learning and facilitating learning mobility for all. Synergies with the Erasmus programme, to upscale innovative practices and notably to facilitate the participation of disadvantaged learners and young people in vulnerable situations in learning mobility, should be supported within this context. Policy coherence and complementarity between the Erasmus programme and the ESF+ should ensure a decent support to design and implement measures such as learning mobility for disadvantaged learners, particularly adult learners and persons with disabilities or chronic diseases.
Amendment 80 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) Synergies with the Asylum and Migration Fund should ensure that the ESF+ can mainstream and upscale equal access to high-quality, non-segregated and inclusive education and training, as well as social inclusion, integration into the labour market and access to healthcare for third-country nationals with special attention to the needs of women and children.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The ESF+ should promote flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, notably through formal and non-formal education providers, with a special focus on developing digital skills and key enabling technologies, with a view to providing people with skills adjusted to digitalisation, technological change, innovation and social and economic change, facilitating the transition between education and employment, career transitions, mobility and supporting in particular low-skilled, persons with disabilities or chronic diseases and/or poorly qualified adults, in line with the Skills Agenda for Europe.
Amendment 102 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The ESF+ should contribute to the reduction of poverty by supporting national schemes aiming to alleviate food and material deprivation and promote social integratclusion of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion and the most deprived. With a view that at Union level at least 4% of the resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management supports the most deprived, Member States should allocate at least 24% of their national resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to address the forms of extreme poverty with the greatest social exclusion impact, such as homelessness, child poverty and food deprivation. Due to the nature of the operations and the type of end recipients, it is necessary that simpler rules apply to support which addresses material deprivation of the most deprived.
Amendment 114 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) All Member States have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child. The promotion of children’s rights is an explicit objective of Union policies, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union requires that the best interests of the child be a primary consideration in all Union action. The ESF+ should support actions promoting effective interventions that contribute to the realisation of children’s rights.
Amendment 124 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27 a) With a view to fully tapping into the potential of cross-sectorial cooperation and to improving synergies and coherence with other policy fields to achieve the general objectives of the ESF+, sport and physical activity should be used as a tool in ESF+ actions aimed, in particular, at fighting youth unemployment, improving social inclusion of marginalised groups, health promotion, and disease prevention;
Amendment 131 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Social experimentation is a small- scale project testing which allows gathering evidence on the feasibility of social innovations. It is the case with many cross-sector projects, like arts in social environment, which is an essential element of inclusion. It should be possible for feasible ideas to be pursued on a wider scale or in other contexts with financial support from the ESF+, as well as from other sources.
Amendment 138 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) (-1) ‘social inclusion’ means the improvement of the terms of participation in society, particularly for people who are disadvantaged, through enhancing opportunities, access to resources, voice and respect for rights;
Amendment 142 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) 'most deprived persons' means natural persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups composed of such persons, including children whose need for assistance has been established according to their living situation, including homelessness, or the objective criteria set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders, while avoiding conflicts of interest and which are approved by those national competent authorities and which may include elements that allow the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas;
Amendment 146 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18 a) ‘lifelong learning’ means in all its forms (formal, non-formal and informal learning) taking place at all stages in life, including early childhood education and care, general education, vocational education, and adult education, and resulting in an improvement in knowledge, skills and attitudes or participation in society in a personal, civic, cultural, social and/or employment related perspective, including the provision of counselling and guidance services;
Amendment 149 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to achieve high employment levels,deliver on the European Pillar of Social Rights and to enhance social inclusion and combat poverty and to achieve high levels of employment, job quality, education and training, equal opportunities for all, as well as fair social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017. The ESF+ also aims to contribute to fulfilling the commitment of the Union and its Member States to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 162 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participationgender equality in all areas by ensuring women’s economic independence and labour market participation respecting the principle of equal pay for equal work and for work of equal value, and offering at least a living wage, a better work/life balance including equal access to childcare, affordable, inclusive and non-segregated quality early childhood education and childcare and other care services or support ,a healthy and well– adapted working environment addressing health risks and disease risk factors, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
Amendment 166 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) improving the quality, effectinclusiveness and labour market relevanceeffectiveness of education and training systems, to facilitate the transition between education and work and to support acquisition of key competences including digital skills while promoting e-inclusion and recognising the relevance of non-formal and informal learning and the value of cooperation with social partners and civil society;
Amendment 174 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
(v) promotensuring equal access to and completion of, quality, affordable, non- segregated and inclusive education and training, in particular for disadvantaged groups, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training, and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, including facilitating learning mobility for all;
Amendment 179 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vi
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vi
(vi) promoting lifelong learning, notably flexible as well as informal and non-formal learning, notably flexible and learner-centred upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all taking into account digital skills, better anticipating change and new skills requirements based on labour market needs, facilitatguiding career transitions and promoting professional mobility, fostering democratic participation in society and tackling societal challenges;
Amendment 187 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) promoting socio-economic integratclusion of third country nationals, including refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and stateless persons through targeted actions and of marginalised communities such as the Roma;
Amendment 197 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Under the Health strand, the ESF+ shall supportcontribute to a high level of human health promotection and disease prevention in particular through health literacy and education programmes, contribute eto effectiveness, accessibility, affordability and resilience of health systems, make healthcare safer, reduce health inequalities, protect citizens from cross-border health threats, and strengthen and support EU health legislation.
Amendment 200 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
6 Gender Equality between men and women and equal opportunities, and non- discrimination
Amendment 206 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as the ERDF, InvestEU, the Rights and Values Instrument, Erasmus, the Asylum and Migration Fund and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation to deliver coherent and streamlined support actions.
Amendment 212 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. At least 2% of the ESF resources defined in point 3 shall solely be dedicated to actions targeted at third-country nationals, including refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and stateless persons, and at marginalised communities.
Amendment 221 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Investing in children The resources referred to in point 5(a) of Article 7 shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme. Member States shall ensure that the amount of resources targeted at children programmed under point (iii) through (v) and/or (ix) and/or (x) of Article 4(1) are in line with the 2013 European Commission Recommendation on Investing in children.
Amendment 223 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b Inclusion of third-country nationals and marginalised communities The resources referred to in point 3(a) of Article 7 shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme.
Amendment 228 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may support the upscaling of innovative approaches tested on a small-scale (cultural and social experimentations) developed under the Employment and Social Innovation strand and other Union programmes.
Amendment 248 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
All personal data are to be broken down by gender (female, male, 'non binary'). If certain results are not possiblerelevant, data for those results do not have to be collected and reported. Sensitive personal data can be surveyed anonymously.
Amendment 250 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1a – indent 5 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point 1a – indent 5 a (new)
- not in education or training (NEET),
Amendment 254 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex I – point 3 – indent 4 a (new)
- participants in apprenticeship or traineeship,
Amendment 256 #
2018/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – introductory part
Annex I – point 4 – introductory part
(4) Common longer-term result indicators for participants: If common output indicator data of participants of most deprived groups was surveyed anonymously, the following data will not be surveyed:
Amendment 33 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) It is necessary to clarify the rules governing small project funds which have been implemented since Interreg has existed, but have never been covered by specific provisions. As also set out in the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions ‘People-to-people and small-scale projects in cross-border cooperation programmes’32 , such small project funds play an important role in building up trust between citizens and institutions, offer great European added value and contribute considerably to the overall objective of cross-border cooperation programmes by overcoming border obstacles and integrating border areas and their citizens. They should favour in particular cultural, artistic and citizen-orientated cross-border initiatives. In order to simplify the management of the financing of small projects by the final recipients, who are often not used to applying for Union funds, the use of simplified cost options and of lump sums should be made obligatory below a certain threshold. _________________ 32 Opinion of the European Committee of the Regions ‘People-to-people and small- scale projects in cross-border cooperation programmes’ of 12 July 2017 (OJ C 342, 12.10.2017, p. 38).
Amendment 78 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) improving access to and the quality of education, training and lifelong learning across borders with a view to increasing the educational attainment and skills levels, in particular linguistic skills, thereof as to be recognised across borders;
Amendment 82 #
2018/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) improving access to culture and cultural services across borders;
Amendment 14 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The promotion of children’s rights as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is an explicit objective of EU policies (Article 3 of TEU). The EU and Member States should make appropriate use of the ERDF to support actions promoting effective interventions that contribute to the realisation of children’s rights.
Amendment 18 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In an increasingly interconnected world and in view of the demographic and migration dynamics, it is clear that Union migration policy requires a common approach that relies on the synergies and complementarities of the different funding instruments. In order to ensure coherent, strong and consistent support for solidarity and responsibility-sharing efforts between Member States in managing migration, the ERDF should provide support to facilitate the long-term integration of migrants, irrespective of their residence status. Member States should ensure that local and regional authorities have access to ERDF resources to be made available to them to an adequate extent for the purpose of tackling migrant integration at local and regional level.
Amendment 19 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) A just transition to a socially and environmentally sustainable economy should contribute to consolidate future- oriented development paths through better matching local and regional skills and strategies with decarbonisation commitments, and building capacities and support schemes to this end. Just transition processes are long-term, strongly depend on educational measures and commitments, and should be developed in a bottom-up approach and in cooperation with relevant public, economic and social partners as well as civil society bodies.
Amendment 22 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to support the efforts of Member States and regions in facing new challenges and ensuring a high level of security for their citizens as well as the prevention ofinclusiveness for all citizens, involving a prevention policy to avoid marginalisation or radicalisation, while relying on the synergies and complementarities with other Union policies, investments under the ERDF should contribute to security in areas where there is a need to ensure safe and secure public spaces and critical infrastructure, such as transport and energy, as well as to the sustainability of cohesive societies, ensuring open cultural and public spaces.
Amendment 34 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) This Regulation should set out the different types of activities the costs of which may be supported by means of investments from the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, under their respective objectives as set out in the TFEU. The Cohesion Fund should be able to support investments in the environment and in TEN-T. With regard to the ERDF, the list of activities should be simplified and it should be able to support investments in infrastructure, investments in relation to access to services, with a particular focus on disadvantaged, marginalised and segregated communities, productive investments in SME's, equipment, software and intangible assets, as well as measures with regard to information, communication, studies, networking, cooperation, exchange of experiences and activities involving clusters. In order to support the programme implementation, both funds should also be able to support technical assistance activities. Finally, in order to support provide for a broader range of interventions for Interreg programmes, the scope should be enlarged to also include the sharing a broad range of facilities and human resources and costs linked to measures within the scope of the ESF+.
Amendment 62 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) improving access to inclusive and quality services in education, training and life long learning and sport through developing infrastructure;
Amendment 70 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) increasing the socioeconomic integration of marginalised communities, in particular the Roma community, migrants and disadvantaged groups, through integrated measures including housing and social services;
Amendment 74 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) increasing the socioeconomic integration of marginalised communities, migrants and disadvantaged groups, through integrated measures including housing, local sport infrastructure and social services;
Amendment 79 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) fostering the integrated social, economic and environmental development, cultural heritage, provision of sports infrastructures, and security in urban areas;
Amendment 106 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Culture, arts, cultural heritage and, cultural diversity and the cultural ecosystem as a whole are of great value to European society from a cultural, educational, environmental, social and economic point of view and should be promoted and supported. The Rome Declaration of 25 March 2017 as well as the European Council in December 2017 stated that education and culture are key to building inclusive and cohesive societies for all, and to sustaining European competitiveness.
Amendment 116 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Commission Communication on a New European Agenda for Culture15 further sets out the objectives of the Union for the cultural and creative sectors. It aims to harness the power of culture and cultural diversity for social cohesion and societal well-being, fostering the cross-border dimension of cultural and creative sectors, supporting their capacity to grow, encouraging culture-based creativity in education and innovation, and for jobs and growth as well as strengthening international cultural relations. Creative Europe, together with other Union programmes, should support the implementation of this New European Agenda for Culture, while recognising and promoting the intrinsic value of culture. This is also in line with the 2005 UNESCO Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which entered into force on 18 March 2007 and to which the Union is a party. __________________ 15 COM(2018) 267 final.
Amendment 125 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The promotion of European cultural diversity depends onand common roots stems from and depends on the freedom of artistic expression, the capability and competences of artists and cultural operators, as well as the existence of flourishing and resilient cultural and creative sectors, able in the public and private domain and its ability to create, produce and distribute their works to a large and diverse European audience. This thereby enlargesIn addition, their business potential and contributes to sustainable growth and jobs creation. In addition,, while the promotion of creativity contributes to boosting competitiveness and sparkling innovation in the industrial value chains. In spite of recent progress, the European cultural and creative market continues to be fragmented along national and linguistic lines, which do not allow the cultural and creative sectors to fully benefit from the Europeon, artistic research and creativity contributes to generating new knowledge and driving forward artistic and cultural practices, boosting competitiveness and single market and the digital single market in particularparking creation and innovation.
Amendment 127 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Programme should take into account the dualmultiple nature of the cultural and creative sectors, recognising, on the one hand, the intrinsic and artistic value of culture and, on the other, the social and economic value of those sectors, including their broader contribution to growth and competitiveness, creativity and innovation. This requires strong European cultural and creative sectors, in particular. Culture contributes significantly to intercultural dialogue and understanding, social cohesion, cultural development, sustainable growth and competitiveness, creation and creativity, innovation and knowledge generation. This requires strong European cultural and creative sectors, both in the for-profit and not-for- profit domains. This also requires a vibrant European audiovisual and music industry, taking into account its capacity to reach large audiences and its economic importance, including for other creative sectors as well as cultural tourism. However, competition in global audiovisual markets has been further intensified by the deepening digital disruption e.g. changes in media production, consumption and the growing position of global platforms in the distribution of content. Therefore, there is a need to step-up the support to the European industry, while providing equal support to the rest of the cultural and creative sectors.
Amendment 141 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) To be effective, the programme should provide equal support to all cultural and creative sectors. To be effective, priority should be given to horizontal schemes targeting common needs across sectors. The Programme shouldmay take into account the specific naturechallenges of the different sectors, their different targerough dedicated strands. Building on pilot gproups and their particular needs through tailor-made approachesjects, preparatory actions and studies, the programme should also implement, withi an a strand dedicated to the audiovisual sector, a strand dedicappropriate budget, the sectoral actions listed toin the other cultural and creative sectors and a cross-sectoral strandAnnex of the Creative Europe proposal.
Amendment 149 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Union intervention is needed in the audiovisual sector to accompany the Union’s Digital Single Market policies. This concerns notably the modernisation of the copyright framework and the proposed Regulation on online transmissions of broadcasting organisations16 , as well as the proposal to amendupdated Audiovisual Media Services Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council17 . They seek to strengthen the capacity of European audiovisual players to create, finance, produce and disseminate works that can be sufficiently visible on the different media of communication available (e.g. TV, cinema or Video On Demand) and attractive to audiences in a more open and competitive market within Europe and beyond. Support should be scaled up in order to address recent market developments and notably the stronger position of global platforms of distribution in comparison to national broadcasters traditionally investing in the production of European works. __________________ 16 17COM(2016) 594 final COM(2016) 594 final 17 COM/2016/0287 final COM/2016/0287 final
Amendment 157 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Creative Europe has sparked the creation of innovative and successful projects that generated good practices in terms of transnational European cooperation in the creative and cultural sectors. In turn, this has increased the European cultural diversity for audiences, and leveraged the social and economic benefits of European cultural policies. To be more efficient, such success stories should be highlighted and whenever possible expanded.
Amendment 158 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) Music, in all its forms and expressions and especially contemporary music, is an essential component of the cultural, artistic and economic heritage of the European Union. It is an element of social cohesion, multicultural integration, youth socialization and serves as a key instrument to enhance the tourist and cultural offer. As part of the specific actions pursued under the CULTURE strand, the music sector should therefore be a particular focus in terms of financial distribution and targeted actions. Tailor- made calls and instruments should help boost the competitiveness of the music sector and address some of the specific challenges it faces.
Amendment 168 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Culture is key to strengthen inclusive and, cohesive and reflective communities. In the context of migration pressure, culture has an important role in the integration of migrants to help them feel part of host societies and develop good relations between migrants and new communitiecreating inclusive spaces for an intercultural dialogue, for instance through work involving migrants.
Amendment 175 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Artistic freedom is, freedom of expression and pluralism are a prerequisite for and at the core of vibrant cultural and creative industries, including the news media sectors. The programme should promote cross-overs and collaboration between the audiovisual sector and all creative sectors in order to strengthen publishing sector to promote a pluralistic media environmentluralistic artistic and media environments as well as the appropriate visibility and recognition of creators.
Amendment 183 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Mobility of artists as well as cultural workers, skills’ development, learning, intercultural awareness, co- creation, co-production, circulation and dissemination of artworks, participation in international fairs, festivals etc. is a key prerequisite for a better linked, stronger and more sustainable cultural and creative sectors in Europe.
Amendment 185 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In line with Articles 8 and 10 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Programme in all its activities should support gender mainstreaming and the mainstreaming of non-discrimination objectives and, where applicable, should define appropriate gender balance and diversity criteria.
Amendment 208 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Since its creation, the European Film Academy has developed a uniquen expertise and is in a unique position to create a pan- European community of film creators and professionals, who are promoting and disseminating European films beyond their national borders and developing truly European audiences. Therefore, it should be eligible for direct Union support.
Amendment 212 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Since itstheir creation, youth orchestras such as the European Union Youth Orchestra hasve shown their European spirit and have developed a uniquen expertise in promoting intercultural dialogue, mutual respect and understanding through culture. The particularity of the European Union Youth Orchestra lies in the fact that it is a European orchestra thatse orchestras transcends cultural boundaries and isare composed of young musicians selected in accordance with demanding artistic criteria through a rigorous annual audition process in all Member States. Therefore, it should be eligible for direct Union support.
Amendment 213 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Organisations from the cultural and creative sectors with a large European geographical coverage and whose activities entail delivering cultural services directly to the Union's citizens and that thus have the potential to have direct impact on European identity should be eligible for Union support.
Amendment 222 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Financial support should be used to address market failures or sub-optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and actions should not duplicate or crowd out private financing or distort competition in the Internal market. Actions should have a clear European added value and be well-fitted for the specific projects they are supporting.
Amendment 230 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) One of the greatest challenges of thefor all cultural and creative sectors is to increase their access to finance allowing their activities, which is essential to grow, maintain or increasescale-up their competitiveness or internationalise their activities. The policy objectives of this Programme should also be addressed through financial instruments and budgetary guarantee under the policy window(s) of the Invest EU Fund.
Amendment 234 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Taking into account the technical expertise required to assess proposals under specific actions of the Programme it should be provided that, where relevant, evaluation committees may be composed of external experts with experience and expertise in the specific area of action, and relevant management and artistic backgrounds.
Amendment 239 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The Programme should include a realistic and manageable system of performance indicators to accompany its actions and monitor its performance on a continuous basis. This monitoring as well as information and communication actions relating to the Programme and its actions should build on the three strands of the programme. The strands could have a common set of indicators and then some dedicated sets, given their different needs.
Amendment 243 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Considering the complexity of measuring the impact of cultural policies and defining indicators, the Commission shall entrust that mission to its statistical office, Eurostat, acting in network with European centres of excellence in this field in collaboration with the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Unesco. It will hereby contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Culture strand and follow closely on further cultural policy developments, also by including at an earlier stage stakeholders in the reflection and adaptation of indicators, common to different sectors or specific per domain of activities.
Amendment 250 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In order to ensure the continuity of funding support provided under the Programme and cover the increasing funding gaps experienced by beneficiaries, smooth implementation of the Programme, the costs incurred by the beneficiary before the grant application is submitted, in particular costs related to intellectual property rights, mayshall be considered as eligible, provided that they are directly linked to the implementation of the supported actions.
Amendment 255 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'cultural and creative sectors' means all sectors whose activities are based on cultural values or artistic and other individual or collective creative expressions and practices, whether those activities are market or non-market oriented. The activities may include the research and development, the creation, the production, the dissemination and the preservation of practices, goods and services which embody cultural, artistic or other creative expressions, as well as related functions such as education or management. They willare expected to have a potential to generate innovation and jobs in particular from intellectual property. The sectors include architecture, archives, libraries and museums, artistic crafts, audiovisual (including film, television, video games and multimedia), tangible and intangible cultural heritage, design (including fashion design), festivals, music, literature, performing arts, books and publishing, radio, and visual arts;
Amendment 272 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to increase the innovation, creativity and competitiveness of theall cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector.
Amendment 275 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to contribute to the recognition and promotion of culture and its role in enhancing democracy, critical thinking, and sense of belonging and citizenship;
Amendment 277 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) enhancing the artistic, cultural, economic, social and external dimension of European level cooperation to develop and promote European cultural diversity and Europe's cultural heritage, support mobility of artists and cultural operators and circulation of cultural and artistic works, and strengthening the competitiveness of the European cultural and creative sectors and reinforcing international cultural relations;
Amendment 287 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) promoting the competitiveness and scalability of the European audiovisual industrysector;
Amendment 288 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) promoting policy cooperation and innovative actions supporting all strands of the programme, including and all cultural and creative sectors, including the safeguarding of freedom of artistic expression and the promotion of a diverse and pluralistic cultural and media environments, media literacy and, social inclusion and intercultural dialogue.
Amendment 305 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to strengthen the cross-border dimension and circulationdiversity of European cultural and creative operators ande, especially with regards to the mobility of creative operators and to the circulation of artistic works;
Amendment 313 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to increase cultural access and audience engagement participation across Europe;
Amendment 317 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to promotenhance societal resilience and social inclusioninclusion and intercultural dialogue through arts, culture and cultural heritage;
Amendment 322 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to enhance the capacity of European cultural and creative sectors to prosper and to generate new artistic practices, knowledge and skills, and sustainable jobs and growth;
Amendment 328 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to enhance the professional capacities of authors and performers and to empower them through appropriate measures;
Amendment 333 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to strengthen European identity andthe sense of community and democratic values through cultural awareness, artistic expression, visibility and recognition of creators, critical thinking, arts education and culture-based creativity in formal, non- formal and informal lifelong education;
Amendment 339 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to promote international capacity building of European cultural and creative sectors, including grass-roots and micro- organisations, to be active at the international level;
Amendment 344 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to contribute to the Union 's global strategy for international relations through cultural diplomacy, involving civil society, grass-roots organisations and cultural networks.
Amendment 347 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The priorities of the strand "CULTURE" shall be pursued through horizontal as well as sectorial actions.
Amendment 356 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to enhance thea trical and online distribution and provide wider access across borders to European audiovisual workansnational and international circulation of theatrical, online and physical distribution of European audiovisual works and thus provide a wider access, including through innovative business models and the use of new technologies;
Amendment 371 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to support cross-sectoral transnational policy cooperation, including on promoting the role of culture forin social inclusion and democracy, and promote the knowledge of the programme and support the transferability of results;
Amendment 373 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to promote innovative approaches to contentartistic creation and research, access, distribution and promotion across cultural and creative sectors, covering both market and non-market dimensions;
Amendment 382 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to promote cross cutting activities covering severall sectors aiming at adjusting to the structural changes faced by the media sector, including enhancing a free, diverse, and pluralistic cultural and media environment, qualityensuring the bases for quality and investigative journalism and media literacy;
Amendment 388 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to set up and support programme desks to promote, the Programme in their country, support applicants, especially micro-organisations, and to stimulate cross-border cooperation within the cultural and creative sectors.
Amendment 396 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
– up to EUR 609 000 000at least 37 % for the objective referred to in Article 3 (2)(a) (strand CULTURE);
Amendment 399 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 2
– up to EUR 1 081 000 000at least 52 % for the objective referred to in Article 3(2)(b) (strand MEDIA);
Amendment 402 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3
– up to EUR 160 000 000at least 11 % for the activities referred to in Article 3(2)(c) (CROSS SECTORAL strand).
Amendment 414 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d – point c
(c) does not confer to the third country a decisional power on the programme. Third countries, however, may participate in the programmes’ governance structures and stakeholders forums with the purpose of facilitating information exchange;
Amendment 425 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9a Cooperation with EUROSTAT The Commission shall, apart from a close cooperation with UNESCO, the Council of Europe, OECD, establish a regular and efficient link to its statistical office, Eurostat, in order to define indicators and measure the impact of its cultural policies. It will hereby contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Culture strand and follow closely on further cultural policy developments, also by including at an earlier stage stakeholders in the reflection and adaptation of indicators, common to different sectors or specific per domain of activities.
Amendment 428 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Contributions to a mutual insurance mechanism may cover the risk associated with the recovery of funds due by recipients and shall be considered a sufficient guarantee under the Financial Regulation. The provisions laid down in [Article X of] Regulation XXX [successor of the Regulation on the Guarantee Fund], built on and taking into account the implementation practices already developed, shall apply.
Amendment 431 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme shall be implemented by annual work programmes referred to in Article 110 of the Financial Regulation. Work programmes shall be preceded by consultations with the various stakeholders, in order to make sure that the actions planned will support at best the different sectors involved; it shall as well set out, where applicable, the overall amount reserved for blending operations.
Amendment 442 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from Article [130(2)] of the Financial Regulation, and in duly justified cases, costs incurred by the beneficiary before the submission of the grant application, mayshall be considered eligible, provided that they are directly linked to the implementation of the supported actions and activities.
Amendment 451 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Amendment 453 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 456 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 466 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The European Commission shall guarantee that all cultural and creative sectors are eligible in those areas of EU action where the Seal of Excellence is applicable. Proposals awarded the Seal of Excellence shall have facilitated access to other EU programmes.
Amendment 470 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The interim evaluation of the Programme shall be performed once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of the Programme, but no later than fourthree years after the start of the programme implementation, i.e. by July 2024.
Amendment 484 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) Mobility of artists and cultural and creative operators and circulation of artistic and cultural works;
Amendment 490 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Sectorial actions: whereas a general approach is necessary to include all sectors referred to in Article 2, with common challenges, there is a need to address sectorial actions which may be developed to target precisely a sub-sector. A horizontal approach shall be taken regarding mobility and internationalisation, promotion of diversity, creativity and innovation, training and exchanges of professionals, capacity building, networking skills, audience development as well as data gathering and analysing. On this basis, sectorial support shall be ensured to:
Amendment 491 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) Support to the music sector: promoting diversity, creativity and innovation in the field of music, in particular the distribution of musical repertoire in Europe and beyond, training actions and audience development for European repertoire for professionals and amateurs, in particular the circulation and distribution of a diverse European musical repertoire in Europe and beyond, education, training, participation and access to music, cross- border mobility and networking opportunities for European artists, audience development for European repertoire, measures aiming at the visibility and recognition of creators, enhancing the creation and performance of music especially by young artists through supporting production of first and second works of emerging musicians and supporting the organisation of their live music performances, as well as support for data gathering and analysis;
Amendment 501 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) Support to architecture and, past and present, and tangible and intangible cultural heritage sectors: targeted actions for the mobility of operators, capacity- building, audience development and internationalization of the cultural heritage and architecture sectors, promotion of Baukultur, support to the safeguarding, conservation and enhancement of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and its values through awareness- raising, networking and peer-to-peer learning activities;
Amendment 507 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) Support to other sectors: targeted actions in favour of the development of the creative aspects of the design and fashion sectors and cultural tourism as well as to their promotion and representation outside the European Unionpromotion actions raising awareness in and outside the European Union about the creative aspects of the design and fashion sectors, as well as about a growing sustainable cultural tourism.
Amendment 508 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Support to all sectors included in Article 2 in areas of common need, whereas a sectorial action may be developed as appropriate in cases where the specificities of a sub-sector justify a targeted approach. A horizontal approach shall be taken for transnational projects for collaboration, mobility and internationalisation, including through residency programmes, touring, events, live performances, exhibitions and festivals, as well as for the promotion of diversity, creativity and innovation, training and exchanges for sector professionals, capacity building, networking, skills, audience development and data gathering and analysis. Sectorial actions shall benefit from budgets which are proportionate to the sectors identified as priorities. Sectorial actions should help address the specific challenges faced by the different priority sectors identified in annex I, building on existing pilot projects, and preparatory actions.
Amendment 517 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) Support to initiatives dedicated to the creation and promotion of works related to the history of European integration and to European stories.
Amendment 525 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) Support to business to business exchanges and networking activities to facilitate European and international co- productions and the circulation of European works;
Amendment 554 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
Annex I – point 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) actions aiming at interdisciplinary productions relating to Europe and its values;
Amendment 557 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Annex I – point 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) Support potential beneficiaries in application process, stimulate cross border cooperation between professionals, institutions, platforms and networks within and across the policy areas and sectors covered by the programme;
Amendment 566 #
2018/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b
Annex I – point 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b
(b) Supporting high media production standards by fostering cooperation, cross- border collaborative, investigative and long-form journalism, and quality content;
Amendment 3 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to UN General Assembly Resolution 70/1, entitled ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’,
Amendment 4 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Citation 6 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2017 on a European Pillar of Social Rights1, 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0010.
Amendment 5 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Citation 6 c (new)
- having regard to the ratification of the Paris Agreement by the European Parliament on 4 October 20161 and by the Council on 5 October 20162, 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0363. 2 OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 7 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Recital C
C. whereas the MFF quickly proved its inadequacy in responding to a series of crises, new international commitments and new political challenges that were not integrated and/or anticipated at the time of adoption; whereas, for the purpose of securing the necessary funding, the MFF was pushed to its limits including an unprecedented recourse to the flexibility provisions and special instruments, after exhausting the available margins; whereas high-priority EU programmes on research and infrastructures were even cut just two years after their adoption;
Amendment 22 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the 2021-2027 MFF must guarantee the Union’s ability and responsibility to meet emerging needs, new international commitments and additional challenges and attain its political priorities and objectives; points to the serious problems linked to the underfinancing of the 2014-2020 MFF and declares the necessity to avoid a repetition of previous mistakes by securing from the outset a strong, ambitious and credible EU budget for the benefit of the citizens over the next seven-year period;
Amendment 34 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 4
4. Declares, moreover, its opposition to any reduction in the level of key EU policies, such as the EU cohesion policy and the common agriculturalReiterates its call for continuous support for existing policies, in particular the long-standing EU policies enshrined in the Treaties, namely the common agricultural and fisheries policies, and cohesion policy (CAP); is particularly opposed to any radical cuts that will adversely impact on the very nature and objectives of these policies, such as the cuts proposed for the Cohesion Fund or for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development; opposes, in this context, the proposal to reduce the European Social Fund despite its enlarged scope and the integration of the Youth Employment Initiative;
Amendment 42 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the next MFF should enable the Union to provide solutions and emerge strengthened from the crises of the decade: the economic and financial downturn, youth unemployment, persistent poverty and social exclusion, the phenomenon of migration and refugees, climate change and natural disasters, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss, terrorism and instability, to name but a few; underlines that these global, cross-border challenges with domestic implications reveal the interdependency of our economies and societies, and point to the need for joint actions; Underlines, furthermore, the importance of the horizontal principles that should underpin the MFF and all related EU policies; reaffirms, in this context, its position that the EU must deliver on its commitment to be a frontrunner in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and deplores the lack of a clear and visible commitment to that end in the MFF proposals; requests, therefore, the mainstreaming of the SDGs into all EU policies and initiatives of the next MFF; further emphasises that the elimination of discrimination is vital to fulfil the EU’s commitments towards an inclusive Europe and deplores the lack of gender mainstreaming and gender equality commitments in EU policies, as presented in the MFF proposals; underlines also itsmoreover, takes note of the commission proposal to raise the level of ambition for climate mainstreaming across all EU programmes, with a target of at least 25% of EU expenditure contribution to climate objectives; however regrets the fact that the target is not binding and reiterates its clear position that, following the Paris Agreement, climate-related spending should be significantly increased in comparison with the current MFF and reach 30 % as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027;
Amendment 52 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Deeply regrets that gender mainstreaming has been completely side- lined in the Commission’s proposal and that not only has the situation not improved but the proposals are a step backwards; points at the fact that existing goals dedicated to gender equality have been merged with other policy goals, such us in the Rights and Values programme, and that gender equality requirements, such as the gender equality ex-ante conditionality in the ESI Funds, have been eliminated in the new Commission’s proposals;
Amendment 56 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Repeats its call to strengthen gender equality in the next MFF by including a gender budgeting clause in the new MFF Regulation and a commitment for its effective monitoring in the revision clause;
Amendment 69 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 8
8. Expects, therefore, that the MFF will be placed at the top of Council’s political agenda and regrets that no tangible progress is observed so far; believes that the regular meetings between the successive Council presidencies and Parliament’s negotiating team should intensify and pave the way to official and fully-fledged negotiations; expects that a good agreement is reached before the 2019 European Parliament elections, in order to avoid the serious setbacks for the launch of the new programmes due to the late adoption of the financial framework, as experienced in the past; underlines that this timetable does not prevent the newly elected European Parliament from adjusting the 2021-2027 MFF during the mandatory mid-term revision;
Amendment 75 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that all elements of the MFF/OR package, and notably the MFF figures, should remain on the negotiating table until a final agreement is reached; recalls, in this respect, Parliament’s critical stance on the procedure leading to the adoption of the current MFF Regulation and the dominant role that the European Council assumed in this process by deciding irrevocably on a number of elements, including the MFF ceilings and several sectoral policy-related provisions breaching the spirit and the letter of the treaties;
Amendment 119 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 14 – point xvi
xvi. Maintain the level of 2014-2020 funding for several EU programmes (e.g. Justice, Rights and Values), for which the Commission proposal represents a reduction in real terms;
Amendment 121 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 14 – point xvi a (new)
xvi a. Increase the funding for the Justice, Rights and Values;
Amendment 140 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Underlines the strategic importance of large-scale infrastructure projects, namely the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay (EGNOS), the Global Satellite Navigation System (Galileo), the Earth Observation Programme (Copernicus) and the future Governmental Satellite Communications (GOVSATCOM) for the EU’s future competitiveness, security and political power; points out that the financing of these large-scale projects needs to be secured in the EU budget but, at the same time, ring-fenced, so as to ensure that possible cost overruns do not threaten the funding and successful implementation of other Union policies, as exemplified in the previous MFF in certain individual cases; recalls that, for this purpose, the maximum amount for these projects is currently fixed in the MFF Regulation, and calls for similar provisions in the new regulation;
Amendment 145 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the need to maintain an MFF mid-term revision, building on the positive precedent set in the current framework, and calls for: i. A compulsory and legally binding mid -term revision, following a review gender sensitive of the functioning of the MFF; ii. The relevant Commission proposal to be presented in time for the next Parliament and Commission to conduct a meaningful adjustment of the 2021-2027 framework, and no later than 1 January 2023; iii. The pre-allocated national envelopes not to be reduced through this revision.A fully fledged revision which does not exclude any options, including the possibly to revise the MFF ceilings iv. The revision should be adopted by Qualified Majority Vote in the Council making use of the passerelle clause as provided for in the article 312(2) of the TFEU;
Amendment 156 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Adoption of the MFF 20 a. Considers that the unanimity requirement for the adoption of the MFF Regulation represents a true impediment in the process; calls on the European Council, in this regard, to activate the passerelle clause provided for in Article 312(2) TFEU so as to allow for the adoption of the MFF Regulation by qualified majority; recalls, moreover, that the general passerelle clause set out in Article 48(7) TEU can also be deployed, in order to apply the ordinary legislative procedure; stresses that a shift towards qualified majority voting for the adoption of the MFF Regulation would be in line with the decision-making process for the adoption of virtually all EU multiannual programmes, as well as for the annual procedure for adopting the EU budget;
Amendment 159 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 21
21. AcceptsTakes note of the overall structure of seven MFF headings, as proposed by the Commission, which largely corresponds to Parliament’s own proposal; considers that this structure provides for greater transparency, improves the visibility of EU expenditure, while maintaining the necessary degree of flexibility; considers that this structure improves the visibility of EU expenditure,; agrees, moreover, with the creation of “programme clusters” that are expected to lead to a significant simplification and rationalisation of the EU budget structure and its clear alignment with the MFF headings;
Amendment 172 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses the importance of the new sanction mechanism whereby Member States that do not respect the values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) shall be subject to financial consequences to be adopted according to the ordinary legislative procedure; warns, however, that final beneficiaries of the Union budget shall in no way be affected by the disregarding from their government towards fundamental rights and the rule of law; therefore underlines that measures shall not affect the obligation of government entities or of Member States to make payments to final beneficiaries or recipients;
Amendment 183 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses that the current system of own resources is highly complex, unfair and non-transparent and totally incomprehensible to the EU’s citizens; calls again for a simplified system that will be more understandable for the EU citizens;
Amendment 193 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 32
32. Supports the suggested modernisation of existing own resources, which implies: - maintaining the customs duties as traditional own resources for the EU, whilst decreasing the percentage Member States retain as “collection cost”; and going back to the normal rate of 10%; - simplifying the Value Added Tax- based own resource, i.e. introducing a uniform call rate without exceptions; - maintaining the GNI-based own resource, with the objective of reducing, to less than 60%, its share in the financing of the EU budget, while preserving its balancing function;
Amendment 194 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32.a Reminds however its position that the introduction of new own resources should have a dual purpose, i.e. first, to bring about a substantial reduction (aiming at 40 %) in the proportion of GNI-based contributions, thus creating savings for Member State budgets; and second, to enable the financing of an higher level of EU spending under the post-2020 MFF, also covering the gap resulting from the withdrawal of the UK;
Amendment 198 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 33
33. Takes positive noteFully supports, in parallel, of the Commission proposal to gradually introduce a basket of new own resources which, without increasing the fiscal burden for citizens, would correspond to two strategic objectives of the EU, the European added value of which is evident and irreplaceable: - the proper functioning, the consolidation and the strengthening of the single market in particular by the implementation of a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) as a basis for a new own resource through the setting of a uniform levy rate on the revenue from the CCCTB; - the fight against climate change and the acceleration of energy transition, through measures such as a share of the emission trading scheme income and a contribution based on the quantity of non- recycled plastic packing; - the fight to protect the environment through a contribution based on the quantity of non-recycled plastic packing;
Amendment 202 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 34
34. RequestDemands the extension of the list of potential new own resources, that cshould include a share of a digital tax, to be presented in the years to come, as well as further consideration ofas soon as possible, as well as the Financial Transaction Tax;
Amendment 208 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 35
35. Approves strongly the suppression of all rebates and other correction mechanisms, accompanied, should the need arise, by a limited period of phasing outfurthermore reminds that in the context of Brexit the UK rebate and the related ‘rebates on the rebate’ will become obsolete;
Amendment 213 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the introduction of other revenue of which the allocation to the EU budget cannot be put into question: - fees linked to the implementation of mechanisms in direct relation with the EU, such as the ETIAS system; - fines paid by companies for breaching the Union’s rules, especially in the EU competition law, or fines for late payments of contributions; - Seigniorage, for the purpose of financing a new investment stabilisation mechanism;
Amendment 226 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Article 8 TFEU lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming in all EU activities which requires the allocation of adequate resources, and transparency in the budget allocations dedicated to promote gender equality and to combat gender based discrimination.
Amendment 233 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to fulfil the Union’s commitment to be a frontrunner in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including gender equality, the MFF revision shall be prepared taking into account progress made in its implementation into all EU policies and initiatives of the 2021-2027 MFF, measured on the basis of performance indicators elaborated by the Commission; the MFF revision shall also be prepared taking into account progress made in achieving the 25% of EU expenditure contribution to climate objectives target over the MFF 2021-2027 and the 30% climate-related spending target, to be achieved as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027, also measured on the basis of performance indicators.
Amendment 235 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) In order to address the European Court of Auditors recommendations, compulsory climate action targets should be laid out in programme specific legislations and require ex-ante earmarking in all programming and planning processes rather than ex-post accounting. Climate mainstreaming and climate proofing mechanisms should be unified by reforming, expanding and centralizing the Rio Marker system, in order to differentiate between mitigation and adaptation, and between sectors; and by ‘Energy Efficiency first’ assessments during infrastructure investment planning, as set out in the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union, as well as clear exclusion criteria. Performance frameworks should be based on adequate and elaborate output and result indicators, showing the level of ambition and putting results into perspective of national needs, objectives and opportunities.
Amendment 239 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 1 - Article 3 a (new)
Chapter 1 - Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Gender budgeting The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission shall incorporate a gender responsive perspective at levels of the budgetary procedure for each year concerned and restructure revenues and expenditures in order to promote gender equality and ensure gender mainstreaming.
Amendment 264 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 4 – Article 16
Chapter 4 – Article 16
Before 1 January 20243, the Commission shall present a review of the functioning of the MFF. This review shall, as appropriate, be accompanied by relevant proposalslegislative proposal for the revision of this Regulation in accordance with the procedures set out in the TFEU based on a review of the functioning of the MFF that shall be gender sensitive and include a specific chapter on gender equality. The proposal shall be prepared in order to reach the 25% of EU expenditure contribution to climate objectives target over the MFF 2021-20207 and the 30% climate-related spending target as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027 and to mainstream the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including gender equality.
Amendment 273 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 7 – Article 24 a (new)
Chapter 7 – Article 24 a (new)
Article 24a Transition towards a more democratic and transparent multiannual financial framework In line with the decision of the European Council laid down in the conclusion [XXX], the next multiannual financial frameworks and revisions, including the mid-term revision, shall be adopted by qualified majority in the Council according to the clause provided for in Article 312(2) TFEU.
Amendment 66 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Tools that help potential re-users to find documents available for re-use and the conditions for re-use can facilitate considerably the cross-border use of public sector documents. Member States should therefore ensure that practical arrangements are in place that help re-users in their search for documents available for re-use. Assets lists, accessible preferably online, of main documents (documents that are extensively re-used or that have the potential to be extensively re-used), and portal sites that are linked to decentralised assets lists are examples of such practical arrangements. Measures to facilitate the authentication of public documents also offer important guarantees to users.
Amendment 71 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) In view of ensuring their maximum impact and to facilitate re-use, the high- value datasets should be made available for re-use with minimal legal restrictions and at no cost. They should also be published via Application Programming Interfaces, whenever the dataset in question contains dynamic data. As with other public sector information, they should be accompanied with authentication tools which give users confidence.
Amendment 75 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 60 a (new)
Recital 60 a (new)
(60 a) Given the high risk of current technological formats for storing and giving access to public sector information becoming obsolete, public authorities – in particular in the case of high-value datasets – should implement effective long-term preservation policies to ensure the usage possibilities into the future.
Amendment 101 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Chapter V, public sector bodies and public undertakings shall make their documents available, interoperable, readily findable, re-usable by electronic means, in any pre- existing format or language, and, where possible and appropriate, in open and machine-readable format together with their metadata. Both the format and the metadata shall, where possible, comply with formal open standards.
Amendment 105 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Where applicable, public sector bodies shall reply to requests for information on the methodology used in compiling the documents.
Amendment 108 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) documents for which the public sector body concerned is required, under national law, or in the absence thereof, under common administrative practice in the Member Stated concerned, to generate sufficient revenue to cover at least 60% of their costs relating to their collection, production, reproduction and dissemination;
Amendment 114 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States shall make practical arrangements facilitating the search for documents available for re-use, such as asset lists of main documents with relevant metadata, accessible where possible and appropriate online and in machine-readable format, and portal sites that are linked to the asset lists and authentication tools. Where possible Member States shall facilitate the cross-linguistic search for documents.
Amendment 121 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Preservation of Public Sector Information Member States shall ensure the implementation of meaningful preservation policies for public sector information in any format which offer best possible guarantees of long-term access.
Amendment 123 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. With a view to achieving the objectives of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt the list ofMember States shall ensure that the high value datasets, listed in Annex, are available for free, machine-readable and accessible for download, and accompanied by authentication tools, subject to effective long-term preservation policies, and, where appropriate, via APIs. The conditions for re-use shall be compatible with open standard licences. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 in order to extend the list of categories of high value datasets in Annex and in particular to further specify the high value datasets among the documents to which this Directive applies, together with the modalities of their publication and re- use.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Amendment 127 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
List of High Value Datasets National law, including legislative, regulatory and administrative measures; Draft measures, including procedural information related to their adoption; Measures which have been amended, repealed or are no longer in force; Accompanying documents, such as explanatory statements, impact assessments, opinions of advisory bodies and voting records.
Amendment 29 #
2017/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Welcomes the Erasmus+ contribution to fostering mobility and cultural exchanges across the EU and with third countries; calls for better promotion and use of the European tools for transparency, mobility and recognition of skills and qualifications with a view to facilitating mobility as regards learning and working;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Considers that migrants must have full access to education systems, which require additional, targeted public expenditure, and be able to benefit from high-quality social and environmentally sustainable investments designed to integrate workers into the labour market and reduce unemployment;
Amendment 63 #
2017/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youth employment; stresses that further promotion of, and investment in, the cultural and creative sector (CCS) may contribute substantially to investment, growth, innovation and employment; calls on the Commission to consider, therefore, the special opportunities offered by the whole CCS, comprising NGOs and small associations, for example under the Youth Employment Initiative;
Amendment 64 #
2017/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g(new)
Paragraph 6 g(new)
6g. Emphasises the huge innovation and employment potential of renewable energy sources, and the search for greater resource and energy efficiency; call on the Commission to incorporate a specific energy and environmental strategy into the European Semester with a view also to education and employment;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas young people should be actively involved in the planning, development, implementation, monitoring and assessment of all youth policies impacting young people;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the 2010-18 EU Youth Strategy (EYS) emphasises the need for a structured dialogue between young people and decision makers;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is a need to mainstream EU action in the field of youth through the inclusion of a youth dimension in current and future planolicies and funding programmes;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas there is a need for a coordination of the implementation of the future EYS across different policy sectors and institutions;
Amendment 73 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission to establish a cross-sectoral working group for coordination of future EYS implementation with participation of EU institutions, including the European Parliament, Member States and civil society, in particular trade unions and youth organisations;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the EU should express solidarity with young people and continue to empower them to participate in society, primarily by mainstreaming volunteering, supporting youth work and developing new tools; The increased social participation of young people can, apart from being an important achievement in its own right, act as a stepping stone towards increased political participation;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Strongly urges the Commission and the Member States to encourage young people, including the most disadvantaged, to pursue a participatory approach to life,adopt a participatory approach to policy-making and to create opportunities for young people, in particular those with fewer opportunities, to influence decisions impacting their lives by using online and offline democracyparticipation tools and by involving the relevant stakeholders, such as social partners, civil society and youth organisations, in the development, implementation and assessment of youth policies;
Amendment 98 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses the need to continue the structured dialogue between young people and decision-makers under the next European cooperation framework in the field of youth; believes that the structured dialogue process should be systematically reaching out to more and diverse groups of young people, and sufficient financial support for national and European working groups should be provided to ensure it; calls on the Member States to encourage participation of national, regional and local decision-makers in the structured dialogue with young people;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage regional and local authorities to ensure that young people are able to fully participate and be involved in decision-making, since engagement starts usually at the level that is closest to them and is therefore also a crucial step towards increased European citizenship;
Amendment 129 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that measures that foster the integration of NEETsyoung people not in employment, education or training into the labour market, including paid internships, traineeships or apprenticeships, must be financially supported by the YEI, but should not be used as a way to substitute employment;
Amendment 177 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Stresses the importance of non- formal and informal learning, and quality youth work development as it is essential for the development of a society based on social justice and equal opportunities, and contribute to development of citizenship skills and individual fulfilment;
Amendment 203 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses that the YEI budget is not sufficient to ensure that the programme reaches its targets; calls, therefore, for a significant increase in the YEI allocation under the next MFFthe YEI allocation to be at least doubled in the next MFF, to support a better, large-scale, and fmor thee efficient implementation of the Youth Guarantee; urges Member States to make provisions for youth employment schemes in their national budgets;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to its Resolution of 1st June 2017 on VAT value on books, newspapers, and periodicals2a; _________________ 2a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0233.
Amendment 13 #
2017/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU can complement and encourage cultural policies according to Art. 167 of the TFEU, authorities at national or regional level remain the main bodies responsible forin charge of cultural policies in the EU, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas the diversity of taxation procedures and systems within the EU make the mobility of artists and all cultural workers difficult through an undue administrative burden, often not in relation with the actual, modest revenue of their activities;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the promotion and improvement of access to culture as one of the priorities on the political agenda and calls for the mainstreaming of accessibility and cultural participation aspects into other policy areas, as this will not only make a positive contribution to those policy areas, but also have an impact on cross-sectoral and synergistic cooperation in the spirit of Art. 167 of the TFEU;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. States that the Compendium of national cultural policies as designed and managed by the Council of Europe and a platform of experts has been a very useful tool for cultural policies in Europe and beyond; regrets however that since 2011 there has been little progress on data collecting and especially analysis,, and recommends therefore that the Council proceeds with a review of present content including also the local and regional level of cultural policies;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the high price of cultural goods and services is one of the barriers to participation in culture highlighted by respondents to the Eurobarometer and Eurostat surveys23 ; recommendstrongly recommends to Member States and Regions, in this context, actions targeting specific audiences with the aim of removing financial barriers to access; _________________ 23 Eurobarometer 399.
Amendment 83 #
2017/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that high insurance costs for exhibition objects and performances are also responsible for the high entry tickets in Museums, Theatres and Galleries and often make it impossible for smaller structures to develop their programmes according to their audiences and ambition, a situation resulting in an ever growing gap between smaller structures, close to their audience, and bigger, internationally recognised institutions;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recalls the importance for Member States to look into a more coherent taxation policy on revenues for cultural workers and artists, travelling in different countries for short periods of time, but subject to different rules and administration for every single performance, workshops or residence; suggests that a minimum harmonisation to support artists and cultural workers mobility should be seen as a priority to encourage the diversity of creation and culture within the whole EU and beyond, instead of creating barriers through an administrative burden out of proportion to actual revenues for cultural work;
Amendment 140 #
2017/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material in Europe should be carried out in full respect of intellectual property rights; insists further on the urgent need to settle a secure digital environment for artists and creators to be duly remunerated for their work and ensure a fair remuneration for cross-border access;
Amendment 144 #
2017/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recognises the contribution made by Europeana and the Member States' institutions to the digitisation and accessibility of cultural content; Calls, in the context of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, for further support for the project and the promotion of public access to digital cultural heritage resources and services; demands a real restructuring of the site to better comply with advanced technologies and a true communication policy to be up to the richness of content gathered on the site;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the formation of public opinion is based upon a social pact between citizens and media professionals aimed at influencing those in power for the purposes of general interest; notes with the gravest concern that the financing system for the press has collapsedis under serious threat, resulting in dominant media players using information to pursue political and commercial propaganda objectives, thereby dramatically lowering the quality of information and giving rise to phenomena such as ‘fake news’;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that online media pluralism is under serious threat from the excessive concentration of corporate power; asks the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to overcome regulatory deficiencies in order to create legal clarity and consistency to ensure media freedom and prevent the abuse of their dominant position by web giants, through a modernised EU competition policy that ensures fair competition in the European media sector in the context of online convergence and the growing role of online platforms as intermediaries and through a regulatory framework that makes licensing of commercial use of copyright protected press articles compulsory, thus ensuring a fair remuneration of press publishers and ultimately of journalists;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends the European Commission to develop a sectorial strategy for the European media sector to foster innovation and sustainability of media;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that freedom of information in Europe is being jeopardised by increasing intimidation of and acts of aggression against journalists, as proven by the recent murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia; underlines that whistle-blowing is an essential element for investigative journalism and freedom of press; recalls that journalists can be subject to legal prosecution rather than legal protection when, acting in the public interest, they disclose information or report suspected misconduct, wrongdoing, fraud or illegal activity; therefore calls on the Commission to set up a framework for a common European legislation to protect whistle-blowers and journalists;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges the successful establishment of the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) in the context of a European Union pilot project and highlights the ECPMF’s well- known work to counter attacks on press and media freedom through systematic recording of violations of media freedom in Europe and offering direct support to journalists and media freedom activists under threat and at risk of becoming victims of violence; asks the Commission to develop the necessary tools and provide the necessary funding to make the ECPMF a permanent EU structure;
Amendment 68 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that media professionals often work in precarious conditions with regard to their contracts, salaries and social guarantees, which compromises their ability to work appropriately and thus hampers media freedom; encourages the media sector to safeguard gender equality in media policy and practice, through co- regulatory mechanisms, internal codes of conduct and other voluntary actions;
Amendment 76 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that a critical use of media content is essential to people’s understanding of current issues and to their contribution to public life; media literacy empowers citizens and builds resilience against populism in Europe and is a crucial democratic competence, calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to promote and support media literacy projects and develop further activities under EU funding programmes, such as ESI-Funds and Horizon 2020.
Amendment 83 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the Commission and Member States to promote training and educational initiatives to all relevant stakeholders, including children, parents, teachers, social workers, child protection officers, civil society organisations and national authorities; supports age appropriate innovative tools to promote empowerment, media literacy and online safety as compulsory education at schools;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Underlines that all citizens have the right to access to independent information in their mother tongue, be it state or minority language; asks the Commission and the Member States to push forwards polices that would guarantee that access;
Amendment 91 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses the importance to develop further models for the establishment of a European public service broadcasting platform that fosters EU wide political debates based on facts, dissent and respect, contributes to a plurality of views in new converged media environment and fosters the visibility of the EU in its external relations;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the fact that the segregation of Roma children in education in Hungary remains a widespread and deep-rooted phenomenon which contributes to the social exclusion of Roma, reducing their chances of integration in the labour market and in society; regrets deeply that the Commission’s attempts to settle the legal dispute with the Hungarian Government have not met with success so far and that the Commission was forced to launch an infringement procedure in May 2016;
Amendment 38 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is of the opinion that the Commission when it was reviewing the media legislation of 2010 was not thorough enough and failed to take into consideration the values set out in Art 2. of the TFEU; recalls that in June 2015 the Venice Commission published its opinion on media legislation in Hungary, where it stated that several issues require revision as a priority, if the Hungarian authorities wish not only to improve the situation with the media freedom in the country, but also change the public perception of media freedom;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that the media law of 2010 with its insufficient cross-ownership rules resulted in a distorted and imbalanced media market; stresses that the Hungarian market has become more concentrated, plenty of independent local stations disappeared and the previously flourishing segment of community radios has also been losing out; believes that it is necessary to strengthen the transparency of media ownership, especially if the media outlet has been receiving public funds;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Is of the opinion that media council (into which all the members could be delegated only by the governing party since 2010) actively helped the restructuration of the radio market in order to satisfy the prevailing political needs; is outraged by the fact that the media council has failed to guarantee even the minimum level of balance in the media;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Emphasizes that state advertising spending disproportionately favours certain media enterprises over others; points out that state spending was higher in 2017 than ever before and state advertisements are typically awarded to media that are loyal to the government, which are predominantly controlled by oligarchs;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Recalls that in May 2017, the Parliament of Hungary adopted a law raising the country’s advertising tax from 5.3% to 7.5%, which raises worries about possible pressure on the remaining independent media in the country; is concerned that political party advertising is only allowed in public and private media if it is free of charge, which has raised concerns in terms of limiting access to information, since private media may not be willing to broadcast free advertising; believes that it is necessary to ensure that public advertising contracts are concluded with all media in a fair and transparent manner;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Emphasizes that the so-called public media broadcaster (MTVA) which includes all public radio and televisions uncritically disseminates the government’s messages, in particular it continuously reflects the anti-refugee or Stop-Soros campaigns carried out by the government; stresses that the public television M1 as a 24-hour news channel offers more possibilities than previously for propaganda and for transmitting the messages of the government;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Points out that the public media broadcaster does not comply with transparency requirements, it provides no publicly accessible surface for tracking the spending of public funds, and unlike many European public broadcasters it has no annual report, nor is it known how it defines public service responsibilities or how it discharges those;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that journalists of independent media are often seriously hindered while doing their job, media outlets are regularly banned from entering into the Parliament building, spaces are restricted in the Parliament for journalist to ask and interview politicians;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that, after Hungary’s last independent regional newspapers were taken over by oligarchs close to the Hungarian Government, the latter has recently further extended its control over the media, with media concentration in Hungary reaching an unprecedented and grotesque level according to ‘Reporters Without Borders’; believes that it is necessary to strengthen the transparency of media ownership, especially if the entrepreneur has been awarded public contracts;
Amendment 63 #
Amendment 64 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is worried by the shrinking space for civil society organisations, the attempts to control NGOs and to restrict their ability to carry out their legitimate work; regrets deeply the fact that Hungary adopted a legislation on foreign- funded NGOs (Lex NGO), which interferes unduly with fundamental rights as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular the right to freedom of association; points out that the law also introduces unjustified and disproportionate restrictions to the free movement of capital and raises concerns about respect of the right to protection of private life and of personal data; emphasizes that the Commission was forced to initiate proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Points out that despite the legal proceeding at the CJEU on the “Lex NGO” the Hungarian proposed another law the, so called “Lex Stop Soros”, which intends to further restrict the right of association and the work of NGOs; deplores the intention of the Hungarian Government to force-close all Soros funded NGOs and the aim to require a state permit for NGOs to work on the field of migration;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Draws the attention to the fact that the governing party has built a network of government organised NGOs, supported by public funds, whose main activity is to echo the governments messages and to organise demonstrations on the side of the government;
Amendment 71 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Believes that the situation in the field of Higher Education, Roma education, the situation in the media and the NGOs in Hungary represent a clear risk of a serious breach of the values referred to in Article2 of the TEU and warrants the launch of the Article 7(1) TEU procedure;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph – 1 (new)
Paragraph – 1 (new)
- 1. Considers it essential to keep a rights-based approach when dealing with the issue of disability in all policy areas;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to recognise the importance of quality and inclusive early childhood and primary education and social care and to put in place appropriate structures for young children with disabilities and/or special educational needs (SEN), including migrant children and children suffering from multiple discrimination, to respond to specific and diverse needs and provide for the successful inclusion of migrants and minorities in mainstream education;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for Member States to ensure provisions, including sufficient funding, for adequate assistance for pupils and students with disabilities as well as staff training in education and lifelong learning infrastructures;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Given the high number of early school leavers amongst young people with disabilities and/or SEN, calls for further exploration of the opportunities offered by lifelong learning and the provision of attractive alternatives;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Encourages the exchange of best practices on inclusive education and lifelong learning for teachers, staff, governing bodies, students and pupils with disabilities;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recommends providing special advisers on site at universities, job centres and other employment services and initiatives, to give advice to students with disabilities on career opportunities;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. AskExpresses its concerns that despite improvements, people with disabilities are still at high risk of unemployment and that less than 30 % have concluded tertiary education or equivalent, therefore calls Member States and the Commission to pay special attention to the difficulties young people with disabilities and/or SEN encounter in their transition from education to employment and to use, for this purpose, all existing instruments and initiatives in the fields of employment, youth policy, culture and education, in particular the Youth Guarantee, Youth on the Move and the ESFI funds;
Amendment 20 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for broader provision of quality traineeships to be made available and accessible for young people with disabilities;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out, regarding employment, that the provision of a personal assistant during working hours is, in many cases, the only option for persons with disabilities to work and to be the part of the team and to avoid enforced home- based work; calls on the Member States to take and encourage any necessary measures to ensure the accessibility and inclusivity of work places;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it essential to improve the information for people with disabilities regarding mobility opportunities and to give special attention to the difficulties they encounter, including through proper training of staff in national agencies and hosting institutions;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that, despite efforts to make the Erasmus+ programmes and other mobility initiatives more inclusive, the lack of harmonisation among national social systems and portability of rights represent a huge barrier to mobility of people with disabilities; calls therefore the Commission and the Member States to strengthen collaboration in this field with a view to facilitating mobility of people with disabilities;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for the Commission and Member States to prevent discriminatory practices in selection processes for mobility schemes, such as setting a budget cap for hosting students with disabilities, notably through Erasmus+; in general recommends that the financial needs of young people with disabilities should be taken into account when budgeting mobility programmes in order to avoid discrimination;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the ongoing effort to include access provisions in Union programmes and initiatives and calls for further mainstreaming of accessibility requirements in Union cultural policies, including through the implementation of the Marrakech Treaty, the review of the AVMS Directive, the European Capitals of Culture and Creative Europe; recalls however the need to have a global transversal approach on accessibility to all services through the adoption of the European Accessibility Act;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. StressesRecalls the need to bridge the digital gap and ensure that people with disabilities benefit fully from the Digital Union; stresses in this context the importance of improving the digital skills and competences of persons with disabilities, notably through projects financed by the Erasmus+ programme, and calls on Member States to ensure the protection of vulnerable citizens online, through efficient measures against hate speech, cyberbullying and all forms of online discrimination;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts to facilitate the use of sign language in the EU institutions’ communication and functioning, in order to improve opportunities for interaction with citizens with disabilities;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. In the context of the European Pillar of Social Rights, affirms the need to ensure participation of civil society and representatives of people with disabilities in civil dialogue, in addition to social partners;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that education for citizenship should address the prospects of persons with disabilities who face more barriers regarding access to civic participation; disproportionally more barriers including physical, regarding access to civic participation; recalls that all citizens have a right to vote and calls for Member States to take necessary actions to ensure this right is respected when it comes to people with disabilities;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers it useful to adopt a gender perspective in decision-making and collect gender disaggregated data related to the situation of people with disabilities and monitoring policies and actions in this field, as well as intersectional data on vulnerable people and those facing multiple discrimination;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises the importance of promoting the development of transferable skills through the Erasmus+ programme that enhance intercultural understanding and active participation in diverse societies;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls the need to support teachers and educational practitioners to integrate into their teaching information about EU rights and citizenship;stresses, in this context, the need to further promote and develop online platforms such as School Education Gateway, Teacher Academy, and Open Educational Europe in order that education professionals can access innovative multi- lingual teaching materials, including those adapted for students with special needs, which help them to inspire and motivate students in EU-learning;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Underlines the role of mobility in the personal development of young people by enhancing learning and cultural exchange, thereby improving understanding of active citizenship and its practise;encourages the Member States to support EU programmes promoting mobility;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to enhance citizens’ political engagement in the democratic life of the EU; encourages the promotion of democratic participation by intensifying citizens’ dialogue, enhancing citizens’ understanding of the role of EU legislation in their daily lives, and underlining their right to vote in local and European elections; invites the Commission to exploit, in this regard, social media and digital tools with a special emphasis on increasing participation of young people and under-represented groups;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the importance of extending and deepening structured dialogue with Citizens concerning their rights, thereby identifying the obstacles citizens encounter in exercising these rights, and improving the monitoring of EU programmes and initiatives in this area;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the need to ensure that citizens with disabilities and vulnerable citizens can fully enjoy the rights and opportunities granted by EU citizenship; encourages all EU countries to implement an EU Disability Card in order to facilitate the mobility of persons with disabilities in the EU; stresses the need to improve the accessibility of EU websites for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Supports the production and dissemination of press and multimedia productions in all official EU languages, and where necessary and appropriate in the respective minority languages, with a focus on enhancing EU Citizens' awareness of their rights and strengthening their ability to enforce these rights effectively;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Encourages the Commission to continue its support for action and initiatives which promote citizens' rights and active citizenship;highlights the fact that new initiatives in this field should be complementary to the existing ones and not affect current programme budgets;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Underlines the importance of exchange and dissemination of best practices to foster knowledge of EU citizens' rights and their involvement in civic and political life across the EU;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10 e. Supports the production and dissemination of press and multimedia productions in all official EU languages, with a focus on enhancing EU Citizens' awareness of their rights and strengthening their ability to enforce these rights effectively;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2069(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 f (new)
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10 f. Identifies the notion that EU citizenship contributes to creating a more cohesive European society, thereby fostering mutual understanding, intercultural dialogue, and transnational cooperation;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the share of the GNI-based resource has significantly increased over the years, and today represents the largest source of revenue of the EU budget; whereas the GNI-based contribution currently accounts for some 69 % of the EU budget, the VAT resource for around 12 %, the traditional own resources (customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar and isoglucose levies) for around 13 % and the remaining percentage is covered by other revenue, including taxes paid by EU staff or fines paid by companies in breach of competition laws; whereas the Free-Trade Agreements and the increase collection rate decided in 2000 have reduced the revenues stemming from the collection of customs duties;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Commission will present its proposals on the post-2020 MFF by May 2018; expects that the future MFF proposed by the Commission will include ambitious proposals to revise the Own Resources Decision and all related legislative acts, as well as to introduce new own resources; underlines that both the expenditure and the revenue side of the next MFF will be treated as a single package in the upcoming negotiations between the Council and Parliament; states that it is not prepared to give its consent to the next MFF regulation before the European elections without a reform of the own-resources system;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that Member States are responsible for their fiscal policies, and underlines that the power to levy taxes lies at the heart of Member States’ sovereignty; Insists on the fact that the need to reform the own resources does not represent any transfer of sovereignty concerning the power to levy taxes but rather to respect and implement the spirit and the letter of the treaties which have been signed and ratified by the Member states;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the current system of own resources is highly complex, not fair, non- transparent and totally incomprehensible to the EU citizens; points in particular to the opacity of the calculations relating to the national rebates and correction mechanisms which apply to the system of own resources or the statistical VAT-based resource; stresses, moreover, that this system is not subject to any effective parliamentary control and in essence lacks democratic legitimacy and accountability;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers, in particular, that the decision on the size of the annual EU budget is affected by financial considerations at national level and that the budgetary negotiations often result in a zero-sum game between net payers and net beneficiaries in the Council; considers that, as a result, a number of EU policies that show the highest European added value are often the areas where cost savings are proposed and that the EU project as such is weakened;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the post 2020-MFF will need to ensure the proper financing of EU policies and programmes with a clear European added value, but also to provide additional means for addressing new challenges that have already been identified in fields such as growth and jobs, competitiveness, cohesionclimate change, sustainable development, jobs, competitiveness, cohesion, education and culture diversity, innovation, migration, security and defence;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expects that, without prejudice to the financial settlement, the consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU will represent an important challenge also for the next MFF and all related budgetary decisions; considersis convinced that, ahead of a decision on the post-2020 MFF, options will need to be examined for bridging the ‘Brexit gap’the ‘Brexit gap’ should be bridged in order to guarantee that the EU budget while excluding a decrease in EU resourcesl not be reduced compare to the MFF ceilings in 2020;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Considers, as the first step, that the EU budget should be predominantly financed by own resources before the end of the post2020 MFF;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the suppression of all rebates and corrections, while ensuring fair treatment between Member States; underlines in this context that Brexit will mean that the UK rebate and the related ‘rebates on the rebate’ will become obsolete and cease to exist, while reform of the statistical VAT-based own resource will become inevitable; Insists on not creating any new rebate and corrective mechanism in order to compensate or correct the end of the current ones; is of the opinion however that Member states and regions largely affected by the end of the rebate and correction and/or by the creation of new own resources could be supported by EU programmes in line with the EU objectives and targets, especially the fight against climate change;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that the traditional own resources, namely customs duties, agricultural duties and the sugar and isoglucose levies, constitute a reliable and genuine source of EU revenue, as they arise directly from the EU being a customs union and from the legal competences and common commercial policy linked to that; takes the view, therefore, that the traditional own resources should be retained as a source of revenue for the EU budget; considers that if the proportion of collection costs retained by Member States is reduced, a bigger share of this revenue can be secured for the EU budgetis of the firm opinion that the collection rate hould be set at the pre-2000 level;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes, however, that the current system has serious shortcomings: the EU VAT gap is estimated at 12,8% (€152billion) per year and cross-border VAT fraud alone amounts to €50 billion per year, the resource is calculated on a statistical basis; it is unnecessarily complex and has no direct link to the citizens; it represents a mere transfer of a part of revenue collected by the Member States, and thus brings no added value compared to the GNI resource; the contribution base is not transparent and there is no equality among taxpayers; reminds that the VAT is a regressive tax impacting more the poorest people and territories; considers therefore that the revenues coming from a reformed VAT should not become the main source of revenue for the EU budget;
Amendment 96 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Underlines that the Commission has already put forward legislative proposals for a major reform of the EU’s VAT rules, and that additional initiatives are expected in 2018; insists on the necessity to complete the VAT reform as soon as possible and at the latest before the start of the next MFF; is of the opinion that the uniform levy rate should be visible on the VAT receipt, alongside the national or regional VAT rate, in order to increase the visibility of the EU revenues coming from the VAT for the EU citizens;
Amendment 104 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Takes notes of the Commission’s proposals for a CCCTB, while recalling its request that this consolidated base be extended to as manyll companies as possible; draws attention to the fact that current proposals for a CCCTB suggesthould also covering the digital economy; suggests, on the basis of these proposals, that the digital presence of a company shou1d be treated in the samea similar way as the physical establishment thereof and calls on the adoption of a digital permanent establishment concept for digital companies;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Agrees with the HLGOR’s assessment of the CCCTB as a basis for a new own resource, meeting all the criteria set by the Group; underlines that the CCCTB is also a key element in the development of the single market, which is a European public good, as itshould prevents both inappropriateharmful tax competition between Member States and fiscal optimisationtax avoidance damaging to the level playing field;
Amendment 113 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls therefore for the creation of a new own resource for the Union budget, to be calculated on the basis of Member States’ revenue from tax levied on companies subject to the CCCTBIs in favour of setting a uniform levy rate on the revenue from the CCCTB; believes that such a system could provide significant and stable receipts for the EU at limited administrative cost;
Amendment 115 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 12
Subheading 12
b. Objective: Reduce financial speculation and strengthen tax fairness in sectors that use aggressive tax planning instruments or aggressive tax optimisationfight tax avoidance.
Amendment 122 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Considers, however, that such a tax, chargeable at the moment the transaction occurs, must be applied throughout the EUpreferably applied to all member states, so as to limit purely speculative operations and reduce the number of divergent national approaches to financial transaction taxation, since this is a source of disruption for the financial markets and for the smooth functioning of the single market;
Amendment 125 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Shares the HLGOR’s assessment endorsing the FTT as a potentialpromising basis for a new own resource for the Union budget, while also considering that other additional means of taxing financial activities should be explored;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Notes the conclusions of the informal Council of finance ministers of 16 September 2017 calling for the development of new digital taxation rules, in response to the Four Finance Ministers’ letter requesting the Commission to examine ‘effective solutions based on the concept of establishing a so-called equalisation tax’ on the turnover generated in the EU by digital companies; Believes however that all options to tax the digital economy should be explored by the European Commission before publishing its proposal in 2018; and calls for an EU coordinated approach even on short-term solutions to avoid distortion in the single market due to unilateral action and avoid the creation of digital tax heavens;
Amendment 131 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Agrees that the digital economy should have a modern and stable fiscal framework, in order to stimulate innovation, tackle market fragmentation and enable all players to take advantage of the new equitable and balanced conditions while making sure digital companies pay their due share of taxes; points out, moreover, that it is essential to ensure tax security for business investment and to prevent the emergence of new tax loopholes within the single market;
Amendment 132 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Considers it crucial that tax measures be taken for the digital market in order to limit tax evasion and distortions, aggressive tax planning or fiscal optimisation schemes, and the misuse of European mechanisms to avoid taxavoidance; considers that these practices distort competition in the single market and deprive Member States of due tax revenues;
Amendment 160 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 162 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54 a. Stresses the importance of green taxation as particularly suitable mechanisms to contribute to European own resources; calls on the European Commission to further integrate the proposals for additional ecological own resources, as outlined in the HLGOR Report and by the Commissioner for the European budget, that are in line with certain Union policies such as on energy (energy tax), on environment and climate (plastic tax and ETS) and on transport (road fuel and air ticket taxes) to promote additional future Union own resources;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to introduce a fundamental reform of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) to prevent Brexit from having any negative effects on the level of funding earmarked for EU-wide cooperation programmes, in the fields of culture, education, youth and research, that have clearly demonstrated their European added value and enjoy lasting popularity among beneficiaries;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the long-term challenges posed by the integration of refugees and migrants into European society for new arrivals and host societies, underlines the importance of cultural and educational programmes in this regard, and calls for long-term and coordinated investments through current and future Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes to support Member States in their efforts, while mainstreaming this support for cultural and educational programmes in other EU funds for integration such as the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF);
Amendment 45 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for continuous investment in the current and future ET2020 framework, Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes to provide space for youth organisations to continue reaching out to young people and providing them with valuable competences and life-skills through lifelong learning, learner-centred and non-formal education and informal learning opportunities, particularly volunteering and youth work;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for investing ten times more in the Erasmus+ Successor Programme for the next Multiannual Financial Framework cycle in order to reach out to many more young people and learners across Europe and achieve the full potential of the programme, supporting the call made by President Juncker in the State of the Union Speech, by several European leaders and by the Erasmusx10 campaign of a coalition of civil society organisations. The current Erasmus+ programme accounts for only 1,36% of the overall EU Budget 2014-2020 and will only benefit 4 million Europeans by the end of its implementation in 2020;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that to increase the impact of the next MFF, further links should be established between EU funds such as the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Structural Funds, the European social fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and Creative Europe.
Amendment 54 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative for the creation of the European Solidarity Corps as a programme to foster solidarity amongst young Europeans and recommends its continuation in the next MFF with increased budget and as an element of the EU’s youth policy framework;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recognizes the importance of cultural and creative industries (CCIs) for the social and economic development of the EU and its Member States and recommends to develop a coordinated policy framework that addresses the specific needs for the further development and promotion of the sector;
Amendment 60 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Suggests a MFF post-2020 with a duration of 10 years with a binding and meaningful revision after the first 5 years and with strengthened flexibility instruments;
Amendment 133 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that appropriate recognition and full support of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) would strengthen the impact of the next MFF; recalls the dual nature of the cultural and creative sector: economic (wealth and job creation)and cultural (creating values, meaning and identity);recalls that CCIs are one of Europe’s fastest growing sector, generating 509 billion Euros in value added to GDP per year and representing more than 12 million full time jobs ;calls for additional links between the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the Creative Europe programme, as this would help to address the increased industrial dependency on design and creativity; reminds that Creative Europe has consistently boasted excellent performance with full implementation at year-end since the start of this MFF; calls on the Commission to comply with Article 167(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and establish the CCIs as a horizontal priority within EU funding schemes and programmes, particularly in the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, the EaSI and the ESIFs.
Amendment 137 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to develop , through the MFF, a comprehensive, coherent and long-term industrial policy framework for the cultural and creative industries, with adequate funding to CCIs in order to boost their competitiveness and enable them to fulfil their potential in terms of creating quality jobs and growth for the benefit of the Union;
Amendment 138 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to facilitate funding to the sector, based on the following definition of CCIs: ‘Cultural and Creative Industries are those industries that are based on cultural values, cultural diversity, individual and/or collective creativity, skills and talent with the potential to generate innovation, wealth and jobs through the creation of social and economic value, in particular from intellectual property; they include the following sectors relying on cultural and creative inputs: architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audio-visual (including film, television, software and video games, and multimedia and recorded music), cultural heritage, design, creativity-driven high- end industries and fashion, festivals, live music, performing arts, books and publishing (newspapers and magazines), radio and visual arts, and advertising’, as adopted in its own resolution on “a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industry” of 13 December 2016;
Amendment 313 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 a (new)
Paragraph 64 a (new)
64a. Calls on the Commission to establish a digital cluster under the next MFF, which integrates all EU programmes that provide complementary answers to digital challenges in the Union, comprising activities such as digitising industry, advanced digital skills, research in the digital sector, media innovation and multimedia actions, media literacy, high-performance computing, cyber security, eGovernment and digital service infrastructure;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses concern that funding for the Solidarity Corps draws heavily on Erasmus+; considers that greater clarity is required, particularly on the link between the new Corps and the EVS; welcomes the fact that 18.4 million EUR set aside for the Corps in 2018 is fresh money; insists that this money must not come from the Erasmus+ top-up under the MFF revisionsub-programmes other than the EVS or from the Erasmus+ top-up under the MFF revision; insists also that budget withdrawn from the EVS should, in turn, cover only volunteering activities under the ESC;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of cultural and educational work for the successful integration of refugees in European host societies and therefore calls for the more permanent introduction of refugee integration projects as one of the objectives in the Erasmus+ and Creative Europe programmes on the basis of the work that has started under the special calls 2016;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underscores the need to further strengthen the international dimension of Erasmus+, Creative Europe, Europe for Citizens and Horizon 2020 under the EEAS budget section as a central element in developing further the people-to-people approach in the EU's external cultural relations;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the fact that the EUR 200 million top-up for Erasmus+ proposed under the MFF revision for 2017-2020 has been reduced by Council to EUR 100 million, with EUR 50 million already allocated in 2017; recalls that Erasmus+ helps to deliver growth and is athese funds should be used in the policy framework for which they have been attributed, as Erasmus+ remains the main strategic investment in Europe’s young people;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the initiatives taken by the Commission in creating, under Erasmus+ and Creative Europe, a special call for projects dealing with refugees; calls on the Commission to evaluate and continue to put forward these calls for proposals with an increased funding capacity, which would cover more needs and enable a forward-looking policy for the next MFF period;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the excellent work done by Euranet+ but reminds the Commission to find a sustainable solution for this media provider, which would enable it to function on the basis of a multiannual funding arrangement;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the permanent development of the Lux Prize towards a model based on the participation of all EU citizens, the first year of functioning of the House of European History and the success of the Parlamentarium, which has surpassed expectations; calls for a multiannual funding base for what are all excellent tools for communicating with EU citizens;
Amendment 191 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Young people’s spirit of initiative is an important asset for society and for the labour market. The European Solidarity CorpsInitiative should contribute to fostering this aspect by offering young people the opportunity to devise and implement their own projects aimed at addressing specific challenges in solidarity with and to the benefit of their local communities. Those projects should be an opportunity to try out ideas in a sustainable way and support young people to bexperience themselves by being drivers of solidarity actions. They could also serve as a springboard for further engagement in solidarity activities and could be a first step towards encouraging European Solidarity Corps participants to engage in self-employment or setting up associations, NGOs volunteers in associations, NGOs, youth organisations or other bodies active in the solidarity, non-profit and youth sectors and set up their own associations.
Amendment 201 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Particular attention should be paid to ensuring the quality of the placements and other opportunities offered under the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative, in particular by offering online and offline training, language support, insurance, administrative and pre and post- placement support to participants as well as the validation of the knowledge, skills and competences acquired through their European Solidarity Corps experienceInitiative experience. This support should be created and provided in collaboration with youth organisations and other civil society organisations in order to tap into their expertise on the field. Post- placement support should also prioritise the continuous civic engagement of the participant in their community, guiding them towards local organisations or projects to engage with after the placement.
Amendment 218 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) A quality label should be put in place to ensure compliance of the participating organisations with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative Charter, as regards their rights and responsibilities during all stages of the solidarity experience. A list of excluded activities should be established, prohibiting actions that are potentially harmful to volunteers and society such as volunteering in residential institutions for children. Obtaining a quality label should be a precondition for participation but should not automatically lead to funding under the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative.
Amendment 318 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmetackling important societal needchallenges to the benefit of a community while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such as education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non- food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance, social inclusion and welfare, reception and integration of third- country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion;
Amendment 335 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) “participating organisations” means any non-profit public or private entity including youth organisations that has been attributed the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative quality label, which offers a placement to a participant in the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative or implements other activities in the framework of the European Solidarity CorpInitiative. During the placement, the participating organisations must ensure decent living conditions to the young volunteers;
Amendment 362 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) “volunteering teams’ placements” means placements allowing teams of European Solidarity CorpsInitiative participants from different participating countries to volunteer together for a common objective, by carrying out manual or intellectual tasks, on a worthwhile community service project in collaboration with public authorities, non-profit organisations, foundations and social enterprises for a period between two weeks and two months;
Amendment 379 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) “quality label” means the certification attributed to a public or private entity or an internationalny participating or sending non-profit organisation willing to provide placements under the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative following athe procedure aimeding at ensuring compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative Charter;
Amendment 465 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the establishment of a list of excluded activities such as volunteering in residential institutions for children, to ensure that no actions that would cause harm to the beneficiaries or society are undertaken.
Amendment 472 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) measures aimed at ensuring the quality of solidarity placements, including training for preparation before and guidance during the solidarity placement,, language support, administrative support for participants and participating organisations, insurance, post-placement support as well as the development of a certificate based on the experiences of the Youth Pass that identifies and documents the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during the placement; as experts, youth organisations must be involved in the development of those measures;
Amendment 480 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) measures aimed at ensuring the quality of solidarity placements should take into account the crucial importance of personal relationships for young people with less opportunities;
Amendment 551 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The European Solidarity CorpsInitiative shall be open to the participation of public or private entities, or internationalentities, non-profit private entities such as NGOs, international organisations, and civil society organisations such as youth organisations, provided that they have received a European Solidarity CorpsInitiative quality label and that the activity does not fall under the list of excluded activities such as volunteering in residential institutions for children.
Amendment 583 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries, participating and sending organisations as well as EU and national stakeholders such as youth organisations, shall regularly monitor the performance of the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative towards achieving its objectives. A EU Programme Committee should be established including representatives of all above- mentioned actors.
Amendment 611 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) Satisfaction rate of participants about European Solidarity Initiative placements;
Amendment 619 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) rate of achievement of project objectives in terms of identified community needs;
Amendment 664 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 7
Article 21 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall organise regular meetings with the network of national agencies, the participating and sending organisations as well as civil society stakeholders such as youth organisations in order to ensure coherent implementation of the European Solidarity CorpsInitiative across all participating countries.
Amendment 675 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. After two years of implementation of this regulation by the Commission through work programmes, the result indicators of the ESI shall be submitted to a further scrutiny by Council and EU Parliament, to assess an appropriate integration of foreseen objectives and activities in a proper Youth policy framework to be put in place after 2020.
Amendment 5 #
2016/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises the huge innovation and employment potential of renewable energy sources, search for greater resource efficiency and energy efficiencies; calls on the Commission to integrate a specific energy and environmental strategy into the European Semester with a view also to education and employment;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youth employment; stresses that further promotion of and investment in the cultural and creative sector may contribute substantially to investment, growth, innovation and employment; calls on the Commission to consider therefore the special opportunities offered by the whole CCS, comprising NGOs and small associations, in the framework for example of the Youth Employment Initiative;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Welcomes the Commission initiatives to launch consultation over setting up a European pillar of social rights; considers that this initiative should be able to trigger a more flexible skills and competences development, life-long learning actions and active support for quality employment;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Underlines the need for structural reforms of the education and training systems in the Member States and the need to foster better interaction between the EU and the Member States and to facilitate the exchange of best practices among the Member States;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that migration could play an important role, including education schemes, complemented with efficient public expenditure, with a view to high-quality social and environmentally sustainable investments to integrate workers into the labour market and reduce unemployment;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes Erasmus+ contribution to foster mobility and cultural exchanges across the EU and with third countries; calls for better promotion and use of the European tools for transparency, mobility and recognition of skills and qualifications with a view to facilitating mobility as regards learning and working;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises that further action is needed, in consultation with social partners and in accordance with national practices, to make labour markets more inclusive overall;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
– having regard to the Preparatory Action for Culture in External Relations1 and its recommendations1, __________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/culture/library/publicati ons/global-cultural-citizenship_en.pdf
Amendment 12 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29
Citation 29
Amendment 19 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU is abecoming a more prominent actor in international politics playing an ever-increasing role in world affairs, including through an enhanced capacity of promoting culture in international relationsrelations and should put additional resources and energy into the promotion of its common culture, cultural heritage, artistic creation and innovation within regional diversity, based on Art. 167 of the TFEU;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas culture has an intrinsic value,the EU experience has shown that cultural exchanges can serves as a powerful bridge between people of different ethnic, religious and social backgrounds, reinforces intercultural and interreligious dialogue and mutual understanding, and should therefore be part of EU foreign policy;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in order for the EU to foster intercultural understanding, it will have to expand on common communication tools in form of genuinely European media such as for example Arte, Euronews or Euranet;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU and its Member States have common cultural roots and heritage and are united therefore in their diversity; whereas European cultures and cultural heritage represents the diversity of European societies and regions, their majority societies as much as minority and migrant cultures;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas human rights also include cultural rights, and whereas equal attention should therefore be given to the right of each individual to participate in cultural life and enjoy one’s culture whilst fully respecting the fundamental human rights of all;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the joint communication on ‘'Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations’' provides a framework for the EU’'s international cultural relations; whereas, however, it falls short of it renounces to identifying thematic and geographical priorities, concrete objectives and outcomes, target groups, common, target groups, it clarifies financial opportunities of the EU programs, and intserests and initiatives, financing provisions and implementation modalities common goal as to education and the relevance of inter- cultural exchanges of young people, students, researchers, and of European Voluntary Service;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas people to people contacts such as youth exchanges, city twinning, and partnerships in the professional field, have been important vehicles to foster intercultural understanding and should be promoted by the EU in its foreign policy relations;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas establishing a visa policy going along with the mobility of researchers, students and staff to and from third countries and alumni networks of former participants in EU programmes17 are a key part ofis essential to the EU’'s international cultural relations; __________________ 17 For instance, Erasmus and Horizon 2020.
Amendment 69 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas a visa policy for artists and cultural professionals is key to a successful cooperation and a free circulation of works, through European and international networks, as well as ensuring vivid artists' residencies programmes involving civil society in the different countries and regions of the world;
Amendment 95 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for artistic freedom of expression to be promoted as a value and an endeavour of the European Union, fostering free dialogue and exchange of good practices at international level;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that while the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality shouldhave to be respected in the field of culture, the benefit of exchanges and creating the habit to work and create together has built up respect and understanding of other cultures;
Amendment 122 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. ReWelcommends that international cultural relations be embedded in the cultural and creative sectors (CCS), thus reinforcing and promoting the role of professionals, including through regional creative hubs and clusterthe Joint Communication introduces cultural and creative industries as an important element of the EU's strategy for international cultural relations, especially with regards to regional creative hubs and clusters, as well as skills development for young creative professionals;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission, in the next multiannual financial framework, to provide for a budget line dedicated to supportingppropriate and decent funding for international cultural relations in existing programmes and future calls, especially in the next generation of programmes on culture and education, so that these can develop their international action in a proper way;
Amendment 142 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Proposes that a dedicatedstronger line in the next generation of EU programme for culture be designed and resources focusdeveloped on international mobility and exchanges such as, based on the present experience with residency programmes especially for young cultural and creative professionals and artists;
Amendment 155 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines that for reasons of sustainability the EU's external cultural funding activities must result from a strong involvement of local partners, adaptation of programmes to local realities and a due consideration of the post-funding period for projects including transition to national financing or other revenue-models;
Amendment 161 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to include culture in all existing and future bilateral and multilateral cooperation; and trade agreements with adequate budgets and with due respect to the commitments made under the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, taking into account the economic potential of cultural heritage and CCS for a sustainable growth and jobsdevelopment; calls for EU indicators to be developed in that field;
Amendment 179 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to appoint a ‘focal point’ in each EU delegation to liaise with Member States’ national cultural institutes, representatives and local civil society, actors and authorities in a collaborative approach aimed at identifying priority areas, needs and methods of cooperation, and to provide an adequate budget; asks the Commission and the EEAS to report annually to the European Parliament on state of implementation and achieved results;
Amendment 182 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to appoint a ‘'focal point’' in each EU delegation to liaise with Member States’' national cultural institutes, representatives and local civil society, actors and authorities in a collaborative approachstructured dialogue process aimed at jointly identifying common priority areas, needs and methods of cooperation, and to provide an adequate budget;
Amendment 204 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the establishment of the Cultural Diplomacy Platform, and calls for it to be made sustainable; and asks for its further expansion to include a one-stop- shop for potential beneficiaries of EU funding programmes in this area, a platform for exchange of best practices and networking amongst practitioners and an expansion of current training offers to a wider audience; and recogniszes that many different institutional and non- institutional stakeholders19 are active in the area of international cultural relations, and asks the Commission to promote a structured dialogue among all stakeholders, including through the open method of coordination; __________________ 19 Commission Directorates-General (notably for Education and Culture (EAC), International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (NEAR), Research and Innovation (RTD) and Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT), the EEAS, the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI), EU delegations, Member State delegations, Member States’ cultural institutes abroad, the Council of Europe, the European Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions, EUNIC, the International Council of Museums (ICOM), the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), UNESCO, international organisations, civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, local cultural actors, street artists and other platforms and networks.
Amendment 228 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recognises young people, as future decision-makers, tothat the exposure to other cultures and languages fall on particularly fruitful ground at a young age, while offering experiences which often create a livelong affinity and underlines that the youth should be one of the main target groups in the EU and partner countries, and acknowledges that music, film, li in the context of EU internature, social media and digital trends in geneional cultural are the best channels to reach themlations;
Amendment 233 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Underlines the great value of the Erasmus+ program; believes that it would be the single most efficient instrument of EU international cultural relations if it could be enhanced through much increased funding and staff, notably for the youth exchange program with third countries;
Amendment 239 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Welcomes initiatives by the Commission to promote peer-to-peer learning for young cultural entrepreneurs like the Medculture programme or to support initiatives like training to intercultural relations like More Europe;
Amendment 241 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Advocates allowing third countries to participate as easily as possible in cross- border and joint projects20 such as the European Capital of Culture, Lux Prize or the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, as well as including them as players in the future strategy; suggests for the EU delegations in third countries to take full advantage of EU cultural activities such as the Lux Price for their work in third countries; recalls that digital tools, technological platforms such as Europeana and cultural networks21 can play a crucial role in reaching larger audiences and disseminating best practices; __________________ 20 The EU delegations should play a greater role by working with local artists and civil society actors, focus their efforts, involve more local artists and serve as key contact points in order to create synergies with EU projects. 21 For example, the Cultural Innovators Network and the Cultural Leaders Network.
Amendment 243 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Advocates allowing third countries to participate as easily as possible in cross- border and joint projects20 such as the European Capital of Culture, Lux Prize or the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, as well as including them as players in the future strategy; recalls that digital tools, technological platforms such as Europeana and cultural networks21 can play a crucial role in reaching larger audiences and disseminating best practices; __________________ 20 The EU delegations should play a greater role by working with local artists and civil society actors, focus their efforts, involve more local artists and serve as key contact points in order to create synergies with EU projects. 21 For example, the Cultural Innovators Network and the Cultural Leaders Network.
Amendment 244 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls for the creation of a Cultural Visa Programme, along the lines of the existing Scientific Visa Programme, for third-country nationals, artists and other professionals in the cultural field with the aim of fostering cultural relations and eliminating obstacles to mobility in the cultural sector;
Amendment 263 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for a paradigm shift in media coverage with the launch of an EU cultural portal, the European Houses of Culture and festivals, including through engagement with local media and through structured engagement with local media and social media platforms24 ; __________________ 24 In cooperation with EURONEWS and EURANET, among others.
Amendment 264 #
2016/2240(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses the need to further clarify the concept of European Culture Houses and their potential role in the EU's international cultural relations and expresses its willingness to further specify such a concept in the context of an EU pilot project;
Amendment 149 #
2016/2152(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. RecallWelcomes the joint presentation made to CONT and the Committee on Culture and Education of the survey as requested in the 2013 discharge conducted to determine whether the LUX Prize is well known and how, if at all, it is viewed in their respective Member States and of the findings therein;
Amendment 151 #
2016/2152(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Regrets, however,calls that the survey mainly related to awareness of the LUX Film Prize among MEPs and film-makers, whereason the aim of the Prize which is to illustrate to citizens Parliament’'s commitment to consensual values such as human rights and solidarity, as well as its commitment to cultural and linguistic diversity;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2152(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Notes that the survey obtained a low response rate of 18 %, corresponding to 137 MEPs, and that it must be concluded that even among MEPs there is no consensus on the usefulness of the from all political groups and Member States, and that it must be concluded that the awareness rate among MEPs is higher than 90%, the understanding on the LUX Film Prize purpose by 75% of the MEPs is accurate and more than 80% have a positive image of the LUX Film Prize;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2152(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
Amendment 158 #
2016/2152(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51a. Calls for alternative models to be consider for example, by establishing partnerships between the Parliament and third parties with the objective to further promote the LUX Film Prize in particular within the European film industry and the European public sphere, which will allow the Parliament to reinforce the budget of the LUX Film Prize but recalls that any kind of agreement must enhance, not weaken, the role and the visibility of the Parliament;
Amendment 160 #
2016/2152(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Notes that, although during the years the amount of spectators has increased, a number of 43.000 within the Union is still very low and makes the justification of the Lux Prize questionablethe decreasing trend in budgetary support to the LUX Film Prize itself during the years the amount of spectators has increased, thanks to communication activities and social media;
Amendment 162 #
2016/2152(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Notes with concern the on-going discussions on the nature of temporary exhibitions and is not conviEmphasises the importanced of the fact that deciding on the contents of exhibitions in the House of European History belongs to Parliament’s core business, let alone the management of a museumademic independence of the House of European History in terms of exhibition content and design, these being determined exclusively by museological and historical criteria;
Amendment 168 #
2016/2152(DEC)
55. Calls therefore on the bureau to consider the separation ofadapting the management of the House from Parliament’s own administration and to create for this purpose a separate bodyof European History to a more inter- institutional approach, exploring further cooperation with othe necessary expertise for running a museumr institutions of the Union, especially the Commission and the Council;
Amendment 172 #
2016/2152(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Notes that with the establishment of the Parlamentarium and the opening of the House of European History, the Parliament and its surroundings are becoming a citizens' and tourist attraction, of which the Brussels municipalities benef that will bring about a better knowledge of the role of the Parliament and illustrate citizens on Parliament's commitment to consensual values such as human rights and solidarity and requests the Bureau to consider to enter into a dialogue with the local authorities to see how the latter can contribute to the financing and management of the House of European History;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the increase in funding applications in 2015 under the Europe for Citizens programme and the Creative Europe programmes, in particular its Culture sub-programme; stresses that the, is in line with the anticipated pattern of applications across the lifecycle of the programmes; stresses, however, that there is still too low a project success rate in both programmes is symptomatic of their modest budgets andthe case of Creative Europe; states also that the situation of Europe for Citizens is not improving, as the initial cuts are hampering the whole run of the programme, at a time when this type of project is badly needed in terms of the EU’s communication with its citizens; insists therefore, as this situation is causesing frustration and disappointment among applicants; insists, that the increase in applications accepted must be met with more funding for both programmes;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that EACEA plays an important role in delivering the three programmes; welcomes the greater use of online project applications by the Agency; expresses concern, however, that users continue to perceive systems as too complex and urges EACEA to involve national desks in implementing the strategy and improving the systake account of national desks' experience to improve the systems and the communication with potential beneficiaries, as well as with the unsuccessful candidatems;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
- having regard to the Council recommendation of 28 November 2011 on a renewed European agenda for adult learning,
Amendment 6 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas education systems are struggling to respond to the profound and complex changes that our societies and economies are undergoing, including technological innovationfacing significant challenges which are impacting teaching and learning processes, such as the digital transformation and the need to bolster the capacity for social inclusion and civic participation as well as personal development, and to enhance European democratic values and tolerance in the view of fostering open-mindedness and preventing intolerance of any kind;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Member States need to find ways to protect or promote longer term investment in education, research, innovation, energy and climate action and invest in the modernisation of education and training systems, including lifelong learning;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas distance education and academic further education are important tools in providing education opportunities for all without discrimination by country, region, class, age or gendercan open up new possibilities for active inclusion and enhanced social participation, especially for the low skilled, the unemployed, people with special needs, older persons, rural communities and migrants;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas allowing people time off for personal and training development in the context of life-long learning benefits their well-being as well as their contribution to the society with more defined personal and professional skills;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the tendency for academic institutions to be static makes curricula reform and entrance requirements challenging;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas women constitute the majority of people enrolling in distance education coursesprogrammes at a distance reach substantial numbers of women in societies where women lack equal opportunities for participation in conventional forms of education and training, as such courses offer them flexibility in achieving their work-life balance;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that many schools are strugglingtruggling institutions need to undertake profound changes in terms of governance, organizational structure and modes of operation in order to respond to the profound and complex changes that our societies and economies are undergoing;
Amendment 83 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that in order to enhance employability and active citizenship academic institutions must preparovide students for uncertainty and provide them with tools such as entrepreneurial and adaptabilitywith transversal competences such as civic, social competences and citizenship education alongside language, digital and entrepreneurial skills to explore their own pathways;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges that personalisation – i.e. tailoring education to the individual needs of students – hasa student- centred approach to education lowereds dropout rates and can enables students to achieve their full potential;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises the potential of knowledge sharing to improve the active participation as well as the international understanding of citizens in ever-changing societies;
Amendment 115 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that access to education is a key concern – particularly for vulnerable people, those from disadvantage backgroundand that support needs to be given to open and distance learning to meet the special needs of those who cannot be reached by traditional delivery systems – particularly for vulnerable people, those from disadvantage backgrounds, migrants, cultural and linguistic minorities, refugees, rural communities or people with special needs;
Amendment 132 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises that flexible learning formats may enable people in employment to enjoy a better work-life balanceto reconcile work and/or education with their family life in a better way;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses the need to strive for a more flexible and personalised approach regarding career development and lifelong education and training across one's personal career path, and recognises the role that primarily public but also private parties can play in providing this, while recognising that guidance and counselling which address individual needs and preferences and focus on the evaluation and expansion of individual skills must be a core element of education and skills policies from an early stage on;
Amendment 157 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recognises the need to keep up with rapid technological change, in particular for distance education, and that the importance of ICT cannot be overstressed; believes that efforts should be focused on the development of such new skills in system and solution designs through major investment in education, with also the support of the European Social Fund, that together can wipe out the digital divide and avoid digital exclusion;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses the importance of STEM skills and again regrets the gender imbalance in this area;
Amendment 186 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Calls for a revision of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) to promote the comparability of qualifications between the countries covered in the EQF and other countries, in particular Neighbourhood Countries and other countries with mature qualifications frameworks, to better understand the qualifications acquired abroad and to put people with migrant backgrounds and refuges back into lifelong learning and employment;
Amendment 198 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Welcomes the ambitious plan to provide ultra-fast internet in primary and secondary schools, and libraries by 2025 because faster and better connectivity provides huge opportunities to enhance teaching methods, to foster research and to develop high-quality educational services online; stresses that the roll-out of these technologies creates better opportunities for distance learning, particularly in rural areas and outermost regions; highlights the fact that such opportunities will enhance children's and students' digital skills and media literacy;
Amendment 200 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31 b. Stresses that the adaptation of education and training systems is vital to meet the increasing demand for digitally skilled professionals in the EU; emphasises that, in order to achieve a true digital single market in Europe, further efforts are needed to improve media literacy among citizens in particular minors;
Amendment 204 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Highlights the importance of stepping up European efforts to make the Lifelong Learning Strategy a reality for all; encourages the Commission and the Member States to promote and invest in lifelong learning in particular in countries with a participation rate below the 15% benchmark;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Emphasises that further deployment of digital infrastructure especially in less densely populated areas promotes social and cultural integration, modern educational and information processes and a regional cultural economy;
Amendment 219 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Urges academic institutions to anticipate changes in society and the labour market, and to adapt their way of working accordingly; notes that, the development of future-oriented sectors, in particular the green and circular economy, has a determinant role on the type of skills needed;
Amendment 228 #
2016/2142(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses the need for competences and skills acquired outside the formal education system to be recognised through quality assurance and accreditation especially in the light of empowering people in a vulnerable or disadvantaged situation, such as low-skilled adults or refugees;
Amendment 1118 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 176 – paragraph 1
Rule 176 – paragraph 1
1. Where the text to be put to the vote contains two or more provisions or references to two or more points or lends itself to division into two or more parts having a distinct meaning and/or normative value, a split vote may be requested by a political group or at least 40 Members. Split votes on compromise amendments shall be inadmissible.
Amendment 1165 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 209 – paragraph 1
Rule 209 – paragraph 1
Amendment 16 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Commission initiatives to launch consultation over setting up a European pillar of social rights; considers crucial that this initiative will be able to trigger a more flexible skills and competences development, life- long learning actions and active support for quality employment;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Emphasises the huge innovation and employment potential of renewable energy sources, search for greater resource efficiency and energy efficiencies; calls on the Commission to integrate a specific energy and environmental strategy into the European Semester with a view also to education and employment;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that the still-too-high unemployment rates show that the capacity to create jobs in most Member States is still limited; emphasises that further action is needed, in consultation with social partners and in accordance with national practices, to make labour markets more inclusive overall; expresses concerns on the fact that most of the new jobs created are low-quality jobs, characterised by low salary and precarious conditions, and are therefore unable to significantly stimulate consumption and internal demand;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Emphasises the need to improve the EU's overall capacity to create and sustain quality jobs and thus to tackle high levels of unemployment, while considering that migration could play an important role, including education schemes, complemented with efficient public expenditure, with a view to high- quality social and environmentally sustainable investments to integrate workers into the labour market and reduce unemployment;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights thatWelcomes Erasmus+ contributesion to foster mobility and cultural exchanges across the EU and with third countries; calls for better promotion and use of the European tools for transparency, mobility and recognition of skills and qualifications with a view to facilitating mobility as regards learning and working;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the cultural and creative industries contribute significantly to youth employment, employing, on average, more young people than any other sector; stresses that further promotion of and investment in the cultural and creative industries will be beneficial in creating new jobs and combating youth unemployment.Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youth employment; stresses that further promotion of and investment in the cultural and creative sector may contribute substantially to investment, growth, innovation and employment; calls on the Commission to consider therefore the special opportunities offered by the whole CCIs, comprising NGOs and small associations, in the framework for example of the Youth Employment Initiative;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
Amendment 4 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the study of the European Commission on "the impact of culture on creativity", June 2009,
Amendment 13 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas CCIs have dual value, as they preserve and promoteirect links to artists and creators, are most likely to foster cultural and linguistic diversity, and strengthen European and regional identity, while sustaining social cohesion andsense of belonging, therefore may contributinge substantially to investment, growth, innovation and employment in the EU economyUnion;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cultural diplomacyooperation in all cultural and creative domains eases and strengthens the bilateral relations between European and third countries and builds bridges between societies and contribute to better, fostering mutual understanding and common projects;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas CCIs contribute to Europe’s ‘soft power’ in their role as ambassadors of European values – such as culture, creativity, quality, excellence, craftsmanship – on the world stagealso to develop Europe’s image in the world – often based on the valorisation of its cultural heritage, its creativity in arts and performing arts, as well as its craftsmanship, in establishing a fruitful dialogue with CCIs from other countries;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 51 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas employment in the cultural sector is unlikely to be offshoredCCIs rely on keeping a strong EU location in terms of employment, based on it is connected toraftsmanship, and specific cultural and historical competences; whereas CCIs contribute significantly and more than any other sector to youth employment and have proved to be most resilient during the post-2008 economic crisis;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the CCIs comprise a majority of small and micro-companies and whereas the cultural and creative sector (CCS) companies with less twhich main strength shall remain the short value chain 9 employees account for more than 90 % of the workforcebetween artists and creators and their final output and production;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas among the different sources of EU funding, only some like" Creative Europe" and the "European Fund for Strategic Investment" mention CCIs as a specific priority, together with other NGOs and small associations or cultural institutions, which is the reality of the cultural field at large;
Amendment 110 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to develop a coherent and long-term industrial policy framework for the CCS, and on the EU to include the support, development, promotion and protecmotion of CCIs in its strategic goals, and overall political prioritis required by article 167, §4 of the TFEU throughout all its policies and programmes;
Amendment 129 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to identify specific indicators in order to monitor and analyse the cultural, economic and societal impact of its policies and regulatory proposals related toregarding CCS on all other domains of activity in the CCSEU, and to possibly identifyon connected third countries; this would allow to develop alternative data sources with a view to complementing and improving official statistics;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Commission and Eurostat to include the CCS in their yearly statisticsin its endeavour to regularly analyse and measure the impact of culture and cultural policies for the whole CCS, developing new and pertinent criteria, and to publish a sectorial biennial report on the developments of CCIs in Europe;
Amendment 145 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that technology and infrastructure rely on the content provided by creators; calls, therefore,Calls on the Commission to establish a legal framework for the value chain in the digital age that takes into account the specificities of the sector and leads to an improvement in the remuneration of authors and creators;
Amendment 181 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission, in view of the upcoming copyright reform, to create legal solutions which will suit creators, right holders and consumers alike in order to make clear that liability exemptions can only apply to genuinely neutral and passive online service providers and not to services that play an active role in distributing, promoting and monetising content at the expense of creators;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 222 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their respective spheres of competences, to promote cross-sectorial cooperation by establishing ‘learning labs’, creative hubs, co-working spaces, networking programmes and cultural and creative clusters and networks at regional, national, European and international level in order to foster interaction between micro-, small, medium and large enterprises in the CCS, traditional craftsmanship, research centres, universities, investors and policy makers; asks, moreover, for support for the development of new business models, products and services through strategic partnerships and for support for the activities of business incubators;
Amendment 253 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that creative skills need to be learnt from an early age in order to lay the foundations for the continuous renewal of creative talentscan be encouraged at all stages in life; encourages the Member States to improve theirbetter connect all training, learning and qualification systems, and opportunities enabling students in cultural and arts disciplines to acquire comprehensive trainingdevelop their own talent;
Amendment 274 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youth employment and reindustrialisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to incluconsider the CCIs in the Youth Employment Initiative and to provide funds to facilitate careers and training in this sectorspecial opportunities offered by the whole CCS in the framework for example of the Youth Employment Initiative;
Amendment 282 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to securerespect the cultural diversity offered by CCS, to include in their preservaiorities the promotion of traditional European savoir-faire, preserving and promoting the craft trades linked to the CCS and to re-valorise vocational training and a highly skilled workforce in order to attract talents, national, regional and local savoir-faire, including the variety linked to linguistic expressions and traditions, and to continue the common effort to boost vocational training;
Amendment 337 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that participation in all EU funded programmes is open to CCIs, but that this participation should still to be considered below its potential; asks the Commission as a first step to create aand asks the Commission as a first step to join forces between the different DGs in charge of SMEs and create an up-dated one stop shop – e.g. a website – highlighting different funding opportunities for CCIs, as this would increase awareness and accessibility of funding for CCIs;
Amendment 359 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to establish the cultural and creative industriesrespect art 167, §4 and establish the CCIs, as part of the CCS, as a horizontal priority within EU funding schemes, in and programmes, particularly in Horizon 2020 and the ESIFs;
Amendment 367 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 371 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 380 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that in order to improve access to finance in the CCINotes that the Commission included a training scheme for financial intermediaries and bankers wit is necessary to develop expertise in assessing the value of intangible assets which could be used as collateralh the new "Guarantee Facility" tool of Creative Europe , in order to develop sensitivity to the sector itself and expertise in assessing the special character and type of added value of CCS; considers it useful to assert the success of this scheme and if positive, then to extend it to various areas of policies;
Amendment 386 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 16 #
2016/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes inNotes that the new regulation the possibility of making advance payments of up to 10 % of the likely amount of aid, capped at EUR 30 million; considers, however, that the time taken between the application and payment is rather long; recommends further improvements in the assessment phase and subsequent phases facilitating the execution of payments;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the need to ensure coherence between internal and external EU policies, and stresses that targeted cultural and educational policies can support key EU foreign and security policy objectives; reiterates the role of intercultural dialogue through intergovernmental collaboration, acting in close coordination with civil society and NGOs in the field of culture, as a tool for peace building and conflict prevention;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the work done by DG EAC on extending the cultural and education links to third countries like China, Korea and India; supports the cooperation between DG EAC and the EEAS, as stated in the recommendations of the Preparatory Action "on culture in the EU external relations", and the nomination of a cultural attaché in the EU Representation in China;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the renewed European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), and calls for an increased profile of culture and education in the bilateral and regional cooperation programmes under the ENP, aiming at involving more citizens in cultural and educational offers and build up a resilient civil society;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises the role of cultural and creative industries in fostering growth and economic development, and encourages further support to creative industries in the EU and in third countries, for example with the pilot project supporting networks of young creative entrepreneurs in EU and third countries which is due to start in 2016;
Amendment 54 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the work done by the Commission and the Communication on cultural diplomacy due to be published in 2016;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the participation of eligible third countries in the main EU programmes in the field of education and culture, such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Horizon 2020; supports all actions allowing youth to be in contact with third countries and vice-versa to learn better from one another, and open up to their neighbours, i.e. in the preparatory actions on youth exchanges between EU and Ukraine, EU and Russia.
Amendment 2 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
1b. whereas Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights guarantees freedom of expression but also stipulates that this freedom may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C (new)
Recital C (new)
1c. whereas propaganda for war and any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law in accordance with Article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
1d. whereas Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union provides that everyone has the right to freedom of expression and this right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the establishment of the East StratCom Team within the European External Action Service (EEAS) with the aim of countering anti-EU propaganda and disinformation; believes that the efficiency and transparency of the work of the East StratCom Team needs to be further improved; invites the EASS to develop criteria for measuring efficiency of the work of the East StratCom Task Force; stresses that EEAS and its units should deliver information in a neutral and reliable manner;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the establishment of the East StratCom Team within the European External Action Service (EEAS) with the aim of countering anti-EU propaganda and disinformation; insists upon the difference between ‘propaganda’ and criticism;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the Disinformation Review published by the East StratCom Task Force has to meet the standards provided in the IFJ Declaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists; emphasises that this Review shall be written in an appropriate manner, without using offensive language or value judgments; invites the East StratCom Task Force to revisit the criteria used for drafting of this Review;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that an efficient strategy to counteract anti-EU propaganda could be the adoption of measures to provide a target audience with adequate and interesting information about EU activities, European values and other issues of public interest and underlines that modern technologies and social networks could be used for these purposes;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that Islamist terrorist organisations, especially ISIS and Al- Qaeda, are engaged in active information campaigns with the aim to undermine European values and interests; highlights in this regard the importance of a specific strategy to counter Islamist anti-EU propaganda and disinformation;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need to strengthen independent media, especially in the EUmedia pluralism and independent media, in the European Union and its neighbourhood, inter alia through support for journalists and the development of capacity-building programmes for media actors, fostering information-exchange partnerships and networks, such as content- sharing platforms, media-related research, exchange and training opportunities for journalists, and placements with EU-based media to facilitate exchanges of best practices;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for Member States to provide and ensure the necessary framework for quality journalism and variety of information, in fighting media concentrations, which have a negative impact on media pluralism;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of a coherent communication ong EU policies effectively, internally as well as externally, and of ensuring access to information in local languages; welcomes, in this context, the launch of the EEAS website in Russian;, underlines thate need to provide the same facilities for Arab and Turkish languages; calls for particular attention shouldto be paid to new technologies – including digital broadcasting, mobile communications, online media and social networks – which facilitate the dissemination of information about, and increased awareness of, the European values enshrined in the Treaties.
Amendment 44 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of communicating EU policies effectively, internally as well as externally, and of ensuring access to information in local languages; welcomes, in this context, the launch of the EEAS website in Russian and believes that the launch of this website in Arabic and Turkish is highly desirable; underlines that particular attention should be paid to new technologies – including digital broadcasting, mobile communications, online media and social networks – which facilitate the dissemination of information about, and increased awareness of, the European values enshrined in the Treaties.
Amendment 5 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its continued strong support for the programmes in the field of education training, youth and culture, and calls for the allocation of sufficient commitment and payment appropriations to ensure their proper implementation;
Amendment 6 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Asks Member States to comply with the decisions they themselves, as budgetary authorities, have taken with regards to payment appropriations;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility programme, must receive increased funding, and to allow for the provision of quality mobility for all; in this sense, recalls the urgent need to enhance the lines addressed to cover the mobility demand for VET students, centre and teachers; notes that the decentralisation of the Erasmus + Programme towards National Agencies, represents a significant obstacle to the action of the European civil society organizations especially impacting their involvement in strategic partnership (KA2); calls for the strengthening of the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its firm belief that Erasmus+, as an emblematic mobility and lifelong learning programme, must receive increased funding, and calls for the strengthening of the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists on a thorough simplification of the application forms and criteria, of reporting and reimbursement, especially for small-scale projects, both in Erasmus+ and in the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recommends the Commission to pay special attention to the implementation of the financial Guarantee facility tool which is delayed by more than a few months; is concerned that cultural NGOs and small associations will not be eligible for this tool, and only cultural and creative SMEs would be able to participate; recommends a thorough analysis of the experiences done throughout the whole process in order to check the pertinence and sustainability of such a tool, aside COSME;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considers that Erasmus+ would reach its cruising speed only if it takes on board a growing number of smaller projects that allow a larger diffusion of the programme at schools or for youth, an increase of VET mobility, and therefore a better efficiency in realising its educative, social and humanitarian goals;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Notes that some of the budgetary lines within Erasmus+ have not been fully utilised, and, therefore, proposes flexibility in the management of such funds; this would allow their reallocation to other, insufficiently funded, categories within the programme that are currently struggling to meet demand within the allotted budget;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Highlights the need of strengthening a European approach to face common European challenges by supporting large scale innovation projects in the field of education, training and youth carried out by European Civil Society networks which should be done by allocating 5% of the overall KA2 Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices of Erasmus+ to centralised actions;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) must contribute substantially to investment in the areas of education, training, youth and research, and that the cultural and creative sectors must be given adequate support; recalls the urgency of fully offsetting the budgetary lines in Horizon 2020 Program affected by significant cuts to make possible the first EFSI guarantee funds;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI); calls for subsequent adjustments in regulation and resources to be proposed to overcome existing implementation impediments up to the end of the current financial framework;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Urges the Member States to implement fully the Youth Guarantee, based on a strong cooperation between employment services and the education system; the Youth Guarantee should be integrated in national employment plans, but also in youth plans and education plans;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission and Council to review their position on the "Europe for Citizens" programme, the only programme which involves all citizens directly, and to provide it with a substantial additional budget allowing better implementation of the goals of the programme; indeed, having been cut beyond any reason, the programme can only accept a dramatically low percentage of projects, a situation that it is not sustainable and defendable towards the EU citizens, even more so in the present social and humanitarian situation in the EU;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes, in the context of the evolving migration and refugee crisis, the importance of the Paris Declaration of 17 March 2015, which calls for intercultural dialogue and EU-level cooperation to prevent and tackle marginalisation, intolerance, racism and ranew increasing challenges, including migration and diverse societies, more investments in education, training, youth and culture are very much needed to reinforce cohesive, equal and inclusive societies as well as intercultural dicalisation.ogue;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Strongly believes that programmes relating to culture, education, youth and sport play a crucial role when it comes to integration policies for migrants and refugees, and thus asks European institutions to respond to the migration crisis by providing for additional resources in both the directly managed programmes and the Structural Funds, in addition to dedicated budget lines;
Amendment 114 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Ascertains that while parking is free of charge for employees of the Parliament, employees using public transport are only being reimbursed half of the annual subscription fee; asks the Secretary-General to generate estimates as to the annual implicit subsidies granted to those using a car compared to those using other means of transport, and to make proposals to rectify possible unequal treatment of the use of different modes of transport;
Amendment 76 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) This regulation stipulates that certain online services provided by broadcasters are subject only to the law of the Member State in which the broadcaster is established. This provision is without prejudice to the rights enshrined in Directive 2001/29 /EC and the acquisition of rights under the principle of freedom of contract. Through the principle of contractual freedom it will be possible to continue limiting the exploitation of the rights affected by the principle of country of origin laid down in this Regulation, especially as far as certain technical means of transmission, such as geo-blocking and geo-filtering, or certain language versions are concerned, provided that any such limitations of the exploitation of those rights are in compliance with Union law.
Amendment 159 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
(1) The acts of communication to the public and of making available occurring when providing an ancillary online service by or under the control and responsibility of a broadcasting organisation as well as the acts of reproduction which are necessary for the provision of, the access to or the use of the ancillary online service shall, for the purposes of exercising copyright and related rights relevant for these acts, be deemed to occur solely in the Member State in which the broadcasting organisation has its principal establishment. The reproduction, copying and provision to the public of sporting events, purchased audio-visual content and licensed programming via a supplementary online service are excluded from the country of origin principle for the purposes of the application of copyright and related rights.
Amendment 177 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Paragraph 1 shall not undermine the principle of territoriality or contractual freedom under copyright law, and shall be without prejudice to the rights set out in Directive 2001/29/EC.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Rapid technological developments continue to transform the way works and other subject-matter are created, produced, distributed and exploited. New business models and new actors continue to emerge. The objectives and the principles laid down by the Union copyright framework remain sound. However, legal uncertainty remains, for both rightholders and users, as regards certain uses, including cross-border uses, of works and other subject-matter in the digital environment. As set out in the Communication of the Commission entitled ‘Towards a modern, more European copyright framework’26 , in some areas it is necessary to adapt and supplement the current Union copyright framework. TIn this context, with particular regard to the abuse of embedding or framing techniques of audio-visual content on a commercial scale, the Commission should investigate all possible measures to create adequate safeguards against such abuse. In addition, this Directive provides for rules to adapt certain exceptions and limitations to digital and cross-border environments, as well as measures to facilitate certain licensing practices as regards the dissemination of out-of- commerce works and the online availability of audiovisual works on video- on-demand platforms with a view to ensuring wider access to content. In order to achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright, there should also be rules on rights in publications, on the use of works and other subject-matter by online service providers storing and giving access to user uploaded content and on the transparency of authors' and performers' contracts. _________________ 26 COM(2015) 626 final. COM(2015) 626 final.
Amendment 107 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) In order to ensure that technological measures do not prevent the enjoyment of the exceptions and limitations established in this Directive, in Directive 2001/29/EC, Directive 96/9/EC, Directive 2009/24/EC or Directive 2012/28/EU, Article 6(4) of Directive 2001/29/EC needs to be updated in order to take account of the fact that, in the marketplace, rightholders are often unable to make available to the beneficiary of an exception or limitation the means of benefiting from that exception or limitation, because technological protection measures are generally not applied by the rightholders themselves, but by third party suppliers who provide the content to consumers, such as online marketplaces, some of whom enjoy a dominant market position. The inability of users to make use of their rights under copyright exceptions and limitations not only has a negative impact on users' fundamental rights, but is also detrimental to rightholders who often find themselves in a weaker bargaining position vis-à-vis suppliers of digital content, especially when consumers are locked into the products and services offered by that seller through the use of technological measures. It is therefore insufficient to require Member States only to place obligations upon the rightsholders, who are generally unable to remove the technological protection measures applied to their works by third parties. In addition, the act of circumventing technological protection measures for the purposes of enjoying exceptions and limitations to copyright and related rights needs to be exempted from the general legal protection of effective technological measures enshrined in Article 6(1) and 6(2) of Directive 2001/29/EC. Furthermore, the definition of "technological measures" in Article 6(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC needs to be clarified so as not to include measures which are designed to restrict authorised uses under copyright exceptions and limitations.
Amendment 142 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) While distance learning and cross- border education programmes are mostly developed at higher education level, digital tools and resources are increasingly used at all education levels, in particular to improve and enrich the learning experience. The exception or limitation provided for in this Directive should therefore benefit all educational establishments in primary, secondary, vocational and higher education to the extent they pursue their educational activity for a non-commercial purpose, as well as organisations such as libraries and other cultural heritage institutions providing non-formal or informal education, to the extent they pursue their educational activity for a non-commercial purpose. In line with the Council conclusions of 12 May 2009 on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training ('ET 2020'), the contribution of informal and non-formal education, alongside formal education, should be recognised and developed in order to deliver the Union's objectives. The organisational structure and the means of funding of an educational establishment are not the decisive factors to determine the non-commercial nature of the activity.
Amendment 153 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The exception or limitation should cover digital all uses of works and other subject-matter, digital or otherwise, such as the use of parts or extracts of works to support, enrich or complement the teaching, including the related learning activities. The use of the works or other subject-matter under the exception or limitation should be only in the context of teaching and learning activities carried out under the responsibility of educational establishments, including organisations such as libraries and other cultural heritage institutions providing non-formal or informal education, including during examinations, and be limited to what is necessary for the purpose of such activities. The exception or limitation should cover both uses through digital means in the classroom and online uses through the educational establishment's secure electronic network, the access to which should be protected, notably by authentication procedures. The exception or limitation should be understood as covering the specific accessibility needs of persons with a disability in the context of illustration for teaching.
Amendment 175 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Member States should therefore be required to provide for an exception to permit cultural heritage institutions, research organisations, and educational establishments to reproduce works and other subject-matter permanently in their collections for preservation purposesthe purpose of carrying out their public interest mission in preservation, research, education, culture and teaching, for example to address technological obsolescence or the degradation of original supports or for the purpose of digitisation. Such an exception should allow for the making of copies by the appropriate preservation tool, means or technology, in the required number andin any format or medium at any point in the life of a work or other subject-matter and to the extent required in order to produce a copy for preservation purposes onlyfor such reproduction, including via partnerships with other institutions or third parties.
Amendment 193 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Cultural heritage institutions should benefit from a clear framework for the digitisation and dissemination, including across borders, of out-of-commerce works or other subject-matter. However, the particular characteristics of the collections of out-of-commerce works mean that obtaining the prior consent of the individual rightholders may be very difficult. This can be due, for example, to the age of the works or other subject- matter, their limited commercial value or the fact that they were never intended for commercial use. It is therefore necessary to provide for measures to facilitate the licensing of rights inonline availability of out-of-commerce works that are in the collections of cultural heritage institutions and thereby to allow the conclusion of agreements with cross- border effect in the internal market.
Amendment 248 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Publishers, including those of press publications, books or scientific publications or musical works, often operate on the basis of the transfer of authors' rights by means of contractual agreements or statutory provisions. In this context, publishers make an investment with a view to the exploitation of the works contained in their publications and may in some instances be deprived of revenues where such works are used under exceptions or limitations such as the ones for private copying and reprography. In a number of Member States compensation for uses under those exceptions is shared between authors and publishers. In order to take account of this situation and improve legal certainty for all concerned parties, Member States should be allowed to determine that, when an author has transferred or licensed his rights to a publisher or in the common interest of the author and publisher to a collective management organisation or the publisher otherwise contributes with his works to a publication and there are systems in place to compensate for the harmpotential loss caused by an exception or limitation, publishers are entitled to claim a share of such compensation, whereas the burden on the publisher to substantiate his claim should not exceed what is required under the system in place.
Amendment 266 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38 – paragraph 1
Recital 38 – paragraph 1
Where information society service providers store and provide access to the public to copyright protected works or other subject-matter uploaded by their users, thereby going beyond the mere provision of physical facilities and performing an act of communication to the public, they as well as a reproduction act and therefore are obliged to conclude licensing agreements with rightholders, unless they are eligible for the liability exemption provided in Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . _________________ 34 Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (OJ L 178, 17.7.2000, p. 1–16).
Amendment 273 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38 – paragraph 2
Recital 38 – paragraph 2
In respect of Article 14, it is necessary to verify whether the service provider plays an active role, including by optimising the presentation of the uploaded works or subject-matter or promo, promoting or economically exploiting them, irrespective of the nature of the means used therefor, including automated processes. The service provider cannot invoke not playing an active role for single works or other subject-matter where the service provider plays an active role with regards to the general functioning of the service. Service providers that play an active role are ineligible for the liability exemption of Article 14.
Amendment 285 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38 a (new)
Recital 38 a (new)
(38 a) As Directive 2001/29/EC aims to provide a high level of protection of intellectual property, the clarification of the liability of information society service providers that store and provide access to the public to copyright protected works or other subject-matter uploaded by their users while playing an active role is crucial to intellectual creation and substantial investment in creativity and innovation. In order to create further legal certainty for users and considering that they upload and display content in various forms, licensing agreements between information society service providers and rightholders should be concluded in such a way that acts by users are comprehensively legitimised with regard to the categories of rights covered by the respective rightholders.
Amendment 301 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Certain rightholders such as authors and performers need information to assess the economic value of their rights which are harmonised under Union law. This is especially the case where such rightholders grant a licence or a transfer of rights in return for remuneration. As authors and performers tend to bare in a weaker negotiating contractual position when they grant licences or transfer their rights, they need information to assess the continued economic value of their rights, compared to the remuneration received for their licence or transfer, but they often face a lack of transparency. Therefore, the sharing of adequate information by their contractual counterparts orand subsequent transferees or licensees, as well as by their successors in title is important for the transparency and balance in the system that governs the remuneration of authors and performers. The reporting obligation should be transferred with the rights and therefore follow the work across all forms of exploitation, irrespective of who exploits it and in which territory.
Amendment 309 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) When implementing transparency obligations, the specificities of different content sectors and of the rights of the authors and performers in each sector should be considered. Member States should consult all relevant stakeholders as that should help determine sector-specific requirements. Collective bargaining should be considered as an option to reach an agreement between the relevant stakeholders regarding transparencyensure that the representative organisations of all relevant stakeholders determine sector-specific requirements and establish standard reporting statements and procedures for each sector, fostering automated processing and making use of digital technologies and international identifiers of works. Collective bargaining should be considered as an option to reach an agreement between the relevant stakeholders regarding transparency. Member States should ensure a high degree of transparency within these sector specific transparency obligations. Moreover, the sharing of information should occur at least once a year. To enable the adaptation of current reporting practices to the transparency obligations, a transitional period should be provided for. The transparency obligations do not need to apply to agreements concluded with collective management organisations as those are already subject to transparency obligations under Directive 2014/26/EU.
Amendment 319 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) CertainMost contracts for the exploitation of rights harmonised at Union level are of long durationfor the entire duration of copyright, offering fewno possibilities for authors and performers to renegotiate them with their contractual counterparts or their successors in title. Therefore, without prejudice to the law applicable to contracts in Member States, there should be a remuneration adjustment mechanism for cases where the remuneration originally agreed under a licence or a transfer of rights is disproportionately low compared to the relevant revenues and the benefits derived from the exploitation of the work or the fixation of the performance, including in light of the transparency ensured by this Directive. The assessment of the situation should take account of the specific circumstances of each case as wellCollective bargaining should be considered as asn of the specificities and practices of the different content sectorsption to reach an agreement. Where the parties do not agree on the adjustment of the remuneration, the author or performer should be entitled to bring a claim before a court or other competent authority.
Amendment 325 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Authors and performers are often reluctantunable to enforce their rights against their contractual partners before a court or tribunal. Member States should therefore provide for an alternative dispute resolution procedure that addresses claims related to obligations of transparency and the contract adjustment mechanism. and that it is free of charge as well as accessible for authors. The dispute settlement resolution can also be agreed in collective agreements.
Amendment 406 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States mayshall provide for fair compensation for the harm incurred by theto authors and rightholders due to the use of their works or other subject-matter pursuant to paragraph 1.
Amendment 414 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall provide for an exception to the rights provided for in Article 2 of Directive 2001/29/EC, Articles 5(a) and 7(1) of Directive 96/9/EC, Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2009/24/EC and Article 11(1) of this Directive, permitting cultural heritage institutions, research organisations, or educational establishments, to make copies of or digitise any works or other subject-matter that are permanently in their collections, in any format or medium, forto the sole purpose of the preservation of such works or other subject-matter and to the extent necessary for such preservationextent necessary for such reproduction, for the purpose of, individually or collaboratively with others, carrying out their public interest mission in preservation, research, culture, education and teaching.
Amendment 423 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Transformative Use Member States shall provide for an exception or limitation to the rights provided for in Articles 2, 3 and point (k) of Article 5(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC, Article 7(1) of Directive 96/9/EC, point (a) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2009/24/EC and Article 13 of this Directive in order to allow the use of a work for the creation of a new work without authorisation provided that the pre-existing work only appears as a subordinate element of the new work. The new work shall indicate the source of the pre-existing work, including the author's name, unless this turns out to be impossible. For use in accordance with this Article of a commercial nature, the user shall pay fair remuneration to the author.
Amendment 427 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5b Use on hosting platforms Any making available by natural persons to a limited public of small pieces of a work or small-scale works which have already been lawfully made available to the public shall be permitted without authorisation provided that such use is in accordance with fair practice and that the authors receive fair compensation.
Amendment 430 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 5(5) and the first, third and fifth subparagraphs of Article 6(4) of Directive 2001/29/EC shall apply to the exceptions and the limitation provided for under this Title.
Amendment 481 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article -10 (new)
Article -10 (new)
Amendment 488 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 523 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Information society service providers that store and provide to the public access to largesignificant amounts of works or other subject-matter uploaded by their users shall, in cooperation with rightholders, take measures to ensure the functioning of agreements concluded with rightholders for the use of their works or other subject-matter or where licensing agreements are not concluded take measures to prevent the availability on their services of works or other subject- matter identified by rightholders through the cooperation with the service providers. Those measures, such as the use of effective content recognition technologies, shall be appropriate and proportionate. The service providers shall provide rightholders with adequate information on the functioning and the deployment of the measures, as well as, when relevant, adequate reporting on the recognition and use of the works and other subject-matter.
Amendment 538 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Legal licence for automated image referencing services and mandatory collective management Member States shall provide that information society service providers may automatically reproduce or refer to visual works of art for the purpose of indexing and referencing (automated image referencing services). For use permitted pursuant to the above of their works by automated image referencing services, authors receive equitable remuneration which is managed by mandatory collective management organisations representing visual authors.
Amendment 539 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 b (new)
Article 13 b (new)
Article 13b Unwaivable right to remuneration 1. Member States shall ensure that when a performer or an audiovisual author has transferred or assigned his/her making available right to a producer, that performer or author shall retain the right to obtain equitable remuneration. 2. This right to obtain equitable remuneration for the making available of performances or the author's work is inalienable and cannot be waived. 3. The administration of this right to obtain equitable remuneration for the making available of the performances or author's work shall be entrusted to collective management organisations representing performers or audiovisual authors, unless other collective agreements, including voluntary collective management agreements, guarantee such remuneration to audiovisual authors for their making available right. 4. Performers' or authors' collective management organisations shall collect the equitable remuneration from online platforms making performances or audiovisual works available to the public.
Amendment 547 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that authors and performers receive on a regular basis and no less than once a year and taking into account the specificities of each sector, timely, adequate, accurate and sufficient information on the exploitation of their works and performances from those to whom they have licensed or transferred their rights or their successors in title, notably as regards modes of exploitation, revenues generated and remuneration due.
Amendment 553 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The obligation in paragraph 1 shall be proportionate and effective and shall ensure an appropriate level of transparency in every sectorensure a high level of transparency in every sector, as well as a right of authors to audit. However, in those cases where the administrative burden resulting from the obligation would be disproportionate in view of the revenues generated by the exploitation of the work or performance, Member States may adjust the obligation in paragraph 1, under the condition that the level of disproportionality is duly justified, and provided that the obligation remains effective and ensures an appropriate level of transparency.
Amendment 559 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may decide that the obligation in paragraph 1 does not apply when the contribution of the author or performer is not significant having regard to the overall work or performanceshall ensure that the representative organisations of relevant stakeholders determine sector- specific standard reporting statements and procedures and foster automated processing making use of digital technologies and international identifiers of works.
Amendment 567 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – title
Article 15 – title
Amendment 569 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that authors and performers are entitled to proportionate and equitable remuneration of the revenues derived from the exploitation of their works and to request additional, appropriatequitable remuneration from the party with whom they entered into a contract for the exploitation of the rights, or their successors in title, when the remuneration originally agreed is disproportionately low compared to the subsequent relevant revenues and benefits derived from the exploitation of the works or performances. Member States shall ensure that representative organisations of authors and performers, whether collective management organisations, unions or guilds, and representative organisations of users, set standards for equitable and proportionate remuneration of authors and performers for the use of their works and performances, taking into account the specificities of each sector.
Amendment 578 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
All Member States shall ensure that contracts include a rights reversion mechanism to enable the authors after ten years to terminate a contract in case of insufficient exploitation or payment of the remuneration provided for, as well as insufficient or lack of regular reporting and promotion.
Amendment 586 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall provide that disputes concerning the transparency obligation under Article 14 and the contract adjustment mechanismremuneration for the use of works or performances under Article 15 may be submitted to a voluntary, alternative dispute resolution procedure. Proceedings in respect of a dispute may also be brought on behalf of authors and performers by their representative organisations, whether collective management organisations, unions or guilds.
Amendment 599 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 2001/29/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point k
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point k
(ba) point (k) of Article 5 (3) is amended as follows: "(k) use for the purpose of caricature, parody or pastiche;" (This amendment seeks to amend a provision within the existing act - Article 5, paragraph 3, point (k) - that was not referred to in the Commiss, without prejudice to the exceptions and limitation's proposal. Please note, however, that this amendment does not open any new substantial point in the revision of the Directive, but merely introduces a change necessary to ensure legal consistency with the Shadow'svided for in Directive [this Directive];" Or. en position.)
Amendment 602 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Directive 2001/29/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
(bb) paragraph 3 of Article 6 is amended as follows: "3. For the purposes of this Directive, the expression "technological measures" means any technology, device or component that, in the normal course of its operation, is designed to prevent or restrict acts, in respect of works or other subject- matter, which are not authorised by the rightholder of any copyright or any right related to copyright as provided for by law or the sui generis right provided for in Chapter III of Directive 96/9/EC or which are not authorised by national or Union law. Technological measures shall be deemed "effective" where the use of a protected work or other subject-matter is controlled by the rightholders through application of an access control or protection process, such as encryption, scrambling or other transformation of the work or other subject-matter or a copy control mechanism, which achieves the protection objective." (This amendment seeks to amend a provision within the existing act - Article 6, paragraph 3 - that was not referred to in the Commission proposal. Please note, however, that this amendment does not open any new substantial point in the revision of the Directive, but merely introduces a change necessary to ensure legal consistency with the Shadow'sOr. en position.)
Amendment 603 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b c (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b c (new)
Directive 2001/29/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 874 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Where a performer has transferred or assigned the exclusive right of making available on demand, and independent of any agreed terms for such transfer or assignment, the performer shall have the right to obtain an equitable remuneration to be paid by the user for the making available to the public of his fixed performance. The right of the performer to obtain an equitable remuneration for the making available to the public of his performance shall be unwaivable and collected and administered by a performers' collective management organization.
Amendment 923 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a Unwaivable right to equitable remuneration 1. Member States shall ensure that when a performer or audiovisual author has transferred or assigned his making available right to a producer, that performer or audiovisual author shall retain the right to obtain an equitable remuneration. 2. This right to obtain an equitable remuneration for the making available of the performer or audiovisual author's work is inalienable and cannot be waived. 3. The administration of this right to obtain an equitable remuneration for the making available of the performer or audiovisual author's work shall be entrusted to collective management organisations representing audiovisual authors and/or performers, unless other collective agreements, including voluntary collective management agreements, guarantee such remuneration to performers or audiovisual authors for their making available right. 4. Performers' and audiovisual authors' collective management organisations shall collect the equitable remuneration from audiovisual media services making works available to the public.
Amendment 130 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure coherence and givelegal certainty tofor businesses and Member States' authorities, the notion of "incitement to hatred" should, to the appropriate extent, be aligned to the definition in the Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law which defines hate speech as "publicly inciting to violence or hatred". This should include aligning the grounds on which incitement to violence or hatred is based.
Amendment 190 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Product placement should not be admissible in news and current affairs programmes, consumer affairs programmes, religious programmes and programmes with a significant children’'s audienceprogrammes. In particular, evidence shows that product placement and embedded advertisements can affect children’s behaviour as children are often not able to recognise the commercial content. There is thus a need to continue to prohibit product placement in programmes with a significantchildren's programmes. In this context, children’'s audienceprogrammes should be understood as programmes produced as mainly aimed at children. Consumer affairs programmes are programmes offering advice to viewers, or including reviews on the purchase of products and services. Allowing product placement in such programmes would blur the distinction between advertising and editorial content for viewers who may expect a genuine and honest review of products or services in such programmes.
Amendment 212 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 317 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Regulatory authorities of the Member States can achieve the requisite degree of structural independence only if established as separate legal entities. Member States should therefore guarantee the independence of the national regulatory authorities from both the government, public bodies and the industry with a view to ensuring the impartiality of their decisions. This requirement of independence should be without prejudice to the possibility for Member States to establish regulators having oversight over different sectors, such as audiovisual and telecom. National regulatory authorities should be in possession of the enforcement powers and resources necessary for the fulfilment of their tasks, in terms of staffing, expertise and financial means. The activities of national regulatory authorities established under this Directive should ensure respect for the objectives of media pluralism, cultural diversity, consumer protection, the internal market and the promotion of fair competition.
Amendment 329 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) This Directive is without prejudice to the ability of Member States to impose obligations to ensure discoverability and accessibilityaccess to and appropriate prominence of content of general interest under defined general interest objectives such as media pluralism, freedom of speech and cultural diversity. Such obligations should only be imposed where they are necessary to meet general interest objectives clearly defined by Member States in conformity with Union law. In this resp. Such obligations should be proportionate and meet general interest objectives such as media pluralism, freedom of speecth, Member States should in particular examine the need for regulatory intervention against the results of the outcome of market forces. Where Member States decide to impose discoverability rules, they should only impose proportionate obligations on undertakings, in the interest of legitimate public policy considerationscultural and regional diversity, as well as language preservation, clearly defined by Member States in conformity with Union law.
Amendment 373 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a a – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a a – point iii
(iii) the principal purpose of the service or a dissociable section thereof is devoted to, or the service plays a significant role in, providing programmes and user- generated videos to the general public, in order to inform, entertain or educate;
Amendment 396 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ea) The following point is inserted: ‘(ga) 'access service' means an add-on feature of the audiovisual media service that improves the accessibility of the programmes for people with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities. The access services include subtitles, audio description, spoken or audio subtitles and sign language interpretation;’
Amendment 466 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) manifestly, seriously and gravely infringes Articles 6, 7, or 12, or both;
Amendment 495 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall, within threewo months following the notification of the measures taken by the Member State in application of paragraphs 2 and 3, and after having consulted ERGA, take a decision on whether those measures are compatible with Union law. That period shall begin on the day following the receipt of a complete notification. The notification shall be considered as complete if, within threewo months from its receipt, or from the receipt of any additional information requested, the Commission does not request any further information.
Amendment 520 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 4 - paragraph 1
Article 4 - paragraph 1
1. Member States shall remain free to require media service providers under their jurisdiction to comply with more detailed or stricter rules with regard to Articles 5, 6, 6a, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19 to 26, 30 and 30a, provided that such rules are in compliance with Union law.;
Amendment 554 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Member States shall encourage co- regulation and self-regulation through codes of conduct adopted at national level in the fields coordinated by this Directive to the extent permitted by their legal systems. Those codes shall be such that they are broadly accepted by the main stakeholders in the Member States concerned. The codes of conduct shall clearly and unambiguously set out their objectives. They shall provide for regular, transparent and independent monitoring and evaluation of the achievement of the objectives aimed at. They shall provide for effective enforcement, including when appropriate effective and proportionate sanctions. In the event the co-regulation fails to achieve the desired level of protection, national regulatory bodies and authorities must retain effective powers.
Amendment 563 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 8 a (new)
(da) The following paragraph is inserted: ‘8a. The Directive is without prejudice to the ability of Member States to impose obligations to ensure access to and appropriate prominence of content of general interest under defined general interest objectives, such as media pluralism, freedom of speech, cultural and regional diversity, and language preservation.’
Amendment 583 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 6 a - paragraph 1
Article 6 a - paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers provide sufficient information to viewers abouttake appropriate measures to ensure that media service providers under their jurisdiction do not include any programme or content which maight seriously impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors. They shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers provide sufficient information to viewers about potential harmful content for minors. For this purpose, Member States may use a system of descriptors indicating the nature of the content of an audiovisual media service.
Amendment 606 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 7
Article 7
(10) Article 7 is deleted; replaced by the following: 'Article 7 1. Member States shall ensure that media service providers under their jurisdiction make their services continuously and progressively more accessible to people with a visual or hearing disability aiming for an almost complete accessibility by the end of 2027. 2. With regard to the implementation of this Article, Member States shall encourage the development of self- co- regulatory codes of conduct. The Commission and ERGA shall encourage media service providers to exchange best practices on self-regulatory systems across the Union. 3. By ... [three years after the entry into force of this Directive] and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the European Economic and Social Committee a report on the application of this Article.';
Amendment 637 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States and the Commission shall encourage the development of self- and co- regulatory codes of conduct regarding inappropriate audiovisual commercial communications, accompanying or included in programmes with a significant children’'s audienceprogrammes, of foods and beverages containing nutrients and substances with a nutritional or physiological effect, excessive intakes of which in the overall diet are not recommended, in particular fat, trans-fatty acids, salt or sodium and sugars.
Amendment 642 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point –a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point –a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(-a) In paragraph 1, point a is replaced by the following: (a) audiovisual commercial communications shall be readily recognisable as such. Surreptitious audiovisual commercial communication shall be prohibited and distinguishable from editorial content, without prejudice to Articles 10 and 11;
Amendment 668 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) they shall not directly encourage the purchase or rental of goods or servicnews and current affairs programmes shall not be sponsored. Members States shall prohibit the showing of a sponsorship logo during children's programmes, documentaries and religious programmes;;
Amendment 686 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Product placement shall be admissible in all audiovisual media services, except in news and current affairs programmes, consumer affairs programmes, religious programmes and programmes with a significant children's audienceprogrammes.
Amendment 725 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that providers of on-demand audiovisual media services under their jurisdiction secure at least a 230% share of European national and non-national works in their catalogue and ensure prominence of these works. The European non-national and national quota of 30% shall include works in the official languages of the territory in which they are or are distributed.
Amendment 742 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may require providers of on-demand audiovisual media services under their jurisdiction to contribute financially to the production of European works, taking into account the cultural and linguistic diversity of the territorial area in which they are located or are conducting their service, including via direct investment in content and contributions to national funds. Member States may require providers of on-demand audiovisual media services, targeting audiences in their territories, but established in other Member States to make such financial contributions. In this case, the financial contribution shall be based only on the revenues earned in the targeted Member States. If the Member State where the provider is established imposes a financial contribution, it shall take into account any financial contributions imposed by targeted Member States. Any financial contribution shall comply with Union law, in particular with State aid rules.
Amendment 780 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
The transmission of films made for television (excluding series, serials and documentaries), cinematographic works and news programmes may be interrupted by television advertising and/or teleshopping once for each scheduled period of at least 230 minutes;. The transmission of children's programmes shall not be interrupted by television advertising, nor teleshopping. No commercial communication shall be inserted whilst audiovisual works are streamed or up-loaded through video-on demand audiovisual services, which ask already for a consequent fee to access such works.
Amendment 807 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The daily proportion of television advertising spots and teleshopping spots within the period between 7:00 and 23:00a clock hour shall not exceed 20 %.
Amendment 825 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 827 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 841 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 848 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a - paragraph 1 - point a
Article 28 a - paragraph 1 - point a
(a) protect minors from content whichWithout prejudice to Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC, Member States shall ensure by appropriate measures that video-sharing platform providers do not allow any harmful content on their platforms to protect minors from content that may impair their physical, mental or moral development;.
Amendment 856 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a - paragraph 1 - point b
Article 28 a - paragraph 1 - point b
(b) Without prejudice to Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC, Member States shall ensure by appropriate measures that video-sharing platform providers do not allow nor tolerate any harmful content on their platforms to protect all citizens from content containing incitement to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to sex, race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origiial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Amendment 928 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 5
Article 28 a – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall not impose on video-sharing platform providers measures that are stricter than the measures referred to in paragraph 1 and 2. Member States shall not be precluded from imposing stricter measures with respect to illegal content. When adopting such measures, they shall respect the conditions set by applicable Union law, such as, where appropriate, those set in Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC or Article 25 of Directive 2011/93/EU.
Amendment 952 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a - paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 28 a - paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. To the extent that video-sharing platform providers are involved in the sale or placement of audiovisual commercial communications, Member States shall ensure that they assume the same obligations as media service providers with regard to the requirements of Articles 9 to 11 for audiovisual commercial communications, sponsoring and product placement made available on their platform.
Amendment 974 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive 2010/13/EU
Chapter XI – title
Chapter XI – title
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES AND BODIES OF THE MEMBER STATES;
Amendment 979 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate one or more independent national regulatory bodies and authorities. Member States shall ensure that they are legally distinctfree from any governmental power or influence and functionally independent of any other public or private body. This shall be without prejudice to the possibility for Member States to set up regulators having oversight over different sectors.
Amendment 988 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 30 – paragraph 2– subparagraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 2– subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that national regulatory bodies and authorities exercise their powers impartially and transparently and in accordance with the objectives of this Directive, in particular media pluralism, cultural diversityand regional diversity, language preservation, consumer protection, internal market and the promotion of fair competition.
Amendment 998 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 30 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 4 a (new)
‘4a. Member States shall ensure that national regulatory bodies and authorities designate a single and publicly available point-of-contact for information and complaints about the accessibility issues referred to in article 7.’
Amendment 1016 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 30 a - paragraph 2
Article 30 a - paragraph 2
2. It shall be composed of national independent regulatory authorities in the field of audiovisual media services, which may include those regional independent regulatory bodies and authorities with full competencies in the field of audiovisual media services. They shall be represented by the heads or by nominated high level representatives of the national regulatory authority with primary responsibility for overseeing audiovisual media services, or in cases where there is no national regulatory authority, by other representatives as chosen through their procedures. A Commission representative shall participate in the group meetings.
Amendment 1023 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 30 a - paragraph 3 - point b
Article 30 a - paragraph 3 - point b
(b) to advise and assist the Commission as to any matters related to audiovisual media services within the Commission's competence, and within the competence of the regulatory bodies and authorities that are members of ERGA. If justified in order to advise the Commission on certain issues, the group may consult market participants, consumers and end-users in order to collect the necessary information;
Amendment 1026 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 30 a - paragraph 3 - point d
Article 30 a - paragraph 3 - point d
(d) to cooperate and provide its members with the information necessary for the application of this Directive, in particular as regards Articles 3, 4 and 47 thereof;
Amendment 20 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Spectrum is a public good. It is, in the 470-790 MHz frequency band is, a valuable asset for the cost-efficient deployment of wireless networks with universal indoor and outdoor coverage. This spectrum is currently used across the Union for digital terrestrial television (DTT) and wireless audio PMSE equipment. It supports the development of the media, creative and cultural sectors, which extensively rely on this spectrum resource for the wireless provision of content to mass audiences.
Amendment 20 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that Erasmus+ would reach its cruising speed only if it takes on board a growing number of smaller projects that allow a larger diffusion of the programme at schools or for youth, an increase of VET mobility, and therefore a better efficiency in realising its educative, social and humanitarian goals; welcomes therefore all efforts made by the EACEA and national agencies to improve not only their financial transparency but the simplification procedures for the project leaders;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recommends the Commission to pay special attention to the implementation of the financial Guarantee facility tool which is delayed by more than a few months; is concerned that cultural NGOs and small associations will not be eligible for this tool, and only cultural and creative SMEs would be able to participate; recommends a thorough analysis of the experiences done throughout the whole process in order to check the pertinence and sustainability of such a tool, aside COSME;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Urges the Commission and Council to review their position on the "Europe for Citizens" programme, the only programme which involves all citizens directly, and to provide it with a substantial additional budget allowing better implementation of the goals of the programme and avoiding further frustration among participants to the calls; indeed, having been cut beyond any reason, the programme can only accept a dramatically low percentage of projects, a situation that it is not sustainable and defendable towards the EU citizens, even more so in the present social and humanitarian situation in the EU;
Amendment 184 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Asks for an increased financial support to the three European programmes concerning directly citizens: Creative Europe, Europe for citizens and Erasmus+, as those programmes develop new subvention lines to react to the present situation on refugees integration, education and are on the front of actions lead by the Union and Member States to improve the overall social situation, mutual understanding and the living together in our different societies;
Amendment 185 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29d. Urges the Commission and Council to review their position on the "Europe for Citizens" programme, the only programme which involves all citizens directly, and to provide it with a substantial additional budget allowing better implementation of the goals of the programme and avoiding further frustration among participants to the calls; indeed, having been cut beyond any reason, the programme can only accept a dramatically low percentage of projects, a situation that it is not sustainable and defendable towards the EU citizens, even more so in the present social and humanitarian situation in the EU;
Amendment 186 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 e (new)
Paragraph 29 e (new)
29e. Considers that Erasmus+ would reach its cruising speed only if it takes on board a growing number of smaller projects that allow a larger diffusion of the programme at schools or for youth, an increase of VET mobility, and therefore a better efficiency in realising its educative, social and humanitarian goals; welcomes therefore all efforts made by the EACEA and national agencies to improve not only their financial transparency but the simplification procedures for the project leaders;
Amendment 187 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 f (new)
Paragraph 29 f (new)
29f. Recommends the Commission to pay special attention to the implementation of the financial Guarantee facility tool which is delayed by more than a few months; is concerned that cultural NGOs and small associations will not be eligible for this tool, and only cultural and creative SMEs would be able to participate; recommends a thorough analysis of the experiences done throughout the whole process in order to check the pertinence and sustainability of such a tool, aside COSME;
Amendment 188 #
2015/2353(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 g (new)
Paragraph 29 g (new)
29g. Notes that the revision of the MFF is a key point in the management of Union spending by ensuring that Union investment programmes remain efficient; insists on a thorough simplification of the application forms and criteria, of reporting and reimbursement, especially for small-scale projects, both in Erasmus+ and in the Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Europe for Citizens programme is a unique and highly symbolic programme, as it is a listening exercise on civil society’s debate and it stimulates critical thinking abouton the European project;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the one euro per citizen campaign for the Europe for citizens programme aims at sending a strong symbolic message about listening to citizens' voice in Europe;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the current programme is founded on Article 352 TFEU, which only gave Parliament the right to express its position under the consent procedure and was vigorously contested by Parliament at the time the proposal was submitted by the Commission as it stands in strong contradiction with the democratic nature of the programme;
Amendment 84 #
2015/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the fact that the impact of the programme remains proportionally high, as is shown by the fact that in 2015 an estimated 1 100 000 participants were involved in the 408 projects selected; considers also that the high number of applications – 2 087 in 2014 and 2 791 in 2015 – and the quality of projects indicate a high level of interest in the programme and the need to dedicate more human and financial resources to the programme in order to increase the number of projects supported;
Amendment 86 #
Amendment 87 #
2015/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -9 a (new)
Paragraph -9 a (new)
-9a. Recommends that the next generation of the Europe for Citizens programme should be adopted with a legal base enabling Parliament to be involved in the adoption of the programme as a co-legislator under the ordinary legislative procedure, on equal footing with the Council; encourages the Commission to think of possible solutions to achieve this objective;
Amendment 88 #
Amendment 94 #
2015/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that, given the low rate of success of high quality projects have been rejected because of the lack of sufficient funding in the Europe for Citizens Programme, such as the European Remembrance and Civil Society projects in the Europe for Citizens programme (6 %(6 % of rate of success, as against 19.64 % for Culture and 45.6 % for MEDIA in the Creative Europe pProgramme),; Considers that a 60 % increase in the current budget would be necessary in order to achieve a target rate of 20 % of funded projects; calls, therefore, on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to consider a total financial envelope of approximately EUR 300 million for the Europe for Citizens programme under the next MFF;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends thatHighlights the common goal of the European citizens' initiative (ECI) anod ther source of funding be found for the Europe for Citizens Initiative (ECI), which Europe for Citizens Programme in enabling citizens to participate directly in the development of EU policies; therefore calls on the Commission to ensure the synergy between the two actions and that ECI's implementation will not undermine the budget already allocated for EfC, since ECI is currently financed under the Europe for Citizens budget;
Amendment 116 #
2015/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to implement an engaging communication strategy for European citizenship by using social networks, reinforcing local engagement in the programme and constantly updating the content and reaching new audiences in the participating countries, especially those in which the level of participation is lower;
Amendment 160 #
Amendment 161 #
2015/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 1 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
— having regard to Articles 167 and 173 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 15 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Creative Europe has prothe objectiveds to be a successful programme in terms of its objectivessafeguard and promote European cultural and linguistic diversity and to promote Europe's cultural heritage on the one hand, and to strengthen the competitiveness of the European cultural and creative sectors on the other;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Aa (new)
Recital Aa (new)
Aa. whereas the objectives may prove difficult to align as it means combining the intention of preserving the diversity of the creative and cultural sectors and the dynamic of assuring their "competitiveness" and the continuation of industrial policy in those sectors;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the splittructure of the programme into two sub- programmes and a C, preserving the particularities and identity of both, and the addition of a cross- sectoral Sstrand is still considered useful, given the different nature and specific vocation of culture and media, but requires adjustmentan asset to provide a better understanding of cooperation and developments in the cultural field, linking up with third countries;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Creative Europe allows for cooperation and joint action with countries not participating in the programme, and with international organisations which are active in the cultural and creative sectors, such as UNESCO, the Council of Europe, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, on the basis of joint contribution in the pursuit of the programmes objectives;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the lack of data and quantitative and qualitative indicators, despite the provision made therefor in the regulation, makes it difficult to evaluate the impact of the programmsystem of performance indicators provided for in the Article 18 of the main regulation, including indicators for the general objectives of the programme, indicators attached to the MEDIA and culture strands respectively, as well as specific indicators concerning the Guarantee Facility instrument, has not been set or become operational to date;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the support provided for networks, includtype of grants for cooperation projects withing the most representative and significant networks, can no longer be allocated to their operational activities, as was the case underculture sub-programme of Creative Europe doesn't fit the needs of networks, which rely on operational structure and activities, as in the previous programme, but only to projects Culture 2007-2013;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the Creative Europe Desks (CED) are the crucial intermediary between the Commission, the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) and the applicants, and whereas they should be more closely involved inbetter informed about the decision -making process;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to ensure a good coordination between the DGs in charge of Creative Europe, as well as with the EACEA Agency and CED taking care of the different phases in the implementation of Creative Europe, whereby the role of CED and EACEA is crucial as it involves direct links not only with beneficiaries, but the whole cultural and creative sector;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Asks the Commission to work as close as possible with UNESCO, the Council of Europe and also the OCDE, to develop a stronger basis of joint contributions in the pursuit of programme objectives and evaluation of impact, especially in the international dimension and the respect of the specific human and economic values of culture and creation;
Amendment 93 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends that the Commission mainretains the existingpresent structure with twoof Creative Europe, while better defining the specificities and identity of both sub- programmes and use the potential of the cross-sectoral strand more effectively;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Asks the Commission to make use of the system of performance indicators provided in the Article 18 of the legal basis of Creative Europe, whereby insisting on the artistic and creative component of the programme, too often sacrificed to pure economic considerations like managerial capacities or a quantitative audience development;
Amendment 101 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 105 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 120 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to further simplify financial aspects and speed up the balancing procedure, at least for small cooperation beneficiariuse criteria that do not hamper small projects to access to funding, and to make sure that the final payment of the grants is realized in the best time possible, which should be a criteria of excellence for the work of EACEA, both for the culture and MEDIA sub-programmes;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. UrgWelcomes the Commission and Agency current work to modify the automatic points system in order to allow a genuine level playing field, taking into account the existing national support schemes for the audiovisual industry;
Amendment 157 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 168 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. ReWelcommends that the e creation of "hubs" (European Pplatforms be extended to all sectors of Creative Europe, to enable emerging talent to circulate in the EU projects) to support and enable emerging artists and creators to exchange and work together;
Amendment 170 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Insists that European Networks which are stable and highly representative of one of the sectors of Creative Europe should be supported with a mix of grants: operational grants aimed at ensuring the institutional activities and projectcultural networks are fundamental for a visibility of culture and artistic activities in Europe and with third countries, as they are often the first ones to go into cooperation with new fields, sectors or countries; their role as coordinator of actions and promoters of culture and creativity for whole artistic domains should be supported with operational grants;
Amendment 178 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the success and significance of the European Capitals of Culture scheme, and calls for better use of the know-how of capitals of culture for the development of citiesbased on the dynamic of cities and regions involved in the process, making out of the label and still very modest EU financial contribution a real asset for further financing and activities, well over the year;
Amendment 207 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the request from the CED to be involved inbetter informed about the decision- making process and for greater account to be taken of their expertise in the field; points out that the confidential sharing of evaluation reports, even negative ones, can help improve their capacity;
Amendment 210 #
2015/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Recommends that Creative Europe be continued in 2021-2028 as a programme with two sub-programmes and a cross- sectoral strand including training, with the same values and priorities. It should include peer-to-peer learning in the culture sub-programme, and, in both MEDIA and culture sub- programmes, audience development, access to markets, social inclusion, international cooperation, cross-sectoral and cross-over projects, as well as communication, studies, a Guarantee facility and CED support; ; as to the cross- sectoral strand, the continuation of the Guarantee facility scheme depends on the final impact as will be demonstrated in the intermediary report by the Commission;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Commission has shown flexibility and took innovative steps to target new challenges, like a proposal for refugees, and to foster civic values within the incentives Erasmus+ develop towards a more active and participative intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the 12.7% increase in the total budget in 2017 compared to 2016 and further annual increases in the remaining programme years will result in higher success rates and greater satisfaction among applicants; welcomes the Commission’s intention to allocate an additional EUR 200 million for the remaining programme period; encourages the European Commission to analyse the programme key actions and sectors that are underfunded, such as KA1 Youth Workers Mobility, KA2, school education, adult education, youth, and those that could benefit the most from the budgetary increase;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses also that a strong component for all participants in Erasmus+ is the development of their linguistic skills; welcomes therefore the on-line linguistic tools that are proposed by the Commission, but reminds that an accompanying (national, regional, local) framework has to be put into place to make their mobility a success, in particular for school-aged pupils, VET students, and also staff, to help their insertion into the different environments;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the Student Loan Guarantee Facility was only launched in February 2015 after signature of the delegation agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF) in December 2014, and that to date there are only three banks in France and Spain participating in this finnovative tool; ancial scheme; another bank in UK will join, but it is clear that this financial tool is far from reaching the expected results, to date only 130 Master students are participating; calls for critical assessment of the Loan Guarantee Facility, considering purpose and accessibility throughout Europe and urges the Commission, in consultation with the European Parliament, to propose a strategy to re-allocate part of the budget line that more likely will not be used by 2020;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that organisations representing amateur sportspeople at local level are highly underrepresented as project participants in the implementation of grassroots sports projects; welcomes the introduction of Small Collaborative Partnerships with reduced administrative requirements as an important step in enabling smaller grassroots sports organisations to take part in the programmeWelcomes the particular involvement of the Erasmus+ programme in cooperation and activities in grassroots sport; encourages the European Commission to improve the accessibility and participation in the programme of grassroots actors such as sports clubs; invites the European Commission to enhance a cross-sectoral approach on grassroots sport across all relevant actions of Erasmus+ and to coordinate actions in this field in order to ensure their effectiveness and desired impact;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Asks the Commission to fully exploit the potential tolifelong learning dimension of the programme by fostering and encourageing cross-sectoral cooperation under Erasmus+, which is much higher than under the predecessor programmes, and to evaluate cross-sectoral cooperation in the programme’s midterm evaluation presented at the end of 2017 as foreseen initially in the programme by extending the possibility to submit cross-sectoral strategic partnerships under KA2 to NGOs while ensuring the evaluators have a broad understanding of educational areas including non-formal education;
Amendment 110 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Encourages further fostering of cooperation between the NAs and EACEA in order to promote centralised actions of the Erasmus+ programme, provide additional information about them to potential applicants and exchange feedback on improving their implementation process;
Amendment 119 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Underlines the necessity of pursuing improvements in the programme, making it more user-friendly, taking into consideration the importance of differentiating among various sectors and groups of beneficiaries; encourages the European Commission to transform the programme guide and make it more user-orientated and sector-specific;
Amendment 121 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Encourages the European Commission to work on improving programme attractiveness by simplifying administrative procedures and requirements, especially for schools and smaller-scale organisations, VET school, adult education, the youth sector and newcomers who often find the programme challenging to participate in;
Amendment 124 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Welcomes the actions of the European Commission to simplify application procedures, project management, accounting and reporting; encourages further reduction of administrative burdens by streamlining forms, making them promptly available in all official languages, and providing clear indication regarding documents needed at each stage;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the European Commission to strengthen the school education dimension of the programme, allowing for more mobility for pupils, school staff, for more school class exchanges, as well as simplification of funding and administrative procedures for schools and non-formal education providers, whereby taking advantage of the general intention of Erasmus+ to foster cross-sectorial cooperation, and with a view to encourage youth organisations or activities to involve partnerships with schools;
Amendment 168 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Notes the importance of strengthening the local dimension of the EVS; suggests providing the EVS volunteers with stronger support not only before departure, but also upon their return to their local communities in the forms of post-orientated and post- integrated trainings in order to help them to share their European expertise by promoting volunteering at the local level;
Amendment 175 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Underlines that grants to support the mobility of individuals within the Erasmus+ programme should be exempted from taxation and social levies;
Amendment 177 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Suggests more flexibility in moving funds between KAs, and entrusts NAs in this process due to their familiarity with the potential funding gaps in their countries, thus allowing them to narrow these gaps;
Amendment 187 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes more demanding implementation work for NAs under the current programme; calls on the European Commission to provide NAs with sufficient resources and necessary assistance, thus enabling more efficient programme implementation and allowing NAs to tackle new challenges resulting from the budget increase;
Amendment 189 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the European Commission to monitor the quality criteria used by the National Agencies in project evaluations and exchange best practises in this regard; encourages trainings for evaluators in order to continue their development, especially in cross-sector projects, and to allow them to provide quality feedback to all applicants in order to encourage the accomplishment of goals in future projects and to improve the performance of future applicants;
Amendment 196 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Calls on the National Agencies to provide full transparency while evaluating projects by publishing the list of selected projects together with their ongoing progress and designated financial support;
Amendment 197 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Stresses that although progress has been made in recognising study periods, credits, competences and skills through non-formal and informal learning gained abroad, these challenges remain; underlines that recognition of international qualifications is essential to mobility and forms the foundation for further cooperation in the European Higher Education Area; highlights the importance of making full use of all EU tools for the validation of knowledge, skills and competences essential to the recognition of qualifications;
Amendment 199 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Notes that despite the high quality of projects in KA2, many of them have been refused due to limited funding; encourages the European Commission to mark these projects in order to help them attract investments from other sources; encourages Member States to acknowledge “the marked projects” by giving them priority in accessing public funds for their realisation, if such funds are accessible;
Amendment 200 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 g (new)
Paragraph 21 g (new)
21g. Calls on the European Commission to continue efforts to resolve the funding challenge for European organisations based in Brussels in order to further their contribution to the development of European policies in the fields of education, training, youth and sport;
Amendment 202 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 i (new)
Paragraph 21 i (new)
21i. Encourages Member States to incorporate educational mobility as a part of higher or vocational education programmes in order to foster knowledge about learning, training, and youth work, improve the quality of higher education and the VET system, help individuals with upgrading their professional skills, competences and career development;
Amendment 203 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 j (new)
Paragraph 21 j (new)
21j. Encourages Member States, in order to foster the mobility of teachers, lecturers and non-academic staff, to acknowledge their participation in mobility programmes as an important part of their career progression, and if possible introduce a reward system linked to participation in mobility programmes; for example, in the form of financial benefits or reduction of workload;
Amendment 204 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 k (new)
Paragraph 21 k (new)
21k. Notes the decreasing number of individual mobility participants due to preferential treatment by European HEIs of an institutionalised mobility system; encourages the European Commission and national authorities to renew opportunities for individual candidates to participate in mobility;
Amendment 205 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 l (new)
Paragraph 21 l (new)
21l. Encourages the European Commission to bolster the VET system by promoting VET mobility programmes among its new organisations and smaller institutions, in addition to providing them with assistance in applying for appropriate funding by offering further guidance, on-line trainings, and personalised support in preparing high quality applications for funding through contact with national agencies for the Erasmus+ programme;
Amendment 206 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 m (new)
Paragraph 21 m (new)
21m. Urges the Commission to identify current unequal participation of VET institutions in the EU mobility programmes in countries and regions in order to diminish these differences through improved collaboration and exchange of information among national agencies for Erasmus+, supporting teamwork among VET institutions by connecting experienced VET institutions with other institutions, offering policy support measures and specific suggestions to VET institutions, and improving VET institution support systems already in place;
Amendment 216 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recommends that Erasmus+ further develops cross-sector mobility of individuals within KA 1, so that learners, teachers, educators, trainers, apprentices, workers and youth may engage fully in cross-sector mobility;
Amendment 217 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Asks the Commission to introduce and support a structured learning component on educational mobility, that should become part of any higher or vocational education programme, in order to ease and strengthen awareness of mobility competences in all targeted sectors;
Amendment 218 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Suggests greater involvement of National Agencies in education, training, youth and sport policy developments by strengthening the links to and among the European Commission, Member States and the National Agencies' network;
Amendment 230 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stays in a constant dialogue with the European Commission in order to monitor the practices of autocratic governments relative to the selection of individuals for mobility;
Amendment 235 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Indicates that disadvantaged groups are only specifically targeted in the youth sector; suggests the extension of the Inclusion and Diversity Strategy to all programme sectors in order to promote social inclusion and the participation of people with special needs or with fewer opportunities in the Erasmus+ programme;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that expanding access to lifelong learning can open up new possibilities for the active inclusion of refugees, their enhanced social participation and integration into the labour market;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Deeply regrets the present disappearance of cultural networks due to the new orientation of Creative Europe, such as Banlieues d’Europe, as with them disappears a tremendous and essential experience on dealing with issues like segregation, exclusion in multicultural regions and areas;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Asks the Member States to work on the implementation of the country-specific recommendations set in the framework of the European Semester;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create significant budgetary room and readiness in the annual budgets and multiannual financial framework (MFF) provisions, enabling more swift and substantial support to the Member States as regards their actions for reception and integration of refugees into their existing school systems;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that in the current humanitarian crisis, access to educational services and assistance for refugee children and youth is a precondition for their social inclusion, protection, long-term integration into the labour market and prevention of exploitation; underlines the need to ensure cultural and linguistic mediation as well as the learning of the host country’s language for refugees and asylum seekers, and to develop initiativduty to European, national, regional and local institutions and these should provide refugees and asylum seekers with education and training, developing their knowledge of the host country´s languages, cultural and social values, their employability and ultimately their integration ; calls for efforts to promote recognition of competences and qualifications across Europe, by strengthening the role of the European Qualification Framework and promoting the validation of non-formal and informal learning; advocates support at EU, national, regional and local level for non- profit institutions acting as intermediaries for the recognition of competenceskills and qualifications, including through platform of refugees;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Advocates that, in order to boost employability, comprehensive lifelong learning strategies are needed; calls on Member States, therefore, to enhance quality and broaden access to Early Childhood Education and Care, Vocational Education and Training and Adult Learning;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on Member States to help those migrant teachers and professors find teaching jobs to both improve their situation and put their language and teaching skills and experience to good use in European schools systems;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the crucial role of education, culture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, lifelong learning, youth and sports policy in fostering the integration and social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and in contributing to building a more cohesive and inclusive society based on cultural diversity and the promotion of common values;
Amendment 81 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Member States to promote initiatives to fosensure greater cooperation among public authorities, NGO, policy coherence, and dialogue among public authorities, NGOs, social partners, civil society organizations and refugee communities in order to enhance mutual knowledge and understanding;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises the need for Member States’ Education Ministries and the EU to cooperate in order to ensure equal access to high- quality education by reaching out newly arrived migrants and refugees, integrating them in a positive learning environment;
Amendment 116 #
2015/2321(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on Member States to facilitate enrolment of refugee students at all educational level; notes that refugee children tend to be concentrated together in schools near refugee centres or in immigrant neighbourhoods and are, as a result, partially segregated and less likely to learn the host language; asks the Member States to make bigger efforts to distribute pupils throughout their school systems more effectively;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2319(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas balanced composition and transparency are critical preconditions for the expertise to adequately reflect the needs for regulatory action and fosters its legitimacy in the eyes of European citizens.
Amendment 6 #
2015/2319(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Underlines that the trust of European citizens in the European Union suffers from a lack of transparency and the over- reliance on economic actors in EU-law making and does hence underline that the effective reform of the EC's expert groups system will make the EU more legitimate.
Amendment 12 #
2015/2319(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges the European Commission to ensure the full consultation of those groups currently underrepresented when putting forward proposals for the reform of the expert groups.
Amendment 123 #
2015/2155(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Criticizes the total costTakes note that the expenditure ofn the LUX Film Prize in 2014, which reached an all-time high of EUR 906 902tself in 2014 amounted to EUR 391 506, which is significantly reduced from previous years (2013: EUR 448 000; (2012: EUR 434 421); deeply regrets the fact that the results of a survey on awareness of, to cover the official selection, the competition including subtitling into the 24 official languages of the Union and prints for screenings in the 28 Member States, and the award ceremony; Reminds that advertising and promoting the LUX Film Prize, together with the Sakharov prize and women's rights, aims to illustrate Parliament's commitment to consensual values as human rights and solidarity as well as its commitment to cultural and linguistic diversity. Acknowledges the amount of EUR 193 805 in advertising the LUX- Film Prize, requested in the 2013 discharge report, is not yet available; calls for the results of this studythat reached, via social media mainly, ca. 10 million people, including 23 000 followers on Facebook. Recognises the constant commitment from the European Parliament Information Offices (EPIOs) to the LUX Film Prize and recalls the expenditure for screenings and related events amounted to EUR 317 434 in 2014, which shows a yearly average of ca. EUR 9 000 per EPIO and EUR 9 per participant (on the basis of 35 227 participants in the Member States). Calls for the results of the survey on awareness of the LUX Film Prize, requested in the 2013 discharge report, to be available to the public by mid-May 2016 andat the latest and asks for an official presentation of the results to be made to itsjointly to the Committee on Budgetary Control; and the Committee on Culture and Education;
Amendment 2 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with appreciation that in its first year the Erasmus+ programme has achieved its intended aim of creating closer links between Union programmes and policy developments inlinking education, training, sport and youth, and structu issues, and fostered Union action in such a way as to respond better to the lifelong learning paradigm; regrets however that the Erasmus+ programme did not take on board enough schools’ projects and did not communicate enough on the global changes in the new programme lines;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Looks forward to the coming years when the Erasmus+ programme will enter into a phase of greater stability compared to this first year of implementation; recommends that the Erasmus+ programme takes on board more small scale projects, which are the core of innovative experiences in all three domains: education, youth and sport;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that delays in final payments by the EACEA directly affect the beneficiaries’ rights, thus jeopardising cultural associations and projects, creativity and the cultural civil society´s diversity; encourages the EACEA to further improve its control and payment systems;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the upcoming mid-term review of the 2014-2020revision of the multiannual financial framework is a key point in the management of EU spending.; insists on a thorough simplification of the application forms and criteria, especially for small scale projects, both in Erasmus+ and Creative Europe;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that Europe for Citizens programme serves as a unique and direct link between the EU and its citizens in order to support actions, petitions and civil rights; considers the present funding level far too low and emphasises that the programme should be implemented within its content, becoming richer with initiatives empowering the values of European Citizenship; strongly opposes any further budget cuts or any payment delay for the Europe for Citizens programme 2014–2020;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers generally that the EU instruments to support the European Agenda for Culture – such as the Creative Europe and Horizon 2020 programmes, or the Europeana platform – must be financially strengthened in order to deliver and serve the objectives set for them;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 (new)
Citation 1 (new)
– having regard to the Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States annexed to the Amsterdam Treaty amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts,
Amendment 2 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on 20 October 2005,
Amendment 3 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
– having regard to Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive)1, 1 OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1.
Amendment 4 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
– having regard to the resolution of 4 July 2013 on Connected TV,
Amendment 5 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
– having regard to the resolution of 12 March 2014 on Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World (2013/2180(INI)),
Amendment 9 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas, by acceding to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the EU, in addition to all of its Member States, has committed itself to ensuring by effective means that media diversity does not only depend on economic market opportunities;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas technical media convergence has now become a reality – particularly for broadcasting, the press and the internet – and whereas European policies concerning media, culture and networks urgently need to adapt the regulatory framework to the new conditions and ensure that a uniform level of regulation can be established and enforced, including as regards new entrants to the market from the EU and third countries;
Amendment 136 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the European Commission's ambition to improve cross- border access to digital content by facilitating the easier clearing of rights and creating more legal certainty;
Amendment 149 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasizes that a harmonised framework for exceptions and limitations is a key aspect to improve legal certainty, to overcome the fragmentation of the market, to foster cross-border accessibility of knowledge and culture and to allow equal access to cultural diversity;
Amendment 159 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Reminds that a fair balance of rights and interests between the different categories of rights holders and users of copyright-protected subject-matters must be safeguarded;
Amendment 173 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Stresses that the adaption of education and training systems is vital to meet the increasing demand for digitally skilled professionals in the EU and encourages Member States to integrate the acquisition of digital skills into their respective school curricula;
Amendment 176 #
2015/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Stresses that, in order to achieve a true digital single market in Europe, further efforts are needed in the field of improving media literacy among citizens, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote media literacy for all EU citizens, in particular children and minors, through initiatives and coordinated actions;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue 'Living Together As Equals in Dignity', by the Council of Europe of 7 May 2008
Amendment 9 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the outcomes and follow-up actions of the Preparatory Action for Culture in EU External Relations, 2014
Amendment 21 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas "intercultural dialogue" has been tentatively defined in different studies and conclusions around the European Intercultural Dialogue year of 2008, as a process that comprises an open and respectful exchange or interaction between individuals, groups and organisations with different cultural backgrounds or world views; whereas among its aims are: to develop a deeper understanding of diverse perspectives and practices; to increase participation and the freedom and ability to make choices; to foster equality; and to enhance creative processes;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas specific articles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union are of particular importance to intercultural dialogue by promoting equality, non-discrimination, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity, freedom of expression and movement, citizenship rights to economic and political participation;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas it is important to provide the means for intercultural dialogue and for example the dialogue between citizens in order to strengthen mutual respect in a context of strong cultural diversity and to address the complex realities of our societies;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas in the context of intercultural dialogue, the application of both universal human rights (as individual rights) and cultural rights (recognising specific and multiple cultural identities) are essential;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the development of academic mobility for students and teachers as well as any other form of international exchange leads the world to be a better place: a space of mobile citizens and in turn a space for an open intercultural dialog;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Argues that a European Union approach should seek to promote a common understanding of the issues by bringing togethertake stock and resume the excellent work done around the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue and promote anew the organisation of a structured dialogue with all stakeholders in those questions in the light of all recent and dramatic events: European and national politicians, local and regional authorities, civil society organisations and academics, cultural and education platforms, academics and the media;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Encourages these stakeholders to establish an up-to-date, clear, policy related definition of intercultural dialogue, to implement or harmonise methods, quality criteria and indicators to evaluate the impact of intercultural dialogue programmes and projects, and to research methodologies for intercultural comparisons;
Amendment 58 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Advocates that cultural diversity should also be addressed in the audio visual and cultural industries; encourages these industries to find creative ways to push for an agreement on national, regional and local action plans for the implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates that including cultureal values of respect and mutual understanding in EU external relations and development policy provides a tool for conflict resolution, peacemaking and crisis prevention;
Amendment 69 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages therefore the EU to further expand its cooperation with other European and international bodies and strengthen intercultural dialogue in EU neighbourhood and foreign policies;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers thatReminds that, according to Article 167, paragraph 4 of the Treaty of Lisbon, cultural dialogue and diversity should be integrated in a transversal way in all EU policy areas that impact on EU fundamental values;
Amendment 81 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the need to prepare future generations by giving them access to a true education to citizenship, ensuring that they have the motivation, commitment and skills to be audacious problem solvers;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages further measures to facilitate the access and integration of disadvantaged groups and people with special needs to Erasmus+ mobility actions;
Amendment 102 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of building strong bridges between culture and education in order to develop transferable skills and increase employability, promote social inclusion and develop active citizenship; recalls the value of CONNECT, the only EU programme promoting culture and education projects and encourages the European Commission to consider a new pilot action line to test the present feasibility of such a scheme;
Amendment 110 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the Member States to develop training, empowering educators to address all forms of discrimination and racism, to diversify teaching staff, to re- examine educational resources, to foster multi-perspective and multi-language learning, and to avoid segregated schools which separate children on the basis of different social or cultural backgrounds;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the Member States to develop training, empowering educators to address all forms of discrimination and racism, to promote mobility especially for teachers from primary and secondary levels in order to share experiences and develop own tools to face and answer evolving societal challenges;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recognises the need to provide sustainable support to NGOs, youth organisations and training institutions to challenge extremism through active citizenship and empowerment of youth; deeply regrets the present disappearance of cultural networks due to the new orientation of Creative Europe, such as Banlieues d'Europe, as with them disappears a tremendous and essential experience on dealing with issues like segregation, exclusion in multicultural regions and areas;
Amendment 130 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recognises the key role NGOs, cultural networks and platforms, as well as the institutions mentioned above, play and should continue to play where formal intercultural dialogue structures, policies or programmes are less developed; encourages further dialogue between the European Union and large cities, regions and local authorities, to develop a better analysis of the connection between the urban models in which citizens live and the success or failure of the school systems, of the benefit of formal and informal education to all, children and families, and of the coordination of education structures to promote an efficient intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 131 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses the role a programme like Europe for Citizens could play with enough funding to fulfil its objectives of a coherent and more inclusive society, with a due implication of its citizens in the decision-making processes;
Amendment 145 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the EU institutions to broaden their analysis of radicalisation and initiate new reflections on the nature and the processes of political violence; welcomes the Paris Declaration on promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non- discrimination through education of 17 March 2015 as an effort to concentrate and focus attention on the importance of civic education, including raising awareness to the importance of cultural tools to foster mutual respect among pupils and students;
Amendment 155 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to ensure the full implementation of binding European versus international antidiscrimination standards into national law;
Amendment 165 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the European External Action Service to further include culture as an integral element of external EU policy; calls on the Commission to mainstream cultural diplomacy and intercultural dialogue in all EU external relations instruments and in the EU development agenda;
Amendment 174 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop strategies which recognise intercultural dialogue as a process of interactive communication within and between cultures to ensure equal opportunities and mutual respect, combat all forms of discrimination, and to develop a deeper understanding of diverse perspectives and practices;
Amendment 187 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Council to adopt intercultural dialogue as a EU strong and committed political objective and guarantee EU support through various policy measures, initiatives and funds;
Amendment 192 #
2015/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Encourages the Member States to fully exploit EU financial instruments, programmes and initiatives for the promotion and support of intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity within Europe, with its neighbour countries and other world regions;
Amendment 1 #
Amendment 2 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that culture is a powerful instrument for European diplomatic relexternal relations, fostering inter-cultural cooperations, fostering EU core values and global citizenship, and that it should bepeople-to-people contacts, participation and empowerment of citizens and civil society, based on EU core values such as mutual understanding and cooperation and the idea of global cultural citizenship, promoting peace and intercultural exchanges based on a participative dialogue with cultural actors in different fields, incorporateding consistently and strategically into the EU's external action; calls for a fruitfuencourages the European Commission (especially its DG for Education and Culture, as well as its DG for International cCooperation between the European Commission – more specifically its Directand Development )and the EEAS to take on a more strategic role on culture as part of the European relations with third countries; emphasizes the project between the EEAS and the DG EAC on cultural diplomacy, and calls for a joint communication to promote mutual learning and understanding, taking into account projects supporate-General (DG) for Educd by Member States, and the development of networks of cultural organisations and Culture and its DG for InternationaNGOs, also of cultural platforms; calls therefore for a fruitful Ccooperation and Development –between the European Commission, the European External Action Service, the European Parliament and the UN in areas such as cultural heritage at risk and illicit trade in cultural property, conflict prevention and post- conflict mitigation, rapid relief instruments in crisis situations, the development of creative industries, the mobility of culture professionals, cultural goods and services, and education in emergencies; capacity building and education in crisis situations;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Calls the HR/VP to appoint a culture professional in each EU representation in third partner countries (as in the EU- China Delegation) and to provide EEAS staff with training on the cultural dimension of external policy;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 m (new)
Paragraph 1 m (new)
1m. Recommends the Commission to pro- actively cooperate with the cultural network-based clusters of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture), in cooperation with local institutions, cultural practitioners, civil society, together with Members States' Cultural Institutes;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 p (new)
Paragraph 1 p (new)
1p. Stresses the role of culture to foster democratization, peace-building and respect of human rights; underlines the commitment of the EU to support artistic freedom and freedom of cultural expression against censorship and harassment of artists, researchers, journalists, and civil society organisations; encourages the setting of priorities linked to the cultural dimension within the EIDHR (The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights);
Amendment 37 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the consolidated cooperation between the EU and UNESCO, based on the adoption of the Financial and Administrative Framework Agreement between the European Union and the United Nations (FAFA) of 2003, the 2012 Memorandum of Understanding between the UNESCO and the EU and the EU's participation in the UN General Assembly following the UN General Assembly resolution adopted in 2011; calls, however, for more effective EU representation within the UN, particularly in the fields of culture and education and in line with the Lisbon Treaty; stresses that a genuine EU- UN strategic partnership could be achieved by having EU representatives with voting rights on the boards of UN agencies in the areas of culture and education and by taking action jointly with UNESCO – and with UNICEF, UNDP, UNHCR, UNRWA and UNWOMAN – in the form of financial cooperation and common project management, in agreement with the beneficiary partner countries;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Highlights that culture is a key driver for building sustainable societies and calls for mainstreaming of the cultural dimension in the UN Post-2015 agenda for sustainable development and therefore in the set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030, as culture has a major impact on economic development, social inclusion, environmental sustainability, peace and security;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Recognises that cultural heritage represents the diversity of cultural expressions and therefore plays an important role in the Union's external relations; calls the for the adoption of an harmonised legislation and international agreements to protect cultural heritage and fight against illicit trafficking of cultural goods in close cooperation with UNESCO;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Highlights the impact of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) for local and regional development and calls for the continuation and extension of the EU/UNESCO Expert Facility Projects and for the consideration of UNESCO Culture for Development Indicators (CDIS) as methodological reference to assess the multidimensional role of culture in development processes;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Underlines that cultural tourism facilitates people-to-people contacts across the world and welcomes joint efforts to strengthen UNESCO heritage- based tourism in cooperation with the EU, that spurs investment in the cultural sector and proposes sustainable and high- quality offer to promote the diversity of the cultural expressions;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Underlines the need to remove obstacles and improve mobility for artists and culture professionals through a set of preferential treatments, such as visa for educational and cultural purpose, to facilitate cultural exchange, research projects, artists' residencies and grants for creators and performers, in line with the Article 16 of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, co-signed by the EU;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recallminds that the EU has ratified the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and calls on the Member States thatwho have not already done so to ratify the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property and, the 1950 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen and Illegally exported Cultural Objects, which represent important tools for strengthening the protection of global cultural heritage and cultural diversity as well as the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. and its two protocols;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the EU has ratified the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and calls on the Member States that have not already done so to ratify the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property and the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.; calls for harmonisation of legislation and international agreement for Cultural heritage and illicit trafficking;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States to implement urgent structural reformdevelop their schemes of vocational education and training (VET), including apprenticeships and internships that include a strong work- based learning component, in order to facilitate school-to- work transitions; underlines in this context the potential of mutual learning and the exportation of best practice examples, but stresses at the same time that the specific strengths of each respective national system should not be eliminated and that a successful exportation of best practices is only possible if country-specific conditions are fully taken into account;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds that education and skills policies should not be aimed at fulfilling labour market needs only, but also at equipping individuals with the necessary transversal competences to develop as active and responsible citizens; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to respect the fact that education and training constitute a fundamental right and carry a strong value in themselves;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. ERecalls that there are currently two million vacancies in the EU and emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by facilitating the mobility of learners in VET, through a better use of tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, the European Skills Passport, the Youth Guarantee and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training; underlines in this context the importance of the adequate transferability of social rights within the Union and reiterates the importance of Erasmus+, the European Social Fund and EURES in this respect;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to strive for an individual approach to career development and lifelong education and training and believes that guidance and counselling which address individual needs and focus on the evaluation and expansion of individual skills must be a core element of education and skills policies from an early stage on;
Amendment 87 #
2015/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that non-formal education, particularly as developed in youth organisations, fosters creativity, sense of initiative and self-responsibility, and can increase young people's chances on the labour market and positively contribute to the success of VET; calls henceforth on the Member States to implement the 2012 Council Recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning1a as a means to recognise competences acquired through non- formal education, particularly in the volunteer and youth sector, and support the implementation of lifelong learning policies. __________________ 1a OJ C 398, 22.12.2012, p. 1.
Amendment 1 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas investments in education, training, cultural and creative industries should form part of the generalsecondary and higher education, formal and informal vocational training should be at the core of the objectives of the European Fund for Strategic Investments, as they are athe key factor foto a better social inclusion which at a later stage will translate into investment decisions and, and to sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the cultural and creative sectors at large must be prioritised in the European Fund for strategic investments, as they are part of a booming economic sector, able to create jobs and opportunities for further economic and social development in Europe, provided that the necessary investments are responding to their needs;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the MFF enters in 2016 into its third year and needs to be reviewed at its mid-term as a means of putting an end toto alleviate the untenacceptable situation whereby programmesjects, which have already been approved, and which are thereforetherefore are already being implemented, arcould be compromised by a lack of resources and non-payment of funding by the Union, following up on a lack of payment by Member States;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recallsminds of the importance of programs in the field of education and culture and their need for sufficient commitment and payment appropriation in order toCreative Europe, Erasmus +, Europe for Citizens as well as research programmes, and therefore asks for a European Budget that ensures that programs reach the intended number of beneficiaries and thus impactbeneficiaries will be paid without delay and with the regularity they are entitled to;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds also that Erasmus+, Creative Europe have the vocation to open up to smaller scale projects that are key to creativity, mobility and innovation in Europe; smaller projects in Erasmus + under key 2 actions at schools should be especially targeted from now on, as there has been a constant decline in the number of smaller projects selected in this area, which is in direct contradiction with the goals of the Union in terms of developing education and mobility at schools; furthermore, smaller projects in Creative Europe should be emphasised, as they are key to a very European distinctive characteristic, enabling artists and cultural workers to meet and develop laboratories of ideas, practices and innovation;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underscores that the Union communication policy must urgently be improved in order to better enter into a true dialogue with citizens, allowing them to make full use of their right to be informed and involved in European policy making, and in this regard highlights the positivecrucial role of pan- European networks made up of local and national media; like Euranet; appeals to the Commission to make sure that pan-European networks receive due funding in order to continue their information flow, as any disruption in this type of communication would make clear that the Union is not up to its citizens'expectations.
Amendment 18 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates the importance of cultural cooperation and diplomacy in relations with EU neighbours; therefore, calls for a coherent strategy to support the mobility of young people, artists and creators working in the cultural sector, in the context of joint cultural and educational projects through which the EU should promote its culture and valuand asks that funding is especially dedicated to this transversal goal in the different programmes and also in the use of Heading IV budget lines, especially in the case of Erasmus + and the cooperation with third countries;.
Amendment 37 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas cultures that value and reward entrepreneurial behaviour, such as calculated risk-taking and independent thinking, can promote a propensity to develop new solutions to certain social challenges;
Amendment 109 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that at all levels of education, even elementary, the teaching ofthe practical entrepreneurship skills and the fostering of motivation and readiness should be providedconstitute one component of teaching provided at different levels of education;
Amendment 136 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Council and the Commission, within their respective competences and in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, to develop methodological support and tools for national education systems in the area of entrepreneurship education and training;
Amendment 149 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to increase the focusmplement the existing target on improving entrepreneurship skills within the Erasmus+ programme and to promote education policy reforms in Member States in this regard, while underlining that the Erasmus+ programme should not be unilaterally oriented towards considerations of employability;
Amendment 163 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to create a European Entrepreneurshipfoster existing European Education Network to gather together and make available good practices, to be shared by schools, organisations, businesses, authorities and other stakeholders at European, national and local levels;
Amendment 175 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
11. Proposes that the Commission includemaintains entrepreneurship education and training as an explicitone of the objectives of a future Erasmus+ programme in the next financial period (post-2020) containing the following elements:
Amendment 178 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point -i (new)
Paragraph 11 – point -i (new)
(-i) carefully assess the impact of existing measures promoting entrepreneurship through education and training and potentially adapt them, while attributing special attention to the effects on underrepresented and disadvantaged groups,
Amendment 180 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point i
Paragraph 11 – point i
(i) promotion of curriculum obprojectives for formal and non-formal education targeting all students – both theoretical modules and practical modules, such as student entrepreneurial projects,
Amendment 200 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to promote the development of entrepreneurship- friendly environments which will facilitate young people’s start-ups and enable quick recovery from initial failures which thereby helps to develop a constructive culture of failure and reattempt;
Amendment 26 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In the context of online content services across the Union on a portable basis, it is of utmost importance to guarantee the promotion of European works and Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity including minority languages.
Amendment 40 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the objective of this Regulation is to adapt the legal framework in order to ensure that the licensing of rights no longer presents barriers to cross- border portability of online content services in the Union and that the cross- border portability can be ensured and, with regard to the audiovisual sector, without abolishing the territorial principle as this would lead to a disproportionate loss to the detriment of the right holders and to a significant distortion of the market for premium audiovisual content.
Amendment 59 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Online content services which are provided without payment of money are also included in the scope of this Regulation to the extent that providers verify the Member State of residence of their subscribers in accordance with this Regulation. Online content services which are provided without the payment of money and whose providers do not verify the Member State of residence of their subscribers should be outside the scope of this Regulation as their inclusion would involve a major change to the way these services are delivered and involve disproportionate costs. As concerns verification of the subscriber's Member State of residence, information such as a payment of a licence fee for other services provided in the Member State of residence, the existence of a contract for internet or telephone connection, IP address or other means of authentication, should be relied upon, if they enable the provider to have reasonable indicators as to the Member State of residence of its subscribers.
Amendment 79 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Service providers should ensure that their subscribers are properly informed about the conditions of enjoyment of online content services in Member States other than the Member State of residence of the subscribers. The Regulation enables right holders to require thatcontractually oblige the service provider to make use of effective means in order to verify that the online content service is provided in conformity with this Regulation. Right holders may withhold the rights licensed to a service provider if the provider cannot demonstrate upon request and in accordance with the contract that it is carrying out the residency verification in accordance with this Regulation. It is necessary, however, to ensure that the required means areof authentication and verification are effective while also reasonable and do not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this purpose. Examples of the necessary technical and organisational measures may include sampling of IP address instead of constant monitoring of location, transparent information to the individuals about the methods used for the verification and its purposes, and appropriate security measures. Considering that for purposes of the verification what matters is not the location, but rather, in which Member State the subscriber is accessing the service, precise location data should not be collected and processed for this purpose. Similarly, where authentication of a subscriber is sufficient in order to deliver the service provided, identification of the subscriber should not be required.
Amendment 82 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) In order to enable cross-border portability of online content services, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of establishing a non-exhaustive list of means for the verification of the subscriber's Member State of residence, prepared and drawn up in consultation with industry, small right holders and consumer representatives. Such verification means should be the most appropriate in the relevant Member State and equivalent amongst Member States. This list may, for example, include a confirmed installation of a set top box, a local home bank account, a local electoral role or tax paying confirmation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making1a. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 1a OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 137 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The provision of an online content service tounder this Regulation to a subscriber who is temporarily present in a Member State, as well as the access to and the use of this service by, a subscriber, in accordance with Article 3(1), shall be deemed to occur solely in their Member State of residence including for the purposes of Directive 96/9/EC, Directive 2001/29/EC, Directive 2006/115/EC, Directive 2009/24 and Directive 2010/13/EU. Such localisation shall be deemed to occur without altering the territorial scope of the rights contractually acquired by the service provider.
Amendment 112 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Taking into account that creative industries in Europe make a substantial contribution to the EU economy, creating more than EUR 550 billion in value added to the GDP and providing 8,3 million full- time jobs, financing under the EFSI should also foster investment and growth in the creative and cultural sector and strengthen Europe's cultural and creative industries, in particular start-ups, innovative SMEs and creative businesses.
Amendment 226 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Taking into account that creative industries in Europe make a substantial contribution to the EU economy, creating more than €550 billion in value added to the GDP and providing 8.3 million full- time jobs, financing under the EFSI should also foster investment and growth in the creative and cultural sector and strengthen Europe's cultural and creative industries, in particular start-ups, innovative SMEs and creative businesses.
Amendment 227 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Taking into account that creative industries in Europe make a substantial contribution to the EU economy, creating more than €550 billion in value added to the GDP and providing 8.3 million full- time jobs, financing under the EFSI should also foster investment and growth in the creative and cultural sector and strengthen Europe's cultural and creative industries, in particular start-ups, innovative SMEs and creative businesses
Amendment 240 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement'), taking into account the considerable financing needs of start- ups, innovative technology-based companies and creative businesses.
Amendment 354 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure, in particular broadband and digital infrastructure for cultural and creative industries;
Amendment 373 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, research and development, information and communications technology and, innovation, creativity and culture;
Amendment 558 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement'), taking into account the considerable financing needs of start- ups, innovative technology-based companies and creative businesses.
Amendment 559 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement'), taking into account the considerable financing needs of start- ups, innovative technology-based companies and creative businesses.
Amendment 934 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure, in particular broadband and digital infrastructure for cultural and creative industries;
Amendment 935 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres; energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure, in particular broadband and digital infrastructure for cultural and creative industries;
Amendment 959 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investment in education and training, health, research and development, information and communications technology and, innovation, creativity and culture;
Amendment 960 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) (b) investment in education and training, health, research and development, information and communications technology and, innovation, creativity and culture;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Highlights that adequate protection of copyright works and subject matter of related rights is also of great importance from a cultural standpoint. Article 167 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union requires the Union to take cultural aspects into account in its action;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Urges to improve the contractual position of authors and performers in their relation to other rightholders and intermediaries;
Amendment 4 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Reminds that any harmonisation of copyright and related rights must take as a basis a high level of protection;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recommends that the EU legislator should, while protecting personal information, further lower the barriers for re-use of public sector information by exempting official works, which are produced by government employees as part of their official duty within the political, legal and administrative process, from copyright protection;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
Member States shall allow companies to build reserves in accordance with their articles of association.
Amendment 56 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a harmonised legal framework which protects copyright and related rights by establishing a greater degree of legal certainty and a high level of protection can foster substantial investment in creativity and innovation and contribute to growth and greater competitiveness in Europe, as regards both content and the digital economy and, more generally, in broad areas of industry and the arts; whereas in this way existing jobs can be safeguarded and new jobs created;
Amendment 64 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that a fair balance of rights and interests between the different categories of rightholders, as well as between the different categories of rightholders and users of protected subject-matter must be safeguarded; the existing exceptions and limitations to the rights as set out by the Member States have to be reassessed in the light of the new electronic environment; existing differences in the exceptions and limitations to certain restricted acts have direct negative effects on the functioning of the internal market of copyright and related rights; such differences could well become more pronounced in view of the further development of transborder exploitation of works and cross-border activities; in order to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market, such exceptions and limitations should be defined and implemented more harmoniously; the degree of their harmonisation should be based on their impact on the smooth functioning of the internal market and improving of cultural production, while ensuring fair compensation of authors; ;Or. en
Amendment 73 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Urges the Commission and Member states to provide for an updated exception that allows Libraries, Archives and Museums to make protected works in their collections that are not in commercial circulations anymore or otherwise actively managed by their rightsholders available for online access by the public;
Amendment 90 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights protects the freedom of expression, the freedom of the arts and scientific research, cultural diversity, intellectual property rights, freedom of information, the right to education and the freedom to conduct a business;
Amendment 112 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas decisions on technical standards can have a significant impact on human rights – including the right to freedom of expression, protection of personal data and user security – as well as on access to content10 and on the right of creators to receive appropriate remuneration; __________________ 10 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 16 December 2014 on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Internet policy and governance – Europe’s role in shaping the future of internet governance’.
Amendment 113 #
2014/2256(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the introduction of Community provisions in the area of contract law applicable to copyright, particularly safeguarding authors' rights to bring their works to the market in case a rightholder has refrained from making use of an exclusive right to the work in question for an extended period of time;
Amendment 145 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative of conducting a consultation on copyright, which attracted great interest from civil society with more than 9 500 replies, 58.7 % of which came from end users11; __________________ 11 Commission, DG MARKT, Report on the responses to the Public Consultation on the Review of the EU Copyright Rules, July 2014, p. 5.
Amendment 161 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the vast majority of end-user respondents report facing problemsCalls for measures to examine to what extent problems encountered when trying to access online services across the Member States are relevant for end users, particularly where technological protection measures are used to enforce territorial restrictions;
Amendment 194 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the necessity for authors and performers to be provided with legal protection for their creative and artistic work; recognises the role of producers and publishers in bringing works to the market, and the need for appropriate remuneration for all categories of rightholders - in the digital environment and in the analogue world alike; calls for improvements to the contractual position of authors and performers in relation to other rightholders and intermediaries;
Amendment 198 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that a proportionate protection of copyright works and other protected matter is of great importance, including from a cultural standpoint; under Article 167 of the Treaty, the Community is required to take cultural aspects into account in its activity;
Amendment 199 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that authors and performers must receive fair remuneration in the digital environment and in the analogue world alike;
Amendment 206 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 i (new)
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3i. Calls therefore on the Commission to consider introducing a levy which can be levied solely by collecting societies and is applicable to the reproduction and making available for commercial purposes of third-party copyright- protected content provided to the general public by service providers within the meaning of Article 14 of the E-Commerce Directive, provided no other contractual arrangements have been made and the rightholder receives no any other remuneration for this;
Amendment 227 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ConsidersDemands that the introduction of a single European Copyright Title on the basis of Article 118 TFEU be examined that would apply directly and uniformly across the EU, in accordance with the Commission’s objective of better regulation, as a legal means to remedy the lack of harmonisation resulting from Directive 2001/29/EC;
Amendment 260 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to safeguard public domain works, which are by definition not subject to copyright protection and should therefore be able to be used and re-used without technical or contractual barriers; also calls on the Commission to recogniseexamine whether individual works may be removed from the catalogue by collecting societies for free licences / public domain use at the freedom of rightholdersquest of the author; also calls on the Commission to examine whether rightholders may be given the right to voluntarily relinquish their user rights and dedicate their works to the public domain;
Amendment 282 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to harmonise the term of protection of copyright to a duration that does not exceedfall below the current international standards set out in the Berne Convention, while refraining from any further extension of the terms of protection;
Amendment 304 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that exceptions and limitations and appropriate remuneration for creators in the digital environment should be enjoyed without any unequal treatment as compared with those granted in the analogue world;
Amendment 342 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to make mandatory all the exceptions and limitations referred to in Directive 2001/29/EC, to allow equal access to cultural diversity across borders within the internal market and to improve legal certainty; takes the view that any harmonisation of copyright and related rights must be based on a high level of protection, since these rights are crucial for intellectual creation; notes that protecting these rights helps to ensure the maintenance and development of creativity in the interests of creators, performers, producers, consumers, culture, industry and the public at large;
Amendment 381 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the adoption of an open normconsideration to be given to an open norm making it possible to react promptly to new technologies and content and introducing flexibility in the interpretation of exceptions and limitations in certain special cases that do not conflict with the normal exploitation of the work and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author or rightholder, in accordance with the three- step test;
Amendment 484 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the adoption of a mandatoryon the Commission to consider the introduction of an exception allowing libraries to lend books to the public in digital formats, irrespective of the place of access, provided financial compensation (library royalties) is provided;
Amendment 502 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the EU legislator to preclude Member States from introducing statutory licences for the compensation of rightholders for the harm caused by acts made permissible by an exceptionalleged harm in the form of neighbouring rights for press publishers;
Amendment 513 #
2014/2256(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the adoption of harmonised criteria for defining the harm caused to rightholders in respect of reproductions made by a natural person for private use, and for harmonised transparency measures as regards the private copying levies put in place in some Member States13; __________________ 13 As stated in António Vitorino’s recommendations of 31 January 2013 resulting from the latest mediation process conducted by the Commission in respect of private copying and reprography levies.Urges the legislator to secure the right to (digital) private copying coupled with a levy for a reasonable remuneration that may not be technically limited; __________________
Amendment 18 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure, via a legally binding general clause in the agreement, in full compliance with the GATS and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, that the parties to the agreement reserve the right to adopt or maintain any measure (in particular of a regulatory and/or financial nature) with respect to the protection or promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity, media pluralism and media freedom, and to preserve or develop, in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality, a regime for audiovisual services in line with democratic, social and cultural requirements;
Amendment 36 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reaffirm that services with a strong cultural component will not be challenged by the TTIP agreement beyond the EU's commitments in existing agreements;
Amendment 37 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reaffirm that services with a strong cultural component, such as libraries, archives or museums, will not be challenged by the TTIP agreement;
Amendment 43 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) clarify that the fixed book price system and the price fixing for newspapers and magazines will not be challenged by the obligations under the TTIP agreement;
Amendment 51 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ensure with a general clause the right to adopt or maintain any measure with regard to the provision of all educational services which work on a non-profit-basis and/or receive public funding to any degree or state support in any form and ensure that privately funded foreign providers meet the same quality and accreditation requirements as domestic providers;
Amendment 55 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) specify that nothing in the agreement applies to subsidies or government support with respect to cultural, educational and, audiovisual and press services;
Amendment 17 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas Article 13.1 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) obliges Member States to ensure that on-demand service providers promote European works;
Amendment 18 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Gc (new)
Recital Gc (new)
Gc. whereas this provision has been implemented in a diverse manner with different levels of legal requirements and has led to providers establishing themselves in those Member States with the lowest requirements;
Amendment 22 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas it is essential to guarantee funding for the digitisation, preservation and online availability of film heritage and related materials and to establish European standards on preservation of digital films;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas media literacy, and in particular film literacy can empower citizens to develop critical thinking and understanding;
Amendment 37 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Suggests evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of European and national film funding systems, paying particular attention to the quality and scope of films receiving funding, whilst also considering the availability and effectiveness of funding instruments for marketing and audience development; calls on the Commission to inform other Member States of examples of best practice which emerge from the results;
Amendment 42 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes in particular the role played by MEDIA in supporting subtitling and dubbing to increase availability of European films in original versions with subtitles which facilitate their circulation and improve knowledge and understanding of European cultures and languages;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of recently adopted preparatory action on 'Crowdsourcing subtitling to increase the circulation of European works' and the future work by the Commission to implement this action;
Amendment 45 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the particular significance of private and public European television stations in film production, both for television and for cinema co-productions, and underlines the role they can play in securing the future of many film production companies in the EU, primarily small and medium-sized ones;
Amendment 51 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Suggests that there is a need to promote and support European coproductions and that the increase in such productions may result in the wider distribution of European films all across Europe;
Amendment 52 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Highlights moreover growing success of high quality European TV series and the strategic importance of further encouraging their production, distribution and promotion on the European and the global markets;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recognises that cinemas are still the most important places to present and promote films and furthermore places where people meet and exchange views, and stresses that the disappearance of small and independent cinemas, in particular in small towns and less developed regions, limits access to European cultural resources, heritage and dialogue;
Amendment 58 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of MEDIA in testing innovative approaches in audience development, in particular through supporting festivals, film literacy initiatives and audience development actions;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Believes that all those who benefit economically from European cinematographic works, even if indirectly, through direct provision, marketing or dissemination, including links or provision by means of video-on-demand, should contribute financially to the making of European films; calls on the Commission to make this the guiding principle, even when investigating Member States’ film funding systems from competition perspectives;
Amendment 77 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’'s initiative to establish a European Film Forum, in order to facilitate a structured dialogue on the challenges currently faced by the European film industrywith all stakeholders of the European film industry on the challenges it currently faces in the digital era;
Amendment 90 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Is aware of the special significance of cinemas for film and media literacy as cross-generational places of learning and welcomes any measures which promotes this function of cinemas in a targeted way;
Amendment 98 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the Member States to guarantee the appropriate level of funding for digitisation, preservation and online availability of film heritage;
Amendment 100 #
2014/2148(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Emphasizes the importance of audiovisual archives, especially from film heritage institutions and public service broadcasters, and the need for appropriate funding and rights clearance schemes to facilitate the fulfilling of their public interest missions, including preservation, digitisation and making available to the public;
Amendment 1 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in 2015, the multiannual programmes in the fields of education, training, youth, sport, culture, media and citizenship enter into their second year; underscores the need for sufficient commitment and payment appropriations in order to ensure that theall programmes reach the intended number of beneficiaries and thus impact; points out that – as a high number of citizens are directly concerned by these programmes – it is crucial for the EU not to reproduce stops of payments, which in recent years have already had a large impact, for example on Erasmus mobility grants;
Amendment 6 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it regrettable that the Commission has proposed a lower level of commitment appropriations for the Creative Europe Programme than in 2014, despite its important role in supporting the cultural and creative industries and despite the necessity of organising the future guarantee facility with promised measures as training of financial intermediaries;
Amendment 8 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the total financial envelope for the Europe for Citizens programme for 2014-2020 was cut by roughly 20% compared to 2007-2013; criticises the fact that the Commission Draft Budget 2015 provides for a lower level of commitment appropriations than those reached in 2014; recommends a special consideration of this programme which remains unique in the contact to the citizens and the support of their bottom-up actions; points out that the present level of funding is far too low and is even counterproductive to the image of the Union;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underscores that the Union communication policy is an important tool to explashould be improved in order to become an important tool for citizens to better understand and participate in the Union’´s functioning, policies and processes to its citizens; ; highlights the needurgency to foster cooperation between the Union´s institutions in matters of communication in order to maximise the impact of the funds invested.
Amendment 1 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the agreement on the MFF 2014-2020 was thea conservative and backward-looking outcome of long and strenuous negotiations that lasted two and a half years; whereas the final political agreement could only be reached at the highest political level between the 3 Presidents (Parliament, the Council Presidency and the Commission) according to the article 324 of the TFEU, thus avoiding any consultation of political groups;
Amendment 4 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the overall level of the next MFF (960bn EUR in commitments, 908bn EUR in payments at 2011 prices), as decided by the European Council and eventually endorsed by Parliament, represents a cut of 3.5 % in commitments and 3.7 % in payments compared to the 2007-2013 financial framework which corresponds to a cut of 8,8% in commitments and 10% in payments compared to the initial European Commission's proposal which was based on the freeze of the EU budget at the 2013 level, despite the growing EU competences following the Lisbon Treaty and the enlargement of the Union to 28 Member States; whereas this level falls short of EU political goals and commitments, in particular in relation to the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU annual budget will continue to representbe reduced to approximately 1 % of EU GNI in the coming years, corresponding to the level of the EU budget in the late 1980's and well below the own-resources ceiling of 1.29 % of EU GNI for commitments and 1.23% of EU GNI for payments, as decided in 1992;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, faced with the impossibility of by not using fully its legislative power, including not granting its consent, the European Parliament made it impossible for itself to changillenge the overall MFF figures decidimposed by the European Council, moreover the Parliament successfupartially negotiated the inclusion of several kenon-budgetary new provisions that will help to make the new financial framework and the new EU annual budget more operational, consistent, transparent and responsive to the needs of EU citizens and to allow the MFF ceilings to be almost fully used; whereas these provision concern, in particular, the new arrangements relating to the MFF revision, flexibility, own resources, and the unity and transparency of the EU budget;
Amendment 11 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Parliament gave its consent to the new MFF Regulation and approved the new Interinstitutional Agreement on 19 November 2013, following the Council’s partial fulfilment of the conditions set out in Parliament’s resolution of 3 July 2013, including the adoption of an additional EUR 11.2 bn in payments for 2013; whereas the constituent meeting of the High Level Group on Own Resources has not been held so far while it should have been 'convened at the time of the formal adoption of the MFF Regulation with a mandate to examine all aspects of the reform of the own-resources system';
Amendment 14 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the Council failed to make any progress on a much needed reform of the current system for financing the EU budget, thus violating the spirit of the Lisbon treaty, despite the ambitious proposals put forward by the Commission aimed at overcoming the stalemate caused by the lack of a genuine own resources system;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly regrets the fact that both the procedure leading up to the agreement on the MFF 2014-2020 and the political debate surrounding these negotiations demonstrated a clear lack of shared vision as regards the EU budget and fell short of Parliament’s increased role and prerogatives, as set out in the Treaty of Lisbon; stresses that the Parliament was reluctant to fully use its legislative power including the possibility not to grant its consent as set out in the Treaty of Lisbon and adopted by an overwhelming majority both the MFF regulation and the IIA without renegotiating the points already concluded by the European Council; considers consequently that both the Council and the Parliament as co- legislators shall endorsed the responsibility of both the political and institutional consequences of the final agreement; considers it of the utmost importance, therefore, that this report draw the necessary political and institutional lessons, which can serve as a basis for the preparation of future negotiations, notably in relation to the post-electoral revision of the MFF, due to be launched by the Commission before the end of 2016;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the fiscal consolidation that Member States are currently facing did not facilitate a more ambitious agreementpositive and forward-looking debate on the MFF 2014- 2020 while it could have been an opportunity to pool scarce public resources at the right political level and increase efficiency of public spending; deeply regrets, however, the fact that, as a result of these negotiations, the role of the EU budget as an important and common policy instrument for overcoming the current economic and social crisis and coordinating and enhancing national efforts to regain growth and generate employment in the whole EU has been largely disregarded;
Amendment 29 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned at the fact that any budgetary debate in the Council has been for many years poisoned by the logic of ‘fair returns’ instead of the logic of the European added-value; stresses that this situation is largely due to the current system of EU financing, whereby some 85 % of revenues stem from national contributions instead of genuine own resources; considers that such a system places disproportionate emphasis on net balances between the Member States and has led to the progressive introduction of complex and opaque rebates and other correction mechanisms for the financing of the EU budget;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. BelievesIs convinced that this logic also prevailed in the way the MFF agreement was struck by the European Council on 8 February 2013; considers it regrettabledamaging for the European project that this was reflected in the fact that the national allocations, especially from agriculture and cohesion policy, were determined at that moment while the European Council has no legislative power as set out in the Lisbon treaty; deplores, in particularaddition, the list of special allocations and ‘gifts’ granted in the course of negotiations between Heads of State and Government, which are not based on objective and verifiable criteria, but rather reflect the bargaining power of Member States, trying to secure their national interests and maximise their net returns; denounces the lack of transparency in striking this agreement; points out however that the Parliament has never contested the 'gifts' during the negotiation process;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the European Council took a top-down approach to deciding the overall size of the MFF 2014-2020, which in turn demonstrates a worrying discrepancy between EU political commitments which the European Council has been making and its reluctance to adequately finance them; believes, on the contrary, that this decision should be based on a bottom-up process, resulting from a thorough assessment of EU financial needs and political objectives as set out in EU multiannual programmes and policies defined by the co-legislators;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is convinced, moreover, that tangible progress can only be achieved following an in-depth reform of the financing of the EU budget that should respect the letter and the spirit of the Treaty, return to a system of genuine, clear, simple and fair, fair and rebate- free own resources system; stresses that this should lead to the introduction of one or several new own resources that will considerably reduce the share of GNI- based contributions to the EU budget and, accordingly, the burden on national treasuries; reiterates its strong commitment to any process leading to the reform of the current unfair, non- transparent and complex system of own resources; Stresses that the final agreement on the own resources system is even more complex, untransparent and unfair than the previous one and has introduced new rebates and exceptions.
Amendment 57 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that Parliament was the first EU institution to present its vision on the MFF 2014-2020, including a call for 'at least a 5% increase of resources for the next MFF', some positive priorities, a minimum level of resources for the biggest budget posts and the need to reform the financing of the EU budget, with the report of its specialised SURE Committee, in June 2011; considers that this report provided effective guidance for the Commission in drafting its own proposals on the MFF and own resources and appreciates the regular political dialogue that was established between the two institutions at all stages of the preparation of this report; points to the obvious advantages for Parliament of an early preparation for any negotiations on the MFF;
Amendment 59 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that while the European Commission tabled its MFF proposal on June the 29th 2011 and amended its own proposal on the July 6th 2012, it did not communicate its proposal in an efficient and pro-active manner to the public letting the national governments and the European Parliament the responsibility to lead the debate; considers therefore that the European Commission is, with the European Council, the Council and the Parliament, also responsible for the way the debate on both the MFF regulation and the IIA was led; underlines that the European Commission should have played a more pro-active role in the last negotiating phase by playing correctly its 'honest broker' role;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that, pursuant to Article 312 TFEU, the European Council may, unanimously, adopts a decision authorising the Council to act by a qualified majority when adopting the MFF regulation; regrets therefore that the European Parliament refused to challenge the European Council on the point; regrets that the European Council refused to use the passerelle clause and let the Council acting by unanimity the MFF Regulation after obtaining the consent of Parliament, while the three EU institutions ‘shall take any measure necessary to facilitate its adoption’; notes, therefore, that the Treaty does not set out any concrete procedure for the involvement of Parliament in the MFF negotiations and that these modalities were subsequently determined in practice through a number of ad hoc arrangements agreed at political level at Parliament’s initiative;
Amendment 67 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that the conclusions of the European Council are to be seen as negotiating instructions for the Council and that they in no case constitute red lines which cannot beConsiders it dangerous and against the treaty provision, as set out on the article 15 of the TEU which states that the European Council shall not exercise legislative functions, that the European Council uses the EU summit to impose to the Council its views and red lines creating de facto a legislative power; Considers therefore that by refusing to negotiated with Parliament; calls for a standard formula recalling the provisions of Article 15(1) TFEU to be included in the conclusions of the European Councilthe EP the European Council's red lines the Council refused to exercise its legislative power; Stresses however that by granting its consent the European Parliament democratically legitimizes both the European Council and Council behaviours;
Amendment 71 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the MFF figures (overall level and distribution per heading), as decided by the European Council, were not challenged in the end by Parliament, which acknowledged the particularly difficult economic and financial context at the time of this decision in its Resolution adopted in March 13th 2013, particularly because of the difficult economic and financial context at the time of this decision; regrets that finally the European Parliament fully endorses the MFF figures by giving its the formal consent; stresses, however, that this should by no means be perceived as a precedent and reiterates its position that the MFF figures, and every other part of the European Council’s relevant political agreement, are subject to negotiations with Parliament;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need to significantly improve the modalities of any future MFF negotiations, in order to avoid deadlocks and save valuable time and resources in the course of negotiations; considers that these modalities should be formalised in an agreement at the highest political level, which should take account of the shortcomings of the recent negotiations and fully safeguard Parliament’s role and prerogatives, as set out in the EU Treaty including the possibility not to grant its consent; considers that this procedure should eventually be enshrined in the IIA itself, as is the case for the budgetary procedure;
Amendment 73 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is convinced that the unanimity rule in the Council means that the agreement represents the lowest common denominator, based on the need to avoid the veto of a single Member State; stresses that a shift towards qualified majority voting for the MFF Regulation would be in line not only with the ordinary legislative procedure, used for the adoption of virtually all EU multiannual programmes, but also with the annual procedure for adopting the EU budget; considers that this can be achieved by using the ‘passerelle’ clause under Article 312 and that this issue should be further considesecured on the occasion of any future Treaty revision;
Amendment 79 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Declares its intention to ensure that all new provisions that were successfully incorporated into the MFF Regulation and IIA are utilised in full in the annual budgetary procedure; expects that the Council will not attempt to impose restricted interpretations of these provisions, especially on the nature and scope of all special instruments; reminds therefore that the MFF ceilings has been set far below the own resources ceilings;
Amendment 86 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that the next Commission, which will come into office after the 2014 European elections, is due to launch a compulsory review and revision of the MFF 2014-2020 by the end of 2016 which opens up the possibility of an increase of the MFF ceilings; underlines the fact that thisa legally binding post-electoral MFF review/revision clause by Qualified Majority Vote was one of Parliament’s key demands in the MFF negotiations, based on the need to allow the next Commission and Parliament to reassess the EU’s political priorities, hence endowing the MFF with renewed democratic legitimacy; stresses the need for the next Parliament to identify in good time political priorities, for which more investments will be deemed necessary in the second half of the next MFF;
Amendment 97 #
2014/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Strongly believes that the High Level Group on Own Resources represents a uniquone opportunity to overcome the deadlock that has arisen over the reform of the current own-resources system; expects that it will contribute significantly to understanding the shortcomings of the current system and the benefits that can derive from an in- depth, comprehensive reform and, the introduction of new and genuine own resources which can significantly reduce the share of GNI contributions to the EU budgeand the phasing out of the rebates and corrections systems in order to significantly reduce the share of GNI contributions to the EU budget as proposed initially by the European Commission and supported by the European Parliament;
Amendment 26 #
2014/0180(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Article 11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union stipulates that environmental protection requirements be integrated into the definition and implementations of the Union's policies and activities, in particular with a view to promoting sustainable development. It is therefore important to clarify how the contracting authorities can contribute to the protection of the environment and the promotion of sustainable development, whilst ensuring that they can obtain the best value for money for their contracts.
Amendment 39 #
2014/0180(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012
Article 102 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In accordance with the principle of sustainability, procurement is conducted in such a way as to have continuous and measurable progress in environmental performance, which is to be achieved by reducing environmental impacts whilst ensuring that the best value for money for contracts is obtained.
Amendment 1 #
2014/0034(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article -1 (new)
Article -1 (new)
Article -1 This Decision aims to increase the European Investment Fund (the "Fund") support of actions which complement Member States' actions in favour of enterprises, particularly small and medium enterprises with a special focus on those developing business-models which decouple economic activity from greenhouse gas emissions in order to support a job-rich sustainable economic recovery in line with the EU2020 strategy.
Amendment 3 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. Wwhereas the EU is at the heart of a rich cultural and religious interchange; whereas under the EU Agenda for Culture, all relevant actors have jointly set the goal of promoting culture and cultural dialogue as a key part of the EU’s external relations and the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas culture, as it develops reciprocal respect and ability to listen to and understand other behaviours, mentalities, ways of thinking or belonging to diverse religious and faiths, is a strong vehicle for the promotion of human rights;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. Wwhereas the EU is party to the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which aims to ensure that cultural expertise can be disseminaes are to be respected worldwide; w, based on the reas culturalcognition of the role of cultural dialogues and exchanges as promotesrs of peace and stability;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas respect of freedom of cultural and religious expression and practices means above all to strictly respect human rights;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that all types of learning areeducation, in all its forms of learning, training, peer-to-peer training, formal and informal, is a prerequisites for accessing culture, and promoting mobilityespecially guaranteeing equal access to education; highlights the importance of area studies in providing comprehensive knowledge of cultural and religious heritage;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of cultural diplomacy; welcomes the Erasmus+ and Europe for Citizens programmes, which will contribute to enhancing linguistic competence, cultural awareness, active citizenship and mutual understanding; stresses the importance of the Creative Europe programme in the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sectorfocus on internationalisation of the new EU programmes Erasmus+ and Creative Europe, on culture and education, which will contribute to enhancing cultural awareness and mutual understanding; stresses the importance of the Europe for Citizens programme to enhance active citizenship in following up EU related issues in the world;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the increasing involvement of third and neighbourhood countries in EU cultural and educational programmes; encourages synergies and good practices in youth initiatives, in education,mobility schemes for all participants in Erasmus+ or in Creative Europe, in order to foster mutual understanding, while promoting multilingualism, sport, media, tourism, volunteering and training as integral parts of external relations;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the EEAS to work on the results of the Preparatory Action on ‘Culture in external relations’ and to integrate culture as a vital element of EU external policy and diplomacy;
Amendment 1 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that 2014 will be the first year for the launch and implementation of the new multiannual programmes in the fields of education, training, youth, sport, culture, media and citizenship; welcomes the fact that for the first time, the European dimension in sport is supported by an EU programme; highlights the importance of sufficient commitment and payment appropriations to ensure the full functioning of the programmes right from the beginning of the programming period;
Amendment 4 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the new programme for education, training, youth and sport is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy; recalls that in the past, there has been particularly high demand for mobility under the Erasmus scheme; stresses the importance of this programme and the Youth Employment Initiative for the employability of young people; asks therefore to pay particular attention to the level of payments for mobility and to the accountability of the organisation related to the guarantee facility from the first year on;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is convinced that the level of appropriations in the new MFF is clearly insufficient and will result in huge payments gaps already in 2014;
Amendment 7 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the Creative Europe Programme has a significant role to play in supporting the cultural and creative industries, which contribute not only to cultural diversity but also to the economy; regrets that the level of commitment appropriations for this programme in the Commission Draft Budget is significantly lower than for its predecessors in 2013 and calls for an increase, moreover for the first year of the launch and implementation of the new programme; fears that the current level of commitments endangers the efficient start of the programme itself;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Deplores the fact that the Draft Budget has not taken into account the first results of trilogues for Erasmus+ and Creative Europe, the result being a very vague attribution of commitments and payments, and remarks which do not suit the shape of the debated legal basis; states the need for some new lines and a new distribution of appropriations, especially to underline the separation of fields (youth, education and training, sports and guarantee facility for Erasmus+);
Amendment 20 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls, therefore, for the full mobilisation of the flexibility instrument for an amount of EUR [XXX million] in commitment appropriations to reinforce some Parliament's priorities such as Horizon 2020, COSME, Erasmus +, digital agenda, the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived, to provide further support for humanitarian aid in the Middle East and to grant additional assistance to Cyprus from the Structural Funds, as agreed by the Heads of States and Governments at their meeting of 27-28 June 2013;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Deplores the cuts in payments brought by the Council, which result in a decrease of EUR 9,5 billion (9 500 million) (-6,6%) in PA as compared to the adopted budget for 2013 (including amending budgets No 1 to 5) reflecting the agreement on the MFF and endorsed by a majority of the European Parliament; reiterates the fact that despite the adoption of a lower MFF for 2014-2020 and the absolute need to keep honouring past commitments, the Council kept following blindly its past strategy to artificially cut the level of payments, without taking into consideration the real needs and relatively sparing expenditure under shared management to ensure Member States' apparent «return on investment»;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the adoption by the Commission of draft amending budget No 8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending budget No 2/2013), which provides for additional EUR 3,9 billion for 2013 outstanding payments and which is one of the condition to put the MFF regulation to the vote according to its resolution of 3 July 2013 on the political agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. RPoints out that the new MFF negotiated by the heads of State and government and endorsed by the Parliament results to a reduction of 24% (EUR - 38,7 billion) in Heading 1a compared to the initial Commission proposal; reiterates the fact that excluding the large scale infrastructure projects, the appropriations for Heading 1a included in the draft budget already resulted in a decrease by EUR 1,1 billion as compared to last year; deplores the fact that in addition, and regardless of all the recent political engagements in favour of the objectives of this heading undertaken by the Heads of State and Government, the Council decided to cut further the commitments of Heading 1a by EUR 60 million as compared to the draft budget;
Amendment 42 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the approach, therefore, to restore all lines cut by the Council in order not to further weaken this heading; takes the decision, furthermore, to increasefrontload a selected number of lines in certain priority areas, such as Horizon 2020, Erasmus +,COSME and Erasmus + which do not represent an increase as the overall amount for those programmes during the next financial perspective is not modified and to increase the digital agenda, the transport policy, the Social Dialogue, EURES and the Microfinance and Social entrepreneurship, special annual events and the quality of European statistics;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Integrates in its reading the MFF agreement as regards the frontloading for 2014 of Horizon 2020 by EUR 212,2 million (EUR 106,1 million on European Research Council and EUR 106,1 million on Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions), COSME by EUR 31,7 million and Erasmus + by EUR 137,5 million, for an overall amount of EUR 381.4 million; which does not represent an increase as the overall amount for those programmes during the next financial perspective is not modified.
Amendment 45 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. EndorseRegrets also the corresponding back- loading of EUR 381.4 million, in line with the MFF agreement and the Commission's Letter of amendment No.1/2014, whereby ITER is reduced by EUR 212,2 million and CEF-Energy by EUR 169,2 million, the latter cut being already included in the draft budget, albeit originally intended for a different purpose; recalls also the extremely low cost-effectiveness of the ITER project, which is highly costly, but will only produce results, if at all, in 2050 and therefore calls for putting an end to this unsustainable programme;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that some areas should be subject to targeted cuts (such as ITER, nuclear-related investment, unsustainable programmes and subsidies) and/or to the putting in reserve of commitments, namely the communication on Economic and Monetary Union on the one hand (EUR -2 million), and the financial reporting and auditing on the other hand (reserve pending an agreement on the relevant Union programme);
Amendment 48 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that as a result of its reading, a margin of [EUR X million] remains under Heading 1no margin remains under Heading 1a and that the Flexibility instrument should be mobilizsed to finance Parliament's priorities especially for the future oriented programmes such as Horizon 2020, COSME, Erasmus + and the digital agenda;
Amendment 49 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Fears that due to the new MFF it will be impossible to reimburse Member States entirely for their Structural funds related expenditures in 2014; deplores that the Council seems to completely ignore this problem;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Welcomes the Commission's ambition to play a stronger role in the preparation and implementation of programmes under the European Structural and Investment Funds; demands in particular that the requirements for the involvement of local and regional actors as well as civil society organisations are met to increase ownership of the policy and reach Union targets in the field of climate change and poverty reduction; calls on the Member States to take full advantage of available instruments and methodologies such as climate change tracking to increase the visibility of their efforts;
Amendment 59 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Deplores the cuts made as a consequence of the new MFF to rural development;
Amendment 60 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Increases the appropriations foreseen for rural development by reducing direct payments, in order to compensate partially the cuts made by the new MFF;
Amendment 61 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 b (new)
Paragraph 41 b (new)
Amendment 62 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 c (new)
Paragraph 41 c (new)
41c. Considers export refunds to be trade distorting and in contradiction to the EU development goals; supports therefore their complete elimination;
Amendment 64 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Regrets that due to the new MFF, important EU programmes in the field of asylum and migration, citizenship and fundamental rights have been strongly cut;
Amendment 69 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Regrets that due to the new MFF, the ability of the Union to pursue its foreign policy objectives has been strongly reduced; believes in particular that cuts made to development aid will now make it impossible for the Union to make its fair contribution to the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals;
Amendment 93 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80 a (new)
Paragraph 80 a (new)
80a. Believes that in the medium term the Members' statute, which generates important costs due to the change of legislature, should be opened for revision in order to limit certain of these costs;
Amendment 107 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95 a (new)
Paragraph 95 a (new)
95a. Requests an assessment on the voluntary approach chosen by the Joint Working Group to limit business flights ;
Amendment 108 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95 b (new)
Paragraph 95 b (new)
95b. Considers the appropriations reserved for Parliament's vehicles to be extraordinarily high (more than EUR 6 million/year); requests that less expensive modalities for managing Parliament's car park are analysed;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2055(ACI)
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Nevertheless, considering the political importance and the legal urgency of ensuring the necessary funding to Croatia, decides to approve the decision annexed to this resolution, as amenIs therefore unable to accept the Council's position and adopts the initial proposal maded by the Councilmmission;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2055(ACI)
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Instructs itHighlights the Council's President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Unionponsibility for the delays occurred and deeply regrets that for the first time in the history of the Union a new Member State is welcomed while not being able to benefit from the start from the Union budget;
Amendment 10 #
2013/2055(ACI)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – recital 3
Annex – recital 3
(3) The accession of Croatia requires an adjustment of the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013 for the year 2013 and the increase of, so as to raise the ceilings for commitment appropriations for the year 2013 by a total amount of EUR 60347 million in current prices, composed offor subheading 1a, by EUR 4750 million for sub-heading 1a,b, by EUR 45021 million for sub-heading 1b,2, by EUR 3142 million for sub-heading 3ba, and by EUR 7531 million for Hsubheading 6, which will be fully offset by a decrease of the ceiling for commitment appropriations for the year 20133b, and to provide for compensations amounting to EUR 75 million under hHeading 5 for the same amount6, in current prices.
Amendment 11 #
2013/2055(ACI)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Financial framework 2007-2013
Annex – Financial framework 2007-2013
(EUR million - constant 2004 prices) Total COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007-2013 1. Sustainable Growth 50.865 53.262 55.879 56.435 55.693 57.708 59.111 388.953 1a Competitiveness for Growth and Employment 8.404 9.595 12.018 12.580 11.306 12.677 13.112 79.692 1b Cohesion for Growth and Employment 42.461 43.667 43.861 43.855 44.387 45.031 45.999 309.261 2. Preservation and Management of Natural Resources 51.962 54.685 51.023 53.238 52.136 51.901 51.284301 366.22946 of which: market related expenditure and direct payments 43.120 42.697 42.279 41.864 41.453 41.047 40.6452 293.10512 3. Citizenship, freedom, security and justice 1.199 1.258 1.375 1.503 1.645 1.797 2.0149 10.791826 3a Freedom, Security and Justice 600 690 785 910 1.050 1.200 1.390425 6.62560 3b Citizenship 599 568 590 593 595 597 624 4.166 4. EU as a global player 6.199 6.469 6.739 7.009 7.339 7.679 8.029 49.463 5. Administration(1) 6.633 6.818 6.816 6.999 7.044 7.274 7.6106 48.6909.194 6. Compensations 419 191 190 0 0 0 63 863 TOTAL COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS 117.277 122.683 122.022 125.184 123.857 126.359 127.6078.163 864.9895.545 as a percentage of GNI 1,08% 1,09% 1,06% 1,06% 1,03% 1,03% 1,012% 1,05% TOTAL PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS 115.142 119.805 109.091 119.245 116.394 120.649 120.731 821.057 as a percentage of GNI 1,06% 1,06% 0,95% 1,01% 0,97% 0,98% 0,96% 1,00% Margin available 0,18% 0,18% 0,29% 0,22% 0,26% 0,25% 0,27% 0,23% Own Resources Ceiling as a percentage of GNI 1,24% 1,24% 1,24% 1,23% 1,23% 1,23% 1,23% 1,23% (1) The expenditure on pensions included under the ceiling for this heading is calculated net of the staff contributions to the relevant scheme, within the limit of EUR 500 million at 2004 prices for the period 2007-2013.
Amendment 9 #
2013/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the financial implications of the European elections and the turnover of Members and their assistants during the changeover between the legislative terms are of an exceptional nature; believes that every possible effort should be made to limit these expenditures; welcomes the fact that the proposed rate of increase in the budget for 2014 is considerably lower than in 2009, the year of the last European elections, when the increase was 5,33 %, even though the above mentioned legal requirements which are related to elections have increased by almost 52 % between 2009 and 2014;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 19 #
2013/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that in the current budgetary circumstances, these measures should not be implemented in the short term;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the Joint Bureau and Committee on Budgets Working Group on the Parliament budget could, on the basis of work it began in 2012, continue to play a useful role by identifying possible structural savings and reflecting on and presenting to the Committee on Budgets ideas for further savings, more effectiveness and efficiency; encourages the continuation of its work through the thorough examination of possible efficiencies and savings which could create space for investment into institutional development for 2014 and beyond; believes that an opening of the Joint Working Group to additional political groups could bring in new ideas for structural savings in Parliament's budget;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the cuts made in all travel- related budget lines in 2013; stresses that in terms of travel arrangements, Members cannot be discriminated on the basis of their home country; requests an assessment on the voluntary approach chosen by the Joint Working Group to limit business flights;
Amendment 42 #
2013/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers the appropriations reserved for Parliament's vehicles to be extraordinarily high (more than EUR 6 million per year) and believes that acquiring less luxurious cars would lead to substantial savings;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Believes that further small scale savings could be realised on a number of budget lines: furniture, technical equipment and installation, meetings, documentation and library expenditure, relations with parliaments of third countries, entertainment and representation expenses, computing and telecommunications; cumulated, this would lead to another substantial saving;
Amendment 59 #
2013/2010(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is of the opinion that the 2013 budget negotiations have demonstrated once more that the system of financing the EU budget – with national contributions amounting to more than 75 % of EU revenue – is, besides being in contradiction with the provisions of Article 311 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, today on its last legs; urges that the structure of Union revenue be reformed by introducing new and genuine own resources, including a Financial Transaction Tax, and recalls its support to the Commission proposal for reforming the own resources system;
Amendment 96 #
2013/2010(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Believes that increased investments through the EU budget into a green economy would lead to a higher rate of job creation than with the current budget, which continues to focus on non- sustainable activities; such investments could thus contribute significantly to get the EU back on a growth track;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the article 167 of the Lisbon Treaty clearly states that "the Union shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity", and therefore encourages actions not only in order to preserve and safeguard the richness of its linguistic heritage as part of its diversity, but also to go a step forward to enhance and promote this heritage in addition to Member States' policies;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the European Union and the Member States to paybe more attentionve to the extreme dangerthreat that many European languages are experiencing, and to commit wholeheartedly to a policy of protection and promotion, that is up to the job of preservshould aim at sustaining the diversity of the Union's linguistic and cultural heritage by supportdeploying ambitious protecactive revitalisation policies within the language communities concerned and supporting the development of a broader consciousness among EU citizens of the linguistic and cultural richness these communities represent;
Amendment 101 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the European Union should support a language policy that enables children to acquire two mother tongueshe endangered language from the very earliest age; points out that such a programme would, as all linguists maintain, help children learn additional languages later on, and that it would offer speakers of traditionalendangered languages practical support in revitalising intergenerational language transmission in areas in which it is dwindling;
Amendment 120 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that a language revitalisation policy is a long-term effort that must be based on a diverse, coordinated scheduleplanning of activities in various fields such as the media, the arts, education (including pre-school education), in particular education (with pre-school and primary school education as a real asset, together with parents' training in the language itself), media programmes (with also the possibility to set up and develop radio and television stations), the arts and in all areas of public life; takes the view that support should be provided for the drawing-up of such schedulprogrammes, for exchanges of good practice among language communities, and for the introduction of assessment procedures;
Amendment 63 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
Amendment 72 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
(47a) This Regulation is without prejudice to Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications).
Amendment 76 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) In addition, there is demand on the part of content, applications and services providers, for the provision of transmission services based on flexible quality parameters, including lower levels of priority for traffic which is not time- sensitive. The possibility for. For the provision of specialised services in closed networks, it is necessary that content, applications and service providers have the opportunity to negotiate such flexiblea specific quality of service levels with providers of electronic communications to the public is necessary for the provision of specialised services andfor a limited group of users. This is expected to play an important role in the development of new services such as machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. At the same time such arrangements should allow providers of electronic communications to the public to better balance traffic and prevent network congestion. Providers of content, applications and services and providers of electronic communications to the public should therefore be free to concludeSpecial services must neither impair open internet access service quality nor be marketed or used as an internet substitute. They are admissible only if there is a manifest technical and de facto need, over and above economic self-interest, to be able to supply real-time critical applications of a particular quality. If specialised services agreements on defined levels of quality of ser offered or marketed by access network providers, they are also under the obligation to provicde as long as such agreements do not substantially impair the general quality of internet access servicesn open internet access service as referred to in recital (45). All open internet services are subject to the best- effort principle.
Amendment 88 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 14
Article 2 – point 14
14) "open internet access service" means a publicly available electronic communications service that provides connectivity to the internet, and thereby connectivity between virtually all end points connected to the internet, irrespective of the network technology used; the Member States shall impose reasonable minimum requirements in respect of open internet access service quality, which must be constantly adapted to technological progress; an open internet access service enables end-users to use any internet-based application in accordance with the best effort principle; the only permissible derogation from this principle is proportional and justified traffic management where the conditions for its use are clearly defined;
Amendment 89 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 15
Article 2 – point 15
15) " specialised service" means an electronic communications service or any other service that provides the capability to access specific content, applications or services, or a combination thereof, and whose technical characteristics are controlled from end-to-endd and operated only within a closed, electronic communications networks and not marketed or used as an internet substitute or functionally identical to open internet content, applications or proservidces the capability to send or receive data to or from a determined number of parties or endpoints; and that is not marketed or widely used as a substitute for internet access service;. A special service shall only be only admissible if there is a manifest technical and de facto need, over and above economic self- interest, for particular real-time critical applications or applications requiring special safeguards which meet particular quality criteria.
Amendment 125 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 129 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 155 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
–
–
The European Parliament rejects [the Commission proposal].
Amendment 8 #
2013/0248(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation 2012/2002
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, a “major natural disaster” shall mean any natural disaster resulting, in a Member State or a country involved in accession negotiations with the Union, in direct damage estimated either at over EUR 3 000 000 000 in 2011 prices, or more than 0,65 % of its gross national income (GNI).
Amendment 9 #
2013/0248(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation 2012/2002
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of this Regulation, a “regional natural disaster” shall mean any natural disaster resulting, in a region of a Member State or a country involved in accession negotiations with the Union at NUTS 2 level, in direct damage in excess of 1,5 % of the region's gross domestic product (GDP). Where the disaster concerns several regions at NUTS 2 level, the threshold shall be applied to the weighted average GDP of those regions.
Amendment 13 #
2013/0248(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation 2012/2002
Article 2 – paragraph 5
Article 2 – paragraph 5
5. For the purpose of this Article harmonised last available statistical data provided by EUROSTAT shall be used.
Amendment 14 #
2013/0248(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation 2012/2002
Article 4 a – paragraph 2
Article 4 a – paragraph 2
2. The amount of the advance shall not exceed 120 % of the amount of the contribution anticipated and shall in no case exceed EUR 30 000 000. Once the definitive amount of the contribution has been determined, the Commission shall take into account the sum of the advance prior to the balance of the contribution being paid. The Commission shall recover unduly paid advances.
Amendment 42 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In addition to its core mission of financing investment in the Union, the European Investment Bank (EIB) undertakes financing operations outside the Union in support of the Union's external policies. This allows the budget funds of the Union available to the external regions to be complemented by the financial strength of the EIB for the benefit of the targeted third countries. In undertaking such financing operations, the EIB contributes to the general principles and policy objectives of the Union, in particular those defined in Article 21 TEU, most importantly democracy, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the sustainable economic, social and environmental development.
Amendment 44 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Bhutan should be added to the Annex III following the recent developments which allowed the Union to open a new chapter in its relations with Bhutan and in order to support the on-going political and economic reforms in the country.
Amendment 45 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to cater for the potential evolution of the actual provisioning needs of the Guarantee Fund in accordance with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 of 25 May 2009 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions5 , , the maximum ceiling of the EU guarantee should be broken down into a fixed ceiling of a maximum amount of EUR 257 bn and an optional additional amount of EUR 3 bn. __________________ 5 OJ L 145, 10.6.2009, p. 10.
Amendment 48 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Improving access to financing for SMEs, including SMEs from the Union investing in the regions covered by this Decision, can play an essential role in stimulating economic development and in combating unemployment. In order to effectively reach out to SMEs, the EIB should cooperate with local financial intermediary institutions in the eligible countries, which should be embedded in the local economy and contribute to the employment of the local population, in particular to ensure that part of the financial benefits is passed on to their clients and provide added value compared to other sources of finance. Through its cooperation agreements with those intermediary institutions, the EIB should make sure that their client's projects can be checked against criteria which reflect the Union's development goals and the Bank's standards. The financial intermediaries' activities in support of SMEs should be fully transparent and checked regularly by the EIB.
Amendment 50 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The EIB should continue to finance investment projects in the areas of social, environmental and economic infrastructure, especially in the sector of renewable energy, and should consider increasing its activity in support of health and education infrastructure when there is clear added value in doing so.
Amendment 52 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) In supporting climate change mitigation projects in eligible third countries, the EIB should take into account the conclusions of the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh to phase out environmentally or economically harmful subsidies, including for fossil fuels, and prevent from financing projects which could have a negative impact to foster this goal.
Amendment 53 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The practical measures for linking the general objectives of the EU guarantee and their implementation are to be set out in regional technical operational guidelines. Such guidelines should be consistent with the external action goals of the Union according to Article 21 TEU and the wider Union regional policy framework. The regional technical operational guidelines should be reviewed following consultation with relevant stakeholder and, authorities at national and local level from beneficiary countries and further updated following the review of this Decision in order to adapt to the developments in the Union external policies and priorities.
Amendment 54 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In accordance with Article 19 of the Statute of the EIB, applications made directly to the EIB for EIB financing operations to be carried out under this Decision are to be submitted to the Commission for an opinion on the conformity with relevant EU legislation and policies. In the event that the Commission delivers a negative opinion on an EIB financing operation in the framework of the Article 19 procedure, the operation shall not be covered by the EU guarantee or by any financial instrument covered by the EIB's own resources.
Amendment 55 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) While the EIB's strength remains its distinctiveness as an investment bank, EIB financing operations should contribute to the general principles guiding Union external action, as referred to in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), of promoting and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to the implementation of international environmental agreements to which the Union is a party. In particular, in relation to developing countries, EIB financing operations should foster their sustainable economic, social and environmental development, particularly in the most disadvantaged amongst them, their smooth and gradual integration into the world economy, the campaign against poverty, as well as compliance with objectives approved by the Union in the context of the United Nations and other competent international organisations. While contributing to the implementation of the measures necessary to further the objectives of Union development cooperation policy in accordance with Article 209(3) of the Treaty, the EIB should strive to support indirectly the achievement of the UN's 2015 Millennium Development Goals in all regions where it is active.
Amendment 56 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The EIB activity under this Decision should support the Agenda for Change proposed by the Commission and be coherent with the relevant principles of the European Consensus on Development and the principles of aid effectiveness outlined in the Paris Declaration of 2005, the Accra Agenda for Action of 2008 and the Busan Partnership Agreement of 2011. Furthermore, it should be coherent with the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy adopted by the Council on 25 June 2012 and international environmental agreements including biodiversity commitments. It should be implemented through a number of concrete measures, in particular by reinforcing the EIB's capacity to appraise environmental, social and development aspects of investment projects, including human rights and conflict-related risks, and by promoting local consultation with public authorities and civil society. In this context, the EIB should implement and further develop its Results Measurement framework (REM) which provides a detailed set of performance indicators measuring the economic, environmental, social, and development impact of its financing operations throughout the lifecycle of the underlying investment. The implementation of the REM should be evaluated as part of the mid-term review of this Decision. When carrying out due diligence in respect of an investment project, the EIB should, where appropriate and in line with the Union's social and environmental principles, as well as in full respect of legislation and environmental and social standards of the beneficiary country, require the investment project promoter to carry out local consultations and disclose their results to the public. EIB financing agreements involving public counterparts should explicitly include the possibility to suspend disbursements in case of revocation of eligibility under this Decision of the country in which the investment project takes place.
Amendment 67 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The maximum ceiling of the EIB financing operations under EU guarantee throughout the period 2014-2020 shall not exceed EUR 2830 000 000 000. Amounts cancelled shall not count against the ceiling.
Amendment 68 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) a fixed ceiling of a maximum amount of EUR 257 000 000 000;
Amendment 74 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. In developing countries, as defined in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) list of official development assistance (ODA) recipients, EIB financing operations shall contribute indirectly to the objectives of the Union policy in development cooperation as referred to in Article 208 TFEU.
Amendment 77 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. EIB financing operations supporting the objectives provided for in paragraph 1(b) shall support investment projects in the areas of transport, energy, including particular renewable energy, energy systems transformation enabling a switch to lower carbon intensive technologies and fuels, energy security and energy infrastructure, including for gas production and transportation to EU energy market, environmental infrastructure, including water and sanitation and green infrastructure, information and communication technology, including telecommunications and broadband network infrastructure, health and education.
Amendment 79 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
7. EIB financing operations supporting the objectives provided for in paragraph 1(c) shall support investment projects in climate change mitigation and adaptation which contribute to the overall objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in particular by avoiding or reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable transport, or by increasing resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change on vulnerable countries, sectors and communities. The eligibility criteria for climate action projects shall be further defined in the next revision of the Regional Operational Technical Guidelines, after thorough public consultations, and be reflected in the climate change strategy of the Bank during the midterm review of this decision. Over the period covered by the Decision, the volume of these operations shall represent at least 2533% of total EIB financing operations.
Amendment 81 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 8
Article 3 – paragraph 8
8. In line with Union and international climate change objectives, before the end of 20164, the EIB, in cooperation with the Commission and following a public consultation, shall update its climate change strategy as regards EIB financing operations. This update shall inter alia integrate concrete actions to phase out financing projects detrimental to the achievement of EU's climate objectives and step up efforts to support renewable energy sources and energy efficiency.
Amendment 82 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17 concerning amendments to Annex III. The Commission's decisions shall be based on an overall economic social, environmental and political assessment, including particular aspects related to the democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms as well as the relevant European Parliament resolutions and Council decisions and conclusions.
Amendment 83 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The EU guarantee shall cover only EIB financing operations carried out in eligible countries that have concluded a framework agreement with the EIB establishing the legal conditions under which such operations are to be carried out. Legal conditions under which operations are to be carried out shall also include environmental, social, human rights and labour standards.
Amendment 84 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall update, together with the EIB, the existing regional technical operational guidelines for EIB financing operations within one year following the adoption of this Decision. Further updates shall be accomplished on a bi-annual basis.
Amendment 85 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In updating these guidelines, the Commission and the EIB shall take into account relevant European Parliament resolutions and Council decisions and conclusions. The EEAS shall also be consulted on policy issues, as appropriate. Consultations at regional level where appropriate, including with local civil society, shall also be part of the process.
Amendment 86 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. An EIB financing operation shall not be covered by the EU guarantee or any financial instrument covered by the EIB's own resources in the event that the Commission delivers a negative opinion on such an operation within the framework of the procedure provided for in Article 19 of the Statute of the EIB.
Amendment 89 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Amendment 90 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission and the EIB shall set out in the agreement referred to in Article 13 a method allowing the EIB to identify, within its external activity, the operations to be financed under this Decision and the operations to be financed at the own risk of the EIB. The method shall be based on the creditworthiness of EIB financing operations as assessed by the EIB, the regions and ceilings as defined in Annex I, the nature of the counterparty (whether a sovereign/State, a sub-sovereign as referred to in paragraph 1 or private), EIB risk absorption capacity and other relevant criteria, including added value of the EU Guarantee. The allocation policy shall be publicly available on the EIB website. For each operation to be financed by the EIB outside of the EU, the EIB website shall after the project approval stage indicate whether a EU guarantee will be used or not.
Amendment 91 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The EIB shall carry out thorough due diligence and, where appropriate and in line with Union social and environmental principles, require appropriate local public consultation, on development-related aspects of investment projects covered by the EU guarantee.
Amendment 93 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The EIB's own rules and procedures shall include the necessary provisions on assessment of environmental and social impact of investment projects and of aspects related to human rights and conflict prevention in line with relevant EU legislation as well as legislation and environmental and social standards of the beneficiary countries, to ensure that only investment projects that are economically, financially, environmentally and socially sustainable are supported under this Decision.
Amendment 97 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The EIB monitoring shall also cover the implementation of intermediated operations and the performance and development impact of financial intermediaries in support of SMEs.
Amendment 99 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) an assessment of the impact of EIB lending through financial intermediaries, demonstrating how intermediated lending contributes to the poverty eradication, and social and environmental objectives of EU external action. Information about final beneficiaries of EIB operations shall be disclosed;
Amendment 102 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In accordance with itsEU legislation own transparency policyaccess to documents and information, the EIB shall make publicly available on its website information relating to:
Amendment 103 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) framework agreements concluded between the EIB and a recipient country.
Amendment 110 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 2017the end of 2016, and no more than 2 month after submitting its post-electoral revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a mid-term report evaluating the implementation of this Decision in the first years accompanied, where appropriate, by a proposal for its amendment. The report shall draw upon an external evaluation and contribution from the EIB.
Amendment 113 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point A
Annex I – point A
A. Pre-accession countries: EUR 8 4009 072 000 000;
Amendment 114 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point B – introductory part
Annex I – point B – introductory part
B. Neighbourhood and Partnership countries: EUR 12 4003 392 000 000, broken down into the following indicative sub- ceilings:
Amendment 116 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point B – point i
Annex I – point B – point i
(i) Mediterranean countries: EUR 8 4009 072 000 000;
Amendment 119 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point B – point ii
Annex I – point B – point ii
(ii) Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Russia: EUR 4 00320 000 000;
Amendment 122 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point C – introductory part
Annex I – point C – introductory part
C. Asia and Latin America: EUR 3 600888 000 000, broken down into the following indicative sub-ceilings:
Amendment 124 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point C – point i
Annex I – point C – point i
(i) Latin America: EUR 2 150322 000 0000;
Amendment 126 #
Amendment 127 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point C – point iii
Annex I – point C – point iii
(iii) Central Asia: EUR 2570 000 000
Amendment 128 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point D – introductory part
Annex I – point D – introductory part
D. South Africa: EUR 60048 000 000.
Amendment 130 #
2013/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex III – point C – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex III – point C – point 2 – paragraph 1
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions), India, Indonesia, Iraq, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen
Amendment 5 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Parliament's estimates for 2014 put the overall budget at EUR 1 808 144 206, with costs directly related to the geographic dispersion estimated at EUR 180 000 000between EUR 169 million and EUR 204 million;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas since the beginning of the current legislature, both individual committees and the plenary have made several specific requests to the European Parliament's administration to provide comprehensive, detailed and reliable estimates of the additional costs relating to each of the three places of work;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, the numbers provided by the Secretary-General's report to the Bureau of September 2002 are the last overall cost estimates available;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the 2002 Secretary-General's estimate was confirmed by the joint working group report of the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets on Parliament's budget for 2012, when complementing the EUR 148 million estimate by the EUR 25 million of annual amortisation cost for the Strasbourg buildings that need to be taken into account since the purchase of named buildings;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 18 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a reply given to the EP Budgetary Control Committee in preparation for the EP discharge for 2011 does not provide estimates on the potential savings, but only a partial estimate of the additional costs of the Strasbourg seat; whereas this EUR 55 million estimate does not include many budget lines that were included in previous and following estimates, namely the cost of data processing, equipment and movable property, travel expenses of political groups as well as any potential savings connected to time lost travelling (totalling EUR 68 million); whereas this estimate provides lower numbers on several budget lines than both previous and following estimates without providing any justification (totalling EUR 25 million);
Amendment 20 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas none of these estimates includes the additional costs of the European Parliament's geographic dispersion on the other European Union institutions, in particular the European Commission and Council, EU member states' representations, journalists and civil society representatives;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas ¾ of members believe that the EP should find significant structural savings and these could be found in re- evaluating the EP's geographical dispersion of places of work, illustrated by a breakdown of the costs of Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg set out in a transparent and credible format to standards expected from a major public body;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RecallConsiders that the "draft package" agreed, after difficult negotiations, by Parliament and Council during the Trilogue of 29 November 2012 consists of three elements: the Amending Budget No 6/2012 for EUR 6 billion, partially covering the shortage of payments in 2012, the Union Budget for the year 2013 set to a level of EUR 150 898,391 million and EUR 132 836,988 million, respectively iCouncil’s position on the 2013 draft budget is contrary to the principles of good budgetary management as laid out in Art. 323 TFEU; deems that the Council’s position is in stark contradiction to the principles of the European Growth Pact established by the European Council in July 2012 as it cuts down or reports the payments in exactly the policy fields identified by the European Council as conducive to growth; recalls that the growth intended should be sustainable from an ecommitment and payment appropriations and three joint statements ensuring that the actual payment needs in 2012 and 2013 will be duly coveredlogical and social point of view and should positively contribute to the transformation towards a green economy;
Amendment 6 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the overall level of commitments appropriations agreed, which represents an increase of EUR 1,1 billion compared to the original reading of the Council; is pleased that the biggest part of its political priorities is secured in next year's budget, with particular emphasis on the proper implementHas therefore amended the Council’s position in order to increase appropriation ofs in the EU commitment for growth and jobs, as identified in the Europe 2020 strategyfield of competitiveness, research and development;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets the cuts operated to development aid in the 2013 budget and re-establishes were needed the 2012 levels;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that abandoning the ITER project would free up much needed resources in general, which could be used for investing into already working renewable energy technologies; has therefore reduced ITER appropriations accordingly;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, due to the intransigent position of the Council in the negotiations, the overall level of payments set is EUR 5 billion lower than the Commission's draft budget for 2013; is concerned that this level of appropriations will be insufficient to cover the actual payments needs of next year; is convinced, however, that the cost of a non agreement would imply much more serious consequences and a much more negative impact on the implementation of the Union actions and programmes;
Amendment 17 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 19 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 25 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 27 #
2012/2307(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 3 #
2012/2300(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas TV sets were originally developed to receive linear broadcast signals, which, in the digital environment, have hitherto met, in the digital environment too, audiovisual content still meets with incomparably greater interest on the part of the public than other electronic media services, so that theirowing to its suggestive power, and consequently its outstanding importance for individual and public opinion-forming will persist for the foreseeable futures;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2300(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas audiovisual media services are as much cultural services as they are economic services, which are of outstanding importance for society and democracy as vectors of identities, values and opinions, and therefore still require specific regulation in an increasingly convergent world;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2300(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the attention of each usercompetition in the convergent media world is finite and, as the number of services on offer rises, it becomes more difficult to reach users, which means that access to and findability of servicescreasingly centring less on transmission capacities and more on the attention of users, which means that access to and findability of audiovisual services for which editorial responsibility is taken will be decisive for their success;
Amendment 82 #
2012/2300(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to review the provisions of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, inter alia with reference to competitiveness in the industry, and particularly to fully exploit the opportunities afforded by liberalisation or greater flexibility of quantitative rules on advertising and to outline the relevant advantages and drawbacks;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2228(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expresses concern about the relocation operation in this particular sector and calls on the Commission and Member States to continue stimulating demand for Europe's wind turbine manufacturers and associated industries, e.g. through the setting of mandatory national targets for the use of renewable energy post-2020;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2167(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with satisfaction that in 2011, the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) further simplified its administrative procedures by introducing online reports and increasing the use of e-forms, lump sums and flat-rate payments; suggests that the EACEA pursues its development towards a maximised use of the e-forms for reporting, while taking into account remarks by beneficiaries on possible improvements to the codification of the forms; supports the idea of shifting increasingly towards lump sums and flat- rate decisions for the next programme generation (2014–2020);
Amendment 4 #
2012/2167(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EACEA to revise the one- sided and inadequate financial ratios established in order to evaluate the financial situation of beneficiaries and to decide upon the level of grant instalments, thereby even jeopardising projects selected by not granting the usual payment of first instalments and waiting till the project is finished and reported back; reminds the EACEA that efficient monitoring and controlling of projects includes a realistic assessment of the environment of small and medium enterprises and very small organisations;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2167(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the significant errors in the underlying transactions by the EACEA in the context of the Lifelong Learning Programme (2007–2013) that were found through ex-post controls; notes that these errors are mainly due to the lack of adequate justifying documents from beneficiaries and the non-respect of eligibility rules; encourages the EACEA to further improve its control systems and to inform beneficiarie, to adapt them to the different kinds of beneficiaries, and to raise awareness of their financial obligations and controls;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas audiovisual media services are as much cultural services as they are economic services;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the AVMSD guaranteesaims to ensure a free flow of audiovisual media services as an internal market instrument, and reflspectings the right to freedom of expression and information andwhile protecting the public interest objectiveand authors’ rights;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the AVMSD aims to safeguard cultural diversity by promotingboth takes into account the cultural nature of audiovisual media services which are of particular importance for society and democracy as vectors of identities and values, and aims to safeguard cultural diversity particularly through minimum harmonisation of European media regulation and the promotion of European audiovisual works;
Amendment 29 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the AVMSD remains the appropriate instrument to govern the EU- wide coordination of national legislation on all audiovisual media and to uphold the principles of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to continue to ensure that, given their dual nature as cultural and economic services, audiovisual media services remain excluded from liberalisation under the negotiations on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);
Amendment 78 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that although such self- regulatory initiatives represent an advance on the prior situation, they have not proved to be sufficiently effective and cannoteffective self-regulatory and co-regulatory youth-protection initiatives represent a useful adjunct to legal provisions in realising the aims of the AVMSD but that they cannot in themselves replace legally binding requirements that may be necessary to ensure the effective protection of minors;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that its priorities for the 2013 budget, as detailed in its above-mentioned resolution of 4 July 2012 on the mandate for the trilogue, consist in support for sustainable growth, competitiveness and employment, particularly for SMEs and youth; points out once again that the Commission's draft budget (DB) reflects Parliament's priorities as regards the programmes and initiatives to be reinforced towards these objectives;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the strong synergetic effects of the EU budget and thus its ongoing contribution to cost-savings; believes that with sufficient political will from Member States, even more savings could be achieved;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes note ofRegrets the Commission's proposal to cover the additional costs for ITER through performance savings deriving mainly from Joint Undertakings and administrative expenditure of FP7; recalls the added value of EU-financed research and its crucial role in reaching the goals of growth, competitiveness and employment enshrined in the Europe 2020 strategy; also recalls the extremely low cost- effectiveness of the ITER project, which is highly costly, but will only produce results, if at all, in 2050; in line with the interinstitutional Declaration of December 2011, decides, therefore, to partly compensate these decreases by setting commitments above DB on a selected number of operational FP7 lines directly underpinning the Europe 2020 strategy and characterised by excellent levels of implementation and strong absorption capacity; proposes to finance this partial offset above the available margin through the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrumby strongly reducing the appropriations foreseent for an amount of EUR XXX millionITER;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that abandoning the ITER project would free up much needed resources in general, which could be used for investing into already working renewable energy technologies;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Believes that the Euratom budget line on Nuclear fission and radiation protection should be reoriented towards the decommissioning of nuclear power plants; in the same vein, the appropriations for nuclear activities of the Joint Research Centre should be used only for activities necessary for implementing safeguards;
Amendment 72 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to introduce criteria for structural funds' spending targeted to tackle the impacts of climate change in time for being taken into account for the implementation of the 2013 budget;
Amendment 77 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission to increase its efforts to define clear priorities under this Heading in favour of sustainable farming systems, which preserve biodiversity, protect water resources and soil fertility, respect animal welfare and employment;
Amendment 83 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Supports the reduction of some budget lines on refunds drastically, in some cases even to zero, as this instrument is politically controversial and has not been taken up for some products at the same level as in the budget year 2012; notes that some refund lines have been earmarked as negative priorities; weighs up carefully to what extent these lines should be reduced, in order to be able to use this instrument if neededConsiders export refunds to be trade distorting and in contradiction to the EU development goals; supports therefore their complete elimination;
Amendment 91 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Rejects the cuts performed by the Council in payment appropriations in the following areas: European Return Fund (- EUR 18 million), European Refugee Fund (- EUR 1,8 million), European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals (- EUR 3,2 million) and Fundamental Rights and Citizenship (-EUR 1 million); decides, therefore, to restore the level of the DB on the corresponding lines;
Amendment 110 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Underlines, on the contrary, the need for additional financing on a selected number of lines cut by Commission in comparison with the 2012 budget and corresponding to the areas of geographical development cooperation, as well as for the Electoral Observation Mission and the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria; therefore proposes an increase in the level of commitment and payment appropriations above the DB for these budget lines, which should allow to avoid that the EU be further off track regarding its strong commitments on development cooperation financing;
Amendment 123 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
66. Decides to increase the 2013 budget appropriations for the three financial supervision agencies, as more efforts are needed to overcome the current financial and economic crisis which is strongly linked to the stability of the financial sector; also decides to increase the appropriations for the European Fisheries Control Agency, in order to increase surveillance efficiency of fishing in international waters;
Amendment 143 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 99 a (new)
Paragraph 99 a (new)
99a. Calls on the EEAS to exert restraint when it comes to the future creation of high-ranking posts;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed at both regulatory level, by deploying more effective instruments of prevention and repressprosecution, and on the educational level;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the level of diffusion of media that converge in a single digital system implies not only opportunities, but also risks in terms of easy access to content that is illegal, unsuitable, and harmful for the development of minors;
Amendment 64 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 104 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 127 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Commission and the Member States to strengthen cooperation with the police to protect minors against online crimes as well as to coordinate hotlines, and to make agreements with Internet services suppliers to this end;
Amendment 150 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Commission and Member States to develop strategies and standards to protect minors from online and offline exposure to content that is unsuitable for their age;
Amendment 166 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 1 #
2012/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas artistic creation contributes to the constant development of the EU's cultural life and heritage;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the resale right for the benefit of thea living author of an original work of art can be a useful tool to prevent discrimination of artists; is inaleniable and should enable her or him to get immediate and direct financial recognition for the market value of their creation in form of an interest on the resale;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the Commission's determination to strengthen and facilitate the development of ICT infrastructure to bridge the digital divide; recalls that the new technologies and access to high- speed connections impact positively on citizens' education, information, communications and creation;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that new and expanding internet technologies and online services have increased demand for audiovisual and other cultural and creative digital content; notes, however, that there is ce urrgently insufficient supply to meet this demand and that availability is being hampered by rights holders need to follow up at EU level on business models taking equal care of right holders and consumers, so as to provide a better and legally ensured access to content;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 47 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the push for more powersDraws attention to the dangerous tendency to recur to blocking of websites, which has always been a means of last resort and is an ineffective method of changing media consumption behaviour, and alsocan eventually legitimises censorship measures used by oppressive regimes;
Amendment 59 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the Commission's proposals for cooperative measures with payment services to combat unauthorised or illegal content; aAcknowledges that analysing the use of payment services can help identify individuals providing such content; reiterates that the universal and fundamental right to a fair trial before an independent and impartial tribunal established by law must be unequivocally ensured for infringers of IPR;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that EU policies and the EU budget should make a substantial contribution to the revitalisation of sustainable growth in the EU and to addressing major societal challenges such as resource scarcity and climate change;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for more substantial resources to be mobilised in order to boost the green economy as a key driver for future competitiveness and resilience;
Amendment 19 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is convinced that, particularly in a period of crisis, financial responsibility is of utmost importance; believes, therefore, that resources must be concentrated on those areas, where the EU budget can deliver an added value whilst they can be decreased in sectors which are experiencing unjustified delays, low absorption and under-implementation or are unsustainable; on this basis, it intends to identify, together with its specialised committees, both positive and negative priorities for 2013; for this purpose asks the Commission to provide both arms of the budgetary authority with a prompt, regular and complete information on the implementation of the various programmes and initiatives;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the EU Draft Budget for 2013 proposed by the Commission amounts to EUR 150.931,7 million in commitment appropriations (CA) (i.e. +2% compared to the Budget 2012) and EUR 137.924,4 million in payment appropriations (PA) (i.e. +6,8% compared to Budget 2012); observes that these amounts represent respectively 1,13% and 1,03% of the EU's forecast GNI for 2013; recalls that the multiannual financial framework (MFF) provides for ceilings of EUR 152.502 million for CA and EUR 143.911million for PA, in current prices; notes the ongoing discrepancy between the level of commitment and payment appropriations which will result in a further increase of reste-à-liquider (RAL);
Amendment 30 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Understands that the Commission, at the end of the programming period, puts the accent on the side of payments, as it intends to also provide a solution to the ever more growing level of RALs; while sharing this approach, is particularlyis concerned by the proposed freezing of commitment appropriations at the level of the estimated inflation rate for next year; stresses the importance of commitments for determining political priorities and, thus, ensuring that the necessary investments will eventually be put in place to boost growth and employment; does not believe that the freezingwill carefully analyse if such a level of commitments appropriations can be considered as an acceptable strategy to keep the level of RAL undllows for a proper implementation of key EU policies, especially policies which are key for the transition towards a greener econtrolomy;
Amendment 40 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the Presidency of the Council's reluctance to participate in the inter-institutional political meeting on payments proposed by the Parliament as a follow up to the last year's budgetary conciliation; regards this behaviour as an irresponsible attempt to ignore the lack of payments issue and the question of RAL; considers such a meeting the ideal platform for the two arms of the budgetary authority to reach a common understanding - ahead of their respective positions on the Draft Budget - regarding the available data on implementation and absorption capacity and to correctly estimate the payment needs for 2012 and 2013; firmly believes that any doubts –as expressed by some Council delegations- over the Commission's figures and calculations need to be communicated, examined and clarified as soon as possible, in order not to become an impediment for reaching an agreement in this year's conciliation;
Amendment 44 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that according to the Commission‘s estimation all in all 43,7% of the DB 2013 (i.e. EUR 64,5 billion) is allocated to the objectives of Europe 2020, which represents a 0,22,7% increase compared to the adopted Budget 2012; appreciates that for the first time the budget lines and programmes contributing to these objectives are clearly identifiable in the Draft Budget;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes in particular the increases for FP7-EC (+6,1%), CIP (+7,3%) and TEN-T (+6,4%) programmes, which are among the main deliverers of the Europe 2020 objectives; regrets, however, that with the amounts proposed by the Commission, two flagship programmes such as FP7 and TEN-T will effectively devote less CA than foreseen in their legal bases (FP: EUR -258,8 million and TEN-T: EUR: -122,5 million) for the last year of the current MFF; regrets as well that the Commission proposal does not provide for the full implementation of the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme;
Amendment 60 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls the Joint Declaration of 1 December 2011 on financing the additional costs of the ITER programme for 2012- 2013, where the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission also agree to make available EUR 360 million in CA in the 2013 budget procedure ‘making full use of the provisions laid down in the Financial Regulation and in the IIA of 17 May 2006, excluding any further ITER- related revision of the MFF’; is concerned that the Commission proposes to finance this additional amount only through redeployment from lines of the FP7 programme, contrary to Parliament's long- standing position on the matter; takes full account of the Commission's claim that this amount derives from performance savings on FP7, and that those cuts on administrative lines will not harm the operation of the programme; intends to examine this claim further as well as to explore other means available under the IIA and the Financial Regulation for this purpose;
Amendment 62 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Deeply regrets the dramatic increase in budgetary appropriations for nuclear research, whereas this energy form is increasingly questioned in Member States; points out that the Commission proposal will result in an even more serious imbalance between spending on nuclear research compared to renewable energy research; is therefore determined to abolish the foreseen increases for ITER;
Amendment 88 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers the Structural Funds a crucial instrument - both for their financial size and for the objectives pursued - to accelerate the EU economic recovery and to deliver the objectives of sustainable growth and employment enshrined in the Europe 2020 Strategy; welcomes therefore the Commission's initiative of re- programming EUR 82 billion of unallocated Structural funds in some Member States in favour of SMEs and youth employment, in line with EP's priorities for 2013; notes that according to the Commission, 7,3 billion € of EU financing has in this context been targeted for accelerated delivery or reallocation; asks to be kept duly informed about implementation of this initiative at national level, its expected impact on growth and jobs and its possible impact for the 2013 budget;
Amendment 99 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Points out that Heading 2 is instrumental in realising the EU 2020 strategy goals of sustainable growth and employment, in particular through its rural development programmes; highlights the need to support SMEs in the rural areas, as main creators of jobs with a particular target on young people; welcomes in this respect the proposed increase of CA by 1,3% (to EUR 14.808 million) for rural development;
Amendment 102 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Calls for a further reduction of export refunds and regrets the continued subsidising of the tobacco production in the EU, which is contrary to the objectives of the EU health policy;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Considers important to maintain the financial backing to the common fisheries policy (CFP) with a view to its imminent reform; stresses in particular the need to support SMEs in the fisheries sector and the access to jobs for young people in this field, which presupposes ensuring the sustainable character of the CFP; welcomes in this regard the proposed increase for the European Fisheries Fund by respectively 2,2% (to EUR 687,2 million) in CA and 7,3% (to EUR 523,5 million) in PA, compared to the 2012 Budget;
Amendment 117 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
Amendment 134 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51a. Deplores in particular the ongoing decrease of appropriations in the field of development cooperation; wonders how this is compatible with the international commitments taken by the EU to allocate by 2015 0,7 % of GNP to development aid and the European Consensus on Development;
Amendment 41 #
2012/2006(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes the high level of appropriations proposed for the continuation of the multiannual ICT strategy; understands that it could take several years for projects currently being undertaken to be completed; asks the Bureau to consider stretching over time some of the foreseen investments in order to limit overall budget increases; welcomes the launch of the e- committee programme; understands that a pilot scheme for the e-meetings programme is currently underway; requests further information about the possible costs of this programme and when it will be fully implemented; calls for a cost benefit analysis of the paperless meetings project to be presented to the Committee on Budgets; encourages its administration to pursue the policies which will enable Members to use effective tools based on new technologies and support the legislative process more effectively, in particular through bringing the Knowledge Management System to fruition;
Amendment 53 #
2012/2006(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. NotWelcomes that the level of appropriations proposed in the preliminary draft estimates for the EMAS reserve has substantially increased compared to the 2012 level; requests detailed explanation of this increase by no later than August 2012;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2000(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that increased investments through the EU budget into a green economy would lead to a higher rate of job creation than with the current budget, which continues to focus on non- sustainable activities; such investments could thus contribute significantly to get the EU back on a growth track;
Amendment 27 #
2012/2000(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Invites therefore the Commission to redirect spending in Cohesion policy towards more clear priorities in energy savings and renewable energies, nature and biodiversity and green infrastructures;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2000(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Invites the Commission to give more support to environmental action in the agriculture sector, to focus its infrastructure support on sustainable infrastructure and to prioritise in general environmental and climate change activities throughout the budget;
Amendment 40 #
2012/2000(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the fact that all the measures taken so far to combat the crisis should assist a return to the path of growth; stresses, in this regard, that the tailor-made austerity measures already taken need to be accompanied by targeted investments; points out that the EU budget has a determining role to play in this context as a tool to ensure prompt and well coordinated action in all fields to mitigate the effects of the crisis on the real economy and to act as a catalyst to boost investment, growth and jobs in Europe;
Amendment 78 #
2012/2000(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. WelcomesTakes note of the agreement reached on financing the additional costs of ITER in December 2011; urges the Commission to respect the joint conclusions in this agreement in their entirety and to make concrete proposals on the amount of EUR 360 million in the 2013 draft budget, making full use of the provisions laid down in the Financial Regulation and in the IIA of 17 May 2006 and excluding any further ITER-related revision of the MFF; reiterates its strong conviction that securing the amount of EUR 360 million in the 2013 budget should not impair the successful implementation of other EU policies during this last year of the programming period;
Amendment 21 #
2012/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Single donations exceeding a value of EUR 12 000 that have been accepted by the European political parties and European political foundations shall be immediately reported to the European Parliament in writing and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.
Amendment 31 #
2012/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. At the latest within sixfour months following the end of the financial year, European political parties and European political foundations shall submit to the Registry and to the competent national authorities in the Member States:
Amendment 36 #
2012/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the annual financial statements and external audit reports referred to in Article 19(1), and, for the European political foundations, the final reports on the implementation of the work programmes; this information shall be published at the latest six weeks after their reception, with all financial information provided in comparable, table-based formats, including as open data,
Amendment 37 #
2012/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the names of donors and their corresponding donations reported by the European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with Article 15(2), (3) and (4), with the exception of donations from natural persons not exceeding a value of EUR 1 000 per year and per donor which shall be reported as ‘minor donations’, ; this information shall be published at the latest six weeks after their reception, with all financial information provided in comparable, table-based formats, including as open data,
Amendment 62 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The European Capital of Culture title should continue to be reserved to cities, but in orderin principle be awarded to cities; exceptionally, the title may be awarded to a region, which may be a cross-border region, where it is shown in the concept for the candidate region concerned that this will make it possible to reach a wider public and, amplify the impacts, these cities should also continue to have the possibility to involve their surrounding region and make a significant contribution to achieving the scheme's objectives.
Amendment 84 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to strengthen the capacity of the cultural sector and its connectivity with other sectors, especially involved in education, research, the environment, and the local and regional economy inasmuch as they promote innovative cultural tourism;
Amendment 88 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 92 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. TIn principle, the competition for the European Capital of Culture title shall only be open to cities. Candidate cities may involve their surrounding regionExceptionally, the title may be awarded to a region, which may be a cross-border region, where it is shown in the concept for the candidate region concerned that this will make it possible to reach a wider public, amplify the impacts and make a significant contribution to achieving the scheme's objectives. However, the applications shall always be made under the name of thea leading city and, if selected, the title will be awarded to this citylocated in a Member State which is entitled to apply that year.
Amendment 123 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
(da) proposals and ideas for cooperation with the Member State in which the other capital of culture is located shall be outlined in the concept submitted as part of the application and subsequently pursued.
Amendment 91 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 102 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure that holders of copyright and related rights can fully benefit from the internal market when their rights are being managed collectively and that their freedom to exercise their rights is not unduly affected, it is necessary to provide for the inclusion of appropriate safeguards in the constituting documents of collecting societies. Moreover, in accordance with Directive 2006/123/EC collecting societieve management organisations. Moreover, collective management organisations should not discriminate, directly or indirectly, between rightholders on the basis of their nationality, place of residence or place of establishment when providing their management services.
Amendment 104 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Having the freedom to provide and to receive services for collective management servicesof copyright, related rights and other subject matter across national borders entails that rightholders are able to freely choose the collecting societyve management organisation for the management of their rights, such as public performance or broadcasting rights, or categories of rights, such as interactive communication to the public, provided the collecting societyve management organisation already manages such rights or categories of rights. This implies that rightholders can easily withdraw their rights or categories of rights from a collecting societyve management organisation and entrust or transfer all or part of them to another collecting societyve management organisation or another entity irrespective of the Member State of residence or the nationality of either the collecting societyve management organisation or the rightholder. Collecting societieve management organisations managing different types of works and other subject matter, such as literary, musical or photographic works, should also allow this flexibility to rightholders as regards the management of different types of works and other subject matter. Collecting societieve management organisations should inform rightholders of this choice and allow them to exercise it as easily as possible. Finally, this Directive should not prejudice the possibilities of rightholders to manage their rights individually, including for non- commercial uses. The difference between ‘non-commercial’ and ‘commercial’ should be defined as follows: if content, protected by authors' rights, is being offered directly on an internet site, which acquires revenues to a non-negligible degree through donations, for example via membership contributions, through payments by clients or via advertisement through links to other homepages, such an activity shall be considered to be commercial.
Amendment 153 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) While the transparency and accuracy of repertoire information, timely and accurate reporting, invoicing and payments to rightholders are indispensable for the functioning of multi-territorial licensing in the internal market, it is also appropriate to require that collective management organisations managing authors' rights in musical works meet these higher standards with respect to all other forms of exploitation of those works and to all types of licences they provide. However it needs to be recognised that meeting the standards laid down for accurate invoicing and payments to rightholders also require an improvement in the accuracy of reporting by users, in particular in the offline environment. Therefore, collective management organisations need not comply with these requirements before 2020.
Amendment 166 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that by 1 January 2020, all collective management organisations established in the Union managing authors' rights in musical works shall comply with the standards set out in Articles 23, 24, 25 and 26 with respect to all forms of exploitation of musical works.
Amendment 176 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Title I, Articles 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18 of Title II and Title IV with the exception of Articles 36 and 40 shall also apply, for their operations carried out in the Union, to collecting societies established outside the Union.
Amendment 177 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Title I, Articles 10, 11(1), 12, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20 of Title II, Title III and Articles 34, 35, 37 and 38 of Title IV shall also apply to independent rights management service providers based inside or outside the Union who act as agents for rightholders for the management of their rights and operate in the Union on a commercial basis.
Amendment 193 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
aa) ‘commercial operator’ means any entity which as its principal or main activity offers collective rights management services to holders of copyrights or rights related to copyright on a commercial basis.
Amendment 214 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This Directive shall not allow to cherry-pick the most popular and most successful works for individual management while leaving the rest that is more costly to manage and less profitable to the collective management organisations.
Amendment 215 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. It is also important to give more flexibility to rightholders in the management of their rights. Therefore collective management organisations managing different types of works and other subject matter, such as literary, musical or photographic works, should also allow more flexibility to rightholders as regards the management of different types of works and other subject matter on work-by-work basis management for non- commercial use. Collective management organisations shall inform rightholders of this opportunity and allow them to exercise it as easily as possible.
Amendment 216 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. The difference between ‘non- commercial’ and ‘commercial’ shall be defined as follows: If content, protected by authors' rights, is being offered directly on an internet site, which acquires revenues to a non-negligible degree through donations, for example via membership contributions, through payments by clients or via advertisement through links to other homepages, such an activity shall be considered to be commercial.
Amendment 265 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 8
Article 7 – paragraph 8
8. Every member of a collecting societyve management organisation shall have the right to appoint any other natural or legal person as a proxy holder to attend and vote at the general meeting in his name. To be valid, the proxy shall have been given by the member to the proxy holder no more than three months before its use. There shall be fair and balanced representation of the different categories of members of the collective management organisation.
Amendment 389 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate competent authorities which continuously monitor collective management organisations established in their territory. Member States shall provide that their respective competent authorities may take appropriate administrative sanctions and/or measures where the provisions of the national provisions adopted in the implementation of this Directive have not been complied with, and shall ensure that they are applied. The sanctions and measures shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Amendment 13 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas changes to the legal framework that would facilitate the acquisition of rights would encourage the free movement of works in the EU and help to strengthen the European audiovisual industry; and whereas tools like ISAN and IDA contribute to the achievement of this objective;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Audiovisual Media Services Directive Article 13(1) provides the basis for introducing funding and promotion obligations for on-demand audiovisual media services as they too play a crucial role in the promotion and protection of cultural diversity;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas it is essential to ensure legal certainty and with regard to authorisations for users to give access to the works with regard to authors' rights in the European digital area;
Amendment 41 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas specific action needs to be taken to preserve the European cinematographic and audiovisual heritage, particularly by encouraging the digitisation of content;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the introduction of a system for identifying and labelling works would contribute to protect rights holders and restrict unauthorised use;
Amendment 46 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas it is absolutely essential to preserve the principle of net neutrality in order to ensure the availability of audiovisual services as well as to take into account technological convergence;
Amendment 49 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas there can be no sustainable creation orand cultural diversity in the absence of authors' rights that protect and reward creators; whereas new business models should take into account effective licensing systems, continued investment in the digitisation of creative content, and easy access for consumers;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas fairness demands that productionall contracts should provide for fair remuneration for authors, taking due account of future online exploitation of their works for all forms of exploitation of their works, including online exploitation;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the effectiveness of collective rights management companies needs to be improved by introducing measures aimed at increasing their transparency and good governance, as well as efficient dispute resolution mechanisms;
Amendment 58 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas collective rights management is an essential tool for broadcasters given the high number of rights they need to clear daily and should therefore provide for efficient licensing schemes for the online use of audiovisual content in the broadcasters' archives;
Amendment 61 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas it is urgent that the Commission proposes a directive on the transparency and good governance of collective rights' management in order to improve the trust in, and recourse to, this management tool in the digital age;
Amendment 72 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Legal content and, accessibility and collective rights management
Amendment 74 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to make legal content more attractive and improve the online availability of audiovisual works, in particular subtitled works;
Amendment 86 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that release windows should be made more flexible for works that are made available exclusively online;
Amendment 88 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on all Member States to urgently implement Article 13 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive in a prescriptive manner and introduce funding and promotion obligations for on-demand audiovisual media services;
Amendment 90 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to bring legislation into line with the realities of the digital agecreate legal certainty as to which legal system applies for the clearance of rights in case of cross border distribution by proposing that the applicable law should be that of the country where an enterprise carries out its main business and where it generates its main revenue;
Amendment 95 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Supports a European framework that would allow a simplification of a rights clearance system, i.e. a one-stop shop for the licensing of background music and cut material incorporated in audiovisual works for online distribution, in order to prevent further fragmentation of the music rights, namely the reproduction right and the making available right;
Amendment 99 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Supports the establishment of consistent European rules on good governance and transparency of collecting societies as well as efficient dispute resolution mechanisms;
Amendment 106 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to promote respect for authors' and neighbouring rights and combat the provision of unauthorised content, including via streaming;
Amendment 126 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Maintains that it is essential to guarantee authors remuneration that is fair and proportional to the revenue generated by the online exploitation of their works; all forms of exploitation of their works, including online; calls therefore for EU legislation to prohibit buyout contracts which, in contradiction with this principle, provide for a single remuneration payment covering fees, the purchase of authors' rights and future exploitation;
Amendment 130 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for a rebalancing of the bargaining position between authors and producers by providing authors with an unwaivable right to remuneration for all forms of exploitation of their works, including ongoing remuneration when authors have transferred their exclusive 'making available' right to a producer;
Amendment 132 #
Amendment 139 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Maintains that the best means of guaranteeing decent remuneration for rights holders is to implement inter-branch agreements between producers, authors and performerhrough the preferred choice of either collective bargaining agreements, including agreed standard contracts, extended collective licenses, or collective management organisations;
Amendment 144 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to ensure thatfor collective rights management companiessystems to use mutually compatible tools;
Amendment 160 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of promoting media literacy also for elderly citizens in Europe and to reduce the digital gap in the society, as this plays an essential role for societal participation and democratic citizenship; recalls the important role played by public service media in this regard as part of their public service missions;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2246(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that the European Court of Human Rights has derived a positive obligation for Member States to ensure media pluralism from Article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which includes similar provisions to those contained in Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2246(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls the European Parliament's Resolution of 25 November 2010 on 'public service broadcasting in the digital era: the future of the dual system', which stresses the important societal role of public service media; in this regard emphasises the importance of a balanced approach between public and private broadcasters for the protection of journalistic competition, information and diversity of opinion;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2246(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Notes that in a multi-media society, where the number of purely commercially-driven global market players has increased in recent years, a strong public service media is essential to guarantee a pluralistic media landscape;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2246(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 b. Believes that prohibition of censorship and ensuring the sources and whistleblowers protection for journalists are necessary but not sufficient conditions for the protection of media freedom and media diversity; stresses in this context that editorial independence and autonomy of content broadcasted with an independence from media state control and involvement, are crucial for a free and diverse media landscape;
Amendment 28 #
2011/2246(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly emphasises the educational and culturalspecific role of the public media; suggests that the commercial activities of the public media should solely complement the promotion of culture and their educational mission consistent with their public service remit, as defined by Member States, including their educational and cultural role; suggests that the public media should be sufficiently funded to be able and properly fulfil their remit;
Amendment 46 #
2011/2246(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the dynamic changes in the media world that are redefining the arena of information exchange; draws attention to the fact that the development of the Internet is opening possibilities for unrestricted, individual expression by citizens of EU Member States and other countries; emphasises that the digital terrestrial transmission platforms contribute to the diversity of opinion as they are particularly capable of directly distributing diverse, local and regional information at low consumer prizes;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2246(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to maintain a balance between protecting copyright and prosecuting piracy and the freedom to share information online; stresses that control of the media and individual Internet users is only possible in connection with violations of the Member States' laws, and cannot be a means of censorship and restricting freedom of speech.
Amendment 7 #
2011/2201(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is pleased with the significant improvement in payment delays, and notes with satisfaction that the EACEA had executed 94 % of its payments within the time limits; recalls that any delay in payments directly affects the beneficiaries' rights; recalls, however, that the main part of a grant should be paid as soon as possible and, in any event, during the subventioned period, in order not to increase organisations' dependence on banks approving loans, as the EACEA considers interests not "eligible";
Amendment 2 #
2011/2152(ACI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomeRejects the political agreement reached on 27 June 2013 at the highest political level between Parliament, the Irish Presidency and the Commission on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020 package (MFF Regulation and IIA), as the maximum achievable under the current circumstances and procedures; Is determined to make full use, in the course of forthcoming budgetary procedures,considering that the outcome is far from the initial EP’s negotiating position and fails to respond to any of the key EP’s demands set out in the its resolution adopted by an overwhelming majority on 13 March 2013 such as a substantial increase in the future-oriented policies, a compulsory and comprehensive revision, a maximum overall flexibility and an agreement on own resources; therefore calls ofn the new instruments established, notably as regards flexibilityCouncil and the Commission to continue the negotiation on the MFF to achieve a better balanced outcome;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2152(ACI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ConsidersIs convinced that the long and strenuous negotiations, both within Council and at interinstitutional level, and their outcome do not constitute a n unsatisfactory implementation of the new provisions of the TFEU concerning the MFF, which were implemented for the first time, in particular as regards the role and prerogatives of the Parliament;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2152(ACI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that the Council considereds the European Council conclusions of 8 February 2013 as binding for Council negotiators; stresses that the European Council conclusions also includeds elements falling under the ordinary legislative procedure, such as detailed allocation criteria, envelopes by programmes or beneficiary, as well as discretionary financial allocations adjusting the level of national returns from the Union budget; Points out that this negotiation has led to a situation where the European Council has de facto a legislative power while contradicting the provisions and the spirit of the Lisbon treaty;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2152(ACI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is firmly determined to exercise fully its legislative prerogatives as set out in the Treaty of Lisbon; states once more that negotiations on elements falling under the ordinary legislative procedure cannot be pre-empted by the European Council’s conclusions on the MFF, which must be taken as no more than political recommendations to the Council; warns the Council of any attempt to reduce the legislative power of the European Parliament, especially concerning the reforms of the Cohesion policy and the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP);
Amendment 13 #
2011/2152(ACI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Deeply regrets the lack of ambition and the lack of a constructive approach from side of the European Commission which has not fulfilled its crucial role in the decision-making process;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2042(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is convinced, however, that the achievement of the EU 2020 objectives is not just a question of increased budgetary means, but also of a qualitative reorientation of existing EU policies; calls for an increased integration of sustainability criteria into relevant policies, especially in the field of R&D, agriculture, rural development, energy, structural funds, transport, tourism and fisheries; believes that such a reorientation could ultimately lead to savings in the EU budget; welcomes in this context the proposals made in the Commission communication on the CAP towards 2020;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2042(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view, moreover, that 2012 budget appropriations, including in those areas not directly linked to the achievement of the Europe 2020 strategy, need to be kept at an appropriate level to ensure the continuation of EU policies and the achievement of EU objectives well beyond the duration of the current economic crisis; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to duly take into account the recent political changes in the Arab world in the set up of the draft 2012 budget; believes that the EU has an important role to play in assisting Arab countries in this historical moment in their democratic change and economic and social transformation;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2025(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Therefore calls on the Member States to include instruction in media use as an integral part of the curriculum in schools and other educational establishments, including infant schools, and to offer teachers and educators appropriate opportunities for training and further training;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Deeply regrets the planned dramatic increase in budgetary appropriations for nuclear research, whereas this energy form is increasingly questioned in Member States; points out that the Commission proposal will result in an even more serious imbalance between spending on nuclear research compared to renewable energy research; is therefore determined to abolish the foreseen increases for ITER;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that, in order to finance ITER, it will be necessary for the budget authority to agree on a revision of the MFF 2007- 2013; takes note of Commission's proposal of 20 April 2011 for financing the missing EUR 1 300 million for ITER in 2012 and 2013 but, in line with Council's exclusion of ITER additional funding from its Budget reading, insists that the negotiations on ITER's additional costs are disconnected from 2012 budgetary procedure; believes that abandoning the ITER project would free up much needed resources in general, which could be used for investing into already existing renewable energy technologies;
Amendment 45 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23. Calls on the Commission to acknowledge the crucial role the local and regional level plays in combating climate change and to respond to this challenge by revising the list of categories of expenditure (Lisbon earmarking) in Annex IV according to Article 9(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provision on structural funds and by introducing categories targeted to tackle the impacts of climate change in time for being taken into account for the implementation of the 2012 budget;
Amendment 47 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to increase its efforts to define clear priorities under this Heading in favour of sustainable farming systems, which preserve biodiversity, protect water resources and soil fertility, respect animal welfare and employment; believes that such a policy could have as a positive side effect the prevention of crisis like the spreading of EHEC;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Strongly regrets that the Commission is sending a message of rejection towards refugees by increasing substantially the External Border Fund and the European Return Fund, while keeping the European Refugee Fund at the same level than in 2011; believes that the EU should adopt a more welcoming stance towards refugees, especially in light of the Libyan war and the ongoing severe repression against demonstrators in several Arab countries;
Amendment 132 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. Has taken a different view of the Council and accepted the creation of two additional permanent posts (1 AD 9 and 1 AD 6) in the EDPS' establishment plan because of the new tasks for this institution conferred to it by Article 16 TFEU as it is the task of the EDPS to monitor and ensure that these rights are respected (all EU institutions and bodies are bound by the fundamental rights to privacy and protection of personal data); for the same reason acceptaccepts in order to comply with legal obligations the upgrading of its director from AD 14 to AD 15, although the total staff of the EDPS is 43 posts;
Amendment 135 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82
Paragraph 82
82. Notes the ongoing difficulties with the EEAS establishment plan as it seems that national experts inside the EEAS are not counted in the 1/3 part for Member States and there seem to be a overpropor; calls on the EEAS to exert restraint when it comes to the future creation of high -ranking management posts; this development seems toposts; believes that one way of achieving this could be ato result of pressure by Member States’ administrations on the EEAS in order to create high ranking posts for nationalplace progressively Seconded National experts posts by permanent posts for Member States' civil servants;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Observes that according to the DB 2012 there is an overall margin of EUR 1 603 million in CA under the 2012 ceiling agreed in the MFF; is determined to make full use of this available margin as well as – if necessary – of other flexibility mechanisms foreseen by the IIA to support and strengthen certain targeted political objectives; expects Council’s full cooperation as regards the use of these mechanisms; is open to compensate for such increases by savings in other parts of the budget, e.g. unsustainable agricultural or structural fund expenditures or nuclear energy;
Amendment 60 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the proposed increase in PA of 4.9% compared to 2011; is convinced that the Commission is proposing such figures on the basis of a careful and critical analysis of forecasts provided by Member States, which themselves co-manage 80% of the EU budget; notes that the bulk of this increase is linked to legal needs arising in relation to the 7th Research Programme and the Structural and Cohesion Funds; is convinced that the proposed level of payments represents the bare minimum required to honour EU legal commitments made in previous years and that it is the EU’s duty to comply with the legal obligations deriving from these commitments; strongly urges the Council, therefore, to refrain from cutting the proposed level of payments;
Amendment 72 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines that, with the DB 2012 and the updated financial programming for 2013, the total amount of funds committed by 2013 for key programmes for the achievement of the EU 2020 strategy, such as the 7th EC Framework Research Program (EC FP7), anti-pollution measures, Marco Polo II, PROGRESS, Galileo and GMES, would be less than the reference amount agreed by Parliament and Council when these programmes were adopted; notes that, on the contrary, these reference amounts would be slightly exceeded in the case of the following key Europe 2020 programmes: the Competiveness and Innovation Framework programme (CIP), Trans-European Transport Network, Trans-European Energy network, Erasmus Mundus and Lifelong Learning; regrets, however, that these proposed increases are well below the 5% legislative flexibility allowed under Point 37 of the IIA;
Amendment 76 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Deeply regrets the dramatic increase in budgetary appropriations for nuclear research, whereas this energy form is increasingly questioned in Member States; points out that the Commission proposal will result in an even more serious imbalance between spending on nuclear research compared to renewable energy research; is therefore determined to abolish the foreseen increases for ITER;
Amendment 77 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 80 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out in this regard to the need to improve the funding conditions for the sustainable energy priorities, energy storage technologies and other priorities on renewables under the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan), including energy efficiency, which are vital for meeting the economic, energy and climate challenges; believes that clear goals for sustainable energy policy and energy efficiency can deliver cost-efficient solutions from which the European economy as a whole could benefit; notes also that additional innovative ways of leveraging investments and fostering research and innovation, such as the Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF), could be explored in the frame of the 2012 budgetary procedure;
Amendment 109 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. WelcomNotes the 8.4% increase in PA to EUR 45 134 million proposed for 2012 as compared to 2011, and believes that this increase will allow for programme implementation to catch up quickly following the very slow start-up of programmes at the beginning of the 2007- 13 period; emphasises that this increase should also make it possible to address additional payment needs stemming from the recent legislative changes, the approval of all management and control systems and the closure of the 2000-2006 programmes;
Amendment 112 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses thereforeBelieves that this level of payments is a bare minimum and complies fully with realistic budgeting, taking due account of the general payment profile over the period, the Member States’ available forecast in respect of payment claims to be sent to the Commission, and the need to fill the gap between commitments and payments; underlines the fact that these cash flows will also help accelerate the recovery of the European economy and contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy in the regions; will therefore strictly oppose any possible decrease in the level of payments compared to the one proposed by the Commission in its Draft Budget, particularly in view of Council’s early 2011 reluctance to honour its formal commitment of December 2010 to providing fresh appropriations in case of needprobably necessary in order to respect previous commitments, despite a high rate of misallocations; underlines the fact that these cash flows will also help accelerate the recovery of the European economy and contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy in the regions;
Amendment 121 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the Commission to acknowledge the crucial role the local and regional level plays in combating climate change and to respond to this challenge by revising the list of categories of expenditure (Lisbon earmarking) in Annex IV according to Article 9(3) of Council regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provision on structural funds and by introducing categories targeted to tackle the impacts of climate change in time for being taken into account for the implementation of the 2012 budget;
Amendment 129 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Regrets the absence of defining clear priorities under this Heading in favour of sustainable farming systems, which preserve biodiversity, protect water resources and soil fertility, respect animal welfare and employment;
Amendment 131 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Calls for a further reduction of export refunds and regrets the continued subsidising of the tobacco production in the EU, which is contrary to the objectives of the EU health policy;
Amendment 133 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Stresses that part of the spending under Heading 2 is instrumental in realising the Europe 2020 goals; emphasises that the priority goals of this strategy – growth and employment – are also accomplished through the rural development programmes; regards climate action and food security as two of the main challenges for the CAP; regrets that direct aids are not further conditioned to achievements of environmental and social objectives; calls, therefore, for a further greening of the CAP, which should also contribute to meeting the vast environmental challenges the EU faces, including water pollution; in this context, also welcomes the increase for the LIFE+ programme (+4.3% and +1.9% in commitments and payments respectively); points out nevertheless that the LIFE+ appropriations remain at a quite limited level;
Amendment 141 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Emphasises that energy efficiency, the fight against climate change and the promotion of renewable energy are transversal priorities that can be financed under several headings of the EU budget, and that Parliament will pay specific attention to their funding, by budget line and overall; urges the Commission to further mainstream such priorities, as well as water protection and the preservation of biodiversity in other policies, including EU financial support to developing countries; takes the view that the proper implementation of the existing legislation on these topics is crucial and therefore asks the Commission to carefully analyse whether more resources are required in order to examine seriously the implementation of EU environmental legislation, and to report back to Parliament;
Amendment 145 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Points out that, owing to its political importance, the financing and existing actions of the Common Fisheries Policy should be preserved, not least given its upcoming reform; takes the view that the funding of the integrated maritime policy should not be detrimental to that of other fisheries actions and programmes under Heading 2; further considers it crucial to keep on monitoring the size of the European fishing fleet; considers effective fisheries’ management of crucial importance in order to preserve fish stocks and prevent overfishing; in that context considers necessary to allocate increased funding to basic research into marine ecology , to the collection of scientific data and to the Fisheries Control Agency as well as to Member states’ control activities; the EU should also contribute to improved controls in the waters of developing countries;
Amendment 155 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Strongly regrets that the Commission is sending a message of rejection towards refugees by increasing substantially the External Border Fund and the European Return Fund, while keeping the European Refugee Fund at the same level than in 2011; believes that the EU should adopt a more welcoming stance towards refugees, especially in light of the Libyan war and the ongoing severe repression against demonstrators in several Arab countries;
Amendment 175 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 179 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55a. Recalls that until now the Commission has failed to return funds (240 Million) used for the Food Facility to heading 4 and especially the Instrument for Stability as demanded by the Committee on Budgets in paragraph 23 of its report A7-0038/2009 adopted on 12. October 2009;
Amendment 205 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Acknowledges the Commission’s great effort to freeze its own administrative expenditure in nominal terms; notes that this was rendered possible through the offsetting of the increases linked to statutory and contractual obligations against other drastic cuts in other administrative expenditure; is nevertheless concerned about the possible consequences of the latter, for instance those related to training (-11%) and publications (-17% and -2.1% for the Publication Office);
Amendment 231 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 a (new)
Paragraph 75 a (new)
75a. Highlights the importance of adequate funding for financial markets supervisory agencies in times of ongoing serious risks in this field;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms that the Parliament should show budgetary responsibility and self- restraint by staying around the inflation rate and finding additional savings; following the interinstitutional line, enlargement-related needs are to be integrated either by a letter of amendment or an amending budget; the needs for the 18 new MEPs following the Lisbon Treaty will be also integrated by a letter of amendment or an amending budget;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Furthermore urges the administration to present an objective evaluation of the European Parliament's budget with the aim of identifying savings throughout and present this evaluation to the Committee on Budgets in a timely fashion before the end of the budgetary procedure;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the opinion that the European Parliament and the other institutions should show budgetary responsibility and self- restraint in the context of economic crisis and the heavy burden of public debt and restraint in times of ongoing national budgetary consolidation efforts without undermining the goal of legislative excellence; is therefore ready to accept a revision of the ceiling of heading 5 of the MFF according to point 23 of the Inter-Inter- Institutional Agreement (IIA); this revision should be an offsetting with a reduction of the ceiling of heading 5 (administration) by EUR 100 million and a corresponding increase of other headings in favour of youth;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Decides to maintaipostpone its decision on the following new requests for new posts in reserve until it isuntil it has received sufficient information showning that no redeployment and training is possible and that outsourcing is not appropriate; this concerns the following new posts: 6 temporary posts for DG COMM, 12 permanent posts in total for the committees BUDG; JURI and INTA, 1 permanent and 1 temporary post for the European Parliament Mediator for International Parental Child Abduction, 2 permanent posts for the Protocol Unit, two permanent posts for DG EXPO for the Latin America and Enlargement units, the 17 new posts in connection with the ongoing DG INLO's three-year plan and the 4 posts for dealing with confidential documents; welcomes that already a total of 36 redeployments are planned;
Amendment 28 #
2011/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that the ongoing efforts to modernise and rationalise the administration and the proposals for 2012 should contribute to a reduction in the external provision of services and expects significant savings to be made here so as to achieve a level of expenditure comparable at least to that of 2010;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Requests more detailed information regardingjects the creation of an European Added Value Assessment Unit, its tasks and competences; puts all appropriations concerning this new Unit and the request for new staff for this Unit into reserve until sufficient information received;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the Secretary General's proposal to continue to implement Parliament's environmental policy, to start- up an information campaign, to provide support for the multi-annual ICT strategy and to continue to modernise and rationalise the administration; would further welcome that the continued modernisation and rationalisation include that: - the library services provide expertise in all three working languages, - that the medical service continues to be adequately funded with an increase of 15%, - that exchanges with national parliaments continue to be adequately funded and kept at the level of 2011;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes that Members' travel costs could be significantly reduced if MEPs and staff were obliged, for flights within the Union, to travel economy class;
Amendment 44 #
2011/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that efforts to modernise and rationalise the administration must also include the security of the parliament; requests a reserve of EUR 3 million, which would be lifted upon presentation of a viable concept for improvements and costs-plan;
Amendment 53 #
2011/2018(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the detailed information received concerning the continuation of the realisation of the House of European History; takes note ofis worried by the estimated total cost for setting up the House of European History, the estimated running costs and the staffing needs; requests to be informed as soon as possible on the building project according to Article 179(3) of the Financial Regulation; urges the House of European History to seriously look into co-financing options in the framework of a business plan; believes that the costs for the House of European History should be counterbalanced by savings on other lines in Parliament's budget; requests to have a more broader debate in Parliament on the setting up of the House; proposes to put all 2012 appropriations for the House in the reserve until serious progress is made on the preceding points;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2017(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes that Parliament should show budgetary responsibility and restraint in times of ongoing national budgetary consolidation efforts;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2017(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes the view that Parliament’s goal should be to develop legislative excellence and that all the necessary resources should be available for this purpose, while respecting budgetary constraints;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2017(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that Parliament’s budget for 2011 amounts to EUR 1 685 m., representing 20.03% of heading 5; recalls that an analysis of future budgetary needs is to be submitted before this percentage rises;
Amendment 5 #
2011/0455(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that the Commission proposal, which mainly tries to make savings to the detriment of staff in low grades, is problematic in terms of social justice;
Amendment 6 #
2011/0455(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Requests that the savings made be better distributed among the entire range of ranks by the creation of a progressive rate for the solidarity levy, to be linked to the height of staff grades;
Amendment 9 #
2011/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The potential advantages for officials and other servants of the European Union of the application of the method should be balanced by the continuation of the system of special levy, to be renamed as 'solidarity levy'. While the rate of the special levy in force during the period from 2004 to 2012 increased gradually over time and averaged at 4.23 %, it seems appropriate in the present circumstances to increase the solidarity levy at the uniformnd to transform the rate of that levy into a progressive rate of 6% to 12%, so as to take account of a difficult economic context and its ramifications for public finances throughout the European Union, but at the same time to respect principles of social justice. Such a solidarity levy should apply to all officials and other servants of the European Union for the same period as the 'method' itself.
Amendment 26 #
2011/0455(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 32 – point a
Article 1 – point 32 – point a
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Article 66a – paragraph 2
Article 66a – paragraph 2
2. The rate of this solidarity levy, which shall apply to the base defined in paragraph 3, shall be 6 %vary between 6% and 12 % and be linked to the height of the staff grade;
Amendment 97 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) With the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Union and the Member States aim at delivering growth, employment, productivity and social cohesion for the coming decadeFull involvement of citizens in the democratic life of the European Union and in European integration requires a series of joint actions by the Union, in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, to promote fundamental freedoms, human rights and democracy, cultural diversity, tolerance and solidarity, in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).
Amendment 101 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) While there is objectively a clear added value of being an Union citizen with established rights, the Union does not always highlight the link between the solution of a broad range of economic and social problems and the Union's policies in an effective way. Hence, the impressive achievements in terms of peace and stability in Europe, long-term sustainable growth, stable prices, an efficient. By integrating fully its citizens in its policy making, the Union shall enhance a stronger feeling of belonging, balancing the citizens' sense of failure of the Union facing the crisis, and the worsening social disparity, with its achievements in terms of peace and stability, protection of consumers and the environment andin Europe, as well as in the promotion of fundamental rights, have not always led to a strong feeling of belonging of citizens to the Union.
Amendment 117 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The new programme should cover a wide spectrum of different actions and, include, among othersing, inter alia, citizens' meetings, networking and multistakeholder joint projects, contacts and debates on citizenship issues, Union level events, initiatives to reflect on defining moments in European history, initiatives to raise awareness about the Union institutions and their functioning, and debates on European policy issues, or issues identified by citizens, with a view to invigorateing all aspects of public life.
Amendment 129 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) A horizontal dimension of the Programme shouldall ensure the valorisation and transferability of results for enhanced impact and long-term sustainability. For this purpose, activities launched should have a clear link to the European political agenda, and be communicated appropriatelyall actions, debates and projects of citizens, that have a clear link to the European political agenda, enhance participation of citizens in Union decision-making and promote a culture of civic participation. Furthermore, it is of utmost importance to foster actions aiming at reinforcing the intercultural dialogue, respecting the cultural and linguistic diversity, as in the UNESCO Convention of 2005 on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions.
Amendment 141 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Preferencearticular attention will be givenpaid to grants for projects with a high impact, in particular those which are directly linked to EUnion policies with a view to participate iand which have a participatory effect on the shaping of the EUnion's political agenda. Moreover, following the principle of sound financial management, the implementation of the programme should be further simplified in a way that also allows for the inclusion of small-scale projects and groups that are hard to reach, inter alia by recourse to lump- sums, flat- rate financing and the application of unit- cost rates. Within the limits of the Financial Regulation, the inclusion of voluntary work as co-financing, pre-financing of projects, the lowering of thresholds and volumes for co-financing, two-step project applications and a wider range for deadlines should be considered, where appropriate.
Amendment 145 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Strengthen remembrance and enhance capacity for civic participation at the Union levelthe contribution to citizens' understanding of and contribution to the Union, including the transmission of memory and the development of a sense for a common history.
Amendment 161 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. encourage democratic and civicand enhance participation of citizens atin Union level, by developing citizens' understanding of the Union policy making-processdecision making and promoting opportunities for societal engagement and volunteering at Union levele a culture of civic participation, including the development of new democratic procedures and instruments.
Amendment 167 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘Remembrance and European citizenship’raising a sense of common history and belonging, promoting peace, common values and the well being of its peoples together with the respect of its cultural and linguistic diversity, by stimulating debates, reflection, networking, societal projects, aiming at bringing together people from local communities across Europe to share and exchange experiences
Amendment 168 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘Democratic engagement and civic participation’Fostering European citizenship through the participation of citizens in Union decision making, including the development of new democratic procedures and instruments.
Amendment 189 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– Debates/studies and interventions on defining moments in European history, in particular and European integration, inter alia to keep alive the memory alive of the crimes committed under Nazism and Stalinismtotalitarian regimes, such as Nazism and Stalinism, as well as those committed through colonialism, but also to promote reflection and actions to foster mutual understanding, respect and peace
Amendment 233 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – part 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
Annex – part 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
Amendment 16 #
2011/0414(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Chernobyl accident in 1986 highlighted the global importance of nuclear safety. The Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011 confirmed the need to continue the efforts to improve nuclear safety to the highest standards. To create the conditions of safety necessary to eliminate hazards to the life and health of the public, the European Atomic Energy Community (the ‘Community’) should be able to support nuclear safety in third countries . Both accidents prove that nuclear energy comprises unacceptable risks and that nuclear safety can best be achieved by abandoning nuclear energy.
Amendment 17 #
2011/0414(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) As nuclear energy capacities will regrettably continue to exist in certain countries, improving nuclear safety for existing capacities will unfortunately constitute a continuing need; however, the nuclear safety instrument shall not be used in the process of designing new nuclear energy capacities, as new capacities would increase the risk of accidents.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0414(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – introductory part 1
Article 1 – introductory part 1
The European Union shall finance measures to support the promotion of a high level of nuclear safety, radiation protection and the application of efficient and effective safeguards of nuclear material in third countriesaccession countries and countries in the European Neighbourhood region, in line with the provisions of this Regulation.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0414(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. The multi annual indicative programmes shall be revised as necessary, taking into account any review of the relevant strategy papers, in accordance with the same procedure. However, the examination procedure shall not be required for modifications to multiannual indicative programmes, which make technical adjustments, reassign funds within the allocations per priority area, or increase or decrease the size of the initial indicative allocation by less than 210%, provided that these modifications do not affect the initial priority areas and objectives set out in the document. Any such technical adjustments shall be communicated within one month to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 29 #
2011/0414(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The financial reference amount for the implementation of this Regulation over the period 2014 to 2020 is EUR 631 1524 000 000.
Amendment 32 #
2011/0414(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 3 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – part 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 33 #
2011/0414(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 3 – paragraph 2 – footnote 10
Annex 1 – part 3 – paragraph 2 – footnote 10
Amendment 34 #
2011/0414(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 3 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – part 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 35 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Annex – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
A genuine change in our innovation systems and paradigms is therefore necessary, which requires the adoption of new principles and practices based, in particular, on open and inclusive research and on the development of tools for managing intellectual property rights which promote transparency and exchange, and the development of new financing tools to ensure that research efforts are targeted, effectively and as a matter of priority, at issues of major public interest. Still too often, excellence in higher education, research and innovation, while clearly existing across the EU, remains fragmented. Europe needs to overcome this lack of strategic co- operation across boundaries – countries, sectors and disciplines. Moreover, Europe needs to embrace a true entrepreneurial culture, which is essential for capturing the value of research and innovation, for setting-up new ventures and actual market deployment of innovations in potential high-growth sectors. Europe needs to foster the role of higher education institutions as engines of innovation, as talented people need to be equipped with the right skills, knowledge and attitudes in order to drive innovation forward.
Amendment 36 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
Annex – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
The EIT has been set up precisely to this end – to contribute to sustainable economic growth and competitiveness by reinforcing the innovation capacity of the Union and its Member States. By fully integrating the knowledge triangle of higher education, research and innovation, the Institute will strongly contribute to tackling societal challenges under Horizon 2020 and bring about systemic change in the way European innovation players collaborate to promote open and inclusive models.
Amendment 38 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.2 – paragraph 1 – bullet point 1
Annex – point 1.2 – paragraph 1 – bullet point 1
Overcoming fragmentation via long-term integrated partnerships and achieving critical mass through its European dimension: Building on existing cooperation initiatives, the EIT brings the selected partnerships in the KICs to a more permanent and strategic level. KICs allow world-class partners to unite in new configurations, optimizse existing resources and develop open and inclusive innovation models, access new business opportunities via new value chains addressing higher risk, and larger scale challenges. Moreover, while there are a significant number of centres of excellence across EU Member States, they often do not attain the critical mass for global competition individually. The KICs' co- location centres offer strong local actors the opportunity to closely connect to other excellent partners across borders, thereby allowing them to act and be recognizsed globally.
Amendment 39 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.2 – paragraph 1 – bullet point 2
Annex – point 1.2 – paragraph 1 – bullet point 2
Enhancing the impact of investments on education, research and innovation and testing new ways for innovation governance: The EIT acts as a catalyst, adding value to the existing research base, by accelerating the take-up and exploitation of technologies and research outcomes. Innovation activities contribute in turn to align and leverage research investments and to make education and training activities more responsive to business needs. To this end, the EIT has been equipped with a substantial degree of flexibility to test out new innovation models, allowing for true differentiation in the KICs' governance and funding models and quick adaptation to better cope with emerging opportunities. The EIT also has the potential to develop new financing models, such as innovation prizes, allowing to maximise the public returns of the financing of research, ensuring that innovation not only tackles the most urgent needs of society but also can benefit rapidly to European citizens.
Amendment 40 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
The EIT will strongly contribute to the objectives set out in Horizon 2020, in particular by addressing societal challenges in a complementary way to other initiatives in these areas. Within Horizon 2020, the EIT will be part of the ‘tackling societal challenges’ objective but following the approach of seamless interaction across objectives, it will also contribute to ‘industrial leadership and competitive frameworks’ by stimulating results-driven research and fostering the creation of open and inclusive innovation models among high growth innovative SMEs. Finally, it will contribute to the creation of an ‘excellent science base’ by fostering mobility across boundaries – of disciplines, sectors and countries – and by embedding entrepreneurship and a risk-taking culture in innovative post-graduates degrees. The EIT will thereby significantly contribute to promoting the framework conditions that are needed to realise the innovative potential of EU research and to promote the completion of the European Research Area (ERA).
Amendment 43 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 3
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 3
Moreover, the EIT brings a fully fledged education dimension to the EU's research and innovation policy, including through open access to research publications. Via innovative, entrepreneurial education it plays an important bridging role between the research and innovation framework and education policies and programmes and provides the long term commitment needed to deliver sustainable changes in higher education. Notably through new, trans and interdisciplinary EIT-labelled degrees the EIT is leading a collaborative effort towards education for innovation with clear spill over effects on the broader European agenda for the modernisation of higher education institutions thereby promoting the European Higher Education Area.
Amendment 46 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Joint Programming Initiatives, a key instrument for addressing fragmentation in research, should provide the nucleus of the pan-European KIC research base. In turn, KICs can speed up and foster the exploitation of excellent public research pooled together by the JPIs, thereby addressing fragmentation in innovation. The Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) and the newly established Public and Private Partnerships provide platforms for promotion of large-scale industry-driven research and enhance the development of major technologies. The establishment of ‘patent pools’ in certain areas and open research will encourage the opening-up of research and act as a catalyst for efforts by both the public and private sectors (and by SMEs in particular). KICs can help in catalysing these major research investments to boost technology transfer and commercialisation and to develop new ventures within existing business via entrepreneurial talent. Through its knowledge triangle approach, the EIT will complement investment of the European Research Council (ERC) on world-class frontier research by addressing the whole innovation chain from ideas to application and exploitation and provide additional opportunities in innovation and exposure to entrepreneurship tofor 'Marie Curie' researchers and 'Erasmus for all' students.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
The EIT should promote the development of new tools for information and transparency on intellectual property rights intended to provide both public and private research stakeholders (including SMEs) with information allowing them to engage in research and the application of inventions, the acquisition of industrial property rights and the exploitation of research on an informed basis. The measures to be taken include ensuring price transparency, developing methods for assessing the quality of intellectual property rights at European level and developing common benchmarks for transactions involving patents.
Amendment 48 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.1 – paragraph 4
Annex – point 2.1 – paragraph 4
The '‘EIT investor'’ approach stands for a focus on identifying best strategic opportunities and selecting a portfolio of world-class partnerships – the KICs – to deliver on these. As part of this approach, the EIT awards the annual grants to the KICs based on their past performance and proposed activities in their business plan. The assessment of the business plans will be supported by external, independent experts. In this perspective, the EIT should not only set out broad directions and visions, but needs to provide KICs with an appropriate level of support and monitor their performance. At the same time, KICs are given a substantial degree of leeway to define their internal strategies and organisation as well as to deliver their activities and mobilise the talent and resources needed. The EIT can thus promote the establishment of ‘patent pools’ for sharing intellectual property rights in order to accelerate research on the basis of payment of adequate compensation to the holders of these rights.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.1.1 – paragraph 3
Annex – point 2.1.1 – paragraph 3
A good balance between co-operation and competition is equally important for bringing KICs to maximum performance. The EIT will incentivize KICs to engage in cross-KIC work in areas which offer a strong potential for synergies, e.g. via joint professional development courses, joint research activities, masters or PhDs degrees or cross-KIC mobility between academia and business, but also via joint research activities or the establishment of ‘patent pools’. At the same time, the EIT will provide incentives for a certain degree of competition to encourage KICs to stay focused on results and impact and take appropriate measures in case of underperformance.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.1.1 – paragraph 4
Annex – point 2.1.1 – paragraph 4
KICs not only build on their partners' existing excellent research base, but are also the front-runners for promoting and implementing the EIT's educational mission. The objective is to educate and train talented people with the skills, knowledge and mindset needed in a global knowledge economy. To this end, the EIT actively promotes, inter alia, the EIT- labelled degrees by monitoring their quality and coherent implementation across KICs. In this endeavour ta series of quality criteria will be applied by KICs for EIT- labelled degrees, to ensure the upholding of high academic standards and the reputation of European universities. They will also make extensive use of peer and expert evaluations, and establish a dialogue with national and quality assurance bodies. This will enhance the national and international recognition of the EIT labelled qualifications and raise their attractiveness globally, while providing a platform for collaboration at international level. In the future, KICs will be encouraged to expand their educational activities beyond post- graduate education to a greater variety of study modes to cater for a wider range of innovative, professional development activities, involving executive education, tailor-made training courses and summer schools. To enhance the impact of KICs' educational activities and to reach out to a wider audience, KICs may envisage the design, on an experimental basis, of modules for undergraduate courses or packages targeted ato school education.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 4
Annex – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 4
The assessment of the themes proposed in the EIT draft as well as by the wider stakeholder community clearly showed a certain degree of variation regarding potential impact the establishment of a KIC would offer. As a result, a number of themes were discarded entirely; others were redefined in order to better respond to the specificities of the European and global context in this area. The regular assessment of the evolution of research potentials and the possible emergence of new innovation dynamics should be taken into consideration for future KICs in sectors that are not yet considered but fulfil the given criteria (as for instance in the maritime field).
Amendment 54 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Annex – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
The following thematic areas have been identified as those where the establishment of a new KIC has greatest potential to add value to existing activities and bring about a real boost to innovation. However this list of areas is neither closed nor exhaustive:
Amendment 56 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 2
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 2
In the future, the EIT must work to make the KIC experience understandable and replicable and build it into a culture that can act as a role model in Europe and beyond. By identifying, analysing and sharing good practices, as well as new governance and funding models from the KICs, the EIT seeks to ensure that knowledge generated within the EIT and its KICs is disseminated and capitalised upon for the benefit of peoplethe citizens, private entities and institutions, including those not directly participating in the KICs.
Amendment 57 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 4
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 4
Main drivers of learning at EIT level may be: innovation-driven research for the creation of new businesses and new business models, management of IP portfolios and new approaches to IP sharingthe development of new methods and new tools to provide greater transparency of IP portfolios and their management, improve IP sharing and systematise the modelling of licences facilitating transactions, including the possibility for SMEs and public institutions to participate more actively in innovation, entrepreneurship and new integrated forms of multi-disciplinary education; innovative governance and financial models based ion the concept of open innovation or involving public authorities, particularly for targeting research at the priority needs of society. This will help the EIT to be a role model and to act as a '‘game shifter'’ in the European innovation landscape and to become an internationally recognised innovation institution.
Amendment 58 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 7
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 7
Moreover, the EIT has a clear role to play in attracting talent from outside the EU. By creating a strong brand and forging strategic relations with key partners from around the globe, the EIT can add to the attractiveness of the partners within the KICs. In close cooperation with the KICs, the EIT should develop a strong international strategy, identifying and liaising relevant interlocutors and potential partners. In this context the EIT and its KICs should take full advantage of existing EU initiatives in the area, such as the 'Erasmus for all' programme and the Marie Curie Actions. In addition, the EIT can fosterUnion’s research, education, training and youth programmes. In addition, the EIT can foster open access, inclusive innovation, knowledge sharing, mentoring and networking by encouraging the setting up of an EIT alumni network.
Amendment 61 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 9 – bullet point 2 (inside the box)
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 9 – bullet point 2 (inside the box)
Set up/customise a web based tool to provide a platform for knowledge sharing and networking around the EIT, which will provide students, teachers and researchers who are not involved in existing KICs with easy access to information about ongoing work and the results of completed research.
Amendment 62 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 9 – bullet point 2 a (new) (inside the box)
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 9 – bullet point 2 a (new) (inside the box)
Develop tools to facilitate the identification of intellectual property rights involved in a field or in the context of research, as well as their acquisition, assignment or transmission as appropriate and depending on the needs of stakeholders.
Amendment 63 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 9 – bullet point 4 (inside the box)
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 9 – bullet point 4 (inside the box)
Make lessons learned and successes from KICs systematically accessible to the wider EU innovation community and beyond. This maywill include, in particular, the development of a repository of open course ware from the EIT's and KICs' educational and training activities which is accessible to all.
Amendment 64 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.3 – paragraph 3
Annex – point 2.3 – paragraph 3
The KICs will provide an ideal testing ground for new approaches to funding and management of innovation. The establishment of innovation prizes associated with specific licensing arrangements can accelerate research in areas of key social importance with a view to obtaining precise scientific and technical answers at short notice. Through KICs' experimentation and experience, the EIT will deliver a simplification agenda in key areas such as contractual agreements, simplified reporting, lumps sums and flat rates.
Amendment 65 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 3.2 – paragraph 2
Annex – point 3.2 – paragraph 2
Moving away from a merely administrator role, the EIT headquarters will optimise their operational functions to steer the KICs to maximum performance and make good results widely available. There are efficiency gains to be achieved from providing a number of centralised services and functions, rather than at individual KIC level. While all KICs work on specific themes, a number of elements are of a cross-cutting nature and it is precisely there where the EIT can provide tangible added value. Such knowledge provider functions can relate notably to the EIT headquarters becoming an information broker and resourceful interlocutor, e.g. in fostering cross-KIC exchange and, transparency, information provision (in the field of intellectual property rights in particular), and developing mutual learning, facilitating relations with the EU institutions and other key organisations, such as the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD), or. It can thus focus on specific cross-cutting issues, such as counselling on IP,open research, collaborative research, IP and competition law, and technology and knowledge transfer, benchmarking against international best practices, or undertaking anticipation and foresight studies to identify future directions for the EIT and the KICs. The EIT and KICs should decide together where these tasks can be most effectively dealt with. In this regard, it will be of crucial importance for the EIT and the KICs to establish viable mechanisms for systematic collaboration around cross- cutting issues.
Amendment 7 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The rules concerning the management of intellectual property rights are defined in the Rules for Participation. However, the EIT should play an innovative role in developing tools to manage intellectual property rights that promote transparency and exchanges, to enable public and private players (particularly small and medium-sized undertakings (SMEs)) to become involved in research and take advantage of inventions.
Amendment 8 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The EIT should promote multi- disciplinary approaches to innovation, including the development of non- technological solutions, organizational approaches, new business models, open research and other collaborative approaches.
Amendment 9 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The composition of the EIT bodies should be simplified and should reflect the three dimensions of the knowledge triangle. The functioning of the EIT Governing Board should be streamlined and the respective roles and tasks of the Governing Board and the Director should be further clarified.
Amendment 10 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) New KICs, including their priority fields and the organisation and timing of the selection process, should be launched on the basis of modalities defined in the Strategic Innovation Agenda should be launched and selected through an open, transparent and competitive process.
Amendment 11 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The EIT should designate as many KICs as financially possible, provided that their scope falls within the objectives of Horizon 2020, that they meet the minimum conditions of establishment and that they can demonstrate performance according to defined selection criteria.
Amendment 14 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Cooperation on the organisation the monitoring and evaluations of the KICs between the Commission and the EIT is required to ensure coherence with overall EU level monitoring and evaluation system. In particular, the principles for monitoring the KICs and the EIT should be clarified.
Amendment 16 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(3a) Article 4(2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. The Commission shall appoint observers representing the three dimensions of the knowledge triangle to take part in the meetings of the Governing Board.’
Amendment 17 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) convene, at least once a year, the Stakeholders Forum to inform about the activities of the EIT, its experiences, good practices and contribution to Union innovation, research and education policies and objectives. SAll stakeholders shall be invited to express their views.
Amendment 18 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 1 – point 6 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 7 – paragraph 1a
Article 7 – paragraph 1a
1a. The EIT shall launch the selection of KICs and designation of KICs according to the priority fields and time schedule defined in the SIAe as many KICs as financially feasible, on the basis of their quality and provided that they fulfil minimum selection and award criteria.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 6 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point g
(aa) in paragraph 2, point (g) is replaced by the following: ‘(g) readiness to interact with other organisations and networks outside the KIC, with the aim of sharing good practices and excellence, including with less performing regions.’
Amendment 21 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 15 – point b
Article 15 – point b
(b) an annual report to be made public by 30 June each year. The report shall outline the activities conducted by the EIT and the KICs during the preceding calendar year and assess the results with respect to the objectives, indicators and timetable set, the risks associated with the activities carried out, the use of resources and the general operation of the EIT. Every year, the EIT Director shall present the annual report to the competent committees of the European Parliament.
Amendment 712 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
a) EUR 16 741 738 00084,5% for actions in the field of education, and training and youth, as referred to underin Article 6 (1);. From this amount, the following minimum allocations shall be earmarked for the main educational sectors:
Amendment 715 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i (new)
(i) [40%] to higher education;
Amendment 719 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a - point ii (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a - point ii (new)
(ii) [23 %] to vocational education and training;
Amendment 724 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a - point iii
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a - point iii
(iii) [15,5 %] to school education;
Amendment 731 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iv (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iv (new)
(iv) [6 % ] to adult learning;
Amendment 734 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) [12,3 %] for actions in the field of youth as referred to in Article 10b;
Amendment 742 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – indent 1
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – indent 1
– [658 %] of this amount is allocated to learning mobility of individuals;
Amendment 744 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
– [260 %] of this amount is allocated to cooperation for innovation and good practices;
Amendment 745 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – indent 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – indent 3
– [47 %] of this amount is allocated to support for policy reform.;
Amendment 201 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Treaty aims at an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe and confers on the Union the task, inter alia, of contributing to the flowering of cultures of Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time ensuring at Union level that the conditions necessary for the competitiveness of the Union's industry exist. In this respect, the Union, where necessary, supports and supplements Member States' actions to respect cultural and linguistic diversity, safeguard and promote European cultural heritage, and strengthen the ecompetitivenessnomic capacity of the European cultural and creative sectors and facilitate adaptation to industrial changes, in particular through vocational training, in particular through vocational training, while taking due account of the intrinsic value of culture.
Amendment 214 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Safeguarding and promoting tangible and intangible cultural heritage should be an integral part of the Union's tasks, within the meaning of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, encompassing monuments, sites, historic ensembles, museums, landscapes and film archives, whereby contemporary artistic projects can be carried out as a valorisation of the places concerned, promoting creation while giving a sense of appropriation by the peoples of the history of the place or object in question.
Amendment 219 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) It emerges from these monitoring, evaluation and public consultation exercises that the Culture, MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus programmes play a very important role in protecting and promoting Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity and that they are relevant for the needs of the cultural and creative sectors, but also that the objectives of any new programme should be realigned to the goals of Europe 2020. It also appears from these evaluations and consultations, as well as from various independent studies, in particular the study on the entrepreneurial dimension of cultural and creative industries, that the cultural and creative sectors are facing common challenges, namely a highly fragmented market context, the impact of the digital shift and globalisation, difficulties in accessing finance and a shcontribute to, and play a role in, broader European developments: those sectors are an important employer in their own right and there is a clear link between investment in culture and economic development, hence the importagnce of comparable data, which all require action at Unioreinforcing cultural policies at regional, national and European level.
Amendment 221 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The cultural and creative sectors are facing common challenges, namely highly diversified fields of activity, multilingual environments and fragmented markets, the context of globalisation and the digital shift, as well as a recurrent shortage of comparable data, which can be tackled by actions at Union level.
Amendment 222 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The European cultural and creative sectors arelandscape is not homogeneous in its functioning and its economic impact. It is inherently fragmented also along national and linguistic lines. On the one hand, fragmentthis situation results in a culturally diverse and highly independent cultural landscapefield, providing a voice for the different cultural traditions forming the diversity of our European heritageand experiments and making a common cultural area for the peoples of Europe a reality. On the other hand, fragmentation lmeads to limited and sub-optimalns a series of obstacles impeding the smooth transnational circulation of cultural and creative works, and operatohampering cultural players within and outside the Union, which can lead to geographical imbalances and - subsequently - to a limited choice for the consumerin the area of access to cultural goods.
Amendment 228 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The digital shift is having a massive impact on how cultural and creative goods and services are made, disseminated, accessed, consumed and monetised. These changes offer greatwide opportunities for the European cultural and creative sectors. Lower distribution costs, new distribution channels and new opportunities for niche products can facilitate access and increase circulation of cultural and artistic works worldwide. In order to seizfully use these opportunities and adapt to the context of the digital shift and globalisation, the cultural and creative sectors need to develop newtheir management and digital skills and therefore require even greater access to finance, in order to upgrade equipment, develop new production and distribution methods and adapt theirdevelop their own fair and creative business models.
Amendment 236 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) One of the greatest challenges of the cultural and creative sectors, especially small operators including micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-enterprises, is their difficulty they face in accessing the funds they need to finance their activities, grow, maintain their competitiveness or internationalise their action. While this is a common challenge for SMEs in general, the situation is significantly more difficult in the cultural and creative sectors due to the intangible nature of many of their assets, the prototype profile of their activities, the lack of investment-readiness of the operators in the sectors as well as the insufficient investor-readiness ofand their intrinsic need to take risks and experiment in order to innovate. This risk-taking by operators needs to be understood and supported also by financial institutions.
Amendment 252 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Participation in the programme will be open to the Member States, acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates benefiting from a pre-accession strategy, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar agreements; to EFTA countries which are parties to the EEA Agreement and to countries of the European neighbourhood area in accordance with the procedures defined with those countries following the framework agreements providing for their participation in European Union programmes. The participation of the Swiss Confederation is subject to specific arrangements with that country.
Amendment 258 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) It is necessary to ensure the European added value of all actions carried out within in the fFramework of the Programme, complementarity to Member State activities and compliance with Article 167 (4) of the Treaty and other Union activities, in particular in the field of education, training, research and innovation, industrial and cohesion policy, social and health policies, tourism and external relations.
Amendment 262 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) With regard to the implementation of the Programme, the intrinsic value of culture and the specific nature of the cultural and creative sectors should be taken into account, and particular care should be taken to ensure that admi, especially with regard to the role played by not-for- profit organistrativeons and financial procedures are simplifiedtheir projects, should be taken into account.
Amendment 270 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Given the transnational and international character of proposed actions, the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by Member States alone. For reasons of scale and the expected effects of those actions, transnational results can be better achieved by action at Union level. The Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to support the achieving of the objectives, i.e. to safeguard and promote European cultural and linguistic diversity and its common cultural elements and cultural heritage, improve the external visibility of the Union, and strengthen the competitiveness of the cultural and creative sectors in the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020,
Amendment 277 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
1. ‘'cultural and creative sectors’' means all sectors whose activities are based on cultural values and/or artistic and creative expressions, whether these activities are market or non-market oriented and whatever the type of structure that carries them out. These activities include the creation, the production, the dissemination and the preservation of goods and services which embody cultural, artistic or creative expressions, as well as related functions such as education, management or regulation. The cultural and creative sectors include in particular architecture, archives, museums and libraries, artistic crafts, audiovisual (including documentaries, fiction films, children's and animated films and television, video games and multimedia), cultural heritage, design, festivals, music, literature, performing arts, publishing, radio and visual arts;
Amendment 292 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the transnational character of its activities and their impact, which withe cultural and creative actions and activities supported by the Framework Programme and their impact on European citizens of different countries, and their knowledge of cultures other than their own. This shall complement national, international and other Union programmes and policies;
Amendment 301 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the economies of scale and critical mass which Union support fosters creating a leverage effect for additional fundpromotion of the intercultural dialogue which not only assesses the European cultural diversity but also forms a true cultural forum shared by European citizens;
Amendment 304 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) transnational cooperation between cultural and creative operators, stimulating more comprehensive, rapid and effective responses to global challenges and, i.e. creating long-term systemic effects on the sectorsdevelopments for the whole sector in terms of new economic models and development;
Amendment 306 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) ensuring a more level playing field in the European cultural and creative sectors by taking account of low production capacity countries and/or countries or regions with a restricted geographical and linguistic areathat participating countries or regions with a restricted geographical and linguistic area, or with a lower capacity for dissemination and/or production, enjoy the possibility of securing a more level playing field in the European cultural and creative sectors.
Amendment 311 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) actions enabling the European cultural and creative sectors to promote intercultural dialogue, increase mutual awareness amongst Europe's cultures and develop its political, cultural, social and economic potential, which constitutes genuine added value in the task of making European citizenship a reality.
Amendment 313 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. To be effective, the Programme shall take account of the specific nature of the different sectors, their different target groups and their particular needs through tailor-made approaches within independent programmes. To this end, the Programme shall establish a coherent support structure for the different cultural and creative sectors consisting of a grants system complemented by a financial instrument, as defined in Article 7.
Amendment 316 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point a
Article 4 – point a
(a) to foster the safeguarding and promotion ofcomplement and if necessary to supplement the Member States in their action in safeguarding the cultural heritage of European significance, improving the citizens' knowledge of their cultures and history, and promoting European cultural and linguistic diversity;
Amendment 319 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point b
Article 4 – point b
(b) to strengthenenhance the competitiveness of the cultural and creative sectors with a view to promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, strengthening their capacity to adapt to industrial and economic changes, with a view to promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, while ensuring the provision of duly adapted support to non-commercial cultural exchanges.
Amendment 330 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point b
Article 5 – point b
(b) to promote the mobility of cultural and creative operators, in particular artists, enhance the transnational circulation of cultural and creative works and operators and reachreach wider and new audiences in Europe and beyond;
Amendment 365 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
1. The Commission shall establish a Facility targeting the cultural and creative sectors and operated within the context of a Union debt instrument for sm, in accordance with the rules laid down in Annex I, a Guarantee Facility targeting the cultural and creative sectors. It shall be open to culturall and medium-sized enterprises. This facility shall have the following prioritiescreative SMEs and organisations established in a Member State, provided that:
Amendment 373 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording – indent 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording – indent 1 (new)
This Guarantee Facility shall be established as an experimental project and shall be complementary to the allocation of financing through the Framework Programme grant;
Amendment 374 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording – indent 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording – indent 1 a (new)
The Guarantee Facility shall enable the cultural and creative sectors at large to grow, and in particular to provide sufficient leverage for actions and new opportunities;
Amendment 375 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording – indent 1 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording – indent 1 b (new)
The Commission shall provide a set of clear and precise parameters to the European Investment Fund, such as to enable suitable banks and financial intermediaries to be chosen to act in favour of culture and cultural and creative experiments, and to ensure that a balanced credit envelope in terms of sectors and size of supported SMEs is taken care of, in all Member States.
Amendment 384 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) It shall facilitate access to finance for small- and medium-sized enterprises and organisations in the European cultural and creative sectors;, thereby obligating the Commission to ensure, in its formal agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF), that banks or financial intermediaries cannot demand further guarantees in the form of personal guarantees or the alienation of any property rights such as distribution or production rights.
Amendment 409 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point d
Article 8 – point d
(d) testing of new and cross-sectoral business approaches to funding the creation, distributiong, and monetising creationcommunication of cultural and creative works;
Amendment 414 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point e
Article 8 – point e
(e) the organisation of conferences, seminars and policy dialogue including in the field of cultural and mediaon cultural, media and digital literacy;
Amendment 416 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point f – introductory wording
Article 8 – point f – introductory wording
Amendment 421 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point f – indent 1
Article 8 – point f – indent 1
Amendment 424 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point f – indent 2
Article 8 – point f – indent 2
Amendment 428 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point f – indent 3
Article 8 – point f – indent 3
Amendment 430 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point f – indent 4
Article 8 – point f – indent 4
Amendment 435 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point f – indent 5
Article 8 – point f – indent 5
Amendment 440 #
Amendment 442 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 (new)
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 (new)
1. The Commission shall organise the setting-up of Creative Europe Desks, considering this to be an experimental measure aimed at developing a better link between the two programmes and including the cross-sectoral strand. Nevertheless, the present structure of Culture Contact Points and MEDIA Desks shall be maintained in their tasks, while the cooperation between them shall be reinforced in order to build up an efficient network.
Amendment 444 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Creative Europe Desks shall support the national members of the Culture Contact Points and MEDIA Desks for the purposes of carrying out the following tasks:
Amendment 445 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 (new)
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 (new)
– promoting the Creative Europe Programme at national level;
Amendment 446 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 a (new)
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 a (new)
– assisting the cultural and creative sectors (Cultural Contact Points) and the audiovisual sector (MEDIA Desks) as regards the Creative Europe Programme and providing information on the various types of aid available under Union policy;
Amendment 447 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 b (new)
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 b (new)
– stimulating cross-border cooperation between professionals, institutions platforms and networks in the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 448 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 c (new)
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 c (new)
– supporting the Commission by providing assistance regarding the cultural and creative sectors in the Member States, for example through the provision of data on those sectors;
Amendment 449 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 d (new)
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 d (new)
– supporting the Commission in ensuring proper communication and dissemination of the results and impacts of the Programme;
Amendment 450 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 e (new)
Article 8 a (new) – paragraph 1 a – indent 1 e (new)
– developing closer cooperation between themselves in order to build an effective European network for the provision of services to the cultural and creative sectors, including in the audiovisual field.
Amendment 463 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) supporting actions providing cultural and creative operators with skills and know-how, encouraging the adaption to digital technologies, including testing new approaches to audience building andwith a view to strengthening the whole sector, and promoting intercultural dialogue and social cohesion. This includes testing new approaches to audience development and testing of entrepreneurial and fair cultural and creative business models;
Amendment 472 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) supporting actions enabling creative and cultural operators to cooperate internationalise their careers in Europe and beyondly, on the basis of long-term strategies;
Amendment 477 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) providing support to strengthen European operators and international cultural networks in order to facilitate access to professional opportunities. cultural and creative operators, in particular organisations and European networks, so that they may develop their field of activities and experimentation, while ensuring their contribution to the debate about policy development at European level.
Amendment 482 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory wording
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory wording
2. The priorities in the field of promotingmobility and transnational circulation shall be the following:
Amendment 487 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) supporting the circulation of European literary works, or of works related to arts, crafts and culture;
Amendment 495 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point a
Article 10 – point a
(a) annual and pluri-annual cooperation measuresprojects, bringing together cultural and creative operators from different countries to undertake sectoral or cross-sectoral activitie, with a view to: – developing activities to stimulate intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding; – improving access to culture and the arts for as many citizens as possible, this being a means to combat social exclusion. This support measure shall be targeted at not-for-profit projects;
Amendment 507 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point c
Article 10 – point c
(c) activities by organisations providing a promotional European platforms for the developmentpromotion of emerging talents and stimulating the circulation of artists and works, with a systemic and large scalefostering the mobility of artists and their works throughout Europe and beyond, with the potential to influence broadly the whole sector, and to provide for lasting effect;s:
Amendment 509 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point c – indent 1 (new)
Article 10 – point c – indent 1 (new)
– facilitating mobility schemes for artists working in diverse countries, and informing and assisting artists and cultural workers in practical matters such as visas and social security schemes;
Amendment 510 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point c – indent 1 a (new)
Article 10 – point c – indent 1 a (new)
– facilitating access to peer training and the development of skills in workshops and informal meetings;
Amendment 513 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point d
Article 10 – point d
(d) support for literary translation, and works related to arts, crafts and culture;
Amendment 546 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – point a a (new)
Article 12 – point a a (new)
(aa) the subtitling, surtitling, dubbing and audio-description of audiovisual works;
Amendment 585 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – point j a (new)
Article 12 – point j a (new)
Amendment 590 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) relevant EU policies, in particular those in the fields of education, training, youth, citizenship, employment, health, research and innovation, enterprise, external relations, tourism, justice and development;
Amendment 600 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
1. The Commission shall ensure regular monitoring and external evaluation of the Creative Europe Programme against the following performance indicators set out below. Particular attention shall be given to the Guarantee Facility. As an experimental project, the whole process of establishment, functioning and results shall be monitored and evaluated on an annual basis, following the different constitution phases: the conclusion of an agreement between the Commission and the EIF, a call for tenders within the Member States, the establishment of a form of agreement between the EIF and the chosen banks/financial intermediaries, the training of staff, the despatch of a communication on the tool itself to the operators, and the production of an impact assessment and progress report with a view to reflecting the situation in the next programme period. It has to be taken into account that the achievement of performance results of the entire Framework Programme depends on the complementary impact of other activities at European and national level affecting the cultural and creative sectors:
Amendment 602 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory wording – point i (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory wording – point i (new)
(i) multiplier effects on, and external benefits with respect to, social well-being and human capital development (e.g. the number of people that accessed cultural/creative activity for the first time, improved self-esteem and sense of belonging);
Amendment 603 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory wording – point i a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory wording – point i a (new)
(ia) the cultural and creative sectors' contribution to job creation and growth (direct effects);
Amendment 604 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory wording – point i b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory wording – point i b (new)
(ib) the cultural and creative sectors' contribution to jobs and growth as regards related suppliers of products and services (indirect effects).
Amendment 606 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1
Amendment 609 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
Amendment 628 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)
– number and quality of applications handled in Culture Contact Points and MEDIA Desks;
Amendment 629 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 4 – indent 1 b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 4 – indent 1 b (new)
– quality of the service provided by the Culture Contact Points and MEDIA Desks to the coordinators of potential projects, to be evaluated by an independent and external expert office.
Amendment 633 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) In addition to the regular monitoring the Commission shall establish an external evaluation report no later than end-2017 in order to assess the effectiveness in achieving the objectives and the efficiency of the Programme and its European added value in view of a decision on the renewal, modification or suspension of the Programme. The evaluation shall address the scope for simplification, its internal and external coherence,The Commission shall ensure that the Framework Programme is evaluated regularly, externally and independently. In order to assess the effectiveness in achieving the objectives and the efficiency of the Framework Programme, the evaluation shall address the possibility of its being simplified, its internal and external coherence, the development of a network of Cultural Contact Points and MEDIA Desks as well as the possibility of creating efficient Creative Europe Desks, and the continued relevance of allits objectives, a. As well as the contributionconsidering the indicators referred to in paragraph 1, the evaluation shall include an assessment of othe measures to the Union priorities of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. It shall take into account er relevant factors, such as the difference between the average interest rate for loans provided under the Guarantee Facility and the average interest rate for loans generally provided to SMEs under normal market conditions. Evaluation results on the long-term impact of Decision No 1855/2006/EC, Decision No 1718/2006/EC and Decision No 1041/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council shall also be taken into account. The Commission shall present a mid-term evaluation report to the European Parliament and the Council by 31 December 2017.
Amendment 646 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory wording
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory wording
2. The StrandsFramework Programme, with the exception of the measures listed in Article 7, shall be open to the participation of the Member States, and the following countries provided that the conditions are met, including those contained with, for the MEDIA programme, those laid down in Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services for the MEDIA strand, and(Audiovisual Media Services Directive), and provided that additional appropriations are paid:
Amendment 656 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Annual work programmes 1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17b laying down annual work programmes. 2. The annual work programmes shall specify, in particular, the objectives pursued, the expected results, the method of implementation and the total amount of the financing plan. 3. The annual work programmes shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each section and an indicative implementation timetable. For grants, they shall include the priorities, the essential evaluation criteria and the maximum rate of co-financing. 4. For the Guarantee Facility, the annual work programme shall include the eligibility and selection criteria for financial intermediaries, the exclusion criteria related to the content of projects submitted to the participating financial intermediaries, the annual allocation to the EIF and the eligibility, selection and award criteria for capacity-building providers.
Amendment 8 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
With regard to digital service infrastructures, building blocks and digital services infrastructures with elements that can be used by other service providers shall take priority over other digital service infrastructures, since the former are a pre- conditionprovides a basis for the later to build on. Digital service infrastructures should, inter alia, create European added value and meet proven needs. They should be sufficiently mature for deployment, technically as well as operationally as proven in particular through successful piloting. They should be based on a concrete sustainability plan to ensure the long-term operation of core service platforms beyond the CEF. Financial assistance under this Regulation should therefore wherever possible be phased out over time and funding from sources other than the CEF should be mobilised.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Building blocks essentialand mature digital service infrastructures containing technical models (such as an interoperable data model, a standard for, andccess rights or a networking model connecting all Member States) with demonstrable prospects of being used in, the development, deployment and operation of other digital service infrastructures as listed in the annex shall be given first priority for funding.
Amendment 52 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Section 1 – second paragraph
Annex – Section 1 – second paragraph
The core service platforms and their common building blocks address interoperability and security needs of projects of common interest. They are intended to enable digital interactions between public authorities and citizens, public authorities and businesses and organisations, or among public authorities of different Member States through standardised, cross-border, and user- friendly interaction platforms. Building block dDigital service infrastructures sthall take priority overt provide an integral part of other digital service infrastructures, since the former are a pre- condition foor that can serve as a model for new platforms, shall take priority over othe latterr digital service infrastructures. The generic services provide the connection to the core service platforms and enable the national added value services to use the core service platforms. They provide gateways between national services and core service platforms and allow national public authorities and organisations, businesses and/or citizens to access the core service platform for their cross-border transactions. The quality of the services and the support for stakeholders involved in cross-border transactions shall be assured. They shall support and stimulate take-up of core service platforms.
Amendment 55 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 1 – point 2 – point f
Annex – section 1 – point 2 – point f
(f) Access to digital resources of European heritage: This refers to the core service platform based on the current Europeana portal. The platform will provide a singles the central access point to Europeana cultural heritage content at item level, a set of interface specifications to interact with the infrastructure (search for data, download data), support for the metadata adaptation and ingestion of new content, as well as information on conditions for reuse of the content accessible through the infrastructure.
Amendment 1 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
- having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 3120, 312 and 323 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0238/2013),
Amendment 2 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 13 March 2013 on the European Council conclusions of 7-8 February 2013 concerning the Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 4 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Consents toRejects the draft Council regulation laying down the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2014-2020 considering that the outcome is far from the initial Parliament’s negotiating position and fails to respond to any of the key Parliament’s demands set out in the its resolution adopted by an overwhelming majority on 13 March 2013 such as a substantial increase in the future-oriented policies, a compulsory and comprehensive revision, a maximum overall flexibility and an agreement on own resources; therefore calls on the Council and the Commission to continue the negotiation on the MFF to achieve a better balanced outcome;
Amendment 4 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, pursuant to Article 312(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Council is required to adopt a regulation laying down the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), acting unanimously, after obtaining the consent of Parliament; whereas, pursuant to Article 312 (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the European Council may, unanimously, adopt a decision authorising the Council to act by a qualified majority when adopting the regulation laying down the MFF.
Amendment 8 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, pursuant to Article 311 TFEU, the Union mustshall provide itself with the means necessary to attain its objectives and carry through its policies, and is toshall be financed wholly from own resources;
Amendment 9 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas this will be the first time that an MFF regulation is adopted under the new provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon which makes the decision-making on the budgetary matter more transparent and more democratic, and therefore entailing new cooperation arrangements between the institutions aimed at reconciling efficient, transparent and democratic decision- making with respect for Treaty prerogatives;
Amendment 10 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in its resolution of 8 June 2011 Parliament, adopted by an overwhelming majority, established its general political priorities for the next MFF, in both legislative and budgetary terms;
Amendment 11 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ga (new)
Recital Ga (new)
Ga. whereas in its resolution of 13 June 2012, adopted by an overwhelming majority, Parliament expressed its general political priorities for the next MFF in budgetary terms in both expenditure and revenue side;
Amendment 12 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the relevant parliamentary committees have carried out a full in-depth analysis of needs in order to identify political priorities, as evidenced in their annexed opinions adopted by an overwhelming majority at committee level;
Amendment 21 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is fully aware that the negotiations on the MFF 2014-2020 are taking place in a very difficult economic context, in which Member States are engaging in considerable efforts to make fiscal adjustments to their national budgets, with a view to the stability of the banking sector and the single currency; insists that the Union should not be seen as adding an extra fiscal burden on taxpayers; is, however, convinced that the EU budget is a part of the solution to enable Europe to emerge from the current crisis by helping Member States tackle, collectively and in concerted fashion, the present structural challenges, in particular loss of competitiveness, climate change, rising unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 30 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that all the macroeconomic financial stabilisation measures taken since 2008 have not yet proved sufficient to overcome the economic and financial crisis; believes, therefore, that in order to return to growth and generate employment in Europe, a well- targeted and sufficiendequate and robust EU budget is needed to further help coordinate and enhance the national efforts;
Amendment 32 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Stresses that the increase of the EU budget by 5% , as the Parliament voted in its resolution of 8 June 2011, would not conflict with the needed fiscal consolidation at national level when combined with the simultaneous introduction of a genuine own resources system, which would reduce the national contributions to the EU budget as proposed by the European Commission on 29 June 2011 and welcomed by the European Parliament in its Resolution of 13 June 2012 , and would at the same time increase the investment capacity of the EU as a whole from the EU budget; Strongly believes that this is part of the global solution to overcome the current economic and financial crisis within the EU.
Amendment 41 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8a (new)
Paragraph 8a (new)
8a. Underlines that the Lisbon strategy whose aim was to make the EU "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge- based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion" by 2010, has been a failure due to the lack of coordination and commitments from all levels in both budgetary and legislative terms; Strongly believes that to be effective the EU2020 strategy needs to be implemented now and not delayed any longer.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly supports the Commission’s proposal to mainstream measures to combattackle climate change across the whole EU budget; believeconsiders that the EU budget will be able to mobilise investment for a sustainable and prosperous low-carbon economy, provide adequate support forprogrammes require an adequate budgetary support to be able to achievinge the EU 2020 targets for climate, energy and biodiversity, mobilise investment for a sustainable and prosperous economy, and benefit the EU’s citizens by ensuring a more healthy environment;
Amendment 60 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that since 2000 the gap between the EU own resources ceiling (1.29 % of GNI in commitment and 1.23 % in payment appropriations) and the MFF ceilings has grown dramatically; furthermore notes that the MFF only sets maximum levels of expenditure, while the EU budget has always remained far below those levels; draws the conclusion that this shrinkage of the EU budget with respect to the EU own resources ceiling is in flagrant contradiction with the extension of competences and tasks conferred on the Union by the Treaty and with major political decisions taken by the European Council itself;
Amendment 99 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls its position that, given the wide array of tasks, challenges and objectives that the CAP is called on to respond to, the amounts allocated to the CAP in the budget year 2013 should be at least maintained during the next financial programming period; underlines the important contribution to be given by the first pillar in order to promote a more sustainable growth and achieving a more resource- efficient Europe, as proposed by the European Commission; stresses, in this context, the important role played by the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and job creation in rural areas and to enhancing the effectiveness, environmental sustainability and competitiveness of the farming industry;
Amendment 120 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines the key role of the European External Action Service (EEAS), created by the Lisbon Treaty, in supporting the Union’s objectives and the need to match their responsibilities with adequate budgetary resources;
Amendment 149 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Believes, at the same time, that the work of both the decentralised EU agencies and the EEAS should result in significantly higher savings and economy of scale at national level; urges the Member States to assess the efficiency gains generated by these agencies at national level the EEAS and the European delegations in third countries to make full use of them, thus rationalising their national expenditure; calls, also, on the Member States to identify possible areas of duplication of work or reduced added value in relation to the agencies, with a view to streamlining their functioning;
Amendment 182 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Reaffirms its basic position, as stated in its resolution of 13 June 2012, that it is not prepared to give its consent to the next MFF regulation without political agreement on reform of the own resources system, in line with the Commission’s proposals of 29 June 2011; believes that such a reform should aimreaffirms its welcome to the legislative proposals made by the Commission on 29 June 2011 on the reform of the own-resources system, including the proposals on a financial transaction tax (FTT) and a new EU VAT as own resources which are aimed at reducing the share of Member States’ GNI- based contributions to the EU budget to 40 % by 2020, thereby contributing to the consolidation efforts of Member States;
Amendment 194 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 a (new)
Paragraph 60 a (new)
60a. Stresses that according to the provision of Article 312 (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the European Council may, unanimously, adopt a decision authorising the Council to act by a qualified majority when adopting the regulation laying down the MFF, and thus facilitate the InterInstitutionnel negotiations; Asks for the European Council to adopt a decision authorising the Council to act by a qualified majority;
Amendment 54 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The exclusive rights for authors of reproduction and of making availablecommunication to the public of their works, as harmonised under Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, require the consent of the author prior to the digitisation and making available of a work.
Amendment 57 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In the case of orphan works, such prior consent to carry out acts of reproduction or of making availablecommunication to the public cannot be obtained.
Amendment 63 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In particular, a common approach to determine the orphan status and the permitted uses of orphan works is necessary to ensure legal certainty in the internal market with respect to the use of orphan works by libraries, museums, educational establishments, archives, film heritage institutions and public service broadcasting organisations.
Amendment 76 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) For the purposes of this Directive, cinematographic,works forming part of audio and audiovisual works in the archives of public service broadcasting organisations should be understood as including works commissioned by such organisations for their exclusive exploitation.
Amendment 80 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) For reasons of international comity, this Directive should only apply to works that are first published, exhibited or broadcast in a Member State.
Amendment 81 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Before a work can be considered an orphan work, a good faith and reasonable diligent search for the author should be carried out. Member States should be permitted to provide that such a diligent search may be carried out by the organisations referred to in this Directive or by other organisations, in particular duly entitled collecting societies.
Amendment 90 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It is appropriate to provide for a harmonised approach concerning such diligent search in order to ensure a high level of protection of copyright in the Union. A diligent search should involve the consultation of publicly accessible databases that supply information on the copyright status of a work. Moreover, in order to avoid duplication of costly digitisation, Member States should ensure that use of orphan works by the organisations referred to in this Directive, in particular duly entitled collecting societies, is recorded in a publicly accessible database. To the extent possible, publicly accessible databases of search results and use of orphan works should be designed and implemented so as to permit interlinkage with each other on a pan- European level and consultation thereof through a single entry point.
Amendment 93 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Orphan works may have several authors or holders of related rights or include other works or protected subject matter. This Directive should not affect the rights of known or identified rightholders.
Amendment 95 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to avoid duplication of search efforts, a diligent search should be conducted only in the Member State where the work was first published or broadcast. In order to enable other Member States to ascertain whether the orphan status of a work has been established in another Member State, Member States should ensure that the results of diligent searches carried out in their territories are recorded in a publicly accessible database.
Amendment 110 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) This Directive should be without prejudice to existing arrangements in the Member States concerning the management of rights such as extended collective licences.
Amendment 117 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) When a Member State authorises, under the conditions established in this Directive, the use of orphan works by publicly accessible libraries, educational establishments, museums, archives, film heritage institutions or public service broadcasting organisations for purposes beyond their public interest mission, rightholdeauthors who come forward to claim their works should be remunerated. Such remuneration should take account of the type of work and the use concerned. Member States may provide that revenues collected from such use of orphan works for the purpose of remuneration but which are unclaimed after the expiry of the period fixed in accordance with this Directive should contribute to financing rights information sources that will facilitate diligent search, by low-cost and automated means, in respect of categories of works that fall actually or potentially within the scope of application of this Directivebe used to finance those cultural institutions or facilities which help to promote cultural diversity.
Amendment 140 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point 3
(3) Cinematographic, audio or audiovisual wWorks produced by public service broadcasting organisations before the 31 December 2002 and contained in their archives.
Amendment 154 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of establishing whether a work is an orphan work, the organisations or copyright collection societies referred to in Article 1(1) shall ensure that a diligent search is carried out for each work, by consulting the appropriate sources for the category of works in question.
Amendment 158 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The sources that are appropriate for each category of works shall be determined by each Member State, in consultation with rightholdeagreement with authors and users, and include, the sources listed in the Annex.
Amendment 162 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. A diligent search is required to be carried out only in the Member State of first publication or broadcast.
Amendment 173 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the results of diligent searches carried out in their territories are recorded in a database publicly accessible databaseto all Member States.
Amendment 177 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where this is compatible with Community law and international agreements on copyright and related rights, Member States may adopt comprehensive arrangements providing for simple and extended systems for the declaration of rights.
Amendment 178 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 186 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by makcommunicating the orphan work availableto the public, within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 2001/29/EC;
Amendment 230 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 5 – point d a (new)
Annex – point 5 – point d a (new)
(da) Professional associations in relevant Member States.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 43 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Those tasks should relate to all intellectual property rights covered by Union law or the national law of the Member State concerned in this field since in many cases, infringing acts affect a bundle of intellectual property rights. Furthermore, data and the exchange of best practices arean exchange is needed on the entire range of intellectual property rights, in order to obtain a complete picture of the situation and allow designing comprehensive strategies to reduce intellectual property rights infringementin the Member States. In the context of those tasks, the Office's mandate should therefore be extended to cover also the protection of patents, copyright and related rights as well as geographical indications.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 46 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Office should offer a forum that brings together public authorities and the private sector, ensuring the collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant objective, comparable and reliable data regarding the value of intellectual property rights and the infringements of those rights, the development of best practices and strategies to protect intellectual property rights, and raising public awareness of the impacts of intellectual property rights infringements. Furthermore, the Office should fulfil additional tasks, such as to improve the understanding of the value of intellectual property rights, enhance the expertise of persons involved in the enforcement of intellectual property rights by appropriate training measures, and increase knowledge on techniques to prevent counterfeiting, and improve cooperation with third countries and international organisationsunauthorised copying.
Amendment 73 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 85 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 96 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
Amendment 100 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point l
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point l
(l) builddeveloping strategies, in cooperation with the central industrial property offices of the Member States, including the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property, and developing techniques, skills and tools related to the protection of intellectual property rights, including training programmes and awareness campaigns;
Amendment 101 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m
Amendment 105 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p
Amendment 106 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Office shall invite to the meetings referred to in point (a) of Article 2(2) representatives from public administrations, bodies and organisations dealing with the protection of intellectual property rights and representatives from non-governmental organisations and the private sector.
Amendment 109 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Representatives meeting as the Observatory invited from the private sector shall include a broad and representative range of Union and national bodies representing the different economic sectors most concerned by and most experienced in the fight against infringements of intellectual property rightsnon- governmental organisations and the private sector shall cover a broad and representative range.
Amendment 112 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 117 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The meetings referred to in point (a) of Article 2(2) may also be organised in working groups within the Observatory. Up to two representatives from the European Parliament and up to two representatives from the Commission shall be invited to the meetings of the working groups as observers.
Amendment 119 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – introductory wording
Article 5 – introductory wording
Amendment 121 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Personal data shall not be transferred, processed, stored or used for any other purpose, even on the instructions of the Office or the Observatory.
Amendment 8 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Whereas it has clearly been demonstrated that the risks of nuclear energy have become unmanageable;
Amendment 9 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Whereas hardly any progress has been made during the last decades in the production of fusion energy, despite billions of allocations of EU research money;
Amendment 10 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for nuclear research and training activities (2012 - 2013), hereinafter ‘the Framework Programme (2012 - 2013)’, should complement other Union actions in the area of research policy that are necessary for implementing the Europe 2020 strategy set out in the Communication from the Commission of 3 March 2010 entitled Europe 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth9 , in particular those on education, training, competitiveness and innovation, industry, employment, and the environmentnstitute the beginning of a phasing-out process of EU investments in nuclear energy. Such a phasing-out would free up very much needed funds for future- oriented and far less risky investments in research and technology;
Amendment 11 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 12 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Framework Programme (2012- 2013) should contribute to the implementation of the Innovation Union, one of the Europe 2020 flagship initiatives adopted by the Communication from the Commission of 6 October 2010 entitled Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative Innovation Union, by enhancing competition for scientific excellence and accelerating the deployment of key innovations in the nuclear energy field to tackle energy and climate change challengesinitiating a phasing-out process of EU funding of nuclear energy;
Amendment 15 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 18 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 19 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 20 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Euratom has created a single and fully integrated fusion research programme that has taken a leading international role in the development of fusion as a source of energy, but whose results are meagre and whose costs are out of control;
Amendment 21 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 22 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 23 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 29 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 30 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
b) nuclear fission and radiation protection, with the objective of enhancing resource efficiency, cost-effectiveness and in particular the safety of nuclear fission and other uses of radiation in industry and medicine. Particular emphasis should be put on the decommissioning of nuclear plant research.
Amendment 32 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1
– fusion energy research 2.208.80910.000.000;
Amendment 34 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
– nuclear fissionsafety, improving the management of nuclear waste and radiation protection 118.245.000;
Amendment 36 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – part I.A
Annex 1 – part I.A
Amendment 37 #
2011/0046(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – part I.B – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – part I.B – paragraph 2
Amendment 50 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the potential of the European film industry is constantly growing, but the proportion of European productions showing in cinemas is still insufficient; observes that, partly because of the primacy assigned to blockbuster films, the diversity of films in Europe and cinemas’ freedom to decide on their programming are endangered and as a result there is reason to fear an irreversible market concentration in the field of cinema;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and the EC to support the full digitisation of EU cinemas and to establish European and national programmes to support the transition to digital technologies; stresses that the programmes should be flexibly aligned with practical requirements;
Amendment 91 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need to ensure the interoperability of digital projection systems and materials, as well as other devices, as they are particularly needed for smaller and medium-sized screens which take account of the economic context of the European cinema market and thus preserve the diversity of cinema and films;
Amendment 96 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on producers, distributors and providers of subsidies not to restrict themselves to the DCI standard as a format for digital screening, as, in view of the high investment and follow-up costs, it is not economic to acquire DCI-certified film projectors in the case of smaller screens and auditoriums;
Amendment 104 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recommends Member States adopt legislative measures to ensure that audiovisual works, being a part of national heritage, will be collected, catalogued, reconstructed and disseminated for cultural, educational and science purposes, whilst respecting copyright; draws attention to the danger that 35 mm film projectors may be entirely displaced from smaller cinema auditoriums by digital equipment;
Amendment 113 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that in order to ease the digitisation process, flexible and diversified financing, both public and private, should be made available at local, regional, national and European level; stresses that publicly or privately funded digitisation of cinemas must not jeopardise the independence of film theatres and will not lead to a reduction in the diversity of programming and in the market share of European films;
Amendment 130 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Acknowledges that the so-called Virtual Print Fee (VPF) financing model, is suitable for large cinema networks but is not an optimal solution for small and independent cinemas, which are restrained by the lack of investment funds; calls therefore for clear rules on VPF payments to prevent distortions of competition, which allow individual groups of distributors to decide not to make VPF payments or allow individual cinemas to be excluded from VPF schemes; observes that if legislation is adopted, all distributors will contribute equally to the costs, in order to accelerate the conversion of equipment;
Amendment 135 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that mechanisms integrating distributors and exhibitors should be implementedalls on the legislature to adopt statutory provisions governing participation by all distributors in the costs of conversion to digital screening and calls for strengthened cooperation between small cinemas to minimise the costs of investment in digital equipment;
Amendment 137 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that financing models should be promoted which enable independent cinemas to gain access to VPF payments from all distributors; recommends organising purchasing cooperatives in order to make the advantage of group rates available to all cinemas;
Amendment 170 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines that new initiatives must be introduced as part of the next generation of the MEDIA programme to improve and promote translation, dubbing, subtitling and surtitling; calls therefore for a ‘digital programme heading’ to be included in the MEDIA programme in order to simplify conversion to digital formats;
Amendment 189 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls for technology-neutral support for all cinemas which show a high proportion of European films and for an ambitious programme, irrespective of their turnover or number of customers;
Amendment 16 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, when carrying out their specific task, public service broadcasters must seekbroadcasters should be able to offer a high standard of pluralist audio- visual content, using the newexisting broadcasting platforms, including terrestrial platforms, as well as broadband networks, in particular for on-demand services, provided bythat the broadband technologynetworks fulfil the same requirements in terms of quality of service and seek to maximize their spectrum efficiency and coverage;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Refers to the context of the establishment and development of mobile Broadband networks and spectrum policy, and emphasize against this background that the European spectrum policy has to take equally into account the economic, social and cultural value of radio frequencies; therefore stresses that the establishment and development of mobile Broadband networks must not endanger the use of existing spectrum users, such as radio and PMSE, which are of great importance for the creation and dissemination of cultural content, linguistic and cultural diversity and pluralism and must allow them sufficient room for development;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that, in order to offer a high standard of pluralist audio-visual content at an affordable price to the consumer, broadcasters must be able to chose between the different broadcasting platforms by taking account of technical and cost efficiency: Broadband for on demand services, and terrestrial television for the transmission of linear content to large audiences;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the existence of small headings, such as Heading 3b in the current MFF, hampers the reallocation of funds between programmes; urges that small headings and sub-headings be avoidreviewed in the next MFF;
Amendment 3 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of striking the right balance between predictability and flexibility in multiannual expenditure; believes that a seven-year MFF would achieve this; takes the view that a five- plus-five-year MFF might also be satisfactorywould achieve this, provided that it included a comprehensive mid-term review with full involvement of Parliament;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the current education, youth, media and culture funding programmes generate European added value by pooling resources and enhancing cooperation; notes that they correspond closelywere developed according to the needs of the sectors concerned, have high implementation rates and produce noticeable leverage and spill- over effects;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of the cultural, creative and media sectors in achieving the Europe 2020 targets relating to employment, productivity and social cohesion; notes that, beyond their direct contribution to GDP, these creative and cultural industries have a positive spill- over effect on other sectors of the economy such as tourism and digital technologies; takes the view that EU policy initiatives and programmes in these areas have demonstrable ‘European added value’;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the Culture 2007 programme plays a unique role in supporting cross- border and European-wide cooperation in the cultural sphere, reducing obstacles tofostering mobility and fostering Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity; recalls its significant economic spill-over effects;
Amendment 34 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the programme reaches a wide population; plays a special role in developing citizenship and social inclusion therefore supports fully the process of European integration;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Notes that the programme is very differentiated between many categories of beneficiaries and actions, which ensures part of its successful implementation;
Amendment 48 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that EU education, youth, media and culture programmes are successful in that they enjoy high implementation rates and generate clear European added value, and believes that there are good arguments for incrcalls for adequate funding measning the resources devoted to them; underlines the importance of linking the allocation of resources more closely to take-upa substantial increase of the resources;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Newspapers and magazines are essential components of cultural industries as well as a pluralistic and diverse European media landscape,
Amendment 36 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Europe’s cultural and creative industries not only play an essential role in promoting cultural diversity, pluralism of the media and participative democracy in Europe, but also constitute a major engine of sustainable growth and economic recovery in the European Union; whereas particular attention must be paid to cultural and language specificities in the debate on the establishment of a single market in the creative content sector,
Amendment 38 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it is essential to ensure the artistic and cultural education of citizens and to appreciate the creative process in order to develop creativity and knowledge of the arts, culture, cultural heritage and the cultural diversity of the EU, education should extend to learning about not only digital rights but also obligations, to foster better understanding and respect of works protected by IPRs,
Amendment 104 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that initiatives on digital media literacy should ensure a close involvement of publishers, given the highly valuable experience of the publishing industry as regards media literacy and given the increasing shift of this industry towards digital content production and distribution and calls on the Commission to link its goal of promoting digital literacy to media literacy in order to promote critical appraisal of online content;
Amendment 115 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for better respect of the existing legal framework concerning copyright, both to ensure effective enforcement, as well as to secure remuneration for the use of creative and journalistic content;
Amendment 124 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take the necessary steps to establish a European internal market for on-line cultural and creative content and guarantee access to this content to European citizens whilst ensuring that those entitled are protected and properly compensated and that all funding channels for the creative sector are consolidated; calls on the Commission to adapt copyright to the digital era allowing the cultural and creative industries reaping the benefits created by digital technology and media convergence and to consider specific ways of facilitating the use of creative content and archived material;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The legislative act/feasibility study to be adopted by the Commission within twelve months should aim: – To enhance the coordination and articulation between Member States budgets and the EU budget as a counter- cyclical complement for a sustainable fiscal consolidation as well as create incentives such as modulating co- financing rates or introducing a performance Union reserve to reward sound fiscal policies. An enhanced coordination and articulation between EU and Member States budgets as a counter- cyclical complement for a sustainable fiscal consolidation and therefore as a proper means for avoiding a reduction of sustainable investments while consolidating fiscal accounts could be targeted in order to reduce the dependence of fossil energy imports through substantial investment programs in the field of energy production, resource efficiency and in particular in the field of renewable energies. These programs would not only guarantee a long term return on investment but would also help to correct current account deficits as long as all highly indebted EU countries -and more broadly most EU Member States- are net importers of fossil sources of energy.
Amendment 12 #
2010/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Establish a clear framework for a renewed joint effort of the EU budgetary funds and EIB financial resources, to further leverage in the next Multiannual Financial Framework the budgetary funds by means of EIB's expertise in financial engineering, commitment to EU policies and pivotal role among public and private sector financial institutions, and to enhance the counter-cyclical dimension of Cohesion funds and programs financed by the EIB.
Amendment 13 #
2010/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Given that tax cooperation is a cornerstone of economic governance, establish a high-level tax policy group chaired by the Commission with a mandate to work for a strategic and pragmatic approach to tax policy issues in the Union, while paying particular attention to combating tax fraud, reinvigorate the code of conduct on business taxation while making more extensive use of state aid procedures against unfair tax competition, adopting the savings tax directive enlarged in scope and with automatic information exchange as the general rule, broaden and deepen environmental taxation, facilitate the adoption of the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base while working towards minimum tax rates, and growth- enhancing tax reforms as well as introducing a financial transaction tax at the EU level.
Amendment 6 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas an analysis of the funds mobilised under the EGF between 2007 and the end of the first half of 2009 highlights the shortcomings of the original regulation, with only EUR 80 million having being mobilised, out of a total of EUR 1.5 billion that was theoretically available, for 18 applications submitted on behalf of 24 431 workers by eight Member States for a very limited number of sectors (notably textile and car industry); whereas those shortcomings are also reflected in the huge disparity between the amounts initially allocated and those finally implemented, with EUR 24.8 million (39.4% of the appropriations mobilised) having subsequently been paid back in the case of the first 11 applications,
Amendment 18 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas, in addition to having a cyclical dimension resulting from the economic and financial crisis, the difficulties arising on the labour market in most Member States are also due to structural factors which European and national recovery plans can only partly address; whereas, therefore, the increase in the number of applications for EGF funding may be said to be a long-term trend, whereas, however, the intention of the fund is not to be a substitute for lack of innovation,
Amendment 22 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the EGF's added value as an EU social policy instrument lies in the fact that it provides a visible specific and targeted financial support for personalised programmes for the reskilling and re- integration into employment of workers affected by collective redundancies in sectors or regions undergoing severe economic and social disruption;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for coherence in policy; demands, therefore, that workers eligible for funding under the EGF who make use of their right to free movement as stipulated in Article 45 of the TFEU are not discriminated against in access to funding;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the contributions granted with reference to, among other things: the beneficiaries' re- integration into employment; the outreach to small and medium sized enterprises (SME); the difference between the number of potential beneficiaries and the number of workers that have received support; the disparities between Member States in terms of the funding provided per worker and the reasons for those disparities; compliance with the non-discrimination criterion with reference to the contractual position of the workers made redundant and to workers who make use of their right to free movement within the EU; the procedures for consulting the social partners that were or were not used when preparing applications and the checks carried out on their implementation; and the procedures for verifying the implementation of contributions and any repayments Member States are requested to make; calls on the Commission to reflect the findings of that evaluation in its proposal for the revision of the regulation;
Amendment 38 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the time required to mobilise the EGF could be halved and that, to this end, applications for mobilisation of the EGF should be drawn up by Member States as soon as a collective redundancy has been announced, and not after it has taken place, so as to reduce the 10-week period Member States have in which to forward their applications once the intervention criteria have been fulfilled; considers that Member States should forward their applicationapplications by Member States in their own language and one of the European institutions' working languages so thatcould help the Commission department responsible for scrutinising applications mayto do so without delay, and that the Commission should assign additional staffhave the necessary capacity to processing applications submitted by Member States and should scrupulously observe the time limit of 15 days between the adoption of a mobilisation decision and the payment of the financial contribution to the Member State;
Amendment 54 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that, over and above these improvements to the procedure, the period of validity of the derogation inserted in 2009 with a view to assisting workers who lose their jobs as a result of the economic and financial crisis should be extended until the end of the current multiannual financial framework and that the co-financing rate should be raised from 50% to 65%, given that the underlying causes on which their approval was based are very far from having been removed,; and thatsks the Commission to consider whether ESF Convergence Objective regions should be eligible for 75% co- financing under the EGF, in order to diminish the current bias in favour of the ESF;
Amendment 58 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Wishes the EGF to be madat the Commission explores whether the EGF measures should become a permanent fundeature in the next multiannual financial framework, with its own commitment and payment appropriations, instead of on which dependsing on the non- utilisation or under-utilisation of appropriations from previous financial years;
Amendment 66 #
2010/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the conversion of the EGFcurrent EGF measures into a permanent means of support for active job-seeking measures would show a political will to develop a European social pillar that would be complementary to Member States' social policies and capable of revitalising the European approach to professional training; with this in mind, EGF should remain separatepoints out that EGF measures are different from the ESF and the European lifelong learning programmes, given that the fundEGF focuses on enhancing the abilities of each of the workers assisted, rather than on providing a response to the concerns of businesses or on the delivery of across-the-board services to training establishments;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the traditional boundaries in the media sector can no longer be upheld in the online environment since traditional media cannot survive without expanding into new platforms (SMS services, internet pages, applications for smart phones, etc.) in line of the objectives of the EU's Digital Agenda,
Amendment 36 #
2010/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas public service broadcasting is a crucial asset in maintaining a public sphere in the digital era, which is characterised by a risk of audience fragmentation,
Amendment 75 #
2010/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights against this background the specific mission of public service broadcasting in the digital era to bring media content to as many European citizens as possible and to maintain a public sphere with the aim of overcoming risk of audience fragmentation;
Amendment 107 #
2010/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to give a mandate to the European Audiovisual Observatory to monitor the way in which Member States adhere to these standards, and insists that Member States should be held accountable for failing to fulfil these commitments;
Amendment 140 #
2010/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to launchtake an initiative bringing together different media actors, to considering sustainable business models for digital media, to encourage exchanges of best practice,also taking into account models that exist outside the EU, and in order to address issues on copyright issues in this connectionn this respect;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 43 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the Member States should ensure the independence of public service broadcasters, and at the same time stresses that the latter have a responsibility to cover the EU in the context of their public purpose to inform and sustain citizenship and civil society;
Amendment 52 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 59 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Suggests that the European Audiovisual Observatory publishes on a regular basis surveys of coverage of EU- affairs in the electronic media, looking at content especially dedicated to European affairs as well as content including reference to European affairs;
Amendment 102 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 108 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses due to the specific mediating role of the media for the democratic will the need for reliable political information in the field of new media;
Amendment 119 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 125 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Suggests that the Commission should promote and fund exchanges among broadcasters and other media professionals from different Member States on best practice in covering the EU, including training Public Service Media;
Amendment 141 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that according to the ‘Amsterdam Protocol’ it is the competence of the Member States to define, organise and finance public service broadcasting;
Amendment 142 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Welcomes that many media and especially public service broadcasters significantly invested in new interactive and non-linear media offerings especially on the internet on news and current affairs including European matters, thereby reaching out especially to younger audiences;
Amendment 143 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 154 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 1 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the level of the 2011 budget, as suggested by the Bureau, amounts to EUR 1 722 021 42510 547 354, representing 20,4632 % of heading 5 of the multiannual financial framework (MFF); notes that the rate of increase suggested is 6,515,8 % over the 2010 budget, including the Draft amending budget (DAB) No 1/2010;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. While not disagreeing with the Bureau's principle reasoning when suggestingof a 1% share of the budget as a reasonable contingency reserve for unforeseen expenditure, nevertheless decidesagrees with the Bureau's proposal, taking into account the very restricted situation in heading 5, to set this reserve at EUR 14 million;
Amendment 5 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Can agree with the Bureau's focus on reinforcing expertise to contribute to the objective of legislative excellence, whilst not being in a position to take any final decision on the corresponding appropriations at this stage;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. In this regard, supports the idea of finding an appropriate mix of in-house and external expertise for the policy departments depending on the type of information required for the specific files under consideration but would like further explanations as to whether and how the staff increases proposed could be used in a flexible way and wishes to receive more information on past implementation rates and demand from committees for such expertise; therefore approves xx [half the number of posts] for the time being;
Amendment 8 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses some concern atWelcomes the fact that the Bureau took into account concerns raised over the ratio between ADs to ASTs, resulting from thein a decrease of 3AST posts, compared to the initial proposal; as it stands now, which could be expected not to exceed a balance of roughly 2 ASTs to 3 ADspproves the appropriations for the creation of 19 AD 5 and 13 AST 1 posts for the policy departments as now suggested by the Bureau;
Amendment 9 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Endorses the need for a reinforcement of external studies but considers that an additional EUR 3,2 million is somewhat excessive given the major increases already given in the past 3 years; therefore reduces the amount with EUR 1,5 million andand welcomes the agreement between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets to sets the additional amount at EUR 1,7 million;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the proposal to boost the library by 28 posts, out of which 13 for the briefing service for members (previously contract staff); can endorse the financing and incorporation of these 13 posts into its establishment plan provided an assurance is given that they would be filled following open competitions and, also, that a corresponding saving is made in the financial envelope for contracts; can approve xx [half] ofdecides to enter the appropriations for the 15 additional 15 posts at this stagein the estimates but places half of this amount in reserve pending further justifications on how these posts would be used to improve expertise services for members;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that apart from the requests for 68 posts linked to Lisbon and 62 linked to enlargement (including 11 posts for the groups), 17 posts are requested to complete the second year of the three-year plan for DG INLO agreed in the 2010 procedure and 30 posts for other areas that could not be covered even after 20 redeployments had been identified as possible for 2011, bringing the total to 17780 new posts; requests more detailed information on the posts redeployed or transferred as from the beginning of the legislature, including estimates of redeployments and transfers for 2010 and, where possible 2011, before being in a position to take a final decision on the number; decides to enter the appropriations for the creation of these posts in the estimates but places the amount linked to the creation of 30 posts to be created; meanwhile can approve xx [half] of themfor "other areas" in reserve pending the analysis of the information requested;
Amendment 16 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that the Bureau proposal now also includes 1 AD5 and 1 AST1 for the Euro Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly and 3 AD5 and 1 AST1 posts for Risk Management but no longer contains a planned additional EUR 3 million for DG ITEC;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Also notes that the Bureau has included a further xx56 posts for political groups;
Amendment 24 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that a provision for a direct pre- financing of the initial stage of the construction of the new KAD building has been made for an amount of EUR 140,2 million on the budget line for lease payments in the Bureau's proposal; recognises that such a voluntary pre- financing would help reduce the financing costs but, taking into account the extremely tight situation for 2011, needs to be in a position to evaluate the overall budget more precisely and reserves the right to adjust this amount in autumn 2010decides to enter a lower amount of EUR 6,2 million for this purpose in the estimates; is willing to reassess this amount in autumn 2010 based on an update of the budgetary situation and developments in Parliament's building policy;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Notes that the budget item for Members' travel costs is actually higher than the one for salaries; underlines the need for responsible use of allowances, notably travel allowances, and points out that by using, where possible, other means of transport than business class air travel from and to Parliament's places of work, Parliament's carbon footprint can be reduced and costs saved at the same time. Therefore decideswelcomes the agreement reached to reduce the budget item related to Members' travel by EUR 31,5 million;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. NotWelcomes the proposalagreement for an increase of EUR 5,1 million (from 27 million to 32 million)2,6 million in order to finance 1210 annual visitors that mMembers can invite instead of the current 100; takes the view that it may be appropriate to have some time to evaluate the functioning of the new visitors' centre before considering such an increase; additionally, considers that the proposed increase is not ideally timed given the budgetary circumstances and thus decides not to approve this increase for the year 2011any further increase;
Amendment 34 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Takes note of the Bureau's proposaldecision to introduce allowances for office holders with a budgetary impact of EUR 0,54 million; notes, however, that the discussion on the principle iwas controversial; also notes that the budget line in question was already set to increase by EUR 0,54 million for other purposes and therefore considerin this regard welcomes the fact that supporting documents that an extra amount for office holders, if this should be the Parliament's final political decision, should be financed within the overall envelope of EUR 1 650 000, i.e. without other increases compared to 2010, and sets Article 302 of the budget accordinglyve to be provided in order to be reimbursed for extra costs incurred in the performance of their duties;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Underlines that a more detailed examination of individual budget items, including an analysis of implementation rates, should take place before the vote on the draft budget in the autumn; will thus examine and take the final budgetary decisions at that time;
Amendment 24 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced, in the context of the global economic slowdown, that the EU should concentrate its efforts on actively supporting innovative and in particular green technologies that are making an essential contribution to overcoming the economic crisis and establishing the EU as a leading sustainable and competitive economy;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a new
Paragraph 15 a new
15a. Bearing in mind, the important role youth will have to play in recovering from the current financial and economic crisis, believes that the promotion of equal opportunities and better facilitation of the transition from education to the integration into the labour market should be emphasised and enhanced also within the European Social Fund as the EU can no longer afford that especially the youth suffers from poverty, bad education systems and high unemployment;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission working document on the future ‘EU 2020’ strategy12, which identifies three key drivers for the EU’s future (creating value by 1 COM(2009)0647. 2 COM(2009)0647. basing growth on knowledge, empowering people in inclusive societies, and creating a competitive, connected and greener economy) and addresses the real challenges that the EU needs to face; underlines, however, in conjunction with the priorities set for the 2011 budget, that clear, proactive measures have to be taken to endow EU 2020 with more substance and resources,, especially in the field of climate change, the environment and social policies, accompanied by adequate financing proposals and firmly asserts that this strategy should not turn into another vague and purely indicative scoreboard for the Member States; refuses to duplicate the frustrating experience of the Lisbon Strategy, with the Council making systematic cuts to the lines supporting efforts consistent with the agreed strategy;
Amendment 94 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Recalls the constant, almost unbearable pressure on the financing of the EU’s activities as a global player, with its room for manoeuvre caught between low financial margins, the unpredictable crises in third countries and an ever-growing desire to affirm its prioritieand ever increasing crises and challenges of globalisation the EU is confronted with and its responsibilities for protecting its citizen as well as to promote stability, power eradication, good governance and human rights on the world stage;
Amendment 98 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a new
Paragraph 40 a new
40 a. Points out that it remains of utmost importance that more adequate flexibility instruments are established in the field of external action and expects the Commission to incorporate the necessary proposals in the mid-term review;
Amendment 101 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Points out that, following an amending budget for 2010, 2011 will be the first fully operational year for the European External Action Service (EEAS); intends to provide the EEAS with the necessary means to fulfil its mission, especially with regard to the civil crisis management capabilities of the EEAS but recalls that, under the treaty and in full accordance with the common intention to increase the EP’s involvement in the shaping and management of the EU’s external relations, it will fully exercise its scrutiny over the budget and budgetary control of EEAS;
Amendment 52 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a new
Paragraph 26 a new
26a. Calls on the Commission to acknowledge the crucial role the local and regional level plays in combating climate change and to respond to this challenge by revising the list of categories of expenditure (Lisbon earmarking) in Annex IV according to Article 9(3) of Council regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provision on structural funds and by introducing categories targeted to tackle the impacts of climate change in time for being taken into account for the implementation of the 2011 budget;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a new
Paragraph 30 a new
30a. Regrets the absence of defining clear priorities under this Heading in favour of sustainable farming systems, which preserve biodiversity, protect water resources and soil fertility, respect animal welfare and employment;
Amendment 60 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a new
Paragraph 31 a new
31a. Requests the Commission to ensure that rural development measures under all axes will be measured against more refined performance indicators for farming systems and production methods so as to respond to the challenges related to climate change, water protection, biodiversity and renewable energies;
Amendment 63 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b new
Paragraph 31 b new
31b. Regrets that direct aids are not further conditioned to achievements of environmental and social objectives;
Amendment 68 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a new
Paragraph 32 a new
32a. Regrets the continued subsidising of the tobacco production in the EU, which is contrary to the objectives of the EU health policy;
Amendment 76 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Welcomes the increase in CA for LIFE+ to EUR 333.5 million (up by 8.7%) and welcomes the sharp increase in PA (24,3%, to EUR 268.2 million) in line with improved implementation rates; but points out that the LIFE+ appropriations are very limited compared to the vast environmental challenges the EU faces;
Amendment 89 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 anew
Paragraph 35 anew
Amendment 159 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a new
Paragraph 67 a new
67a. Recalls that the Paulsen report on the evaluation and assessment of the Animal Welfare Action Plan 2006-2010, (PE 430.922 v02-00, A7-0053/2010), called for the setting up of a European coordinated network for animal welfare which should perform the tasks referred to in the Commission communication of 28 October 2009 on options for animal welfare labelling and the establishment of a European Network of Reference Centres for the protection and welfare of animals (COM (2009)0584); the network, guided by one coordination body, should become a support tool providing assistance and information to the Commission, Member States, food chain actors and citizens regarding training and education, best practices and consumer communication; it should collect and store data about the benefits of animal welfare enforcement as well as the economic costs of animal welfare measures; these data will provide input to future impact assessments and policy decisions; consequently, proposes to set up a pilot project for financial support to such a network for the year 2011;
Amendment 228 #
2010/0395(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Concerning provisions on proportionality, the notion of tolerable risk of error should be introduced as part of the risk assessment made by the Authorising Officer. The institutions should be able to move away from the general 2% materiality threshold used by the Court of Auditors to conclude on the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. Tolerable risk levels constitute more appropriate basis for the Discharge Authority to judge the quality of the management of risk by the Commission. The European Parliament and the Council should therefore determine the level of tolerable risk of error per policy area, taking into account the costs and benefits of controls.
Amendment 235 #
2010/0395(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) As regards the information which is to be submitted by the Commission in the context of discharge, the Commission should notably submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an evaluation report on the Union's finances based on the results achieved, in accordance with Article 318 of the TFEU. Adequate provisions should therefore be introduced in this Regulation for such report in relation to other existing reporting requirements. The report should include in particular elements on the achievements in the field of gender aspects of staff policy.
Amendment 293 #
2010/0395(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 34 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Part 1 – article 34 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) provide a detailed picture of all staff in place in the Union delegations at the time of presenting the draft budget, including a breakdown by geographic area, gender, individual country and mission, distinguishing establishment plan posts, contract agents, local agents and seconded national experts and appropriations requested in the draft budget for such other types of personnel with corresponding estimates of the equivalent full-time staff that may be employed within the limits of the appropriations requested.
Amendment 63 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 67 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Under this decision, the EIB should increase its development orientWhile the EIB's strength remains its distinctiveness as an investment bank, under this decision, the EIB should frame the development impact of its external operations in close coordination with the Commission and following the principles of the European Consensus on Development and those set out in Article 208 TFEU, as well as the principles of aid effectiveness outlined in the Paris Declaration of 2005 and the Accra Agenda for Action of 2008. This should be implemented through a number of concrete measures, in particular by reinforcing its capacity to appraise environmental, social and development aspects of projects, including human rights and conflict related risks, and by promoting local consultation with public authorities and civil society. Local consultations should take place within EIB's project due diligence. Moreover, it should increase its focus on sectors where it has sound expertise from financing operations within the EU and which will further the development of the country in question, (such as, inter alia, access to financial services for SMEs and micro-entities), environmental infrastructure including water and sanitation, sustainable transportation and climate change mitigation, particularly in renewable energy. Financing could also include projects in support of health and education, particularly in the area of vocational training and infrastructure, when there is clear added value. The EIB should also progressively strengthen its activity in support of health and education as well as of climate change adaptation, where appropriate working in cooperation with other International Finance Institutions (IFIs) and European bilateral finance institutions (EBFIs). This will require access to concessional resources and a progressive increasen increase, within a reasonable period, in human resources devoted to EIB external activities. EIB activity should also be complementary to EU objectives and priorities relating to institution building and sector reforms. Finally, the EIB shouldmust define performance indicators which are linked to development and environment aspects of the projects and their results.
Amendment 77 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. More generally, EIB financing operations shall contribute to the general principles guiding the EU's external action, as referred to in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union, of promoting and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and contribute to the implementation of international environmental agreements to which the EU is a party. Compliance of the beneficiary country with the principles and objectives of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters shall be ensured by the EIB at the different relevant stages of the projects. In relation to developing countries in particular, an underlying objective for EIB financing operations shall be the reduction of poverty through fostering: sustainable economic, social and environmental development of these countries, particularly in the most disadvantaged amongst them; sustainable management of global natural resources; their smooth and gradual integration into the world economy; the campaign against poverty; as well as compliance with objectives approved by the EU in the context of the United Nations and other competent international organisations. The EIB shall promote equal access to financial services, in particular for disadvantaged groups such as minorities, farmers and women. In order to adequately meet these requirements, the Council shall guarantee an increase in EIB resources and staff within a reasonable time, and should substantially build up means to adequately meet these requirements.
Amendment 79 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 87 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The EIB shall carry out thorough due diligence, including local public consultation, on development-related aspects of projects covered by the EU guarantee prior to project approval, including, in an appropriate form, the loan activity of financial intermediaries. The EIB's own rules and procedures shall include the necessary provisions on assessment of environmental and social impact of projects and of aspects related to human rights, to ensure that only projects that are economically, financially, environmentally and socially sustainable are supported under this Decision. The project appraisal reports adopted within the due diligence process shall be disclosed to the public. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament on the outcome of the due diligence.
Amendment 89 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the ex-ante assessment of development-related aspects, the EIB should strengthen its monitoring during project implementation, inter alia, on the development impact of the project. In reaching the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the EIB shall partner only with those local financial intermediary institutions that meet clear criteria developed by the Commission. These criteria will focus on ability to deliver clear impact in line with the EU development goals, local ownership of the financial intermediaries and an added value in comparison with market financing. Support of the SMEs shall be fully transparent and the value added of the EIB shall be reported regularly.
Amendment 94 #
2010/0101(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a Public participation and disclosure of information 1. The EIB shall, together with the project promoter, take an active part in the organisation of public consultation on development, environmental and social aspects of the project. The EIB shall identify the public affected in the project financed by the EIB. The EIB shall ensure that the local population is informed about all key issues pertaining to the EIB operations carried out in a timely manner. 2. The EIB shall make documents relating to projects for which the EIB benefits from the EU guarantee directly accessible to the public in electronic form or through a register in accordance with its rules. The information to be made available and disseminated shall be updated as appropriate and shall include: - a description/summary of the project; - projects appraisal reports (assessment on environmental, social, human rights and development impacts of the project); - covenants and conditions on environmental, development and human rights related aspects of the projects; - monitoring reports on development, environmental and social related aspects of the projects; - ex-post evaluation reports on the contribution of the projects to economic development, poverty eradication, protection of the environment and strengthening of human rights.
Amendment 141 #
2010/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 156 #
2010/0064(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that legal persons may be held liable for any of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 7 committed for their benefit by any person, acting either individually or as part of an organ of the legal person, and having a leading position within the legal person, based on one of the following:
Amendment 9 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for a strong digital agenda at EU level that offers economic and also social and cultural opportunities for all EU citizens; therefore requests the Commission to develop a comprehensive definition of the digital agenda and make it subject to further discussion with Parliament and the Council, in order to achieve common understanding among the EU institutions on key objectives and goals;
Amendment 10 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for a comprehensive and integrated approach at EU level which not only promotes investment in new networks and platforms, but also deals with guarantees for the openness, universal accessibility and availability as well as safety of communication devices and infrastructures and contains an adequate policy on fostering media literacy skills, including raising awareness about the use of new technologies;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recognises that Europe’s creative and cultural industries not only play an essential role in the promotion of cultural diversity, media pluralism and participatory democracy in Europe, but are also an important engine for sustainable growth in Europe, and thus can play a decisive role in EU economic recovery;
Amendment 12 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses that a European digital agenda needs to promote the production and dissemination of high-quality and culturally diverse content in the EU in order to incentivise all EU citizens to adopt digital technologies such as the internet, and to maximise the cultural and social benefits EU citizens can derive from those technologies:
Amendment 13 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Asks the Commission to develop, as part of the digital agenda, in particular a modern copyright framework that takes due account of digitisation and convergence of the media and to encourage the development of the internet, which offers many new chances for the circulation of and access to creative content but also poses risks, e.g. in the form of piracy of copyright- protected content;
Amendment 14 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Underlines that the so-called digital dividend is a valuable spectrum source for not only economic but also social and cultural development; urges the Commission to recognise the value of enabling highly popular existing platforms, such as digital terrestrial television, to evolve, as well as facilitating the development of other new technologies;
Amendment 15 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Underlines the importance of data protection in the digital world and urges the Commission to take account not only of data protection and privacy questions as such, but especially of the specific needs of minors and young adults with respect to these questions;
Amendment 16 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Amendment 17 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Urges the Commission to take due account of the Unesco Convention on Cultural Diversity when developing the digital agenda for Europe and to come up with a policy actively underpinning the objectives of the Convention;
Amendment 18 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Stresses that pluralism, freedom of the press and respect for cultural diversity are core values and end goals of the European Union; thus calls for the European Commission to ensure the compliance of all proposed EU policies with these values and goals;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of teaching secondary school studenttudents of all levels how to use online resources, in particular governmental oa critical mannesr, in order to make them familiar with ICT and to increase their interest in the political environment, especially as far as content is concerned;
Amendment 50 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 59 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to organise a hearing with stakeholders to find legal solutions for VOD as the lack of regulation in this area might affectso as to improve the ability of citizens to access European cultural products;
Amendment 64 #
2009/2225(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the need to improve the use of Europeana, not as a competitor to Google Books, but as a complementary programme and its content, in particular through more contributions from the Member States and their cultural institutions, and with greater variety so as to include materials such as books, images and letters but also films, concerts or plays;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Also notes that weak implementation of annual budgets leads to an even lower executed budget, mainlyinter alia due to the system of complicated rules and requirements imposed by both the Commission and/or Member States and to the weak implementation capacity of Member States, andwhich results in a substantial amount of RALs (restes à liquider); urges the Commission and the Member States, furthermore, to facilitate implementation by reducing self-imposed bureaucratic burdens and simplifying the management systems where possible, notably of the Structural Funds;
Amendment 10 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes and regrets that the margins available under the different expenditure ceilings of the MFF are restrictivelimited; the possibilities for financing new priorities and responding to the expectations of the citizens and allowing the Union to assume its role in the external policy area would need more ambitious financial and budgetary decisions, in order not to further jeopardise current policies and programmes;
Amendment 13 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out the importance of the principle of ‘sound budgeting’; asks the Commission to prepare a PDB that addresses the current challenges and provides for a sustainable budget for the ongoing policies; is particularly concerned about the budgetary needs for 2010 in headings 1a, 3b and 4 of the MFF; wishes to underline that the Flexibility Instrument is intended to finance unforeseen political challenges and is only one of the tools enabling additional funding;
Amendment 18 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Disagrees with the intentionsPoints out that due to limited margins there are limits to the possibility of shifting appropriations between headings in the event of shortfalls under one heading, and favours instead finding long- term solutions; considers it more appropriate to, e.g. by addressing directly the insufficient category of expenditure in order to avoid hindering other expenditure areas;
Amendment 27 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that enormous challenges should be met in the EU budget 2010; points out that the key objective is to give more quality of life, freedom, safety and security to European citizens, which requires special attention to be given to challenges such as: the recent financial and economic crisis and its impact on growth and competitivthe most pressing challengess, jobs and cohesion and its social dimension; the question of energy and transport security, in terms of energy supply safety or transport safety; the issue of internal security, meaning particularly immigration, demographic challenges, the fight against terrorism and promoting food safety and also the matter of climate change and environmental protectionwhich are the recent financial and economic crisis and climate change and energy;
Amendment 32 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that the current context of economic crisis should not be used as a pretext to delay, but on the contrary as an opportunity to increase investments in green technologies, which may require modifications to current financial programmes;
Amendment 44 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Subtitle and paragraph 18
Subtitle and paragraph 18
Amendment 52 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Wishes to explore the possibilities of further EU financing in those areas; expects the Commission to propose strong actions in support of the realisation of the Nabucco project, notably energy savings, energy efficiency and renewable energy networks; points out, in this context, the role ofthat the European Investment Bank could play in bringing about leverage effects and in helping to mobilise private sector participation, bearing in mind, however, the issue of democratic accountability;
Amendment 56 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that climate change has a widely recognised impact on Europe’s environment, economy and society and that delays in combating climate change will increase its costs; in this context, reiterates its conviction that measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change are still not satisfactorily included in the EU budget and will support all efforts to increase and concentrate adequate financial resources to mitigate and adapt to the consequences of climate change; 1 Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2008)0515.recalls its resolution of 23 October 2008 on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 20091, which invites the Commission to present, by 15 March 2009, an ambitious plan for an adequate increase of climate change funds which considers the establishment of a specific ‘climate change fund’ or the creation of a dedicated budget line which would improve the budget capability to deal with these issues; Or. en
Amendment 60 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls the responsibility towards future generations to take cost-effective steps to maintain environmental protection; reiterates that EU action needs to be taken in a global context, therefore regrets the fact that European actions are not followed by actions of other actors, which has serious effects on the competitiveness of the Union; recognises that the current European Globalisation Adjustment Fund will be unable to prevent the consequences of relocations, decreasing production and job losseswhich includes the need for adequate financial commitments towards developing countries in the context of an international climate change agreement;
Amendment 62 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Subtitle and paragraph 24
Subtitle and paragraph 24
Reinforcing internalquality of life, freedom and security 24. Recalls that the funding issues such asfor cohesion, education, culture, youth, social policies, Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2008)0564. integration, refugees, border protection, civil protection, the fight 1 against crime, including terrorism, and promoting food safety are to be maintained and should be reinforcedlso remain priorities in 2010, because these tools directly address the fearsquality of life of European citizens;
Amendment 5 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is committed to do its utmost to secure adequate financing for all activities and policies under heading 1 a which delivers solutions to European citizens namely providing greater energy security, increasing support for ecological research and innovation, promoting small and medium sized enterprises and fostering sustainable growth and job creation;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that the Council was not willing to increase financing so as to further support the EU's needs in facing the current crisis, under existing programmes under "Competitiveness for growth and employment" in sub-heading 1a; considers that this heading should be examined in depth and, if needed, be revised to ensure that it fulfils its objectives in future years; urges the Commission to put forward proposals by the end of March 2010;
Amendment 7 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the level of payments does not contribute to diminishing the disparity between the level of commitments and payments; points out its concern with regard to the consequences it could have on the development of the overall unpaid commitments (reste à liquider - RAL), which according to the Court of Auditors' report for 2008 stands at EUR 155 billion, and the need to reverse this development for future budgets;
Amendment 8 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the financing of the second phase of the European Economic Recovery Plan was a priority for Parliament; recalls that it amended the Draft Budget of the Council in this spirit, giving impetus to economic growth, competitiveness, cohesion and job protection,; calls on the Commission to ensure that all projects to be financed under the recovery plan will be fully compatible with EU environmental legislation;
Amendment 13 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note that the financing of the European Council was agreed for the financial year 2010; recalls that a new section must be presented for its financing in the 2011 budget; as provided for in Article 316 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU;
Amendment 19 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for full use of the appropriations available to activities and policies under sub-heading 1a which foster sustainable growth and job creation, including new green jobs, and deliver solutions to European citizens namely by providing greater energy security, increasing support for research and innovation, particularly on clean and renewable energy technologies, promoting small and medium-sized enterprises and reinforcing life-long learning; recalls the importance of optimising the implementation of framework programmes and calls on the Commission to take into account the Parliament's position as adopted in the discharge procedure for Commission 2007 (P6_TA(2009)0289) Nos. 113 through 123 on those implementation problems;
Amendment 20 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets and is surprised by the budgetary cuts introduced by the Council in a period when structural and cohesion funds could be stimulating sustainable economic growth and recovery; recalls that it had proposed systematic increases to payments on the main lines (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund) to boost implementation of structural policy in the Member States, which could have enhanced the effects of the recovery plan, for the benefit of all European citizens;
Amendment 22 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the joint declaration calling for the simplification and a more targeted use of structural and cohesion funds to facilitate overcoming the effects of the economic crisis; recalls the possibility of adaptation and revision of the operational programmes with this aim, while also putting greater emphasis on using these funds more wisely in support of European and national policies against climate change;
Amendment 24 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the agreement with the Council on additional support for the milk- producing sector, currently in crisis, to reach the amount of EUR 300 million as requested by Parliament; considers Council's endorsement as application of the "spirit of the Lisbon Treaty" as this will place Parliament on an equal footing on agriculture expenditure; regrets the fact that the call of the Parliament for establishing a permanent EU Dairy Fund to help the sector through the readjustments was not retained; requests thoughquests that Commission re-examine the necessity of alternative or further measures in the light of the market evolution and the report of the High Level Expert Group on milk in order to support the restructuring process for milk producers; reiterates its request for the creation of a budgetary line, permanently establishing a Dairy Fund;
Amendment 25 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the financial envelope for implementation of Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1717/2006 of the European Parliament and Council of 15 November 2006 establishing the Instrument for Stability1; 1 OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 1.
Amendment 26 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls on the Commission to present a plan to restore, over the period 2010 to 2013, the financial means reallocated from the Instrument for Stability to the Food Facility, in order to ensure that the European Union has the full financial means available, under heading 4 of the budget, to fulfil its role on the international stage as expected by the citizens of Europe;
Amendment 27 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of further funding being made available via the EU budget to manage legal immigration and integration of third country nationals while in parallel tackling illegal immigration in full respect of human fundamental rights, and international agreements and strengthening border protection, including the strengthening of the European Return Fund and the European Refugee Fund to facilitate solidarity between the Member States;
Amendment 27 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Reminds the Commission of the commitments made by the Community in the Instrument for Stability, namely the promotion of stable conditions for human and economic development and the promotion of human rights, democracy and fundamental freedoms as the prime objectives of European Union external action; in this respect, calls on the Commission to present a plan for the mobilisation of financial resources for any external emergency assistance facilities or mechanisms that are created outside the Instrument for Stability in a way that would avoid drawing on the funds foreseen for the Instrument for Stability;
Amendment 34 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Continues to count on support forRegrets the lack of progress in the peace process in Palestine and theis aware of the urgent reconstruction needs in the Gaza Strip; calls on the Commission to communicate which measures it has taken to minimise the risks that projects and programmes financed under this budget line are used or diverted to terrorist organisations or acts of terrorism, or inefficient bureaucracy, and to specify whether part of the aid is aimed at rebuilding premises or infrastructure previously financed by the Union or its Member States and damaged by military action;
Amendment 38 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Agrees that the priority for use of the margin available should be given to finance any additional expenditure directly stemming from the entry into force of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, but only after a thorough examination of the current resources/needs and the scope for any further savings by all the institutions;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2334(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1.Welcomes the Commission European Economic Recovery Plan and related initiatives, and recalls that any new expenditure not foreseen in budget 2009 shall be financed with fresh money, in order not to compromise the commitments entered into under the current multi- annual financial framework (MFF) negotiated between the two branches of the budgetary authority; recalls, thereby, the possibilities offered by the provisions of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006, including points 21 to 23;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2334(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the predominant role of the European Investment Bank in contributing to financing investments and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); points out that contributions by the EU budget to EIB operations have the potential to create a substantial leverage effect on investment and wishes to examine how the EU budget could contribute further to bringing about such effects, also with regard to the proposed new 2020 Marguerite fund for energy, climate change and infrastructure, either via specific legal and financial instruments or by increasing contributions via already existing financial programmes, but in any case accompanied by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Commission, the Council , the European Parliament and the EIB on the priorities for investment, ensuring that these are geared towards truly sustainable projects;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2334(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that the current crisis should not be used as a pretext to delay a much needed reorientation of spending towards "green" investments, but should rather be used as an extra incentive to press ahead with such reorientation and reiterates, in this context, the importance of the budgetary review planned for 2009, which should not be limited to a theoretical vision of what the budget could look like after 2013, but which should include bold proposals for a shift in programming at the time of the mid- term review of the multi-annual programmes to respond to the current crisis, promoting sustainable development and taking into account the challenges posed by climate change;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2334(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the decision on the proposal to invest in trans-European energy interconnections Points out that EU spending on energy projects, which under the current EU financial framework can only be limited, should focus on projects that cand broadband infrastructure projects wae started swiftly and which help to reach the EU´s 2020 targets ion vain because of lack of budgetary agreement within the Councilclimate change policies, notably energy savings and energy efficiency projects as well as investments in renewable energy networks;
Amendment 27 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recognises that globalisation has profoundly changed Europe’s societies and believes that all pupils as responsible citizens should be prepared to make use of all the possibilities this brings, and recommends all schools to include Global or Development education within their curricula;
Amendment 34 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Believes that all schools should foster the acquisition of democratic competences by supporting student councils and allowing students to take co-responsibility for the school in partnership with parents, teachers and school councils;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers Quality education a right of every child, and that a first and important step to guaranteeing it would be a European charter on pupils rights;
Amendment 47 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Appreciates the contribution of Non- Formal Education in providing young people with valuable skills which are complementary to the ones acquired in Schools and calls upon schools to cooperate more intensely with providers of Non-Formal Education such as youth organisations;
Amendment 34 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that a high-quality education system must be open to everyone and that the democratic competences of children should be fostered by encouraging them to participate in decision making within schools, particularly through student councils;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Appreciates the contribution of Non- Formal Education to providing young migrants with valuable skills which are complementary to the ones acquired in schools and calls upon schools to cooperate more intensively with providers of Non-Formal Education such as youth organizations;
Amendment 46 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Reiterates that discrimination on the ground of race and ethnicity in the field of education is forbidden by Directive 2000/43/CE ,and calls for discrimination on any ground, including nationality and residence status to be outlawed in the field of education;
Amendment 47 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Emphasizes that diversity in schools should be promoted and that special attention and support should be given to the most vulnerable migrant groups, including migrant girls;
Amendment 48 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that the Directive 77/486/EEC must be amended and should cover the education of children who are nationals of non-Member States; or children whose parents are non-nationals of EU Member States.
Amendment 32 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of creating specific programmes to support translation and of setting up multilingual terminology database;
Amendment 33 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 81 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 108 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 2 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that surveys show that the lessUnion citizens with a lower level of educatedion and less affluent a Union citizen is, thfrom socially deprived backgrounds are more likely he will be to oppose further European integration, which indicates that the European idea, in spite of all previous efforts, mainly reaches the well-educated, wealthy segment of European society;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 12 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends the extension of the Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig and Comenius programmes to less affluent citizens to facilitate their mobility within the EU; draws attention to the fact that less affluent citizens currently cannot afford to participate in these programmesthese programmes in particular are very popular with young people and make an important contribution to the success of European integration;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 19 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the Budgetary Authority should further increase funds for schools, universiti, when adopting the next financial perspective, the Council should approve an increase in the EU budget so that more resources cand NGOs which support EU studies and EU communication in the Member States be made available for forward-looking policies, such as education, research and culture;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 24 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 26 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the idea of EU Tube, as with almost 1,.7 million viewers, it is a unique tool with which to communicate EU policies to young internet users; also calls on the Commission to prepare guidelines on efficient internet campaigns and share them with other EU institutions;
Amendment 29 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 35 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 38 #
2008/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission, alongside Europe-wide campaigns, also to launch local, small-scale EU communication campaigns with the involvement of local NGOs, instead of expensive and ineffective Europe-wide campaigns; calls on the Commission to disseminate the best practises identified from such campaigns and civil society;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2173(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. calls for media literacy among young people to be strengthened through education in nursery schools, educational establishments, schools and youth care programmes in order to help young people in particular to become free, critical and reflective media consumers;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2173(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. stresses that computer and video games make a major contribution to the cultural and creative economy; takes the view that, against the background of strong market growth, the development of computer and video games should be promoted through corresponding training opportunities and courses of study.
Amendment 1 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 on key competences for lifelong learning (2006/962/EC)1,
Amendment 3 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas broad sections of the active population will generally have increasingly fewer employment opportunities because of a lack of media literacy,
Amendment 18 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas media literacy is an essential key qualification in the information and communication society,
Amendment 32 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that, given the many sources available, what is most important is the ability to separate out information from the new media’s flood of data and images and to categorise that information;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 on key competences for lifelong learning (2006/962/EC),
Amendment 4 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to integrate migrants and minorities (especially Roma people), and to work on the inclusion of groups with special needs (primarily women and disabled and elderly people) at all levels and in all areas of education; considers that additional support should be provided to migrants, whilst ethnic minorities and Roma people should be assisted by trained staff who belong to the same minority or at least speak their native language;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the crucial role of families and the social environment in every aspect of education and training;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the need to pay special attention to individuals who might otherwise drop out of education at a later stage; believes that special programmes and measures should be adopted to decrease the drop-out rate and that, in cases where dropping out is inevitable and continues to occur, the individuals concerned should be supported and given opportunities to be reintegrated into societythe education system;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the development of the personal talents, specific capacityies and fnatural abilitniess for work and employm of students has to be a major goal at this stage of education, in addition to the development of the personal talents, specific capacities and natural abilities of students; points out that these capacities may provide the basis for work and employment later on;
Amendment 37 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that the long-term unemployed and women, prisoners, workers in re- education institutions and workerspeople from a weak social background and people with special needs should especially be taken into consideration;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the size of the digital dividend will vary from one country to another, owing to national circumstances and reflecting national media and audiovisual policies;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Is therefore convinced that it is difficult to harmonise the use of the digital dividend at European level. Any such move should be progressive, voluntary and led by the Member States;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses however that the digital dividend is also an important instrument in audiovisual and media policies, which cshould be used to effectively promote and protect freedom of expression, media pluralism and cultural and linguistic diversity;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the benefits that the digital dividend can bring to society in terms of more, and more diverse, audiovisual media services, including services offering mobile reception and high definition quality;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that broadcasters are essential actors in the defence of pluralistic and democratic principles and strongly believes that the opportunities relating tooffered by the digital dividend should enable public and private broadcasters, which could benefit in principle from lower spectrum fees, to provide programmes serving public servicegeneral interest objectives;
Amendment 30 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates that in the interest of European citizens the digital dividend should be managed as efficiently and effectively as possible in order to avoid interference with the delivery of high quality digital TV programmes to an increasing number of citizens and to protect those citizens from sudden changeovers to new technologies.respect consumers' rights and interests and their investment in equipment;
Amendment 34 #
2008/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that spectrum policy has to be dynamic and that it should enable broadcasters to use future new technology and develop new services which will enable them to continue to play an important role in helping to ensure cultural diversity and media pluralism, meeting the evolving expectations of the public;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 7 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the institutions should ensure that the calendar of the next financial framework allows for democratic legitimacy and matching of the Commission and Parliament mandates, duration of the MFF with the length of the Commission and Parliament mandates, starting with a transitional MFF in 2012 ending at 31 December 2016, based on the five year strategic programme of the new Commission, to be presented in 2010,
Amendment 8 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the designation of a new Commission and the hearings due to take place in this context should be an opportunity for the newly elected Parliament to examinquestion and evaluate the new Commissioners on their respective policy priorities and the budgets deemed necessary for that purpose,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the mid-term evaluation of the ongoing legislative programmes, due in 2010- 2011, should represent a major basis for a future assessment of ongoing programmes and future prioritiesforms the basis for the assessment of the budgetary needs and improvement of ongoing programmes and future priorities and should be duly taken into account for the financial programming of the period 2012-2016,
Amendment 16 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls its awareness of the fact that a number of deficits remained unresolved in the final agreement; stresses that the need for additional financing for EU political priorities, notably for Galileo, the EIT and the food facility arose and a solution was found by means of the existingrecourse to the instruments of the IIA of 17 May 2006; believes that further adjustments within the current MFF and IIA based on a sufficient and ambitious review, as well as already foreseeable needs will be necessary;
Amendment 19 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that a distinction should be made between the review of certain programmes within the current MFFfor the period 2012-2016 or even before, based on: - the mid-term evaluation of legislation to take place in 2010-2011 - the new, and challenges such as energy and climate change and other policies linked to the new competences provided by the Treaty of Lisbonthat require an urgent reform of the financial framework such as the economic and financial crisis, energy and climate change and developments on the world scene and the preparation of the new MFFMFF starting in 2017;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 25 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the current context of economic slowdown should not be used as a pretext to delay but, on the contrary, be seen as an opportunity to increase investments in green technologies;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 − indents 2 and 3
Paragraph 7 − indents 2 and 3
-assessment of the mid-term evaluation , possible adjustments and prolongation of the current programmes as provided for by legislation (2010-2011), and prolongation until 2015 of certain programmes, allowing a phase-inllowing a phase- in of aligning the duration of the MFF with the mandates of the next Parliament and the Commission, -preparation of the next MFF after 2013 (2015)6; this phase will be the responsibility of the new Parliament elected in 2014;
Amendment 33 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Confirms its position of March 2007 in which it stressed that "the political link between the reform of revenue and a review of expenditure is inevitable and perfectly reasonable"; believes that the two processes should be run in parallel with the aim to merge in a global and integrated reform for a new system of EU financing and spending at the latest for the MFF starting in 20157, which would imply that the preparatory work, including ratification, is done beforehand;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 64 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the need for policy coherence in this respect and points to the need to carry out a climate change proofing of all major programmes including agriculture, cohesion programmes, transport and energy networks, and development programmes;
Amendment 65 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b.Reiterates the need for a radical shift of agricultural policy towards an integrated rural development policy, duly co-financed at national level, with social and environmental conditioning of aid that is aimed at delivering public goods and services to society;
Amendment 68 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines the potential of education, culture and youth programmes in bringing Europe closer to its citizens and fostering culture diversity as well as mutual understanding, apart from the role that education plays in reaching the Lisbon targets and in matching skills with the new challenges and opportunities that arise from the financial and economic crisis and climate change;
Amendment 69 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that heading 4 "The EU as a global partner" remains chronically underfinanced; asks the Commission to make proposalsunderlines the need for a long-term perspective financing for CFSP/ESDP in order to secure the means dedicated to this policy area andto help reach the MDG´s, for commitments resulting from an international climate change agreement independent from development aid, for preventing conflicts and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms, for a credible neighbourhood policy and for CFSP/ESDP to avoid recurrent and endless negotiations with the Council during the annual budgetary procedures; is in favour of providing additional means for Defence Policy;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the current small margins available under each heading and the paltry sums allocated to the flexibility mechanisms which can be employed make it very difficult for the Union to respond appropriately to unexpected political events and may deprive the annual budgetary procedure of its substance,
Amendment 3 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty makes it essential that the institutions responsible for the Union’s financial and budgetary decision-making should reach an agreement on better ways of guaranteeing an optimum transition to the arrangements introduced by the new legal acts and the new decision- making procedures,
Amendment 15 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the fact that the Lisbon Treaty provides for the possibility of financial programming over five years, so that, if the necessary changes are introduced, the MFF can be made to coincide with the length of Parliament's parliamentary term and the Commission's term of office, as democratic logic requires;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises that the switch to five-year financial programming, as referred to above, necessitatescould be brought about by the extension of the current MFF to 2016 inclusive, so that the next five-year MFF can come into force in early 2017; considers that this extension could be envisaged when the next mid- term review is carried out in 2010; Alternatively one could also imagine the new Commission, which takes office in 2009, presenting its five-year work programme accompanied by budget proposals in 2010, and a new financial framework of five years starting in 2012, respecting the commitments made towards third parties and Member States for the years 2012 and 2013 in areas such as cohesion policy and rural development;
Amendment 24 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that the legally binding nature of the MFF necessitates, even more than before, the introduction of more flexible implementing arrangements so that the Union can respond sufficiently flexibly and effectively to unforeseen challenges;
Amendment 25 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises, in that connection, the importance of strengthening flexibility mechanisms operating within and between each heading and through specific flexibility funds which can be mobilised outside the margins;
Amendment 31 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Emphasises, in that connection, the importance of retaining a pragmatic timetable similar to the current one, whilst calling for conciliation to be brought forward to an earlier stage in the procedurin time; points out, moreover, that the introduction of informal arrangements for dialogue between the institutions is crucial to facilitating agreement before the procedure starts and then throughout its duration;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Points out that the Lisbon Treaty codifientains the criteriamain provisions to be used to identify those provisions of the current interinstitutional agreement which should be retained in the future agreement and those which should instead be incorporated into the MFF;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2026(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates in this context the importance of the budgetary review planned for 2009, which should not be limited to a theoretical vision of a post- 2013 budget, but should include bold proposals for a shift in programming at the time of the mid-term review of the multi-annual programmes to respond to the challenges posed by climate change and the current crisis;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2026(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Insists that the current crisis not be used as a pretext to delay a much needed reorientation of spending towards "green" investments, but should rather be used as an extra incentive to press ahead with such reorientation;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2026(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that initiatives for sustainable development, growth in jobs and support for SMEs and for research and innovation are of the utmost importance in the current economic situation and have to be top priorities reflected in the Union's budget for 2009; against this background, considers that the support for cohesion amongst regions has to be regarded as a key factor for stimulating economic growth throughout the Union; considers it essential that the political determination to make progress on tackling climate change becomalso become a budgetary priority, which must moreover be clearly visible in the EU budget; stresses that, in 2009 and in the years to come, the Union has to be in a position to fulfil its role as a global player especially given recent challenges such as rising food prices;
Amendment 32 #
2008/2026(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Regrets, in that context, that it was necessary to reduce the financial envelope of the Stability Instrument by EUR 170 million over two years;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2026(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls upon the Commission in this context to find a way to finance the International Fund for Cultural Diversity within existing programmes;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Cannot always see a clear correlation between the Commission's political priorities, as described in its Annual Policy Strategy (APS) and the PDB, and increases in the corresponding budget lines and policy areas; is not convinced, for example, that the climate change priority really is reflected throughout the budget as proposed by the Commission; wishes to receive more information as to the methodology used to come to the conclusion that over 10%, or EUR 14 billion, of the EU budget is spent on environmental targets;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Deplores that, at the moment, there is no clear indication of the exact changes made in a financial programming document newly presented compared to the previous one, nor of whether, or how, increases in a particular year are being compensated for or how back- and front- loadings are taking place; considers this not in line with the provisions of Point 46 of the IIA and calls on the Commission to fulfil its obligations in this respect;
Amendment 33 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the increase of EUR 20,9 million for LIFE+, but notes with some regret that only part of this increase goes to intensified activities in the area of climate change; considers that the horizontal budgetary priority of combating climate change is not properly reflected in these figures; considers it necessary, therefore, to increase the envelopes of rural development programmes as well as the Life + programme, using part of the remaining margin under heading 2, for climate change adaptation and mitigation measures, covering also actions for disaster prevention, preparedness, response and recovery;
Amendment 48 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. While welcoming that the new posts requested by the Commission only concern the previously announced final tranche of 250 for "EU-2", notes that the proposed increase of administrative expenditure is still higher than the average for the whole budget; recognises that this may be largely linked to indexed salary and pension costs, and to some extent buildings policy, but is nevertheless of the opinion that it would be preferable to limit; points out that further modifications may become necessary during the fincrease of administrative expenditure still further; resolves to scrutinise administrative expenditure in order to investigate the possibilitiesancial year 2009 if the Lisbon Treaty enters into force; resolves, in that respect, to scrutinise administrative expenditure in an interinstitutional context in order to investigate the needs of the institutions for 2009 and beyond;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55a. Points out that the Commission has indicated that, in 2006, 833,65 administrators and 244,78 assistants, spread over 10 Directorates General, the Legal Service and the Secretariat General, were working on the management and enforcement of Community law; regrets that the Commission has not been able to give details as regards the number of officials working specifically on infringement procedures; notes, furthermore, the reply by the Secretary General of the Commission that the Commission is not in a position to give an overview of spending on "better regulation" because expenditure related to impact assessment, simplification, quality of legislation and evaluation is spread throughout the whole budget both in operational and administrative lines and no posting criteria exist in the Commission's accounting system; points out nevertheless that in its screening report of 24 April 2007 the Commission has indicated that 0,5 % of staff work on evaluation; looks forward to receiving updated and more detailed information from the Commission; furthermore, draws attention to policy area 25 of the budget and observes that the Commission proposes the same amount of expenditure as in 2008 for the impact assessment board ( EUR 0,2 million ), and the "frais de contentieux" (EUR 4,2 million), but a cut of 35,5 % on the line for codification of Community law (2 million as against 3,1 million in 2008);
Amendment 55 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63a. Insists that the Commission is to implement the pilot projects according to Parliament's wishes and that, as regards the pilot project on sulphur dioxide emission trading in the Baltic Sea, nothing prevents the Commission from launching a call for proposals for a voluntary sea to sea emission trading pilot scheme, especially in view of recent IMO developments; is of the opinion that the Commission has not given convincing arguments as to why it cannot follow through Parliament's wishes in this respect;
Amendment 56 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 b (new)
Paragraph 63 b (new)
63b. Wishes to explore with the Commission and the Council how to give effect to Parliament's call for a European envoy on women's rights; will consider proposing a pilot project to that end if no other solution can be found in good time;
Amendment 57 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 c (new)
Paragraph 63 c (new)
63c. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has taken up the ideas underlying the Parliament proposal for a preparatory action for a Convention for Urban and Rural Europe within the regular programmes and activities of the Directorates-General concerned; stresses the importance of involving civil society networks in this respect; notes that the Commission report on pilot projects and preparatory actions accompanying the PDB does not describe the actions carried out in this framework and awaits further information on the actions implemented by the Directorates General and funds used;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the fact that the new Lisbon Treaty also provides a challenge for political groups; acknowledges, that in line with the reinforcement of the core activities of Parliamentary Administration, political groups will also need strengthening in terms of staff while observing budgetary prudence;
Amendment 32 #
2008/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that good quality of community media is essential to fulfil its potential and stresses the fact that without proper financial resources there cannot be such quality;
Amendment 15 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) EIB Financing Operations should be consistent with and support the Community's external policies including specific regional objectiv, notably the goals of Community policy in the sphere of development cooperation, including specific regional objectives, and should contribute to the general objective of promoting and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to contribute to the observance of international environmental agreements to which the Community or its Member States are parties. By ensuring overall coherence with Community actions, EIB financing should be complementary to corresponding Community assistance policies, programs and instruments in the different regions. Moreover, the protection of the environment and energy security of the Member States should form part of the EIB's financing objectives in all eligible regions. EIB Financing Operations should take place in countries complying with appropriate conditionality consistent with Community high level agreements on political and macro-economic aspects. , including human rights benchmarks.
Amendment 17 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The information received by the European Parliament and the Council and the opportunities for scrutiny should also be strengthened, including by the transmission to it of strategic programming documents prepared by the Commission or by the EIB and by addressing the consistency of EIB Financing Operations with the external policies and objectives of the European Union in the structured dialogue with the European Parliament established in the new external financing instruments for 2007-2013.
Amendment 18 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) With regard to pre-accession countries, EIB financing in those countries should reflect the priorities established in the Accession and European Partnerships, in the Stabilisation and Association agreements and in negotiations with the Community. The focus of Community action in the Western Balkans should continue to shift progressively from reconstruction to pre-accession support. In this context, the EIB activity should, in addition, also seek to encourage the institution building aspect, where relevant, in cooperation with other International Financial Institutions ('IFIs') active in the region. Over the period 2007-20130, financing to candidate countries (Croatia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) should increasingly take place under the Pre-Accession Facility made available by the EIB, which should be extended over time to cover the potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans in line with the progress of their accession process.
Amendment 28 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Reporting and transmission of information by the EIB and the Commission on EIB Financing Operations should be strengthened. On the basis of the information received from the EIB, the Commission should report, on an annual basis, to the European Parliament and the Council on the EIB Financing Operations carried out under this Decision. The report should, in particular,is report should include an assessment of the contribution of EIB Financing Operations to the achievement of the external policy objectives of the Union. The report should, in particular, contain the strategic programming documents and include a section on value-added in line with Community policies, and a section on cooperation with the Commission, other IFIs and bilateral donors, including on cofinancing.
Amendment 29 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The Community guarantee established by this Decision should cover EIB Financing Operations signed during a period beginning on 1 February 2007 and ending on 31 December 20130. In order to be able to take stock of the developments during the first half of that period, the EIB and the Commission should prepare a mid-term review of the Decision. This review should in particular includThe EIB and the Commission should prepare an external evaluation whose terms of reference are specified in Annex II.
Amendment 32 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) A new Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council should therefore be adopted swiftly in order to provide for a continuous unchangeding guarantee of the relevant EIB Financing Operations outside the Community. This Decision is, however, limited in time and expires on 31 December 2010.
Amendment 33 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) In order to preserve fully the prerogatives of the legislative authority the Commission shall present before 15 October 2009 a proposal for a new decision.
Amendment 40 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The maximum ceiling of the EIB Financing Operations throughout the period referred to in paragraph 6, less amounts cancelled, shall not exceed EUR 27 80014 358 million. This maximum ceiling shall be broken down into two parts: id- term review set out in Article 9. (a) a basic ceiling of a fixed maximum amount of EUR 25 80013 325 million, including its regional distribution defined in paragraph 4, to cover the entire period referred to in paragraph 6; (b) an optional mandate of EUR 21 00033 million. The activation in whole or in part of this optional amount and its regional distribution will be decided by the European Parliament and the Council in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty. The decision will be based on the outcome of the mid- term review set out in Article 9.
Amendment 41 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The basic ceiling referred to in paragraph 3(a) shall be broken down into the following binding regional ceilings: (a) Pre-Accession countries: EUR 8 7004 493 million; (b) Neighbourhood and Partnership countries: EUR 126 4004 million; broken down into the following indicative sub-ceilings: (i) Mediterranean: EUR 8 7004 493 million; (ii) Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Russia: EUR 3 7001 911 million; (c) Asia and Latin America: EUR 3 8001 963 million; broken down into the following indicative sub-ceilings: (i) Latin America: EUR 2 8001 446 million; (ii) Asia (including Central Asia): EUR 1 000517 million; (d) Republic of South Africa: EUR 900465 million.
Amendment 42 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Article 1 – paragraph 6
6. The Community guarantee shall cover EIB Financing Operations signed during the period beginning on 1 February 2007 and ending on 31 December 20130. EIB Financing Operations signed under Council Decision 2006/1016/EC and under Council Decision 2008/847/EC shall continue to benefit from the Community guarantee under this Decision.
Amendment 44 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 7
Article 1 – paragraph 7
Amendment 47 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council on the EIB Financing Operations carried out under this Decision. The report shall include an assessment of impact and effectiveness of EIB Financing Operations at project, sector, country and regional level as well as the contribution of the EIB Financing Operations to the fulfilment of the external policy objectives of the Community, notably the goals of Community policy in the sphere of development cooperation, as well as its contribution to promoting and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to the observance of international environmental agreements to which the Community or its Member States are parties, taking into account the operational objectives of the EIB. It shall also include an assessment of the extent of cooperation between the EIB and the Commission and between the EIB and other IFIs and bilateral donors.
Amendment 50 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 8
Article 8
The EIB and the Commission shall enter into a guarantee agreement laying down the detailed provisions and procedures relating to the Community guarantee, which shall inter alia contain conditions with clear benchmarks regarding respect for human rights.
Amendment 51 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a mid-term report on the application of this Decision by 30 June15 October 20109, accompanied, as appropriate, by a proposal for its amendment, drawing upon an external evaluation whose terms of reference are specified in Annex II of this Decision.
Amendment 56 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 61 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex II
Annex II
Amendment 7 #
2008/0157(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In order to ensure a fair balance between stakeholders and provide extra income for performers in old age, any performer fund should be shared by all performers, both non-featured (session players and singers) and featured.
Amendment 9 #
2008/0157(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 10 #
2008/0157(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A first accompanying transitional measure should be that phonogram producers, with the exception of independent labels, are under an obligation to set aside, at least once a year, at least 20 percent of the revenues from the exclusive rights of distribution, reproduction and making available of phonograms which, in the absence of the extension of the term of protection as a result of lawful publication or lawful communication, would be in the public domain.
Amendment 17 #
2008/0157(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Among the accompanying transitional measures is the mandatory collective exercise of the rights of performers and phonogram producers concerning on-demand services by broadcasters of their radio or television productions of which music from lawfully published phonograms is an integral part. This system of collective rights management complements the remuneration regime for the broadcasting of lawfully published phonograms under Article 8(2) of Directive 2006/115/EC and guarantees that, throughout the full term of protection of lawfully published phonograms, the relevant performers and phonogram producers receive a fair share of the remuneration for the on-demand use of broadcast productions.
Amendment 18 #
2008/0157(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Member States should ensure that the proposal to extend the term of protection of performers' rights is accompanied by legislative provisions that offer protection to performers in the form of fair contractual terms on transfer or assignment.
Amendment 26 #
2008/0157(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2006/116/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 10a – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. With respect to the administration of rights concerning on-demand services by broadcasters of their radio or television productions incorporating music from lawfully published phonograms, Member States shall ensure that the rights of performers and phonogram producers to grant or refuse authorization for such use may be exercised mainly through the collecting society which has been established for collecting and distributing the remuneration for broadcasting such phonograms.
Amendment 10 #
2008/0149(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the reference amount indicated in the legislative proposal is compatible with the ceiling of the relevant sub-heading of the current multi-annual financial framework (MFF) 2007-2013 only by recourse to the means provided for in the Interinstitutional agreement (IIA) of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management;
Amendment 12 #
2008/0149(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that the provisions of Point 31 of the IIA of 17 May 2006 shall be applied for amending the budget and/or, if necessary, the revision of the financial framework in accordance with the relevant procedure for each of these cases as foreseen in Point 14 of the same agreement; stresses that, should the legislative authority decide in favour of setting up such a facility, Parliament will enter into negotiations with the other arm of the budgetary authority with a view to reaching a timely agreement on the financing of this facility in line with the relevant provisions of the IIA;
Amendment 18 #
2008/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The amount committed shall, for each year, leave a margin under heading 2 of the financial framework of at least EUR 600 million, based on the forecast of the most recent early warning system report as established in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005. Should that not be the case for a particular year, the maximum amount which can be committed for that year pursuant to this Regulation shall be reduced in order to restore such a margin under heading 2ppropriations shall be budgeted under the appropriate heading of expenditure in accordance with the relevant provisions of the IIA of 17 May 2006.
Amendment 8 #
2008/0067(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The macro-economic conditions prevailing in the Central Asian countries, and in particular the situation of external finances and debt sustainability, have improved in the recent years as a result of strong economic growth and prudent macroeconomic policies, and theyKazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan should therefore be allowed access to financing from the EIB, under the condition however that Turkmenistan makes progress in relation to clear benchmarks regarding respect for human rights.
Amendment 14 #
2008/0067(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1
Article 1
1. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are eligible for EIB financing under Community guarantee in accordance with Council Decision 2006/1016/EC. Uzbekistan will become eligible as soon as the EU sanctions against the country are lifted.
Amendment 15 #
2008/0067(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a The guarantee agreement between the Commission and the EIB, as foreseen in Article 8 of Council Decision 2006/1016/EC, shall lay down the detailed provisions and procedures relating to the Community guarantee and shall contain conditions with clear benchmarks regarding respect for human rights, especially as regards Turkmenistan. Investments shall be geared solely towards projects that are not effectively controlled by the state or state entities as long as the benchmarks relating to human rights are not achieved.
Amendment 15 #
2008/0047(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I - section 4 - point 2a (new)
Annex I - section 4 - point 2a (new)
2a. Promoting the use of existing international image databases - such as that run by Interpol - to combat child abuse. Closer cooperation by the Member States and the European Union with Interpol and its databases could make cooperation at national, European and international levels more effective.
Amendment 7 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions attaches considerable importance to, inter alia, the creation of conditions conducive to diversity of the media,
Amendment 16 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Council Resolution of 25 January 1999 (1999/C 30/01) concerning public service broadcasting, reiterates the vital role of public service broadcasting for pluralism and demands that Member States give it a wide remit that reflects its role of bringing to the public the benefits of the new audiovisual and information services and the new technologies,
Amendment 17 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the Amsterdam Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States has been adopted by the Council to ensure Member States competencies to organise their national public service broadcasting system in a way tailored to the democratic and cultural needs of their society as to best serve the aim to preserve media pluralism,
Amendment 19 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the Recommendation Rec(2007)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member states of the Council of Europe on the remit of public service media in the information society underlines the specific role of public service broadcasting as a source of impartial and independent information and comment, and of innovatory and varied content which complies with high ethical and quality standards and a forum for public discussion and a means of promoting broader democratic participation of individuals and thus demands that Member States remain empowered to adapting the remit to fulfil its purpose in a new media environment,
Amendment 24 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas experience shows that the unrestricted concentration of ownership might jeopardises pluralism and cultural diversity and whereas in certain markets it is approaching a limit whereby pluralism will no longer be automatically guaranteed by free market competitiona system purely based on free market competition alone is not able to guarantee media pluralism,
Amendment 41 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the primary concern of media businesses mamedia remains a political tool of considerable ideological influence, whereas there is a considerable risk due to the tendency within private media businesses to be oriented predominantly bey financial profit, media remains an ideological and political tool of considerable influence, which should not be treated solely on economic terwhereas this carries the danger of a loss of diversity, quality content and multiplicity of opinion, whereas thus, the creation of media pluralism should not be left purely to market mechanisms,
Amendment 49 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some large media enterprises may have built substantial and often dominant positions in the markets of the Member States which acceded to the EU in 2004 and 2007,
Amendment 53 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas EU competence to act on media pluralism is confined to the area of competition law and whereasition law is rather limited in addressing media concentration issues because the financial scale of activities directed at vertical and horizontal concentration of media ownership in the most recent Member States of the EU has not reached the limits where EU competition law would apply,
Amendment 90 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the Member States have wide scope for interpreting the remit of the public service media and its financing and whereas the commercial media has expressed concerns over unfair competition,
Amendment 93 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the public service media has a noticeable market presence only in the audiovisual and non-linear areas and whereas often the public service media of the EU Member States suffers from both inadequate funding and political pressure,
Amendment 102 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas often public service media of the EU Member States suffers from both inadequate funding and political pressure,
Amendment 108 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas in certain markets the public service media is a dominimportant player in terms of both quality and market share,
Amendment 120 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas new media channels have emerged over the last decade and whereas a rising share of advertising revenues going to internet outlets is a source of concern for printtraditional media outlets,
Amendment 125 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
Amendment 130 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas the EU has no intrinsic competence to regulate media concentration, nevertheless its competence in various policy fields enables it to play an active role in safeguarding and promoting media pluralism. Competition and state aid law, audiovisual and telecommunication regulation as well as external (trade) relations are areas in which the EU can and should actively pursue a policy to strengthen and foster media pluralism,
Amendment 148 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 217 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 227 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 234 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Asks the European Commission to take due account of the UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity and the Council of Europe recommendation on the remit of public service media in the information society, when making a decision about the necessity of a revision of the EC Broadcasting Communication. In case the European Commission decides to revise the existing guidelines, the European Parliament asks that any measure or clarification proposed is measured against its impact on media pluralism and duly respects member states competences;
Amendment 236 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Urges the European Commission to apply a broad understanding of the remit of public service broadcasters in line with a dynamic and future-proof interpretation of the Amsterdam Protocol, in particular with regard to an unconstrained participation of public service broadcasting in technological developments and deriving forms of content production and presentation (in form of both linear and non-linear services). This should also include adequate funding for new services as part of the public service broadcasting remit;
Amendment 238 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Recommends to the European Commission to use the process of revising the EC Broadcasting Communication - if it considers it necessary - as a way to strengthen public service broadcasting as an important guarantor of media pluralism in the European Union;
Amendment 240 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 (new)
Paragraph 15 (new)
15a. Recommends during the revision of the regulatory framework for electronic communication networks and services (Telecom-Package) to maintain the existing link between infrastructure and content regulation (in particular the Audiovisual Media Service Directive);
Amendment 241 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 (new)
Paragraph 16 (new)
16a. Reiterates that the regulation of spectrum use must take account of public interest objectives such as media pluralism and thus cannot be subjected to a purely market based regime. Additionally, Member States should remain responsible to decide on frequency allocation to serve the specific needs of their societies in particular with respect to safeguarding and promoting media pluralism;
Amendment 242 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 (new)
Paragraph 17 (new)
17a. Recommends during the revision of the Telecom-Package to retain and where necessary to extend must-carry rules;
Amendment 12 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) A television broadcast is a linearLegal “must-carry” obligations may be applied, to specified radio and audiovisual media services as dend complementary services supplied by a specifined in themedia service provider. Audiovisual Mmedia Sservices Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of [….] 2007, which is provided by a media service provider for simultaneous viewing of programmes on the basis of a programme schedule; a media service provider may provide a number of audio or audio visual programme schedules (channels). Legal “must-carry” obligations may be applied, but only to specified broadcast channels supplied by a specified mare defined in Article 1(d) of Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media sService providers Directive). Member States should provide a clear justification for the “must carry” obligations in their national law so as to ensure that such obligations are transparent, proportionate and properly defined. In that regard, “must carry” rules should be designed in a way which provides sufficient incentives for efficient investment in infrastructure. “Must carry” rules should be periodically reviewed in order to keep them up-to-date with technological and market evolution in order to ensure that they continue to be proportionate to the objectives to be achieved. Given the rapid change in technology and market conditions such a full review would need to be carried out at least every three years and would require a public consultation of all stakeholders. One or more broadcast channels may be complemented byComplementary services include, but are not limited to, services to improve accessibility for users with disabilities, such as a videotext service, subtitling service, an audio description or sign language.
Amendment 19 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 19
Article 1 – point 19
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States may impose reasonable “must carry” obligations, for the transmission of specified radio and television broadcast channels and accessibilitaudiovisual media services and complementary services, on undertakings under their jurisdiction providing electronic communications networks used for the distribution of radio or television broadcastaudiovisual media services to the public where a significant number of end-users of such networks use them as their principal means to receive radio and television broadcastor audiovisual media services. Such obligations shall only be imposed where they are necessary to meet general interest objectives as clearly and specifically defined by each Member State in its national law and shall be proportionate and transparent.
Amendment 22 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 19
Article 1 – point 19
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall hereafter review “must -carry” obligations at least every three yearon a regular basis.
Amendment 26 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Flexibility in spectrum management and access to spectrum should be increased through technology- and service-neutral authorisations to let spectrum users choose the best technologies and services to apply in a frequency bands available to electronic communications services as identified in national frequency allocation tables and in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio regulations (hereinafter referred to as the ‘principles of technology and service neutrality’). The administrative determination of technologies and services should become the exception and should be clearly justified and subject to regular periodic reviewapply when general interest objectives are at stake.
Amendment 29 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) ExcepRestrictions to the principle of technology neutrality should be limiappropriated and justified by the need to avoid harmful interference, for example by imposing emission masks and power levels, or to ensure the protection of public health by limiting public exposure to electromagnetic fields, or to ensure proper sharing of spectrum, in particular where its use is only subject to general authorisations, or where strictly necessary to comply with an exception to the principle of service neutralityto comply with a general interest objective in conformity with Community law.
Amendment 32 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Spectrum users should also be able to freely choose the services they wish to offer over the spectrum subject to transitional measures to cope with previously acquired rights. It should be possible for exceptions to the principle of service neutrality which requireOn the other hand, spectrum use may also be explicitly assigned to the provision of a specific service or through a specific technology to meet clearly defined general interest objectives such as safety of life, the need to promote social, regional and territorial cohesion, or the avoidance of inefficient use of spectrum to be permitted where necessary and proportionate. Those objectives should include the promotion of cultural and media policy objectives such as cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism as defined in national legislation in conformity with Community law. Except where necessary to protect safety of life, exceptions should not result in exclusive use for certain services, but rather grant priority so that other services or technologies may coexist in the same band insofar as possible. In order that the holder of the authorisation may choose freely the most efficient means to carry the content of services provided over radio frequencies, the content should not be regulated in the authorisation to use radio frequencies.
Amendment 37 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) It lies within the competence of the Member States to define the scope and nature of any exception regarding the promotion ofassignment of radio frequencies to ensure the promotion of cultural and media policy objectives such as cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism in accordance with their own national law, internationally agreed radio frequency plans and general principles of Community law.
Amendment 38 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 41 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
Amendment 44 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) In particular, power should be conferred on the Commission to adopt implementing measures in relation to the notifications under Article 7 of the Framework Directive; the harmonisation in the fields of spectrum and numbering as well as in matters related to security of networks and services; the identification of trans-national markets; the implementation of the standards; the harmonised application of the provisions of the regulatory framework. Power should also be conferred to adopt implementing measures to update Annexes I and II to the Access Directive to market and technological developments and for adopting implementing measures to harmonise the authorisation rules, procedures and conditions for the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to supplement these Directives by the addition of new non- essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC. When, on imperative grounds of urgency, the normal time limits for this procedure cannot be complied with, the Commission should be able to use the urgency procedure provided for in Article 5a(6) of the above DecisionSince those measures are of general scope and are designed to supplement these Directives by the addition of new non- essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC. Given that the conduct of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny within the normal time limits could, in certain exceptional situations, impede the timely adoption of implementing measures, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should act speedily in order to ensure the timely adoption of those measures.
Amendment 45 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Except in cases falling within Articles 7 (10), 20 or 21 and unless otherwise provided in the implementing measures adopted pursuant to Article 9c, Member States shall ensure that, where regulatory authorities intend to take measures in accordance with this Directive or the Specific Directives which have a significant impact on the relevant market, or where they intend to provide for restrictions in accordance with Article 9 (3) and 9 (4), they give interested parties the opportunity to comment on the draft measure within a reasonable period.
Amendment 51 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
(8a) The following Article 8a is inserted: "Article 8a Coordination of radio spectrum policies in the Community 1. Member States shall cooperate with each other and the Commission in the strategic planning and eventual harmonisation of the use of radio frequencies in the Community. They shall ensure coherence of spectrum policy approaches with other national or EU policies, e.g. media policy. 2. Member States shall ensure the coordination of policy approaches and, where appropriate, harmonised conditions with regard to the availability and efficient use of spectrum necessary for the establishment and functioning of the internal market and in accordance with economic, political, cultural, health and social considerations linked to the use of radio spectrum. 3. Member States shall ensure the coordinated and timely provision of information concerning the allocation, availability and use of radio frequencies in the Community. 4. Member States shall ensure the effective coordination of Community interests in international organisations where radio spectrum use affects Community policies. 5. A Radio Spectrum Policy Committee (hereinafter "RSPC") is hereby created in order to contribute to the fulfilment of the objectives set out in paragraphs 1 to 4. The RSPC shall provide advice to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on radio spectrum policy issues. The RSPC shall be composed of one high-level representative from each national regulatory authority responsible for radio spectrum policy and/or for media regulation in each Member State. The Commission shall be a non-voting Member. 6. At the request of the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission or on its own initiative, the RSPC, acting by a qualified majority, shall adopt opinions. Each Member State shall have one vote and the Commission shall not vote. 7. The Commission, taking the utmost account of the opinion of the RSPC, shall formulate every three years common policy objectives and issue non-binding guidelines for the development of Community spectrum policy. 8. The Commission may, taking the utmost account of the opinion of the RSPC, propose legislative measures to fulfil common policy objectives as defined in paragraph 7. 9. Whenever necessary for ensuring the effective coordination of Community interests in international organisations, the Commission may, with the agreement of the RSPC, propose to the European Parliament and the Council a negotiating mandate. 10. The RSPC shall submit an annual activity report to the European Parliament and to the Council."
Amendment 54 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Taking into account that radio frequencies are a public good that has an important social, cultural and economic value, Member States shall ensure the effective management of radio spectrum for electronic communication services in their territory in accordance with Article 8. They shall ensure that the allocation and assignment of such radio spectrum by national regulatory authorities are based on objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate criteria.
Amendment 57 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point d
d) comply with a restrithe fulfilment of a general interest objectionve in accordance with paragraph 4 below.
Amendment 61 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Unless otherwise provided in the second subparagraph or in the measures adopted pursuant to Article 9c, Member States shall ensure that all types of electronic communications services may be provided in the radio frequency band openavailable to electronic communication services as identified in their national frequency allocation tables and in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regulations. The Member States may, however, provide for proportionate and non-discriminatory restrictions tomeasures for the types of electronic communications services to be provided.
Amendment 64 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 67 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
A restrictionmeasure which prohibits the provision of any other electronic communications service in a specific band may only be provided for where justified by the need to protect safety of life services or to avoid harmful interference.
Amendment 69 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall have the competence to define the scope, nature and duration of measures intended for the promotion of cultural and media policy objectives such as cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism in accordance with their own national law.
Amendment 72 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 2
Article 9a – paragraph 2
2. Where the right holder mentioned in paragraph 1 is a provider of radio or television broadcast content services, and the right to use radio frequencies has been granted for the fulfilment of a specific general interest objective, an application for reassessment can only be made in respect ofthe right to use the part of the radio frequencies which is necessaryallocated for the fulfilment of such objective shall remain unchanged until its expiry. The part of the radio frequencies which may becomes unnecessary for the fulfilment of that objective as a result of application of Article 9(3) and (4) shall be subject to a new assignment procedure in conformity with Article 9 (3) and (4) of this Directive and Article 7(2) of the Authorisation Directive.
Amendment 78 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 - introductory part
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 - introductory part
In order to contribute to the development of the internal market and without prejudice to Article 8a of this Directive, for the achievement of the principles of this Article, the Commission may adopt appropriate technical implementing measures to:
Amendment 80 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) harmonise the rules relating to the availability and efficient use of radio frequencies in accordance with Article 9;
Amendment 83 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 – point -aa (new)
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 – point -aa (new)
(-aa) ensure the coordinated and timely provision of information concerning the allocation, availability and use of radio frequencies;
Amendment 85 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) harmonise the identification ofidentify the bands for which usage rights may be directly transferred or leased between undertakings, excluding radiofrequencies planned by Member States for broadcasting services;
Amendment 87 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 89 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 c – paragraph 2
Article 9 c – paragraph 2
Thoese measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22(3). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may use the urgency procedure referred to in Article 22(4). In the implementation of the provisions of points (a) to (c) of this paragraph, the Commission shallmay be assisted by the Authority in accordance with Article 10 Regulation […/EC]RSPC.
Amendment 92 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 - point b
Article 1 – point 11 - point b
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22(3). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may use the urgency procedure referred to in Article 22(4)’
Amendment 95 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3
Article 3 – point 3
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 - introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 - introductory part
1. Member States shall not make the use of radio frequencies subject to the grant of individual rights of use but shall include the conditions forfacilitate usage of such radio frequencies in the general authorisation, unless it is justified to. Member States may grant individual rights in order to:
Amendment 96 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3
Article 3 – point 3
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Without prejudice to specific criteria defined in advanceand procedures defined by Member States to grant rights of use of radio frequencies to providers of broadcast radio or television broadcast content services with a view to pursuing general interest objectives in conformity with Community law, such rights of use shall be granted through objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate procedures, and, in the case of radio frequencies, in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of Directive 2002/21/EC (Framework Directive). The procedures shall also be open, except in cases where the granting of individual rights of use of radio frequencies to the providers of radio or television broadcast content services can be shown to be essential for fulfilling a particular obligation defined in advance by the Member State which is necessary to achieve a general interest objective in conformity with Community law.
Amendment 97 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 - introductory part
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 - introductory part
1. In order to achieve the objectives set out in Article 1, and without prejudice to Article 5 (2) of thisWithout prejudice to Article 5 (1) and (2) of this Directive and Articles 8 and 9 of Directive 2002/21/EC (Framework Directive), the Commission may adopt implementing measures:
Amendment 98 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to identify radio frequency bands the use of which is to be made subject to general authorisations or individual rights of use for radio frequencies;
Amendment 99 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 100 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 101 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 102 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 103 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The measures listed in points (a) to (d) and (f)above, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14a (3). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may use the urgency procedure referred to in Article 14a (4).
Amendment 105 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 b – paragraph 1
Article 6 b – paragraph 1
Amendment 107 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 b – paragraph 2
Article 6 b – paragraph 2
Amendment 109 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 11
Article 3 – point 11
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 14 a – paragraph 4
Article 14 a – paragraph 4
Amendment 110 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 - point 15
Article 3 - point 15
Directive 2002/20/EC
Annex II
Annex II
Amendment 125 #
2007/0247(COD)
Recital 22
(22) TIn applying the spectrum management provisions of this Directive should be consistent with the Member States should act in compliance with the legal framework of international and regional organisations dealing with radio spectrum management, such as the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT), so as to ensure the efficient management of and, where appropriate, harmonisation of the use of spectrum across the Community and globally.
Amendment 128 #
2007/0247(COD)
Recital 28
(28) Spectrum users should also be able to freely choose the services they wish to offer over the spectrum subject to transitional measures to cope with previously acquired rights. Exceptions should be allowed to the principle of service neutralityOn the other hand, measures should be allowed which require the provision of a specific service to meet clearly defined general interest objectives such as safety of life, the need to promote social, regional and territorial cohesion, or the avoidance of the inefficient use of spectrum to be permitted where necessary and proportionate. Those objectives should include the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism as defined by Member States in conformity with Community law. Except where necessary to protect safety of life or, exceptionally, to fulfil other general interest objectives, exceptionmeasures should not result in certain services having exclusive use, but should rather grant them priority so that, insofar as possible, other services or technologies may coexist in the same band.
Amendment 130 #
2007/0247(COD)
Recital 60
(60) In particular, the Commission should be empowered to adopt Recommendations and/or implementing measures in relation to the notifications under Article 7 of the Framework Directive; harmonisation in the fieldsharmonisation in the fields of numbering and of general authorisations for the use of spectrum and numbering as well as in matters related to security of networks and services; the identification of the relevant product and service markets; the identification of trans-national markets; the implementation of standards and the harmonised application of the provisions of the regulatory framework. Power should also be conferred on the Commission to adopt implementing measures to update Annexes I and II to the Access Directive to market and technological developments. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of these Directives, inter alia by supplementing them with new non- essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Amendment 133 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 134 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 1 – point 8 – point f a (new)
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point fa (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point fa (new)
(fa) in paragraph 4, point (fa) shall be inserted: “(fa) applying the principle that end-users should be able to access and distribute any content and use any applications and/or services of their choice;”
Amendment 135 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 1 – point 8 – point f b (new)
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
Amendment 144 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 8a
Article 8a
Strategic planning and coordination of radio spectrum policy in the European Union 1. Member States shall cooperate with each other and with the Commission in the strategic planning, coordination and harmonisation of the use of radio spectrum in the European UnionCommunity. To this end, they shall take into consideration, inter alia, the economic, safety, health, public interest, freedom of expression, cultural, scientific, social and technical aspects of EU policies as well as the various interests of radio spectrum user communities with the aim of optimising the use of radio spectrum and avoiding harmful interference. 2. By cooperating with each other and with the Commission, Member States shall promote the coordination of radio spectrum policy approaches in the European UnionCommunity and, where appropriate, harmonised conditions with regard to the availability and efficient use of radio spectrum necessary for the establishment and functioning of the internal market in electronic communications.. 3. Member States shall promotWhere necessary to ensure the effective coordination of the EU interests of the European Community in international organisations competent in radio spectrum matters. Whenever necessary for promoting this effective coordination, the Commission, taking utmost account of the opinion of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) established by Commission Decision 622/2002/EC of 26 July 2002 establishing a Radio Spectrum Policy Group, may propose common policy objectives to the European Parliament and the Council. 4. The Commission, taking utmost account of the opinion of the RSPGC, may submit legislative proposals to the European Parliament and the Council for establishing multiannual radio spectrum policy programmes. Such programmes shall set out the policy orientations and objectives for the strategic planning, coordination and harmonisation of the use of radio spectrum in the Community in accordance with the provisions of this Directive and the Specific Directives.
Amendment 146 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 1 – point 11
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9b – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9b – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission may adopt appropriate implementing measures to identify the bands for which usage rights may be transferred or leased between undertakings. These measures shall not cover frequencies which are used for broadcasting. These technical implementing measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it , shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22 (3).
Amendment 149 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 2 – point 3 – point aa (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(aa) in paragraph 1, point (a) shall be replaced by: "(a) to the extent that is necessary to ensure end-to-end connectivity or fair and reasonable access to third-party services and applications, obligations on undertakings that control access to end- users, including in justified cases the obligation to interconnect their networks and to provide access where this is not already the case or to make their services interoperable on fair, transparent and reasonable terms."
Amendment 151 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 2 – point 7 – point a
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. National regulatory authorities may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, impose obligations for transparency in relation to interconnection and/or access, requiring operators to make public specified information, such as accounting information, technical specifications, network characteristics, terms and conditions for supply and use, including the purpose and effect of traffic management policies, and prices.
Amendment 162 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 3 – point 1
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The following definitions shall also apply: "general authorisation" means a legal framework established by the Member State ensuring rights for the provision of electronic communications networks or services and laying down sector specific obligations that may apply to all or to specific types of electronic communications networks and services, in accordance with this Directive; "pan-European wireless electronic communications network or service" means a wireless electronic communications network or service available in a majority of Member States.
Amendment 165 #
2007/0247(COD)
Article 3 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
(4a) Article 6a shall be inserted: “Article 6a Harmonisation measures 1. Without prejudice to Article 5(1) and(2) of this Directive and Article 9 of Directive 2002/21/EC (Framework Directive), the Commission may adopt implementing measures: (a) to identify radio frequency bands, the use of which is to be made subject to general authorisation; (b) to harmonise procedures for the granting of general authorisations for numbers to undertakings providing pan- European electronic communications networks or services; (c) to harmonise the conditions specified in Annex II relating to the granting to undertakings providing pan- European electronic communications networks or services of general authorisations These measures, designed to amend nonessential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22 (3) of Directive 2002/21/EC Framework Directive). 2. The measures referred to in paragraph1 may, where appropriate, provide for the possibility for the Member States to make a reasoned request for a partial exemption and/or a temporary derogation from those measures. The Commission shall assess the justification for the request, taking into account the specific situation in the Member State, and may grant a partial exemption or temporary derogation or both provided this does not unduly defer the implementation of the implementing measures referred to in paragraph 1 or create undue differences in the competitive or regulatory situations between Member States.”
Amendment 167 #
2007/0247(COD)
Annex – point 2 – point h
Directive 2002/21/EC
Annex – part A – point 19
Annex – part A – point 19
19. Transparency obligations on undertakings providing electronic communications services available to the public to ensure end-to-end connectivity, including unrestricted access to and distribution of content, services and applications, in conformity with the objectives and principles set out in Article 8 of Directive 2002/21/EC (Framework Directive), disclosure regarding traffic management policies and, where necessary and proportionate, access by national regulatory authorities to such information needed to verify the accuracy of such disclosure.
Amendment 6 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1.The revenues of the Agency shall consist notably of: (a) a subsidy from the Community, entered in the general budget of the European Communities (Commission Section); (b) the fees paid to the Agency pursuant to Article 19; (c) any voluntary contribution from the Member States or from their regulatory authorities; contributions from the national regulatory agencies of the Member States; (b) the fees paid to the Agency pursuant to Article 19; (d) any legacies, donations or grants as mentioned in Article 10(6).
Amendment 65 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The programme helps attract the best students from third countries through the quality of studies on offer, the quality of the reception arrangements and a scholarship scheme that can compete with any in the word.
Amendment 68 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In the period 2004-2008, country- specific scholarships funded from the Commission's external cooperation instruments complemented the Erasmus Mundus scholarships in order to extend the number of beneficiary students coming from specific third countries, such as China, India, the Western Balkan countries or the ACP countries, to study in Europe. Given the positive experience with this approach, similar opportunities could be envisaged in the future in accordance with the political priorities, rules and procedures of the external co-operation instruments in question. The programme's objectives to promote European higher education as a centre of excellence in the world should be in line with a balanced geographical and social representation of the beneficiary students.
Amendment 70 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) There is a need to widen access for those from disadvantaged groups and to address actively the special learning needs of people with disabilities in the implementation of all parts of the programmeor persons coming from a poor or minority background, including through the use of higher grants to reflect the additional costs of disabledthese participants.
Amendment 73 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Decision establishes a programme - ‘Erasmus Mundus’ (hereinafter ‘the programme’) - both for the enhancementpromotion of quality in European higher education and the promotion of intercultural understanding through cooperation with third countries as well as, and for the development of third countries in the field of higher education. The programme should be implemented in line with an equal access and with a balanced geographical representation;
Amendment 80 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) enhanced support for mobility, between the Community and third countries, of people in the field of higher education;, while respecting the principles of gender equality and a balanced geographical representation and taking into account the specific needs of people with disadvantages, especially those with disabilities, learning difficulties or with a poor or minority background.
Amendment 87 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) make sure, when determining the individual amounts for the scholarships, to take into consideration the level of tuition fees, the estimated expenditure for the studies and costs relating to the student's stay in the destination country and relating to his social background and financial background;
Amendment 97 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 13– paragraph 3 – point a
Article 13– paragraph 3 – point a
(a) an interim evaluation report on the results achieved and on the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the implementation of the programme by 31 March 20121;
Amendment 101 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 1 – Section A – paragraph 2 – point i
Annex – Action 1 – Section A – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) shall establish transparent joint conditions for admissions which pay due regard, inter alia, to gender issues and equity issues and facilitate access for people with disabilities or disadvantaged persons, particularly those from a poor social background or minority background.
Amendment 104 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 1 – Section A – paragraph 2 – point j
Annex – Action 1 – Section A – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) shall establishnsure that, when tuition fees are to be paid, a joint tuition fee is established regardless of the actual place of study and the country of origin of the students within the masters programme; and shall respect the right of the national states to decide the model of financing in education.
Amendment 111 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 1 – Section B – paragraph 2 – point i
Annex – Action 1 – Section B – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) shall establish transparent joint conditions for admissions which pay due regard, inter alia, to gender issues and equity issues; and facilitate access for people with disabilities or disadvantaged persons, particularly those from a poor social background or minority background.
Amendment 126 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
Annex – Action 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) shall establish transparent joint conditions for the award of mobility grantadmissions which pay due regard, inter alia, to gender issues and equity issues and facilitate access for people with disabilities or disadvantaged persons, particularly those from a poor social background or minority background.