Activities of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ
Plenary speeches (10)
The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine (debate)
Statement by the candidate for President of the Commission (debate)
Order of business
The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)
Preparation of the European Council of 17-18 October 2024 (debate)
Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency (debate)
Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)
Managing migration in an effective and holistic way through fostering returns (debate)
The devastating floods in Spain, the urgent need to support the victims, to improve preparedness and to fight the climate crisis (debate)
Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application (vote)
Amendments (3150)
Amendment 1 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, to principles 2, 3 and 9 thereof,
Amendment 9 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
- having regard to ‘The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019: Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship report’, published by the OECD and the European Commission on10 December 2019,
Amendment 10 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Discussion Paper 129 of 24 July 2020 entitled ‘Gender Smart Financing Investing In & With Women: Opportunities for Europe’,
Amendment 11 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 b (new)
Citation 31 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 18 September 2020 entitled ‘A Union of equality: EU anti- racism action plan 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0565),
Amendment 12 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 c (new)
Citation 31 c (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled ‘Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0698),
Amendment 19 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 25 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cCohesion pPolicy is as an important policy tooltool not only to support gender equality, but also to reduce disparities affecting groups still suffering from discrimination, including that linked to their sexual orientation;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the involvement of local and regional authorities, gender equality institutions and non-governmental organisationEuropean Court of Auditors is currently assessing the gender mainstreaming in the European budget; whereas this audit report, due to be published in the first quarter of 2021, will give useful insights ion partnership agreements and monitoring committees is still insufficienthow to implement the gender dimension in the Cohesion Policy actions under the MFF 2021-2027;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas, during the programming period 2014-2020, the main critical elements to promote gender equality through Cohesion Policy have been, among others, the gap between formal statements in Partnership Agreements (PAs) and Operational Programmes (OPs) and the actual implementation as well as the weak political commitment in this domain;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas, during the programming period 2014-2020, gender-related issues have been mainly tackled through the European Social Fund (ESF) OPs; whereas, during the same period, the European Regional and Development Fund (ERDF) has contributed to the promotion of gender equality in a very limited manner;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas women represent only 34.4 % of the self-employed and 30 % of start-up entrepreneurs in the European Union and still face difficulties to access finance; whereas Cohesion Policy has a key role in addressing this gap;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas there is still a gender digital divide that needs to be tackled; whereas Cohesion Policy should help bridge this gap, that often affects in a harder way women living in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas gender-disaggregated data and the adoption of appropriate selection procedures areis considered useful for promoting gender equality;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the use of gender- disaggregated data and gender-relevant indicators is crucial to improve the decision-making process and to assess the outcome of the Cohesion Policy’s direct and indirect actions aiming at reducing gender inequality;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas during the COVID-19 pandemic the number of cases of domestic violence against women and girls has worryingly increased; whereas this phenomenon has shown the need for more innovative solutions, including digital ones; whereas Cohesion Policy, and more specifically the upcoming ESF Plus, can help in this regard;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly believes that gender equality is still mainly addressed in a general manner and limited to the policy domains of the European Social Fund (ESF), as well as in the context analysis and programming phase, while more attention is needed in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases on a regular basis;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that programme stakeholders and monitoring committees still lack expertise on the implementation of a gender perspective in concrete projects, especially in European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) interventions; considers there to be a lack of guidelines, training programmes and concrete examples of good practice to address this; underlines, in this regard, the potential of the ERDF/CF to bridge the gap women are still facing, with particular reference to female entrepreneurship and the digital sector;
Amendment 116 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. BelievStresses that all programmes implemented under cCohesion pPolicy should ensure gender equality throughout their evaluation, preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as well as equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation; is of the opinion that the composition of expert groups in the different phases of the policy cycle should be gender balanced;
Amendment 123 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines that the actions aiming at bridging the gender gap under Cohesion Policy should adopt an intersectional approach that also takes into consideration age, race and disabilities;
Amendment 124 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Believes that the beneficiaries of the Cohesion Policy should not adopt any discriminatory policy, in particular against those minorities that still suffer from discrimination, such as the LGBTI community; encourages the rejection of applications from potential beneficiaries, including from regional or local authorities, which have adopted discriminatory policies against members of the LGBTI community such as the declaration of ‘LGBT-free zones’;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that cohesion policy needs to support equal access to training for women in order to bridge the digital gender gap and to support the green and digital transitions; for instance through the increase of the share of female graduates in STEM subjects as well as their involvement in sectors that are crucial for the environmental transition, such as the energy one;
Amendment 139 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the crucial role of cohesion policy in investing in high-quality public services and social infrastructure, both for combating gender inequalities and for building social resilience and coping with economic, social and health crises;
Amendment 149 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Welcomes that one of the horizontal priorities of the new Multiannual Financial Framework regards gender equality and mainstreaming; stresses that the monitoring of the programmes should not only aim at measuring the relevant expenditure, but, even more importantly, at assessing the outcome of the EU budget on improving gender equality, which goes beyond the mere measurement of how amounts are earmarked;
Amendment 151 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Welcomes the role of European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in the promotion of gender equality and in the fight against discrimination based on gender; underlines its positive contribution to gender mainstreaming, including in the domain of Cohesion Policy; calls for the adequate funding of this body;
Amendment 174 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that an ex ante and ex post gender impact assessment should be a mandatory part of Member States’ evaluations on how the funds are spent and whether compliance with gender equality targets is effectively respected;
Amendment 182 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that gender mainstreaming must be applied in all stages of the budgetary process; stresses the need to track spending on gender equality in all budget lines, not just in targeted measures, and to assess the final impactoutcome of the budgetary lines on gender equality; requests that the Commission, in cooperation with the European Court of Auditors, propose a methodology to that end; recommends the use of criteria such athat do not only assess the national median wage and the median annual gross income in purchasing power parity, but also non- economic indicators, such as those measuring subjective well-being, the elimination of gender-based violence, civil engagement, work-life balance, social connections; underlines that the assessment of the outcome is only possible if gender-disaggregated data is available;
Amendment 190 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on all institutions to provide guidance documents and training sess, on a regular basis, hands-on training at all levels of the administrations, so as to disseminate and embed concrete examples of good practices on gender mainstreaming; stresses, moreover, that at the project selection stage the criteria for gender mainstreaming should be strengthened through higher scoring and requirements for more practical actions; recommends making use of the existing tools developed by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) such as its toolkit for gender budgeting in the ESI Funds;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Stresses the importance of evaluating the training output to assess its effectiveness in improving the implementation of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 9 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas progress in achieving gender equality in the EU is not only stagnating across the whole of the Union, but is also suffering significant setbacks in some Member States;
Amendment 11 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas greater interinstitutional cooperation on gender mainstreaming between Parliament, the Council and the Commission is needed in order to ensure that gender perspectives can be introduced in all phases of the European Union’s budget, policies, programmes and initiatives;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas insufficient funds and human resources are being allocated to ensure real progress in gender mainstreaming of the EU’s policies, programmes, initiatives and actions;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 25 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Amendment 26 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the gender mainstreaming amendments adopted by the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and tabled for adoption in other committees are an effective tool for ensuring that gender equality is given due consideration in Parliament's reports and resolutions;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas a gender budgeting in the form of planning, programming and budgeting contributes to the advancement of gender equality and the fulfilment of women’s rights and is one of the key tools used by policy-makers to tackle the gender gaps; whereas gender budgeting has not been consistently applied by any of the EU institutions;
Amendment 46 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas institutions will be responsible for avoiding vertical and horizontal gender segregation;
Amendment 49 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas the European Parliament must continue to combat sexual harassment and implement the agreed measures;
Amendment 55 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its strong commitment to gender equality both in the content of EU policies, initiatives and programmes and across the Union's political and administra, budgetary, administrative and executive levels;
Amendment 56 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the new multiannual financial framework (MFF), like the last MFF, to be accompanied by a joint declaration by the three institutions, committing them to ensure that the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to the objective of achieving equality and ensures gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 57 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reiterates its call on the Commission to present a genuine European Equality Strategy in the form of a communication that contains clear and, as far as possible, quantifiable objectives and to have this translated into all official EU languages to ensure greater distribution and understanding for citizens and social and economic actors;
Amendment 78 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Deplores the lack of follow-up in gender budgeting due to its cross-cutting nature; deplores equally the lack of gender indicators;
Amendment 89 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the importance of the parliamentary committees respecting the competences of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and both accepting the gender mainstreaming amendments tabled by the Committee as well as working together on issues affecting various committees, avoiding cumbersome processes of conflicts of competences;
Amendment 112 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Emphasises that the systematic and periodic collection of gender- disaggregated data and statistics in policy and programme impact assessments as well as in the policy-making process is indispensable for analysing the advancement of gender equality;
Amendment 123 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out the importance of taking positive measures to increase the presence of people of the under- represented gender, which is often women, on electoral lists; recommends parity lists (the representation of each gender should not exceed 60%) and in particular “zipper” lists to ensure a greater presence of women in secure positions in the future elections to the European Parliament in 2019;
Amendment 127 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites Parliament's political groups for the 2019-2024 parliamentary term to consider nominating Members of the European Parliament from the under- represented gender to each committee in order to achieve equal gender representation in all committees and delegations, and especially to nominate a gender-equal number of parliamentarians as members and substitutes of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, in order to encourage the involvement of men in gender equality policy;
Amendment 136 #
2018/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Strongly disapproves of the misogynistic language used on several occasions in the plenary chamber; welcomes the sanctions imposed by the President of the European Parliament and confirmed by the Bureau against a Member of the European Parliament for remarks made during the plenary session of 1 March 2017 undermining the dignity of women; is concerned by the decision of the General Court of the European Union of 31 May 2018 to annul the decision of the President and of the Bureau, based both on interpretation of the relevant provisions of the Rules of Procedure and on the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights concerning Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (freedom of speech); urges its committee competent for issues concerning the Rules of Procedure to revise the applicable rules with a view to ensuring respect and dignity in the plenary chamber at all times; in particular, to add a clause requiring MEPs in parliamentary debates to refrain from adopting language that incites hatred or discriminates on grounds of gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or social origin, genetic characteristics, language, religion or belief, political or other opinions, membership of a national minority, disability, age or sexual orientation, and to impose exemplary sanctions in the event of non-compliance with this clause;
Amendment 163 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that, in many cases, dependent persons receive care from family members living with them under the same roof; considers that these non- professional caregivers should receive monetary benefits for the provision of such services in the family, in line with the degree of dependence of care recipients and their financial situation, should be allowed to pay social security contributions so as to avoid exclusion from the labour market and should also be given access to training programmes;
Amendment 180 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers it necessary to improve public childcare services and services to prevent situations of dependency and encourage personal autonomy, such as telecare, home help (for domestic and personal care requirements) day centres (providing specialised care for the elderly and for those under 65), night care centres, residential centres (residences for dependent elderly people and care centres for dependent people, providing services in line with their degree of disability);
Amendment 207 #
2018/2077(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the fact that the prohibitive costs of childcare have a negative impact on children from low income families, putting them at a disadvantage from an early age; emphasises that every child has the right to good-quality care and to early childhood development, including a full range of social stimuli; notes that the excessive costs of care services also affect dependent people from low income families, placing them at a disadvantage;
Amendment 21 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Amendment 22 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 81 – paragraph 2 – point (a)
Article 81 – paragraph 2 – point (a)
(a) the variety concerned belongs to the species Vitis vinifera or Vitis Labrusca; orcomes from a cross between the species Vitis vinifera and other species of the genus Vitis;
Amendment 23 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1038/2013
Article 81 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
Article 81 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
(b) the variety concerned comes from a cross between the species Vitis vinifera, Vitis Labrusca and other species of the genus Vitisis not one of the following: Noah, Othello, Isabelle, Jacquez, Clinton or Herbemont.
Amendment 24 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 222 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 222 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(26a) To Article 222, the following paragraph is added: 1a. The scope of agreements and decisions adopted pursuant to the previous paragraph by recognised producer organisations, their associations and recognised interbranch organisations may be extended in line with the provisions laid down in Article 164, even if those agreements do not have any of the objectives laid down in Article 164(4), and in accordance with the conditions set by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point 1
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point 1
– in the French overseas departments: EUR 267 5878 410 000
Amendment 26 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point 2
– Azores and Madeira: EUR 102 086 210 000
Amendment 27 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point 3
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point 3
– Canary Islands: EUR 257 9768 420 000
Amendment 28 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
– in the French overseas departments: EUR 256 900 000
Amendment 29 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
– Azores and Madeira: EUR 20 41 200 000
Amendment 30 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
– Canary Islands: EUR 69 972 700 000
Amendment 31 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 229/2013
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Union shall finance the measures provided for in Chapters III and IV up to a maximum amount of EUR 23 00930 000.
Amendment 32 #
2018/0218(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 229/2013
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The amount allocated to finance the specific supply arrangements referred to in Chapter III shall not exceed EUR 6 837 110 000.
Amendment 55 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point 1 (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point 1 (new)
(1) However, Member States which authorise more than one certifying body may also appoint a public body at national level, which will be entrusted with coordination tasks.
Amendment 57 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 65 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. Interest generated on the prefinancing shall be used for the CAP Strategic Plan or the Regional Intervention Programme concerned and deducted from the amount of public expenditure indicated on the final declaration of expenditure.
Amendment 66 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Interim payments shall be made for each CAP Strategic Plan or for each Regional Intervention Programme, as applicable. They shall be calculated by applying the contribution rate for each type of intervention to the public expenditure effected pertaining to it as referred to in Article 85 of Regulation (EU) …/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation].
Amendment 67 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. Where financial instruments are implemented in accordance with Article 52 of Regulation (EU)…/… [CPR], the declaration of expenditure shall include the total amounts disbursed or, in the case of guarantees, the amounts set aside as agreed in the corresponding guarantee contracts, by the managing authority, to final recipients as referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of [Article 74(5) of Regulation (EU) …/… CAP Strategic Plan – eligibility rules or financial instruments].
Amendment 68 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. After receiving the last annual performance report on the implementation of a CAP Strategic Plan, the Commission shall pay the balance, subject to the availability of resources, on the basis of the financial plan in force at the level of the types of EAFRD interventions, the annual accounts for the last execution year for the relevant CAP Strategic Plan or, if applicable, the Regional Intervention Programme and of the corresponding clearance decisions. Those accounts shall be presented to the Commission no later than six months after the final eligibility date of expenditure provided for in Article 80(3) of Regulation (EU) No…/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] and shall cover the expenditure effected by the paying agency up to the last eligibility date of expenditure.
Amendment 84 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States shall deduct any sums paid unduly as a result of an outstanding irregularity by a beneficiary, under the terms set out in this Article, from any future payments from the paying agency to the beneficiary.
Amendment 85 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where irregularities and other cases of non-compliance by beneficiaries with the conditions of the rural development interventions referred to in the CAP Strategic Plan or the Regional Intervention Programmes are detected, Member States shall make financial adjustments by totally or partially cancelling the Union financing concerned. Member States shall take into consideration the nature and gravity of the non-compliance detected and the level of the financial loss to the EAFRD.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amounts of the Union financing under the EAFRD which are cancelled and amounts recovered, and the interest thereon, shall be reallocated to other rural development interventions in the CAP Strategic Plan or the corresponding Regional Intervention Programme. However, the cancelled or recovered Union Funds may be reused by Member States only for a rural development operation under the national CAP Strategic Plan and provided the funds are not reallocated to rural development operations which have been the subject of a financial adjustment.
Amendment 87 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Member States shall deduct any sums paid unduly as a result of an outstanding irregularity by a beneficiary, under the terms set out in this Article, from any future payments to the beneficiary from the paying agency.
Amendment 118 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) In order to ensure a clear strategic nature of these CAP Strategic Plans, and to facilitate the links with other Union policies, and notably with established long- term national targets deriving from Union legislation or international agreements such as those related to climate change, forests, biodiversity, and water, it is appropriate that there should be one single CAP Strategic Plan per Member State. Taking due account of the administrative structure of the Member States, the Strategic Plan should, where appropriate, include regionalised measures for rural development.
Amendment 119 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) Considering that flexibility should be accorded to Member States as regards the choice of delegating part of the design and implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan at regional level on the basis of athrough Regional Intervention Programmes in line with the national framework, in order to facilitate co- ordination among the regions in addressing nation-wide challenges, it is appropriate that the CAP Strategic Plans provide a description of the interplay between national and regional interventions.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) CAP Strategic Plans to be drawn up by Member States, where applicable together with the regions, setting targets, defining interventions and allocating financial resources, in line with the specific objectives and identified needs;
Amendment 130 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States, where appropriate in collaboration with the regions, shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plan the definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare, genuine farmer and young farmer:
Amendment 132 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed and, where Member States so decide, that has not been ploughed up for five years or more; they may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed and, where Member States so decide, other shrubs and/or trees which produce animal feed, provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant. Member States may also decide to consider as permanent grassland: - land which can be grazed and which forms part of established local practices where grasses and other herbaceous forage are traditionally not predominant in grazing areas; - land which can be grazed where grasses and other herbaceous forage are not predominant or are absent in grazing areas;
Amendment 160 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Amendment 164 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) to strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas by placing special emphasis on pursuing a fair standard of living for the agricultural population, in accordance with Article 39(b) TFEU, and on tackling rural depopulation, maintaining said population in the least developed regions.
Amendment 171 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States and, where appropriate, the regions shall pursue the objectives set out in Title II by specifying interventions based on the types of interventions set out in Chapters II, III and IV of this Title in accordance with the common requirements set out in this Chapter. The regions shall be able to specify the interventions set out in Chapter IV under the Regional Intervention Programmes set out in Article 95a.
Amendment 172 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States, where applicable in collaboration with the regions, shall design the interventions of their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the general principles of Union law.
Amendment 176 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national orand, where appropriate, at regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.
Amendment 224 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) other farmers, identified on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, who, according to the needs assessment described in Article 96, are more vulnerable or relevant to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6, paying particular attention to the inclusion of women in farming as a prioritisation criterion.
Amendment 240 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States, where appropriate in collaboration with the regions, shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment.
Amendment 245 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 7
Article 28 – paragraph 7
7. Member States, where appropriate in collaboration with the regions, shall ensure that interventions under this Article are consistent with those granted under Article 65.
Amendment 292 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The national, and where applicable regional, Managing Authorityies of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designated intermediate bodies shall define selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers, new farmers and rural business start-ups, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information, specific measures in favour of rural women, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions.
Amendment 329 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 88 – paragraph 1
Article 88 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and where applicable the regions, shall set out, in their CAP Strategic Plan, an indicative financial allocation for each intervention. For each intervention, the multiplication of the planned unit amount, without the application of the percentage of variation referred to in Article 89, and the planned outputs, shall equal this indicative financial allocation.
Amendment 330 #
2018/0216(COD)
As part of their CAP Strategic Plan proposal referred to in Article 106(1), Member States, and where applicable the regions, may decide to transfer:
Amendment 335 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1
Article 91 – paragraph 1
Member States, where applicable together with the regions, shall establish CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with this Regulation to implement the Union support financed by the EAGF and the EAFRD for the achievement of the specific objectives set out to in Article 6.
Amendment 336 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Based on the SWOT analysis referred to in Article 103(2) and an assessment of needs referred to in Article 96, Member States, and where applicable the regions, shall establish in the CAP Strategic Plans an intervention strategy as referred to in Article 97 in which quantitative targets and milestones shall be set to achieve the specific objectives set out to in Article 6. The targets shall be defined using a common set of result indicators set out in Annex I.
Amendment 339 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 1
Article 93 – paragraph 1
Each Member State, where applicable in cooperation with the regions, shall establish a single CAP Strategic Plan for its entire territory.
Amendment 340 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 2
Article 93 – paragraph 2
Where elements of the CAP Strategic Plan are established and implemented at regional level, through the Regional Intervention Programmes, the Member State shall ensure the coherence and the consistency with the elements of the CAP Strategic Plan established at national levels.
Amendment 342 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) a description of the direct payments, sectoral and rural and development interventions specified in the strategy; and, in the case of regionalised management and implementation, a direct reference to the inherent Regional Audit Programme as set out in Article 95(2)(f);
Amendment 343 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) target and financial plans, including where applicable the targets and financial plans in the Regional Intervention Programmes;
Amendment 345 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) Annex VI on the Regional Intervention Programmes.
Amendment 346 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 a (new)
Article 95 a (new)
Amendment 352 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. 6. Annex VI to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 95(2)(f) shall include the Regional Intervention Programmes set out in Article 95a.
Amendment 354 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Depending on the results of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may address observations to the Member States, and where applicable the regional managing authorities, within three months of the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 356 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Member State, and where applicable the regions, shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information and, where appropriate, revise the proposed plan.
Amendment 358 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1
Article 107 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may submit to the Commission requests to amend their CAP Strategic Plans; where appropriate, regional managing authorities may also submit to the Commission requests for amendments to regional intervention programmes as set out in Article 95a.
Amendment 359 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 110 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall designate aone or more Managing Authorityies for their CAP Strategic Plans, and where applicable a regional managing authority for each Regional Intervention Programme. For EAFRD interventions developed and implemented regionally through the Regional Intervention Programmes, the Member State and the regions shall see to it that the EU rules are applied, ensuring consistency with the elements of the strategic plan established at national level, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 93.
Amendment 361 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 110 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that the relevant management and control system has been set up in such a way that it ensures a clear allocation and separation of functions between the Managing Authorityies and other bodies. Member States shall be responsible for ensuring that the system functions effectively throughout the CAP Strategic Plan period.
Amendment 362 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Managing Authorityies shall be responsible for managing and implementing the CAP Strategic Plan in an efficient, effective and correct way. In particular, ithey shall ensure that:
Amendment 364 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 3
Article 110 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State or the Managing Authorityies may designate one or more intermediate bodies including local authorities, regional development bodies or non-governmental organisations, to carry out the management and implementation of CAP Strategic Plan interventions.
Amendment 365 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 4
Article 110 – paragraph 4
4. When a part of its tasks is delegated to another body, the competent Managing Authority shall retain full responsibility for the efficiency and correctness of the management and implementation of those tasks. The competent Managing Authority shall ensure that appropriate provisions are in place to allow the other body to obtain all necessary data and information for the execution of those tasks.
Amendment 366 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall set up a committee to monitor implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan ('Monitoring Committee') before the submission of the CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, the regions shall establish a committee to monitor the implementation of the Regional Intervention Programmes ('Regional Monitoring Committee').
Amendment 367 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The Monitoring Committee shall meet at least once a year and shall review all issues that affect the CAP Strategic Plan, and where applicable the Regional Intervention Programmes, progress towards achieving itstheir targets.
Amendment 368 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The Member State, and where applicable the regions shall publish online the rules of procedures of the Monitoring Committee/s and all the data and information shared with the Monitoring Committee online/s.
Amendment 369 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Member State, and where applicable the regions, shall decide the composition of the Monitoring Committees and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant public authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 94(3).
Amendment 370 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Each member of the Mmonitoring Ccommittees shall have a vote.
Amendment 371 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Member State, and where applicable the regions, shall publish online the list of the members of the Monitoring Committee online.
Amendment 372 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. TIn accordance with its territorial scope, the Monitoring Committee shallmay examine in particular:
Amendment 373 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) progress in CAP Strategic Plan implementation and, where appropriate, of the Regional Intervention Programmes, in achieving the milestones and targets;
Amendment 374 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) any issues that affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan, and where appropriate the Regional Intervention Programmes, and the actions taken to address those issues;
Amendment 375 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 111 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. TIn accordance with its territorial scope, the Monitoring Committee shall givissue its opinion on:
Amendment 376 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 111 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the draft CAP Strategic Plan, including where applicable Annex VI on Regional Intervention Programmes;
Amendment 377 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 111 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) any proposal by the managing authorityies for the amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan, and where appropriate the Regional Intervention Programmes.
Amendment 378 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1
Article 112 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State, and where applicable of the regions, the EAFRD may support actions which are necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan, including the establishing and operating of the national CAP networks referred to in Article 113(1). The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent CAP Strategic Plan periods.
Amendment 379 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1
Article 115 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall establishand, for Regional Intervention Programmes set out in Article 95, regional managing authorities, shall develop a performance framework which shall allowfor reporting, monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan during its implementation.
Amendment 386 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 115 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the content of draft CAP Strategic Plans, including where applicable the Regional Intervention Programmes;
Amendment 387 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 118 – paragraph 1
Article 118 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that beneficiaries of support under the CAP Strategic Plan interventions and local action groups shall undertake to provide to the Managing Authorityies or other bodies delegated to perform functions on its behalf, all the information necessary for the purpose of monitoring and evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 388 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 – paragraph 1
Article 119 – paragraph 1
The Managing Authorityies and the Monitoring Committees shall monitor the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan, and where applicable the Regional Intervention Programmes, and progress made towards achieving the targets of the CAP Strategic Plan on the basis of the output and result indicators.
Amendment 393 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 1
Article 122 – paragraph 1
1. Member States, and where applicable the regions, shall organise each year an annual review meeting with the Commission, to be chaired jointly or by the Commission, which will take place not earlier than two months after the submission of the annual performance report.
Amendment 398 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1
Article 125 – paragraph 1
1. Member States, and where applicable the regions, shall carry out ex- ante evaluations to improve the quality of the design of their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 399 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 2
Article 125 – paragraph 2
2. The ex-ante evaluation shall be carried out under the responsibility of the authorityies responsible for the preparation of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 401 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 1
Article 126 – paragraph 1
1. Member States, and where applicable the regions, shall carry out evaluations of the CAP Strategic Plans shall be carried out by the, including where applicable the Regional Intervention Programmes, to improve the quality of the design and implementation of the plans, as well as to assess their effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, Union added value and impact in relation to their contribution to the CAP general and specific objectives set out in Articles 5 and 6(1).
Amendment 402 #
2018/0216(COD)
2. Member States, and where applicable the regions, shall entrust evaluations to functionally independent experts.
Amendment 403 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 3
Article 126 – paragraph 3
3. Member States, and where applicable the regions, shall ensure that procedures are in place to produce and collect the data necessary for evaluations.
Amendment 404 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 4
Article 126 – paragraph 4
4. Member States, and where applicable the regions, shall be responsible for evaluating the adequacy of the CAP Strategic Plan interventions for the purpose of achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1).
Amendment 405 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 5
Article 126 – paragraph 5
5. Member States, and where applicable the regions, shall draw up an evaluation plan providing indications on intended evaluation activities during the implementation period.
Amendment 406 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 6
Article 126 – paragraph 6
6. Member States, and where applicable the regions, shall submit the evaluation plan to the Monitoring Committee no later than one year after the adoption of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 407 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 7
Article 126 – paragraph 7
7. The Managing Authorityies shall be responsible for completing a comprehensive evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plan by 31/12/2031.
Amendment 102 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The ERDF must pay more specific attention to demographic change as a priority area in devising and implementing association agreements and operational programmes.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) Demographic change is a reality in Europe and a key challenge in a range of areas linked to cohesion policy, and the European Structural and Investment Funds, including the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, are essential tools when it comes to addressing that change.
Amendment 162 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The ERDF must make a greater contribution and provide more investment to help very rural areas, areas with largely ageing populations, and areas hit hard by depopulation improve their transport and telecommunications infrastructure, bridge the digital divide and boost public services.
Amendment 419 #
2018/0197(COD)
(iia) supporting territorial development for NUTS level 3 areas with ageing populations and high levels of depopulation in order to improve transport and telecommunications infrastructure, bridge the digital divide (also between generations) and boost public services, including eLearning and digital health;
Amendment 631 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) investment in facilities for the treatment of residual waste, except in the outermost regions;
Amendment 757 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. TArticle 3 shall not apply to the specific additional allocation for the outermost regions. This allocation shall be used to offset the additional costs incurred in these regions as a result of one or several of the permanent restraints to their development listed in Article 349 of the TFEU.
Amendment 761 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point d – point 1 (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point d – point 1 (new)
(1) 4. However, taking into account the provisions of Article 4(1), the ERDF may support productive investment in enterprises in the outermost regions, irrespective of their size.
Amendment 762 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point d – point 2 (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point d – point 2 (new)
Amendment 158 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Horizontal principles as set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on the European Union ('TEU') and in Article 10 of the TFEU, including principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the TEU should be respected in the implementation of the Funds, taking into account the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Member States should also respect the obligations of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ensure accessibility in line with its article 9 and in accordance with the Union law harmonising accessibility requirements for products and services. Member States and the Commission should aim at eliminating inequalities and at promoting equality between men and women and integrating the gender perspective, as well as at combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The Funds should not support actions that contribute to any form of segregation. The objectives of the Funds should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and, notably in view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Union's promotion of the aim of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment as set out in Article 11 and Article 191(1) of the TFEU, taking into account the polluter pays principle. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market, operations benefitting undertakings shall comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU.
Amendment 259 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 402 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity;
Amendment 418 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a more connected Europe by enhancing mobility and regional ICT connectivity;
Amendment 425 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) a more social and equal Europe implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 451 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States and the Commission shall ensurpromote the coordination, complementarity and coherence between the Funds and other Union instruments such as the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument. They shall optimise mechanisms for coordination between those responsible to avoid duplication during planning and implementation.
Amendment 464 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. However, the Commission shall implement the amount of support from the Cohesion Fund transferred to the Connecting Europe Facility ('CEF'), the European Urban Initiative, Interregional Innovative Investments, the amount of support transferred from the ESF+ to transnational cooperation, the amounts contributed to InvestEU37 and technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission under direct or indirect management in accordance with [points (a) and (c) of Article 62(1)] of the Financial Regulation. _________________ 37 [Regulation (EU) No […] on […] (OJ L […], […], p. […])].
Amendment 474 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may, with the agreement of the Member State, implement outermost regions' cooperation under the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) under indirect management.
Amendment 476 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may implement outermost regions' cooperation under the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) under indirect management, with the prior consent of those regions.
Amendment 491 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) urbanlocal and other public competent authorities or their representatives and umbrella organisations;
Amendment 555 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 639 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the Partnership Agreement and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund- specific rules. In its assessment, the Commission shall, in particular, take into account relevant country-specific recommendations as well as the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the integrated national climate and energy plans.
Amendment 695 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Where a guarantee agreement, as set out in Article [9] of the [InvestEU Regulation], has not been concluded within nine months from the approval of the contribution agreement, the respective amounts paid into the common provisioning fund as a provisioning shall be transferred back to a programme or programmes and the Member State shall submit a corresponding request for a programme amendment. In this particular case, resources of past calendar years can be modified, as long as the commitments are not yet implemented.
Amendment 761 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) the challenges identified in the implementation of the integrated national and climate and energy plans;
Amendment 763 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) the state of the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 801 #
Amendment 834 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. The scope and level of the suspension of commitments or payments to be imposed shall be proportionate, shall respect the equality of treatment between Member States and shall take into account the economic and social circumstances of the Member State concerned, in particular the level of unemployment, the level of poverty or social exclusion of the Member State concerned in relation to the Union average and the impact of the suspension on the economy of the Member State concerned. The impact of suspensions on programmes of critical importance to address adverse structural, economic, or social conditions, such as those in the outermost regions, shall be a specific factor to be taken into account.
Amendment 882 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) economic, social and territorial disparities, including, where relevant, gender gaps, except for programmes supported by the EMFF;
Amendment 891 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations, where appropriate, and other relevant Union recommendations addressed to the Member State;
Amendment 949 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) the envisaged approach to communication and visibility for the programme through defining its objectives, target audiences, communication channels, social media outreach, planned budget and relevant indicators for monitoring and evaluation; according to non-sexist communication and with a gender perspective.
Amendment 953 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point j
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point j
(j) the managing authority, the audit authority, the body responsible for the accounting function under Article 70 and the body which receives payments from the Commission.
Amendment 960 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(f a) the contribution of the operational programme to the promotion of equality between men and women and, where appropriate, measures to ensure the inclusion of the gender perspective.
Amendment 968 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6
Article 17 – paragraph 6
6. For ERDF, ESF+ and Cohesion Fund programmes submitted in accordance with Article 16, the table referred to in paragraph (3)(f)(ii) shall include the amounts for the years 2021 to 2025 only7.
Amendment 981 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the programme and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund-specific Regulations, as well as its consistency with the Partnership Agreement. In its assessment, the Commission shall, in particular, take into account relevant country-specific recommendations, where appropriate.
Amendment 991 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information and, where appropriate, review the programme taking into account the observations made by the Commission.
Amendment 1000 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing act approving the programme no later than sixthree months after the date of submission of the revised version of the programme by the Member State.
Amendment 1014 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the amendment and its compliance with this Regulation and with the Fund-specific Regulations, including requirements at national level, and may make observations within threone months of the submission of the amended programme.
Amendment 1019 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State shall review the amended programme and take into account, where appropriate, the observations made by the Commission.
Amendment 1026 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall approve the amendment of a programme no later than sixthree months after its submission by the Member State.
Amendment 1040 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Member State may transfer during the programming period an amount of up to 57 % of the initial allocation of a priority, except in the outermost regions, where the amount shall be 10 %, and no more than 35 % of the programme budget to another priority of the same Fund of the same programme. For the programmes supported by the ERDF and ESF+, the transfer shall only concern allocations for the same category of region.
Amendment 1051 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Member State may transfer during the programming periodreallocate an amount of up to 510 % of the initial allocation of a priority and no more than 36 % of the programme budget to another priority of the same Fund of the same programme. For the programmes supported by the ERDF and ESF+, the transferreallocation shall only concern allocations for the same category of region.
Amendment 1054 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Such transfers shall not affect previousreallocations could be retroactive in nature as long as there are commitments still available for the affected years. They shall be considered to be not substantial and shall not require a decision of the Commission amending the programme. They shall however, comply with all regulatory requirements. The Member State shall submit to the Commission the revised table referred to under points (f)(ii), (f)(iii) or (f)(iv) of Article 17(3) as applicable. Consecutive reallocations adopted by the Member State shall not exceed the aforementioned limits referred to the last version of the programme approved by decision of the Commission.
Amendment 1095 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may object tomake observations on a request for transfer in the related programme amendment where this would undermine the achievement of the objectives of the programme from which the resources are to be transferred.
Amendment 1128 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Territorial strategies shall be drawn up under the responsibility of the relevant urban, local or other territorial authorities or or local bodies.
Amendment 1132 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where the list of operations to be supported has not been included in the territorial strategy, the relevant urban, local or other territorial authorities or or local bodies shall select or shall be involved in the selection of operations.
Amendment 1140 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. Where an urban, local or other territorial authority or or local body carries out tasks falling under the responsibility of the managing authority other than the selection of operations, the authority shall be identified by the managing authority as an intermediate body.
Amendment 1169 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4
Article 25 – paragraph 4
4. Where the implementation of such a strategy involves support from more than one Fund, the relevant managing authorities may choose one of the Funds concerned as the Lead Fundtype of measures and operations to be financed by each affected Fund must be foreseen. .
Amendment 1171 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. The rules of the Leadeach Fund shall apply to that strategy. The authorities of other funds shall rely on decisions and management verifications made by the competent Lead Fund authoritye operations financed by it. The competent authorities shall be responsible for the adoption of corresponding decisions and management checks.
Amendment 1173 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. The authorities of the Leadeach Fund shall provide the authorities of other Fundsjoint committee with the information necessary to monitor and make payments in accordance with the rules set out in the Fund-specific Regulationassess the approved strategy.
Amendment 1188 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall define the respective roles of the local action group and the authorities responsible for the implementation of the relevant programmes, concerning all implementation tasks relating to the community-led local development strategy.
Amendment 1207 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Where an authority or body is responsible for several operative programmes, the expenditure derived from technical assistance functions of one of them can be attributed to the technical axis of any of the others.
Amendment 1220 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for the ERDF support under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, and for the Cohesion Fund support: 2,5 %3% – and 4% for the Outermost Regions;
Amendment 1235 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) for the ESF+ support: 4% and5%; for programmes under Article 4(1)(c)(vii) of the ESF+ Regulation: 5 6%;
Amendment 1248 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The Member State may use the reimbursed technical assistance amounts under this paragraph in accordance with the agreements adopted among the different bodies responsible for the managements of the Funds. The allocation of the Funds will be subject to Member State budgetary national regulations, without applying the present Regulation.
Amendment 1302 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The managing authority shall electronically transmit to the Commission cumulative data for each programme by 31 January, 31 March, 31 May, 31 July, 30 SeptemberMay and 30 November of each year in accordance with the template set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 1311 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The first transmission shall be due by 31 JanuarMay 2022 and the last one by 31 January 2030.
Amendment 1432 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 6
Article 57 – paragraph 6
6. Operations shall not be selected for support by the Funds where they have been physically completed or fully implemented before the application for funding under the programme is submitted to the managing authority, irrespective of whether all related payments have been made. This provision shall not apply to aid under Article 21 of the EMFF Regulation, concerning compensation for additional costs in outermost regions for fishery and aquaculture products, nor to operations relating to the specific additional allocation for the outermost regions under the ERDF.
Amendment 1455 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 a (new)
Article 62 a (new)
Article 62a Compatibility with the rules on State aid Operations financed from the programmes covered by this Regulation shall be deemed to comply with Union State aid rules.
Amendment 1465 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall have management and control systems for their programmes in accordance with this Title and ensure their functioning in accordance with sound financial management and the key requirements listed in Annex X. Member States may apply the management and control systems that have proven to be reliable in the period 2014-2020.
Amendment 1471 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1474 #
2018/0196(COD)
Amendment 1475 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 63 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Member States shall ensure that effective arrangements for the examination of complaints concerning the ESI Funds are in place. The scope, rules and procedures concerning such arrangements shall be the responsibility of Member States in accordance with their institutional and legal framework. Member States shall, upon request of the Commission, examine complaints submitted to the Commission falling within the scope of their competence. Member States shall inform the Commission, upon request, of the results of that examination.
Amendment 1481 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Article 63 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
The first sub-paragraph shall not apply to programmes under Article [4(1)(c)(vixi)] of the ESF+ Regulation.
Amendment 1482 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 9
Article 63 – paragraph 9
9. EIn line with paragraph 1, each Member State may draw up, before the approval of the programme, an adapted description of the management and control system approved in 2014-2020, in accordance with the template set out in Annex XIV. If not, each Member State shall draw up, after the approval of the programme and at the latest by the time of submission of the final payment application for the first accounting year and no later than 30 June 2023, a description of the management and control system in accordance with the template set out in Annex XIV. It shall keep that description updated to reflect any subsequent modifications.
Amendment 1483 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 10
Article 63 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 107 to supplement paragraph 2 of this Article by setting out the criteria for determining the cases of irregularity to be reported and the data to be provided are set out in Annex [xx...].
Amendment 1486 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 11
Article 63 – paragraph 11
11. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act setting out the format to be used for reporting of irregularities in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 109(2)format to be used for reporting of irregularities in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Article is set out in Annex [xx…].
Amendment 1495 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 3
Article 64 – paragraph 3
3. For the purpose of their audits, Commission officials or their authorised representatives shall have access to all necessary records, documents and metadata, irrespective of the medium in which they are stored, relating to operations supported by the Funds or to management and control systems and shall receive copies in the specific format requested, whenever it does not imply a burden, it is feasible or the format has been agreed with the Member State.
Amendment 1497 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the Commission shall give at least 125 working days’ notice for the audit to the competent programme authority, except in urgent cases. Officials or authorised representatives of the Member State may take part in such audits.
Amendment 1500 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) the Commission shall transmit the audit report, in at least one of the official languages of the Union, no later than 3 months from the date of receiving a complete reply from the competent Member State authority to the preliminary audit findings. The Member State’s reply shall be considered complete if the Commission has not reported on the existence of pending documentation or elements within 3 months.
Amendment 1508 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 2
Article 65 – paragraph 2
2. The audit authority shall be a public authority, functionally independent from the auditeesManagement Authority and the bodies or entities to which functions have been entrusted or delegated.
Amendment 1518 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 4
Article 66 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 109(2) iIn order to ensure uniform conditions for, the electronic data to be recorded and stored referred to in point (e) of paragraph 1. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 109(2) are set in Annex [xx…].
Amendment 1525 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1531 #
2018/0196(COD)
(c) ensure that selected operations present the bestan appropriate relationship between the amount of support, the activities undertaken and the achievement of objectives;
Amendment 1536 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) verifyensure that where the operations have started before the submission of an application for funding to the managing authorityselection, applicable law has been complied with;
Amendment 1549 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
(ja) ensure equal opportunities between men and women and non- discrimination.
Amendment 1556 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 67 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The co-financing rate of the instrument providing the Seal of Excellence certification or the programme co-fundERDF or the ESF+ programme financing these operations shall apply and shall be set out in the document referred in paragraph 4.
Amendment 1562 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 6
Article 67 – paragraph 6
6. When the managing authority selects an operation of strategic importance, it shall inform the Commission immediately and shall provide all relevant information to the Commission about that operation.
Amendment 1563 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure, subject to the availability of funding, from pre-financing and interim payments, that a beneficiary receives the total amount of eligible public expenditure due in full and no later than 90 days from the date of submission of the payment claim by the beneficiary;. The payment deadline referred to in paragraph 1 may be interrupted by the managing authority in either of the following duly justified cases: (i) the amount of the payment claim is not due or the appropriate supporting documents, including the documents necessary for management verifications, have not been provided; (ii) an investigation has been initiated in relation to a possible irregularity affecting the expenditure concerned.
Amendment 1568 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For point (b) of the first sub-paragraph, no amount shall be deducted or withheld and no specific charge or other charge with equivalent effect shall be levied that would reduce amounts due to beneficiaries. The Funds’ contribution corresponding to a payment claim will be considered entirely due when its eligibility has been determined in accordance with point (a) of the first sub-paragraph.
Amendment 1570 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Management verifications shall include administrative verifications in respect of payment claims by beneficiaries and on- the-spot verifications of operations. They shall be carried out at the latest before preparation of the accounts in accordance with Article 92.
Amendment 1572 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1573 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) drawing up and presenting the accounts in accordance with Article 92 and keeping records of all the elements of the accounts in an electronic accounting system;
Amendment 1576 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) laying down the accounting rules and procedures, laying down and validating the accounting systems in accordance with Article 92 and, where appropriate, validating systems laid down by the management authority to supply or justify accounting information;
Amendment 1578 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) carrying out the payments of the contribution of the Funds to the beneficiaries according to Article 68(1)(b), and ensuring the proper implementation of payments, collecting revenue and recovering amounts established as being receivable.
Amendment 1614 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1
Article 76 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the rules governing State aid, the managing authority shall ensure that all supporting documents related to an operation supported by the Funds are kept at the appropriate level for a five-year period from 31 December of the year in which the last payment by the managing authority to the beneficiary is maperiod of three years from 31 December following the submission of the accounts in which the expenditure of the operation is included.
Amendment 1629 #
2018/0196(COD)
(a) 2021: 0.51 %;
Amendment 1656 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 2022: 0.51 %;
Amendment 1670 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 2023: 0.53 %;
Amendment 1681 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 2024: 0.2.625 %;
Amendment 1704 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) 2025: 0.2.75 %;
Amendment 1720 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) 2026: 0.2.875 %
Amendment 1737 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 84 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) 2027-2029: 3 %
Amendment 1795 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1
Article 99 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall decommit any amount in a programme which has not been used for pre-financing in accordance with Article 84 or for which a payment application has not been submitted in accordance with Articles 85 and 86 by 26 December of the seconthird calendar year following the year of the budget commitments for the years 2021 to 2026.
Amendment 1850 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 104 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
To the amount of additional funding for the outermost regions and the NUTS level 2 regions that comply with the criteria established in Article 2 of Protocol 6 to the 1994 Act of Accession referred to in point (e) in paragraph 1 allocated to the ESF+ shall be EUR 376 928 934, the equivalent of 0.4 % of the resources referred to in paragraph 1 (i.e. EUR 424 296 054) shall be added from the ESF+.
Amendment 1914 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 7085 % for the less developed regions;
Amendment 1934 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 5560 % for the transition regions;
Amendment 1977 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The co-financing rate for the Cohesion Fund at the level of each priority shall not be higher than 7085 %.
Amendment 1997 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 106 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The co-financing rate for Interreg programmes shall be no higher than 7085 %.
Amendment 2077 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XXIV – point 9
Annex XXIV – point 9
9. An additional special allocation corresponding to an aid intensity of EUR 340 per inhabitant per year will be allocated to the outermost NUTS level 2 regions and the northern sparsely populated NUTS level 2 regions. That allocation will be distributed per region and Member State in a manner proportional to the total population of those regions.
Amendment 105 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Given the persuasive, very repetitive nature of the advertising content carried by the media, and the ease with which minors can access it, recommends that a set of minimum standards be drawn up for advertising that depicts women in a stereotypical, humiliating, degrading or discriminatory manner, thereby preventing sexist depictions of women, that are an affront to women’s personal dignity, from becoming normalised among young people;
Amendment 125 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the divergences in legislation among the Member States and calls on the Commission to consider whether it would be appropriate to draw up uniform rules to prohibit sexist advertising across the board, regardless of the type of media used;
Amendment 126 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recommends that media regulators, in conjunction with the European Institute for Gender Equality, should encourage advice to be sought prior to the creation of advertising campaigns, so as to prevent the use of stereotypical and sexist approaches that have an impact on the dignity and equality of women;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the 2016 report by the Joint Research Centre on the regionalisation of demographic and economic projections states that if the current economic and demographic trends continue, a growing number of regions will be classified as 'less developed' and will therefore need more aid under cohesion policies;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. taking into account the persistently high unemployment rates, the rise in poverty and social exclusion and growing inequality levels in the EU;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission, in an environment of low investment, to reconsider how it allocates aid between more and less developed regions so that lagging regions receive more aid in the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 103 #
2017/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to incorporate into cohesion policy new indicators, including the EU regional Social Progress Index, that give a fuller picture of the specific challenges facing less developed regions;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that cohesion policy continues to apply to the Union as a whole and to safeguard access to resources, expertise and assistance for every region, regardless of Member States' GDP;
Amendment 155 #
2017/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to consider increasing the European Social Fund's co-financing rate to 85% for less developed regions, 80% for transition regions and 75% for developed regions;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas 80 million people with disabilities live in the European Union and 46 million are women and girls, who make up 16% of the total female population of the EU;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the fact that women with disabilities suffer double discrimination on grounds both of their gender and their disability; underlines that women and girls with disabilities are also exposed to multiple discrimination arising from sexual orientation, age, religion, ethnicity, cultural and social behaviour and disability stereotypes that need to be tackled;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Denounces that women with disabilities are often discriminated against by comparison with men with disabilities when it comes to access to employment and education; ask the Commission and the Member States to implement gender mainstreaming in all relevant areas of disability policy;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Highlights the importance of optimising the use of EU funding instruments, particularly the Structural Funds, in order to promote accessibility and non-discrimination regarding persons with disabilities, paying particular attention to women, who often face multiple discrimination;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Emphasises that women and girls with disabilities must be informed of their rights and the available services for citizens (education, health, justice, transport, dealings with the authorities, etc.); underlines that this information must be provided in every possible language, form, and format in a simple and secure way, taking into account the different communication methods, media and formats chosen by them and, where applicable, the extent of their mental disability, so that they can make decisions for themselves;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Underlines that women and girls with disabilities, through their representative organisations, should be closely consulted and actively engaged in developing and implementing legislation and policies ensuring non-discrimination and equal opportunities, and they must be directly involved in discussions with public authorities;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Considers that the European Institute for Gender Equality should provide guidance at European and Member State level as regards the specific situation of women and girls with disabilities, and play an active role in advocacy work to secure equal rights and combat discrimination;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1 g. Stresses that it is necessary to ensure that women and girls with disabilities are able to live independently and participate fully in all areas of life on an equal basis with others, and especially on an equal basis with their reference populations; therefore, appropriate measures must be taken to ensure girls and women with disabilities enjoy real access to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas. Underlines that in order to properly mainstream gender in disability measures, planning, projects, programmes and reporting, safeguards must be in place to ensure women with disabilities participate in such processes in the relevant bodies or authorities, preferably as consultants, advisors or experts, in order to make sure that in designing environments, goods and services, the specific needs and demands of the female population with disabilities are taken into consideration;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1 h. Denounces that it has been acknowledged that girls and women with disabilities may experience particular forms of violence in their homes and institutional settings which is perpetrated by family members, care persons or strangers; underlines that all appropriate measures must be taken to avoid all types of exploitation, violence and abuse against girls and women with disabilities, while ensuring adequate assistance and support catering for their specific needs is provided;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1 i. Reiterates the Parliament’s call on the Commission to present a comprehensive European Strategy to fight violence against women, that contains a legislative instrument to prevent and combat gender-based violence, paying particular attention to women and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1 j. Considers that women and girls with disabilities must have complete access to medical care that meets their particular needs, including gynaecological consultation, medical examinations, family planning, and adapted support during pregnancy; urges the Member States to ensure that their national public healthcare provision includes proper access to these services;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 k (new)
Paragraph 1 k (new)
1 k. Underlines that women and girls with disabilities must be allowed to enjoy their sexual and reproductive rights and stresses that for them to take responsibility for their sexual behaviour, they need access to education on sexuality adapted where necessary to the intellectual ability of the disabled woman or girl concerned;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas under Article 8 of the TFEU, the promotion of equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of the European Union; whereas, and consequently gender mainstreaming is a legal obligation stemming directly from the Treaties; whereas, moreover, an interinstitutional joint declaration on gender mainstreaming is attached to the MFF;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas access to public services is an essential condition for guaranteeing women’s economic independence and empowerment; whereas public services remain an important employment sector for women;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that gender equality is enshrined in the EU Treaty and should be included in all EU polici; stresses the need for gender mainstreaming in all EU policies, programmes and initiatives so as to deliver equality in practice; stresses that gender budgeting must become an integral part of the budgetary procedure at all its stages and in all budget lines, and not only in programmes where the gender impact is most obvious, so that budgetary expenditure becomes an effective tool for promoting equality between women and men;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to sufficiently finance, under the European structural and investment funds, measures promoting and supporting good-quality education, employability, entrepreneurship and job creation for women and girls, particularly those belonging to the most disadvantaged groups, so that budgetary expenditure is effectively used to achieve policy targets; stresses the importance of investing in high-quality public services, in particular to guarantee sufficient provision of high- quality public services at affordable prices providing care for children, the elderly and other dependents;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that one of the main objectives of the general budget for the European Union is strategic investment and sustainable growth in order to boost economic cohesion and create jobs, in particular to increase female participation in the labour market, and it is therefore crucially important to focus on enhancing women’s potential in all sectors of the economy: digital economy, information and communication technologies (ICT), science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); stresses that only a specific focus on gender in those areas will make it possible to address the gender gap and the Union-wide skills shortfall in the ICT and STEM sectors;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Repeats its call for the Daphne programme to have a separate budget line in order to increase transparency regarding use of the funds concerned and to ensure an appropriate level of funding for fighting violence against women.; in this context, stresses the need to increase resources for the Daphne specific objective in line with allocations in the previous programming period;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that, to enable the European Institute for Gender Equality properly to meet its objectives, it is necessary to increase its budget and staff in order to boost its capacity to provide adequate assistance to the Commission by supplying relevant information and technical assistance in priority areas such as equality between women and men and the fight against gender-based violence; points out that the European Institute for Gender Equality should remain a specific separate institution within the institutional framework of the Union;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises the need for gender mainstreaming in the European Fund for Strategic Investments, since the European Union will never fully and satisfactorily recover from the recent economic crises unless it properly addresses the effects of those crises on women, who in most cases have been hardest hit;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls for maintaining the EU support to sports policy, the sports chapter of the Erasmus+ programme and the financing of Special Events, such as the Special Olympics in 2017;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to the 2007 joint strategy of the EU and its Member States entitled "Aid for trade: Enhancing EU support for trade-related needs in developing countries"
Amendment 15 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
Citation 32 a (new)
– having regard to the Africa Human Development Report 2016 "Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa"1e __________________ 1eUNDP, Africa Human Development Report 2016: http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/li brary/corporate/HDR/Africa%20HDR/Af HDR_2016_lowres_EN.pdf?download
Amendment 16 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 b (new)
Citation 32 b (new)
– having regard to the OCDE report "Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship and Business Leadership in OECD Countries" (2014)1f __________________ 1fOCDE technical report "Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship and Business Leadership in OECD Countries": http://www.oecd.org/gender/Enhancing% 20Women%20Economic%20Empowerme nt_Fin_1_Oct_2014.pdf
Amendment 17 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 c (new)
Citation 32 c (new)
Amendment 18 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 d (new)
Citation 32 d (new)
– having regard to the increasing international efforts to promote gender equality though trade policies -such as the UNCTAD programme on gender and development1j (which includes studies on the impact of trade on women; a teaching packet on trade and gender, online training or the creation of the status of "Gender Champions") and the World Bank, which since 2016, in each of their 14 working areas has a gender strategy; __________________ 1jUNCTAD's Website: http://unctad.org/en/Pages/DITC/Gender- and-Trade/Trade,-Gender-and- Development.aspx
Amendment 19 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 e (new)
Citation 32 e (new)
– having regard to the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) issue paper "The Gender Dimensions of Global Value Chains" (September 2016)1k; __________________ 1kInternational Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) issue paper "The Gender Dimensions of Global Value Chains" (September 2016): https://www.ictsd.org/sites/default/files/res earch/the_gender_dimensions_of_global_ value_chains_0.pdf
Amendment 20 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 f (new)
Citation 32 f (new)
– having regard to the ICTSD issue paper "The Gender Dimensions of Services" (September 2016)1l; __________________ 1l https://www.ictsd.org/sites/default/files/res earch/the_gender_dimensions_of_services .pdf
Amendment 21 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
– having regard to the technical note of the Interamerican Development Bank, presenting the work done under the Trade and Gender Initiative led by the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter- American Development Bank (2012)
Amendment 23 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas Art. 8 of the TFEU commits the EU to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality and combat discrimination, among others, on the grounds of sex, when defining and implementing its policies and activities;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas gender discussions should concern both men and women equally and whereas engagement and partnership between the public sector and private sector stakeholders, at international and local levels, are key to promote the necessary awareness and synergies to promote gender equality and women empowerment;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas there is abroad consensus that a fair, open and rules-based international trade plays a vital role in shaping economic and social performance and prospects of countries around the world, especially those of developing countries; whereas trade is instrumental in empowering women and supporting communities and women's fully-fledged participation in the economy is essential for growth; whereas studies show that empowering women could add a quarter to world’s GDP, that helping women is essential as much from economic as social and poverty eradication perspectives, due to their role in families and communities; whereas, however, trade policies lacking an appropriate gender focus, may further entrench or exacerbate existing gender biases and discrimination;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A c (new)
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas, therefore, synergy between different policies, domestic and external, is crucial to achieve gender equality and women empowerment, including issues such as property rights, access to finance, education and vocational training, corporate behaviour, government procurement, digital gap, cultural bias;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A d (new)
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. whereas the relationship between international trade and gender is complex and demands a deep understanding of economic and social dynamics, as well as of specific local contexts, in order to develop efficient trade policies to pursue economic development and poverty reduction, while also promoting women’s empowerment and gender equality;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas trade policies should aim to reduce socio-economic gaps between the Global North and the Globachieve sustainable and equitable economic development, poverty reduction, decent work and better living conditions for both women and men; whereas the final South in terms of development and wealth, and between women and men, and realise women’s rights by ensuring decent work conditions for women come of the Addis Ababa conference and the sustainable development goals (SDG)agenda describe that trade is an important means of implementing the SDGs); whereas, likewise, trade is an important tool to defend human rights, as well as to promote international standards on labour and environmental protection at the highest level; whereas, in this sense, trade policies cand contributing to sustainable and equitable economic developmente to reduce socio-economic gaps between the Global North and the Global South, in terms of development and wealth, and between women and men worldwide, as well as to realise women’s rights;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, as indicated by the McKinsey Global Institute, if women’s wages and labour force participation were raised to make them equal to those of men, it would boost global output by over 25%, and, as indicated by organisations such as the African Development Bank1d and the International Trade Centre, the impact of women on the global economy - as producers, entrepreneurs, employees and consumers-, over the next decade, could be at least as significant as adding a new China to the global economy; __________________ 1d African Development bank, Gender Equality Index Technical Note: https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/af db/Documents/Generic- Documents/Gender_Equality_Index_Met hodological_Note.pdf
Amendment 41 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Amendment 44 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas economic development and gender equality frequently go hand- in-hand; whereas there is a broad understanding that societies where gender inequalities are lower, also tend to grow faster;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas, according to an ITC survey covering 20 countries, only 20% of the companies interviewed in developing countries are owned or managed by a woman and that women experience more problem in raising funds, competing and accessing markets than their male counterparts; and whereas, according to the same source, the three main reasons that hinder women entrepreneurs from getting involved in global value chains and upgrade into higher value activities are: regulatory biases, procedural obstacles and cultural biases, alongside other aspects, such as time constraints for female managers, limited access to productive resources like finance and land, limited access to information and networks;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas country-specific and sector-specific assessments are of great importancetrade policies are not gender-neutral and may have different direct and indirect impacts on men and women, depending, among other elements, on existing socio-economic and cultural structures; whereas women tend to be more concentrated in precarious, low-wage or low- status forms of formal and informal employment than men, leading to gender segregation in types of occupations and activities and gender gaps in wages and, working conditions; and social protection; whereas, in this sense, Country-by-Country gender disaggregated and sector-specific assessments are of great importance, but are not yet available;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas on the basis of fact-based studies, UNCTAD insists in highlighting the limitations that women face in taking advantage of the opportunities offered by trade, arising from factors such as lack of technical training for better jobs, lack of public services to alleviate household responsibilities, and restricted access and control over resources, including credit and land, information as well as networks and whereas, on this basis, UNCTAD recommends that evaluations address potential impacts of trade policies on gender equality and women empowerment, in areas such as employment, small business, prices, productivity in agriculture, subsistence agriculture and migration1c; __________________ 1cImplementing gender-aware ex ante evaluations to maximize the benefits of trade reforms for women: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/ presspb2016d7_en.pdf
Amendment 62 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the majority of the workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) are women; and whereas in some countries EPZs are exempt from local labour laws, ban or limit union activity and do not provide legal redress to workers, which constitutes clear violations of ILO core standards;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current EU trade policy and its ‘Trade for All’ strategy lack a gender equality perspective, as well as any binding obligations to enforcereference to binding and fully enforceable obligations to guarantee effective implementation of core women’s rights conventions such as the CEDAW;
Amendment 75 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas human resources are scarcely allocated within the European Commission and the EEAS to ensure that a gender perspective is mainstreamed in EU trade policies and, particularly, in the entire process of trade negotiations;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the only area of gender equality in which DG Trade has demonstrate, so far, the Commission has not included a gender perspective into its trade policies and negotiations and whereas the Commission has not developed an adequate methodology to systematically analyse and evaluate the possible impacts of EU trade policies and negotiations on gender equality and aon interest so far is promotingwomen empowerment; whereas the Commission's new orientations and commitments in this sense have mainly focused on female entrepreneurship;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a review of current EU multilateral and bilateral agreements shows that only 20 % of the agreements with non- European trading partners make reference to women’s rights, and that only 40 % of these agreements include references that aim to promote gender equality; whereas references in these agreements to promotinge women’s empowerment are mainly voluntary and almost all relate to non- trading aspects of the agreements, when binding, they are virtually non-enforceable;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Commission has announced its commitment to ensure that the future trade negotiations to modernise the current Association Agreement between Chile and the EU will include, for the first time in the EU, a specific Chapter on Gender and Trade;
Amendment 102 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas strong movements have evolved in several countries, criticisingthe public debate across Europe on trade agreements such as TTIP, CETA and TiSA has shown the need for transparent and inclusive negotiations taking into account the strong concerns voiced by European citizens in many countries, which have expressed their worries, in particular, about FTA's provisions on investor-sState dispute settlement / the investment court system (ISDS/ICS) and intellectual property rights (IPR), as well as non-tariff rules in TTIP, CETA and TiSA,, fearing that they could lead to breaches of women’s rights, labour rights, environmental protection, consumer rights and public services and goods, which may have an impact on women’s rights;
Amendment 104 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas a global holistic approach to corporate liability for human rights abuses is needed in the context of global value chains; whereas the EU has positioned itself as a front runner in reforming the investors to state dispute settlement mechanism, notably through the development of a Multilateral Court System, and equal progress is expected in other critical areas of concern, such as setting up a mechanism to enforce investors obligations in relation to Human Rights;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and GSP+ systems aim to include a human rights conditionality aimed at ensureing the ratification and implementation of human and labour rights conventions in developing countries;
Amendment 114 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the garment sector employs mainly women, whereas it is important to recall that 289 people perished in a blaze in Karachi, Pakistan, in September 2012, in the same year, a fire at the Tazreen Fashions factory, in Bangladesh, caused the death of 117 people and injured more than 200 workers and, the Rana Plaza's structural failure, in 2013, resulted in 1.129 casualties and caused injuries to approximately 2 500 people, in the same country, all of which were garment factories;
Amendment 121 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas multilateral platforms and intergovernmental fora, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Women20 (W20), are crucial for fostering gender-related discussion and action among experts and for providing a good basis for consensus-building;
Amendment 125 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas special attention must be given to the negative consequencesimpact of trade liberalisation as regards basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare; whereas the European Parliament has strongly called the European Commission to fully exclude these services of general economic interest from trade agreements; whereas, the European Commission has committed itself to ensure that every EU trade deal comes with solid guarantees to fully protect public services, meaning that EU governments can't be forced to privatise, that they remain free to keep public services public and that can decide, or change, who delivers a public service at any time1b; __________________ 1bEuropean Commission: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/inde x.cfm?id=1115
Amendment 133 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas Rules of Origin (RoO) have become increasingly important in the context of global value chains, in which the production spans across several countries; whereas lax rules of origin can create additional hurdles towards establishing full transparency and accountability throughout supply chains, and this can impact women, particularly in sectors such as that of garment;
Amendment 154 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that trade policies should be used as a tool to improve the living and working conditions of women, in equal terms as men, by supporting the reduction of gender pay gaps, by promoting the creation of better quality jobs for women, while combating segregation of women in less-performing economic sectors, as well as by ensuring respect for, and promotion of, the highest standards of social and labour protection;
Amendment 157 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the EU and its Members States to systematically carry out ex-ante and ex-post evaluations of trade policies from a gender perspective, with an improved methodology, clear and measurable indicators, allowing to assess the possible effects of EU trade policies on gender equality and women empowerment as well as to consider possible offensive and defensive interests to defend, throughout entire process of trade negotiations, from negotiation to execution; stresses that all impact assessments and evaluations of EU Trade Agreements and trade policies should be supported by sufficient and adequate gender disaggregated data and a detailed analysis at regional, national, as well as sectorial levels, with particular attention to women in most vulnerable socio- economic sectors; stresses that the results of the gender-focused analysis should be incorporated into trade negotiations, foreseeing the necessary strategies and measures to compensate losses and imbalances;
Amendment 160 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Amendment 162 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that all international trade policies must be based on the relevant international standards and legal instruments, such as the main ILO Conventions, the CEDAW, and the Beijing Platform for Action and the sustainable development goals (SDGs);
Amendment 169 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the urgent need to adopt gender-sensitive binding human rights regulations on an international level to regulate transnational companies (TNCs) and other companies; welcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; welcomes the on-going negotiations on a binding International Treaty on Human Rights and transnational companies (TNCs) and other companies, welcomes the involvement of the EU in the process, calls on the Commission and Member States to engage constructively in these negotiations and to encourage trading partners to equally engage; likewise, welcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, calls on EU Member States to elaborate national action plans taking women's rights into particular consideration and calls on the Commission to use trade negotiations to encourage our trade partners to do so;
Amendment 179 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on European Commission, the Council and Member States to actively engage in, and support efforts to organise regular gender-related discussion and action, with a view to improve awareness and the basis for consensus-building;
Amendment 181 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to further work within the ILO towards the implementation and to work towards reinforcement of international labour standards for decent work on global value chains, with a particular focus on women;
Amendment 182 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls that the European Parliament requested in 2010 that companies should publish their CSR balance sheets, the introduction of due diligence requirements for all undertakings, and the consolidation of the CSR concept on the basis of a harmonised definition of the relations between parent companies in order to establish the legal liability of each them; therefore takes note with satisfaction that the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information is being required from large companies as from 2017 according to the Non- Financial Reporting Directive; regrets however that the disclosure of non- financial information by large companies has not yet been extended to cover all actors operating in global value chains;
Amendment 193 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to recognise the risks inherent in trade agreement mechanisms such as ISDS and ICS, which underminRecalls that the European Parliament has called on the Commission to put an end to ISDS and to seek to establish a public Multilateral Investment Court MIC, with the objective of replacing all the existing ISDS worldwide (included in around 1400 bilateral investment treaties), and this should be designed to guarantee the capacity of individual governments to change their laws toregulate in the public interest, includeing measures to promote gender equality, as well as stronger labour and consumer rights and advancement in environmental policies; in this regards, calls on the Commission to include commitments to pursue the establishment of the MIC in all trade negotiations, while further promoting and engaging in reflections at international level;
Amendment 199 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that IPR provisions in trade have a significant impact on women’s health which must be taken carefully into considerationCalls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that IPR provisions in trade agreements take due account of women's rights, particularly their impact on women’s health, including access to affordable healthcare and medicines, which must be taken fully into consideration; further, calls on the Commission and the Council to promote the protection of IPR in negotiations, particularly the protection of Geographical Indications (GI), as a tool particularly important for rural women empowerment; further, it calls the Commission, the Council and Member States to reconsider the extension of protection to non-agricultural products, bearing in mind not only that this can be a very useful tool to promote women empowerment in both in developed and developing countries, but also that the EU has already agreed to protect non- agricultural GI products in FTAs;
Amendment 213 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines thatInsists on the need to exclude basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare (notably access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services), should be exempted from the opening up of public procurement andfrom the trade liberalisation agenda, and that safeguards must bare put in place to reinforce states’ capacities to provide basic services for allguarantee and reinforce the right and ability of governments to regulate, provide and ensure universal access to public services of general economic interest;
Amendment 215 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission, the Council and Member States, with a view to improve the opportunities for women enterprises' to access public procurement markets, to ensure that EU trade agreements include strong provisions on the opening of public procurement, as well as provisions aimed at simplifying procedures and to increase transparency for bidders, including those from other countries; further, to promote socially and environmentally responsible public procurement, taking into account, among other considerations the principles of equal treatment between women and men, equal pay for work of equal value and the promotion of gender equality;
Amendment 219 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to explore further how EU policies and trade agreements can promote women´s economic empowerment and female participation in areas such as in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and how to close gender gaps in access to, and in the use of, new technologies;
Amendment 221 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for binding measures to combat exploitation and improve working conditions for women in the export- oriented industries, in particular the garment and textile manufacturing and agriculture sectors where trade liberalisation has contributed to precarious labour rights and gender wage gaps; Believes that these frameworks should enable a harmonic cooperation with international organisation as the UN, the WTO, the ILO and the OECD, establishing common definitions, to allow for more clear and coordinated actions and evaluations; in this regard, values the 'Compact for Continuous Improvements in Labour Rights and Factory Safety in the Ready-Made Garment and Knitwear Industry in Bangladesh' (the Sustainability Compact) as a step forward in regards to the monitoring activity, which should be subject of full compliance;
Amendment 241 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the impact of growing agricultural exports is generally less favourable to women than to men, aparticular efforts must be made to improve the positive impact, as well as to avoid and compensate the negative effects of trade policy in women equality and women's emerging trends indicate that small farmers, many of whom apowerment, with particular attention to segments of population and sectors, where women, are often not in a position to compete in overseas marketidentified to be particularly vulnerable or to have a clear potential for empowerment, including the agricultural sector and MSMEs;
Amendment 271 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission, the Council and Member States, to promote agreements at multilateral level to expand the protection granted by gender-sensitive EU laws such as the Conflict Minerals Regulation;
Amendment 272 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the European Investment Bank (EIB) to ensure that companies participating in projects co-financed by the EIB shall be required to adhere to the principle of equal pay and pay transparency and to the principle of gender equality as set out in Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1k __________________ 1k Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1a of 5 June 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)
Amendment 299 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Acknowledges that the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and GSP+ systems need to be improveis a valuable tool to promote respect for human rights, although they need to be improved by reinforcing its conditionality to the removal of legal discriminations to women and by linking economic incentives to the effective adoption and constant, implementation and appropriate monitoring of core human, gender rights and labour rights conventionsstandards particularly relevant to women;
Amendment 305 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that social and environmental standards, particularly labour rights subscribed to in FTAs and autonomous regimes apply throughout the territory of trade partners, and, particularly, in Export Processing Zones (EPZs);
Amendment 306 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls the EU, the Council and commits itself to ensure that the Secretariats of the EU Institutions with responsibility over trade policies and negotiations have the means and the technical capacity to elaborate gender analysis of trade rules and to incorporate a gender perspective into the entire process of negotiations, from inception, to application and evaluation; to ensure the necessary expertise among EU officials, including by appropriate training; to ensure the involvement of women, as well as gender expertise, in the EU trade negotiating teams, including, for each relevant round of negotiation, an expert on gender with thorough knowledge of the different policy sectors concerned;
Amendment 307 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the European Commission, the Council and commits itself to defend and ensure that in all relevant international assistance frameworks, such as Aid for Trade and, equally, that in all EU assistance and cooperation actions, particular attention is given to the goal of gender equality and to ensure that they are adequately used to improve women's empowerment and capacity-building, by incorporating gender issues across programmes and projects;
Amendment 308 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the European Commission, the Council and Member States to recognise and support international efforts to promote the inclusion of gender perspectives into trade policies and programmes, such as, for example the "She Trades" initiative of the International Trade Centre, which is aimed to connect 1 million women entrepreneurs to markets by 20201h; __________________ 1h International Trade Centre's webpage on the "She Trades" initiative: http://www.intracen.org/itc/women-and- trade/SheTrades/
Amendment 309 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. With regards to negotiation at the WTO level, calls on the Commission, the Council and Member States to ensure that gender considerations are taken into due account when preparing new rules and agreements and when implementing and reviewing existing agreements, included in the WTO Trade Policy Review Mechanism; to ensure an increased transparency in the entire process of WTO negotiations; to ensure that a gender focus informs all current and future negotiations, in areas such as agriculture, fisheries, services and e- commerce; to defend and to promote an improved position of women in global value chains, making the best use of WTO tools, such as the Trade Facilitation Agreement; to develop capacity-building programmes and organizing regular expert discussions and the exchange of good practices; to support the adoption of gender-related measures within the WTO's administrative structure, more particularly, to ensure that the WTO Secretariat has the technical capacity to undertake gender analysis of trade rules, including conducting gender impact assessments in all phases of its work, including numbers, among other things, of women benefitting from technical assistance; to support WTO tools to address gender issues both in its jurisprudence and in on-going trade negotiations; and, equally, to support an improved cooperation between the WTO and other international organisations aimed at promoting and inclusive international trade and women's rights and equality, such as UNCTAD, UN- Women and the ILO;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to United Nations Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security 1325 (2000);1820 (2009);1888 (2009);1889 (2010);1960 (2011);2106 (2013);2122 (2013) and 2242 (2015),
Amendment 96 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Strongly regrets that, as per the European Parliament's study assessment on the implementation of the GAP II, current programming appears to side-line the gender dimension in situations of crisis or difficult conflicts;and that, among other outcomes, this has meant that girls and women victims of war rape do not have access to non-discriminatory care, specifically comprehensive medical care, including abortion, despite the GAP II aiming to empower women to have control over their sexual and reproductive life;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Calls on the Commission to systematically implement the GAP II, including in humanitarian settings where it must provide non-discriminatory access to medical services, in line with international humanitarian law;calls once again on the Commission to actively inform its humanitarian partners that the Commission's policy foresees that, in cases where the pregnancy threatens a woman’s or a girl’s life or causes unbearable suffering, international humanitarian law and/or international human rights law may justify offering a safe abortion rather than perpetuating what amounts to inhumane treatment;
Amendment 5 #
2017/0336(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Any reallocation from the performance reserve should be subject to the fulfilment of commitments with respect to implementing reforms identified in the European Semester process. Priority should be given for the implementation of structural reforms which are expected to contribute most to the resilience of domestic economies and have positive spill-over effects on other Member States. These include reforms in product and labour markets, tax reforms, the development of capital markets, reforms to improve the business environment as well as investment in human capital and in measures to advance gender equality, and public administration reforms.
Amendment 77 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The current Union legal framework provides limited incentives for men to assume an equal share of caring responsibilities. Lack of paid paternity and parental leave in many Member States contributes to the low take-up of such leave by fathers. The imbalance in the design of work-life balance policies between women and men reinforces gender differences between work and care. Conversely, use of work-life balance arrangements by fathers, such as leave or flexible working arrangements, has been shown to have a positive impact in reducing the relative amount of unpaid family work undertaken by women and leaving them more time for paid employment. Furthermore, it is vital that Member States ensure adequate provision of quality, accessible, and affordable services for the care of children and other dependants such as the elderly and people with disabilities in order to increase the participation of women in the labour market.
Amendment 131 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to provide greater possibility for parents to use parental leave as their children grow up, the right to parental leave should be granted until the child is at least twelve years old. Member States should be able to specify the period of notice to be given by the worker to the employer when applying for parental leave and to decide whether the right to parental leave may be subject to a certain period of service. In view of the growing diversity of contractual arrangements, the sum of successive fixed-term contracts with the same employer should be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the period of service. To balance the needs of workers with those of employers, Member States should also be able to decide whether they define if the employer may be allowed to postpone the granting of parental leave under certain circumstances. In such cases, the employer should provide justification for the postponement. Given that flexibility makes it more likely that second parents, in particular fathers, will take up their entitlement to such leave, workers should be able to request to take parental leave on a full-time or part-time basis or in other flexible forms. It should be up to the employer whether or not to accept such a request for parental leave in other flexible forms than full-time. Member States should also assess if the conditions and detailed arrangements of parental leave should be adapted to the specific needs of parents in particularly disadvantaged situations, in particular if they have children, or relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, suffering from a disability, serious medical condition or illness.
Amendment 156 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to facilitate the return to work followprotect from discrimination the workers exercising their rights to take leave or to flexible working parental leave, workers and employers should be encouraged to maintain contactrangements provided for in this Directive, employers must inform those workers during their period of leave and may make arrangements for any appropriate reintegration measures, to be decided between the parties concerned, taking into account national law, collective agreements and practiceor flexible working arrangements about any training offered to the rest of the workers, promotion processes and internal vacancies available, and these workers will retain their right to participate in them.
Amendment 191 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) To increase the incentives for workers with children and caring responsibilities, men in particular, to take the periods of leave provided for in this Directive, they should have the right to an payment or an adequate allowance while on leave. The level of the payment or the allowance should be at least equivalent to what the worker concerned would receive in case of sick leav's gross wage. Member States should take into account the importance of the continuity of the entitlements to social security, including healthcare.
Amendment 234 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The burden of proof that there has been no dismissal on the grounds that workers have applied for, or have taken, leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 or have exercised the right to request flexible working arrangements referred to in Article 9 should fall on the employer when workers establish, before a court or other competent authority, facts from which it may be presumed that they have been dismissed on such grounds. When a court's decision considers that the dismissal was based on those grounds, the worker will have the right to reinstatement if he/she chooses to do so. This will be without prejudice of compensation for damages granted by national law, applicable collective agreements and/or practice.
Amendment 239 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) “paternity leave" means leave from work for fathers to be taken on the occasion of the birth or adoption of a child;
Amendment 250 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) “carer” means a worker providing personal care or support in case of adeath, serious illness or dependencaccident or illness, hospitalisation or out-patient surgical intervention requiring rest at home, of relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity ofr a relativeffinity; where the worker needs to travel to that effect, the period shall be extended by two days;
Amendment 281 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
e) “dependency” means a situation in which a person is, temporarily or permanently, in need of care due to disability or a serious medical condition other thanr serious illness;
Amendment 299 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fathers have the right to take paternity leave on full pay of at least ten working days on the occasion of the birth of a child.
Amendment 305 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) “carer’s leave” means paid leave from work for carers in order to provide personal assistance or support to a person with support needs due to a serious or chronic illness, hospitalization, surgical intervention without hospitalization, disability, mental health or age related problem;
Amendment 312 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) "carer" means a worker providing personal care or support in case of a serious illness or dependency of a relativto a person with care or support needs due to a serious or chronic illness, hospitalization, surgical intervention without hospitalization, disability, mental health or age related problem for a relative or a person in his/her immediate circle;
Amendment 318 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have an individual right to parental leave on full pay of at least four months to be taken before the child reaches a given age which shall be at least twelve.
Amendment 353 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to request parental leave also on a part-time basis, in blocks separated by periods of work, as shorter working days or in other flexible forms. Employers shall consider and respond to such requests, taking into account the needs of both employers and workers. Employers shall justify any refusal of such a request in writing.
Amendment 364 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to carers' leave of at least five working days per year, per worker on full pay, per worker in case of death, serious accident or illness, hospitalisation or out-patient surgical intervention requiring rest at home, of relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity; where the worker needs to travel to that effect, the period shall be extended by two days. Such right may be subject to appropriate substantiation of the medical condition of the worker's relative.
Amendment 379 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers have the right to time off from work on grounds of force majeure for urgent family reasons in cases of death, illness or accident making the immediate presence of the worker indispensable. Member States may limit the right to time off from work on grounds of force majeure to a certain amount of time per year or per case, or bothIn order for the leave to be on full pay, employers may request proof of the reason for the absence.
Amendment 386 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
In accordance with national circumstances, such as national law, collective agreements and/or practice, and taking into account the powers delegated to social partners, Member States shall ensure that workers exercising the rights to leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 will receive a payment or an adequate allowance at least equivalent to what the worker concerned would receive in case of sick leavellowance equivalent to the full salary.
Amendment 390 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall assess the need for the conditions of access and detailed arrangements for the application of paternity leave to be enlarged and adapted in case of multiple births, premature births, disability. Member States may define other cases for special arrangements for the application of paternity leave.
Amendment 471 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States may implement the Directive on a progressive basis until family leave is granted on full pay.
Amendment 512 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
In accordance with national circumstances, such as national law, collective agreements and/or practice, and taking into account the powers delegated to social partners, Member States shall ensure that workers exercising the rights to leave referred to in Article 4, 5 or 6 will receive a payment or an adequate allowance at least equivalent to what the worker concerned would receive in case of sick leav's gross wage.
Amendment 623 #
2017/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When the court's or competent authority's decision considers that the dismissal was based on the grounds referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, the worker will have the right to reinstatement if he/she chooses to do so. This will be without prejudice of compensation for damages granted by national law, applicable collective agreements and/or practice.
Amendment 8 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) entitled 'Severe labour exploitation: workers moving within or into the European Union ', published in June 2015,
Amendment 11 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
- having regard to the survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) entitled 'Second European Union minorities and discrimination survey', published in December 2017,
Amendment 42 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the FRA study "Making hate crime visible in the European Union: acknowledging victims’ rights" states that an immigrant status enhances the risk of being criminally victimised, independent of other known risk factors;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas Article 1 of the Directive states that the rights set out in the Directive shall apply to victims in a non- discriminatory manner, including with respect to their residence status;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas the FRA study on "Severe labour exploitation: workers moving within or into the European Union" states that victims of severe labour exploitation who are in an irregular situation of residence are discouraged by their status from reporting to any public authority;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
F d. whereas the FRA survey "Second European Union minorities and discrimination survey" states that only one out of eight respondents reported or filed a complaint about the most recent incident of discrimination they experienced because of their ethnic or immigrant background;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 4
Recital I – indent 4
- ensuring equal accessibility for allto all victims, including persons with disabilities, LGBTI persons and child victims, to victim support services, particularly in the cases of LGBT victims of gender- based violence, including sexual violence, , and victims of hate crimes and honour- related crimes;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 5
Recital I – indent 5
- guaranteeing rapid, efficient and victim-sensitive procedures in criminal court cases that take account of the special needs of the most vulnerable groups;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas only 27% of Europeans are familiar with the single European emergency telephone number 112, and not everyone has access to it yet;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. DeplorCritizes that the Commission has not submitted a report to Parliament and to the Council on the application of the Victims’ Rights Directive by November 2017, in accordance with Article 29 of the directive;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RegretCritizes that two years after transposition was due, only 23 out of 27 Member States had officially transposed the Victims’ Rights Directive by September 2017, and among these, some are only partially compliant and only on some provisions;
Amendment 83 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
- shortcomings in victim support services, including weak links in the victim support system and inconsistent referral mechanisms,
Amendment 94 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to promote access to justiceasy and free-of-charge access to justice in all the proposals considered in the Directive, as this contributes greatly to increasing the victim’s sense of justice, decreases the possibility of impunity and allows the victim to begin the process of psychological recovery;
Amendment 104 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Reminds the Member States of the importance to ensure that the residence status is not an obstacle to the rights under the Directive; welcomes the steps taken by some Member States in order to give undocumented victims a safe option to report crimes without being reported to immigration authorities or to obtain a residence permit on humanitarian grounds; reminds the Member States in this context of Article 59 of the Istanbul Convention which states that victims in the scope of the Convention can be granted a renewable residence permit if the competent authority considers that their stay is necessary for their cooperation in criminal proceedings; considers that granting stays of deportation to all undocumented victims for the duration of criminal proceedings or granting temporary residence permits could encourage them to report crimes and counter the climate of impunity for perpetrators;
Amendment 120 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that abusive fathers can never be good fathers and therefore calls on the Member States to take steps to take away their right to custody and/or to see their children;
Amendment 121 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to make the procedures more flexible and speed up the process of forwarding the judgments for gender-based violence handed down in a country, particularly in the case of international couples, so that the authorities in the countries which the spouses come from can act accordingly as soon as possible and prevent custody of their children being given to a father accused of gender- based violence in another country;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all individual assessments are gender sensitive and to pay particular attention to the individual assessment of minors and of child victims of human trafficking;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the individual assessment of minors and of child victims of gender-based violence and human trafficking;
Amendment 141 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide gender sensitive training programmes and guidelines for law practitioners, police officers, prosecutors and judge, judges and health professionals to ensuring that they are better able to execute individual assessments without delay once a crime has taken place, to avoid further victimisation or secondary victimisation experienced by victims of crime and to empower victims, as a means of reducing post-traumatic stress; stresses that such training should also be included in education programmes and that compulsory training should be available, on a regular basis, to all professionals involved in dealing with victims of crime, in order to develop a victim-oriented mind- set; trainings should include guidance on how to ensure the victims' right to be protected from coercion, abuse and violence and the right to respect their body and mental health integrity;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to monitor the conditions that the children of women murdered by their husbands find themselves in and the problems that they face and to take the requisite measures to meet their needs with regard to education, housing, social and psychological support, etc.;
Amendment 197 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to guarantee assistance to victims from victim support services before, during and after criminal proceedings, including psychological support; deplores th and health care and to ensure a gender perspective factross all support services; deplores that in some countries, governments rely heavily on NGOs to provide’s for the provision of key support services to victims (‘volunteerism’);
Amendment 208 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to guarantee support services such as trauma support and counselling and access to necessary healthcare, including sexual and reproductive health as a part of targeted support for victims withho have specific needs, such as children,women and people with disabilities;
Amendment 238 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the 112 emergency hotline is fully accessible for disabled persons and that awareness of it is raised through campaigns;
Amendment 239 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35 b. Calls on Member States to set up mechanisms for recovering adequate compensation payments from the offender;
Amendment 243 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Again repeats its call on the European Commission to present as soon as possible a European strategy for preventing and combating all forms of gender-based violence, including an EU legislative act to end and prevent violence against women in all Member States;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas employment rates are generally lower among women and whereas in 2015, the employment rate for men aged 20–64 stood at 75.9 % in the EU-28, as compared with 64.3 % for women;
Amendment 234 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for policies encouraging and supporting women and girls to pursue a career in entrepreneurship, facilitating access to finance and business opportunities, offering tailor-made trainings and creating an environment allowing for a better reconciliation of professional and private life;
Amendment 288 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that an increased effort is required in many Member States to educate the workforce, including adult education and vocational training opportunities; puts an emphasis on life-long learning, as it gives the opportunity to re-skill in the ever-changing labour market; calls for an increase in the promotion targeted at women and girls of STEM subjects to address existing education stereotypes and combat long-term gender employment -, pay - and pensions gaps;
Amendment 325 #
2016/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on Member States to pay attention to the gender dimension throughout their National Reform Programmes under the European Semester, in particular as regards systematic measures for advancing equality between women and men in the fields of employment, social inclusion, fight against poverty, education and research and innovation;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas territorial disadvantages affect the immigrant population most particularly and their ties to a local or regional setting depend on the same variables as the rest of the population;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas demographic change affecting rural areas has economic and social consequences, causes territorial fragmentation and affects quality of life and the environment, all in addition to its serious demographic consequences;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that demographic change, while creating new challenges, also brings development opportunities at a local level through the potential of sectors such as, as a result of shifts in demand in urban societies, especially in regard to food, leisure and rest, through the potential of agriculture, forestry and fishing to produce high quality, safe and distinctive products; considers that rural tourism in general and ecotourism, e- commerce and the silver economy in particular also provide opportunities for development at a local level; underlines in this respect the relevance of smart specialisation strategies to help regions and local territories identify high value-added activities and build attractive ecosystems on the basis of a genuine multi-functional rural development strategy that incorporates the circular economy into regional planning;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions are decreasing population densities, an ageing population due to structural changes in the age period, falling birth rates and gradual depopulationlow density, ageing subsequent to disruption of the population pyramid, a drop in birth rates with, therefore, a drastic drop in infant and youth populations, and constant population loss; recognises that loss of traditional activities, products and production systems, local know-how, women's invisible work, the lack of entrepreneurship, the scarcity or total lack of regional competitiveness owing to lack of investment, or loss of biodiversity, woodland lost to shrubs and fire risk, are further significant problems connected with demographic change;
Amendment 109 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a greater coordination of EU instruments, in the different policy areas, such asparticular the Common Agricultural Policy, European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, European Territorial Cooperation, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to ensure a more comprehensive approach to demographic change; reiterates its call for the Commission to adopt a European strategy on demographic change that will deliver synergies and maximise the positive impact on European citizens;
Amendment 117 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls once more on the Commission to adopt a strategy on demographic change which prioritises the following fields:decent employment and good quality industrial relations, paying special attention to new forms of work and their social role;the territorial aspect of policies promoting economic activity and employment, as opposed to the current dominant focus on sectors;promotion of infrastructure as a factor in business location, so territories suffering demographic challenges become accessible and competitive;widespread ICT cover with quality and price both competitive in territories with a lower population density;provision of basic welfare state services in territories suffering demographic challenges;public transport at a local level to ensure access to public services;youth emancipation policies, particularly in regard to conditions for access to the labour market and housing;family support policies and boosting the birth rate, including policies on work-life balance and care for dependent persons;policies on reception, integration and return of immigrants;and dissemination of new, more attractive, settings for passing on information about rural life;
Amendment 121 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Considers that the 'better regulation' agenda should require the impact analysis conducted prior to any EU legislative initiative to include the effects the latter may have on demography;
Amendment 122 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the importance of a cross-cutting EU approach by mainstreaming demographic considerations throughout the policy spectrum, including cohesion, empthe EU incorporating demographic considerations in all policy fields and including in its budget headings to make develoypment, agriculture, environment, infrastructure, transport, healthcare, youth and education, family support, social inclusion, innovation and ICT policies, wi of these policies possible, particularly in agriculture, environment, the information society, RDI, employment, education, social policy and transport; considers that demographic impact reports need to be incorporated into the design and demographic criteria into the a view to favouring new policy developmentssessment of the outcomes and undesired effects of all its policies;
Amendment 129 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes it is important to insist that the global vision for the territory views urban and rural areas as complementary functional spaces;stresses that greater integration between the various funds is needed, in order for there to be genuine participative and sustainable local development;
Amendment 131 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recalls to mind that the European Union does not just contribute funds for regional development but that, in regulating the internal market through competition law, public procurement and state aid, it also shapes to a large extent the capacity of local and regional authorities to use their own funds to combat social territorial inequalities;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Stresses that even if, as a result of modernising state aid, those exceptions for which notification is not required have been simplified and increased in number, the current framework is still very complex and burdensome for smaller regional and local authorities;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Considers that, even if public procurement regulations were simplified in 2014, there are still too many obstacles for small local and regional authorities to be able to give preference to local providers, which would help improve the economy of these sensitive areas;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that effective EUthat the EU should support for immigration policies in the Member States can mitigate population loss in declining areain order to minimise negative demographic trends; considers that local and regional authoritbodies should be empowered in devising and implementing policies to promote social inclusion and multiculturalismauthorised to implement successfully integration policies on the ground;
Amendment 144 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Takes the view that local and regional authorities must be active participants in measures taken to address demographic challenges as part of the European Semester, and must be considered in the recommendations made for Member States;calls for the annual growth survey and the country-specific recommendations to consider regional disparities and imbalances between regions within Member States;
Amendment 150 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. BelievStresses that there is a need to enESI Funds must address demographic change more effectively in the next programming period, by means of: a greater, better targeted focus on demographic chancge the effectiveness and complementarityas a priority area in final regulations and in guidelines to support Member States, regions and local governments, exploring the potential of ESI Funds in tackladdressing demographic challenges; considers that a greater focus on the topic as a priority area is necessary, together with guidelines to suppornge and in devising and implementing association agreements and operational programmes; a more proactive approach in demographic policy-making and the exchange of good practices and experiences for institutional learning; specific tools for the monitoring and evaluation of the potential and of the real impact of ESI Funds in addressing demographic change by drafting guidelines for the subsequent development of relevant Mdember States and regions in addressing demographic challenges in devising and implementing partnership agreements and operational programmesographic indicators; technical support to managing authorities and local stakeholders in implementing effective policies addressing demographic change at both national and regional levels; the obligatory active participation of local authorities in the design, management and in-house evaluation of programmes implementing funds and the necessary identification of regions faced with demographic challenges at NUTS 3 and local administrative unit (LAU) level;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Takes the view that, in some Member States, subsidies at NUTS 2 level often conceal socio-territorial, intra- regional and even supra-regional inequalities;calls for the EU's maps to use a scale sufficient to reflect territory- related problems so that they may help target support to the most disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 159 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the fact thatAsks for the European Regional Development Fund can assist regions experiencing population change by boostingto make a greater contribution towards helping areas with high ageing, rurality and population outflow indices to improve their transport, and telecommunications and public service infrastructureinfrastructure, bridge the digital divide, and enjoy better public services;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the European Social Fund can improve employment prospects should step up its work on training young people, slowing declining regions and serve to stem trends of out-migratiown their exodus and facilitating their return to their place of origin; adds that the fund should promote women’s employability, help people strike a better work-life balance life and combat the social exclusion of elderly persons;
Amendment 173 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to consider setting up a specific fund dedicated to addressing areas with severe and permanent demographic disadvantages, or bringing them within the scope of existing funds by means of targeted action, deadlines and specifically defined implementation areas which cannot be circumvented by other authorities;asks for disbursement of the fund to be according to a strategic action plan, underpinned by genuine land-use planning arrangements prioritising lines of action in the short, medium and long term;
Amendment 180 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses thatTakes the view that, with a view to avoiding territorial divides, the EFSI canshould benefit declining regions by boosting investment in energy, transport and ICT infrastructure, as well as inregions with the most unfavourable demographic dynamics by means of greater investment in EU priority areas such as energy, transport, research, SMEs, education andor social infrastructure;
Amendment 185 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that cohesion policy should play a more prominent role to support regions in adapting to demographic changein addressing demographic change, as part of its explicit remit under Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; calls for a precise definition of the notion of 'severe and permanent demographic handicaps' referred to in Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 121 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 that would enable demographic challenges to be statistically quantified;
Amendment 199 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the establishment of an EU-wide legal framework thato specifically recognises all territories facing demographic disadvantage regions with severe and permanent demographic handicaps with a view to defining legal frameworks, instruments and financing arrangements;
Amendment 203 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for the strengthening and administrative streamlining of the new instruments for enhancing the bottom-up approach and multi-level governance – such as community-led local development (CLLD) and integrated territorial investment (ITI) – so as to increase local and regional involvement as part of an integrated and holistic approach to regional development;
Amendment 206 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses that a lack of capacity and robust governance within many local and regional authorities is a major obstacle to the success of EFSI programmes;takes the view that EU funds should be endowed with a capacity-building instrument for the use of any competent authority responsible for managing or implementing this funding, with a view to ensuring sound financial management and compliance with rules on public procurement and state aid while facilitating the transfer of know-how among management and implementation bodies;
Amendment 207 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission to consider the establishment of new criteria that could pinpoint the territories facing demographic challenges; considers that GDP and population density are not sufficient indicators in this regarddefine new criteria with which to distinguish territories facing demographic challenges by means of demographic, economic, environmental-impact and accessibility variables; considers that GDP and population density do not exclusively facilitate the characterisation of territory with severe and permanent demographic handicaps; asks the Commission to incorporate new indicators into cohesion policy that provide a more complete picture of the specific challenges facing these regions, particularly the EU Regional Social Progress Index;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that cohesion policy should include specific instruments for the areas most affected by demographic disadvantage, such asand allowing for greater flexibility as regards co-financing rates or the choice of thematic objectivesin the setting of thematic objectives or co-financing rates, with a view to coordinating inter-regional and intra-regional strategies within the same Member State, with local participation;
Amendment 221 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to include a neworporate a flagship initiative on demographic changes into the Europe 2020 strategy, which should be designed as a cross-cutting instrument and linked to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and which could be financially supported by exifinanced from existing ESI funds and comprising a raft of measures in three categories: smart growth, via action to help regions affected by demographic challenges in the field of ICT, RDI and SMEs; inclusive growth, via specific action to encourage young people to remain in the region, promoting the birth rate and self-employment and with social inclusion measures for immigrants; and sustaing European instruments such as ESI Fundable growth, via measures to help these regions invest in the green economy, including sustainable transport systems;
Amendment 225 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework should give a forceful, decisive impetus to the promotion of solutions for tacklingefforts to address demographic challenges, taking into account the current demographic situation and current demographic challengetrends, through targeted measures and an ad hoc budget item with additional funding for areas with severe and permanent demographic handicaps;
Amendment 229 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for services and infrastructure reinforcing social inclusion to be strengthened under the second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy, intended to foster rural development and financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, and for a reversal of trends towards social and economic decline and depopulation in areas with severe and permanent demographic handicaps;
Amendment 231 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Believes that the trans-European transport networks (TEN-T) and the motorways of the sea (MoS) should serve areas with severe and permanent demographic handicaps;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU is committed to promoting gender equality and ensuring gender mainstreaming in all of its actions;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women and girls with disabilities or belonging to cultural, traditional, linguistic, religious, gender or sexual orientation minority groups experience multiple and intersectionalare more at risk from violence, abuse, negligence and multiple forms of discrimination based on both their disability, minority status and their gender;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 37 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, in armed conflicts, women and children, and especially refugee women and children, are among the most vulnerable groups in society;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas three-fifths of the billion people living below the poverty line are women; __________________ 1b http://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pu b-pdf/swp08_eng.pdf
Amendment 47 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. insists on the importance of bolstering the role played by women in preventing conflicts, promoting human rights and ushering in democratic reform, and in post-conflict peace and reconstruction processes;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. condemns the fact that, according to UNICEF, each year more than 500 000 women across the world die in childbirth1c; draws attention to the need for women to be afforded proper health care, free of charge, during childbirth, in order to reduce the high number of mothers and babies who die in childbirth in many third countries as a result of inadequate or non-existent health care; __________________ 1c http://www.unicef.org/factoftheweek/inde x_52778.html
Amendment 68 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Regrets the frequent violations of women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including the denial of access to family planning services, contraceptives and safe and legal abortion services;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that to achieve gender equality the economic independence of women must be ensured through empowerment, and therefore calls on the EU to continue to support the economic, social and political empowerment of women as a tool for promoting the proper enjoyment of their rights and fundamental freedoms and to ensure their economic independence; calls moreover for the highest importance to be attached to access to quality education for girls, especially those from the poorest and most marginalised communities, for support to be given to vocational training for women and gender equality training programmes to be devised for education professionals in third countries, and for steps to be taken to prevent stereotypes from being conveyed through educational materials; urges the EU to include this priority in all its diplomatic, trade and development cooperation activities;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the importance of combating gender stereotypes that reinforce women’s subordinate position in society and constitute a principal cause of inequality between men and women, human rights violations against women and gender violence; highlights the importance of awareness-raising campaigns targeting all levels of society, strategies to encourage women and involve men, a greater involvement of the media, and the inclusion of gender issues in education and in all EU policies and initiatives, especially with regard to external action, cooperation and development and humanitarian aid;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Regrets that, all too often, women are discriminated against in favour of men when it comes to accessing financial resources such as bank loans; underlines the fact that women’s empowerment in the entrepreneurial realm has been proved to be a vital factor in boosting the economy and, in the long term, combating poverty;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that religious, cultural and traditional differences can in no way justify discrimination or any form of violence, especially against women and girls, such as female genital mutilation, sexual abuse, femicide, early or forced marriage, domestic violence, honour killings or violence, or any other means of torture and death such as stoning;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Deplores the fact that in some third countries marriages between adults and minors are legal and in some cases involve brides under the age of nine (child brides);
Amendment 96 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Condemns the fact that in countries where capital punishment is practised, methods that are equivalent to torture (such as stoning to death) and involve bodily humiliation (such as public hanging) are used to execute women, in order to intimidate other women;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on all Council of Europe member states to sign and ratify the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women without delay; underlines the importance of the EU’s decision to initiate proceedings with a view to its accession to the Convention, with the aim of ensuring consistency between the external and internal action of the EU with regard to violence against women;
Amendment 100 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Condemns the fact that women and girls make up 98% of victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation; calls on the Member States to do more to combat this practice that violates the fundamental rights of women and children;
Amendment 101 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Deplores the lack of prevention policies on gender-based violence, the lack of victim support and the high rate of impunity for offenders in a large number of countries; asks the EEAS to exchange good practices with third countries on law-making procedures and training programmes for police, judicial personnel and civil servants; urges the EU to support civil society organisations working to defend human rights and promote gender equality in third countries, and to cooperate closely with international organisations active in the gender equality field with a view to creating synergies and promoting women’s empowerment;
Amendment 102 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the Commission to urgently draft a European strategy for combating gender-related violence that includes a legal instrument to combat and prevent all forms of violence against women in the EU;
Amendment 105 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly regrets the lack of gender equality in the political sphere and women’s under- representation in political, social and economic decision-making, which undermines human rights and democracy; considers that governments should aim for gender equality in democracy-building and maintenance processes;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of introducing positive measures such as quota systems in order to promote women’s participation in political bodies and the democratic process and in economic decision-making;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that the international community has identified the situation of women with disabilities as a priority; recalls the conclusions of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which stated that policies and programmes to address violence against women and girls with disabilities should be developed in close partnership with those persons who have disabilities, recognising their autonomy, and with disability organisations; underlines the need for regular oversight of institutions and appropriate training for caregivers; calls on the EU to incorporate the fight against disability discrimination into its external action, cooperation and development aid policies, including the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights;
Amendment 121 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for the EU to ensure that fundamental human rights safeguards, in particular for women and girls, are written into its economic and trade agreements with third countries, and to review such agreements in cases where those rights are not upheld; also calls for the promotion of women’s rights, gender equality and the fight against violence against women to be systematically included in the human rights country strategies and in the human rights and political dialogues with third countries and candidate countries;
Amendment 126 #
2016/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Deplores and condemns the fact that in some third countries homosexuality is a crime, and one that is in some cases punishable by death;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas an efficient agricultural sector geared towards multifunctionality is an essential basis for sustainable development strategies and for more far- reaching entrepreneurial activities in many regions, and whereas this type of potential, as part of a process of increased diversification of economic activity, has not yet been fully exploited in all areas;
Amendment 14 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the economic crisis and the austerity measures implemented have had a particularly severe impact on rural areas, which are experiencing devastating levels of unemployment, poverty and depopulation, which affect women in particular;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women living in rural areas are not a homogeneous group, given that their social and economic situation, occupations, contributions to society and ultimately their needs and interests may differvary significantly among and indeed within Member States;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas gender equality is a basic requirement under the Europe 2020 strategy and should be promoted in order to increase the active involvement of women in the labour market and economic activities;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the masculinisation of the young population and the ageing population of women in rural areas, along with the decline in farming activity, represent the main causes of depopulation and economic decline in the EU's rural areas;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas rural areas are particularly affected by population ageing, low population density and, in some regions, depopulation;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas employment rates are low in rural areas and indeed many women are never active in the labour market, so that they are neither registered as unemployed nor included in unemployment statistics;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas female entrepreneurship represents an important pillar in socially, economically and ecologically sustainable rural development;
Amendment 87 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the owner of a farm is the only person mentioned on bank documents and for the purposes of subsidies and accumulated rights, and is also the only person to represent a farm within associations and groups, and in the vast majority of cases the owner is a man;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the provision of adequate public services, including carein rural areas too, work- life balance is the main challenge facing women’s inclusion in the labour market and participation in economic and social activities, and sufficient provision of quality and affordable public care services for children and, the elderly, are important for all inhabitants of rurnd other dependants is therefore essential, areas;nd whereas such services are particularly important for women, given that they have traditionally played a leading role in looking after young, dependent and elderly members of the family;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the significant contribution that women make to local and rural development is not sufficiently reflected in their participation in the corresponding decision-making processes, given that women in rural areas are often under-represented in decision-making bodies such as agricultural cooperatives, trade unions and municipal governments; whereas increasing women’s representation in such bodies is highly important;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas women in rural areas also suffer from gender pay and pension gaps; whereas, further, the gender pay gap in rural areas is 10 % wider than in other areas;
Amendment 124 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas rural tourism, which includes the supply of goods and services in the countryside through family and cooperative tourist enterprises, is a low- risk sector, generates employment, makes it possible to combine personal and family life with work and encourages the rural population, especially women, to remain in the countryside;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of multifunctionality as a concept, involving other activities in rural areas accompanying production in the form of social, environmental, economic and cultural services and goods, such as bio- tourism, bioenergy, resource-saving technologies, prepared products, forest irrigation projects, etc., which generate employment for women in particular;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasizes the active role of women in rural areas and their decisive influence in implementing development projects, since it is women's groups and associations, local leaders and entrepreneurs that can best assume the challenges of modernity and work on equal terms;
Amendment 175 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for measures to facilitate EAFRD support for specific measures in favour of women, which would promote the employment of women in rural areas;
Amendment 189 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasizes that, in order to increase female participation in the employment market, it is necessary to facilitate work-life balance in rural areas, especially for women, who play a greater role as carers and in doing household chores; stresses the importance of an adequate network of quality public services at affordable prices for the care of children, the elderly and other dependants;
Amendment 190 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Reiterates the call for the Commission to submit as soon as possible a revised version of the maternity leave and parental leave directives, together with a proposal for directive on paternity leave and leave for the provision of care;
Amendment 203 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. EStresses the importance of supporting and promoting the participation of women in decision making in rural areas; encourages the Member States to promote equality between women and men in thepolitical, economic and social management bodies and bodies representation ofing all types of organisations, associations and public institutions in the field of agriculture, stock breeding and rural development; stresses the importance of adopting specific measures for women to achieve gender equality in these bodies;
Amendment 213 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to introduce shared farm ownership between spouses or legal partners recognized or entered in a public register of ownership, where this arrangement does not yet exist, extending the benefits accruing from social security contributions to female co-owners and all women workers on the farm;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the relevant national, regional and local authorities to encourage the participation of women in local action groups and the development of local partnerships under the LEADER initiative, as well as to ensure gender- balanced participation on their management boards;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the need to support women's organisations, which will in turn facilitate the exchange of best practices at local, regional and national levels;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses that shared ownership of farms will have beneficial effects for women in the long term: professional recognition, to make their work more visible in the sector and increase their involvement in representative functions within farmers' organisations; oversight over and access to the management of the farm, thus ensuring that famal co-owners have the same rights as their partners concerning aid, grants, etc.; economic recognition, given that joint ownership is necessary for all named owners to make social security contributions, thus ensuring both remuneration for work undertaken and economic independence, which benefits women in the event of divorce or separation since they are not economically dependent on their partners; access to aid for installation and improvements to farms, as well as direct aid and suitable taxation arrangements on the same footing as their spouses, etc.;
Amendment 219 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Stresses, furthermore, the importance of developing information hubs and networks in order to raise awareness of the social and economic situation of women in rural areas;
Amendment 224 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the principle of equal opportunities for men and women must be mainstreamed in the CAP and cohesion policies in the rural sector;
Amendment 226 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to improve CAP monitoring and evaluation indicators with a view to identifying women’s ‘invisible’ work and to disaggregating, where possible, indicators by gender;
Amendment 227 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls, further, on the Commission to implement gender budgeting in respect of financial support under the first and second pillar of the CAP;
Amendment 228 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Commission to improve CAP monitoring and evaluation indicators with a view to identifying women’s ‘invisible’ work and to disaggregating, where possible, indicators by gender;
Amendment 229 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls, further, on the Commission to implement gender budgeting in respect of financial support under the first and second pillar of the CAP;
Amendment 240 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Condemns the difficulties in obtaining funding faced by women farmers and other women in rural areas; calls on the Member States to promote, support and provide access for women farmers to sources of financing with a view to encouraging more women to settle in rural areas;
Amendment 247 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that it is vital to promote education, vocational training and new qualifications to enable women to take on new challenges and boost their competitiveness in farming and rural areas;
Amendment 250 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
8c. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and local and regional authorities to create, in cooperation with rural organisations and women's and farmers' associations, incentives to improve women's education, promote their participation in the labour market and involvement in rural affairs and eliminate any discrimination based on gender or any other factor;
Amendment 251 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Emphasises the importance of advising and supporting women to enable them to carry out farming activities and perform other innovative functions in rural areas;
Amendment 265 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need to pay more attention to establishing up-to-date statistics on female land ownership, and on the working conditions of women in rural areas;
Amendment 267 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for women's entrepreneurial spirit and initiatives to be encouraged, in particular through the promotion of female ownership, networks of female entrepreneurs, and provision in the financial sector for facilitating access for rural businesswomen (including individually self-employed women, part- time self-employed women with low earnings, and young women) to investment and credit – thus empowering them more effectively in the marketplace and enabling them to develop businesses from which they can make a stable living;
Amendment 270 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls also for action to be taken to improve the entrepreneurial attitude and skills of women in order to promote their representation in managerial bodies of enterprises and associations;
Amendment 282 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Member States and regional authorities to make use of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund to expand and upgrade transport infrastructure in rural areas and to implement positive policies to improve access to transport for all, particularly persons with disabilities, being as such access is a factor combating social exclusion and social inequalities, which disproportionately affect women;
Amendment 292 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses the importance of digital development in rural areas and the development of a holistic approach (the ‘digital village’), the wholesale installation of more up-to-date IT infrastructure, particularly adequate access to broadband, facilitating access to information and communication technologies and promoting equal opportunities in access to, and training in the use of, these technologies;
Amendment 299 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Points out that poor levels of broadband access hinder the growth of small businesses in many rural areas and urges the Commission and the Member States to improve the provision of rapid, reliable broadband services in rural areas as a way to boost competitiveness
Amendment 306 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphasises the importance of devising specific measures to promote training and employment and safeguard the rights of the most vulnerable groups of women with specific needs, such as women with disabilites, migrant women, including seasonal migrants, refugees and minorities, victims of gender-based violence, women with little or no training and single mothers, etc.;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital - A (new)
Recital - A (new)
-A. whereas, based on country 1a reports , the gender gap is still significant, remaining one of the main barriers for achieving gender equality and an unacceptable form of gender discrimination, and urgent efforts are needed to narrow the gap in the employment rate between men and women; __________________ 1a COM(2016) 95 final/2
Amendment 9 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes with great concern the high unemployment rates in some Member States, especially regarding youth and long-term unemployment; highlights the need to strongly support labour markets, education systems and financial services for SMEs through cohesion policy financial instruments at regional, national and EU level in order to boost quality employment opportunities;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reminds the invite of the European Council2a to use the gender equality annual reports in the context of the European Semester to enhance gender mainstreaming; reiterates the goal of coordinating economic and fiscal policies in the Member States can only be achieved if policies on equality are also coordinated; __________________ 2aCouncil conclusions on Gender equality 337/16
Amendment 28 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Regrets the absence of gender mainstreaming in the Europe 2020 strategy, and calls on the Commission and the Council to introduce into the strategy a gender equality pillar and an overarching gender equality objective;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that the infringement procedure for excessive deficit against Spain and Portugal, recommended by the Commission, might lead to a fine and a partial suspension of the ESI Funds as a result of the macroeconomic conditionality; stresses that these two Member States have already carried out significant structural reforms in past years, as documented in their national reform programmes and in the Commission's dedicated Country Reports for Spain and Portugal;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Reiterates its call for including a gender mainstreaming approach and policies targeted at equality between women and men throughout the European Semester process; calls on the Commission to continue to provide CSRs with regard to improved childcare services and long term care and with regard to flexible work arrangements that can have a positive impact on the labour market participation of women;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that economic growth should guarantee a positive social impact; welcomes the introduction of the three new headline social indicators in the macroeconomic imbalances procedure; reiterates the call for these to be placed on an equal footing with existing economic indicators, thereby guaranteeing that internal imbalances are better assessed and making structural reforms more effective; calls, in this connection, for a social imbalances procedure to be introduced; reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to use gender disaggregated data in European Semester monitoring process, and to define additional gender-specific indicators for example to monitor the gender employment gaps;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that social protection, including pensions and services such as healthcare, child care and long-term care, are considered in the 2016 country specific recommendations3a to be essential for balanced and inclusive growth and can support to increase the employment rate and to reducing the gender gap; but reminds that the fiscal consolidation policies and structural reforms such as pensions systems and labour market reforms have disproportionately affected women and have increased gender inequalities in the EU; __________________ 3a COM(2016) 321 final
Amendment 53 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Member States to incorporate the gender dimension and the principle of equality between women and men in their National Reform Programmes and stability and convergence programmes through the setting of qualitative targets and measures that address persisting gender gaps;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2101(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Suggests involving the European Institute for Gender Equality more closely in the European Semester;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the World Health Organisation defines health as physical, mental, and social well-being, and not just the absence of disease or infirmity, a definition which includes a subjective element that has to be taken into account when dealing with this matter;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas above and beyond biological characteristics, women’s mental health depends on factors such as the education that they have received, the extent to which they have internalised social and cultural values, norms, and stereotypes, the way in which they have lived through and assimilated their experiences, the attitudes that they have towards themselves and others, the roles that they play, and the obstacles and pressures with which they have to contend;
Amendment 72 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas mental health problems, which are different from psychiatric disorders, vary across genders: women have higher rates of depression and anxiety, anxiety, and somatisation (referred to as internalising disorders) and of eating disorders and men have higher rates of substance abuse and antisocial disorders (referred to as externalising disorders); whereas, in addition, the number of women suffering from stress has increased;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the forms of somatisation occurring most frequently in women include fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, the main symptoms being pain and exhaustion, although they have many other symptoms that are common to other diseases;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to recognise male violence against women, whatever form it takes, as a public health issue, whatever form it takes; as it was described in World Health Organisation Resolution WHA49.25 of 25 May 1996;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that women often have to work a two-in-one working day, that is to say, a day’s work at their place of employment and a day’s work at home, because men do not devote themselves sufficiently to the responsibility of household tasks and bringing up daughters and sons, causing many women to suffer from depression, anxiety, and stress, in addition to feelings of guilt at their failure to look after the family in the proper way, that being the role traditionally assigned to women;
Amendment 158 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Condemns a widespread new sexist stereotype which has it that the modern woman has to shine in her studies and at work, but must satisfy traditional expectations by being a good wife and home-maker and a perfect mother while also keeping her looks, a behaviour pattern that causes many women to feel stress and anxiety;
Amendment 243 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to take measures in the health-related field of early detection and support to victims of gender-based violence and to apply health protocols in cases of assault, which should be referred to the appropriate courts with a view to speeding up the legal procedure; also calls on the Member States to guarantee the right of access to information and integrated social assistance, to be provided through permanent urgent care services specialising in multidisciplinary professional services;
Amendment 247 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Maintains that women who have been subjected to gender-based violence suffer after-effects, often for life, in their physical and mental health; notes that according to the WHO World report on violence and health 1 a , the repercussions which gender-based violence has on women can take a variety of forms: physical effects (bruising, fractures, chronic pain syndromes, disability, fibromyalgia, digestive troubles, etc.); psychological and behavioural effects (alcohol and drug abuse, depression and anxiety, eating and sleep disorders, feelings of shame and guilt, phobias and panic attacks, low self-esteem, post- traumatic stress disorder, psychosomatic disorders, suicidal and self-harming behaviour, insecurity in later relationships, etc.); sexual and reproductive effects: Gynaecological disorders, infertility, complications during pregnancy, miscarriages, sexual dysfunction, sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancy, etc.); and fatal effects (murder, suicide, death as a result of an STD, etc.); __________________ 1aKrug, Dahlberg, Mercy, Zwi, and Lozano, 2002.
Amendment 267 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that nowadays the media and advertising portray the sexy young woman as a winner and that this emphasis on the body as a means of achieving success, socially and at work, and of attracting men could induce many women, starting in their adolescence, a stage at which they are more vulnerable, to attempt to conform to the models of the day, with the danger that they will become dependent on their physical image, leading to dissatisfaction, anxiety, depression, stress, and, in short, deterioration in their mental health; points out that some women have such a distorted perception of their image that they develop eating and behavioural disorders, for instance anorexia, bulimia, orthorexia, binge eating disorder, or bigorexia;
Amendment 271 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Points out also that the youth cult makes women feel over-anxious about the fact of growing older and changes in their physical appearance, with the result that many women display a degree of determination that might be called morbid as they strive to stay for ever young and slim, even giving way to an obsession with cosmetic surgery in order to achieve that goal;
Amendment 275 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on the media and the advertising industry to respect the dignity of women and their right to an image free of stereotypes and discrimination, and to stop using stereotypes of beauty and youth or women’s sexual attractiveness as a model of social success, be it in public or in private media; also calls on them to publicise healthy ways of life, show a variety of family models and different lifestyles, and convey an image of women more in tune with the current diversity;
Amendment 278 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16b. Notes that it is a proven fact that women take greater quantities of psychotropic drugs than men, but that there are very few studies on gender differences regarding the effect of those drugs, which are prescribed for women and men without distinction and in the same doses; expresses its concern at the fact that women suffer to a greater extent from adverse effects of psychotropic drugs because they are excluded from clinical trials and no account is taken, therefore, of the female physiology, which changes due to menstrual cycles and other special circumstances such as pregnancy, breast- feeding, the menopause, or the use of hormonal contraceptives or hormone replacement therapies, which affect the way in which the drugs are assimilated; also points out that women, more often than men, seek to resolve their mental problems with the aid of psychotherapies;
Amendment 280 #
2016/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Points to the urgent need to incorporate gender differences into clinical procedures in the mental health field;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender equality is enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas, nevertheless, women remain under- represented in the world of work as a whole, with the employment rate for men standsing at 75.6 % compared with 64.5 % for women, and whereas theover-represented in part- time work and the lowest-paid sectors, in addition to receiving lower hourly wages, as a result of a gender pay gap isof 16 % and thea gender pension gap of 39 %; whereas, moreover, this state of affairs continues to prevail although women have surpassed men in educational attainment;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the main barriers to increasing female participation in the labour market include a lack of adequate work-life balance policies, fiscal disincentives for second earners or excessive taxation of labour, and stereotypes about the distribution of household tasks, the role of women in society, fields of study and occupation; emphasises, further, that many Member States do not offer sufficient possibilities or incentives for men to take family leave, thus obliging women to act as caregivers, with the consequent effect on the rate of employment for women;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that flexible working arrangements, including teleworking, made possible by advances in digital technology, can also help in striking the right work-life balance;
Amendment 88 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the EPSR will not deliver without social investment, especially in available and affordable high- quality childcare infrastructure for caring for children and other dependent persons, with the support of the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI);
Amendment 90 #
2016/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the EU is bound by the TEU to combat social exclusion and discrimination, and that TFEU enshrines the elimination of inequalities and the promotion of equality between women and men as objectives of the EU; highlights that the principle of equality in no way hinders the maintenance or adoption of measures providing for specific advantages in favour of the under- represented sex, as Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights stipulates;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions on gender equality of 16 June 2016,
Amendment 233 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the uneven distribution of women in jobs and careers in the different types of cultural industries due to the division between creative and non- creative roles, prestigious and non- prestigious ones on the basis of social stereotypes;
Amendment 306 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that given the existing average EU gender pay (16.1% in 2014) and pension gaps (40.2%) women face similar barriers in the cultural and creative industries such as gender pay and pension gaps, access to finance, stereotypes, training and lifelong learning as in other economic sectors;
Amendment 308 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Points out that women working in the cultural and creative industries experience gender pay and career development gap, in particular in higher positions and on boards;
Amendment 318 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to promote, in particular by means of information and awareness-raising campaigns, the participation of women in the cultural and creative industries which are stereotypically considered 'male', such as audio-visual, music production, new media and digital industry;
Amendment 321 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Underlines the huge potential of women innovators and entrepreneurs and the important role they can play in the cultural and creative industries; Encourages the Member States to offer appropriate financial support and training to women intending to build a career in the field of cultural and creative industries, in order to encourage and boost female entrepreneurship in this sector;
Amendment 326 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Highlights the importance of networking and sharing best practices, mentorship, female role models and peer- to-peer support for women entrepreneurs in the field of cultural and creative industries;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas equality between women and men is one of the common and fundamental principles enshrined in Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union, Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas gender equality should likewise be mainstreamed in all EU policies, initiatives, programmes and actions;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas respect for equal pay for equal work and work of equal value for men and women has been guaranteed by the Treaty1 a since the founding of the European Economic Community; __________________ 1aFormer Article 119 TEU, current Article 157 TFEU
Amendment 30 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the difference in pay and pensions is even more pronounced among women with multiple disadvantages, such as women with disabilities, women caring for dependents, women from minority groups, women refugees and asylum seekers, women with little or no training, etc.;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the pension gap differs from one woman pensioner to another according to personal, social, marital and/or family status; whereas, in view of this, a one-size- fits-all approach will not necessarily produce the best results;
Amendment 121 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a multi-faceted approach is required in order to make a success of the strategy, which must address disparities between men and women in terms of their careers and ability to make pension contributions as well as those resulting from the way in which pension systems are organised; stresses that what is required therefore is a combination of actions under different policies that aim at improving gender equality, instituting measures to: raise the employment rate for women; cut the number of women employed part-time; close the gender pay gap; tackle gender segregation in education and employment, motivating women to choose careers and professions in which they are less represented; break through the glass ceiling preventing many women from reaching top positions of responsibility and pay; combat gender stereotypes; improve the balance between work, family and private life; encourage men towards a fairer sharing of family and household responsibilities; improve old age pension rights by mitigating the effect of career breaks to care for children and other dependents; and address gender equality in social inclusion, at the same time bearing in mind the impact of an ageing population and migration flows;
Amendment 132 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that promoting equal financial independence for men and women, which cannot be achieved without closing the gender gap in pay and pensions, is fundamental to ensuring equality between men and women; emphasises that a comprehensive set of measures needs to be adopted to ensure gender equality in terms of lifelong access to financial resources;
Amendment 133 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Is critical of the fact that there is an ‘inexplicable’ component in the pay gap which stems above all from discrimination affecting many women who are not paid the same salary as men even though they hold the same post or a post of equal value; points out that in other cases differences in pay stem from the fact that women do not hold the same jobs, which is the result of: the continued horizontal segregation or gender-specific division of labour, according to which jobs that are considered to be ‘women’s work’ are valued less highly; the continued vertical segregation, related to the so-called glass ceiling that prevents women from reaching the top, highest paid jobs; the continued use of different categories for the same work (e.g. in cleaning services, where men are hired in a higher category as maintenance technicians, while women are in a lower category such as cleaners); and the over- representation of women in part-time work which is, in addition, more poorly paid than full-time work; emphasises that the vast majority of low salaries and almost all very low salaries are paid for part-time work and points out that about 80 % of the working poor are women; stresses that all these factors also result in women having lower pensions than men;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Reiterates and supports the Council’s call for a new Commission initiative setting out a strategy for equality between women and men for 2016-2020, for this to take the form of a Communication as has happened with previous strategies, and for the EU’s strategic engagement on gender equality to be enhanced, linking it closely to the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. ECalls on the Commission and the Member States to spread and raise public awareness relating to equal pay and the pension gap, and to direct and indirect discrimination against women at work at European, national, regional and local level; encourages the Member States to promote action to close the gap through their social policies, to raise awareness among decision-makers in this area and to develop programmes that will provide women with more information on the gap’s implications for them, as well as with the tools they require in order to devise sustainable pension funding strategies that are tailored to their specific needs;
Amendment 143 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates the need for clear harmonised definitions, to facilitate comparison at EU level, of terms such as gender pay gap, gender pension gap, remuneration, direct and indirect pay discrimination, work treated as ‘equal’ and work of the same value; points out that due to the various types of work contracts that exist, both statutory and contractual, the current calculation of the gender pay gap can lead to a distorted understanding of the problem of equal pay, which will also be reflected in the pension gap; calls on the Commission to analyse these possible distortions and to propose suitable solutions, including the introduction of mandatory pay audits for companies listed on stock exchanges in the EU Member States, and the possibility of sanctions in cases of non-compliance;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges Member States, employers and trade unions to draft and implement serviceable, specific job evaluation tools to help determine work of equal value and thus to ensure men and women receive equal pay and hence, in the future, equal pensions; encourages firms to carry out annual equal pay audits, to publish the data with the utmost transparency and to narrow the gender pay gap;
Amendment 149 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses that women belonging to more vulnerable groups (women with disabilities, women caring for dependents, women from minority groups, women refugees and asylum seekers, women with little or no training, etc.) are even more affected by pay and pension inequality, given that they are often in jobs requiring fewer skills, with less responsibility and lower pay, they suffer considerable social isolation and are financially more heavily dependent on their spouse or other family members;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points to the importance, in a context in which the burden of responsibility for pensions is shifting from state pension systems to self-funded schemes, of ensuring that access to the financial services covered by Directive 2004/113/EC is non-discriminatory; stresses the importance of existing EU legislation being strengthened by including gender-neutral job classification and evaluation systems and measures to promote pay transparency, and by making it possible to apply sanctions such as fines, sentences and disqualification from receiving state aid in the event of equal pay rules not being complied with;
Amendment 174 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that the female unemployment rate is underestimated given the fact that many women are not registered as unemployed, particularly those who live in rural or remote areas or help out in family firms, along with many of those who devote themselves exclusively to household tasks and childcare; regrets that while this situation increases the pension gap it also, in many cases, prevents access to public services such as social security, benefits, maternity leave, sick leave, childcare facilities, etc.;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls attention to the fact that only two Member States have transposed, clearly and sufficiently, Directive 2006/54/EC; calls on the Commission to continue monitoring the transposition and implementation of this Directive in the Member States to ensure that rights laid down in EU legislation are fully implemented and observed, including, if necessary, through the commencement of infringement procedures;
Amendment 186 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious and comprehensive package of legislative and non-legislative measures on work-life balance as part of its 2017 work programme, including revision of the directives on maternity and parental leave and proposing directives on paternity and carers’ leave;
Amendment 188 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Emphasises that the gender gap in pensions reflects the fact that the working life of women is a great deal more affected by responsibilities caring for dependent family members that that of men, and that for this reason women have more breaks in their career, fewer promotions and pay rises, and greater recourse to part-time work than men; stresses that as a result women are at a clear disadvantage compared to men if employment-related contributions are the main factor determining pension rights, especially if there are no means of compensating for career breaks and mitigating the effects on pensions of a shorter contribution period;
Amendment 189 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to encourage men to share equally in domestic responsibilities and in caring for children and other dependants, in particular, through incentives for men to take parental and paternity leave, which will strengthen their rights as parents, ensure a greater degree of equality between women and men and more appropriate sharing of family and housekeeping responsibilities, and enhance women’s opportunities to participate fully in the labour market, which will help lessen the gender gap in pay and pensions;
Amendment 200 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Draws attention to the increasing prevalence of mandatory flexible working hours: weekend work, more irregular, unpredictable and extended working hours, etc.; points out that the demand for flexibility is greatest amongst part-time workers, who are mostly women, and that this means that more women than men have their working hours changed from week to week, making it even harder, especially for single mothers and women caring for dependent family members, to strike a balance between work and family life;
Amendment 214 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that a proper work-life balance cannot be achieved unless decent childcare facilities are available for children, the elderly and other dependents; calls on Member States to meet the Barcelona targets at the earliest opportunity, and no later than by 2020;
Amendment 240 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Member States and the European Union institutions to promote studies on the effects of the gender gap on the pensions and financial independence of women, taking account of issues such as the ageing population, gender differences in health conditions and life expectancy, how family structures have changed and the number of single- occupancy homes have risen, and differences in women’s personal situations; calls too for them to draw up possible strategies to put an end to the gender gap in pensions.
Amendment 17 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas EU Directive 2004/113/EC prohibits gender discrimination in access to goods and services, including financial services; whereas it is difficult to prove indirect discrimination in the context of access to finance for SMEs but various studies1a reveal that female entrepreneurs start businesses with lower capital levels and often use family for advice and funding rather than bank lending; __________________ 1a Parliament (2015), Policy Department study on ‘Women’s Entrepreneurship: closing the gender gap in access to financial and other services and in social entrepreneurship’.
Amendment 162 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to foster a risk-taking and capital market culture; reiterates that financial education for SMEs is key to increasing the use and acceptance of capital market solutions as well as to encouraging women and young people to start and expand their businesses, allowing for a better assessment of costs, benefits and the associated risks; calls on the Member States to enhance the financial literacy of SMEs;
Amendment 170 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Invites the Member States to fully implement Directive 2004/113/EC on the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services and to collaborate with the financial sector regarding their obligation to ensure full and equal access to bank lending for SMEs; invites them to explore possibilities of introducing gender equality into reporting structures of credit evaluations as well as in risk-assessments and into the concerned staff structures to help prevent group and stereotyped thinking in SME lending;
Amendment 210 #
2016/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights the need to foster innovation through lending platforms; encourages banks to regard the use of such innovative technologies as an opportunity; stresses that alternative funding sources like crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending offer solutions for start-ups, female entrepreneurs and innovative SMEs in particular; welcomes the Commission’s assessment of the existing framework for crowdfunding; calls on the Commission to explore the need for, and potential of, a harmonised EU framework;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 2 February 2011 on Early Childhood Education and Care: Providing all our children with the best start for the world of tomorrow1a, __________________ 1a COM ((2011)0066) final.
Amendment 18 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)
Citation 22 b (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 15 June 2011 on early childhood education and care: providing all our children with the best start for the world of tomorrow1b , __________________ 1b OJ C 175, 15.6.2011, p. 8–10.
Amendment 33 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas achieving a genuine work- life balance requires comprehensive policies including measures for reconciling work, caring for and spending time with family, and time for leisure and personal development; whereas increase in the full- time employment of women requires an increase in public and private spending on these policies;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the first findings of the Eurofound 6th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) show that European labour markets are highly gender segregated with substantial differences between women and men remaining in occupation, sector, contract type, pay, working time and the share of unpaid work; whereas the Survey states that achieving the Europe 2020 target of 75% of 20-64 years old in employment is strongly dependent on increasing participation of women in the labour market1c; __________________ 1c Eurofound (2015): First findings: Sixth European Working Conditions Survey.
Amendment 43 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Amendment 47 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the EWCS shows that atypical working hours often prevent workers from devoting time to their family, i.e. working on Saturdays and Sundays, overtime, shift and night work, and it raises health and safety concerns with increased risk of accidents at work and poorer health in the long term;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas reconciliation policies are to be considered as an improvement of the working environment, enabling good working conditions and the wellbeing of workers, all of which has a positive impact on the company in terms of improved productivity and results;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas family-related types of leave are still often grounds for discrimination and stigmatisation for both women and men despite existing legislation both at EU and national level;
Amendment 105 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas access to childcare services for young children is the main factor influencing the participation of women in the labour market and whereas achieving quality services means investing in the childcare workforce training1f; whereas only 11 Member States have met the first Barcelona target (childcare available for at least 90 % of children between the ages of 3 and the mandatory school age) and only 10 Member States have achieved the second target (at least 33 % of children under three years)19 ; __________________ 1fEurofound (2015) Early childhood care: working conditions, training and quality of services – A systematic review 19 Progress report on the Barcelona objectives of 29 May 2013 entitled ‘The development of childcare facilities for young children in Europe with a view to sustainable and inclusive growth’ (COM(2013)0322).
Amendment 111 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas for more women to enter the labour market there also needs to be an adequate supply at affordable prices of care services for the elderly and other dependent family members, as their care falls primarily upon women;
Amendment 123 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas allowing people time outside of work for personalworkers time-off for personal and training development in the context of life-long learning benefits their wellbeing as well as their contribution to the economy with more skills and higher productivity20 ; __________________ 20 CEDEFOP Research Paper: Training leave. Policies and practices in Europe, 2010.
Amendment 164 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that falling birth rate in the EU has been exacerbated by the crisis, given that unemployment, precarious job opportunities, uncertainty about the future, as well as discrimination in the labour market are making women, in particular young women professionals, put off having children; in this regard calls on the Member States to promote innovative working time arrangements, reconciliation plans, return to work programmes, communication channels between workers and the workplace and incentives for business and self-employed workers;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal that particularly affect female workers related to work-life balance and to ensure access to justice and legal action;
Amendment 200 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in awareness raising events and putting the emphasis on transformative policies to modify behaviours and attitudes towards all types of leave in order to change mentalities and cultures both of businesses and societies and to ensure a more equal sharing of caring and domestic activities between women and men;
Amendment 210 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises the importance of companies and other workplaces adopting flexible working time allocation measures that allow the hours worked by workers to be tailored to their family and personal needs, such as flexible times for arrival and departure from work and for breaks or rest periods for meals, coffee, etc.; tailoring working hours to suit daily routines: school hours, travel times, medical services, businesses, etc.; training (at least in part) undertaken during working hours; measures that enable employees to manage their own working hours, whereby they are not required to be physically present at all times in the workplace and the option of teleworking (distance working without always being present in the workplace and making use of new technologies) is possible;
Amendment 221 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on Member States to examine the possibility of gradually bringing school hours into line with full- time working hours, by means of free out- of-school activities both at the end of the school day and in school holiday times, in order to help workers achieve real balance between their working, family and private lives, especially with reference to women as it is they in the main who reduce their working hours to be able to care for their children;
Amendment 253 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to adopt a post-2015 Gender Equality Strategy and to implement it through the European Semester, including the Annual Growth Survey and the country-specific recommendations; calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to integrate a gender pillar into the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 258 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to put in place proactive policies designed to support women entering, returning to and stay, staying and progressing in the labour market with stable and quality employment;
Amendment 283 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly regrets that the Commission withdrew the revision of the Maternity Leave Directive and calls as a matter of urgency for it to return with an ambitious proposal; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that women are paid for the duration of maternity leave and are not economically penalized for having children; stresses that maternity leave must be accompanied by effective measures protecting the rights of pregnant and new mothers, reflecting the recommendations of the International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organisation21 ; __________________ 21 http://www.who.int/topics/breastfeeding/en /
Amendment 298 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that satisfactory parental leave arrangements are closely linked to adequate pay; notes that where there are no provisions for leave, or where existing ones are considered to be insufficient, social partners, through collective agreements, may have an important role to play in establishing new provisions or updating current ones for maternity, paternity and parental leave; calls on the Member States, in agreement with the social partners, to reconsider their system of financial compensation for parental leave with a view to reaching a level that would act as an incentive for an adequate and decent level of income replacement, which also encourages men to take parental leave beyond the minimum time period guaranteed by the directive;
Amendment 299 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission to improve and strengthen the provisions of Directive 2010/18/EU regarding the conditions of eligibility and detailed rules for granting parental leave to those who have children with a disability or serious or long-term incapacitating illness, taking account also of best practice in the Member States;
Amendment 365 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the EU Council for the introduction of targets on care for elderly and other dependants, similar to Barcelona targets, with monitoring tools within the European Semester; calls on Eurostat and Eurofound to collect relevant data and to carry out studies;
Amendment 437 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Points out that 'quality of life' is a broader concept than 'living conditions' and refers to the overall well-being of individuals in a society;
Amendment 440 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that the culture of presenteeism needs urgently to be changed for a culture of efficiency, because working more hours is not more productive; emphasises the advisability and efficiency of working through the day in one block and the importance of setting a rational time for finishing work (early afternoon) that facilitates establishing a work/life balance and enables parents to take genuine joint responsibility for the care of children and other dependent family members;
Amendment 450 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses the importance of combating stereotypes by promoting and defending gender equality during all stages of education, from primary school onwards, adapting the information to the age of the pupils; points too to the advisability of conducting awareness- raising and information campaigns and supporting programmes that promote gender equality and combat stereotypes;
Amendment 464 #
2016/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Deplores the situation many grandparents are in where, at an age when they should be enjoying peace and a well deserved retirement, they are swamped with family responsibilities as they have to care for their grandchildren because their children are unable to balance their working and family lives without their help;
Amendment 274 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) An important sharSome of the content stored on video-sharing platforms is not under the editorial responsibility of the video-sharing platform provider. However, those providers typically determine the organisation of the content, namely programmes or user-generated videos, including by automatic means or algorithms. Therefore, those providers should be required to take appropriate measures to protect minors from content that may impair their physical, mental or moral development and protect all citizens from 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, religial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, descent or national or ethnic origin.
Amendment 412 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Chapter II – Article –2 (new)
Chapter II – Article –2 (new)
(2a) The following article is inserted: 'Article -2 1. Without prejudice to Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC, Member States shall ensure that media service providers and video-sharing platform providers under their jurisdiction take appropriate measures to: (a) protect all citizens from programmes and user-generated videos containing incitement to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, descent or national origin; (b) protect minors from programmes or user-generated videos which may impair their physical, mental or moral development. Such content shall only be made available in such a way as to ensure that minors will not normally hear or see it. Such measures may include selecting the time of their availability, age verification tools or other technical measures. The most harmful content, such as gender-based violence and pornography, shall be subject to the strictest measures, such as encryption and effective parental controls; 2. What constitutes an appropriate measure for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be determined in light of the nature of the content in question, shall be proportionate to the potential harm it may cause, the characteristics of the category of persons to be protected as well as the rights and legitimate interests at stake, including those of the providers and the users having created and/or uploaded the content as well as the public interest and respect communicative freedoms. Providers shall provide sufficient information to viewers about such content, preferably using a system of descriptors indicating the nature of the content. 3. For the purposes of the implementation of the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States shall encourage co-regulation as provided for in Article -2f(3) and (4). Member States shall establish the necessary mechanisms to assess the appropriateness of the measures referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Member States shall entrust this task to the bodies designated in accordance with Article 29. When adopting such measures the Member States shall respect the conditions set by applicable Union law, in particular Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC or Article 25 of Directive 2011/93/EU. 4. Member States shall ensure that complaint and redress mechanisms are available for the settlement of disputes between recipients of a service and media service providers or video-sharing platform providers relating to the application of the appropriate measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.'
Amendment 418 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Chapter II – Article –2 a (new)
Chapter II – Article –2 a (new)
(2b) The following article is inserted: 'Article -2a 1. Member States shall ensure that audiovisual commercial communications provided by media service providers and video-sharing platform providers under their jurisdiction comply with the following requirements: (a) audiovisual commercial communications shall be readily recognisable as such. Surreptitious audiovisual commercial communication shall be prohibited; (b) audiovisual commercial communications shall not use subliminal techniques; (c) audiovisual commercial communications shall not: (i) prejudice respect for human dignity including by objectivising or by perpetuating stereotypes on the basis of gender; (ii) encourage behaviour prejudicial to health or safety; (iii) encourage behaviour grossly prejudicial to the protection of the environment; (d) all forms of audiovisual commercial communications for cigarettes and other tobacco products shall be prohibited; (e) audiovisual commercial communications for alcoholic beverages shall not be aimed specifically at minors and shall not encourage immoderate consumption of such beverages; (f) audiovisual commercial communication for medicinal products and medical treatment available only on prescription in the Member State within whose jurisdiction the media service provider falls shall be prohibited; (g) audiovisual commercial communications shall not cause physical or moral detriment to minors. Therefore they shall not directly exhort minors to buy or hire a product or service by exploiting their inexperience or credulity, directly encourage them to persuade their parents or others to purchase the goods or services being advertised, exploit the special trust minors place in parents, teachers or other persons, or unreasonably show minors in dangerous situations. 2. Member States and the Commission shall encourage the development of self- and co-regulatory codes of conduct regarding inappropriate audiovisual commercial communications.'
Amendment 663 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
(11a) The following article is inserted: ‘Article 9a Member States remain free to take appropriate measures ensuring the appropriate prominence of audiovisual media services of general interest. Such measures shall be proportionate and meet general objectives such as media pluralism, freedom of speech, cultural diversity and equality between women and men clearly defined by Member States in accordance with Union law. Member States may require providers of audiovisual media services which target audiences in their territories but are established in another Member State to adopt to those measures.’;
Amendment 973 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
(19a) In Article 29, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. A contact committee is established under the aegis of the Commission. It shall be composed of representatives of the competent authorities of the Member States. It shall be chaired by a representative of the Commission and meet either on his initiative or at the request of the delegation of a Member State." (The amendment seeks to amend a provision within the existing act - Article 29, paragraph 1 - Gender parity shall be observed in the composition of the contact committee." Or. en that was not referred to in the Commission proposal)
Amendment 987 #
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 authorities exercise their powers impartially and transparently and in accordance with the objectives of this Directive, in particular media pluralism, cultural diversity, consumer protection, internal market and the promotion of fair competition. Without prejudice to the structural organisation of a national regulatory body, Member States shall observe gender parity within the body.
Amendment 12 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
– having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement, the United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child and the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities,
Amendment 91 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread in the EU and represent one of the world’s most widespread human rights violations, affecting all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and representing a major hindrance to equality between women and men; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women who have been the victims of violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support in line with their needs and, that they are informed about their rights and that perpetrators are prosecuted;
Amendment 100 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas violence against women is linked to the unequal distribution of power between women and men, to sexism and gender stereotypes, that have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of women’s full advancement;
Amendment 101 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas women victims of violence in the EU are not equally protected against gender-based violence, due to the different national legislations and the lack of an European strategy that contains a legislative binding act to prevent and fight the violence against women;
Amendment 141 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas certain women with special necessities or a vulnerable background face greater risk of violence because of motives fuelled by sexism coupled with racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and intersexphobia as well as discrimination based on sex, age, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion; whereas women in Europe face intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination that prevents them from accessing to justice and support and protection services, and from enjoying their fundamental rights;
Amendment 148 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas only a mix of policies combining legislative and non-legislative measures, including infrastructural, legal, judicial, cultural, educational, social and health actions, and measures to facilitate victims’ access to housing and employment can significantly reduce violence against women and gender-based violence and its consequences; whereas cooperation with civil society, and women’s organisations in particular, is also important;
Amendment 195 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriagepsychological and physical violence, stalking, sexual harassment, sexual violence and rape, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation and forced abortion, the so- called “honour-crimes” and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls; violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girlsstresses that the Istanbul Convention ensures that culture, custom, religion, tradition or so-called “honour” cannot be a justification for any acts of violence against women;
Amendment 275 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j
Paragraph 5 – point j
(j) To actively promote a change in attitudes and behaviours and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to encourage everyone, including men and boys, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence; underlines the importance of addressing the key role played by media in this field;
Amendment 304 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to submit apresent as soon as possible, a comprehensive European strategy for preventing and combating gender-based violence, which should contain a binding legal act to support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender- based violence;
Amendment 316 #
2016/0062(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls, once again, on the Commission to set up a European monitoring Observatory on gender violence (along the lines of the current European Institute for Gender Equality), to be led by a European coordinator for the prevention of violence against women and girls, who would act as representative of the EU to the Committee of the parties at the Council of Europe once the Istanbul Convention is ratified by the EU;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas vulnerable people, in particular women, but also children,groups such as unaccompanied minors and women; women heads of household; pregnant women; people with disabilities, people in need of urgent medical treatment and the elderly, who are particularly exposed to all kinds of dangers, namelysexual and gender-based violence, trafficking, and abuse,re often subject to multiple harms at their country of origin, in transit and at their destination and should be urgently protected and granted humanitarian protection as part of theira complement to resettlement;
Amendment 204 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the crucial role of women in cases ofwith regards to forced displacement, not only as they arebeing more vulnerable to certain abuses, but also because ofin regards to the role they play in responding to emergencies, their socioeconomic contributions and their active participation in conflict resolution and prevention; notes that a focus on women’'s empowerment is therefore necessaryand greater role as decision-makers is central to addressing the deeper causes of forced displacement; reiterates the importance of adding a gender perspective to the EU policies addressing movements of migrants and refugee and gendered power relations, and that it is necessary that a gender perspective is applied to EU policies on refugee and migrant movements;
Amendment 210 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that children – particularlyvulnerable groups - including women, unaccompanied ones –minors, people with disabilities and the elderly - are particularly vulnerable to abuse, includingat great risk of sexual and gender- based violence, even once they have reached places deemed secure; calls for these groups to be given special assistance and humanitarian protection as part of their resettlementa complement to resettlement and to be prioritised in gender-sensitive reception procedures with a greater adherence to minimum standards, and more efficient family reunification provisions;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas women seeking asylum arefugees and asylum seekers are often subjected to multiple forms of discrimination and are more vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence in their countries of origin, transit and destination; whereas unaccompanied women and girls, women heads of household, pregnant women, the disabled and the elderly are particularly vulnerable;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women refugees not only face threats to their personal safety (long and dangerous journeys into exile, harassment, official indifference and, frequently, sexual abuse and violence, even once they have reached a place that seems safe and the resulting social stigmatisation), but are also responsible for the physical safety, welfare and survival of their families;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises the importance of women refugees being registered individually and issued with the documents which guarantee their personal safety, freedom of movement and access to essential services, as required by the UNHCR;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that the principle of gender parity should be observed in coordination committees and any other kind of body representing refugees, whether in urban or rural areas, and in the refugee camps, including in areas to which refugees are returned, so as to ensure that the rights of women refugees and asylum seekers are upheld and their needs are met;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges Member States to guarantee that women who have been victims of gender violence receive advice and therapy to help them overcome the trauma they have suffered;
Amendment 99 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the Commission’s proposal to establish a common EU list of safe countries of origin; demands that all appropriate steps be taken to ensure that this approach is consistent with the principle of non-refoulement and that the rights of women, children and other vulnerable groups are not undermined; calls for gender differentiation to be applied; believes that claims based on fear of gender-based violence or discrimination should never be subject to accelerated asylum procedures, and points out that a victim of gender violence does not regard her own country as being safe even if it is on the Commission’s list; believes that proper attention should be paid to claims based on fear of gender-based violence or discrimination in order to avoid hasty decisions which do not take due account of the dangers, and even the threat of death, facing women who have suffered gender-based violence if their application is rejected and they are forced to return to their own country;
Amendment 118 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Member States to guarantee provision of childcare and care for dependants during assessments and interviews carried out in the course of the asylum process;
Amendment 119 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Urges the Member States to provide women with information on asylum procedures, their rights and the specific services available to women applying for asylum, and to inform them of their right to file a separate application for asylum;
Amendment 147 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take immediate measures to ensure that reception conditions are safe and adequate, with separate accommodation and sanitation facilities for women and families; points out that provision of sanitary products for all women and girls should be standard practice in assistance programmes;
Amendment 150 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points out that involving women refugees directly and indirectly in managing the distribution of food and non-food items will ensure that the goods in question are distributed and controlled directly by adult women members of households, thereby guaranteeing that they are distributed fairly;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the critical importance of accessible childcare, high-quality childcare and care for other dependants in enabling the economic and social empowerment of women refugees;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas forced displacements, conflicts, human rights violations, and wars can have a severe impact on the physical and mental health of people affected; whereas, in addition to this, female refugees and asylum seekers experience very high rates of gender based violence;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that women have different healthcare needs to men because they have more exposure to multiple risks, including gender-based violence, complications in reproductive health and cultural barriers in access to health care; considers therefore that policies in this area cannot be gender-neutral, because women have to face gender-specific challenges in the host country and reception and integration policies should be gender-sensitive;
Amendment 231 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights the significant barriers to employment and training encountered by women refugees including language, unmet childcare needs, multiple forms of discrimination and the lack of recognition of qualifications obtained outside the EU;
Amendment 294 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Reminds the Member States of their responsibility for guaranteeing refugee and asylum-seeking women's full access to healthcare assistance, reproductive health services, and psychological assistance, considering their specific needs and eliminating the barriers to accessing the healthcare system, improving refugee women's integration into the host society;
Amendment 339 #
2015/2321(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Member States to develop and implement measures to address specific challenges that may restrict women refugees in participating in labour market, such as discrimination, lack of language skills but also the lack of accessible childcare and care services for other dependants persons;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Member States to ensure that all infrastructure and installations financed through the ESI Funds can be accessed by persons with disabilities;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women,
Amendment 72 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 10 March 2015 on progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2013,
Amendment 78 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is a community of values, based on democracy, the rule of law, equality between women and men and fundamental rights, enshrined in its core principles and objectives in the first articles of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and in the criteria for Union membership;
Amendment 270 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that such mechanism should respect and safeguard the principle of equality between women and men, being one of the founding principles of the European Union;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas violence against women and girls is the world’s most widespread human rights violation, affects all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and represents a major barrier to equality between women and men;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, in times of armed conflict, women and children, including female and child refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons, are among the most vulnerable groups in society; whereas, likewise, the risks posed to displaced adolescent girls are significantly heightened during humanitarian crises;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas women and girls with disabilities are at greater risk of violence, abuse, negligent treatment and multiple discrimination;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are grounded in basic human rights and are essential elements of human dignity1 a; whereas, therefore, access to basic health-care services and sexual and reproductive health services are fundamental aspects of equality between women and men; whereas, furthermore, these have not yet been secured in all parts of the world; __________________ 1a See paragraph 7(2) and (3) of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action.
Amendment 37 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of the authorities undertaking to develop information, awareness-raising and education campaigns, especially in communities in which female genital mutilation, the sexual abuse of young girls, early and forced marriage, femicide and other gender-based human rights violations are practised, with the aim of preventing and gradually eliminating all forms of gender-based violence; underlines in this regard the crucial importance of involving human rights defenders who are already fighting to put an end to these practices in the preparation and implementation of such campaigns; emphasises the need to ensure that health professionals, police officers, prosecutors and judges, both within the EU and in third countries, are adequately trained to assist and support victims of violence;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on all Council of Europe member states to sign and ratify the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women without delay; calls, in this connection, for the EU to take steps to accede to the convention in order to ensure coherence between the EU’s internal and external actions as regards violence against women;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Is deeply concerned about the rise in gender-based violence in many parts of the world, which represents one of the symptoms of the global crisis, and especially about the increasing rate of femicide (the homicide of women and girls) in Mexico and other countries in Central and South America, which takes place in the context of generalised violence and structural discrimination; condemns strongly gender-based violence of all forms, including female genital mutilation, sexual exploitation, honour killings and femicide, and the prevailing impunity for these crimes in many countries, which may encourage yet more violence and killings;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses that the international community has identified the situation of women with disabilities as a priority; recalls the conclusions of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights which stated that policies and programmes to address violence against women and girls with disabilities should be developed in close partnership with those persons who have disabilities, recognising their autonomy, and with disability organisations; underlines the need for the regular oversight of institutions and appropriate training for caregivers; calls on the EU to incorporate the fight against disability discrimination into its external action, cooperation and development aid policies, including the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the lack of gender equality in the political realm of third countries; recalls that women and men are equal and should enjoy the same political rights and civil liberties; deplores, likewise, the fact that women are under-represented in economic, social and political decision- making;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for gender equalitythe promotion of women’s rights, gender equality and the fight against violence against women to be systematically included in the human rights country strategies and in the human rights and political dialogues with third countries; welcomes the appointment of the European External Action Service (EEAS) advisor on gender issues and gender-sensitive training programmes for diplomats and officials who are taking part in EU delegations;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the fact that women and girls are the most affected by extreme poverty, while it is factually proven that investment in women and girls is one of the most efficient ways of combating poverty; stresses the need to do more to secure the right to education and access thereto, especially for girls;
Amendment 90 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to continue to support economic social and political empowerment of women as a tool for promoting the proper enjoyment of their rights and fundamental freedoms and to attach the highest importance to access to quality education for girls, including girls from the poorest and marginalised communities; urges the EU to include this priority in all its diplomatic, trade and development cooperation activities.
Amendment 93 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of combating gender stereotypes and discriminatory socio-cultural attitudes that reinforce women’s subordinate position in society and constitute a principal cause of inequality between men and women, human rights violations against women and gender violence; emphasises the need to step up efforts to combat the persistence of stereotypes, through awareness-raising campaigns aimed at all levels of society, greater media involvement, strategies to encourage women and involve men, gender mainstreaming in education and in all EU policies and initiatives, in particular external action, cooperation and aid for development and humanitarian aid;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the importance of not undermining the ‘acquis’ of the Beijing Platform for Action regarding access to education and health as a basic human right, and the protection of sexual and reproductive rights; emphasises the fact that universal respect for sexual and reproductive health and rights and access to the relevant services contribute to reducing infant and maternal mortality; points out that family planning, maternal health and easy access to contraception and safe abortions are important elements for saving women’s lives and helping them rebuild their lives if they have been victims of rape; highlights the need to place these policies at the core of development cooperation with third countries;
Amendment 99 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Condemns the desperate plight and inhumane living conditions of refugees in Europe, which are particularly dangerous not only for children but also for women, who are more likely to fall prey to violence, abuse and even human trafficking;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas there are 12 million more women than men living in conditions of poverty in the EU; whereas, furthermore, poverty rates among women vary greatly between the Member States; whereas regardless of how specific the groups at risk are such as older women, lone parents, women with disabilities, the poverty rates among migrant women and women from ethnic minorities are the same throughout the European Union;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women are a key force for economic and social development and education is one of the most effective strategies available for breaking out of the poverty cycle;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in times of economic recession such as these, people who already at risk of living in poverty – who are more likely to be women – are even more vulnerable, especially groups facing multiple disadvantages (people with disabilities, immigrants, single mothers, minorities, etc.);
Amendment 40 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas living at risk of poverty translates into social exclusion in terms of access to public transport, primary healthcare services, decent housing water and energy, education, training and culture;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas women often take the responsibility for the care of elderly or ill, ill or dependent family members as well as for children, resulting in their lower participation in the labour market, which consequently diminishes their overall income; whereas the establishment of high- quality childcare services and facilities for the care of children or other dependent persons at affordable prices reduces the risk of impoverishment; whereas few Member States have achieved or surpassed the Barcelona objectives;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the stereotypes widely conveyed by society are rooted in patriarchy and leave women in a subordinate role in society, contributeing to the feminisation of poverty; whereas these stereotypes are developed during childhood and are reflected in the choice of training and education and on into the labour market; whereas women are still too often confined to ‘women-friendly’ tasks and remain under-represented in certain areas such as mathematics, science, engineering, and so on; whereas these stereotypes lead to discrimination in terms of recrimination;
Amendment 99 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas poverty is a factor associated with an increased risk of gender-based violence; whereas, furthermore, many women suffering this form of violence continue to live with their abusers because they are economically dependent on them;
Amendment 103 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas women at risk of poverty and social exclusion are disproportionately vulnerable to people trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 105 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports that women form the majority of the world’s poorest people and the number of women living in rural poverty has increased by 50% since 1975, that women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours and produce half of the world’s food, yet they earn only 10% of the world’s income and own less than 1% of the world’s property, that violence against women throughout the world and in all cultures prevails on an unimaginable scale, and women’s access to justice is often paired with discriminatory obstacles – in law as well as in practice, that multiple forms of discrimination based on gender and other factors such as race, ethnicity, caste, disability, persons affected by HIV/AIDS, sexual orientation or gender identity further compound the risk of economic hardship, exclusion and violence against women;
Amendment 115 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the lack of affordable high- quality care, whether for children or for the sick, dependent persons or elderly, contributes to the gender employment gap, the pay gap and the related pension gap; emphasises that equal access to childcare and free, high-quality education is central to securing equal opportunities and breaking poverty cycles;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to develop and utilise the available financial instruments, including the Social Investment Package, to meet the Barcelona objectives; calls, in this context, for the Social Fund and the ERDF to be improved, for priority to be given, in the use of social investments and the EFSI regulation, to the establishment of public and private childcare facilitiefacilities for the care of children and other dependent persons, and for the flexibility mechanism introduced in the context of the Stability and Growth Pact to be used for financing of childcare facilities; proposes the creation of a specific line in the EU budget to fund, through a co- financing mechanism, incentives for specific areas where there is a shortage of childcare facilitiefacilities for the care of children and other dependent persons and where the female employment rate is extremely low;
Amendment 131 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to promote the reconciliation of work and private life, in order to enable women, particularly those most at risk of poverty, to pursue their careers on a full- time basis or, if they prefer, to have access to part-time or flexible-time work;
Amendment 181 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes with concern that women often receive pensions that are worth barely more than the minimum subsistence level, there being various reasons for this such as their having taken a break in or stopped their working life to care for the family, the predominance of part-time contracts throughout their working life, or because they worked unpaid for their spouse, mainly in commerce or in farming, and did not contribute to a social security scheme;
Amendment 197 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that people living in poverty often pay a higher unit cost compared to the better-off for the same goods and services that are essential to their social and economic survival, particularly with regard to telecommunications and energy; calls on the Member States to work closely with suppliers and operators on the development of support schemes and social pricing for the most deprived in society, particularly in regard to water and power supplies so as to eradicate energy poverty in households;
Amendment 200 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on Member States to include investments in education on girls and women as an integral part of their economies and recovery plans as well as programmes sensitisations actions aimed at enabling parents and society in general to understand the importance of the role of education in empowering women and girls in social, economic, cultural and political fields to break out of the cycle of poverty;
Amendment 204 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses the need for all educational institutions to impart democratic values with a view to encouraging tolerance, active citizenship, social responsibility and respect for differences of gender, minorities, ethnical and religion groups and to include an holistic gender- perspective, in particular in the fields of continuing education and vocational training, in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as the role of the arts in intercultural exchanges;
Amendment 233 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. NEmphasises that violence against women continues to be a significant problem in the European Union, affecting both the victims and the perpetrators thereof irrespective of their age, education, income level or social position, and its impact on the danger of marginalisation, poverty and social exclusion is constantly growing; notes that women’s economic independence plays a crucial role in their ability to escape situations of being able to flee a situation involving gender-violence; calls for the provision of social protection systems guaranteeing the social rights of women who are victims of violence;
Amendment 240 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls once more for the Commission to present a European strategy against gender violence and to establish a European Year for combating gender- based violence;
Amendment 241 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises the importance of the Member States and regional and local authorities taking action to aid reintegration into the labour market for women who have suffered gender-based violence, using instruments such as the European Social Fund (ESF) or the Progress Programme;
Amendment 253 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reports that disabled women often suffer discrimination within the family environment and in education, their employment opportunities are restricted and the social benefits they receive are not sufficient to stop them falling into poverty; stresses in this respect that Member States and regional and local authorities shall grant disabled women the specialist care they need to exercise their rights and shall propose actions to aid their integration in the labour market through additional support measures, in particular as regards education and training;
Amendment 263 #
2015/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Emphasises the importance of the EU’s policies, programmes and actions on development cooperation and aid being gender sensitive so that women may be empowered and achieve independence through education and training, and in order to combat gender discrimination and all forms of violence against women, including trafficking and female genital mutilation;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the importance of supporting and promoting the participation of women farmers in decision-making; points out that women can contribute to the development of their communities and of agricultural businesses;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises the need to support women’s organisations, which will foster the exchange of best practices at local, regional and national level; points out, furthermore, the importance of developing information hubs and networks in order to raise awareness of the social and economic situation of women in rural areas;
Amendment 69 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Draws attention to the difficulties that women farmers face when it comes to obtaining financing; calls on the Member States to promote, support and provide access for women farmers to sources of financing;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Member States to improve social security and legal recognition measures for women farmers so as to ensure that they enjoy the same rights as men, because they often work long hours for the family business without social security or legal cover;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Highlights the importance of the concept of multifunctionality, which refers to the other activities being developed in addition to production on farms of all kinds, such as social, environmental, economic and cultural goods and services, including eco- tourism, bioenergy production, resource- efficient technology, organic catering, local authority forest watering schemes, etc.;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2226(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Takes the view that it is vital to promote education, vocational training and new qualifications to enable women to take on new challenges and boost their competitiveness in farming; emphasises the importance of advising and supporting women to enable them to develop innovative farming activities in rural areas;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that according to Eurostat, in 2014 there were 61 European regions in 8 EU countries with unemployment rates between 14% and 34.8% and 63 regions in seven EU countries with unemployment rates between 2.5% and 4.9%. Furthermore, there are 7 counties with more than 30% of unemployment;
Amendment 101 #
2015/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that the Commission should encourage Member States to use these instruments on projects to create quality employment and social investment, especially in those regions and sub- regions where it is most needed. In this sense, calls on the Commission to develop a special investment plan, in line with the Social Investment Package, so that the regions and subregions with the highest unemployment levels can make the best use of them;
Amendment 154 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Internet and Information and Communication Technologies have a recognised importance and enormous impact on the empowerment of women and girls, as they allow women to access information and knowledge beyond the traditional means, across local or national boundaries and cultures, provide information on their situation and the violations faced, raise awareness, interact and campaign to defend their human rights and freedoms;
Amendment 155 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the single digital agenda should encounter the enormous economic potential of better including women, as, according to a study commissioned by the EC, women participation in the EU digital sector at the same rate as man would generate a gain of around 9 billion EUR for the European GDP each year1 a; __________________ 1a Commission (2013), Study on 'Women active in the ICT Sector'
Amendment 337 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reminds the Commission of its obligation to assess the impact of any legislative proposal on fundamental rights as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; in this context, urges the Commission to perform gender impact assessments and include a gender perspective in its consultations regarding any legislative proposal put forward under the Digital Single Market Act, in order to achieve progress in closing the digital gender gap, overcome gender stereotypes, protect women´s position in the labour market, and promote women´s digital literacy and empowerment, women's rights and freedoms and gender equality;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas trafficking in human beings is a serious form of organised crime driven by high demand for the forced services provided by its victims, which produce extremely high profits; whereas it affects women and men, girls and boys from the EU and from non-Community countries, in whom it causes severe damage that often affects them for the rest of their lives;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas trafficking in human beings is a complex transnational phenomenon that can be tackled effectively only if the EU institutions and Member States work together in a coordinated manner, with the focus being placed on identifying and protecting potential and actual victims in order to combat and successfully eradicate this serious human rights violation;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas THB can be the result of global economic and social inequalities and further exacerbated by societaleconomic, societal and education and training inequality between women and men;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas gender itself does not inherently create vulnerability, andreality and statistics show that women are far more vulnerable than men to being the target of THB; whereas there are many contributing factors to create a situation of vulnerability, including poverty, social exclusion and discrimination;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas minority and immigrant groups make up a disproportionate number of victims of THB as a result of being socially and economically marginalised;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. REmphasises that the EU’s legal and political framework recognises that trafficking is a gender-specific phenomenon and calls on Member States to adopt gender-specific measures 1 a; recalls that article 1 of the directive stresses the need to adopt a gender- sensitive approach to THB; highlights that women and men, girls and boys are vulnerable in different ways, and are often trafficked for different purposes, and that prevention, assistance and support measures must therefore be gender-specific; points out, further, that the EU strategy identifies violence against women and gender inequalities as one of the root causes of trafficking and lays down a series of measures to address the gender dimension of trafficking; __________________ 1a‘Mid-term report on the implementation of the EU strategy towards the eradication of trafficking in human beings’ SWD(2014) 318 final, page 9
Amendment 99 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the Commission’s creation of a webpage against trafficking that contains a database of EU-funded projects in the EU and elsewhere, up-to- date information on EU legal and political instruments, measures to combat people trafficking in the Member States, funding possibilities and EU initiatives;
Amendment 101 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights the importance of having clear consistent information for victims and for frontline staff who may come into contact with victims, security forces, judicial authorities, police and social services, including information on rights with regard to emergency assistance, medical treatment and healthcare, residence permits, employment rights, access to the courts and to a lawyer, the possibilities for seeking redress, the specific rights of children, etc.;
Amendment 102 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Emphasises that it is also important to pay greater attention to labour market intermediaries, contractors, subcontractors and employment agencies, especially in high-risk sectors, as a way of preventing people trafficking, particularly for the purpose of labour exploitation but also for the purpose of sexual exploitation concealed behind what purport to be contracts for services in the hotel and catering industry and personal care services;
Amendment 103 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Emphasises that the EU’s legal and political framework on THB combines the internal and external dimensions, recognising that action to combat trafficking, which is a serious human rights violation, constitutes a clear objective of the EU’s external action; emphasises, likewise, that countries outside the EU are often the countries of origin and transit for trafficking within the EU and that trafficking, as an illegal cross-border activity, is an important area for cooperation with non-Community countries; welcomes, in this connection, the fact that, at the request of the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service have put together a package of information on activities carried out to combat people trafficking in priority countries and regions, as well as a list of the tools and instruments available to the EU and Member States, including external policies that deal with trafficking and projects funded by the EU and Member States in this field; calls on Member States to cooperate with the Commission and EEAS in combating people trafficking;
Amendment 108 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that, in order to prevent THB and people smuggling, it is important to create safe legal migration channels for women and children (such as humanitarian visas); points out that it is also important for destination countries to ensure that women migrants who have been granted legal residency in the destination countries have access to language teaching and other means of social integration, education and training in particular, with the aim of enabling them to exercise their rights as citizens;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the huge and increasing role of the internet in the recruitment of victims andStresses that the internet plays a key role in facilitating THB, thereby adding to the challenges facing the security forces and police authorities in combating this serious form of organised crime; denounces the fact that, owing to the relative anonymity it offers, the internet is being used more and more for the recruitment of victims both within and outside the EU through false job offers, for the sale of services provided by exploiting the victims and for the exchange of information between criminal networks; calls on the Member States to ensure that their respective anti- trafficking policies take account of this and that law enforcement efforts addressing cyber technologies have the gender expertise needed to tackle this in the best way;
Amendment 124 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Insists that EU Member States must apply legislation against THB effectively in order to improve the identification of victims, including the criminalisation of people trafficking and assistance and protection for victims of trafficking; highlights, further, the need to ensure that the application and interpretation of provisions on crimes relating to trafficking and immigration laws do not clash with legislation against THB; stresses, likewise, that, in order to improve the identification of victims and the identification of subtle means of trafficking, the criminal justice system (legislation and practice) should focus more on the dynamics of exploitation and the application of the law, and prosecutors and judges should be carefully trained in this area;
Amendment 130 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that victims’ clients are also an important source of information; suggests, in this connection, that consideration be given to the possibility of allowing cases to be reported anonymously in order to encourage clients to report possible cases of THB that they encounter, particularly in the context of prostitution;
Amendment 132 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that, to encourage victims of trafficking to report these crimes to the authorities and thus facilitate the early identification of victims, the law must be amended to recognise victims of trafficking as rights-holders in the eyes of the law; takes the view that victims of trafficking should be entitled to assistance and protection even if their case is dismissed by the courts; stresses the need to give more power to social workers, medical staff and immigration services to determine what constitutes trafficking and who are provided assistance and protection by law;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together to create gender-sensitive training programmes for persons coming in contact with victims of THB in an official capacity, including police officers and other security forces, border officers, judges, magistrates, lawyers, and other judicial authorities, front-line medical staff and social workers; stresses that training should include detection of victims, the formal identification process and appropriate, gender-specific assistance for victims;
Amendment 148 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States actively to include social partners, trade unions and civil society, particularly NGOs working to combat trafficking and provide assistance to victims, in their initiatives to prevent THB, particularly in the field of labour exploitation, including as regards the identification of victims and awareness- raising activities;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that the increased vulnerability of certain groups of people puts them at particular risk of falling victim of trafficking; deplores, however, the fact that trafficking takes place as a result of the high demand for products and services dependent upon the exploitation of human beings, which is a very profitable form of organised crime;
Amendment 164 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to develop specific strategies for reducing demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation, such as exit programmes and schemes to empower and protect the rights of those in prostitution, and campaigns to discourage demand for sexual services, while also noting that the regulation of prostitution is a competence of the Member States;
Amendment 177 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that efforts to improve gender equality contribute to the prevention of THB, and should contain strategies for education and empowerment programmes for women and girls in order to strengthen their position in society and make them less vulnerable to trafficking, and awareness-raising campaigns and training specifically designed for men on the importance of equality between men and women and combating sexist stereotypes and gender violence;
Amendment 180 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Emphasises that to prevent trafficking, ensure the inviolability of the bodily integrity of women and combat gender violence, education promoting equality and combating sexist stereotypes is needed from an early age, to be supplemented with age-appropriate sexual education;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that victims of THB require specialised services, including access to accommodation, witness protection schemes, healthcare and counselling, translation and interpretation services, and (re)integrationccess to education and training, including teaching on the language of their country of residence, and (re)integration, education, training and resettlement assistance, and that these services should be further individualised case by case, with specific consideration given to the issue of gender;
Amendment 194 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses that the gender dimension of THB shows an obligation for Member States to address it as a form of violence against women; asks the Commission to come forward with a European strategy for combating gender violence, containing a legislative proposal on violence against women that includes THB;
Amendment 210 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States to provide legal assistance free of charge to all of those who either self-identify, or meet an adequate number of the criteria for identification, as victims of THB, to help them access their rights, compensations and/or legal redress;
Amendment 224 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Notes that the current EU Strategy towards the Eradication of THB comes to an end in 2016, and calls on the Commission to evaluate the current strategy and introduce a new one that follows a human rights-based approach, focusing on victims; includes a clear gender dimension and contains concrete actions in this regard; adequately and effectively addresses prevention, and continues to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of trafficking; calls for this strategy to be integrated and made coherent with other policy areas, with a view to ensuring effective implementation of anti-trafficking measures, including, but not limited to, security, migration and law enforcement.
Amendment 226 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls on Member States to appoint, with a view to assessing their strategies and activities and improving efforts to combat trafficking, an independent national rapporteur with the legal right to appear before the national parliament and make recommendations on how best to combat THB;
Amendment 233 #
2015/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Stresses that, to improve efforts to combat THB in the European Union, the EU institutions must carefully assess the implementation of EU legislation in the Member States, and take further legislative and other measures, if necessary;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there are still cases of multiple, direct and indirect discrimination of women on the labour market, despite the implementation of equal treatment in Member States; whereas women are not always aware of their rights under existing European and national legislation on equality and discrimination, or doubt the effectiveness of reporting cases of discrimination; stresses, therefore, the importance of information and guidance documents, awareness campaigns and information portals, particularly for specific groups (minorities, young people, women);
Amendment 30 #
2015/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the low number of complaints, which represent only a small percentage of actual cases of discrimination across the EU; notes that in some Member States the figures may be lower still because there are clear cases of discrimination that remain unreported and whose perpetrators are not prosecuted; stresses the need to redouble efforts to raise awareness, spread information, improve access to justice and complaint mechanisms, extend time limits for lodging a complaint for discrimination (which are currently too short), reduce the length and cost of processes and increase the availability of legal aid for complainants lacking resources, who are mostly women;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Deplores the fact that Directive 2000/78/EC contains no specific provisions on multiple discrimination, although it does at least state that women are often victims of it; notes, furthermore, that the combination of two or more forms of discrimination may pose problems arising from divergences in the guaranteed level of protection for different forms; stresses how important it is for the Council to reach an agreement as soon as possible for the adoption of a common position on the proposal for a directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons, irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008) 426), adopted by the European Parliament at first reading in April 2009, which explicitly addresses multiple discrimination;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to fill in all gaps in the collection of equality data because the scarcity of equality data makes it difficult to assess situations of discrimination and establish proof of its existence, especially in the case of indirect discrimination, in which statistics play a key role in proving the adverse effects of a superficially neutral measure directed to a specific group; recalls that this data should be comparable, and gender-disaggregated andso as to determine whether women are more likely to suffer certain types of discrimination than men, and should also take into account differences between women with and without children in order to allow for a correct assessment of multiple and indirect discrimination;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to strengthen their equality bodies, as these bodies should take on a leading role in simplifying and facilitating the lodging of complaints by victims of discrimination, improving complaint mechanisms and organising awareness campaigns as regards women’s rights on the labour market;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of reversing the burden of proof to ensure the correct processing of complaints of discrimination in the courts and by other relevant authorities; believes it necessary to foster the correct application of this concept by training national judges and legal practitioners;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the fact that the overwhelming majority of Member States have considered some form of positive action within the scope of the Directive;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2116(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes with concern that national courts tend to apply the lower scale of sanctions provided for by law and award the lowest possible levels of compensation; emphasises the need for the Commission to pay close attention to the rules applicable to sanctions and redress in the Member States to ensure that domestic law does not, as the European Court of Justice has reported, provide for purely symbolic punishments or only issue warnings in cases of discrimination;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises the extraordinary scale and seriousness of the threats induced by climate change and is extremely concerned that the world is severely off track to limit global warming to below 2° C; calls on governments to take, without delay, concrete measures against climate change and towards an ambitious and legally binding global agreement in Paris 2015 to deliver this target;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds the parties and the UN itself that individual action is as important as the actions of governments and institutions; therefore calls for a request for efforts on campaigns or actions to raise public awareness of and inform the public about the small and large gestures that contribute to combating climate change in developed and developing countries;
Amendment 58 #
2015/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Acknowledges the importance of research and development in combating climate change, and calls on the parties to spare no efforts to support scientists and foster any new technologies that could contribute to achieving any reduction targets that may be set, as well as actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that in case of a gap between the level of ambitions of the aggregated INDC presented before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gases reduction, it will be necessary to elaborate a work programme which will start in 2016 in order to define the additional reduction measures; calls for a comprehensive review process, which will be conducted every five years, will ensure the dynamism of the implemented mechanism and will allow to reinforce the level of ambition of reduction commitments in accordance with the most recent scientific data; calls on the EU to support legally binding 5-year commitment periods so as to avoid locking into low level of ambition, increase political accountability and allow for revision of targets to match scientific adequacy or any new technical progress that could enable a greater level of ambition;
Amendment 88 #
2015/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and are in line with upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reduce its GHG emissions to 95 % below 1990 levels by 2050; considers that a binding EU 2030 50 % reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels is the absolute minimum required to stay on track for the below 2° C target and is both realistic and affordable; moreover, given that combating climate change requires a holistic approach, calls for a binding EU 2030 energy efficiency target of 40 %, in line with research on cost- effective energy saving potential and a binding EU 2030 target of producing at least 45 % of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Further emphasises that the EU should spare no efforts in Paris to involve the parties in said holistic approach, combining reduced emissions with a new energy model based on energy efficiency and renewable energy;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Places particular emphasis on the urgent need for progress in closing the gigatonne gap which exists between the scientific analysis and the current Parties’ pledges for the period up to 2020; emphasises the important role of other policy measures, to which a collective effort should be dedicated, including energy efficiency, substantial energy savings, renewable energy, resource efficiency and the phase- down of HFCs, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and strengthening the role of widespread pricing of carbon, in contributing to closing the gigatonne gap;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Amendment 45 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the institutions, Member States and regional and local authorities to step up their work to combat stereotypes that still persist concerning women in male-dominated sectors such as science and technology, innovation and invention, in which decision-makers, investors, the financial sector and the market see women as being less credible or less professional, as a result of which potential customers, suppliers, partners, banks and investors sometimes regard female entrepreneurs with scepticism, with the latter needing to be far more persistent in proving their knowledge, skills and abilities, and being able to obtain the funding they need;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of achieving the Barcelona targets to make work-life balance a reality for all, as well as of using the appropriate European funds to guarantee that the supply of good quality affordable care for children and, the elderly and dependent family members is adequate and compatible with full-time working hours;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of rational and flexible working hours to enable a balance to be struck between work and family life;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Emphasises the need to change the way that gender roles have traditionally been assigned in society, the workplace and the family, by encouraging men to become more involved in housework and caring for dependent relatives, by means of, for example, mandatory paternity leave, non-transferable parental leave and public policies enabling effective reconciliation of family- and work-related responsibilities, particularly for women and especially in highly competitive and mobile sectors, where long and flexible working hours are the norm, as well as lifelong learning to keep up with the latest technological developments and market opportunities;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises the great importance of public spaces to help develop projects (providing visibility and acting as incubators for companies) and provide financial and tax-related support, relevant and up-to-date information and advice on starting up a business, in particular for new female entrepreneurs; stresses, likewise, the importance of funds for business consolidation, a greater presence in social forums, of work-life balance policies and of recognition from the authorities of the importance of this group – both new and long-established entrepreneurs – to society;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the access of women entrepreneurs, such as by offering free training courses, to the most relevant, technical, scientific and business networks, since such access is essential for developing business concepts, meeting potential customers, suppliers and partners, understanding the market with its trends, opportunities and weaknesses and obtaining strategic information, cooperation and support;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Underlines the importance of facilitating access for female entrepreneurs, including through grants, training courses on basic legal aspects of starting and running a company, such as laws on starting a business, intellectual property and data protection, tax rules, e- commerce, available public grants, etc., and of training in new information and communications technologies, social networks, online commerce, networking, etc.;
Amendment 102 #
2015/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Notes with concern that women often underrate their skills, probably as a result of stereotypes anchored in society, and are more likely than men to confess to a lack of entrepreneurial skills, self-confidence, assertiveness and risk-taking when starting a business, and that there is thus a need for motivational and psychological support programmes to boost the self- confidence of female entrepreneurs;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas equality between women and men is a basic value of the EU that is recognised in its Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the EU has assumed the responsibility of integrating gender equality in all its activities and policy areas, including in external and development cooperation policies;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the EU carries the biggest financial burden in international development cooperation, since more than half of Official Development Assistance worldwide is provided by the EU and its Member States; whereas EU development policies have high quality by promoting effectively poverty reduction, women's economic empowerment, and economic, social and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 67 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the EU is the most dedicated defender and promoter of human rights, equality between women and men, cultural values, democracy and the rule of law, whose provisions are included in all its bilateral partnerships and have a central position in its multilateral policy;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on further development of preventive and early warning tools and enhanced mediation capabilities of the UN, and on more precise mandates and clear exit strategies for peacebuilding and peacekeeping operations; bearing in mind the recent atrocities and human rights violations perpetrated by some extremist groups, and ongoing sexual violence in conflict including rape as a weapon of war, urges the Security Council to define an ambitious set of tools and means to ensure effective prevention of these atrocities;
Amendment 222 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the conviction that the economic and social dimension of the UN System must be substantially strengthened, and that this could be achieved through the establishment of a Sustainable Development Council as the main decision making body for all sustainable development related matters (based on the three pillars, social, economic and environmental and recognising the importance of gender equality and women's empowerment across these three pillars), ensuring coordinated and efficient assessment of the needs, and adoption of necessary roadmaps, decisions and binding measures; stresses that this is necessary to effectively implement the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN Summit in September;
Amendment 244 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that this Council should also have a strong coordinative role in all other fields in the UN System but security; in light of the recurring human catastrophes linked to illegalrregular migrations, and considering that sustainable development of the countries of origin could facilitate in the long run a drying up of illegalrregular migration flows, is of the conviction that this Council should coordinate the work of all agencies related to this concern; believes that, as violence against women is a major obstacle to attaining any development goal, combatting it should be considered a priority by this Council;
Amendment 319 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is of the opinion that the European Parliament must be in position to address these challenges in the same comprehensive and overarching way, and organize its work accordingly; considers that the Committee on Foreign Affairs must be entrusted the coordination of all policy fields relevant to the external action of the EU, with other Committees being requested to express their opinion whilst systematically relying on the Parliament's internal structure that ensures gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the target of a 75 % employment rate set in the Europe 2020 strategy has already been met for men and is unlikely to be achieved for women (currently at 63.5 %) by 2020 should there be no large-scale improvements in the provision of measures to support women’s labour market participation, predominantly through policy packages equalising the workload related to family and domestic activities, and the care of children and other dependants, between men and women;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, according to Eurostat data for 2010 (EU28), out of around 3 500 000 parents taking parental leave that year, 3 423 700 were women, while only 94 800 - a paltry 2.7% - were men;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the differences in men’s and women’s uptake of maternity, paternity, or parental leave amount to manifest gender discrimination as regards childcare and female labour market participation;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the social partners, on the basis of the draft implementation report, to acknowledge the failure of the EU directive on parental leave in achieving its objectives in terms of work-life balance, female labour market participation, demographic challenges and men’s share of family tasks, including the care of children and other dependants, a failure which contravenes EU principles and values regarding gender equality;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Commission to consider encompassing maternity, paternity, and parental leave within a single directive, given that these types of leave all stem from the same reasons, namely the birth or adoption of a child and the need for parents to look after their children in the proper way;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that family-related policy instruments such as parental leave should be designed as individual, non-transferable entitlements in order both to comply with the cardinal principle of welfare entitlements, namely that they are granted on an individual basis, as is the case with all other work-related benefits, such as entitlement to holidays, sick leave, or leave on other grounds, and with unemployment benefits, and to improve their efficiency and take-up rates, especially among men, ultimately leading to a more equitable position of men and women in the labour market and minimising the discriminatory effects that prolonged periods of labour market inactivity have on women who take up maternity and parental leave; urges the Commission and the Member States to establish a standard leave entitlement of the same duration for each parent, which should be absolutely non-transferable and non entail any loss of pay; emphasises the need for a balanced distribution of non- transferable parts of the parental leave between both parents; calls in that respect for the minimum 4-month entitlement to be extended to 6 months;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to consider whether it might be possible in future for maternity, paternity, and parental leave all to be paid at the same rate, proceeding, by way of a starting point, from the provisions of Directive 92/85/EEC concerning maternity leave;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Deplores the fact that the Council has proved incapable of reaching an agreement to break the deadlock over the proposed amendment of the Maternity Leave Directive and that, five years after it was approved by Parliament, the Commission has decided to withdraw the proposal; urges the Commission to submit its road map as soon as possible in order to make a ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’, a document which, according to the Commission’s intention, is to replace the above-mentioned proposal revising the Maternity Leave Directive and will comprise a package of legislative and non-legislative measures related to work-life balance; maintains that this is an area in which the Commission has to submit legislative proposals;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its demand to further develop gender –specific indicators and data to allow assessment of the general budget of the Union from a gender perspective and to monitor efforts on gender budgeting.
Amendment 10 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the objective of the Facility is to increase access to finance for unemployed and other disadvantaged people and for microenterprises, which in turn generates employment and growth in local communities; whereas the financial situation of women borrowers appears to be worse than that of men with a higher share of women being unemployed or at risk of poverty1 a ; __________________ 1aEuropean Commission, Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, Interim Evaluation of the European Progress Microfinance Facility, November 2014
Amendment 11 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the marginalisation and multiple discrimination suffered by certain groups of women further exacerbate their economic disadvantage and difficulty in accessing financing; whereas the insertion of women suffering from exclusion should be a priority;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas an increasing number of women participating on the labour market are also primary breadwinners for their families; whereas the rate of single parents is higher for women than for men; whereas microfinance should benefit to an increasing number of women;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to pursue equality between men and women in terms of access to microfinance and to envisage an equal target ratio between male and female entrepreneurs in the future; calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage intermediaries to implement specific strategies to target women and support female entrepreneurship, including through cooperation with relevant associations and organisations in the field;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to further promote the visibility and information as regards the possibilities of financing under this Facility, including through awareness raising campaigns, exchange of best practices between women entrepreneurs, workshops and training that specifically target women with a view to achieving better gender balance in access to microfinance;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to take into account the benefits of microfinance for women, including the creation of sustainable jobs; calls on the Commission to facilitate exchanges of views and sharing of good practices between women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 77 #
2015/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the importance of a gender perspective to be incorporated into funding programmes; believes that gender impact assessments and gender budgeting are useful in evaluating and improving the impact on women of funding priorities, the allocation of financial resources and specifications for funding programmes; emphasises the need for gender-disaggregated data to be systematically collected and regularly analysed;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that section 1(a)(1) of the abovementioned Annex provides that ‘Parliament shall evaluate Commissioners- designate on the basis of their general competence, European commitment and personal independence. It shall assess knowledge of their prospective portfolio and their communication skills.’, and emphasises that no other criteria are relevant in the evaluation of the candidate; notes further that under paragraph 1a, the scrutiny of the declaration of financial interests applies to a candidate in their capacity as; notes further that under paragraph 1a, Parliament is entitled to seek any information relevant to its reaching a decision on the aptitude of the Commissioners-designate and not as a Member of the European Parliament, including in particular, where applicable, information concerning activities performed, or offices held, in any European institution and the declarations of interest submitted in that connection;
Amendment 105 #
2015/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas despite continuous progress since 1979 in terms of balance between women and men in the distribution of seats, there remain considerable divergencies in this regard between Member States, with 10 of them having a level lower than 33% accounted for by the less represented sex; whereas a level of 40% for the less represented sex should be sought in relation to those Member States which are allocated more than 15 seats;
Amendment 210 #
2015/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages Member States to take measures to promote gender balance in every aspect of European elections, especially with a view to achieving, where appropriate, a minimum level of 40% of the less represented sex in terms of distribution of seats in each Member State;
Amendment 211 #
2015/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to create incentives for Member States to create a more balanced representation of women and men in the European Parliament, and emphasises in this connection the importance of gender-balanced electoral lists headed alternately by a man and a woman; highlights the importance of quotas for increasing the presence of women in political decision-making;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas digitalisation has revolutionised the way people access and provide information, communicate, socialise, study and work, creating new opportunities to participate in public and political discussions, education and the labour market, opening up new prospects for a self-determined life and having enormous economic potential for the European Union and beyond;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the information society, driven by information and communication technologies (ICTs), brings with it huge opportunities for generating and distributing wealth and knowledge, for diversifying uses of time and space and making them more flexible, and for moving towards more inclusive and equitable models for society; whereas, likewise, these opportunities bring with them the risk of economic, social, cultural and gender segregation and fracturing between the territories, groups and persons of which they are comprised or where they live;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas various studies conducted into the information society and gender highlight that, despite progress, there are still significant gender gaps relating to the participation of women in spaces for innovation and technology, whether as leaders, creators or users, and in relation both to access to information and communication technologies and to computer skills;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the growing demand for ICT skills and qualifications throughout the world presents a unique opportunity for correctly positioning girls, women and persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities, in the labour market and providing them with the tools necessary for them to succeed;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women and, girls, LGBTI persons and persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas digitalisation has an enormous impact on the labour market by changing value chains and creating new job opportunities and more flexible working patterns;, whereas women, in particular, face possible negative consequencesich can affect work-life balance; whereas digitalisation can also have negative consequences, which can particularly affect women, such as the erosion of workers’ rights and working time boundaries as well as boundaries of professional and non- professional responsibilities, increasing low-paid and less secure types of employment and contributing toeven the challenge of maintaining a work-life balance;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sexism and gender stereotyping is an obstacle to equality between women and men, and a burden for economic development and the competitiveness of the EU, further widening the already strong digital gender gap in the field of ICT, media and information society;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that Internet access constitutes a new essential service, necessary for the whole world, men, women, boys and girls, with the Internet now a key tool for the daily lives of individuals in their family, work, study and learning relationships; for management within companies, public authorities, institutions and organisations; and for the workings of social networks and the promotion of equal opportunities;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the European institutions and Member States to run campaigns in order to make women aware, not just of the benefits of ICTs, but also of the risks involved, and to give them the necessary education and knowledge on how to protect themselves online;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that gender stereotypes and roles that put women in an unfavourable position in relation to men are still very engrained in technological fields, making it difficult for them to develop fully their capacities as users, innovators and creators; stresses that eliminating and preventing this gender discrimination requires a clear political will and the participation of civil society;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Highlights that the arguments for the active participation of women in the information society are arguments not just of justice and equality, but also of social and economic profit, of quality and competitiveness; since it is a case of avoiding the waste of the information society losing out on the capability, intelligence and creativity of half of its citizens, it is of vital importance to incorporate women’s talent, demands and capacity for innovation;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission systematically to apply gender-impact assessments and gender budgeting in the development and application of the Digital Agenda and Digital Single Market strategy, in order that the fundamental European principle of equality between women and men can be duly incorporated;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to incorporate the gender perspective into all digital aspects of the initiatives and work undertaken by the EU, and of national policy;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to include in the upcoming Strategy for Equality between women and men 2016-2020 specific actions to support the integration and participation of women in the information society and to strongly promote women’s networks online as they are the manifestation of a self-organised, bottom- up approach to female empowerment and should receive all the support necessary for them to become long-term;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European Commission to establish a European Media Monitoring Group, with a specific gender-equality section for combating gender stereotypes, gender violence and the underrepresentation of women;
Amendment 93 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to establish multiannual action plans to achieve gender equality in the information society and ICTs, whose objectives include: increasing women’s access to the information society; improving and increasing ITC use by women; giving women a more significant role in ICT sectors; fostering the generation of ICT knowledge in women in the fields of education and training; promoting employment and the entrepreneurial spirit amongst women through regular use of the Internet and digital services; developing online content that promotes gender equality; fostering the continuous exchange, dissemination and communication of equality values; promoting access to and use of ICTs as tools against gender discrimination in areas such as gender violence, international cooperation, establishing work-life balance, and the design, implementation, dissemination and evaluation of equality policies and plans;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that ICTs can be used in online training programmes, thereby facilitating women’s access to e-learning; enable women to participate in decision- making by means of electronic voting; and increase women’s ability to take part in surveys and discussion forums, and even to submit complaints and report other individuals anonymously;
Amendment 120 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the ICT sector tackles the lack of qualifications of migrant women in this field, and offers work and training programmes;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the integration of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels and in all types of education and training, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills gaps, and to encourage girls and young women to embark on careers in the sciences and ICTs; highlights, in this connection, the importance of open educational resources (OERs), which ensure better access to education for all, and of the exchanging of best practices for incorporating gender mainstreaming into the ICT field;
Amendment 145 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines that gender stereotypes and digital education should be tackled at all stages of learning, from primary education up to adult learning and training for persons who have been excluded from the labour market;
Amendment 148 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses the importance of ICTs for providing girls and women, persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities, and the inhabitants of rural areas and remote areas cut off from urban centres access to education and training, and even to teleworking, in order to achieve education of these groups that successfully enables them to enjoy financial independence in adult life;
Amendment 181 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the European Commission, the Member States and all stakeholders to make more use of the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs to support measures aimed at improving digital skills amongst women and girls, promoting female employment in the ICT sector, and increasing dissemination of the various education and vocational training options available;
Amendment 183 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence against women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia; urges policymakers to address these issues properly and take account of the special needs of some groups of women, such as disabled women;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to present, as soon as possible, a European Gender Violence Strategy that includes a legislative instrument and tackles new forms of violence against women and girls, such as cyberbullying, the use of degrading images online, the distribution on social media of private photos and videos without the consent of the persons involved, etc.
Amendment 195 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation to prohibit sexism and gender stereotypes in education and the media, as part of the recast Equal Treatment Directive;
Amendment 197 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls on the Commission to produce a code of conduct for its own communication and that of EU agencies to combat stereotypes, sexualisation and the underrepresentation of women;
Amendment 200 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to increase financial support for Safer Internet Digital Services Infrastructure, financed by the Connecting Europe Facility, and for the Member States to increase funding for lines of support for victims of cyberbullying; underlines that girls are twice as likely to be victims as boys;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European Union, via the Europe 2020 strategy and its flagship initiatives on ‘New skills and jobs’, ‘Digital Agenda for Europe’, ‘Innovation Union’ and ‘Youth on the move’ and targeted support for women entrepreneurs and disadvantaged and disabled people, promotes entrepreneurship by fostering entrepreneurial mindsets and related knowledge, skills and competences that can boost competitiveness and growth which will be smart, sustainable and inclusive;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas entrepreneurship and in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU economy and represent the most important source of new employment; whereas women’s entrepreneurial potential is an underexploited source of economic growth and jobs;
Amendment 68 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas not enough people follow through on their ideas to set up a business, there are, disproportionately, even fewer women than men entrepreneurs and, whilst women entrepreneurs are on average higher educated than men entrepreneurs, they are also more often active in less innovative, less fast-growing sectors, with smaller companies than those of men entrepreneurs, and ways to overcome the factors which particularly discourage women from taking up, or benefiting more from, the option of entrepreneurship must be examined12 12 a ; __________________ 12 a Commission Report on Progress on equality between women and men in 2013 (SWD(2014)0142). Commission Publication on Statistical Data on Women Entrepreneurs in Europe, September 2014
Amendment 83 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme (2009-2015), with one third of participants being young women, and other similar programmes enable young entrepreneurs to take part in cross-border exchanges and to learn from experienced entrepreneurs running small businesses as well as creating opportunities to address gender inequalities in entrepreneurship;
Amendment 196 #
2015/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to investigate and address the factors that discourage women from taking up the option of entrepreneurship, whilst specifically promoting access to funding and support services for young female entrepreneurs;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU firmly condemns all forms of human rights violations, including violence against women and girls, rape, slavery, crimes of honour, forced marriages, child labour and female genital mutilation;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the consultation process carried out by the Commission should be comprehensive and inclusive so as to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are consulted; whereas the importance to encourage women's rights and gender equality organisations to participate in this consultation process should be stressed;
Amendment 142 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that respect for the universal fundamental values of human rights, including the rights of women and children, rule of law and democracy on which the EU is founded must remain at the core of the revised policy;
Amendment 193 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges that short-, medium- and long- term priorities and strategic objectives be defined, bearing in mind that the ENP should aim to create different levels of cooperation in different areas among and with the ENP countries; stresses that in defining its approach the EU should look at its priorities and those of the individual countries concerned, together with their level of development, considering the interests of society on the whole and not only those of the political elite; is convinced that economic and political empowerment of women should form indispensable part of these priorities in order to achieve an inclusive society;
Amendment 325 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the continuous need to focus on strengthening and consolidating democracy, the rule of law, the independence of the justice system, gender equality and respect for minorities and diversity; highlights that capacity-building in national institutions, including their national assemblies, together with support for civil society, pro- democracy groups, women's rights and gender equality organisations and political parties, will enhance political dialogue and pluralism;
Amendment 349 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women - through education, training and full respect of their rights - as part of democratic reform and underlines that this should be reflected in the political and strategic dimensions of the ENP;
Amendment 461 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to actively promote and assist in the peaceful settlement of conflicts in the region, with respect to the provisions of the UN Security Council resolution 1325, using different tools and instruments, on the basis of the added value they may provide – such measures include its EU Special Representatives, confidence-building programmes and CSDP missions;
Amendment 580 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the importance of free movement of people, and supports enhancing visa facilitation and visa liberalisation within the neighbourhood, particularly for students, young people and researchers; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to further enhance mobility partnerships within the neighbourhood and develop possibilities for circular migration schemes, which would encourage and reward regular migrants; on the other hand, condemns trafficking in human beings, most of the victims of which are women, and stresses the importance of reinforcing the cooperation with partner countries in order to combat it;
Amendment 584 #
2015/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission to pay attention to the gender equality perspective when promoting vocational and academic trainings, as well as in the framework of circular migration programmes with the neighbour countries in order to strengthen women's participation to their economies;
Amendment 59 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Union is founded on the universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality between women and men and solidarity, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It is based on the principle of democracy and the principle of the rule of law, principles which are common to the Member States.
Amendment 188 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) This Directive respects the principles recognised by Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union, respects fundamental rights and freedoms and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, including those set out in Chapters II, III, V and VI thereof which encompass inter alia the right to liberty and security, freedom of expression and information, freedom of association and freedom of thought conscience and religion, the general prohibition of discrimination in particular on grounds of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, disability, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, the right to respect for private and family life and the right to protection of personal data, the principle of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties, covering also the requirement of precision, clarity and foreseeability in criminal law, the presumption of innocence as well as freedom of movement as set forth in Article 21(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Directive 2004/38/EC. This Directive has to be implemented in accordance with these rights and principles.
Amendment 195 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The implementation of this Directive should be accompanied by simultaneous measures, support programmes and awareness-raising campaigns in order to prevent radicalisation, with special focus on women and girls that should be included as they are increasingly being radicalised and recruited by terrorist organisations. Particular attention should also be given to the active role of women in both prevention and deradicalisation process;
Amendment 226 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) attacks upon the physical integrity of a person, including rape, sexual assault, trafficking and slavery of women and girls which often leads to death, and manipulation of women and girls in order to mislead them to travel to conflict areas outside the Union or joining terroristic activities;
Amendment 336 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure the protection of and assistance to persons whose cooperation with the criminal justice system in the prevention, investigation or prosecution of terrorist offences, puts them, or persons closely associated with them, at risk of serious physical or emotional harm, with special assistance for persons economically or socially dependent on the alleged perpetrator, i.e. female family members and children.
Amendment 381 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that specific services to assist and support victims of terrorism are in place. Such services shall be gender-sensitive where relevant, have the capacity and organisational structure necessary to provide assistance and support to these victims immediately after an attack and as long as necessary thereafter, in accordance with the specific needs of each victim. The services shall be confidential, free of charge and easily accessible to all victims of terrorism. They shall include in particular:
Amendment 390 #
2015/0281(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Members States shall ensure that any officials who are likely to come into personal contact with women and children who are victim of terrorism are able to access and receive appropriate initial and ongoing training, to a level appropriate to their contact with victims, so that they are able to identify victims and their needs and deal with them in a respectful, sensitive, professional and non-discriminatory manner.
Amendment 8 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas violence against women is the most widespread violation of fundamental rights in the European Union and throughout the world, and whereas it affects all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and represents a major barrier to equality between women and men;
Amendment 25 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas equality between men and women is a fundamental right and a common principle of the EU and whereas, despite the progress made over the years, gender equality remains an unachievable goal;
Amendment 69 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the fact that the report on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights contains a paragraph on the directive seeking to improve the gender balance among non- executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges, as a way of promoting fundamental rights in order to achieve genuine equality between women and men on boards of directors;
Amendment 93 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to review their national legislation and repeal provisions that discriminate against women, as was recently the case as regards the rules governing one Member State’s national retirement scheme, which determined the ‘normal retirement age’ differently depending on the gender of the person concerned, and, where women applicants were concerned, depending on the number of children they had raised1; __________________ 1Judgmentof the Court of Justice of the European Union of 11 April 2013, Blanka Soukupová v Ministerstvo zemědělství.
Amendment 96 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to ensure the implementation of national strategies concerning respect for and the safeguarding of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights; insists on the role of the Union in awareness-raising and promoting best practices on this issue, given that health is a fundamental human right essential for the exercise of other human rights;
Amendment 58 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas women and girls with a disability are exposed to multiple discrimination which both determines and hinders their access to education and training;
Amendment 77 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the goals of their education systems include education in respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and in equal rights and opportunities for women and men and that their systems' quality principles include elimination of the obstacles to genuine equality between women and men and the promotion of full equality between them;
Amendment 88 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that their education authorities guarantee an equal right to education for women and men by actively incorporating the principle of equal treatment into educational goals and actions, thus preventing the emergence of inequalities between women and men as a result of sexist conduct and associated social stereotyping;
Amendment 94 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to promote equal gender representation in terms of leadership on educational establishments' oversight and governance bodies, especially among school managers and heads;
Amendment 96 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of focusing particular attention on the principle of equality between women and men within curricula and at all stages within education;
Amendment 122 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to develop specific programmes to ensure that Roma girls and young women stay in primary, secondary and higher education, and also to put in place special measures for teenage mothers and early school leaver girls, to support uninterrupted education in particular, subsidising their entry onto the labour market, and providing work- based training; further calls on Member States and the Commission to take these measures into account when coordinating and evaluating the National Roma Integration Strategies;
Amendment 124 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes with concern that, in some Member States, education and professional training for disabled people are separate and inadequate; stresses the importance of integrating women with a disability into standard education and professional systems wherever the disability is not such as to prevent integration; also underscores the importance of developing specific education programmes which are gender- mainstreamed and tailored to the degree of disability of the individuals concerned;
Amendment 126 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Notes that current education and training systems do not in general manage to prevent a high dropout rate among people with disabilities, and therefore calls on Member States to pay special attention to boys and girls with disabilities or special needs in an educational context, in order to improve their integration and help reduce the school dropout rate to less than 10%;
Amendment 163 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need to prepare and disseminate guidelines for schools, teachers and those responsible for setting the curriculum in order to embrace a gender perspective and gender equality,; and askssks education policymakers and teachers to analyse and eliminate stereotypes and sexist distortions that the textbooks and teaching materials may include in their content, language and illustrations, encouraging them also to combat this sexism in literature, film, music, games, media, advertising and other areas that contribute decisively to changing the attitudes, behaviour and identity of boys and girls;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls forStresses the need to include,tegrate study and application of the principle of equality between women and men into both in the initial and ongoing training of teachers, including strategies tofor reflection on theireachers’ own identity, beliefs, values, prejudices, expectations, attitudes and gender representations, as well as on their teaching practices, in order to remove any obstacles to realising girls'’ full potential;
Amendment 175 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes the need for measures to encourage the specific promotion of women in the fields of culture and the production and dissemination of artistic and intellectual works, combating the structural and widespread discrimination experienced by women in this sphere, fostering a balanced representation of women and men in public artistic and cultural activities, and providing for financial support and positive actions to correct situations of inequality in these areas;
Amendment 181 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the importance of putting in place educational measures with a view to recognising, and teaching people about, the role of women in history, science, politics, literature, the arts, education, etcetera;
Amendment 183 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Highlights the importance of public authorities’ promoting courses about and research into the significance and scope of gender equality, as part of third-level education, notably by including gender- equality-related subjects in the syllabuses, introducing specific postgraduate courses and furthering specialised studies and research in the field;
Amendment 184 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Underscores the importance of adequate provision at affordable prices – including free provision for poor families – of high-quality support and care services for children and elderly and other dependent persons, so that women can reconcile family life with continuing education and training;
Amendment 185 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Calls on the EU institutions and on Member States to make progress on the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of vocational qualifications issued in the various Member States, and on coordinating and harmonising national rules on access to various professions, so that emigrant women from within or outside the Union can get jobs appropriate to their training and qualifications;
Amendment 189 #
2014/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights the important function of cooperation among different educational administrative bodies and of exchanges of good practice in terms of developing projects and programmes for promoting awareness of the principles of coeducation and meaningful equality between women and men, and disseminating them, among members of the education community;
Amendment 9 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the poverty that affects marginalised communities affects women, children and men differently, in that women and children tend to find it more difficult to access social services and to receive a decent income;
Amendment 13 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women in marginalised communities suffer more intense multiple discrimination and have a much lower employment rate than the men in those communities and other women;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas, given the important role they play in the family, women can become the cornerstone of integration in marginalised communities, improving women’s living conditions and giving them the training they need to participate actively in the social and economic life of the country;
Amendment 22 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the specific needs of women in marginalised communities by applying a gender perspective to all EU-funded integration and social inclusion initiatives, programmes and actions, as women are more at risk of extreme poverty, discrimination and exclusion, meaning that they are unable to access high levels of education, jobs and social services;
Amendment 29 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to take account of Council Recommendation 92/441/EEC, which recognises ‘the basic right of a person to sufficient resources and social assistance to live in a manner compatible with human dignity’, an essential issue for women, who are more at risk of poverty than men; points out that it is important to establish a common method for calculating a subsistence threshold in cost-of-living terms (a ‘shopping basket’ of goods and services), so as to be able to draw on comparative measurements of poverty levels and determine means of social intervention, including a minimum income scheme, which is vital in order to achieve economic and social cohesion for people living in different areas of the European Union;
Amendment 40 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly criticises the fact that gender has not been taken into account in the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion, one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy for sustainable, smart and inclusive growth, the aims of which include better use of EU funds to support social inclusion, with 20% of the European Social Fund being put towards combating poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the use of the funds to improve living conditions and facilitate access for women in marginalised communities to education, housing, health care, employment, childcare facilities and social services.
Amendment 50 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises how important it is that special attention be paid to the specific circumstances and needs of the most vulnerable groups of women in marginalised communities such as elderly women, disabled women, women who are the victims of violence and human trafficking, immigrants, women belonging to ethnic minorities, refugees, etc., in all EU-funded programmes, initiatives and actions.
Amendment 55 #
2014/2247(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises that women in marginalised communities are more at risk of falling victim to gender violence and suffering other violations of their fundamental rights; calls for the fight against all forms of violence against women to be a key factor in integration programmes for marginalised communities and in assigning European funding.
Amendment 8 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas gender equality represents an important tool for economic development and social cohesion
Amendment 20 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas equal opportunities for men and women and the principle of gender- based integration are expressly laid down in the Structural Funds Regulations as cross-cutting elements in terms of programming and political application;
Amendment 27 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the fact that Member States have not done more to address the gender pay gap; is concerned that women in the EU earn on average 16.4 % less than men doing work of equal value; highlights the worrying fact that in nine Member States the difference has far from decreased, but has instead increased over the past five years;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Points out that there is a significant digital gender gap that must be addressed by facilitating and promoting access for women to training schemes in new technologies;
Amendment 65 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Urges the Member States to promote investment in training schemes aimed at helping women to integrate themselves into the labour market, particularly for those who have previously been full-time mothers or guardians for other dependents, and in care services for children, the elderly and others in need, which are both accessible and affordable and follow a schedule that fits in with those who work full time, with a view to creating a balance between work and family as well as targeting unemployment and social exclusion;
Amendment 66 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Asks the Member States to establish budgetary measures that take account of gender issues in programming the cohesion policy, in an attempt to examine not only those schemes that specifically target women but also all other schemes and policies put forward by the government, together with their impact on the allocation of resources and their contribution to equality between men and women;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the best deterrent to abuse of private transport is good, easy public transport capable of competing with travel by private vehicle;
Amendment 67 #
2014/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that austerity policies should not be applied to public transport, since this could lead to cuts in, or the abolition of, routes, complicate journeys, and add inordinately to the time taken for passengers to change from one conveyance or line to another;
Amendment 69 #
2014/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Urges the Member States to rethink public transport fare systems and give preference to flat-rate systems;
Amendment 78 #
2014/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Member States and local authorities to revise their traffic regulations to bring them into line with sustainability criteria;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to make assessments, within the Member States’ individual plans, regarding the siting of stations used to measure and monitor atmospheric pollution in the main urban agglomerations with air quality problems, bearing in mind that because stations are badly sited, data are very often rendered inaccurate and to that extent could create a public health risk;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas water is a common good which should be preserved and protected, whereas water provision is a natural monopoly and all revenues from the water management cycle should be reinvested in the protection of water services and itscover the cost of water services and be reinvested in its protection and improvement;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas water has social, economic and ecological functions and managing the water cycle correctly for the benefit of all will safeguard its continued and stable availability in the current context of climate change;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the ECI was set up as a mechanism of participatory democracy with the aim of encouraging citizens’ direct involvement in EU decision-making, and is an excellent opportunity for the EU institutions to re-engage withcome closer, as is imperative, to citizens;
Amendment 24 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 35 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the support of almost 1.9 million EU citizens for this ECI has influencedconcurs with the Commission’s decision to exclude water and sanitation services from the Concessions Directive;
Amendment 43 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it regrettabledisappointing and disheartening that the communication lacks any real ambition, does not meet the specific demands made in the ECI and limits itself to reiterating existing commitments;
Amendment 70 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to recognise the importance of the human right to water and sanitation and of water as a public good and a fundamental value for all EU citizens; expresses, laying stress on their being, as stated by the UN, sufficient, safe, acceptable, accessible and affordable for personal and domestic use and expresses, therefore, its concern that an increasing number of people are facing difficulties in paying their water bills and states that affordability is becoming a matter of growing concern;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Asks the Member States to ensure that a fair, equitable, transparent and adequate system for water and sanitation charges is applied so that members of public are guaranteed access to high quality services irrespective of their income;
Amendment 77 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the lack of available data, considering the effects of the recent economic crisis, to collaborate with the Member States in conducting a study on water poverty issues, including issues of access and affordability, in the different EU Member States;
Amendment 89 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support public water companiewater service operators in the EU which lack the necessary capital to access available EU funding and long-term loans at a preferential interest rate, especially for the purpose of extending water and sanitation services to the poor;
Amendment 95 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to bear in mind that water management has to be incorporated as a cross-cutting factor in legislation on other fields quintessential to it, such as energy, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, etc.;
Amendment 97 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Asks Member States to put an immediate end to situations where water supply is cut for non-payment of bills due to socioeconomic factors in low-income households, as water cannot fulfil its social function unless all parts of society receive a genuine, safe and affordable supply of water;
Amendment 121 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that countries across the EU, including Spain, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Germany and Italy, have seen the potential or actual liberalisationoss of public ownership of water services become a major issue of concern to citizens;
Amendment 137 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Takes the view that, with regard to regulation and control, the public ownership of water needs to be protected by encouraging public, transparent and participatory management models in which, in certain cases only, the public ownership authority would be able to concede some management tasks to private initiative, on strictly regulated terms and always guaranteeing the right to the resource and to adequate sanitation;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Member States to enactmove towards a genuine Social Agreement for Water, with the aim of guaranteeing the availability, stability and safe management of the resource, in particular by enacting policies such as the establishment of water solidarity funds and other mechanisms for social action to support people who are unable to afford access to water and sanitation services;
Amendment 181 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expresses its concernCondemns the fact that denial of the provision of water and sanitation to disadvantaged and vulnerable communities, such as Roma, is being used in a coercive manner in some Member States;
Amendment 188 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages water companies to reinvest all economic revenues generated from the water management cycle intoUrges Member States to apply the Water Framework Directive effectively, in particular Article 9 on the full recovery of the cost of water services with the aim of maintaining and improving water services and protecting water resources;
Amendment 195 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Takes the view that tariffs should reflect the actual cost, in line with the principles of fairness and transparency, and that they should be used solely to offset the costs of the service; in this context, recommends putting an end to practices where water bills include concession fees that have not been earmarked for water infrastructure but for other financial needs of the municipality or local body providing the service;
Amendment 196 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Notes the worrying state of infrastructure in some Member States, particularly where water is being wasted owing to leaks and the poor state of mains water pipes, and calls for greater investment and urgent measures to improve and modernise this infrastructure;
Amendment 200 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls, therefore, for increased transparency among water operators, in particular through the development of a public governance code for water companies in the EU; takes the view that this code should be based on the principle of efficiency and should always be subject to the environmental, economic, infrastructure and public participation provisions of the Water Framework Directive;
Amendment 207 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that, in the case of water, the services sector offers a huge potential for creating jobs through environmental integration, and for fostering innovation through technology transfer between sectors and through RDI applied to the entire water cycle; calls, therefore, for particular attention to be paid to boosting the sustainable use of water as renewable energy;
Amendment 221 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that EU development policies should fully integrate universal access to water and sanitation via in their promotion ofgramming and enhance the public- public partnerships based on not- for-profit principles and solidarity between water operators and workers in different countries; reiterates that the development policies of EU Member States should recognise the human rights dimension of access to safe drinking water and sanitation and that a rights-based approach requires both support for legislative frameworks, financing and the strengthening of the voice of civil society in order to realise these rights in practice;
Amendment 222 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines that assistance for safe drinking water and sanitation should be given high priority in the allocation of EU funds and in assistance programming; calls on the European Commission to ensure adequate financial support to capacity-development actions in the water domain, relying on and cooperating with existing international platforms and initiatives;
Amendment 226 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that although progress towards the Millennium Development Goal on safe drinking water is on track, almost one billion people are still drinking untreated drinking water, while the sanitation target is far from being met; reiterates that ending poverty through the post-2015 process is only possible if we ensure that everyone, everywhere has access to clean water, basic sanitation and hygiene;
Amendment 228 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Emphasises that ambitious and far- reaching targets for water and sanitation should be included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as it is water and sanitation issues that underpin nearly every other development indicator encompassed in the current and future development frameworks; stresses that targets should centre around basic or minimum access but also go beyond this towards more efficient, affordable and sustainable water and sanitation services;
Amendment 231 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Underlines the increased risk of water scarcity due to climate change; reiterates that without continuous efforts to mitigate climate change consequences as well as improved water resources management, the progress towards poverty reduction targets, the Millennium Development Goals, and sustainable development in all its economic, social and environmental dimensions, could be jeopardized;
Amendment 241 #
2014/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Commends certain water operators which dedicate a percentage of their annual turnover to water partnerships in developing countries, and encourages the Member States and the EU to create the necessary conditionslegal framework for putting such partnerships in place;
Amendment 6 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women and girls are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and entrepreneurship education at all levels, all of which are relevant to advancement in the area of green skills and green jobs; whereas education must be seen as an investment in individuals, and women in particular, at every stage in their lives; whereas women's participation in STEM education fields is often hampered by gender stereotypes and gendered cultures;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Given the disproportionate impact of austerity policies on women;
Amendment 18 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas a gender perspective must be linked with the ILO's decent work agenda.
Amendment 21 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the ILO and UNEP definition of green jobs should be taken as a model by the EU, since green jobs need to pair concerns such as energy efficiency and low emissions with traditional labour concerns, given that women often suffer from lower wages for equal skills and responsibilities and unfavourable working conditions;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ACalls on the Commission to ensure data collection is carried out in all green sectors, including those that are currently neglected, such as public transport and the retail sector; asks the Commission, while providing support to national statistical offices and Public Employment Services (PES), and while reinforcing the use of quantitative modelling tools, to incorporate all green employment sectors (including those that are currently neglected, such as transport) together with a gender perspective gender perspective in data collection on all green employment sectors;
Amendment 26 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to include a gender perspective in the development of new data collection, disaggregation and analysis, such as work carried out with the econometrical tool FIDELIO, or with stakeholders such as the International Conference of Labour Statisticians;
Amendment 27 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to include a gender perspective in its work with Public Employment Services (PES) and the EU Skills Panorama to identify and bridge green skills gaps in labour markets. Emphasis must be placed on identifying and closing gender skills gaps in green sectors;
Amendment 35 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission, the Member States and regional and local authorities to systematically include a gender equality perspective in the definition, implementation and monitoring of green job creation policies at all levels, taking into account the challenges of green job creation in rural area; asks the Member States to make further efforts to enable women to participate fully in policy formulation, decision-making and the implementation of a green employment strategy that includes green skills;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to promotestrive to overcome barriers for women's participation to the green economy by promoting women’'s entrepreneurship in the green economy, encouraging more collaborative business models such as cooperatives and social enterprises, access to microfinance for women, the creation of green jobs in public services, and the introduction of gender- related quality criteria for companies in the context of public procurement.
Amendment 45 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to promote policies to encourage higher participation of women in education in STEM subjects, and entrepreneurship, and connect the green jobs agenda to the empowerment of women through education; calls for the establishment of clear targets and monitoring for women's recruitment into green jobs through apprenticeship programmes; calls for encouragement of women's participation in vocational education and training (VET) and life- long learning opportunities in green sectors.
Amendment 47 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on Member States and the Commission to ensure the high quality of the green jobs created with a high level of social protection for women; asks Member States and the Commission to encourage unionisation of women in green sectors, as well as a clear voice for women in trade unions and social dialogue in green sectors.
Amendment 48 #
2014/2238(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to adopt an EU 2015-2020 strategy for gender equality taking into account the employment rate targets of the Europe 2020 strategy of the European Union for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Amendment 33 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas women are at greater risk of poverty than men and whereas tackling women's poverty is not only important in its own right but also of vital importance in efforts to reduce child poverty;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. Whereas single-parent families, especially families headed by single mothers, are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion (49.8% compared to 25.2%), which is due to the feminisation of poverty, disproportionate time spent by women in unpaid work, interruptions in women's careers to care for children or other family members, and wage discrimination between men and women;
Amendment 138 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on Member States to also address, in their efforts to combat child poverty, the position of women taking care of children and family members with special needs and disabilities;
Amendment 299 #
2014/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends that the Commission and Member States develop statistical methods that integrate multidimensional and gender-disaggregated indicators in measuring poverty to take into account the limitations of relative poverty measurements and the work of the UNDP, UNICEF and the OECD, going beyond the AROPE indicator;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the gender gap in social entrepreneurship is smaller than in traditional forms of entrepreneurship; whereas women social entrepreneurs contribute significantly to the reduction of social exclusion and the creation of new development opportunities;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the social economy, and in particular training and placement enterprises, offer job opportunities for people who are furthest away from the labour market; including for women, young and disadvantaged workers;
Amendment 73 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes it is important to determine the origins of the smaller gender gap in social entrepreneurship so that these factors can be taken into account by policy-makers whilst promoting social and traditional entrepreneurship;
Amendment 154 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that some social enterprises are competitive and are at the forefront of their sector, while others require specialised knowledge in order to launch, develop and manage their enterprises; calls on the Member States to develop training programmes targeted at and specifically tailored to entrepreneurs in the social sector, and in particular to groups with lower employment rates such as women, young or disadvantaged workers, with a view to developing basic business management skills and knowledge;
Amendment 165 #
2014/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Regrets the low level of recognition of the social economy at European level; takes the view that improving the collection of gender disaggregated data and the exchange of information and best practice at European level, and greater media coverage of the social economy and its achievements, would help to boost society's involvement in the social economy, gaining more understanding and recognition for the sector and raising its profile;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2230(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women are underrepresented in positions of power and decision- making; whereas the Beijing Platform for Action holds that the active participation of women and the incorporation of women's perspectives at all levels of decision-making are essential for achieving the goals of equality, development and peace;
Amendment 8 #
2014/2230(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the European Union's development cooperation incorporates gender equality in the context of international objectives;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2230(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that Afghan women play a crucial role in the stabilisation and development of their country; while acknowledging that the post-Taliban regime has made possible a rise of women in the public sphere, strongly condemns the string of physical assaults against women, and calls on the authorities to ensure their protection and the free and safe exercise of their activities; asks the Afghan authorities not to jeopardise the recent achievements in women’s rights in order to ease peace talks with the Taliban;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2230(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that women’s and girls’ illiteracy is an obstacle to their involvement in public life; encourages the authorities to further address the obstacles to girls’ access to education, including early and forced marriage, early child bearing, lack of security, lack of safe water and adequate sanitation facilities and insufficient geographical coverage in terms of school infrastructure;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2230(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly urges the Afghan government to redouble its efforts to increase the level of political representation of women, in particular at cabinet level and high-ranking appointments; encourages the government to introduce more women cabinet nominees; calls on the government to adopt additional measures to promote gender equality in political decision-making;
Amendment 35 #
2014/2230(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises the importance of continuing interparliamentary exchanges between the Wolesi Jirga (lower House) and the European Parliament; notes the opportunities that such exchanges provide for encouraging policy dialogue and exchange of best practice between parliamentarians on matters of gender equality;
Amendment 37 #
2014/2230(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Pays tribute to the Afghan women and civil society groups campaigning for stronger political representation;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2230(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Recognises the link between the adoption of gender-sensitive approaches to peacebuilding and more equitable and sustainable solutions; recalls UN Security Council Resolution 1325 reaffirming the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and post-conflict reconstruction;
Amendment 9 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the TTIP is above all about regulation10 , about reducing focuses on regulatory convergence, reduction and/or eliminatingon of non-tariff trade barriers11 , and as such about the level of protection of human health and the environment; __________________ 10See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs /2014/december/tradoc_152942.pdf 11 See 2014 Report on Technical Barriers to Trade by the US Trade Representative, p. 45.market access and aims at harmonising standards to reach mutual recognition between the EU and the US __________________
Amendment 15 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the impact of a future TTIP on the EU environmental, health and food safety acquis as well as its larger environmental impact will strongly depend on the precise provisions of the agreement
Amendment 24 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the degree of divergence between the regulatory systems of the EU and the US is very wide in key areas for the protection of health and the environment, including food safety and consumer information, owing to different legal and political cultures (epitomised by the controversy over the precautionary principle);
Amendment 29 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas in certain areas some convergence may be possible without undermining the respective levels of protection in the EU and the US (e.g. mutual recognition of emission standards for motor vehicles), in some cases, the differences are so significant that they seem unlikely to be bridged (e.g. cosmetics or medical devices) and in other areas, the main differences are a result of diverging approaches to risk analysis and risk management which may also be difficult to bridge (e.g. food and nutrition sector)
Amendment 85 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas trade and investment are not goals in themselves but constitute a means to raise standards of living, improve well- being as well as protect and promote public health, ensure full employment while allowing for the optimal use of the world's resources in accordance with the objective of sustainable development, seeking both to protect and preserve the environment;
Amendment 86 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas universal health systems are part of the European social model and Member States have the competence for the management and organisation of health services and medical care;
Amendment 94 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it misleading on the part of the Commission to try to appease public concerns about the TTIP by statingthat the Commission should continue to put forward arguments to show that there is no risk that existing standards will not be lowered, as this disregards the fact that many standards have yet to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation (e.g. REACH) or by the adoption of new laws (e.g.that it is understandable that this uncertainty continues to cause concern among the public, more so given that many standards have yet to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation. It is therefore necessary to allay these concerns to ensure that under no circumstances the TTIP detracts from EU standards, especially those on social and environmental matters, health and cloning);sumer protection.
Amendment 115 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that the TTIP negotiations havemight have somehow already affected Commission proposals and actions relating, for example, to food safety and climate protection (e.g. pathogen meat treatments; implementation of the fuel quality directive);
Amendment 135 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. ITaking into account the two main pillars of the EU’s environmental policy, the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle, is very concerned that the objective of regulatory convergence, including in particular the creation of a Regulatory Cooperation Council, will lead to a lowering of existing and future EU standards in key areas for the protection of human health, food safety and the environment in light of the significant differences as compared with the US;
Amendment 143 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is very concerned that the objective of regulatory convergence, including in particular the creation of a Regulatory Cooperation Council, willcould lead to a lowering of future EU standards in key areas for the protection of human health, food safety and the environment in light of the significant differences as compared with the US;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees withEndorses Commissioner Malmström's statement that all areas where the EU and the US have very different rules or approaches should be excluded from the negotiations12 ; __________________ 12See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.
Amendment 228 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 b (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 b (new)
- water down or weaken the design of regulatory measures or the implementation of existing regulations on endocrine disrupting chemicals
Amendment 231 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 c (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 c (new)
- impair EU developments - in particular under the new EU Clinical Trials Regulation and at the European Medicines agency - to move towards ensuring proactive public access to safety and efficacy data of medicines;
Amendment 233 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 d (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 d (new)
- limit directly or indirectly the national competence of Member States to tailor their pricing and reimbursement policies to ensure sustainable access to affordable medicines
Amendment 236 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 e (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 e (new)
- affect the organisation of the health systems and their regulatory mechanisms in the Member States
Amendment 264 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is strongly opposed to the inclusion of ISDS in the TTIP, as ISDS risks fundamentally undermining the sovereign rights of the EU, its Member States and regional and local authorities to adopt regulations on public health, food safety and the environment;
Amendment 277 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 282 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is deeply concerned about the lackConsiders that there should be a significant increase in the degree of transparency inwith which the negotiations are being conducted, and urges the Commission to give all Members of the European Parliament access to the negotiation texts, in particular the consolidated ones.
Amendment 306 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to maintain the highest possible level of transparency of the negotiations, including access to the negotiating texts, and consultation with civil society throughout the process
Amendment 309 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to ensuring that a future TTIP allows both parties to maintain the level of environmental, health and food safety protection they deem appropriate, as set forth in the negotiating guidelines
Amendment 310 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Highlights the fact that the TTIP agreement should support setting out a pathway to reduce both the US and Europe's dependence on fossil fuels and that the agreement must not undermine any EU and/or international processes leading to decarbonisation in the transport
Amendment 311 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Calls on the Commission to conduct Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment on the TTIP agreement
Amendment 312 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Highlights that any proposed clause should be thoroughly reviewed and assessed with a view to its potential impact on the regulatory acquis and the EU's freedom to pursue non-economic policy goals in the future and calls on the Commission to assess any proposed clause with a view to its necessity and whether the purported aim could be reached equally well through other means
Amendment 313 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7 f. Calls on the Commission to avoid ambiguities to prevent expansive interpretation by arbitration tribunals by ensuring that the essential terms used in the agreement are clearly defined
Amendment 314 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7 g. Encourages the Commission to support the work on alternative methods to animal testing and to push for the progressive phase-out of animal tests worldwide and calls on the Commission to encourage closer future cooperation on animal welfare issues
Amendment 67 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the reference in the new strategy to the problem of forest pests; however, taking into account new legislation on invasive alien species and the potential impact they can have on forests, takes the view that the Commission ought to propose additional new financial instruments to help the affected areas combat particularly persistent invasive species or new invasive alien species;
Amendment 70 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Takes the view that the strategy needs to take more account of the problem of tree diseases such as oak decline, which is ravaging cork-oak plantations in Portugal, France and Spain, as well as affecting Special Protection Areas and biosphere reserves; takes the view that the Commission should have included effective measures and specific resources in the strategy, beyond those applying to rural development, with a view to combating tree diseases;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. With regard to fire prevention, welcomes the steps taken in some Member States to bring in temporary bans on building on land affected by fire so as to prevent arson being committed with a view to the subsequent development of the land;
Amendment 86 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is particularly pleased to see references in the strategy to the promotion of forest biomass given the business opportunities and low carbon emissions involved, and the fact that it creates jobs, and means that forests are maintained and cleared, and not abandoned; however, takes the view that the Commission could have been more specific with regard to how to promote improvements in technology relating to the extraction, processing and use of biomass given the cuts that are currently being made in many countries in the areas of research, development and improvements in technology;
Amendment 108 #
2014/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that is important that forest management plans do not become an additional bureaucratic burden which impedes Regardless of whether forests are publicly or privately owned, points out that it still needs to be mandatory for forest management plans to be drawn up for all forests, withe sustainable use of Europe’s forests; with that in mind, calls on Member States to review the implementation of the forest management plans, taking into account the proportionality and ‘think small first’ principles and providing for the use byfficient levels of coordination between local, regional and national authorities and the Commission so as to speed up processes and ensure, as soon as possible, that Europe’s forests are used sustainably and are no longer abandoned; points out that such plans may include the managers of the’ responsibility declaration form.
Amendment 19 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas equality between women and men is a fundamental right recognised in the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas, likewise, the European Union’s objective in this field is to ensure equal opportunities and treatment for men and women and to combat all discrimination based on sex; whereas although the Union has set itself the specific task of mainstreaming gender equality in all its activities, many inequalities between men and women still remain;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, even though the European directives on equal treatment for men and women adopted since 1975 and the steps, sometimes in the form of legislation, that some Member States have taken to promote changes as regards gender equality have made a considerable contribution towards effectively promoting equality between women and men, this trend is still excessively slow and the progress made is insufficient, given that many inequalities remain with regard to women’s rights, human rights, career, employment and pay prospects, access to education and health services, levels of political representation, participation in the economy and in decision-making processes, etc.;
Amendment 22 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes continue to have a strong influence on the division of roles between women and men in the home, in the workplace and in society at large, thereby limiting women’s range of employment choices and their personal and professional development, impeding them from realising their full potential as individuals and as economic players;
Amendment 25 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the fiscal consolidation policies being pursued by Member States are primarily affecting the public sector, in which women are represented more strongly and of which they are the main beneficiaries, and are thus hurting in two ways, and whereas these policies are making employment more insecure, not least because of the increase in part-time working (32% of women compared with 8.2% of men) and temporary contracts;
Amendment 42 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the existing taxation systems in some Member States are predicated on a narrow view of the family to the extent that they are biased towards families in which only one of the two parents is working inasmuch as, in many cases, they deter women from going out to work and fail to provide sufficient support to single-parent families, large families and families supporting dependent relatives;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas women make up around 60% of university graduates, yet their representation in senior official and decision-making positions is disproportionately low;
Amendment 47 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas there is a strong horizontal segregation or gender-specific division of labour: almost half the women in employment are concentrated in 10 of the 130 occupations listed in the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) drawn up by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and only 16% of workers hold jobs in sectors with an equal proportion of men and women;
Amendment 51 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the female employment rate is 63%, whereas the gender pay gap stands at 16.4% and the pension gap at 39%, whereas 73% of the members serving in national parliaments are men, and whereas women make up 17.8% of the membership of large company boards and every week spend three times as long as men on household chores;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the female unemployment rate is underestimated given the fact that many women are not registered as unemployed, particularly those who live in rural or remote areas along with many of those who devote themselves exclusively to household tasks and childcare; whereas this situation also creates a disparity in terms of access to public services (benefits, pensions, maternity leave, sick leave, access to social security etc.);
Amendment 60 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas unpaid work (caring for children, elderly people and people with disabilities and household tasks) is still predominantly carried out by women, who on average spend 26 hours per week on such tasks, the corresponding figure for men being 9.1 hours;
Amendment 63 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the failure to promote policies making for work-life balance in general and the lack of childcare facilities in particularare and assistance services for children, the elderly and other dependants pose a major obstacle to women’s economic independence and their rise to positions of responsibility;
Amendment 78 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas violence against women is the world’s most widespread human rights violation, it affects all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and it represents a major hindrance to equality between women and men;
Amendment 82 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas one woman in three in the EU has been physically and/or sexually assaulted, and almost one in two has suffered psychological violence26; __________________ 26 Violence against women: an EU-wide survey, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, March 2014.
Amendment 85 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas six European Union countries have still not signed the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) and only eight have ratified it;
Amendment 100 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas there has been a worsening in conditions for some groups of women who often face several combined difficulties and risks as well as multiple discrimination, in particular women with disabilities, women with dependants, elderly women, minority and immigrant women, women with little or no training, women who have been victims of gender- based violence, etc.;
Amendment 113 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the CommissEU institutions and the Member States to mainstream gender and, women’s rights and equal opportunities into their policy-making and, budget procedures and the implementation of EU programmes and activities, especially in connection with stimulus packages, by carrying out gender impact analyses in every case;
Amendment 120 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that poverty among women, and older women and single mothers in particularin particular older women, women who are victims of gender violence, disabled women, women who are immigrants, women belonging to minorities and single mothers, needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency; calls on the Member States, therefore, to implement more effective inclusion strategies and make more efficient use of social policy resources, not least the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds;
Amendment 125 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Condemns the fact that social policies were far less effective at reducing poverty in 2012 than they were in 2005, with the fall in effectiveness being particularly high (almost 50%) in homes with just one adult, which includes most widows and single mothers; is concerned that the effectiveness of the social policies implemented in some Member States amounts to only one third of the European average;
Amendment 136 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Condemns the fact that more than a third of older women in the European Union receive no form of pension;
Amendment 139 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that according to the European Added Value Assessment conclusions, a one percentage point decrease in the gender pay gap will increase economic growth by 0.1%, which means that it is crucially important to close the gap in the current economic downturn;
Amendment 140 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Condemns the fact that women do not receive the same salary in cases where they hold the same jobs as men or jobs of equal value; points out that in other cases differences in pay stem from the fact that women do not hold the same jobs, and points out furthermore that this is the result of, firstly, the continued horizontal segregation or gender-specific division of labour according to which jobs that are considered to be ‘women’s jobs’ are valued less highly, secondly, the continued vertical segregation related to the so-called glass ceiling that prevents women from reaching the top, highest- paid jobs, and thirdly, the continued use of different categories for the same work (e.g. in cleaning services, where men are hired in a higher category as maintenance technicians, whereas women are in a lower category such as cleaners); emphasises, furthermore, that the vast majority of low salaries and almost all very low salaries are paid for part-time work and points out that about 80% of the working poor are women;
Amendment 141 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on Member States, employers and trade union movements to draft and implement serviceable, specific job evaluation tools to help determine work of equal value and thus to ensure equal pay between men and women; encourages firms to carry out annual equal pay audits, to publish the data with the highest possible level of transparency and to narrow the gender pay gap;
Amendment 148 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that equal participation by women and men in the labour market could significantly increase the economic potential of the EU, while confirming its fair and inclusive nature; points out that, according to OECD projections, total convergence in participation rates would result in a 12.4% increase in per capita GDP by 2030;
Amendment 154 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of combating stereotypes and gender-based discrimination by adopting active policies geared towards reducing the real disadvantages faced by women in the workplace, where there is a false assumption that there are male and female jobs, and that the latter are associated with the work women do at home and are considered to be an extension of these (clothing and textiles, teaching, nursing, cleaning, etc.); calls for gender equality to be promoted from the initial stages of education, for more importance to be attached to school and professional career guidance, and for gender equality to be promoted among young people with a view to combating stereotypes and guiding young women towards qualifications and professions in which they are under-represented; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take decisive policy action to fight gender stereotypes and encourage men to share equally in domestic responsibilities and in caring for children and other dependants, in particular through incentives for men to take parental and paternity leave, which will strengthen their rights as parents, ensure a greater degree of equality between women and men and more appropriate sharing of family and housekeeping responsibilities, and enhance women’s opportunities to participate fully in the labour market;
Amendment 157 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Draws attention to the increasing prevalence of flexible working hours: weekend work, more irregular, unpredictable and extended working hours and shifts, etc.; points out that the demand for flexibility is greatest amongst part-time workers, who are mostly women, and that this means that more women than men have their working hours changed from week to week, making it even harder for women, especially single mothers and those caring for dependent family members, to strike a balance between work and family life;
Amendment 158 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Emphasises that, on the one hand, increased flexibility in working arrangements – provided that it is voluntary and geared to the real needs of workers, and that workers have control over it and clarity as to their working hours and part-time arrangements – increases women’s opportunities to participate actively in the labour market and supports the reconciliation of work, family and personal life, but that, on the other hand, flexibility can have a negative impact on women’s wages and pensions and negative consequences for women in employment, such as a lack of formal contracts, a reduction in social security benefits, and job insecurity;
Amendment 162 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for changes in the family unit when drawing up their taxation and compensation policies, in particular by providing support to one-parent families, large families, families with dependants, disabled people and older people in the form of tax credits or health care assistance;
Amendment 172 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Congratulates Sweden, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom on achieving the Barcelona objectives and calls on the other Member States to continue their efforts; calls on the Member States to go beyond the Barcelona objectives by adopting a more systematic and integrated approach, to be implemented jointly by national and local authorities, to education and preschool care services, in particular for very young children under 3; calls on the Commission to provide continuing financial support to Member States so that they can offer childcare systems that parents can afford; also calls on the Commission to address the lack of affordable childcare facilities in its country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 176 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Condemns the fact that, despite the EU funding available (EUR 3 200 million from the structural funds for 2007-13 were earmarked to help Member States develop childcare facilities and promote employment for women), some Member States have made budget cuts that are affecting the availability (nurseries are closing) and quality (staffing shortfalls) of childcare services and making them more expensive;
Amendment 180 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises the need for the Member States to increase their budgets for child support and support for dependent people in order to expand the public network of day nurseries, crèches, public recreational activities for children and daycare and residential centres for the elderly and other dependants, who are cared for almost entirely by women in the private sphere, something that represents a major obstacle when it comes to women entering or returning to the labour market;
Amendment 181 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Points to the need to review school calendars and timetables with a view to tailoring them to the current situation with regard to the working lives of fathers and mothers and making it easier to strike a balance between work and family life;
Amendment 194 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that the clear under- representation of women in elected and nominated political positions at EU and Member State level is a democratic deficit that undermines the legitimacy of decision-making at both EU and national level;
Amendment 197 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Member States to do all they can to guarantee gender parity in high-level positions in their governments, public institutions and bodies, and on electoral lists, in order to ensure that there is equal representation in local councils and in regional and national parliaments, as well as in the European Parliament;
Amendment 198 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the EU institutions to do all they can to guarantee gender equality in the college of Commissioners and in high- level positions in all EU institutions, agencies, institutes and bodies;
Amendment 206 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Council to activate the ‘passerelle clause’ and to adopt a unanimous decision identifying gender violence as an area of crime listed in Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which already covers trafficking in human beings and the sexual exploitation of women and children.
Amendment 215 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Given that the Member States’ deadline for transposing Directive 2011/99/EU on the European protection order expires on 11 January 2015, asks the Commission to put together a European protection order register;
Amendment 222 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls once again on the Commission to set up a European Monitoring Centre on Gender Violence (along the lines of the current European Institute for Gender Equality), to be led by a European coordinator for the prevention of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 237 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Emphasises the importance of active prevention, education and information policies aimed at teenagers, young people and adults to ensure that sexual and reproductive health among the population is good, thereby preventing sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies;
Amendment 241 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Points out that various studies show that abortion rates in countries in which abortion is legal are similar to those in countries in which it is banned, and are often even higher in the latter (WHO, 2014);
Amendment 243 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Insists that sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental human rights that must be defended, upheld and fostered, and therefore calls for them to be included in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Article 35 of which already recognises the right to health;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas violence against women is the world’s most widespread human rights violation, it affects all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and it represents a major hindrance to equality between women and men;
Amendment 20 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas all types of discrimination and violence directed against women, including sexual abuse, female genital mutilation, forced marriages, so-called honour crimes and the commercial sexual exploitation of women, as well as gender- based violence and violence in close relationships and economic and social discrimination, must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds, or in relation to any popular or tribal traditions;
Amendment 25 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates that the promotion of women’s rights and gender equality and combating violence against women must be a crucial part of human rights dialogues conducted by the EU with third countries with which cooperation or association agreements have been signed;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Condemns in the strongest terms serious human rights violations perpetrated in armed conflict situations in recent and ongoing crises, and in particular summary executions, rape and other forms of sexual violence, acts of torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, especially regarding the situation of women and children, who are particularly vulnerable; calls on the EU to fight against impunity in all of these cases and to support action by domestic judiciaries and the ICC to bring the perpetrators to justice;
Amendment 51 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for an immediate end to all acts of violence, sexual assault and other forms of degrading treatment against women demonstrating for democracy and in defence of their rights, particularly in the ‘Arab Spring’ countries, and against women‘s rights activists, and calls for serious and impartial investigations into all such cases and full accountability for those responsible;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the importance of conducting information and awareness campaigns in communities where female genital mutilation (FGM), sexual abuse of young girls, early and forced marriages, femicides and other gender-based human rights violations are practised, and of involving human rights defenders already fighting for an end to these practices in the preparation and implementation of these campaigns; encourages the EEAS and the Member States to continue to address the issue of FGM in their political and policy dialogue with partner countries where FGM is still practised;
Amendment 55 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses the importance of not undermining the ‘acquis’ of the Beijing Platform for Action regarding access to education and health as a basic human right, and the protection of sexual and reproductive rights; calls on the EU to continue to protect sexual and reproductive health and related rights, and highlights the need to place these policies at the core of development cooperation with third countries;
Amendment 62 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes and supports the Addis Ababa Declaration on Accelerating the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, adopted in November 2014 during the Ninth African Conference on Women, on women's reproductive health and HIV/AIDs, which calls for invest in sexual and reproductive health rights, including by adopting and implementing laws on sexual and reproductive health, awareness raising and information services for teenagers and women, including comprehensive sexual health education, information and services; highlights that it also calls to expand the provision of family planning services and contraceptives and access to safe and legal abortion services in accordance with national laws and policies, and protect the reproductive rights of women by authorizing medical abortion in the case of sexual assault, rape, incest, in line with the Maputo Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Amendment 2 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas there is a growing presence of women in family businesses and women are a major resource in terms of their ability to influencehigh level of education and proven managerial ability when it comes to defining strategies, taking decisions and management, running companies and problem-solving;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas family businesses represent an important career and personal development opportunity for women;
Amendment 10 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women encounter substantial difficulties in their involvement in family businesses, and are subject to ‘vertical’ and ‘horizontal’ gender segregation, and this despite the high level of education of women, who account for 60% of all graduates;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas women often play an invisible role, or act as figureheads, and do not have their job or salary status appropriately recognised, which has serious repercussions in terms of social security contributions, pensions and welfare entitlements;
Amendment 34 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for measures to protect women to be applied and iore effective application and implementation of measures ensuring equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in respect of empleoymented more effectively and careers, and of proactive measures to promote participation of the under-represented gender, with a view to avoiding horizontal and vertical segregation, wage and job discrimination (invisibility and ‘figurehead’ treatment), and providing both genders with equalmen and women with the same opportunities, social rights and, access to health, wages and pensions;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reminds the Member States and local and regional authorities once again of the importance of there being sufficient provision of high-quality and affordable care services for children, the elderly and other dependent persons, of tax incentives for companies and of other compensation to help women and men working as employees, on their own account or as managers in family businesses to balance their family and work commitments;
Amendment 51 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the need for separate and duly remunerated periods of maternity, paternity and parental leave which meet the needs of employees, the self-employed and business employers;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the European Union and Member States to consider and include the protection of womenfactor in equality of opportunity for men and women and consider and include proactive measures to promote participation of the under-represented gender each time they legislate on matters relating to family businesses.
Amendment 59 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists that family businesses be required to ensure equal treatment and opportunities for men and women at work, in the management of the business and in decision making, and that they must to that end adopt measures to prevent any kind of discrimination and to promote gender equality.
Amendment 62 #
2014/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Council to reach consensus as soon as possible and adopt the Directive on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges, so that all companies listed on stock exchanges, including family businesses, meet the target of at least 40% of the members of their boards of directors being women.
Amendment 23 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas regular collection of harmonised statistics would facilitate more evidence-based policy making and monitoring; whereas there is a need to shed more light on the gender dimension of green growth, especially in the context of private sector development and thus fill a knowledge gap in the green growth discourse;
Amendment 40 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the role of women in the green economy continues to be underestimated and ignored; whereas the skills and professions identified as particularly relevant for the green economy tend to be male-dominated;
Amendment 41 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas specific and gender-sensitive policies and interventions are necessary to ensure that women and men can equally benefit from a green economy;
Amendment 43 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas green growth needs to pair concerns such as energy efficiency and low emissions with traditional labour concerns; whereas women often suffer from lower wages and unfavourable working conditions;
Amendment 65 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to revise the regulatory and legal framework to include incentives and structures and/or programmes to support the start-up, formalisation and growth of women- owned (green) enterprises;
Amendment 160 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Member States to assess and monitor the gender-specific impact of legislation, e. g. consult with communities, in particular women and women's organisations, about their needs and the impact of policies and programmes;
Amendment 169 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect, analyse and disseminate sex-disaggregated labour data, including emerging new green sectors and skills areas as a basis for gender-responsive planning, monitoring and evaluation and skills assessments, and to disseminate gender specific information on green jobs and how to get involved;
Amendment 47 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas municipalities play a key role in urban waste management and whereas, therefore, they are essential in order to bring about a circular economy in the EU;
Amendment 112 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the communication has focused essentially on industry and business in spite of the fact that, because of its high volume and the efforts required for its proper management at local level, urban waste is likewise central from the point of view of bringing about a circular economy; accordingly considers that the Commission, within its particular sphere of responsibility, should bring greater influence to bear for the purpose of seeking a framework of measures to facilitate the circular economy in a municipal and urban context as well;
Amendment 122 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, in which prevention would indeed be the first step to take, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;
Amendment 188 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely determined during the design phase; and calls on the Commission, instead of confining itself to products viewed in terms of energy consumption, which lend themselves more readily to the Ecodesign Directive, to allow for the option of drawing up further new legislation and design requirements to cover other categories of resource- intensive products;
Amendment 195 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to review its concept of ‘critical raw materials’, taking into account both environmental impact and extraction and processing risks, in addition to the possibilities for substitution by secondary materials;
Amendment 196 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission, when putting forward examples of good design and innovation for a circular economy, also to allow for the order of priority established as regards materials by earlier decision-taking concerning production, the object being to ensure that the materials chosen will invariably be those which are most sustainable and most readily exploitable afterwards;
Amendment 199 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 20168, incorporating order to allow sufficient time to make the adjustments to ecodesign necessary to accommodate other product ranges above and beyond the sole criterion of energy consumption; believes that the above review should incorporate the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines, including products viewed in terms other than energy consumption; gradually including all relevant resource- efficiency features in the mandatory requirements for product design; introducing a mandatory product passport based on these requirements; implementing self- monitoring and third-party auditing to ensure that products comply with these standards; and defining horizontal requirements on, inter alia, reusability, repairability, and recyclability;
Amendment 250 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to provide in manufacturing standards legislation for a guarantee that replacement parts will be available for a minimum period not less than two years, depending on the average lifetime of each particular product; considers that it should likewise be ensured that parts required for the purposes of reuse and remanufacturing would also be available;
Amendment 322 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposed measures concerning landfills, but calls on the Commission to make greater efforts when dealing with Member States, so as to ensure that illegal sites will be permanently sealed, bearing in mind that these, despite being the subject of infringement proceedings and even a European court ruling, are continuing to operate in the EU;
Amendment 379 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. As regards construction and demolition waste, requests that, when Directive 2008/98/EC on waste comes to be revised, a stipulation be made to the effect that ‘recycling or recovery’ may not be taken to mean landfilling of such materials;
Amendment 478 #
2014/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to intensify their checks in order to ensure that levies or fees charged by producers for the recycling of given products are in fact used to recycle those products and not for other purposes or for the benefit of other parties;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Directive 2006/54/EC refers expressly to CJEU case law, which lays down that the principle of equal treatment for men and women cannot be confined to the prohibition of discrimination based on the fact that a person is of one or other sex, but that it also applies to discrimination arising from a person’s gender reassignment;
Amendment 25 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas Directive 2006/54/EC stipulates that Member States may, with a view to ensuring full equality in practice between men and women in working life, maintain or adopt measures providing for specific advantages in order to make it easier for the underrepresented sex to pursue a vocational activity or to prevent or compensate for disadvantages in professional careers (Article 3 of Directive 2006/54/EC and Article 157(4) TFEU);
Amendment 30 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas motherhood and care for children, the elderly and other dependants represent additional work that is for the most part carried out by women; whereas this work is neither paid nor valued by society, even though it contributes to social welfare and can be measured by economic indicators such as GDP; whereas this results in the widening of the income gaps that exist between women and men through the ‘costs’ of the years spent out of the labour market or of reduced hours due to part-time arrangements; whereas the impact of these elements on lifetime earnings varies across the Member States depending on the level of support given to parents, by either legislative measures or collective agreements;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas both horizontal and vertical segregation exist on the labour market: the former because women are concentrated in a far more limited number of sectors and professions than men, and these sectors and professions tend in general to be less well paid and less valued, and the latter because women carry out less well paid jobs and they come up against more obstacles to their professional development (only one third of management posts in EU firms are held by women);
Amendment 49 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still exert a great deal of influence over the division of labour in the home, in education, in careers, in the workplace and in society in general;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact thatRegrets that although the Member States were obliged to transpose only those ‘ʽsubstantive changes’ʼ brought about by the ‘ʽrecast Directive’ whichʼ, transposition of the Directive has only been sufficiently clear and correct in two Member States, with matters still outstanding in the remaining 26 Member States; points out, however, that these changes had not been clearly identified; underlines the fact that the Commission’s efforts to monitor implementation were limited in their impact as regards ensuring a coherent approach and securing the necessary guidance in order to allow for effective implementation at national level;
Amendment 73 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that a range of sanctions would need to be established at EU level to be meted out to companies and employers in general that fail to comply with rules on equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters concerning employment and occupation, and on equal pay in particular, said sanctions to include fines, ineligibility for public subsidies, a ban on taking part in public procurement and publication of offendersʼ names;
Amendment 78 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphasises the need to combat the specific obstacles faced by women and girls with disabilities, and by the parents of children with disabilities as regards equal access to education and to the labour market; emphasises too the need to adapt the measures so that the gender dimension is incorporated into all policies and the particular characteristics of people with special needs, such as the disabled, people from ethnic minorities, immigrants, the long-term unemployed, etc. are taken into account;
Amendment 84 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that there are significant differences between the Member States as regards implementation of the clauses on equal treatment for transexual people, and in particular those who have undergone a change in sex; calls on the Member States to state clearly and expressly in their national laws that people in the process of changing their sex, or who have already done so, have the right not to suffer discrimination; calls on the Commission to compile data on compliance with these clauses and to encourage exchange of best practice;
Amendment 130 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that social dialogue needs to be fostered between the social partners so as to promote equal treatment by monitoring workplace practices and through collective agreements, codes of conduct, research, exchange of experience and good practice, etc.;
Amendment 135 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on Member States to make it obligatory through their national legal systems for companies to draw up and implement annual corporate plans on gender equality and the rights of men and women to care for family members, as well as to guarantee a balanced gender representation on their management boards;
Amendment 136 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the Council to adopt as soon as possible a common position on the proposal for a directive on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures;
Amendment 147 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the need to increase efforts at national and EU level to combat the persistence of stereotypes, through awareness-raising campaigns aimed at all levels of society, greater media involvement, strategies to encourage women to choose careers and professions in which they are less well represented and the incorporation of gender issues into education and vocational training;
Amendment 154 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Emphasises the importance of taking positive measures that foster the involvement of women in political and economic decision-making; points out that binding quotas have proved to be one of the best ways of achieving this aim;
Amendment 155 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Points out that positive measures are also needed to incentivise the less well represented sex to enter certain professions where there is clear horizontal gender segregation;
Amendment 164 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that for reconciliation of work and family life to be facilitated and more women enabled to enter the labour market there has to be a sufficient number of affordable, good quality services provided to care for children, the elderly and other dependants at hours compatible with a full-time working day;
Amendment 168 #
2014/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Emphasises the relevance of having reliable, comparable and available quantity and quality indicators, as well as gender-based statistics, for ensuring implementation and follow-up to the Directive; urges equality bodies to intensify their efforts in conducting independent surveys, publishing independent reports and making recommendations concerning any issue related to discrimination; recalls the role of the European Institute for Gender Equality, entrusted with the task of gathering and analysing information regarding gender equality, raising the awareness of EU citizens as regards gender equality and developing methodological tools in support of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 124 #
2014/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to abolish all indirect subsidies forphase out subsidies for environmentally harmful fossil fuels, and to make full use of funds for financing renewables, based on binding renewable targets;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the right to equal treatment is a defining rightfundamental right recognised in the Treaties of the European Union which is deeply rooted in European society and is essential for the further development of this society and should apply bothin legislation, in practice, in case law and in real life;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas under the previous Commission strategy attained some of the goals that had been set, but f were attailned to achieve, but full gender equality was not achieved, while evidence for the interaction of various forms of discrimination, precise targets and effective evaluation measures were often lacking and gender mainstreaming continued to be applied only to a limited extent;
Amendment 22 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender equality is a basic value of the EU recognised in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and is essential as a strategic objective to achieve the overall EU objectives, such as the employment rate target within the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 31 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the economic and political situation in Europe can only be maintainimproved and the consequences of demographic change averted if the talent and potential of all women and men is used;
Amendment 33 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas we cannot remain tied to redundant, environmentally unsustainable economic models based on an outdated distribution of work along gender lines which has been superseded by the integration of women in the labour market; whereas we need a new, socially sustainable model based on knowledge and innovation that incorporates the full range of women’s talent in the productive fabric, redresses the balance of responsibility between men and women in the public and private spheres and harmonises the personal and working lives of workers of both genders;
Amendment 36 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas providing access to affordable, high-quality childcare and support services for the elderly and other dependants is essential for ensuring the equal participation of men and women in the labour market, education and training;
Amendment 41 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas one in two women experiences one or more forms of sexual harassment in the cours, according to the FRA survey carried out in March 2014, one in three women in the EU has been a victim of physical or sexual violence, one in five has suffered physical violence since the age of 15, almost one in two has suffered psychological violence and one in two women suffers one or more forms of sexual harassment; whereas violence against women is the most widespread human-rights violation in the world, affecting all levels of society, irrespective of age, education, income, social status and country of origin or residence, and carrying serious physical and psychological consequences, including death – despite which it is one of ther life least reported crimes; whereas violence against women is also one of the main barriers to genuine gender equality and a life free of violence and characterised by self- determination is a prerequisite for the full participation of women in society;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, owing to traditional structures deep-rooted societal stereotypes and tax disincentives, women have often had second-earner status imposed on them, in the form of segregation in the labour market, an incomplete employment history and gender-specific wage inequality,; and whereas also unpaid care, nursingchildcare, nursing of the elderly and other dependants and domestic work is performed much more frequently by women who thuserefore have less time available to pursue paid work, which in turn results in a much lower pension, which is why the compatibility of work and family life, in particular to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, should continue to be supported by practical measures, a process in which men in particular need to become more involved;
Amendment 55 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas positions of power and decision-making are occupied almost exclusively by men, and women are therefore severely limited in their ability to wield influence; whereas that lack of female responsibility represents a lack of democratic legitimacy in decision-making, given that women make up half of the population;
Amendment 59 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas positive action in support of women has proven to be essential to their full integration in the labour market, political and economic decision-making and society in general;
Amendment 64 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the face of poverty in Europe is female, and it is particularly single mothers, young and old women who are affected by poverty and social exclusion, a situation aggravated by the crisis and specific austerity measures because, job insecurity, part-time jobs, low wages and pensions, the difficulty of accessing basic social and health services, and the fact that it is particularly public sector jobs and services in the care sector that are being eliminated;
Amendment 73 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still exert a great deal of influence over the division of labour in the home, in education, in careers, in the workplace and in society in general;
Amendment 90 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the roles of girls and boys are being strengthened by stereotypes in education materials and structures in educational institutions, and their choices are being thereby limited, and these role patterns are being further reinforced especially by media representationsre are still educational institutions that employ gender segregation, and education materials often contain stereotypes that help to perpetuate the separation of the traditional roles assigned to girls and boys, which has a negative influence on their choices; whereas these role patterns are being further reinforced especially by representations and the image of women transmitted by the media, information available on the internet and advertising;
Amendment 96 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the EU has a responsibility and a role as model for gender equality world- wide, gender equality, the fight against gender violence and the empowerment of women are essential if the international development goals are to be attained and for a successful EU foreign policy and, development cooperation and international trade policies; whereas, moreover, women all over the world are especially affected by the consequences of climate, environmental and energy policies;
Amendment 106 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the breakdown of data by gender is a vital tool for achieving genuine progress and efficiently evaluating results;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
M b. whereas existing challenges and the experience acquired show that the lack of a coherent policy between the different areas has made it difficult to achieve gender equality in the past and that a suitable proportion of funds and better coordination, broadcasting and promotion of women’s rights are needed, taking into account the varying situations;
Amendment 111 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
M c. whereas women are often subjected to serial discrimination on the grounds of gender, age (particularly in the case of older women), disability, ethnic origin or race, religion, nationality, immigrant status, socio-economic situation, sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and that serial discrimination gives rise to a number of obstacles to empowering and improving the social status of women;
Amendment 115 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to draw up and adopt a new strategy for gender equality between women and men in Europe aimed at eliminating discrimination against all women and men in their diversity (ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, nationality and age); , and to maintain the priority areas of the previous strategy (economic independence, equal remuneration, equality in decision- making, dignity, integrity and an end to sexist violence, equality in external action and horizontal issues) with a view to ending all forms of discrimination suffered by women in the labour market, wages, pensions, decision-making, access to goods and services, reconciliation of family and working life, etc., and all forms of violence against women; also calls on the Commission to develop a broader equality strategy aimed at eliminating discrimination against all women and men in their diversity (ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, nationality and age); to that effect, urges the Council to reach a common position as soon as possible on the proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation, which has been blocked since its adoption by Parliament in April 2009;
Amendment 123 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines the importance of incorporating disability issues into gender policies, programmes and measures to strengthen recognition and understanding of the cross-cutting nature of gender and disability issues in the EU and in Union and Member States policy and law; believes that women with disabilities should be invited to work with the corresponding authorities as consultants, advisors or experts; regrets that the Strategy for equality between women and men 2010-2015 does not specifically address disability, despite the fact that women with disabilities are often in a less favourable situation than men with disabilities and are more exposed to the risk of poverty and social exclusion; in that sense also regrets that the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 also does not include an integrated perspective on gender or a separate chapter dedicated to disability policies with a special focus on gender;
Amendment 126 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that the future Strategy for equality between women and men should pay special attention to women with special needs and older women, women from ethnic minorities, female immigrants, women with low qualifications, single mothers, especially the poorest, women with disabilities, lesbians and transsexuals, etc., because they are often subjected to serial discrimination as they are women with special characteristics and suffer from prejudice, stereotyping, racism, xenophobia, homophobia and gender violence, which has a negative impact on their chances of genuine integration in society;
Amendment 129 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, to involve civil society and the social partners, in a structured way in the development and continuous evaluation of the strategyparticular the organisations that work in the field of defending and protecting women’s rights and empowering women, in the development and continuous evaluation of the strategy; underscores the importance of negotiation and collective agreements to the fight against discrimination against women, especially as regards access to jobs, wages, working conditions, career progress and professional training;
Amendment 130 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Insists that efforts at national and EU level need to be increased to combat the persistence of stereotypes through awareness-raising campaigns aimed at all levels of society, greater involvement of the media, strategies for encouraging women to choose careers and professions in which they are less well represented and the incorporation of gender issues into primary and secondary education and education materials;
Amendment 131 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Commission, in assessing the application of Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment of men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services, to take into account instances of discrimination relating to pregnancy, breastfeeding, maternity planning and maternity, e.g. in connection with housing (renting), difficulties in obtaining loans, access to health services and products, in particular legally available reproductive care and sex change treatments;
Amendment 137 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to make clear the EU role that it wishes to play in the world and in working with the Member States with regard to the promotion of gender equality and to pursue these goals both through the concept of gender mainstreaming in all areas and through individual targeted and specific actions; stresses the need to integrate gender perspective and the fight against gender violence in EU foreign policy, development cooperation policy and international trade policy and safeguard the necessary financial instruments and human resources;
Amendment 144 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the CommissionRegrets once again that the 2020 Strategy did not satisfactorily include gender perspective, and therefore calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that gender equality is incorporated in all the programmes, actions and initiatives launched under said Strategy and to introduce a specific pillar for equality between women and men in the Europe 2020 strategy, to consider the objectives of the future strategy as an aspect of the European Semester and to insert a gender perspective in the country-specific recommendations and the Annual Growth Survey;
Amendment 151 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to gather gender-specific data in alland the Member States to gather, analyse and publish reliable statistical data broken down by gender and gender quality indicators in order to make it possible to analyse the design and application of gender equality strategies in the EU and the Member States, update said strategies and assess the application of the incorporation of gender issues in all national and Union policy areas;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive strategy against gender- based violence that contains a binding legislative act as soon as possible; calls on the Council of the EU to apply the ‘passerelle clause’ and adopt a unanimous decision defining gender violence as one of the areas of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU, as it concerns the trafficking of human beings and the sexual exploitation of women and girls;
Amendment 171 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the Commission to include in the future Strategy for equality between men and women a definition of gender violence in line with the provisions of Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of the victims of crime: ‘Violence that is directed against a person because of that person’s gender, gender identity or gender expression or that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately, is understood as gender-based violence. It may result in physical, sexual, emotional or psychological harm, or economic loss, to the victim. Gender-based violence is understood to be a form of discrimination and a violation of the fundamental freedoms of the victim and includes violence in close relationships, sexual violence (including rape, sexual assault and harassment), trafficking in human beings, slavery, and different forms of harmful practices, such as forced marriages, female genital mutilation and so-called ‘honour crimes’. Women victims of gender-based violence and their children often require special support and protection because of the high risk of secondary and repeat victimisation, of intimidation and of retaliation connected with such violence’.
Amendment 173 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of the EU adhering to the Istanbul Convention, and to promote the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the Member States through the new strategy and to work actively for its ratification by the EU with a view to combating violence against women; calls on the Member States to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible;
Amendment 181 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it urgently necessary to further monitor the transposition and implementation of the Directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, the Regulation on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters and the Directive on the European Protection Order up to 2015 and beyond;
Amendment 187 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to enshrine ‘zero tolerance’ campaigns in the strategy and to push forward the debate in the Member States about the origins of violence and abuse and the reasons why women resort to prostitution and emphasises the importance of including men more specifically in the fight against violence against women; calls on the Member States to implement preventive steps such as combating chauvinist stereotypes and discriminatory socio-cultural attitudes from primary school onwards and take action to combat all forms of violence against women, protect abused women and duly punish the offenders;
Amendment 194 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to explore the reasons why women resort to prostitution and ways to discourage demand, since as long as there is a demand for prostitution, there will always be prostitutes, and worse still, the mafia will continue trafficking in and sexually exploiting human beings;
Amendment 199 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to adopt a new strategy to combat human trafficking after the current strategy expires, and monitor the application of the Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims;
Amendment 211 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission, once again, to establish as soon as possible a European Observatory on Violence against Women on the premises of the European Institute for Gender Equality and directed by a EU Coordinator on violence against women and girls;
Amendment 227 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Emphasises that improving the balance between family, personal and work life is an important element for economic recovery, sustainable demography and personal and social well- being;
Amendment 231 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to monitor the attainment of the Barcelona objectives and to continue to support Member States in creating high quality and affordable child care with reasonable hours of attendance; emphasises in this connection the importance of increasing the availability, quality and accessibility of affordable nursing and care services for children, the elderly and persons requiring special care, ensuring that the availability of such services is compatible with full- time working hours for both women and men;
Amendment 234 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Draws attention to the fact that despite the Community funding available (to support Member States in developing child care facilities and promoting employment for women, EUR 3.2 billion was allocated from the 2007-13 Structural Funds), some Member States have made budget cuts that are affecting the availability (closure of day care nurseries), quality (understaffing) and increased cost of child care services with the subsequent negative impact on reconciling family and work life, which affects women particularly;
Amendment 238 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of flexible forms of work in allowing women, but more especially and men, to reconcile work and family life, provided that the worker is free to make the choice and is not obliged to choose this modality against their will; and instructs the Commission to coordinate and promote exchanges of best practices; stresses in this connection the need for awareness campaigns for the equal division of domestic work and care and nursing, for the inclusion of men and the introduction of paternity leave of at least 10 days and parental leave to be divided between both parents;
Amendment 247 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that although part-time work, which in the majority is done by women (32.0 % of women work part-time, compared with 8.2 % of men), can make it easier to reconcile family and work life, it is no less true that it also involves fewer career opportunities, lower pay and pensions, under-utilisation of human capital and, consequently, lower economic growth and prosperity; also points out that it is often much more difficult for women than for men to switch from part- time to full-time contracts;
Amendment 262 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Draws attention once again to the fact that although Community regulations explicitly prohibit gender-based pay discrimination for equal work or work of equal value, there is still a gender pay gap that has hardly been reduced in recent years, despite the actions taken and measures applied in this respect, and that has even increased in recent years in some Member States; asks the Commission and Member States to strengthen the existing legislation with new measures to increase pay transparency and to apply sanctions such as fines, sentences and disqualification from receiving State aid, with the objective of reducing and ultimately eliminating pay differences between men and women;
Amendment 269 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Emphasises that women continue to experience greater job insecurity than men, and this is reflected in their lower rate of activity, lower rate of employment, higher rate of unemployment and pay inequality; also points out that job insecurity has increased as a result of the crisis.
Amendment 271 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Asks the Commission and Member States to adopt measures to combat the horizontal segregation of the labour market (women are concentrated in a much more limited number of sectors and professions than men, and these sectors and professions tend in general to be poorer paid and less valued), and vertical segregation (women’s jobs are poorer paid and they encounter more obstacles to their professional development); highlights in this connection that the proven effectiveness of the fight against sexist stereotypes and the application of positive measures to encourage women’s participation in professions in which they are under-represented and in decision- making, and in particular the use of compulsory quotas;
Amendment 273 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Stresses the importance of developing the legal concept of shared ownership at European Union level in order to ensure full recognition of women’s rights in the agricultural sector, adequate protection in the field of social security and the recognition of women’s work;
Amendment 274 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Amendment 278 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to includepresent specific measures in the Strategy to promote the equalbalanced representation of women and men in leadership positions in the strategy and to support the Council in the negotiations for the adoption; asks the Council to reach a common position as soon as possible ofn the Ddraft directive for a balanced representation of men and women on supervisory boardto improve the gender balance among non-executive directors of listed companies and to expand the scope of this Directive to include executive boarddirectors;
Amendment 283 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Draws attention to the imbalance there is in the participation of men and women in decision-making in politics, government and economics, and to the fact that the obstacles to women’s participation can be attributed to a combination of gender-based discrimination and stereotyped behaviours that still tend to persist in business, politics and society; emphasises that it is difficult to believe that there are not sufficient women with excellent academic records and professional careers and that therefore the greater presence of men can be justified in this way, particularly when 60 % of university graduates are women;
Amendment 284 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Points out that the biggest increase by far in the proportion of women on corporate boards has occurred in countries that have already adopted legislation on compulsory quotas, and that in Member States in which no compulsory measures have been implemented, companies are still a long way from achieving an acceptable gender balance; emphasises, therefore, that the positive effects of binding targets are tangible proof that companies can comply with measures intended to guarantee balanced recruitment from a gender point of view;
Amendment 290 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to create incentives for Member States to obtain a more balanced representation of women and men inMember States to strive to obtain equality (not more than 60% nor less than 40% of each sex) in municipal councils, regional and national parliaments and in the Commission and emphasises in this connection the importEuropean Parliament, requiring parties to present gender-balance ofd electoral lists that alternating by gender and of proposing both ae men and womaen and a man candidate for senior EUin the starting positions;
Amendment 293 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that in the period 2003-2013 the average increase in female participation in the national parliaments of countries without quota legislation was only 3.5 percentage points, compared with the average of 10.3 percentage points in countries that had had quota legislation in place for more than one parliamentary term; consequently highlights the importance of quotas for increasing the presence of women in political decision- making; encourages the Commission and Member States, within the framework of the new Strategy, to consider the possibility of establishing binding measures in this respect;
Amendment 299 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Asks public and private organisations to introduce those equality plans in their internal regulations, accompanying them with specific short-, medium- and long-term targets, and to conduct annual assessments on the effective achievement of those targets;
Amendment 321 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to promote, among Member States, the allocation of sustainable funding to organisations and agencies dedicated to helping girls & women at risk of violence.
Amendment 323 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the importance of publishexchanging best practice examples and initiatives so as to counteract the tendency towards de- skilling and to improve the recognition of diplomas and qualifications, because otherwise the skills, especially of women migrants, which are of great importance for, increase their skills or provide them with training that will enable them to rejoin the labour market after caring exclusively for their children or other dependants; also emphasises the importance of improving and facilitating the recognition of diplomas and qualifications, to prevent the skills of well- qualified women being underused, which is often the case of women migrants; though many of them are university graduates they find themselves employed as domestic workers, and this has a negative impact on their personal and professional development and their emotional state, and also has a negative impact on the economic, political and social development of the Member States and the EU, will remain unused;
Amendment 365 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses that Member States should ensure that commercial audiovisual communications do not contain any sex discrimination, or humiliating depictions of women, and that instead they promote the equivalence of the roles of women and men in society; they should also improve women’s access to the media and, in particular, to the decision-making structures of those media;
Amendment 404 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. UnderscoAsks the Commission to ensures that universal access to sexual and reproductive health and the associated rights is a fundamental human right, and calls on the Commission to ensuEuropean development cooperation follows an approach that is based on human rights, particularly gender equality, training for women, combating all forms of violence against women and eradicating child labour; underscores that European development cooperation follows an approach based on auniversal access to health, in particular sexual and reproductive health and the associated rights is a fundamental human rights;, and emphasises the importance of family planning services, information and education to reduce maternal and infant mortality and eliminate female genital mutilation, child-bride and forced marriages, selective, gender-based abortion and forced sterilisation;
Amendment 409 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Underscores that it is absolutely necessary to integrate the gender perspective in all elements of food safety programming because women are responsible for 80 % of agriculture in Africa;
Amendment 419 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Urges the Commission to recognise that placing girls at the forefront of global development delivers a framework for ensuring that girls´ human rights are respected, promoted and fulfilled. Hence, the Commission should include the ´Girl Declaration´ and its aims at the centre of the post-2015 gender equality strategy
Amendment 422 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Points out that although there are gender advisers in both the military and civil crisis management missions in which the European Union takes part, the number of women involved in operations and missions, at all levels of decision- making, and in the negotiations of peace and reconstruction processes still needs to be increased;
Amendment 441 #
2014/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Asks the European institutions to incorporate the gender perspective in the Community budget procedure for the purpose not only of analysing the programmes that are especially directed at women, but also of examining all Community programmes and policies, their impact on the allocation of resources and their contribution to equality between men and women; asks the Court of Auditors also to incorporate the gender perspective when assessing the execution of the Union budget; asks Member States similarly to introduce the gender dimension in their budgets in order to analyse government programmes and policies, their impact on the allocation of resources and their contribution to equality between men and women;
Amendment 115 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment regularly to revise the impact assessment guidelines in order to improve this process; believes that the Commission should assess the economic, social and environmental consequences, and better evaluate the impact of its policy on the fundamental rights of citizens and the equality between women and men in order to fully grasp its effects, keeping in mind that the cost-benefit analysis is only one of many criteria;
Amendment 143 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Refers also to the fact that the Union has set itself the specific task of mainstreaming gender equality in all its activities;
Amendment 228 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Emphasises that, with regard to the maternity leave directive, the announced withdrawal is all the more questionable as the European Parliament has concluded its first reading while the discussions in Council are blocked and thus compromises the whole legislative procedure;
Amendment 28 #
2014/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas lack of sex-disaggregated cultural data as well in the field of cultural heritage is a factor concealing the gender gaps and challenges from policy-makers and decision-makers;
Amendment 102 #
2014/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Draws attention to the need to improve the methodological framework in order to have better statistics related to the field of cultural heritage by – among other – strengthening regular and systematic collection and dissemination of sex- disaggregated data in all areas of the sector including employment, education, capacity-building, participation and consumption;
Amendment 135 #
2014/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Member States to support interdisciplinary research on gender equality in heritage and the creative industries and consider the complexity and diversity of gender relations and the underlying power structures;
Amendment 144 #
2014/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Member States to establish leadership and mentoring initiatives for female creators and heritage professionals and ensure gender balance at senior leadership levels in the cultural and creative sector;
Amendment 21 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas increasing overall unemployment, and women and youth unemployment in particular, remains a major threat to economic and social convergence in the EU;
Amendment 26 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, in the context of persistently high debt and unemployment levels, low nominal GDP growth, and the challenges of an ageing society and of supporting job creation, particularly for young people, fiscal consolidation must continue in a growth-friendly and differentiated manner that also takes into account the gender- specific effects of consolidation in the Member States;
Amendment 49 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the fact that economic recovery in the EU is under way; reiterates, however, that this recovery is fragile and uneven, in particular with regards to young people and women, and must be sustained in order to deliver more growth and jobs in the medium term;
Amendment 207 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Points out that specific attention needs to be paid to both gender mainstreaming and policies targeted at equality between women and men throughout the European Semester process; calls on the Commission to continue to provide CSRs with regard to improved childcare services and to pay particular attention to flexible working time arrangements, to the needs of persons with disabilities and ageing men and women as regards long-term care and to the elimination of gender pay and pension gaps;
Amendment 208 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on Member States to pay specific attention to the gender dimension throughout their National Reform Programmes under the European Semester, in particular as regards systematic measures for advancing gender equality in the fields of employment, social inclusion, fight against poverty, education and research and innovation;
Amendment 221 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that structural reforms should particularly be targeted at improving labour markets’ capacity to integrate, or re- integrate, young people and women into the workforce; believes, also, that structural reform should be aimed at the mid- and long-term sustainability and equality of social security, health-care, child-care and pension systems;
Amendment 337 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to disaggregate data by gender so that progress on the EU 2020 headline targets and the corresponding national targets can be monitored, and to define additional gender-specific indicators where necessary;
Amendment 338 #
2014/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Asks the Commission to engage women's NGOs in the European semester and to inform properly about the achievements of Member States that received CSRs related to gender equality ;
Amendment 3 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls the Joint Declaration of the three institutions that the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF 2014-2020 will integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements; points out the need for further efforts and for a common approach between the three institutions in order to ensure an effective gender mainstreaming in the annual budgetary procedures;
Amendment 4 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Reiterates its call that gender analysis should be an integral part of the EU budgetary procedures and that it should actively involve all actors at all levels of the process in order to advance the EU commitment towards gender equality;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Points out that continued funding of the European Institute for Gender Equality should be safeguarded at an appropriate level so as to ensure that the Institute has the necessary resources in order to fulfil its tasks;
Amendment 6 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Underlines the importance of maintaining the draft budget for the budget lines "Ensuring the protection of rights and empowering citizens" and "Promoting non-discrimination and equality", implementing the programme Rights, Equality and Citizenship 2014 – 2020 and reiterates in this context that it is essential that the name Daphne and the level of financing is maintained in relation to the specific objective of the programme aimed at preventing and combating violence against children, young people and women;
Amendment 39 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas equality between women and men is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas, likewise, the European Union’s objective in this field is to ensure equal opportunities and treatment for men and women and to combat all discrimination based on gender;
Amendment 41 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes continue to have a strong influence on role distribution between women and men in the home, in the workplace and in society in general, and tend to perpetuate the status quo of inherited obstacles to the achievement of gender equality, which limit the employment opportunities and personal development of women;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the female unemployment rate is underestimated, since many women are not registered as unemployed, particularly those who live in rural or remote areas, those who help out in family businesses and many of those who devote themselves exclusively to household tasks and childcare; whereas this situation also creates a disparity in terms of access to public services (benefits, pensions, maternity leave, sick leave, access to social security etc.);
Amendment 71 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the precondition for women’s active inclusion in the labour market is availability of quality and affordable childcare facilities and services for children, the elderly and dependents;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas violence against women is the world’s most widespread human rights violation, affecting all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and representing a major hindrance to equality between women and men;
Amendment 105 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas although all the Member States have signed the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), only 14 have ratified it;
Amendment 114 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas conditions are worsening for certain groups of women who frequently face several combined difficulties and risks and high levels of discrimination, in particular women with disabilities, women with dependants, elderly women, minority and immigrant women, female refugees and asylum seekers, women with little or no training, female victims of gender-based violence, female members of the LGTBI community, etc.;
Amendment 140 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the EU is obliged to combat social exclusion and discrimination under the TEU and that the TFEU enshrines the EU’s commitment to eliminating inequality and promoting equality between men and women; stresses that the principle of gender equality does not preclude the maintenance or adoption of measures which provide concrete benefits for the under-represented gender, as laid down in Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 146 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to mainstream gender, equal opportunities and women’s rights into all budgets and policy-making, and into the implementation of EU measures and programmes, and to carry out gender impact assessments when setting up any new policy to help ensure a more coherent and evidence-based EU policy response to gender equality challenges;
Amendment 159 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that equal participation by women and men in the labour market could significantly increase the economic potential of the EU, while consolidating its fair and inclusive nature; points out that, according to OECD projections, total convergence in participation rates would result in a 12.4 % increase in per capita GDP by 2030;
Amendment 170 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to put forward an ambitious, comprehensive package of legislative and non-legislative measures regarding work-life balance as part of the Commission Work Programme 2017, to include the revision of existing maternity and paternity directives and proposals for directives on paternity leave and carer’s leave;
Amendment 173 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to take measures to encourage men to share equally in domestic responsibilities and in caring for children and other dependants, in particular through incentives for men to take parental and paternity leave, which will strengthen their rights as parents, ensure a greater degree of equality between women and men and more appropriate distribution of family and housekeeping responsibilities, and enhance women’s opportunities to participate fully in the labour market;
Amendment 177 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Draws attention to the increasing prevalence of mandatory flexible working hours: weekend work, irregular, unpredictable and extended working hours, etc.; points out that flexible working hours affect part-time workers, the majority of whom are women, to a greater degree, which means that more women than men experience variations in their working hours from one week to the next, making it even more difficult to achieve a work-life balance, particularly for single mothers and women who care for dependant family members;
Amendment 191 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that according to the European Added Value Assessment conclusions, a one percentage point decrease in the gender pay gap will increase economic growth by 0.1 %, which means that closing that gap is of crucial importance in the current economic downturn;
Amendment 193 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Deplores the ‘unexplainable’ dimension of the wage gap, which can be attributed to the discrimination suffered by many women who do not earn the same as men, even when they do the same job or a job of equal value; points out that wage differences can be attributed to the fact that women do not do the same jobs as men, owing to continued horizontal segregation and the division of labour by gender, meaning that less value is attributed to jobs considered ‘feminine’; to continued vertical segregation and thus to the glass ceiling which prevents women from reaching the highest and best paid positions; to the common practice of establishing different categories within a single position (for example, men working in cleaning services perform the superior role of maintenance technician, while women perform the inferior role of cleaner or similar); and to the over- representation of women in part-time work, which is less well paid than full- time work; emphasises the fact that the vast majority of low salaries and almost all very low salaries are paid for part-time work and points out that about 80% of the working poor are women;
Amendment 194 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the Member States, employers and trade union movements to draft and implement serviceable, specific job evaluation tools to help determine work of equal value and thus to ensure equal pay between men and women; encourages firms to carry out annual equal pay audits, to publish the data with the highest possible level of transparency and to narrow the gender pay gap;
Amendment 197 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Maintains that poverty among women, in particular among older women, single mothers, women victims of gender-based violence, women with disabilities, migrant women, women refugees and asylum seekers, and women from minorities, needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency; calls on the Member States, therefore, to implement more effective inclusion strategies and make more efficient use of social policy resources, not least the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds;
Amendment 199 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Congratulates the Government of Sweden on achieving parity in representation in view of gender, and Slovenia and France on achieving virtual parity, and encourages Hungary, Slovakia and Greece, which have formed governments without any women, to ensure that women are sufficiently represented in all levels of political and economic decision-making; calls on the Member States to do all they can to guarantee gender parity in high-level positions in their governments, public institutions and bodies, and on electoral lists, in order to ensure that there is equal representation in local councils and in regional and national parliaments, as well as in the European Parliament;
Amendment 200 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises that the clear under- representation of women in elected and nominated political positions at EU and Member State level is a democratic deficit that undermines the legitimacy of decision-making at both EU and national level;
Amendment 201 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12c. Stresses that various studies have shown that appropriate legislative measures could result in rapid changes to the gender balance in the political sphere1a; shares the Commission’s opinion that, if they are to be effective, quotas should be accompanied by legislation concerning the order of candidate lists and appropriate sanctions in the case of violation1b; __________________ 1a European Parliament (2013), Electoral gender quotas and their implementation in Europe — update 2013; 1b2015 Report on Equality between women and men, SDW(2016)54 final, page 17
Amendment 204 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that the increased proportion of women sitting on the management boards of large companies listed on the stock exchange (from 11.9% in 2010 to 22.7% in 2015) is largely the result of significant changes in the Member States whose governments have taken legislative action or implemented a company-driven voluntary framework with clearly defined objectives and subject to regular monitoring 1c; __________________ 1c2015 Report on Equality between women and men, SDW(2016)54 final, page 18
Amendment 209 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Deplores the fact that only one Member State has achieved gender parity in top higher education establishment posts, while welcoming the fact that female representation in said positions has generally improved;
Amendment 215 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Member States to prevent and respond to all types of violence against women and to put in place further prevention strategies, to make widely available specialised support and protection services so that all victims can access them and to focus special attention on gender-specific aspects of victims’ rights when reporting on the implementation of the Victims’ Rights Directive in 2017; calls on the Commission to launch a European register of European protection orders to complement EU legislation on victim protection;
Amendment 222 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the progress of the Member States in signing the Istanbul Convention, and urges those that have not yet ratified it to do so without delay; repeats its call for EU accession to the Convention in 2016; calls on the Commission to present as soon as possible a European Strategy for preventing and combating gender-based violence and to assess the possibility of initiating an EU legislative act to end and prevent violence against women in all Member States;
Amendment 225 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Council of the EU to apply the ‘passerelle clause’ and adopt a unanimous decision defining gender violence as one of the areas of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU, as it concerns the trafficking of human beings and the sexual exploitation of women and girls;
Amendment 226 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls, once again, on the Commission to set up a European monitoring centre on gender violence (along the lines of the current European Institute for Gender Equality), to be led by a European coordinator for the prevention of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 258 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses the importance of active prevention, education and information policies for teenagers, young people and adults to ensure that EU citizens benefit from good sexual and reproductive health, and avoid sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies;
Amendment 260 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. 14c. Stresses that sexual and reproductive health and the associated rights are fundamental human rights which should be defended, respected and promoted, and therefore calls for their inclusion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Article 35 of which already recognises the rights to health;
Amendment 272 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for efforts to be stepped up at national and EU level to combat the persistence of stereotypes and gender- based discrimination, through awareness- raising campaigns targeted to all levels of society, a greater use of the media, strategies to encourage women to choose careers and professions in which women are under-represented and men to take on their fair share of family and domestic tasks, and the inclusion of gender issues in primary and secondary teaching material;
Amendment 274 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Urge the media and the advertising sphere to respect the dignity of women and their right to a non-stereotyped and non-discriminatory portrayal, and to stop using the female stereotypes of youth, beauty and sexual allure as a model of social success, as is the case in both the public and private media; calls on them to publicise healthy lifestyles and disseminate different family models and styles of living, and images of women more in line with existing female diversity;
Amendment 275 #
2014/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Calls on the Commission to develop a broader equality strategy, including a horizontal directive to tackle discrimination, with a view to eliminating gender-based discrimination in all its forms; to that effect, urges the Council to reach a common position as soon as possible on the proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation, which has been blocked since its adoption by Parliament in April 2009; calls on the Council to include gender as a factor of discrimination, as requested by the European Parliament;
Amendment 157 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) If an antimicrobial is administered and used incorrectly, this presents a risk to public or animal health. Therefore antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products should only be available on veterinary prescription. Persons having the right to prescribeVeterinarians are the only professional authorised to prescribe medicinal products to animals, have a key role in ensuring prudent use of antimicrobials and consequently they should not be influenced, directly or indirectly, by economic incentives when prescribing those products. Therefore the supply of veterinary antimicrobials by those health professionalveterinarians should be restricted to the amount required to continue the treatment until the medicinal product prescribed by the veterinarian is obtained by the farmer or by the owner and only for treatment of the animals under their care.
Amendment 253 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 24
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 24
(24) 'veterinary prescription‘ means any prescription for a veterinary or human medicinal product issued by a professional person qualified to do so veterinarian once a veterinary diagnosis has been established following accordance wi clinical examination of the applicable national lawnimal or in the light of continuous health checks on the animal;
Amendment 258 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
(27a) “industrial process" referring to veterinary medicinal products containing autologous or allogeneic cells or tissues include list all process that should be considered as industrial for these specific product.
Amendment 262 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 27 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 27 b (new)
(27b) "Summary product characteristics" is the resume of the product technical characteristics on quality, safety and efficacy for the healthcare professionals.
Amendment 264 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 27 c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 27 c (new)
(27c) "Adverse events" is any of the undesirable events described in art. 73 (2).
Amendment 265 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 27 d (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 27 d (new)
(27d) "Serious adverse events" is an adverse events which results in death, is life-threatening, results in significant disability or incapacity, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect, or which results in permanent or prolonged signs in the animals treated.
Amendment 326 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) Qualitative and quantitative composition.
Amendment 343 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Amendment 362 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. A requirement to notify the competent authorities of any adverse event relating to the use of the veterinary medicinal product.
Amendment 366 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a requirement to notify the competent authorities of any incidadverse event relating to the use of the veterinary medicinal product;.
Amendment 377 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
The competent authority shall ascertain that the manufacturers of veterinary medicinal products from third countries comply with EU legislation applicable, are able to manufacture the veterinary medicinal product concerned and/or carry out control tests in accordance with the methods described in the documentation submitted in support of the application in accordance with Article 7(1).
Amendment 394 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) the summary of the product characteristics of the veterinary medicinal product does not contain any warnings of potential serious side effecadverse events deriving from its correct use;
Amendment 437 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 10 years for the veterinary medicinal products for cattle, sheep (reared for meat), pigs, chickens, salmons, dogs and cats;.
Amendment 465 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. Applications and the dossier for decentralised marketing authorisation shall be submitted to all the Member States. The Member State chosen by the applicant (‘is the ('reference Member State').
Amendment 467 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1
1. Applications and the dossier for mutual recognition of marketing authorisations shall be submitted to all the Member States. The Member State that granted the first national marketing authorisation is the (‘"reference Member State'").
Amendment 563 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. Marketing authorisation holders shall elaborate and maintain a system for collecting information on the riskadverse events of veterinary medicinal products as regards animal health, public health and the environment enabling them to fulfil their pharmacovigilance responsibilities listed in Articles 73, 76 and 77 (‘pharmacovigilance system').
Amendment 587 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 73 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) Any suspected transmission via a veterinary medicinal product of any infectious agent.
Amendment 606 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1
Article 76 – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities shall record in the pharmacovigilance database and copied to the Marketing authorisation holders all adverse events which were reported to them by healthcare professionals and animal holders and that occurred in the territory of their Member State, within 30 days following the receipt of the adverse event report.
Amendment 608 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 2
Article 76 – paragraph 2
2. Marketing authorisation holders shall record in the pharmacovigilance database all adverse events which were reported to them by healthcnotified electronically all serious adverse events and human events relating to the use of veterinary medicinal products that are pbrofessionals and animal holders and that occurred within the Union or in a third country with regard to their authorised veterinary medicinal products, wiught to his attention or which he can reasonably be expected to have knowledge to the competent authority of the Member State on whose territory the incident occurred and no later than 15 days following receipt of the information. The rest of adverse events relating the use of veterinary medicinal products that are brought to the attention of the Marketing authorization holder or which he can reasonably be expected to have knowledge, should be notified electronically to the pharmacovigilance database no later thian 30 days following the receipt of the adverse event report. information.
Amendment 616 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 4
Article 76 – paragraph 4
Amendment 617 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 5
Article 76 – paragraph 5
Amendment 636 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 78 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) monitoring theCarrying out a Signal detection of adverse events included in pharmacovigilance system anddatabase to ensuringe that if needed, an appropriate corrective action plan is prepared and implemented; . The Signal detection should be made every six months during the first two years of effective commercialization of the product and afterwards yearly and the analysis and results should be sent to competent authorities.
Amendment 641 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1
Article 79 – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities shall evaluate all adverse events reported to them by marketing authorisation holders, healthcare professionals and animal holders, manage risks and take the measures referred to in Articles 130 to 135 concerning marketing authorisations where necessary.
Amendment 646 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1
Article 81 – paragraph 1
1. Marketing authorisation holders, Competent authorities and the Agency shall cooperate in monitoring the data in the pharmacovigilance database to determine whether there is any change to the benefit-risk balance of veterinary medicinal products with a view to detecting risks to animal health, public health and protection of the environment (‘'signal management process').
Amendment 653 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Unless other requirements have been laid down as a condition for the granting of the marketing authorisation or subsequently established by competent authority, reports of all adverse reactions shall be submitted to the competent authorities in the form of a periodic safety report, immediately upon request or at least every six months after authorisation until the placing on the market. Periodic safety updated reports shall also be submitted immediately upon request or at least every six months during the first two years following the initial placing on the market, yearly for the following two years and thereafter at three-yearly intervals. The periodic safety updated reports shall include a scientific evaluation of the risk- benefit balance of the veterinary medicinal product.
Amendment 695 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2
Article 107 – paragraph 2
2. Persons qualified to prescribeVeterinarians shall supply veterinary medicinal products in acconly ford ance with applicable national law shall retail antimicrobial products only for animals which are under their careimals which are under their care subject to a veterinary diagnosis based on clinical examination of the animal concerned or, exceptionally, permanent monitoring of its health, and only in the amount required forto continue the treatment concerneduntil the medicinal product prescribed by the veterinarian is obtained by the farmer or by the owner.
Amendment 765 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 3
Article 110 – paragraph 3
3. Where a veterinary medicinal product is supplied on prescription, the quantity prescribed and supplied shall be restricted to the amount required for the treatment or therapy concerned. The maximum quantity of veterinary medicinal products supplied at one time may not, however, exceed one month's treatment. For chronic diseases and for periodic treatments the maximum quantity should not exceed three month's treatment.
Amendment 805 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By way of derogation from Article 111, whereMember States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, if there is no authorised veterinary medicinal product in a Member State for a condition affecting a non-food producing animalspecies, by way of exception, the veterinarian responsible may, under his/her direct personal responsibility and in particular to avoid causing unacceptable suffering, exceptionally treat the animal concerned with the following:
Amendment 810 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) a veterinary medicinal product: authorised in the Member State concerned under this Regulation for use with another animal species, or for another condition in the same species; or
Amendment 812 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Amendment 814 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 817 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Amendment 824 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) if there is no product as referred to in point (a), a veterinary medicinal product prepared extemporaneously in accordance with the terms of a veterinary prescription by a person authorised to do so under national legislation.either:
Amendment 826 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
(i) a medicinal product authorised for human use in the Member State concerned in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council or under Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, or
Amendment 827 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii (new)
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii (new)
(ii) in accordance with specific national measures, a veterinary medicinal product authorised in another Member State in accordance with this Regulation for use in the same species or in another species for the condition in question or for another condition; or
Amendment 828 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 115 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(c) if there is no product as referred to in subparagraph (b), and within the limits of the law of the Member State concerned, a veterinary medicinal product prepared extemporaneously by a person authorised to do so under national legislation in accordance with the terms of a veterinary prescription. The veterinarian may administer the medicinal product personally or allow another person to do so under the veterinarian's responsibility.
Amendment 831 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By way of derogation from Article 111, where1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, if there is no authorised veterinary medicinal product in a Member State for a condition affecting a food-producing animal of a non-aquatic speciesspecies, by way of exception, the veterinarian responsible may, under his direct personal responsibility and in particular to avoid causing unacceptable suffering, exceptionally treat the animals concerned with any of the followingon a particular holding with:
Amendment 837 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a veterinary medicinal product authorised under this Regulation in the Member State concerned under this Regulation for use with another food-producing animal species, or for another condition in the same species; or
Amendment 840 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a veterinary medicinal product authorised under this Regulation in another Member Stateif there is no product as referred to in point (a), either: (i) a medicinal product for human use authorised in the Member State concerned in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC or under Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, or (ii) a veterinary medicinal product authorised in another Member State in accordance with this Regulation for use in the same species or in another food- producing species for the same condition in question or for another condition; or
Amendment 846 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a medicinal product for human use authorised in the Member State concerned in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC or under Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, orif there is no product as referred to in subparagraph (b), and within the limits of the law of the Member State concerned, a veterinary medicinal product prepared extemporaneously by a person authorised to do so under national legislation in accordance with the terms of a veterinary prescription. The veterinarian may administer the medicinal product personally or allow another person to do so under the veterinarian's responsibility.
Amendment 851 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 860 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 116 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Amendment 861 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 116 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 862 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 116 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 867 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 4
Article 116 – paragraph 4
Amendment 870 #
2014/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 5
Article 116 – paragraph 5
5. For the purpose of treatment in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 3, the veterinarian may administer the medicinal product personally or allow another person to do so under the veterinarian's responsibility.
Amendment 60 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Taking into account the serious public health risk posed by resistance to antimicrobials, it is appropriate to limit the use of medicated feed containing antimicrobials for food-producing animals. Preventive use or use to enhance the performance of food-producing animals should in particular not be allowedThe prophylactic use of antibiotics should not be authorised except in cases where there is a high risk of infection and it is allowed under the conditions of use already defined in the authorisation for the same medicinal product.
Amendment 89 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
fa) the definition of ‘antimicrobial' as laid down in Article 4 of Regulation XXXX/201X of the European Parliament and of the Council on veterinary medicinal products.
Amendment 90 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
fb) the definition of ‘antibiotic' as laid down in Article 4 of Regulation XXXX/201X of the European Parliament and of the Council on veterinary medicinal products.
Amendment 97 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
h) ' mobile mixer ' : a feed business operator with a feed establishment consisting of a specifically equipped lorrymobile system for the manufacture of medicated feed;, who travels in order to provide services to different animal holdings.
Amendment 99 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
i) ' on-farm mixer ' : a feed business operator manufacturing medicated feed on the farm of useintended exclusively for animals on his or her farm.
Amendment 119 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Feed business operators manufacturing, storing, transporting and placing on the market medicated feed and intermediate products shall apply measures in accordance with Article 3 and 4 to avoid or minimise carry-over.
Amendment 135 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 143 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) for the otherall active substances, 3% of the active substance in the last batch of medicated feed or of intermediate product produced before the production of non- target feed.
Amendment 147 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Medicated feed and intermediate products may be manufactured and stored before the prescription referred to in Article 15 is issued. This provision shall not apply to on-farm mixers or in case of manufacture of medicated feed or intermediate products from veterinary medicinal products in accordance with Articles 10 or 11 of Directive 2001/82/EC.
Amendment 187 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Feed business operators supplying medicated feed to the holder of food- producing animals, or on-farm mixers of medicated feed for food-producing animals shall ensure that the quantities supplied or mixed do not exceed: the quantities determined in the prescription. The quantities required for treatment shall be determined in accordance with the conditions of use established in the authorisation to place on the market the veterinary medicinal products included in the prescription.
Amendment 191 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 195 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 204 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Medicated feed containing antimicrobialbiotic veterinary medicinal products shall not be used to prevent diseases infor food-producing animals or to enhance their performance, except in prophylactic uses where there is a high risk of infection and they are allowed under the conditions of use already defined in the authorisation for the same medicinal product.
Amendment 23 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to address undeclared work comprehensively and successfully, a gender mainstreamed policy mix is to be implemented in the Member States, that is facilitated by structured cooperation between relevant authorities. The cooperation should include all national authorities which are leading and/or active in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclared work.
Amendment 31 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Platform, as set out in Article 1 (1), shall contribute to better enforcement of EU and national law, to the reduction of undeclared work and the emergence of formal jobs, hence avoiding the deterioration of quality of work, and to promote integration in the labour market, gender equality, equal opportunities and social inclusion by:
Amendment 41 #
2014/0124(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(2) In carrying out its tasks, the Platform will take account of gender mainstreaming and make use of all relevant sources of information, including studies and multilateral cooperation projects and take into account relevant Union instruments and structures, as well as the experience of relevant bilateral agreements. It will establish appropriate cooperation with Eurofound and, EU-OSHA and EIGE.
Amendment 30 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Natural mineral resources in conflict- affected or high risk areas − although holding great potential for development – can be a cause of dispute where their revenues are fuelling the outbreak or continuation of violent conflict, undermining national endeavours towards development, good governance and the rule of law. Women and children are disproportionately affected by these conflicts, and are the victims of systematic physical and sexual violence, recognised as an international war crime and used as a weapon of war by armed groups. In these areas, breaking the nexus between conflict and illegal exploitation of minerals is critical to peace and stability and human rights.
Amendment 42 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The issue concerns resource-rich regions where the challenge posed by the desire to minimise the financing of armed groups and security forces has been taken up by governments and international organisations together with business operators and civil society organisations, including women's organisations that are at the forefront of drawing attention to the exploitative conditions imposed by these groups as well as to rape and violence used to control local populations.
Amendment 60 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Union citizens and civil society actors have raised awareness with respect to companies operating under the Union's jurisdiction for not being held accountable for their potential connection to the illicit extraction and trade of minerals from conflict regions. The consequence is that such minerals, potentially present in consumer products, link consumers to conflicts outside the Union. As such, consumers are indirectly linked to conflicts that have severe impacts on human rights, notably the rights of women as armed groups often use mass rape as a deliberate strategy to intimidate and control local populations in order to protect their interests. To this end, citizens have requested, notably through petitions, that legislation be proposed to the European Parliament and the Council holding companies accountable under the Guidelines as established by the UN and OECD.
Amendment 131 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation sets up a Union system for supply chain due diligence self- certification in order to curtail opportunities for armed groups and security forces12 to trade in tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold and to curtail financing of war activities that dramatically affect local communities, notably women and children. It is designed to provide transparency and certainty as regards the supply practices of importers, smelters and refiners sourcing from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. __________________ 12 'Armed groups and security forces' as defined in Annex II of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict- Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition, OECD Publishing (OECD (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264185050- en.
Amendment 186 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) 'conflict-affected and high-risk areas' means areas in a state of armed conflict, fragile post-conflict as well as areas witnessing weak or non-existent governance and security, such as failed states, and widespread and systematic violations of international law, including human rights abuses and breaches of women's and children's rights;
Amendment 248 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q
(q) 'Member State competent authorities' means the designated one or more authorities with auditing competences and knowledge as regards raw materials and industrial processes and human rights, including the importance of defending the lives of women and children in conflict- affected and high-risks areas.
Amendment 287 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) adopt and clearly communicate to suppliers and the public its supply chain policy for the minerals and metals potentially originating from conflict- affected and high-risk areas, as well as key measures undertaken to avoid financing of illicit activities that may lead to violations of human rights and the exploitation of, and violence against, women and children,
Amendment 40 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The experience gained with the application of the current schemes, together with the conclusions of the external evaluations and subsequent analysis of different policy options, point to the conclusion that the rationale which led to the establishment of the two school schemes is still relevant. In the current context of declining consumption of fruit and vegetables including bananas and milk products, exacerbated by amongst other things, the modern trend towards the consumption of highly processed foods which, additionally, are often high in added sugars, salt and fat, the Mediterranean diet should be promoted as a nutritional benchmark highly recommended by the WHO, and the Union aid to finance the supply to children in educational establishments of selected agricultural products should therefore continue to existwhich encourage healthy eating habits should be maintained.
Amendment 63 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) It is also appropriate to include olive oil among the products distributed to schools, as it is scientifically proven that frequent consumption of this healthy vegetable fat helps to prevent cardiovascular disease in adults.
Amendment 80 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Educational measures that support the distribution are necessary in order to make the scheme effective in reaching its short- and long-term objectives of increasing the consumption of selected agricultural products and shaping healthier diets. Considering their importance, these measures should support both the fruit and vegetables including bananas and milk distribution. They should be eligible for the Union aid. As supporting measures they represent a critical tool to reconnect children with agriculture and its different products and to meet the objectives that the scheme is pursuing, Member States should be allowed to include a wider variety of agricultural products into their thematic measures. However, so as to promote healthy eating habits, the national and/or regional health authorities should be involved in this process and approve the list of these products, as well as the two groups of products eligible for the distribution, and decide on their nutritional aspects.
Amendment 95 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure the efficient and targeted use of Union funds, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of measures fixing the indicative allocations of the Union aid to each Member State and the methods for reallocating aid between Member States on the basis of aid requests received. The indicative allocations should be fixed separately for the fruit and vegetables including bananas and milk in line with the voluntary approach to distribution. The allocation key for fruit and vegetables including bananas should reflect the current allocations by Member States, based on the objective criteria of the number of children in the age group of six- to ten-year olds as a proportion of the population, taking into the account also the development status of regions concerned. In order to allow Member States to maintain the scale of their current programmes and with a view of encouraging others to take up the distribution of milk, it is appropriate to use the combination of two keys for the allocation of the funds for milk, namely the historical use of funds by Member States under the School Milk Scheme andretain the objective criteria of the number of children in the age group of six- to ten- year olds as a proportion of the population used for the fruit and vegetables including bananas. In order to find the right proportion for these two keys, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of adopting additional rules concerning the balance between the two criteria. Furthermore, considering the recurrent changes in the demographic or development situation of regions in Member States, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of assessing every three years whether the Member States' allocations, based on those criteria, are still up to date.
Amendment 139 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – title
Article 23 – title
Aid for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananasprocessed fruit and vegetables, bananas, olive oil and milk, supporting educational measures and related costs
Amendment 147 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas,processed fruit and vegetables, except those listed in Annex V, bananas, olive oil and milk,
Amendment 168 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States wishing to participate in the aid scheme established in paragraph 1 (" the school scheme") may distribute either fruit and vegetables including bananas or milk falling within CN code 0401, or both, processed fruit and vegetables, except those listed in Annex V, including bananas or milk falling within CN code 0401, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph 1 and in accordance with paragraph 7, the Member States may include the distribution of olive oil in the school scheme.
Amendment 243 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
a) for fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables, olive oil, milk and milk products, including bananas: the objective criteria based on:
Amendment 257 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 286 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 4
Article 23 a – paragraph 4
4. Without exceeding the global ceiling of EUR 230 million resulting from the amounts referred to under points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, Member States may transfer up to 1530% of their indicative allocations for fruit and vegetables including bananas or for milk to the other sector under the conditions to be specified by the Commission by means of delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 227.
Amendment 326 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) the indicative allocation of aid between Member States for fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables, olive oil, including bananas and milk and where appropriate its revision following the assessment referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 23a(2), the minimum amounts of Union aid for each Member State, the method for reallocating the aid allocation between Member States based on aid applications received, and the additional rules concerning how the criteria referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 23a(2) shall be taken into account for the allocation of the funds;
Amendment 332 #
2014/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) the conditions concerning the transfers between the allocations for fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables, olive oil and including bananas and milk;
Amendment 359 #
Amendment 84 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – title
Article 1 – title
Market stability reserve and innovation fund
Amendment 155 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. At least 400 million allowances shall be transferred to an innovation fund and shall be made available to promote projects demonstrating innovative technologies with low carbon emission levels, which are not yet commercially profitable, as well as industrial innovation projects in sectors exposed to carbon leakage, within the EUʼs territory. The Commission shall adopt a decision establishing the innovation fund and the eligible project categories, as well as the selection criteria and funding arrangements, before 31 December 2015. Allowances shall be monetised and awarded to the selected projects before 31 December 2021.
Amendment 53 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The principle of equal treatment for men and women and secondary legislation based on this, underpin the fact that access to employment should be equal and the intention of EURES is to be a tool for recruitment of workers based on non-discrimination and equal treatment.
Amendment 55 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In order to achieve the employment and poverty reduction headline targets of the EU 2020 strategy and to close persisting gender gaps in terms of unemployment, with an EU-28 employment rate of 62,5% for women in 2013 against 74,2% for men, each initiative meant to address unemployment should also facilitate the equal treatment of men and women on the labour market. Whilst female workers may overall be equally mobile as men, mobility represents different challenges to them, as women are often found in lower hierarchical positions and as maternity and care responsibilities have a significant impact on their labour mobility.
Amendment 59 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In order to allow for appropriate support to be given to all workers by the EURES network, it is important that information covers all types of workers, including, in particular, a sensitivity to age and gender, so that data exposes differences in challenges and attitudes that citizens may encounter when confronted with labour mobility.
Amendment 80 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The social partners' participation in the EURES network contributes in particular to the analysis of obstacles to mobility as well as the promotion of fair and voluntary labour mobility within the Union, including in the cross-border regions and for the equal benefit of women and men. Social partners representatives at Union level should therefore be involved in the overall governance structure of the EURES network, while national employers' organisations, organisations addressing specific needs of groups of citizens - such as women, and trade unions may apply to become a EURES Partner.
Amendment 113 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) A common approach to the services delivered by the organisations ('support services') participating in the EURES network should be established and the principle of equal treatment of workers and employers seeking assistance on intra- Union labour mobility, regardless of their location in the Union or of their gender, should be secured as much as possible, and therefore principles and rule, rules and gender- disaggregated data-sets should be established regarding the availability of support services in the territory of the individual Member States. This common approach also covers apprenticeships and traineeships considered as work.
Amendment 116 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) A wider and more comprehensive choice of assistance on intra-Union labour mobility opportunities benefits workers, and it is needed to improve the EURES network's potential to provide support to workers throughout their entire working life, securing their transitions, including temporary periods of unemployment, which often occur to mothers, and careers.
Amendment 150 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) In order to obtain adequate information for measuring the results of the EURES network, common, gender- disaggregated, indicators should be established. Those indicators should guide the organisations participating in the EURES network in identifying their results and should help assess the progress made against the objectives set for the EURES network as a whole, including its contribution towards the implementation of a coordinated strategy for employment in accordance with Article 145 of the Treaty.
Amendment 242 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) social inclusion and integration of persons excluded from the labour market or persons wishing to return to the labour market after short periods out of work.
Amendment 337 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The National Coordination Office promotes the collaboration with stakeholders such as career guidance services, universities, chambers of commerce, organisations representing vulnerable groups on the labour market, such as women's organisations, organisations dealing with women with disabilities, and organisations involved in apprenticeships and traineeships schemes.
Amendment 536 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall ensure that each type of worker is covered by at least one organisation that covers support services, including vulnerable groups in society such as mothers wishing to reintegrate into the labour market.
Amendment 567 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to provide information on active labour market measuliving and working conditions as well as rights in national welfare systems, such as basic health and social welfares and the access to such measures; childcare, or refer to such information;
Amendment 595 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to provide information and guidance on factors which can facilitate the recruitment of workers and how to support their integration and to facilitate their access to basic health, social welfare and childcare;
Amendment 650 #
2014/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall, in particular, collect and analyse gender-disaggregated information on:
Amendment 28 #
2013/2183(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to ensure access for single and lesbian women to fertility treatment and assisted reproduction;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas although the Union has set itself the specific task of mainstreaming gender equality in all its activities, many inequalities between men and women still remain;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes depicting women as running the house and caring for children and men as protectors and the main source of family income continue to have a strong influence on the division of tasks between women and men in the home, in the workplace and in society at large; whereas gender stereotypes also tend to perpetuate the status quo of inherited obstacles to achieving gender equality, and to limit women’s range of employment choices and personal development, impeding them from realising their full potential as individuals and economic players, and therefore constitute strong obstacles to the achievement of equality between women and men;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the stereotypes which still exist with regard to the educational and professional options available to women help to perpetuate inequalities, and partly explain why sectoral and occupational segregation between women and men is not diminishing and is even increasing in certain countries;
Amendment 56 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the search is still on for an appropriate solution to combine work, family and private life and, as a result, many women, who in most cases are responsible for looking after children and dependent family members, are forced to accept part-time jobs, and even have to leave the labour market, because of a lack of affordable childcare and care for the disabled and the elderly;
Amendment 64 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the policies applied in the name of the crisis have a particularly harsh impact on vulnerable people and particularly women, who feel the impact both directly – through loss of employment, wage, pension and benefit cuts, and loss of job security – and indirectly through budget cuts in public services and social care, particularly childcare and dependent care services and dependency allowances;
Amendment 69 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas access to services providing care for children, elderly and dependent persons is essential for achieving equal participation of women and men in the labour market and in education and training; whereas home caregivers remain discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and other entitlements;
Amendment 70 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the sharing of family and domestic duties between men and women, particularly by developing the use of parental leave and paternity leave, is a precondition for promoting and achieving gender equality;
Amendment 83 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas various economists and demographers (World Bank, OECD, IMF) use economic and mathematical models to highlight the economic value of household production (carried out mainly by women), and whereas women’s contribution to GDP would be even higher if their unpaid work were factored in, which illustrates the discrimination that exists against women’s work;
Amendment 87 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the objective of gender equality implies that women are better represented in political and economic decision-making, and this representation has unfortunately not improved in any way in recent years; whereas there are still not many women in management posts in businesses and universities and the number of female politicians and researchers is rising only very slowly;
Amendment 110 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas violence against women is a prime obstacle to equality between women and men, is a violation of the fundamental rights of women and remains the most widespread violation of human rights despite measures taken by politicians to counter it; whereas economic recession also spawns increased violence in close relationships, and austerity measures affecting support services leave women who are victims of violence even more vulnerable than usual;
Amendment 113 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation, in which the vast majority of victims are women and girls, is an unacceptable violation of human rights and is a modern form of slavery;
Amendment 115 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas the right to health, particularly sexual and reproductive health, is a fundamental right that all women should be guaranteed, regardless of their social status, age, sexual orientation, origin, legal status or ethnicity;
Amendment 117 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas women in rural areas suffer more from multiple discrimination and gender stereotypes than women in urban areas and the employment rate of women in rural areas is much lower than that of women in cities; whereas, in addition, a lot of women are never active in the official labour market and, therefore, are neither registered as unemployed nor included in unemployment statistics, which leads to particular financial and legal problems in relation to the right to maternity and sick leave, the acquisition of pension rights and access to social security, as well as problems in the event of divorce;
Amendment 119 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I e (new)
Recital I e (new)
Ie. whereas many women, such as women with disabilities, women caring for children or other dependents, elderly women, women from ethnic minorities immigrant women and women with little or no education suffer from multiple and multisectoral discrimination and are more vulnerable to social exclusion, poverty and extreme human rights violations;
Amendment 121 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I f (new)
Recital I f (new)
If. whereas positive actions aimed at women have proved to be fundamental for their full incorporation in the labour market, in decision-making and in society in general;
Amendment 133 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on Member States to invest in affordable, high-quality facilities for the care of children, the sick, the disabled, the elderly and other dependent persons, making sure that they have flexible opening times compatible with full-time working days and are accessible so that as many people as possible can combine professional with family and private life; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that men and women caring for children or other dependents receive recognition through dependency allowances and by giving them individual social security and pension rights; invites the social partners to present specific initiatives to validate the skills acquired during a care-related leave period;
Amendment 138 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Council to break the deadlock on the adoption of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/85/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding;
Amendment 139 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to look into the possibility of introducing electronic voting from home or proxy voting, so that MEPs on sick leave, particularly those on maternity leave or on paternity or parental leave, can fulfil their electoral duties;
Amendment 146 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the fact that, despite unemployment rates for men and women being comparable, the crisis has affected women differently; points out that working conditions for women have become considerably more insecure, especially with the increasing prevalence of atypical forms of contract, and that women’s incomes have fallen significantly thanks to a number of factors, including the persistent wage gap between men and women and the resultant inequality in their respective levels of unemployment benefit and pensions, the rise in compulsory part-time working, and the rise in the number of temporary or fixed-term jobs to the detriment of more stable employment; points out that the experience of previous crises shows that the male employment rate generally recovers more quickly than that for women, and expresses concern that the budget cuts will exacerbate the problem, as women will be disproportionately affected; calls on Member States’ governments as well as on social partners to draw up an action plan and concrete, ambitious targets, and that they assess the gender impact of the economic and financial crisis through gender equality impact assessments;
Amendment 158 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that reducing gender inequalities, including by closing the gender pay gap, will bring benefits not only for women but also for society as a whole, and insists that closing the gender pay gap should not be seen as a cost but as an investment; in this respect, points out that according to the European Added Value Assessment conclusions, a one- percentage-point decrease in the gender pay gap will increase economic growth by 0.1 %, which means that closing the gender pay gap is of crucial importance in the current economic downturn;
Amendment 163 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reiterates that Directive 2006/54/EC, in its current form, is not sufficiently effective to tackle the gender pay gap and achieve the objective of gender equality in employment and occupation; therefore urges the Commission to revise Directive 2006/54/EC without delay and to propose amendments to it in accordance with Article 32 of the Directive and on the basis of Article 157 TFEU, following the detailed recommendations set out in the annex to the Parliament’s resolution of 24 May 2012;
Amendment 166 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Requests the Commission to support Member States in reducing the gender pay gap by at least five percentage points annually with the aim of eliminating it by 2020, by implementing policies to close the gender pay gap and exchanging and promoting best practices;
Amendment 168 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take appropriate measures to reduce the gender pension gap, which is a direct consequence of the gender pay gap, and to assess the impact of the new pension systems on women, paying special attention to part-time and atypical contracts;
Amendment 197 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly urges the Member States to increase their investment in public services, education and health, particularly health services relating to sexual and reproductive health, nurseries and care centres for elderly and disabled persons, grants for school canteens, etc;
Amendment 203 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its position on sexual and reproductive health rights, as stated in its resolutions of 10 February 2010, 8 February 2011 and 13 March 2012 on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2009, 2010 and 2011; expresses concern in this respect about recent funding cuts to public health, family planning and sexual education and also restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services in some Member States, in particular pregnancy and maternity protection, annual gynaecological check-ups and safe and legal abortion; stresses that all women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights including by having access to affordable high-quality contraception;
Amendment 212 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to increase their child support budgets in order to expand the public network of day care, nurseries and public services providing extracurricular activities for children, as well as grants for enrolment, books, school meals and school transport;
Amendment 220 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that in order to eliminate gender stereotypes and promote egalitarian behaviour models in social and economic life, it is extremely important to inculcate these values from an early age, in schools, and to carry out awareness campaigns in schools, workplaces, and the media, highlighting men’s role in promoting equality, the equal distribution of family responsibilities and creation of work-life balance;
Amendment 227 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Highlights the importance of developing the legal construct of shared ownership with the aim of ensuring that women’s rights in the agricultural sector are fully recognised, that they receive appropriate social security protection and that their work is recognised;
Amendment 229 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take further measures to improve women’s access to and participation in the labour market, especially in sectors such as high- technology, research, science and engineering, in which they are still under- represented, and to improve the quality of employment of women, in particular by means of lifelong learning and education programmes at every level; urges the Commission and Member States to make use of the European Structural Funds to achieve this;
Amendment 231 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give priority to and take particular note of groups of women with special needs, such as disabled women, women with dependants, elderly women, minority and immigrant women and women with little or no professional training, and to develop targeted measures to meet their needs and circumstances;
Amendment 242 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need for Member States to adopt measures, in particular through legislative means, to set binding targets to ensure the balanced presence of women and men in positions of responsibility in business, public administration and political bodies;
Amendment 249 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Asks the Council to present at the earliest possible date its common position on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures;
Amendment 255 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Points out that the European Elections in 2014, followed by the appointment of the next Commission and the nominations for the senior administrative positions within the European institutions, are a chance to move towards parity democracy at EU level; therefore askes the Member States to support parity by nominating a man and a woman as candidates for the post of Commissioner and asks the President-elect of the Commission to bear in mind the parity objective when forming the Commission; also calls on the Member States and political parties to support parity in their electoral lists;
Amendment 257 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Points out that the use of electoral quotas has positive effects on women’s representation, and welcomes the parity and gender quota systems incorporated by several Member States into their legislation; calls on the Member States with particularly low representation of women in political assemblies to consider introducing equivalent measures;
Amendment 277 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of combating violence against women to achieving equality between women and men; calls on the Member States and the Commission, therefore, to undertake concerted action in the field; urges the Commission to consider the possibility of new measures on combating violence against women;
Amendment 282 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combine their efforts in fighting organised crime and trafficking networks, and to adopt and strengthen legislative, administrative, educational, social and cultural measures that discourage demand for prostitution;
Amendment 286 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Welcomes efforts, both at Community and national levels, to combat violence against women, men and children such as the European Protection Order, the Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and the legislative package to strengthen the rights of victims in the EU, but stresses that this phenomenon remains a major unresolved problem;
Amendment 289 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Calls on the Commission to implement its commitment to mainstream gender equality in the Common European Asylum System.
Amendment 297 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to present an EU-wide strategy and an action plan to combat violence against women and to put forward by the end of 2014 a draft law, based on Article 84 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, establishing measures to promote and support action by the Member States in the sphere of prevention of violence against women; also asks the Council to activate the passerelle clause and adopt a unanimous decision identifying gender- based violence (including female genital mutilation) as an area of crime listed in Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 308 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Asks the Commission to set up a European Observatory on Violence Against Women, within the existing institutional structures (European Institute for Gender Equality);
Amendment 312 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Appeals to the Member States to ratify at the earliest possible date the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on violence against women and urges the Commission promote national ratifications and set in motion the process leading to the EU’s adhesion to the Convention, after having assessed the consequences and added value of adhesion;
Amendment 314 #
2013/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Stresses the need to include gender mainstreaming and the fight against gender violence into EU external, development cooperation and international trade policy; calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States actively to promote and support the empowerment of women to participate in their bilateral and multilateral relations with states and organisations outside the Union; stresses the importance of applying United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in the ambit of the EU’s external action;
Amendment 19 #
2013/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas gender stereotypes are more deeply rooted in immigrant communities, and migrant women are more often victims of the various types of violence against women, especially forced marriages, female genital mutilation, so-called ‘honour crimes’, ill-treatment in close relationships, sexual harassment at the workplace and even trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Deplores the desperate situation of undocumented migrants and failed asylum-seekers in the EU, many of whom are destitute, and calls for solutions to be found, with full respect for the fundamental rights of those concerned; notes that undocumented migrants have very few prospects for integration and that opening up channels for regularisation would improve integration prospects;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises that illegal immigration is a very current issue and that a common legal framework on migration policies is needed in order to protect migrants and potential victims, especially women and children, who are vulnerable to various forms of organised crime in the context of migration and human trafficking; also emphasises that illegal migration can be reduced through a common legal framework;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Condemns the fact that many migrant women are misled in their countries of origin with promises of employment contracts in developed countries, and that some are even kidnapped to be sexually exploited by organised crime and human trafficking networks; calls on the Member States to step up their efforts to combat these abusive and inhuman practices;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to provide support for the schooling of immigrant children and young people who are illegally resident and to desist from expelling children and young people who are following a course of study and their families;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists that account be taken of the particular vulnerability of persons with special needs such as children and adolescents, the elderly, the disabled, the illiterate or poorly qualified, members of minorities, immigrants persecuted in their countries of origin for their beliefs, sexual orientation or physical characteristics, etc., and female victims of gender violence;
Amendment 43 #
2013/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Condemns the restrictions that several Member State governments are imposing on access to public health systems for undocumented migrants;
Amendment 141 #
2013/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States to prohibit advertisements for prostitution in newspapers;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the fruit and vegetables (F&V) sector receives only 3 % of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) aid yet accounts for 18 % of the total value of agricultural production in the EU, represents 3 % of the EU’s cultivated area and is worth more than EUR 50 billion;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the sector is important for the economy of production areas, because the latter, as a general rule, tend to have a high unemployment rate;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas more than half of all EU growers do not belong to a producer organisation (PO) despite the Commission’s objective of an average rate of 60 % PO membership by 2013; whereas the low rate of organisation has been partly caused by the suspension of POs within Member States, which creates uncertainty among producers;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the average level of membership of POs is significantly higher in regions where production methods are more up to date and geared towards exports; whereas the percentage is lower in regions in which, for years, no operational funds have been available;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas it is essential to prevent uncertainty among producers by clarifying European legislation on the recognition of POs;
Amendment 26 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the F&V regime is part of the CAP and seeks, among other objectives, to concentrate supply, restore balance in the food chain, promote F&V, boost competitiveness and provide technical support for environmentally-friendly production;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of promoting the EU horticulture sector and enabling it to compete in the global marketplace, and of continuing efforts to eliminate the imbalance between operators and suppliers by increasing the level of concentration in the sector;
Amendment 49 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the promotion of F&V consumption in Member States through educational activitind health activities such as the School Fruit Scheme and other initiatives implemented in the Member States such as the Grow Your Own Potato and Cook Your Own Potato industry schemes in the UK;
Amendment 57 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the measures in the EU F&V regime which are intended to increase market orientation among EU growers, concentrate production, encourage innovation, promote F&V, and increase growers’ competitiveness through the provision of support to POs and the recognition of inter- branch organisations;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission public consultation entitled ‘A Review of the EU Regime for the Fruit and Vegetables Sector’, in particular section 3.8 thereof, which acknowledges the need for simplification of the current rules governing POs; notes that most of the replies are in favour of maintaining the basic philosophy of the current support arrangements;
Amendment 71 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the work of the Newcastle Group aimed at improving the EU fruit and vegetables regime, which should take account of the specific nature of the legal arrangements governing cooperatives in the Member States, given that most POs have the legal status of a cooperative;
Amendment 72 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the fact that the CAP reform agreement retains the PO-based European F&V aid system;
Amendment 103 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that imports are not required to meet the same phytosanitary requirements as European products; stresses that this ongoing disparity is undermining the competitiveness of European producers and is detrimental to the interests of European consumers;
Amendment 104 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Draws attention to the economic, social and environmental importance of the cut flowers sector in flower-growing regions and the need for greater coherence in the Union’s trade policy as it affects the sector, so that imports are required to meet the same phytosanitary, social and environmental standards as European products; draws attention, further, to the problem posed to the ornamental plants sector by the VAT increase introduced in some Member States, which is having a significant impact on sales;
Amendment 155 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is deeply concerned that up to a third of edible produce is wasted because of its appearance and calls on the Commission to create possibilities for marketing, particularly in local and regional markets, a wider range of quality specifications of produce, whilst continuing to apply a European policy on product standardisation in order to ensure greater transparency on the market as a whole;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas regional quality branding can contribute to the development of territorial economies by broadening the concept of quality through the use of schemes for the delivery of sets of high-quality goods and services which are inextricably interlinked and which embodythe development of territorial economies is embodied in the specific characteristics of each territory, and in particular in its heritage (historical, cultural, geographical, etc.);, whereas, as a result, theseich translates into sets of goods and services that come to be seen as unique, generating revenue at territorial level and opening up new opportunities on local and international markets;
Amendment 90 #
2013/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to develop an approach to the official recognition of regional quality branding based on an objective assessment of the governance of the territraw up recommendations and/or guidelines laying down standard criteria for the introduction and use of quality branding fori al development process, focusing in particular on the steps taken to incorporate the social, economic and environmental dimensions, the diversity of the economic and social actors involved in promoting regional quality branding and the quality of the set of specific goods and services which they can offerl goods and services in the Member States’ rural areas in order to avert interference with the smooth operation of PDOs, PGIs, and the ‘mountain product’ label, that is to say, territorially based quality schemes established and protected by EU legislation or in the process of development;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it essential for a grazing stock premium to be earmarked for these areas under the first pillar of the CAP for farms with forage areas for livestock;
Amendment 115 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that in-situ processing and marketing on farms or alpmountaine pastures means greater added value for smallholdings and micro farms in mountain areas and enhances the tourist potential of these locations; stresses that such initiatives should be funded under the second CAP pillar;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas these smallholdings represent a model of social agriculture that is still predominant in the EU and that can and must coexist with other, more large market-oriented models of agriculture;
Amendment 70 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for an increase in direct sales – for example of traditional products – on local and regional markets, and for the development on smallholdings of a simplified, responsible form of processing, but without extensiv proportionate monitoring systems; calls, furthermore, on regional authorities to be more active with regard to the development of infrastructure for direct sales, including rural and urban marketplaces, making it easier for consumers to get hold of cheap, healthy, high-quality farm produce;
Amendment 76 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that in the process of solving the problems of small agricultural holdings, other EU policies, including the cohesion policy, must be brought in alongside the common agricultural policy to help improve technical infrastructure and access to public services in rural areas, whilst resources from the European Social Fund should be used to finance community and social action involving measures to promote women's rights and equal opportunities, social inclusion, education, training and knowledge transfer; takes the view, furthermore, that since these smallholdings do not have a significant impact on the market, permission could be given for additional support to be provided from national resources in line with rules agreed upon with the Commission and without hindering free competition;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Roma women suffer much more serious multiple discrimination than Roma men and non-Roma women in all areas of society and the labour market, including persistent discrimination based on deep-rooted stereotypes which are nothing more than examples of underlying racism against the Roma;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Roma women are forced to abide by patriarchal and sexist traditions which prevent them from exercising their freedom to make their own decisions about fundamental issues such as education, work, sexual and reproductive health and even marriage;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee the involvement of Roma women in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the EU strategy and the national strategies on Roma inclusion;
Amendment 57 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the rights of Roma women, specifically targeting all Roma in order to combat patriarchal and sexist traditions rooted in Roma communities which prevent women from this ethnic group from exercising freely their rights and lifestyle choices;
Amendment 62 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to analyse and eliminate the barriers to (re)entering the labour market and self-employment of Roma women and, furthermore, to place due emphasis on the role of women in the economic empowerment of marginalised Roma communities and the setting up of businesses;
Amendment 63 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to include in their national Roma inclusion strategies tailored programmes for the active inclusion of Roma women in the labour market and to make life-long learning available in order to acquire marketable skills; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include as a horizontal objective the capacity building and empowerment of Roma women in all priority areas of the national strategies on Roma inclusion;
Amendment 89 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges Member States to include as top priorities of the national strategies measures to improve protection of the reproductive and sexual health of Roma women, to prevent and eradicate the phenomenon of forced sterilisation, to encourage family planning and sex education and to protect girls and teenagers from early marriage;
Amendment 93 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States and local and regional authorities to develop and implement policies to guarantee that all Roma women, even those from the most excluded communities, have access to primary, emergency and preventive health care services and to organise training activities for health care workers in an effort to eliminate prejudice against Roma;
Amendment 94 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on Member States to investigate, ban and prosecute direct and indirect discrimination against Roma women in exercising their fundamental rights and in accessing public services as well as to prevent any further discrimination; stresses the importance of conducting awareness-raising campaigns to combat discrimination and eliminate racist stereotypes of Roma, and Roma women in particular;
Amendment 98 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on Member States to address all forms of violence against women, with special regard to Roma women, and to support victims of domestic violence and human trafficking by ensuring proper resources for related public services and by providing assistance also through mainstream services, such as health, employment and education; urges the Commission to support government and civil society initiatives to address these problems and guarantee the fundamental rights of victims;
Amendment 104 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage the exchange of information and best practices on the integration of Roma women in all areas of society;
Amendment 26 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the rate of unemployment among people with disabilities remains unacceptably high, and is at least twice as much as among non-disabled people; whereas, furthermore, the rate of employment for people with disabilities is only around 45 %, while high-quality jobs ensure economic independence and foster personal achievement;
Amendment 29 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas this high rate of unemployment puts people with disabilities – a vulnerable group that is 70% more likely to suffer poverty than the statistical average – at a greater risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 42 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas women with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to violence, particularly sexual violence; whereas specific measures must be taken to tackle this inexcusable phenomenon;
Amendment 65 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas there is a strong relationship between mobility, disability and social inclusion, especially with regard to freedom and access to communication (including Braille and sign languages and other alternative forms of communication), freedom of movement in all fields of life and access to services; whereas the full and active participation of disabled people in all facets of society must be fostered, and they should be given greater access to information and communications technology, domestic automation and online communication solutions;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas the majority of caregivers of people with disabilities are women who are forced to work shorter hours and even to leave the labour market to take care of dependent family members;
Amendment 70 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for targets to be set for the inclusion of all EU citizens, regardless of any physical impairments; stresses that strategies, policies and legislative initiatives to ensure non-discrimination and equal opportunities must be drawn up in close consultation and active collaboration with women and girls with disabilities, via their representative organisations;
Amendment 75 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the fact that, in the light of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, numerous studies have shown that women with disabilities suffer double discrimination on grounds both of their gender and their disability; calls on the Commission and on Member States to make good the current lack of specific provision for women with disabilities in the social protection systems;
Amendment 81 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the importance of optimising the use of EU funding instruments, particularly the Structural Funds, to promote accessibility and non- discrimination against persons with disabilities, paying particular attention to women, who often face multiple discrimination, and to increasing the visibility of funding opportunities for measures of this kind in post-2013 programmes;
Amendment 82 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Maintains that it is necessary to ensure that women and girls with disabilities can live their own lives and participate fully in every sphere of activity on an equal footing with their fellow humans; maintains that the necessary steps have to be taken in order to ensure that women and girls with disabilities genuinely have access to the physical environment, transport, information and communication, including information and communication technologies and systems, and other services and facilities open to, or used by, the public, whether in urban or in rural areas; notes that, in order to make the necessary provision for proper gender mainstreaming in the measures, planning, projects, programmes, and assessments concerning accessibility, women with disabilities should be invited to serve in the appropriate bodies as consultants, advisers, or experts, the object being to ensure that the design of environments, goods, and services allows for the specific needs and requests of women with disabilities as a whole;
Amendment 83 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Maintains that information about available services for citizens (education, health, justice, transport, dealings with the authorities, etc.) has to be provided in every possible language, form, and format in a simple and secure way; points out that when services of this kind are offered in the form of telephone helplines or tele- assistance, those systems must also be accessible to women who are deaf or blind and deaf;
Amendment 84 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that inclusion presupposes that stereotypes are countered with positive images and cultural expressions, in particular depictions of disabilities in the public sphere, since it is exactly this area that is trailing behind; maintains that effective campaigns need to be launched and continue to run in order to raise awareness of the rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls with disabilities within society in general and in specific sectors (work, trade unions, business, the courts, health, etc.) with a view to improving the social perception of those rights and freedoms and enabling women and girls with disabilities to exercise them to more useful effect, combating the stereotypes, prejudices, and damaging practices still rooted in society; points out that the media play an important role in disseminating information about women with disabilities and should help bring about a change for the better in the public’s attitude towards them, in keeping with the principles and values set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
Amendment 89 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that, in order to prevent the seclusion, abandonment, neglect and segregation of girls with disabilities, it is necessary to launch information campaigns for families, providing them with details of community support facilities for their care and future development and confuting sexist and discriminatory stereotypes; notes that, where children with disabilities cannot be cared for by their immediate families, the authorities should seek to ensure that, as an alternative, they can be cared for within their wider family entourage or, where this is not possible, provide them with community care in a family environment; observes that it is necessary to promote the fostering and adoption of children with disabilities by speeding up bureaucratic formalities and providing suitable information and assistance for the adoptive or foster families;
Amendment 94 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Proposes that, in the sphere of housing, architectural and other measures be taken to hasten a positive shift from ‘design for special needs’ to ‘integral and inclusive design for all citizens’; stresses the need to guarantee women with disabilities joint or individual access to social housing schemes and provide them with grants for the removal of obstacles to their mobility within the home, a facility which should also be extended to those in a rented accommodation;
Amendment 98 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that transport must be accessible to all persons with disabilities so as to facilitate their independent mobility; notes that, among public transport users with disabilities, women outnumber men, who make greater use of private means of locomotion, while women, with their domestic and family responsibilities, are required to make more exacting journeys, which means that disability and gender mainstreaming is essential with regard to transport policy formulation, implementation and assessment, so as to ensure equal opportunities and prevent discrimination against women with disabilities; recommends the involvement of women with disabilities who are experts in the field as transport policy consultants;
Amendment 106 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to facilitate women with disabilities’ representation in the decision making process, in order to ensure their interests and rights are protected;
Amendment 115 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that women and girls with disabilities must be informed of their rights in order that they may make decisions for themselves, with this information being conveyed in such a way that they can access and understand it, taking into account the different communication methods, media and formats chosen by them and, where applicable, the extent of their mental disability;
Amendment 123 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that women with disabilities must be allowed to enjoy their sexuality as freely as people without impairments, and considers that women with disabilities must be able to live and fulfil their wish to have children, as women without disabilities do; stresses that for young girls, teenage girls and women with disabilities to take responsibility for their sexual behaviour, they need access to education on sexuality, given by professionals who are experts in the field, such as local public social services educators, and adapted where necessary to the intellectual ability of the disabled woman or girl concerned: they need to know and understand how the body functions (how pregnancy occurs and how to avoid it), how to say no to sexual practices they do not wish to engage in, how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases, etc.;
Amendment 137 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that women with disabilities are often victims of violence, sexual assault and all forms of exploitation; notes that almost 80 % of women with disabilities are victims of violence and that the risk of sexual violence is higher for them than for other women; calls on the Member States to introduce developed control mechanisms to provide victims with services, support and legal protection, and to take tough measures against all forms of violence against people, particularly women and children, with disabilities; regrets that EU and national legislation to prevent exploitation, violence and abuse often lacks a focus on disability; recommends that Member States consider developing national strategies on access to justice and protection from abuse for women with disabilities; calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality to carry out studies on the situation of girls and women with disabilities in regard to violence; calls on the Member States to guarantee women with disabilities who fall victim to violence priority access to social housing, grants for adapting the home environment, home support and public services that handle cases of gender violence;
Amendment 140 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Proposes, therefore, the introduction of trial procedures specifically tailored to meet the needs of women with disabilities, including the provision of NGO assistance; underscores that no barriers may hinder the access of women with disabilities to legal recourse; Emphasises that women with disabilities have to be guaranteed affordable, easy and safe access to justice and that they need to be able, at each stage of the process, to use the verbal communication support systems and technologies they choose, including sign- language interpreters or guides- interpreters for deaf-blind people, in order to ensure they can communicate correctly with police and legal staff; stresses that as many women with disabilities are highly dependent on the person caring for them, who is also in very many cases the person assaulting and abusing them, independent methods of communication need to be provided so that opportunities exist for disabled women who have been assaulted to file a complaint and be transferred immediately to a temporary full-time care centre until the complaint has been resolved through due legal process; proposes the introduction of trial procedures specifically tailored to meet the needs of women with disabilities, including the provision of NGO assistance; underscores that no barriers may hinder the access of women with disabilities to legal recourse; points out in this respect that effective measures need to be taken so women with disabilities can access the support they may need in exercising their legal capacity, support that, when required, will have to be in proportion to their personal needs and abilities, in regard to taking decisions concerning civil and political rights; points out that appropriate effective safeguard measures such as impartial assessments of their genuine needs by recognised independent experts are also needed to prevent third parties or institutions taking advantage of disabled women in the exercise of their legal capacity, and that these measures should be periodically reviewed;
Amendment 155 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that current education and training systems do not in general manage to prevent a high dropout rate among people with disabilities unless additional government policies are in place offering specific learning support; stresses that this will lead to significant social and employment disadvantages, and resulting poverty, among people with disabilities, especially during the present economic crisis; emphasises the need to invest in and promote effective education (including alternative education) programmes and vocational training programmes that are tailored to the needs, attributes and abilities of people with disabilities, and points out that this calls for a sufficient number of qualified and motivated professionals, and well- designed and suitable syllabuses, to be provided free of charge in all state education and vocational training centres;
Amendment 162 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Member States to take adequate measures to prevent women with disabilities from slipping into poverty, and to guarantee that they have access to social and health servicesEmphasises that people with disabilities, and women in particular, are far more likely to slip into poverty (according to the OECD, roughly every fourth person with disabilities lives in poverty); urges the Member States to take adequate measures to prevent women with disabilities from slipping into poverty, and to guarantee that they receive disability allowances and entitlements and have access to social and health services; notes that the danger of poverty and unemployment is particularly serious when it comes to single mothers with disabled children;
Amendment 167 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that the economic crisis has caused some EU Member States to cut funding for disabled people and their carers – often women – something that will adversely affect the educational, social and economic needs of women with family responsibilities;
Amendment 173 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Points out that the lack of affordable, accessible and high quality care and assistance services for people with disabilities in most European Union Member States, and the fact that care work is not equally shared between women and men, have a direct negative impact on women’s ability to participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life;
Amendment 175 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses the need to encourage Member States to recognise in their social security systems, and when people retire, the involvement and unpaid work of the carers, generally women, of people with disabilities; stresses that particular attention needs to be paid to these women in order that they may receive a proper salary and retirement pension;
Amendment 177 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. URegrets the fact that the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 does not include an integrated gender perspective or a separate chapter on gender-specific disability policies, despite the fact that women with disabilities often find they are at a greater disadvantage than men with disabilities and are more often at risk of poverty and social exclusion; urges the Commission, in conducting the mid-term review of its European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 and elaborating the List of Actions 2015- 2020 relating thereto, to develop a more gender- sensitive approach;
Amendment 181 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Regrets likewise that the Strategy for Equality between women and men 2010- 2015 does not specifically address the issue of disability, and asks that this be taken into account as a specific cross- cutting gender-equality issue in mid-term reviews and future strategies;
Amendment 186 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect detailed and reliable statistics on the true situation facing people with disabilities, to integrate gender, disability and violence, to draw up annual reports with data showing the situation in the different Member States and to collect reliable data on the situation of carers;
Amendment 188 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out that hazardous situations and humanitarian crises adversely affect the safety and security of women and girls with disabilities, reducing considerably their chances of survival: women and girls with disabilities are more vulnerable than other people before, during and after the occurrence of hazardous situations such as armed conflicts, occupation of territory, natural disasters and humanitarian crises; stresses that national and international agencies responsible for public health, disaster preparedness, emergency help and humanitarian aid need to be made aware of the rights and specific needs of women and girls with disabilities and of the need to have the human and material resources available that ensure women and girls with disabilities have universal access and equal opportunities in hazardous and emergency situations, thereby avoiding lack of care and/or unsuitable actions;
Amendment 190 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Emphasises that the European Union and its Member States must recognise the importance of promoting international cooperation in order to support national efforts to enforce the right of women and girls with disabilities to benefit fully and on equal terms from all its fundamental rights and freedoms; stresses that international cooperation programmes must be inclusive in regard to women and girls with disabilities, for which reason organisations representing them (mixed or specific) need to be directly involved in the design, development, monitoring and evaluation of cooperation policies implemented at local, national, Community and international level, through the sharing and distribution of information, experience, training programmes and best practice;
Amendment 191 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Emphasises that the European Union and the Member States need to promote the inclusion of gender and disability as a cross-cutting dimension in their development cooperation policies, programmes and projects, thereby ensuring that specific projects are devised that promote equal opportunities for people, and in particular women and girls, with disabilities; the European Commission, the European Parliament, the United Nations, the specialist agencies and all other international, national and local donor agencies need to make funding for programmes targeting women and girls with disabilities one of their priorities, allocating funds to this in their general programmes and awarding funding to programmes or programme components that target women and girls with disabilities; the European Union must include the rights of women and girls with disabilities in its bilateral cooperation and in long-term third- country cooperation with local authorities, offering direct economic support through its multilateral development cooperation policies by means of financial contributions to international organisations, through co- funding with non-governmental organisations in the EU and elsewhere in the world, and through policies connected with humanitarian aid;
Amendment 192 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Stresses the importance of encouraging the active involvement of women with disabilities in Europe, through the organisations representing them (especially the European Disability Forum, the European Women’s Lobby and their respective national member organisations), in the monitoring of international human rights treaties, supplying relevant information in alternative reports which cross-reference the situation of women and girls with disabilities to their fundamental rights and freedoms;
Amendment 62 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks for measures to be adopted that target specifically groups of young women with special needs, i.e. disabled women, immigrant women, women from minorities, women with little or no training, women who have suffered gender-based violence, women who have left prostitution or prison and for whom finding a decent job is even more difficult;
Amendment 80 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need for more young women to take up technological and scientific careers and calls for measures to encourage their participation in this sector;
Amendment 84 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the need to plug the technology gap so young women have a greater chance of finding work, training more young people not just as IT users but also as IT sector professionals;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas all people have the right to health protection, independently of their economic and social condition and their nationality; whereas this right should be realised both through preventive and curative medical care and rehabilitation, and responsibility should lie first and foremost with the Member States through their public health systems;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Maintains that the closure of public accident and emergency departments, remote care services, and home help services for persons unable to look after themselves, a measure to which some Member States are resorting for economic reasons, is contrary to the principle of equal access to public services and does the greatest harm to the most vulnerable groups in society, namely older people, children, people with disabilities, people on low incomes, migrants, and women, who bear the main responsibility for caring for dependants.
Amendment 43 #
2013/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Maintains that the breakup of health services in rural areas undermines citizens’ social welfare and is exacerbating the problem of rural depopulation.
Amendment 44 #
2013/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Maintains that privatisation, whereby public health care services are handed over to concessionary companies operating according to economic criteria, is never to the advantage of patients, who, instead of receiving the best treatment, will receive the cheapest treatment.
Amendment 26 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women and men should have complethe freedom to make their own informed and responsible choices as regards their sexual and reproductive health, and all the corresponding methods and possibilities should be available to them;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas there exists a disparity in the standard of sexual and reproductive health between and within Member States and inequality of sexual and reproductive rights enjoyed by women, and in particular European women experience huge inequalities in terms of access to reproductive health services, contraception and abortion, according to their income and/or their country of residence;
Amendment 57 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas studies have shown that comprehensive sexuality education and high-quality family planning services does increase the likelihood of responsible behaviour upon first and subsequent sexual activity;
Amendment 61 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas attention should be devoted not only to terminating unwanted pregnancies but also, and particularly, to preventing unwanted pregnancies, and responsibility in this regard rests on both men and women; whereas in preventing unwanted pregnancies it is extremely important to have good information regarding sexuality, responsibility towards others in relationships, health and the various ways of preventing pregnancy, and easy access to all methods of contraception;
Amendment 63 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas unsafe abortions seriously endanger women's physical and mental health and may place their lives in danger;
Amendment 91 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that even though it is a competence of Member States to formulate and implement policies on SRHR, the EU can exercise policy-making competence in relation to strategies and initiatives in the area of public health and of non- discrimination, and support better implementation of sexual and reproductive rights and promote the exchange of best practice;
Amendment 100 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the governments of the Member States and the candidate countries to develop a high-quality national policy on sexual and reproductive health, in cooperation with pluralist civil society organisations, providing comprehensive information concerning effective and responsible methods of family planning, ensuring equal access to a range of high-quality contraceptive methods as well as fertility awareness;
Amendment 102 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Expresses concern about the restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services and contraceptives in the accession countries; calls on the governments of those countries to adopt legislation and policies that ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health services, and systematically to gather the necessary data to improve the situation as regards sexual and reproductive health;
Amendment 104 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to work with the Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and civil society to design a European strategy for the promotion of SRHR, and support the elaboration and implementation of comprehensive national strategies for sexual and reproductive health; suggests that the EIGE be empowered to collect and analyse data and best practices, create a Europe-wide database of sexual and reproductive health statistics and draw up a guide to best practices and positive experiences in this field;
Amendment 113 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that it is vitally important that women should have free access to annual gynaecological checkups and mammographies, and it is therefore unacceptable for Member States to reduce such services on the pretext of the crisis and budget cuts;
Amendment 124 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recommends that Member States should guarantee the best possible access to health services in the field of sexual and reproductive health, contraceptives and the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases for people living in poverty and social marginalisation and other vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities, minorities and immigrants, as well as young people;
Amendment 127 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that effective family planning requires easy access to the various methods of contraception at affordable prices;
Amendment 136 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Insists that clandestine abortions seriously endanger women's physical and mental health and may place their lives in danger;
Amendment 144 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Deplores the situation of inequality and discrimination that arises in countries with no easy access to abortion, since women wishing to terminate their pregnancies are divided into two classes: first class, who can afford to travel and pay fees to abort freely and legally, with full health safeguards, in any European country where abortion is accessible and legal, and second class, who have no economic resources and are forced to seek clandestine abortions as if they were criminals, at serious risk to their health and lives;
Amendment 145 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the governments of the Member States and the candidate countries to refrain from prosecuting women who have undergone illegal abortions;
Amendment 146 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Stresses that it is essential, in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies, to provide accessible and free family planning services that guarantee unbiased, scientific and clearly understandable information and counselling on sexual and reproductive health, and therefore calls on the governments of the Member States and the candidate countries to provide specialised sexual and reproductive health services which include high-quality professional advice and counselling adapted to the needs of specific groups ( immigrants, minorities, people with disabilities, young people, marginalised people, etc.), provided by a trained, multidisciplinary staff; underlines that advice and counselling must be confidential and non-judgmental and that in case of legitimate conscientious objection of the provider, referral to other service providers must take place;
Amendment 149 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to ensure universal access to comprehensive SRHR information, education and services; urges them to ensure that this information covers a variety of modern methods of family planning and counselling, skilled birth attendance, and the right to access gynaecological and obstetric emergency care, that it also covers sex-change operations, and that it is non-judgmental and scientifically accurate about abortion services;
Amendment 165 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that sexuality education must include the fight against stereotypes and prejudices and all forms of gender violence, shed light on gender and sexual orientation discrimination, and structural barriers to substantive equality, as well as emphasise mutual respect and shared responsibility;
Amendment 169 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the governments of the Member States and the accession countries to make use of various methods in reaching young people: through formal and informal education, publicity campaigns, social marketing for condom use and the use of other methods of contraception, and initiatives such as confidential telephone helplines; stresses the importance of active participation by young people in the development, implementation and evaluation of sexuality education programmes in cooperation with other parties, particularly parents, and the intervention of peer educators in sexuality education who will take account of the needs of specific groups (young people belonging to minorities or living in marginal areas, young people with disabilities, immigrants, etc.);
Amendment 184 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the governments of the Member States and the candidate countries to maintain and increase the level of information made available to the general public (especially to the most peripheral sections of society which have greatest difficulty in securing access to information) on HIV/AIDS infection and other sexually transmitted diseases, the ways in which they are transmitted and the behaviour which facilitates transmission;
Amendment 195 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Member States and the candidate countries to guarantee that a woman who has become pregnant as a result of rape, as well as women in cases where there is a serious risk to their health or life, can undergo an abortion with full health and legal safeguards, without restrictions of any kind;
Amendment 199 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 21 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses the importance of education and awareness-raising in the area of sexual and reproductive health as an integral part of women’s health agenda in developing countries;
Amendment 203 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the CommissionEU to ensure that European development cooperation adopts a human rights-based approach and that it has a strong and explicit focus, and concrete targets on SRHR, with measures such as proper access to medical resources, information and education on health and sexual rights, family planning services, safe abortion, contraceptives, prevention of and the fight against HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, free choice of individual sexual orientation, and the elimination of practices such as female genital mutilation, early and/or forced marriage, gender-selective abortion and forced sterilisation;
Amendment 211 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Notes that the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), adopted in Cairo in 1994, recognised that sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental to achieving sustainable development;
Amendment 214 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Urges the EU and its Member States to ensure that the ICPD+20 operational review process results in a comprehensive review of all aspects related to the full enjoyment of sexual and reproductive rights, that it reaffirms a strong and progressive approach to sexual and reproductive rights for all that is consistent with international human rights standards and that it increases the accountability of governments to achieve the agreed objectives; calls, in particular, on the EU and its Member States to ensure that the review process is conducted in a participatory manner and that it provides an opportunity for different stakeholders, including civil society as well as women, adolescents and young people, to participate in a meaningful manner; recalls that the framework for such a review must be based on human rights and have a specific focus on sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 1 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
1a. whereas the Treaty enshrines the fight against social exclusion and discrimination and the promotion of equality between men and women as EU objectives, and whereas the Commission must make sure that the implementation of the Stockholm Programme truly reflects the needs of citizens in terms of equal opportunities and gender equality;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
a. Calls on Member States to establish complaints procedures that ensure that a victim of multiple discrimination, taking into account that women are particularly affected by such discrimination, can lodge a single complaint addressing more than one ground of discrimination; considers it appropriate to support the activities of human rights defenders and the development of collective actions by marginalised people and communities;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the importance of taking the gender dimension into account in all strategies to integrate people with disabilities, immigrants, the Roma population and other minorities, excluded people, etc.;
Amendment 10 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the adoption of the directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, where special attention is paid to the protection of disadvantaged persons such as women and children, the Directive on the European protection order1 and the Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims2; calls on Member States to ratify and implement these directives as soon as possible;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of deploying all the policy instruments available to provide a robust European response to violence against women and children in all its forms: domestic violence, sexual abuse, harassment and stalking, sexual exploitation, forced marriages, crimes of honour, female genital mutilation, etc., in order to safeguard the rights of women and children and fight all forms of discrimination, racism, xenophobia and homophobia;
Amendment 19 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Reiterates its request for the Commission to submit a legislative proposal to combat all forms of violence against women as soon as possible;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the need to provide proper training for officials (police, health services, court staff, etc.) who are likely to come into contact with cases where a person's physical, psychological and sexual integrity is considered to be at risk, particularly in cases of women victims of gender-based violence; calls on Member States to support the work of civil society, particularly NGOs, women's associations and other voluntary organisations providing specialist support, and to collaborate with such organisations in providing support to women victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Is appalled that the total number of forced labourers in the Member States is estimated at 880 000, of whom 30% are estimated to be victims of sexual exploitation and 70 % victims of forced labour exploitation, with women constituting the majority of forced labour victims;
Amendment 41 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that people trafficking and the illegal importation of human beings are extremely serious crimes which particularly affect women and which represent a violation of human rights and human dignity that the Union cannot tolerate; stresses the need to step up and boost action to prevent and combat people trafficking and the illegal importation of human beings, which entails a coherent and coordinated policy response that goes beyond the area of freedom, security and justice and, bearing in mind the new forms of exploitation, also involves the external relations, development cooperation, social affairs and employment, education and health, gender equality and non-discrimination sectors; stresses that cooperation and coordination with third countries are crucial; points out that the signing of ad hoc cooperation agreements with specific third countries, including the unreserved deployment of all the incentives available to the Union, such as financing programmes, cooperation in gathering and exchanging information, judicial cooperation and migration instruments, could provide a means of improving the fight against people trafficking and the illegal importation of human beings;
Amendment 42 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that actions to combat trafficking in human beings, forced labour and irregular immigration need to focus on the root causes, such as global inequalities; calls, therefore, on Member States to live up to their development aid and MDG commitments;
Amendment 43 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Reiterates its request for the Commission to propose cooperation measures aimed at mobilising consular services in the countries of origin with a view to preventing the fraudulent issue of visas, conducting information campaigns in the countries of origin aimed at potential victims, especially women and children, in cooperation with the authorities there, and measures to make border controls more effective with the aim of preventing people trafficking and irregular immigration;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Calls on the Commission to propose actions to protect and provide assistance to women who are victims of people trafficking and sexual exploitation, through measures including the development of compensation schemes, safe return, reintegration aid in the host country in cases of voluntary return, assistance and aid during their stay in the EU and cooperation with the authorities in the countries of origin in order to protect the families of victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Recalls that around half of the EU’s migrants are women, and that an independent migration status for women and the right to work for spouses are crucial elements in ensuring effective integration;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 g (new)
Paragraph 8 g (new)
8g. Highlights the need to protect rights in the field of sexual and reproductive health, and expresses concern at the restrictions that apply in some Member States as regards access to contraceptives and sexual and reproductive health services, particularly abortion;
Amendment 4 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. whereas gender equality, the political and economic empowerment of women, promotion of gender equality and the defence of women’s rights are crucial to reducing poverty and encouraging sustainable development;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A b (new)
Paragraph A b (new)
Ab. whereas studies show that if women are educated and can earn and control income, a number of good results follow: maternal and infant mortality declines, women and child health and nutrition improve, agricultural productivity rises, climate change can be mitigated, population growth slows, economies expand and cycles of poverty are broken1;
Amendment 7 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RPoints out that women are frequently discriminated against when it comes to recognising their work campaigning for peace; recalls that where more women are engaged in conflict resolution and peace- building processes, they play a key role in peace negotiations, broadening the scope of reconstruction, rehabilitation and peace 1 Isobel Coleman, ‘The global glass ceiling: why empowering women is good for business’, in Foreign Affairs, Vol. 89, May/June 2010, pp.13-20; UNFPA, ‘State of world population 2009 – Facing a changing world: women, population and climate’. building; therefore encourages the participation of women in all reconciliation efforts in Mali and in the north of the country especially;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the EU and the countries of the Sahel region to fully implement the UN Security Council’s resolutions 1325, on women, peace and security, calling for women’s participation in all aspects and at all levels of conflict resolution, 1820 on sexual violence in conflict and post- conflict situations, and its subsequent resolutions 1888, 1889 and 1960, which build on the above-mentioned resolutions; therefore asks for women’s participation in peace processes to be emphasised and guaranteed and for the need to include gender mainstreaming in conflict prevention, peace-keeping operations, humanitarian aid and post-conflict reconstruction to be recognised; deplores the extreme suffering inflicted on women, simply because they are women, in conflict zones; maintains that action of this kind, including the rape of girls by soldiers, forced prostitution, forced impregnation of women, sexual slavery, rape and sexual harassment, and consensual abduction (by means of seduction), are crimes which must not be ignored; asserts that the EU must treat these as fundamental problems to be taken into account; emphasises that it is essential to ensure access to abortion for women and girls who have been raped in situations of armed conflict;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the role played by the women of Western Sahara in peace- keeping and promoting dialogue and conflict resolution, as well as in maintaining Sahrawi society and structures;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the development of policies which take into account the specific situation of vulnerable groups, such as women, children and persons with disabilities, and, by extension, for the provision of relevant infrastructure, such as hospitals, schools and educational equipment, and the necessary social, psychological and administrative support; highlights the importance of cooperating and consulting with local women’s organisations;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. States that special attention needs to be paid to educating both sexes about gender issues from the start of schooling onwards, so that attitudes and social stereotypes change gradually and gender equality becomes a basic principle of society in the Sahel region;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Council to encourage more countries in the region to make explicit statutory provision for women’s and girls’ rights and to prioritise programmes that would ensure those rights, in particular, access to education, health, sexual and reproductive rights, the financial independence of women, the participation of women in political and economic decision-making and the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the countries of the Sahel region to adopt laws and concrete measures prohibiting and establishing penalties for all forms of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence, sexual harassment and harmful traditional practices, such as female genital mutilation and forced marriages, especially in the case of underage girls; highlights the importance of protecting the victims and providing specifically- targeted services, while combating the impunity of attackers and ensuring that these crimes are investigated, tried and properly punished, as well as making justice fully available to all women, without any form of discrimination on religious and/or ethnic grounds;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Special Representatives of the EU for the Sahel and for human rights to develop joint actions to ensure women’s rights in the region more effectively; urges that the European Commission, the EEAS and partner states make women’s rights and gender equality a priority for bilateral aid programmes.; emphasises that the promotion of equality between men and women should be seen as a cross-cutting issue;
Amendment 41 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Deplores the fact that neither the EU Strategy for security and development in the Sahel, adopted on 21 March 2011, nor the conclusions on this strategy adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 23 March 2012 contain any reference to the promotion of gender equality, the situation of women or the defence of women’s rights;
Amendment 43 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Regrets the Commission’s failure to place adequate emphasis on the gender dimension of poverty; believes the EU must invest in the specific needs of women and design social protection packages that address the challenges faced by women; emphasises that gender equality and the political and economic empowerment of women are of crucial importance when it comes to meeting the development and poverty reduction goals in the Sahel; urges the Commission to ensure that gender equality and the empowerment of women will be mainstreamed in all EU development policies and programmes relating to the Sahel region;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Condemns the fact that budget cuts in areas such as food security, health and education, which are of key importance in achieving the Millennium Goals, continue to exacerbate food and humanitarian crises in the Sahel; emphasises the fundamental need for structural action in the fields of agriculture, food security and nutrition, as well as specific measures to eradicate land-grabbing, in order to promote inclusive and sustainable growth and to prevent the annual recurrence of food crises in the Sahel region;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Notes that women have an essential role to play in the development of the Sahel region, particularly in terms of nutrition, food security and food production, as they are the ones principally engaged in agriculture, although women still have almost no access to ownership of the land they cultivate; calls on the Commission to recognise the fundamental role of women, as smallholder farmers, in food security, and to invest in programmes which specifically support them; insists that the EU strategy should also focus on the implementation of actions to ensure that the most vulnerable, especially in rural areas, are able to benefit from agricultural training opportunities, education on nutrition, good health and working conditions, and a safety net in times of need; emphasises that for smallholder farmers, and particularly women farmers, to be able to not only farm sustainably but also develop their productive potential, they need to have increased access to microcredit loans, so that they can invest in better seeds, fertilisers and irrigation methods and obtain the tools needed to protect their crops from pests and disease;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Highlights the urgent need to grant EU humanitarian aid to help achieve the Millennium Goals; underlines the importance of the goal of improving maternal health in order to reduce maternal mortality and ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and family planning; stresses the importance of education and awareness- raising in the area of sexual and reproductive health as an integral part of the women’s health agenda;
Amendment 47 #
2013/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Underlines the need to design and implement health programmes in order to strengthen health systems, taking into account the fact that the global economic crisis has undermined progress on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other diseases;
Amendment 1 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that under Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union the promotion of equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of the European Union; therefore reiterates its request to use gender budgeting in all EU policies, programmes and actions and at all levels of the EU budgetary procedure;
Amendment 2 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that funding for programmes and activities that promote women’s rights and gender equality is key to ensuring that the EU’s programmes reflect its commitments under the Treaty on European Union to equality between women and men, and that the EU institutions and the Member States should make sure that gender budgeting and gender impact are thoroughly taken into consideration in all phases of the budgetary process, including projects, definition, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Amendment 3 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the need for appropriate funding for the actions outlined in the Commission's Strategy for equality between women and men 2010-2015; calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure that appropriate funding of these actions is continued during the period of the new multiannual financial framework starting in 2014; stresses that special attention should be paid to the multiple forms of discrimination suffered, inter alia, by women who are migrants, members of minorities, disabled, lesbian, elderly, poorly qualified or formerly convicts or prostitutes; calls for the principle of gender budgeting to be applied to local, regional, national and European and international strategies in order to further gender equality more effectively;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that in times of crisis and economic fragility such as these, the need is greater and more pressing than ever to steadfastly uphold the rights and social and economic welfare of the persons most directly affected by the crisis, and in particular of women; stresses that gender equality is not only an issue of justice, but has also been shown to have a positive economic impact;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Repeats its call on the Member States to make greater use of the Structural Funds, and in particular the European Social Fund, as a way of promoting equality between men and women, not only through gender mainstreaming but also by providing measures focused directly on vulnerable groups of women, taking due account of the impact of the economic crisis, promoting the creation of stable, high-quality jobs and investing in quality public services and in care structures for children and other dependants;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the mid-term evaluation of the Progress Programme underlined the need for greater efforts and new initiatives with regard to equality and non-discrimination, which are sections that from 2014 will be incorporated into the Rights and Citizenship Programme, and therefore calls for adequate funding to be provided for that axis; urges also that the EU Programme for Change and Social Innovation, into which the Progress Programme will be incorporated as from 2014, should also, in its activities, aim to improve women’s labour force participation and working conditions and to promote a better balance between their professional and private lives;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to pay particular attention in the relevant budget headings to the increasing number of women living in poverty, at risk of poverty or in social exclusion, in particular women with special needs, such as elderly women, women with disabilities and single mothers; or who are members of minorities, migrants, victims of gender violence, poorly qualified or formerly convicts or prostitutes;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the need to earmark increased funding for the fight against all forms of discrimination against women; calls, in particular, on the Commission to make financial resources available for targeted sectoral research, for information, awareness-raising and training actions concerning the gender pay gap and for the elimination of violence against women;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 7 – indent 1 a (new)
Amendment 23 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that it is essential, in order to balance professional and family life, to continue investing in quality public services, ensuring in particular an adequate supply of affordable quality services, compatible with full-time working hours, in the field of childcare and care for the elderly and other dependents;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to provide adequate financial funding for measures to promote gender equality in third countries and to make sure they are used efficiently; stresses the need for EU-funded measures to eliminate trafficking and gender violence in third countries, in particular the phenomenon of female genital mutilation, and for programmes to increase female participation in education and combat female illiteracy, promote the participation of women at all levels of decision-making processes and encourage female entrepreneurship.
Amendment 7 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to provide better universal social security and to promote social insurance for self-employed; calls on the Commission and Member States to link social security and social protection rights to the individual rather than the working contract, thereby enabling decent social protection for all including self-employed and workers regardless of their contract type or employment status, including the unemployed and irregular immigrants;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Warns that the budget cuts and privatisations being carried out by many Member States in their public health systems are destroying their social welfare systems and undermining the rights to social protection of workers and citizens in general; particularly deplores the cutbacks in sexual and reproductive healthcare which primarily affect women, with smear tests, mammographies and gynaecological checks no longer being offered annually but at longer intervals;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Council to unblock adoption of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/85/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States to facilitate the combination of work and care responsibilities by providing workers with voluntary flexibility with regard to working hours and working place in order to avoid that they have no other possibility for flexibility than to resort to dependent self- employment;
Amendment 49 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee access to fertility and assisted reproduction treatments for single women and lesbians;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas gender segregation on the labour market, the lack of adequate working conditions, the wage gap, the difficulties of balancing family and working life, persistent stereotypes and the risk of gender-based discrimination are major obstacles to women’s occupational mobility; whereas factors related to family, social networks, childcare facilities for children and other dependants, housing and local conditions are also barriers to women exercising the right of free movement;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
(Ea) whereas the most recent estimates suggest that in the EU women’s salaries are on average 16.4% lower than men’s, and that there are major differences between Member States, with the wage gap varying between 1.9% and 27.6%1; 1 Source: Eurostat 2010, except EE, EL (2008). AT, BE, ES, IE, FR, IT, CY: provisional source.
Amendment 24 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women in the context of the EU’s policies on education, integration, balancing family and working life, migration and employment, and in its social policies, to protect the rights of women, to promote equality and equal opportunities and to combat all forms of exploitation in the labour market;
Amendment 38 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Calls on the Commission and Member States to monitor the situation of agencies and organisations offering jobs to workers from other Member States and to detect potential illegal or undeclared employment, or agencies or organisations providing fictitious jobs;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
(2b) Calls on the Member States to step up efforts and cooperation to combat the human trafficking carried out by international networks that recruit workers, especially women, by falsely promising them jobs that do not actually exist and result in situations involving sexual exploitation and forced labour or services (begging, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, the exploitation of criminal activities, or the removal of organs);
Amendment 42 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that women moving abroad for jobs involving chil domestic service and involving care for children or disabled or elderly carpeople are often employed without a contract or work illegally, and consequently have no rights or entitlement to social security, healthcare and other benefits;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Calls on the Member States to: monitor the situation of workers who care for children and other dependants; provide enough information to women moving abroad to take on such jobs, including information on access to declared work and training in the relevant area, on social rights, on healthcare, etc.; provide these women with advice on declared jobs; and warn them of the possible dangers of the illegal labour market;
Amendment 47 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
(3b) Emphasises that European policies must also take into account the living and working conditions of women moving away for seasonal jobs in agriculture, especially as regards the need for adequate accommodation, social protection, medical insurance and healthcare, a balance between family and working life, and a decent wage; stresses the need to combat the exploitative situations that many of these women experience;
Amendment 52 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) Expresses concern at the extent to which women are involved in the phenomenon of ‘brain waste’, i.e. the under-use of the qualifications that mobile workers possess, which is particularly apparent in the domestic sector in which many women are employed; in this connection, urges the Member States to correctly apply EU legislation on the recognition of qualifications so that women are able to take on jobs that correspond with their training;
Amendment 66 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to make pay trends more transparent so as to avert continuing or widening pay gaps, and to take the necessary steps to bridge the wage gap;
Amendment 72 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to provide services for workers who move with a spouse or partner and/or children, such as childcare facilities for children and other dependants, pre-schools, schools and medical services, along with free access to public employment services in order to help spouses or partners moving to another Member State to find a job;
Amendment 93 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that disabled women, women with few or no educational qualifications and single mothers must be afforded additional support to gain access to existing educational mobility programmes;
Amendment 100 #
2013/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
(14a) Supports the initiatives adopted by the Commission, such as the ‘WOmen Mobility ENhancement’ mechanism, and calls on the Commission to broaden and enhance the scope of projects designed to increase the professional mobility of women;
Amendment 49 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas it is necessary to take account of the characteristics of victims with special needs, for example persons under age, women with disabilities, older women, immigrant women, women from minorities, and women with few qualifications or none;
Amendment 59 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas women in the Union are not equally protected against male violence, due to differing policies and legislation across Member States, especially as regards the definition of offences coming under gender-based violence;
Amendment 94 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Requests the Commission to present an EU-wide Strategy and an Action Plan to combat violence against women, paying particular attention to the characteristics of victims with special needs, for example persons under age, women with disabilities, older women, immigrant women, women from minorities, and women with few qualifications or none;
Amendment 134 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2
Annex – Recommendation 2
Recommendation 2 on prevention and combat measures
Amendment 135 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2
Annex – Recommendation 2
Member States should develop a series of measures in order to prevent and combat gender-based violence. They should namely:
Amendment 136 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 1
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 1
Amendment 142 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 a (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 a (new)
- set up mechanisms to facilitate access to free legal aid enabling victims to assert their rights throughout the Union;
Amendment 143 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 b (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 b (new)
- create or increase the number of courts specifically handling gender-based violence; provide more resources and training materials on gender-based violence for judges, public prosecutors and lawyers; improve the specialist units in law enforcement bodies, by increasing their staff numbers and improving their training and equipment;
Amendment 144 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 c (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 c (new)
- duly take into account in all programmes, measures and actions undertaken the characteristics of victims with special needs, such as minors, women with disabilities, immigrants, women from minorities, elderly women and those who are unskilled or poorly- skilled or at risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 145 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 d (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 d (new)
- implement measures through collective agreements and promote coordination between employers, trade unions and enterprises, as well as between their respective management bodies, in order to furnish victims with relevant information on their employment rights, particularly in the event of reduction or reorganisation of their working time, geographical mobility, change in place of work, suspension of the employment relationship without loss of post, with the period of suspension regarded as a fully paid-up contribution period for the purposes of social security and unemployment benefits, and end of contract with the right to unemployment benefit;
Amendment 146 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 e (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 e (new)
- guarantee that aggressors are punished in accordance with the seriousness of their crime;
Amendment 147 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 f (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 f (new)
- ensure that victims of gender-based violence are given priority access to social housing;
Amendment 148 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 g (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 g (new)
- include gender-based violence as one of the grounds on which asylum requests can be made;
Amendment 149 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
14 a. Considering also that incomplete combustion processes of biomass, coal or fuel oil release organic compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are proven to be carcinogenic, the Commission should present a study on the possibility of including limits for, at least, carbon monoxide (CO) and for gaseous organic compounds (GOCs).
Amendment 274 #
2013/0442(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. In zones and agglomerations not complying with EU air quality limit values laid down in Directive 2008/50/EC, Member States shall apply, for individual medium combustion plants in those zones, emission limit values based on the benchmark values laid down in Annex III or on stricter values established by the Member States, unless the non-compliance with the limit values is due to a source other than medium combustion plants (such as motor vehicle traffic), or unless it is demonstrated to the Commission that applying such emission limit values would entail disproportionate costs and that other measures ensuring compliance with the air quality limit values have been included in the air quality plans required under Article 23 and 24 of Directive 2008/50/EC.
Amendment 83 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Most EU citizens disapprove of cloning in animal production for farming purposes on grounds that include animal welfare.
Amendment 87 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) With regard to the marketing of agricultural products, it is necessary to ensure that food derived from animal clones does not enter the food chain.
Amendment 92 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 c (new)
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) The use of cloning in animal production for farming purposes is allowed in certain third countries. In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, food imported from third countries for placing on the market within the Union must comply with the relevant requirements of Union food law or conditions recognised by the Union to be at least equivalent to those requirements.
Amendment 108 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the establishment of rules for traceability systems for animal clones. It is especially important that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, particularly at expert level. When preparing and drawing up delegated acts, the Commission should ensure that the relevant documents are forwarded to the European Parliament and to the Council simultaneously, in a timely and appropriate manner.
Amendment 116 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the placing on the market and import of embryo clones and animal clones.
Amendment 145 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the placing on the market and import of animal clones and embryo clones.
Amendment 157 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c (new)
To ensure that no animal clones are imported into the Union from third countries in which they may legally be placed on the market or exported, the Commission shall adopt specific import conditions under Article 48 or 49 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council by [six months after the entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 161 #
2013/0433(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Traceability To provide competent authorities and economic operators with the information they need for the application of Article 3(1)(b), traceability systems shall be established for: (a) animal clones; (b) embryo clones. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 4a, to establish detailed rules for the inclusion of points (a) and (b) of the first paragraph in the certificates provided for in animal health and zootechnical legislation drawn up by the Commission for those purposes. Those delegated acts shall be adopted by [six months after the entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 157 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) cotton and the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Treaty’), excluding the fishery and aquaculture products listed in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) No [COM(2011)416] of the European Parliament and of the Council19 and tobacco; __________________ 19 Regulation (EC) No [COM(2011/416] of ... on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (OJ ...).obacco;
Amendment 184 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 272 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The percentage referred to in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 60 % for: information and promotion measures on fruit and vegetables specifically targeting children in EU educational establishments.
Amendment 273 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
(-a) For a simple programme targeting one or more third countries, the percentage referred to in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 80 %.
Amendment 274 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 276 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 312 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 98 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 99 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
That list shall be include the pests listed in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2000/29/EC and Section I of Part A of Annex II to that Directived in Annex Ia.
Amendment 101 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 103 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall amend the implementing act referred to in paragraph 2, under the terms of Article 98, be authorised to adopt delegated acts modifying the annex, where an assessment shows that a pest not listed in that actAnnex Ia (new) fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 3(b), (c) and (d) in respect of the Union territory, or a pest listed in that act no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions. In the first case it shall add the pest concerned to the list referred to in paragraph 2, in the second case it shall delete the pest concerned from that list.
Amendment 106 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 107 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall amend the implementing act referred to in paragraph 2, by means of a delegated act, amend the list contained in the new Annex Ia by amending the scientific name of a pest, where such an amendment is justified by the development of scientific knowledge.
Amendment 109 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 113 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 115 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where the results of an assessment show that a Union quarantine pest fulfils the conditions referred to in paragraph 1, or a pest no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions, the Commission shall amend the implementing ac, under the terms of Article 98, be authorised to adopt delegated acts modifying the list referred to in the first subparagraph by adding the pest concerned to, or removing it from, that list.
Amendment 117 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 121 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 124 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6
On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency relating to a serious phytosanitary risk, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt immediately applicable implementingdelegated acts, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 99(4)8a, listing Union quarantine pests as priority pests.
Amendment 151 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point a
Amendment 152 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point c
c) co-operation between Member States, and of Member States with third countries, as well as pre-shipment inspections carried out in third countries, which shall also be responsible for bearing the cost of those inspections;
Amendment 156 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission may, by means of implementingshall, under the terms of Article 98, be authorised to adopt delegated acts, to set out measures against specific Union quarantine pests. Those measures shall implement, specifically for each of the pest(s) concerned, one or more of the following provisions:
Amendment 158 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 160 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Where, as regards a restricted area, the Commission concludes, on the basis of the surveys referred to in Article 18 or other evidence, that the eradication of the Union quarantine pest concerned is not possible, the Commission may adopt implementing acts, as referred to in paragraph 1shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 98, which set out measures with the single purpose of prevention of the spread of those pests out of the areas concerned. Such prevention is referred to as 'containment'.
Amendment 162 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. In case the Commission concludes that prevention measures in locations outside restricted areas are necessary to protect the part of the Union territory where the Union quarantine pest concerned is not present, the Commission may adopt implementing acts, as referred to in paragraph 1shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 98, setting out such measures.
Amendment 164 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5
Article 27 – paragraph 5
5. The implementingdelegated acts referred to in paragraph 1 may provide that the measures, referred to in points (a) to (j) of paragraph 1, taken by the Member States are to be repealed or amended. Until a measure has been adopted by the Commission, the Member State may maintain the measures that it has employed.
Amendment 168 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 6
Article 27 – paragraph 6
6. On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency to address a serious phytosanitary risk, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementingdelegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 99(4)8a.
Amendment 175 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where a quarantine pest is present in the Union territory but not present in the Member State concerned, and is not a Union quarantine pest, the Commission may, upon application of that Member State pursuant to paragraph 4, recognise the territory of that Member State as a protected zone in accordance with paragraph 3.
Amendment 179 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 180 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 183 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 184 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 185 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall amend the implementing act referred to in paragraph 2list by means of a delegated act, where an assessment shows that a pest not listed in that act fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 36, a pest listed in that implementing actAnnex Ic no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions or where amendments to that list are necessary, as regards categories referred to in paragraph 4 or thresholds referred to in paragraph 5.
Amendment 191 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – title
Article 40 – title
Amendment 194 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall adopt an implementing act, containing the plants, plant products and other objects, and the prohibiauthorisations and containment measures and the third countries concerned, as set out in Part A of Annex III to Directive 2000/29/EC. The containment measures shall meet special or equivalent requirements.
Amendment 196 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The criteria for the drawing up of the abovementioned list shall be established by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 98.
Amendment 199 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In case a plant, plant product or other object, originating in or being dispatched from a third country, poses a phytosanitary risk of an unacceptable level by its likelihood to host a Union quarantine pest, and that risk cannot be reduced to an acceptable level by applying one or more of the measures set out in points 2 and 3 of Section 1 of Annex IV on measures and principles for the management of the risks of pests, the Commission shall amend, as appropriate, the implementing act referred to in paragraph 1, to include in it that plant, plant product or other object and the third countries, concerned.
Amendment 201 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In case a plant, plant product or other object not included in that implementing act does not pose a phytosanitary risk of an unacceptable level, or it poses such a risk but that risk can be reduced to an acceptable level by applying one or more of the measures set out in points 2 and 3 of Section 1 of Annex IV on measures to manage the risks and pathways of quarantine pests, the Commission shall amend that implementing act, as appropriate. , to include in it the plant, plant product or other object and the third country concerned. Those measures, along with those referred to in paragraph 1, are hereinafter referred to as ‘special requirements’. Those measures may take the form of specific requirements, adopted in accordance with Article 42(1), for the introduction into the Union territory of particular plants, plant products or other objects, which are equivalent to special requirements for the movement of those plants, plant products or other objects within the Union territory (hereinafter: 'equivalent requirements').
Amendment 205 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. A plant, plant product or other object listed in the implementing act provided for in paragraph 1 shall notmay only be introduced into the Union territory from the third country, concerned by that listing. A plant, plant product or other object listed in the implementing act provided for in paragraph 1 may only be introduced into, or moved within, the Union territory if the special requirements, or equivalent requirements, are fulfilled.
Amendment 208 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The third country from which the plants, plant products or other objects were introduced into the Union territory shall be notified. in cases where a plant, plant product or other object, originating in or being dispatched from that third country, poses a phytosanitary risk of an unacceptable level by its likelihood to host a pest.
Amendment 213 #
Amendment 215 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Equivalent requirements, as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 41(2) shall be set out, by means of an implementing actThe Commission shall, for the purposes of drawing up the list referred to in Article 40, be empowered pursuant to Article 98 to adopt delegated acts setting out the equivalent requirements referred to in Article 40, on request of a particular third country, if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
Amendment 218 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 3
Article 42 – paragraph 3
Amendment 219 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States andshall ensure that international transport operators shall make information available to passengers concerning the prohibitions, set outlist of plants, plant products and other objects, drawn up pursuant to Article 40(3), the requirements, set out pursuant to Articles 41(1) and 42(2), and the exemptions, set out pursuant to Article 70(2), as regards the introduction of plants, plant products and other objects into the Union territory.
Amendment 222 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
That information shallmay be provided in the form of posters or brochures, which, where appropriate, shall be made available through the internet.
Amendment 224 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By way of derogation from Articles 40(3) and 41(3), Member States may authorise the introduction of plants, plant products and other objects into the Union territory, where the plants, plant products and other objects fulfil the following conditions:
Amendment 225 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) they are grown or produced in areas of third countries in the vicinity of their land border with Member States (hereinafter: ‘third country frontier zones’);
Amendment 227 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – title
Article 45 – title
Amendment 229 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 232 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) they are packed and moved in such a way that there is no risk of spreading of Union quarantine pests during their introduction into, and passing through, the Union territory; , using an officially- approved phytosanitary seal that serves to guarantee the original packaging and means of transport and prevents the shipment being split up, hence providing official assurance of its posing no health risk during its transit through the Union;
Amendment 234 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) they are introduced into, passed through and, without delay, moved out of the Union territory under official control by the competent authorities concerned and under the supervision of customs officers.
Amendment 236 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Plants, plant products and other objects in phytosanitary transit through Union territory from one third country to another must satisfy plant health requirements pursuant to Article 40, without prejudice to other applicable plant health rules.
Amendment 239 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
In accordance with the previous paragraph, the competent authority of the Member State where those plants, plant products or other objects are introduced into, or for the first time moved within, the Union territory, must perform the documentary check on that introduction and shall be responsible for the sealing of goods pursuant to subparagraph 1(b).
Amendment 240 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 c (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 c (new)
Similarly, once the goods have been moved out of Union territory, the competent authority of the Member State from which the goods in transit leave Union territory shall inform the competent authorities of the Member State wherein they entered Union territory and the Member State(s) through which they have moved of this fact.
Amendment 271 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Points (a) to (d) shall not apply, however, where the act adopted pursuant to Articles 27(1), 29(1) or 41(1) and (2)0 requires proof of compliance in the form of an official mark, as referred to in Article 91(1), or another official attestation, as referred to in Article 93(1).
Amendment 292 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1
Article 100 – paragraph 1
The Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate to the extent of the financial loss and phytosanitary damage incurred throughout the Union’s territory, and dissuasive.
Amendment 294 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Amendment 297 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 b (new)
Annex 1 b (new)
Amendment 299 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 c (new)
Annex 1 c (new)
Amendment 310 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – section 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex 2 – section 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Economic impacts: the pest has the potential to cause major losses in terms of the direct and indirect effects referred to in point (4) of Section I1 for crops with a total annual production value for the Union territory of at least EUR 1 billionin the Union territory.
Amendment 326 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – section 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Annex 4 – section 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
(c) Surveillance, visual examination, sampling, laboratory testing of plants, plant products and other objects for the presence of quarantine pests, including through subjection to quarantine procedures and pre-shipment inspections in third countries.
Amendment 331 #
2013/0141(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – section 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – paragraph 1
Annex 4 – section 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – paragraph 1
Measures taken to manage the risk of a pest shall be technically justified on the basis of conclusions reached by using an appropriate risk analysis or, where applicable, another comparable examination and an EFSA supervised evaluation of available scientific information. Those measures should reflect, and, where appropriate, be modified or removed to reflect new or updated risk analysis or relevant scientific information.
Amendment 95 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) the performance of official controls and other official activities performed by the competent authorities of the Member States;
Amendment 101 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
ia) laying down requirements on monitoring certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products;
Amendment 104 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 108 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Amendment 109 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 14
Article 2 – point 14
Amendment 110 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 22 – point a
Article 2 – point 22 – point a
a) any official ofnatural or legal person officially recognised by the competent authorities and authorised to issue and sign official certificates by such authorities;
Amendment 112 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 22 – point b
Article 2 – point 22 – point b
b) where provided for by the rules referred to in Article 1(2) – any other person, who is authorised to issue and sign official certificates by the competent authorities;
Amendment 115 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 26
Article 2 – point 26
26) 'operator' means any natural and legal person subject to one or more obligations provided for in the rules referred to in Article 1(2), except the competent authorities and the other bodies in charge of official controls and other official activities;
Amendment 116 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 27
Article 2 – point 27
27) 'consignment' means a number of animals orf the same species or a quantity of goodproducts of the same type, class, or description, covered by the same officialveterinary certificate, official attestation or any other documentr document or other documents provided for by legislation, conveyed by the same means of transport and havcoming from the same origin; it may consist of one or more lotsthird country or part of such country;
Amendment 121 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 28 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – point 28 – point c a (new)
ca) the documentation relating to the examinations referred to in points a), b) and c)
Amendment 123 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 32 – introductory part
Article 2 – point 32 – introductory part
32) 'official veterinarian' means a veterinarian appointed by the competent authorities and appropriately qualified to perform the official controls and other official activities in accordance with:
Amendment 124 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 33
Article 2 – point 33
33) 'hazard' means any agent or condition with the potential to have an adverse effect on human, or animal or plant health, animal welfare or the environment;
Amendment 126 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 40
Article 2 – point 40
40) 'control verification procedures' means the arrangements put in place and actions performed by the competent authorities for the purpose of ensuring that official controls and other official activities are consistent and effective;
Amendment 129 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 49
Article 2 – point 49
49) 'transhipment' means the movement of goods subject to the official controls provided for in Article 45(1) which arrive by sea or by air transport from a third country from a vessel or aircraft and are transported under customs supervision to another vessel or aircraft in the same port or airport in preparation for onward travel;
Amendment 132 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 54
Article 2 – point 54
54) 'additional official controls' means those controls which were not originally planned and which were decided on the basis of the findings of previous official controls, or other official activities;
Amendment 133 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 56
Article 2 – point 56
56) 'control plan' means a description established by the competent authorities containing information on the structure and organisation of the official control system, and of its operation and the detailed planning of official controls to be performed in each of the areas referred to in Article 1(2) over a period of time;
Amendment 136 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 2
Title 2
Official controls and other official activities in Member States
Amendment 141 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) have procedures and arrangements in place to ensure the effectiveness and appropriateness of official controls and other official activities;
Amendment 144 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) receihave, for their area of competence, appropriate training enabling them to undertake their duties competently and to perform official controls and other official activities in a consistent manner;
Amendment 146 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Competent authorities shall develop and implement training programmes for the purpose of ensuring that staff performing official controls and official activities receive the training referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).
Amendment 153 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Competent authorities shall perform official controls on all operators regularly, on a risk basis andat suitable intervals, in line with the risks that may arise in relation to the area concerned, with appropriate frequency, and taking account of:
Amendment 157 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
b) the operator hasis obliged to requested such official controls.
Amendment 167 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Competent authorities shall be entitled to publish or make otherwise available to the public information about the rating of individual operators established on their territory based on the outcome of official controls, provided that the following conditions are met:
Amendment 168 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Competent authorities shall have procedures in place to verify the consistency and effectiveness of official controls and other official activities that they perform.
Amendment 172 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) primary produceoperators'’ installations and other businesses, including their surroundings, premises, offices, equipment, installations and machinery, transport and their animals and goods;
Amendment 180 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) their documents and any other relevant information relating to the control to be carried out.
Amendment 181 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. During official controls and other official activities, operators shall assist the staff of the competent authorities in the accomplishment of their control tasks.
Amendment 183 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) cooperate fully with the competent authorities to ensure the efficient performance of official controls or other official activities;
Amendment 184 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Amendment 186 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Amendment 199 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – title
Article 18 – title
Specific rules on official controls and action to be taken by the competent authorities in relation to the welfare requirements for vertebrate animals
Amendment 233 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
Article 30
Amendment 234 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
Article 31
Amendment 235 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
Article 32
Amendment 247 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. Official laboratories shall make available to the public the list of methods used for analyses, tests or diagnoses performed in the context of official controls and other official activities.
Amendment 257 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where such checks are performed on animals or on products of animal origin, they shall be carried out by an official veterinarian or under his supervision.
Amendment 259 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 6
Article 47 – paragraph 6
Amendment 260 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the time limits and modalities for carrying out documentary, identity and physical checks on transhipped consignments, whose final destination is the EU, of the categories of goods referred to in Article 45(1);
Amendment 172 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) intended solely for, and maintained by, not-for-profit gene banks, organisations and networks of conservation of genetic resources, or persons belonging to those organisations or networks;
Amendment 186 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) exchanged in kind in small quantities between persons other than professional operators.
Amendment 210 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 1
Article 3 – point 1
(1) ‘plants’ means plants as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No …/… (Office of Publications, please insert number of Regulation on protective measures against pests of plants) on protective measures against pests of plantsa complete botanical individual;
Amendment 214 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 2
Article 3 – point 2
(2) ‘plant reproductive materials’ means plant(s) capable of, and intended for, producing entireseeds, parts of plants, and any plant material intended for the propagation and production of plants;
Amendment 218 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 3
Article 3 – point 3
(3) ‘mother plant’ means an identified plant from which plant reproductive material is taken for reproduction of new plants;Does not affect the English version.)
Amendment 244 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 – point a
Article 3 – point 6 – point a
(a) producing, excluding assisting farmer- breeders;
Amendment 275 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
Professional operators shall be registered in the registers referred to in Article 61 of Regulation (EC) No …/… (Office of Publication, please insert number of Regulation on protective measures against pests of plants) in accordance with the provisions of Article 62 of that Regulation. Retailers shall be exempt from the obligation laid down in this Article.
Amendment 281 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Article 6
Professional operators shall ensurguarantee that plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market under their control fulfils the requirements of this Regulation.
Amendment 342 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point 9
Article 10 – point 9
(9) ‘standard material’ means plant reproductive material other than pre-basic, basic or certified materialwhich is sufficiently identifiable as belonging to a variety and correspondingly pure, meets the requirements of this Regulation, and is subject to an official ex post sample check;
Amendment 345 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point 9 a (new)
Article 10 – point 9 a (new)
(9a) ‘commercial material’ means plant reproductive material which is identifiable solely as belonging to a species and meets the requirements of this Regulation;
Amendment 347 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point 10
Article 10 – point 10
(10) ‘category’ means pre-basic material, basic material, certified material or standard materialeach of the classes for plant materials laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 368 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 387 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to the purpose of ensuring food and feed securitysecurity in terms of the health status of the plant material and the risk of spreading diseases; and
Amendment 430 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation to paragraph 1 of this Article, rootstocks may be produced and made available on the market without belonging to a variety registered in a national variety register or in the Union variety register reference to the species or hybrid concerned where they do not conform to any variety.
Amendment 462 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 499 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Standard materials shall be subjected to subsequent random, risk-based official checks.
Amendment 507 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The official label and the operator’s label shall be written in one of the official Union languages. They shall be legible, indelible, printed on one side, not previously been used and easily visible. The order in which the entries are printed shall always be the same, in accordance with requirements determined by the Commission.
Amendment 509 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The official label shall have a distinct colour per category of plant reproductive material. The colours shall be those laid down in Part C of Annex III.
Amendment 513 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – point g a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – point g a (new)
(ga) the order in which the information is printed on the label and its possible codification.
Amendment 521 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 529 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of the official supervision referred to in point (a) of Article 22, competent authorities shall, at least once per year, conduct audits to ensure that the professional operator fulfils the requirements referred to in Article 23. The frequency of the audits shall be determined by the likelihood of the aforementioned requirements not being fulfilled.
Amendment 540 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
Professional operators shall inform the competent authorities in due time about their intention to produce pre-basic, basic and certified material plant reproductive material, and to carry out the certification referred to in Article 19(1). That notification shall state the plant species, origin of the material, location of the production plots, varieties and categories concerned.
Amendment 581 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 14(1), competent authorities may authorise professional operators, for a specified period of time, to make availablesuch as a maximum onf the market for tests and trials, on fwo years for agricultural and horticultural species and five yearms for other production premises,woody species, to make available on the market maximum quantities of plant reproductive material belonging to a variety not registered in a national variety register pursuant to Article 79 or the Union variety register pursuant to Article 94(1).
Amendment 687 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) in the case of pre-basic, basic or certified material, on an official document or on an additional official label, in accordance with the requirements of Annex 1 of this Regulation;
Amendment 698 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) in the case of seeds, it shall have satisfactory germination and specific purity, as appropriate for the genera and related species concerned included in Annex I, to allow an appropriate number of plants per area after sowing, and to ensure the maximum yield and quality of the production;
Amendment 722 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1
Article 51 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall establish, publish and update a single national register of varieties and clones (hereinafter 'national variety register').
Amendment 725 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The Agency shall establish, publish and update a single register of varieties and clones (hereinafter "Union variety register").
Amendment 727 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) varieties and clones directly registered in the Union variety register in accordance with Chapter V; and
Amendment 729 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) varieties and clones registered in national variety registers in accordance with Chapter IV, as notified by the Member States to the Agency in accordance with Chapter VI.
Amendment 752 #
Amendment 813 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. It shall be mandatory to deliver a sample of the variety for the purpose of official checks and complaints.
Amendment 866 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63
Article 63
If a variety has been granted a plant variety right pursuant to Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 2100/1994, or pursuant to the legislation of a Member State, that variety shall be deemed to be distinct, uniform and stable, for the purpose of the official description as referred to in point (a) of Article 56(2) and (3) and to have a suitable denomination for the purposes of point (a) of Article 56(1).
Amendment 893 #
Amendment 953 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1
1. The applicant may carry out the technical examination referred to in Article 71(1), or part of it, only if it has been authorised thereto by the competent authority or by the Agency if the competent authority has not been audited by the Agency for the species concerned in accordance with Article 72. Technical examination by the applicant shall be carried out in particular premises, which are dedicated to this purpose.
Amendment 956 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 73 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Prior to granting the authorisation to carry out the technical examination, the competent authority, or where applicable the Agency, shall audit the premises and the organisation of the applicant. That audit shall verify whether the premises and organisation are suitable for carrying out the technical examination as regards:
Amendment 962 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 4
Article 73 – paragraph 4
4. On the basis of the audit referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority, or where applicable the Agency, may recommend to the applicant, if appropriate, actions to ensure the suitability of the applicant’s premises and organisation.
Amendment 965 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Further to the authorisation and audit referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority and the Agency may carry out additional audits and, where applicable, recommend to the applicant, within a specific period of time, corrective actions concerning the applicant’s premises and the organisation.
Amendment 967 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 73 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In case the competent authority or the Agency concludes that the applicant’s premises and organisation are not suitable, it may revoke or modify the authorisation referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 989 #
Amendment 991 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 1
Article 80 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Articles 66 to 79, the competent authorities shall register in their national variety registers all varieties officially accepted or registered, before the entry into force of this Regulation, in the catalogues, lists or registers established by their Member States pursuant to Article 3 of Directive 2002/53/EC, Article 3(2) of Directive 2002/55/EC, Article 7(4) of Directive 2008/90/EC and Article 5 of Directive 68/193/EEC and all clones registered pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 68/193/EEC, Article 7(4) of Directive 2008/90/EC, Chapter II of Directive 2008/62/EC and Section I of Chapter II and Section I of Chapter III of Directive 2009/145/EC.
Amendment 1045 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – title IV – chapter IV – section 4 (articles 90 to 92)
Part III – title IV – chapter IV – section 4 (articles 90 to 92)
Amendment 1056 #
Amendment 1057 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93
Article 93
This Chapter shall apply to varieties and clones not registered in any national variety register pursuant to Article 79.
Amendment 1064 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 2
Article 94 – paragraph 2
2. For the examination of denominations, for variety and clone maintenance and for exemptions from the payment of registration fees, Articles 95, 96 and 97 shall apply instead of the provisions referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (d).
Amendment 1065 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. When applying Chapter IV for the registration of a variety or clone in the Union variety register, references shall be construed as follows:
Amendment 1068 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – title
Article 96 – title
Amendment 1071 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1
Article 96 – paragraph 1
1. Varieties and clones registered in the Union variety register shall be maintained by the applicant, or by any other person acting in mutual agreement with the applicant. The other person shall be notified to the Agency.
Amendment 1080 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 5
Article 96 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authorities of the Member State where the maintenance of the variety or the clone concerned takes place, shall assist the Agency as regards controls on maintenance.
Amendment 1103 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) "provenance" means the place in which any seed source or stand is growing;
Amendment 1105 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point q
(q) "tested": means derived from basic forest material consisting of stands, seed orchards, parents of families, clones or clonal mixtures of superior quality, which must have been demonstrated by comparative testing or estimated from the genetic evaluation of the components of the basic forest material;
Amendment 1107 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point r – introductory part
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point r – introductory part
(r) "planting stocks" means one of the following:
Amendment 1109 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point u
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point u
(u) "area of utilisationgion/area" means the area where the forest reproductive material is used for a specified purpose.
Amendment 1111 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 1
Article 110 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall for species in Annex IX demarcate the regions of provenance of basic forest material consisting of stands or seed sources and intended for the production of forest reproductive material under the ‘source- identified’ and ‘selected’ categories.
Amendment 1114 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 112 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) category for the production of which the basic forest material is intendedof forest reproductive material;
Amendment 1116 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 4 – point f – point i
Article 112 – paragraph 4 – point f – point i
(i) for basic forest material intended for production of the ‘source-identified’ category, region of provenance and geographical position defined by latitude and longitude or the latitudinal and longitudinal range;
Amendment 1118 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 4 – point h
Article 112 – paragraph 4 – point h
(h) area: the sizeextent of a seed source(s), stand(s) or seed orchard(s);
Amendment 1121 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 4
Article 117 – paragraph 4
4. Forest reproductive material belonging to the species and artificial hybrids listed in Annex IX which propagate vegetatively may only be made available on the market under the ‘selected’ category if it has been mass propagated from seeds.
Amendment 1123 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 123 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the age of planting stock, of seedlings or of cuttings;Linguistic amendment only affecting the Spanish version
Amendment 1125 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 123 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) the type of planting stock (whether undercuts, transplantsbare-root or containerised);
Amendment 1127 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 124 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the master certificate number(s) issued under Article 122(1) or the reference to the other document available according to Article 122 (3) and (4);
Amendment 1129 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 124 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the germination ratpercentage of the pure seed, or, where germination ratpercentage is impossible or impractical to assess, the viability percentage assessed by reference to a specified method;
Amendment 1147 #
Amendment 1150 #
Amendment 1153 #
Amendment 1156 #
Amendment 1159 #
Amendment 1162 #
Amendment 1174 #
Amendment 1177 #
Amendment 1186 #
Amendment 1189 #
Amendment 1200 #
Amendment 1207 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – item 44
Annex I – item 44
Amendment 1209 #
Amendment 1226 #
Amendment 1237 #
Amendment 1240 #
Amendment 1249 #
Amendment 1251 #
Amendment 1253 #
Amendment 1256 #
Amendment 1278 #
Amendment 1281 #
Amendment 1284 #
Amendment 1287 #
Amendment 1290 #
Amendment 1293 #
Amendment 1296 #
Amendment 1299 #
Amendment 1302 #
Amendment 1305 #
Amendment 1308 #
Amendment 1311 #
Amendment 1314 #
Amendment 1324 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – item 135
Annex I – item 135
Amendment 1336 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – item 144
Annex I – item 144
Amendment 1341 #
Amendment 1344 #
Amendment 1347 #
Amendment 1350 #
Amendment 1353 #
Amendment 1356 #
Amendment 1359 #
Amendment 1365 #
Amendment 1378 #
Amendment 1381 #
Amendment 149 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation lays down: (a) rules for the prevention and control of animal diseases, which are transmissible to animals or to humans; (b) instruments and mechanisms to facilitate progress towards the declaration of disease-free zones and territories; (c) priority actions; and (d) the division of responsibilities in the area of animal health.
Amendment 165 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7) '‘aquaculture animals'’ means aquatic animals subject to aquaculturetechniques designed to increase production above the natural capacity of the environment in question;
Amendment 166 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Amendment 172 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point c
c) the purposes of breeding of birds used for the types of production referred to in points (a) and (b);
Amendment 176 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – introductory part
16) '‘emerging disease'’ means a disease other than a listed disease listed in the new Annex -I which has the potential to meet the criteria for listed diseases provided for in Article 6(1)(a) due to:
Amendment 187 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 34
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 34
34) '‘compartment'’ means (i) in the case of land animals, an animal subpopulation contained in one or more establishments and in the case of aquatic animals in one or more aquaculturevarious establishments, under a common biosecurity management system with a distinct health status with respect to a specific disease or specific diseases subject to appropriate surveillance, disease control and biosecurity measures, initial approval for which should ideally be granted in a country, territory or zone free from the disease in question, before the specific disease or diseases become(s) established; (ii) in the case of aquaculture animals, one or more farms forming part of a common biosecurity system with a population of aquatic animals that has a specific health status with respect to a particular disease;
Amendment 188 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 37
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 37
37) '‘outbreak'’ means one or more cases in an establishment, household or other place where animals are kept or locatedpidemiological unit;
Amendment 193 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 51 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 51 a (new)
(51a) ‘vector’ means an insect or live carrier which transports an infectious agent from one infected individual to a susceptible individual, its food or the immediate environment. The agent may or may not undergo a transformation within the vector.
Amendment 196 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 51 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 51 b (new)
Amendment 201 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) emerging diseases that meet similar criteria to those relating to the diseases referred to in point (a) of this paragraph.
Amendment 206 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, establish a list of listed diseases, as referred to in paragraph 1(a), are set out in the new Annex -I.
Amendment 207 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
That list shall comprise diseases which meet with the conditions laid down in the following points (a) and (b) of this paragraph, taking into account the evaluation of the criteria for listing diseases laid down in Article 6:
Amendment 212 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examinatione Commission, taking account of the criteria for listing diseases laid down in Article 6, may modify the list of diseases set out in the new Annex -I by means of the procedure referred to in Article 255(2)2.
Amendment 214 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TWhen applying Article 5(3), the Commission shall take account of the following criteria in determining whether a disease meets the conditions to be listed in accordance with Article 5(2):
Amendment 224 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. TFor each of the diseases specific rules for listed diseases provided for in this Regulation and et out in the new Annex -I, a list of vulnerable species shall be drawn up to which the healthe rules adopted pursuant tolaid down in this Regulation shall apply to listed species.
Amendment 233 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission shall, by means of implementdelegated acts, and ing acts, determinecordance with Article 252, determine for each of the diseases listed in the new Annex -I the application of the diseaseCommunity prevention and control rules referred to in the following points to listed diseasearagraphs:
Amendment 236 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part
1.1 Section 1 of new Annex -I a) listed diseases subject to rules on:
Amendment 237 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 241 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point iii
Amendment 252 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – introductory part
Amendment 253 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point i
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point i
i) movement within the Union provided for in Chapters 3 to 7 of Title I and Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of Title II of Part IV; and
Amendment 256 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e – introductory part
Amendment 258 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e – point ii a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e – point ii a (new)
(iia)(c) listed diseases for which compartments may be recognised in accordance with Article 37.
Amendment 259 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Commission shall take into account the following criteria when adopting implementingdelegated acts provided for in paragraph 1:
Amendment 288 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
c) the tasks performed which may, directly or indirectly, have an impact on the health of their animals.
Amendment 290 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The knowledge provided for in paragraph 1 shallmay be acquired in one of the following ways:
Amendment 328 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authority may delegate one or more of the following activities to veterinariansnatural or legal persons who have the relevant technical capacity:
Amendment 334 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 253, concerning:Member States shall inform the Commission of the activities they have delegated and the conditions and requirements governing the delegation.
Amendment 337 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 340 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 345 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 350 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall take account of the nature of those tasks and the international obligations of the Union and the Member States, when adopting those delegated actsMember States shall establish appropriate control mechanisms to ensure that the conditions governing the delegation are observed.
Amendment 377 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – point c a (new)
Article 22 – point c a (new)
(ca) agree to animal health visits from a veterinarian for the purpose of detecting the presence of listed diseases and emerging diseases, in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 23; such visits shall also serve as a means of providing advice to the operator on biosecurity matters.
Amendment 386 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Operators shall ensure that establishments under their responsibility receive animal health visits from a veterinarian, as provided for in Article 22, when appropriate due to the risks posed by the establishment, taking into account:
Amendment 388 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the epidemiological situation in the zone or region;
Amendment 399 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) providing information to the competent authority to complement the surveillance provided for in Article 25.
Amendment 403 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – point a – point ii
Article 24 – point a – point ii
ii) the requirements laid down in Article 23(2) as regards the content and frequency of animal health visits for the different types of risk posed by the different types of establishments, to ensure that the purposes of the animal health visits are achieved;
Amendment 436 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Each Member State shall establish and maintain an updated list of: disease-free compartments in accordance with Article 37(1) and (2). Member States shall make those lists publicly available.
Amendment 439 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 441 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 443 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Amendment 444 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall establish, maintain and make publicly available an updated list of disease-free territories and zones in accordance with Article 36(1).
Amendment 448 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) suspend movements of the listed species, for the listed disease for which it was approved or recognised for disease- free status, to other Member States, zones or compartments with a higher health status for that listed diseasetake the appropriate measures based on the risk that animal movements may constitute for the disease in question;
Amendment 474 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) when appropriate to prevent the further spread of the disease agent, keep the kept animals of listed species for that listed disease isolated, and prevent their contact with wildlife animals;
Amendment 498 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 2
Article 62 – paragraph 2
2. If the epidemiological enquiry provided for in Article 57(1) shows that the likely origin of the listed disease referred to in Article 8(1)(a) is another Member State or it is likely that that listed disease has spread to another Member State, the competent authority shall inform that Member State and the Commission.
Amendment 511 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – title 2 – chapter 1 – section 5 – title
Part 3 – title 2 – chapter 1 – section 5 – title
Amendment 524 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 a (new)
Article 71 a (new)
Article 71a General criteria for the application of this Chapter The provisions of this Chapter shall be applied in the event of the suspicion or confirmation of any of the listed diseases referred to in Annex -1 (new) (b) and (c) and in cases where a voluntary eradication programme exists or the zone or territory has officially been declared disease free.
Amendment 525 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authority shall, in the event of a suspicion of a listed disease referred to in Article 8(1)(b) or (c)– or, in the case of diseases under (c), where a voluntary eradication programme exists or the zone or Member State has officially been declared disease free or where this is the first suspicion of the disease in that Member State – in kept animals carry out the following preliminary disease control measures, pending the results of the investigation provided for in Article 73(1) and the carrying out of disease control measures in accordance with Article 78(1) and (2):
Amendment 528 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 74 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 532 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 76 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authority shall base an official confirmation of a listed disease referred to in Article 8(1)(b) or (c)– or, in the case of diseases under (c), where a voluntary eradication programme exists or the zone or Member State has officially been declared disease free or where this is the first suspicion of the disease in that Member State – on the following information:
Amendment 534 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77
Article 77
The competent authority shall continue to apply the preliminary disease control measures provided for in Article 74(1) and Article 75 until the presence of the listed diseases referred to in Article 8(1)(b) or (c)– or, in the case of diseases under (c), where a voluntary eradication programme exists or the zone or Member State has officially been declared disease free or where this is the first suspicion of the disease in that Member State – has been ruled out in accordance with Article 76(1) or rules adopted pursuant to Article 76(2).
Amendment 538 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 78 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In the event of an official confirmation in accordance with Article 76(1) of an outbreak of a listed disease referred to in Article 8(1)(c) – or, in the case of diseases under (c), where a voluntary eradication programme exists or the zone or Member State has officially been declared disease free or where this is the first suspicion of the disease in that Member State – in kept animals the competent authority shall:
Amendment 540 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 78 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the kept animals affected, particularly when they belong to an endangered race or variety;
Amendment 542 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 78 – paragraph 3 – point d
Amendment 544 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79
Article 79
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 253 laying down detailed rules concerning the disease control measures to be taken in the event of outbreaks of a listed disease referred to in Article 8(1)(b) or (c)– or, in the case of diseases under (c), where a voluntary eradication programme exists or the zone or Member State has officially been declared disease free or where this is the first suspicion of the disease in that Member State – in kept animals as provided for in Article 78(2)(b) taking into account the criteria provided for in Article 78(3).
Amendment 547 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – title 2 – chapter 2 – section 4 – title
Part 3 – title 2 – chapter 2 – section 4 – title
Amendment 553 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 80 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In the event of an outbreak of a listed disease referred to in Article 8(1)(c) in wild animals – and, in the case of diseases under (c), where a voluntary eradication programme exists or the zone or Member State has officially been declared disease free or where this is the first suspicion of the disease in wild animals in that Member State – the competent authority of the affected Member State shall:
Amendment 557 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 80 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 563 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1
Article 81 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall inform the Commission of the disease control measures taken by the competent authority in respect of a listed disease referred to in Article 8(1)(b) or (c),– and, in the case of diseases under (c), where a voluntary eradication programme exists or the zone or Member State has officially been declared disease free or where this is the first suspicion of the disease in that Member State – in accordance with Article 76(1), Articles 77 and 78 and Article 80(1) and (2) and delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 76(2), Article 79 and Article 80(4).
Amendment 564 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 81 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission shall review the disease situation and the disease control measures taken by the competent authority in accordance with this Chapter and may, by means of implementing acts, lay down special rules for disease control measures for a limited period of time in respect of a listed disease referred to in Article 8(1)(b) – and (c),, in the case of diseases under (c), where a voluntary eradication programme exists or the zone or Member State has officially been declared disease free or where this is the first suspicion of the disease in that Member State – under conditions appropriate to the epidemiological situation, where:
Amendment 571 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85
Article 85
Amendment 574 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 89 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the categories and species or races of kept terrestrial animals or germinal products in an establishment;
Amendment 596 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) their individual identification, where appropriate, as provided for in Articles 106(a) and 107(a);
Amendment 599 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the following information related to kept animals of the porcine species and: (i) the establishments keeping them; (ii) their movements into and from establishments;
Amendment 601 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) their unique life numberindividual identification as provided for in Article 109(1)(a);
Amendment 602 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Amendment 605 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Article 103 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Amendment 611 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) facilitate the traceability of kept terrestrial animals, their movements within and between Member States and their entry into the Union.
Amendment 613 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – point a
Article 104 – point a
(a) identification documents for kept terrestrial animals when required by Articles 106(b) and 109(cb), Article 112(1)(b) and (2)(b), and Article 113(b) and rules adopted pursuant to Articles 114 and 117;
Amendment 618 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 109 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Operators keeping kept animals of the equine species shall ensure that those animals are individually identified by:
Amendment 620 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 109 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) an unique life number, which iensure that those kept animals arecorded in the computer database provided for in Article 103(1) identified individually by a physical means of identification;
Amendment 621 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 109 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a method which unequivocally linksensure that those kept animals anre issued with thean identification document provided for in point (c) of this paragraph and issued by the competent authority in accordance with Article 104from the competent authority or designated authority or authorised body, which is a single lifetime document and that that document: i) is kept, correctly completed and updated by the operator; ii) accompanies those kept terrestrial animals at the time of movement;
Amendment 624 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 109 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 625 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 2
Article 109 – paragraph 2
2. Operators of kept animalsMember States shall decide what information ofn the equine species shall transmit the information on those animalsmovements of said kept animals from and into the establishment shall be supplied to the computer database provided for in Article 103(1) and by the rules adopted pursuant to Articles 114 and 117. Informing the database of movements which entail a change in operator shall be compulsory in all cases.
Amendment 632 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) are accompanied by a correctly completed and updated identification document issued by the competent authority or the designated authority or the authorised body in accordance with Article 104.
Amendment 640 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – point c – point iv
Article 114 – point c – point iv
(iv) the identification document for kept animals of the equine species provided for in 109(1)(cb);
Amendment 669 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 132 – point c
Article 132 – point c
Amendment 672 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Operators shall not move kept terrestrial animals within a Member State or from one Member State to another Member State unless they are accompanied by an animal health certificate issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin in accordance with Article 146(1), where the conditions referred to in the following points (a) and (b) are meet:
Amendment 687 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – title 1 – chapter 5 – title
Part 4 – title 1 – chapter 5 – title
Amendment 688 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 159 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 159 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) within a Member State or to another Member State, where:
Amendment 690 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 159 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 159 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) the nature of the germinal products or, the species or the breed of animal that those products come from;
Amendment 693 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 163 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 163 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By way of derogation from Sections 1 to 4, the competent authority of the place of destination may authorise movements of germinal products for scientific purposes or for the establishment of gene banks of endangered breeds, which do not comply with the requirements of those Sections, with the exception of Article 155(1), Article 155(2)(c), Article 155(3) and Article 156, subject to compliance with the following conditions:
Amendment 695 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 164 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 164 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) listed diseases referred to in Article 8(1)(d)Section 2(a) of the new Annex -I established in accordance with Article 8, taking into account the health status of the place of production, and processing and destination;
Amendment 696 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 165 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 165 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Operators shall only move the following products of animal origin within a Member State or to another Member State where they are accompanied by an animal health certificate issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin in accordance with paragraph 3:
Amendment 708 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 172 – point c a (new)
Article 172 – point c a (new)
(ca) treatment of effluent prior to release into the environment or to intended destination.
Amendment 727 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 195 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 195 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. However, they may be moved once laboratory tests have ruled out the presence of a disease on the list in Section 2(a) of the new Annex -1.
Amendment 733 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 208 – title
Article 208 – title
Obligation of operators to ensure that when moving between Member States aquaculture animals are accompanied by an animal health certificate
Amendment 735 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 210
Article 210
Amendment 737 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 212 – title
Article 212 – title
Contents of animal health certificates for movements between Member States
Amendment 739 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 224 – title
Article 224 – title
Animal health certificates and delegated actfor movements between Member States
Amendment 780 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -1 (new)
Annex -1 (new)
List of diseases pursuant to Article 8 Former Former Former Former Former New point (a) point (b) point (c) point point category (d) (e) Section 1 Section 2 Prevention, control and eradication measures Movement measures Disease Point (a) Point (b) Point (c) Point (a) Point New point (b) (c) Emerging Endemic Voluntary Movements Entry Compartment s TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS Bluetongue or Ovine X X X catarrhal fever Foot-and-mouth disease X X X Rift Valley fever X X X Bovine spongiform X X X encephalopathy Peste des petits ruminants X X X (PPR) Sheep and goat pox X X X Classical swine fever X X X X African swine fever X X X X Notifiable Avian X X X X influenza: Newcastle disease in X X X X poultry and other captive birds African horse sickness X X X West Nile virus X X X Equine infectious X X X anaemia Small hive beetle (Aethina X X X tumida) Tropilaelaps mite X X X (Tropilaelaps spp.) Infection with rabies virus X X X Bovine brucellosis X X (X) Swine brucellosis X X X X Ovine and caprine X X X brucellosis Bovine tuberculosis X X (X) Infectious bovine X (X) rhinotracheitis/Infectious pustular vulvovaginitis Aujeszky s disease X (X) X Trichinellosis X X (X) X Q fever X (X) Scrapie X X Enzootic bovine leukosis X X X Contagious bovine pleuro- X X X pneumonia Transmissible X X X gastroenteritis Ovine pulmonary X X X adenomatosis Maedi-Visna X X X Echinococcus X X X multilocularis Caprine X X X arthritis/encephalitis Caseous lymphadenitis X X X Paratuberculosis X X X Contagious agalactia X X X Salmonella X (X) AQUATIC ANIMALS Infection with Bonamia X (X) X ostreae Infection with Bonamia X (X) X exitiosa Infection with Marteilia X (X) X refringens Infection with Perkinsus X (X) X marinus Infection with Microcytos X X X mackini Taura syndrome X X X White spot disease X X X Yellowhead disease X X X (X) Only when an approved eradication programme exists.
Amendment 28 #
2013/0110(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The obligation to disclose their diversity policies for their administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to gender and other aspects such as age, gender, geographical diversity, disability, educational and professional background should only apply to large listed companies. Therefore small and medium- sized companies that may be exempted from certain accounting obligations under article 27 of Directive 78/660/EEC should not be covered to by this obligation. Disclosure of the diversity policy should be part of the corporate governance statement, as laid down by Article 46a of Directive 78/660/EEC. Companies not having a such a diversity policy should not be obliged to put one in place, but they should clearly explain why this is the case.
Amendment 43 #
2013/0110(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(g) a description of the company's diversity policy for its administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to gender and other aspects such as age, gender, geographical diversity, disability, educational and professional background, the objectives of this diversity policy, how it has been implemented and the results in the reporting period. If the company has no such policy, the statement shall contain a clear and reasoned explanation as to why this is the case.
Amendment 9 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Aa (new)
Recital Aa (new)
Aa. whereas the credit crisis, from which the current recession stems, was a disaster created by men, while most of the national and international responses to it, which have failed to take the gender perspective into sufficient account, have also been decided upon by men; whereas it is important that women, who are generally better qualified than men, be fully included in the decision-making process in the political, economic and financial spheres as well as social partners agreements,
Amendment 11 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ab (new)
Recital Ab (new)
Ab. whereas recent studies have shown that only 5% of those with decision- making responsibilities in the EU financial institutions are women and all 27 central bank governors in the Member States are men, and whereas gender studies have pointed out that women manage in a different way by avoiding risk and focusing more on a long-term perspective,
Amendment 14 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas when the economic crisis first began, it had a greater impact on men than on women, whereas unemployment has risen since then at different rates for men and women: women were not hit initially by the crisis but they are now increasingly feeling its effects an(more employment in insecure and part time jobs, greater threat of redundancy, lower wages, reduced social protection cover, etc.) and will be affected more enduringly; whereas this phase is far less well documented and, consequently, the impact of the crisis on women tends to be underestimated;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it should be noted that unemployed women are often not included in official figures because they tend to withdraw from the labour market and to perform unpaid or informal work, often in the home or caring for dependents;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas women entering working life are playing a leading role in the return to growth, whereas they enable the family income to rise which brings about a rise in consumption and helps boost the economy; whereas gender equality therefore has a positive impact on productivity and economic growth;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital La (new)
Recital La (new)
La. whereas gender equality measures have been cancelled or delayed and possible future cuts in public budgets will have a negative effect on female employment and on the promotion of equality;
Amendment 55 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Lb (new)
Recital Lb (new)
Lb. whereas the economic downturn should not be used to slow down progress on reconciliation policies and to cut budgets allocated to care services for dependents and leave arrangements, affecting in particular women’s access to the labour market;
Amendment 56 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Lc (new)
Recital Lc (new)
Lc. whereas violence against women is a widespread occurrence in every country and every social class, whereas economic stress often leads to more frequent, more violent and more dangerous abuse, and whereas studies have also shown that violence against women intensifies when men experience displacement and dispossession as a result of the economic crisis;
Amendment 59 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that gender equality is one of the core objectives of the European Union and that it has to be included as a fundamental principle in responses to the current economic and financial crisis; deplores the fact that policy responses to the crisis, including recovery packages, have failed to acknowledge, analyse and rectify the gender impact of the crisis; condemns the fact that there has been virtually no mainstreaming of the gender perspective into the post-Lisbon strategy, and hence calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender equality, via specific targets in the macroeconomic and employment guidelines;
Amendment 65 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the fact that, despite unemployment rates for men and women being comparable, the crisis affects the latter differently: working conditions for women have become considerably more insecure, their income has dropped significantly because of factors such as the persistent gap of nearly 17 % between salaries for men and women and the resultant inequality in their unemployment benefits, the rise in imposed part-time working and the rise in the number of temporary or fixed-term jobs to the detriment of more stable employment; points out that the experience of previous crises shows that the male employment rate generally recovers more quickly than that for women;
Amendment 77 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that the crisis will have the worst effect on vulnerable groups of women: disabled women, immigrant women, women from ethnic minorities, women with few qualifications, women who are long-term unemployed, single women without means and women caring for dependents, etc.;
Amendment 79 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Emphasises that women account for a greater proportion than men of the informal economy, partly because there is greater deregulation in the sectors in which women traditionally work, for example domestic service or care work; notes, on the other hand, that the informal economy has grown as a result of the crisis, although it is very difficult to determine its particular contours in the absence of reliable data on incidence and impact;
Amendment 82 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on the need to ensure that the current economic and financial crisis and the ensuing budget restrictions do not jeopardise the progress achieved by policies promoting gender equality nor serve as a pretext for reducing efforts in this respect; emphasises that gender equality policies must be viewed as part of the solution to ending the crisis, harnessing and fully exploiting the skills and abilities of all Europeans and, in the future, forging a more competitive economy;
Amendment 96 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to ensure proper provision of affordable, accessible, quality care services for children and other dependents, and that these are compatible with the full-time working schedules of men and women;
Amendment 107 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the proposal for a directive on a better gender balance in management posts in businesses; calls for similar binding legislation to be adopted in other fields, such as European, national, regional and local public institutions, administrations and bodies, which should set the example as regards gender equality in decision-making;
Amendment 109 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Condemns the fact that women are under-represented on the governing boards of financial institutions and are hence virtually excluded from the decision-making process in financial fields; calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to improve women’s participation at all levels of decision-making, especially in the areas of budgeting and of governance arrangements for European financial systems, including the European Central Bank; in this context, stresses the need to promote financial literacy for girls and women;
Amendment 151 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the fact that decisions taken by some Member States to cut their budgets for childcare, education and extracurricula activities, and carerschool meal and transport subsidies and assistance for those caring for dependents have direct implications for women who take on the majority of the additional tasks entailed;
Amendment 161 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. States that female poverty has not just been caused by the recent economic crisis, but by a variety of factors: stereotypes, pay gaps between men and women, lack of a work-life balance, women’s longer life expectancy and, in general, all kinds of gender-based discrimination which affect mainly women; stresses that the crisis is exacerbating this situation of perpetual inequality; highlights the need to combat stereotypes in all walks and at all stages of life, since these are one of the most persistent causes of inequality between men and women in affecting their choices in the field of education, employment and the distribution of domestic and family responsibilities, in the wage gap, in participation in public life and in representation in decision-making positions, etc.;
Amendment 166 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. ObserveConsiders that the economic crisis contributes to harassment, abuse and violence of all kinds, and against women, and in particular prostitution, with women as the victims, in breach of human right of this, the most widespread breach of human rights worldwide, in every culture and at all social and economic levels;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph E
Paragraph E
E. whereas single mothers, young families, young people at the start of their careers, migrant women, people with disabilities, women from minority groups, women who are victims of domestic violence and the elderly are especially affected by the lack of social housing;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2292(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of collective bargaining between management and labour in order to improve the work-life balance and gender equality, particularly with respect to the pay gap and the glass ceiling;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
B. whereas two of the Millennium Development Goals relate specifically to women: promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women (MDG3) and improving maternal health (MDG 5); whereas a further three contribute directly to improving the living conditions of women and girls: achieving universal primary education (MDG 2), reducing child mortality (MDG 4) and combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (MDG 6);
Amendment 8 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C (new)
Recital C (new)
C. whereas, two years from the 2015 deadline for achievement of the MDGs, globally speaking women continue to be poorer than men; although more girls are attending primary school, considerable gender gaps still exist at secondary-school level and, although 20% of Members of Parliament in the world are women, it will, at the current the rate of progress, take over 40 years to achieve fair representation;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
D. whereas various studies show that, if women are educated and can earn and control their own income, a number of favourable results follow: maternal and infant mortality declines, women’s and children’s health and nutrition improve, agricultural productivity rises, climate change can be mitigated, population growth slows, economies expand and poverty cycles are broken;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the United Nations to enhance the importance accorded to women’s rights and gender equality by making them the subject – as has hitherto been the case – of at least oneseveral specific goals in the post-2015 MDG framework and emphasising their status as cross-cutting issues within development cooperation programmes as a whole;
Amendment 46 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of gender equality and the empowerment of women in the formulation and achievement of all MDGs; stresses that specific programmes for women’s empowerment, their social and economic independence and non- discrimination are necessary in order to secure gender equality and fulfil the MDGs;
Amendment 48 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that that women play a crucial role in nutrition and food security, being responsible for 80 % of farming in Africa, even though they are still hardly ever able to own the land they cultivate; stresses that the eradication of hunger accordingly depends on aid to small farmers to produce sufficient food for themselves and their families; points out that most small farmers are women;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Stresses the importance of the improved maternal health goal with regard to reducing the maternal mortality rate and achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health services and family planning; stresses the importance of education and awareness raising in the area of sexual and reproductive health as an integral part of the women’s health agenda;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Draws attention to the fact that progress on MDG 2 regarding education has been moderate; observes in particular that more girls are receiving primary education; stresses that more must be done to ensure that girls complete their primary schooling and gain access to secondary and higher education;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. States that special attention needs to be paid to educating both sexes about gender issues from the outset of their schooling, so that attitudes and social stereotypes change gradually and gender equality becomes a basic principle of society in all countries of the world;
Amendment 53 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Stresses the importance of combating all forms of violence against girls and women: harassment, rape and sexual abuse, forced prostitution, slavery, exploitation, murder of women, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, domestic violence, etc.; stresses that upholding women’s rights, including their sexual and reproductive rights, and safeguarding respect for their human dignity is essential to preventing and combating gender-based violence, providing protection and appropriate counselling to victims, and ensuring that perpetrators are punished; calls on the Commission to make the fight against impunity for the perpetrators of such violence one of the priorities for its development assistance policy; calls for consideration to be given to the specific objective of combating all types of violence against women in defining future MDGs;
Amendment 56 #
2012/2289(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reaffirms the importance of taking account of the situation of women, not simply as a vulnerable section of the population, but also as active facilitators of development policies; stresses likewise that women have proven competence in resolving problems and conflicts, and urges the Commission and all countries therefore to increase the role of women in action groups and working parties;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas thousands of women die every year a result of violence against women in all its forms: sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, trafficking, honour crimes, violence against women in situations of conflict, etc, as well as harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas violence against women is a structural and worldwide problem, and is a phenomenon that involves victims and perpetrators of all ages, educational backgrounds, incomes and social positions, and is linked to the unequal distribution of power between women and men in our society;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the feminicides cannot be explained simply in terms of a ‘general climate of violence’, as consideration must also be given to discrimination, a local social and economic context which is unfavourable to women – and particularly so to indigenous and minority women – high rates of poverty, women’s economic dependence, criminal gangs and the failure to dismantle illegal security forces and clandestine security structures;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas the killings of women in places such as Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, and in Guatemala have featured exceptional brutality and many of the victims have suffered sexual violence, which is itself a form of cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment;
Amendment 53 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas armed conflicts have a disproportionate and specific impact on women, who are subjected to rape and sexual slavery, often resulting in death;
Amendment 73 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that the Member States should allocate adequate resources to preventing and combating violence against women; Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to combat violence through Community programmes, especially the Daphne programme which has already made a successful contribution towards combating violence against women;
Amendment 74 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that the key priorities for addressing violence against women and girls should include the elimination of discriminatory socio-cultural attitudes that reinforce women’s subordinate place in society and result in the toleration of violence against women and girls in both private and public spheres, at home and in workplaces and educational institutions; in this context, hopes that swift progress can be made in the development of international legal rules, measures and policies to improve services and protection for victims, raise awareness in order to change behaviour and attitudes and, above all, ensure sufficient and consistent implementation in all parts of the world;
Amendment 75 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers that the EU and its Member States, in order to become more efficient actors globally, must also step up their domestic efforts to eliminate violence against women and gender-based violence; therefore reiterates its appeal to the Commission to propose an EU strategy to combat violence against women, including a directive laying down minimum standards; in this context, also calls on the EU and its Member States to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 76 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the EU External Action Service to increase its efforts to ensure that the human rights of women and girls are protected and advanced in all the actions and dialogues in which it participates, to speed up its implementation of the EU Guidelines on violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them, and to create closer links with actions being taken to combat violence against women and girls within the framework of EU development cooperation, while also supporting defenders of women’s rights and human rights; also requests that strategies to prevent violence against women and girls be given a prominent place in all international action taken in response to humanitarian situations linked to situations of conflict and the aftermath of conflict or natural disasters;
Amendment 77 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls on national governments, as part of their bilateral relations with third countries, and on the European institutions, through their strategic partnerships, to offer support in the form of cooperation programmes and financial and technical resources for policies to prevent and provide protection from violence against women, such as the creation or strengthening of gender awareness and training programmes, and to increase the budget of the organisations responsible for investigating the killings, create effective systems to protect witnesses, victims and their families and build the capacities of the legal bodies, security forces and public prosecutors' offices in order to pursue and punish those responsible for these crimes and to combat drug trafficking and organised crime; also calls for the promotion of closer institutional coordination in these areas at all levels of government;
Amendment 78 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls on all countries to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women in their national laws and to promote legislative initiatives to make domestic violence and sexual harassment criminal offences in all areas of public and private life, as well as drafting policies and standards to combat impunity and promote gender equality;
Amendment 83 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States, the Commission and the External Action Service to give special consideration to the position of women in particularly vulnerable situations, such as women with disabilities, immigrants, women from minorities, the elderly, and those who are underqualified; also asks for special attention to be paid to pregnant women, since domestic violence has been identified as the main cause of miscarriage, foetal death and maternal death in childbirth;
Amendment 84 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Points out the need to strengthen women’s role in consolidating peace and preventing conflict, and to provide greater protection for women and children in war or conflict zones, by means of participation, prevention and protection in the struggle against sexual and abuse and feminicide;
Amendment 124 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines the need for a strategy to prevent violence against women, which should include awareness campaigns and proper training for the forces of order, health workers and judges, so that early detection of problems can be used to prevent further deaths;
Amendment 125 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Urges the Member States and other countries around the world not to consider intoxication with drugs or alcohol, passion, jealousy, defence of honour or even the family relationship as attenuating circumstances when sentencing persons accused of killing their partner, but rather as aggravating circumstances;
Amendment 126 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Urges Member States, in their national statistics, to show clearly the magnitude of gender-based violence and to take steps to ensure that data are collected on gender-based violence, including the sex of the victims and perpetrators, their relationship, age, the scene of the crime and the injuries inflicted; calls on the Commission to make use of all available expertise to develop and provide annual statistics on gender-based violence, including figures on the number of women killed annually by their partner or ex-partner, based on data from the Member States;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and implement specific measures for pregnant minors by providing, including psychological and medical support and day- care facilities and adapting shelters; calls also for shelters to be adapted to their specific needs during and after the pregnancy;
Amendment 40 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Invites the Member States to consider prioritising gender-related asylum claims in order to offer protection to girls originating from third countries with particularly unstable political situations in which girls are discriminated against and suffer from various forms of violence such as forced marriages, sexual violence and female genital mutilation;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas women are disproportionately represented in the part- time and flexible job market;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C b (new)
Paragraph C b (new)
Cb. whereas women represent a large proportion of workers in undeclared employment, mainly in domestic work and the care of dependent people;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C c (new)
Paragraph C c (new)
Cc. whereas women are over-represented in the lowest-ranked jobs and positions in terms of qualifications, pay and prestige and women therefore face greater job insecurity and are paid less than men;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C d (new)
Paragraph C d (new)
Cd. whereas women encounter greater difficulties in reconciling work and family life, as family responsibilities are not always shared fairly and the care of children and other dependent family members falls mainly upon women;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph D
Paragraph D
D. whereas disparities between men and women in relation to employment, pay, contributions, career breaks, undeclared employment, job insecurity, and part-time working in connection with family responsibilities can have a serious impact on the amount of pension to which women are entitled;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the need for Member States to take measures to eliminate the pay differential between women and men which also affects pensions, resulting in a substantial difference between pensions paid to women and the much higher pensions paid to men;
Amendment 42 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that while flexible working hours and part-time jobs make achieving a work-life balance easier, especially for women, they also imply lower salaries and therefore lower pensions in the future; emphasises that the vast majority of low salaries and almost all very low salaries are paid for part-time work and about 80 % of the working poor are women;
Amendment 67 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that social policies and social services providing childcare and care of the elderly and other dependent people are vital to ensuring that women have the same opportunities as men to obtain paid work, compatible with their family and personal lives, which allows them to earn pension rights sufficient for them to receive a decent pension in their old age;
Amendment 72 #
2012/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates once again that it is important to combat gender stereotypes which traditionally relegate women’s work to a secondary role, resulting in lower pay for work done by women;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Partnership Agreement 2000/483/EC between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 stipulates that systematic account shall be taken of the situation of women and gender issues in all areas – political, economic and social;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas various studies show that if women are educated and can earn and control income, a number of good results follow: maternal and infant mortality declines, women’s and children’s health and nutrition improve, agricultural productivity rises, climate change can be mitigated, population growth slows, economies expand and poverty cycles are broken;
Amendment 17 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of the improved maternal health goal in regard to reducing the maternal mortality rate and achieving universal access to reproductive health, which entails respect for women’s rights to sexual and reproductive health free of coercion or restrictions of any kind;
Amendment 19 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. States that special attention needs to be paid to educating both sexes about gender issues right from when their schooling starts, so that attitudes and social stereotypes change gradually and gender equality becomes a basic principle of society in the ACP countries;
Amendment 30 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the importance of not just regarding women as a vulnerable section of the population, but also as active facilitators of development policies; stresses in this respect that women play a crucial role in nutrition and food security, being responsible for 80 % of farming in Africa, even though they are still hardly ever able to own the land they cultivate; stresses likewise that women have proven competence in resolving problems and conflicts, and urges the Commission and the ACP countries therefore to increase the role of women in action groups and working parties;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of combating all forms of violence against women and girls: harassment, rape and sexual abuse, forced prostitution, sexual slavery, exploitation, murder of women, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, domestic violence, etc.; stresses that upholding women’s rights, including their sexual and reproductive rights, and safeguarding respect for their human dignity are essential to preventing and combating gender-based violence, providing protection and appropriate counselling to victims, and ensuring that perpetrators are punished; calls on the Commission to make the fight against impunity for the perpetrators of such violence one of the priorities for its development assistance policy;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Asserts that, in accordance with the specific Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) prohibition on coercion or compulsion in sexual and reproductive health matters, and with regard to the legally binding international human rights instruments, the EU body of law and the Union policy competencies in this matter, Union assistance should not be provided to any authority, organisation or programme which promotes, supports or participates in the management of any action which involves such human rights abuses as coercive abortion, forced sterilisation of women and men, determining foetal sex resulting in prenatal sex selection or infanticide, especially where such actions set their priorities in response to psychological, social, economic or legal pressure.
Amendment 2 #
2012/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the promotion of women’s rights and the promotion of gender equalitygender equality and combating violence against women should systematically be made the cornerstone of all bilateral and multilateral relations, particularly those with third countries with which the EU has signed association and cooperation agreements;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
(Aa) whereas violence against women is an infringement of human rights that affects all social, cultural and economic strata;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas all types of violence and discrimination directed against women, including sexual abuse, female genital mutilation and commercial sexual exploitation of women, and domestic violences well as gender- based violence and violence in close relationships and economic and social discrimination, must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds, or in relation to any popular or tribal traditions;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that the promotion of women’s rights and gender equality and combating violence against women must be a crucial part of human rights dialogues conducted by the EU with third countries with which cooperation or association agreements have been signed;
Amendment 17 #
2012/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EEAS, the Council and the Commission to include in all external action policies and financial instruments a gender approach with a view to increase gender mainstreaming and, consequently, to contribute to the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights and combating violence against women;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
(Aa) whereas gender stereotypes are more deeply rooted in immigrant communities, and migrant women are more often victims of the different types of violence against women, especially forced marriages, female genital mutilation, so- called honour crimes, ill treatment in close relationships, sexual harassment in the workplace and even trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas migrant women are at major risk of discrimination, lacking access to social services and legal protection and of being subject to physical, psychological, economic and sexual abuse; whereas in many cases they lack access to social services and legal protection;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Points out that the jobs of migrant workers are much less secure given that migrants, particularly migrant women, often work in the lowest ranked jobs in the labour market in terms of skills, pay and prestige;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to develop and implement measures to promote the smooth and equitable integration of migrant women, including acquisition of legal status, recognition of qualifications and educational levels, the right to a decent wage, access to healthcare, education, training and lifelong learning, health and safety standards in the workplace, and social security benefits and protection under labour legislation, and to involve trade unions, NGOs and civil society in the development of such measures;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to facilitate access by migrant women to information and the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights through campaigns specifically targeted at this group, talks held in health centres, greater collaboration with NGOs working with migrant women, etc.
Amendment 35 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to establish and promote gender-sensitive legal practices for regulating the recruitment of migrant workers, and to facilitate access for migrant women to information on legal formalities, labour laws, and their social, economic and labour lawrights;
Amendment 42 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to develop efficient systems for the recognition of qualifications obtained in third countries to make it easier for migrant women to enter the labour market, to make training opportunities available for those lacking skills, and to ensure access for migrant women to vocational and lifelong training, as well as free language courses;
Amendment 47 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) Emphasises that the majority of migrant women’s employment is in domestic services and personal care, regardless of their educational and professional experience; deplores the fact that the vast majority work without contracts on very low wages and with no social rights of any kind;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
(5b) Calls on the Member States to ratify without delay ILO Convention No 189 on domestic workers, which was adopted by the tripartite organisation in 2011 with the aim of ensuring decent working conditions for domestic workers and the same basic labour rights as those available to other workers;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
(5c) Deplores the fact that many migrant women are misled in their countries of origin with promises of employment contracts in developed countries, and some are even kidnapped to be sexually exploited by mafias and human trafficking networks; calls on the Member States to step up their efforts to combat this abusive and inhuman practice;
Amendment 55 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the protection of migrant women against all forms of abuse, harassment and discrimination., gender-based violence and discrimination; points out that migrant women often face multiple discrimination not only for being both women and migrants, but also for belonging to an ethnic minority or being disabled;
Amendment 56 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
(6a) Calls on the Member States to conduct campaigns aimed at migrants to combat the entrenched gender stereotypes in these communities in order to improve the integration and participation of migrant women in society, the economy, education and the labour market and to combat gender-based violence;
Amendment 61 #
2012/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the North African countries to adopt laws and concrete measures prohibiting all forms of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence and sexual harassment, female genital mutilation and forced marriages, especially in the case of underage girls; welcomes the recent campaign against domestic violence launched by the Tunisian Minister for Women and Family Affairs;
Amendment 89 #
2012/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to strengthen access to health and social services for women and girls, particularly with regard to sexual, maternal and reproductive health;
Amendment 120 #
2012/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for policies taking account of the specific situation of the most vulnerable categories of women, including girls and, disabled women, as well as migrants, members of ethnic minorities, homosexuals and transsexuals;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises, however, that voluntary flexibility, adapted to the real needs of workers, may be positive in achieving a balance between work and family life, but notes that, in most cases, it will have a negative impact on women’s wages and pensions;
Amendment 55 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls, once more, that women also earn on average 17.16.4 % less than men in the service sectorEuropean Union; states that women do not receive the same salary, largely because they do not hold the same jobs, due to the continuing vertical and horizontal occupational segregation and the higher incidence of part-time jobs;
Amendment 59 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes with concern that the vast majority of low salaries and almost all very low salaries are for part-time work and about 80 % of the working poor are women;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a high level of animal welfare, which is part of sustainable development, is important to protect public and animal health, and to ensure the productivity, and competitiveness of the livestock sector in the EUlthough it entails additional operating costs that are not distributed proportionately throughout the food chain;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas EU and national rules on animal welfare, due their complexity and differing interpretations, may in some cases create legal uncertainty, while theoccasional lack of compliance and absence of legal milestonesmay distorts competition;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a newthe approach to animal welfare should be based on solid scientific evidence and knowledge, keeping in mind the need for simplification, cost-efficiency and applicability of standards;
Amendment 55 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that the Strategy fails to reflect the link between the wellbeing of animals and public health; Calls on the Commission to apply the ‘One Health’ principle to its Strategy, as good animal husbandry, among many other factors, helps to prevent the spread of diseases and antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 105 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 149 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to make better use of the provisions for cross- border knowledge-transfer concerning animal welfare, breeding systems and the control of diseases, in the context of the EU financed programmes for rural and regional development;
Amendment 183 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point d
Paragraph 20 – point d
d. a certificate or other proof of competence for any unqualified person handling animals in the course of their professional duties, along with adequate training requirements for specific animal welfare responsibilities when needed, and a system for pre-testing permits for the construction or reconstruction of animal premises;
Amendment 207 #
2012/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point h
Paragraph 20 – point h
h. a structure for science-based sectoral legislation, such as that concerning dairy cows, and aquaculture and animal transport;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transport of animals is necessarycarried out for economic reasons, whilst at the same time giving rise to an increase in the financial costs of animal production, which are borne on the one hand by farmers and breeders, and on the other hand by consumersere there exists a higher value of the products at their destination, creating a profit for the parties involved;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the transport of meat and other animal products is technically easier and financially more rational than the transport of live animals, which requires the appropriate training in handling animals, the conditioning of the trucks and other administrative and inspection requirements to ensure that the animals are transported under the best possible conditions, that a higher value is obtained for the product and that the cattle farmer’s income is preserved;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the transport of animals over significant distancepeople, freight and animals increases the risk of transmission of animal and human diseasediseases unless carried out under the appropriate sanitation conditions;
Amendment 45 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas animal slaughter and meat processing at the closest possible proximity to the breeding location is important for the stimulation of rural areas and their sustainable developmenta rather unrealistic objective given that high standards of hygiene and other requirements imposed under EU regulation on this type of installation have brought about the restructuring and decline in the number of slaughterhouses available;
Amendment 60 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the conditions under which animals are transported are a matter of interest to citizens and socithe farming sector, citizens and non-governmental organisations in the European Union;
Amendment 97 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that in relation to the weak and ineffectual system of monitoring compliance with the conditions of animal transport in Member States it seems expedient to consider the creation, in Member States, of specialised monitoring institutes that would monitor compliance with provisions governing the protection and welfare of animals, including conditions for the transport of animalsimprove the work in coordinating and informing the European Commission, as well as the number of FVO inspections for the purpose of continuing to improve the proper application of Regulation 1/2005;
Amendment 117 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses disappointment that the Commission has not presented a full analysis supported by calculations of the effect of the costs of live animal transport on the price of meat products within the European Union, being satisfied with the thesis, unsupported by any proof, that transport companies were unable to transfer their costs onto any other entity in the social sector;
Amendment 122 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Further to the concerns described above, cCalls on the Commission to evaluate fully the influence of the coscosts and benefits of animal transport on the price of meat products in the European Union market;
Amendment 132 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that during the 2005-2009 reporting period the number of animals transported increased significantly: cattle by 8 %, pigs by 70 %, sheep by 3 %, and only with horses was there a decrease of 17 %. The aim set out in Recital 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, namely that ‘for reasons of animal welfare the transport of animals over long journeys, including animals for slaughter, should be limited to the greatest extent possible’ has therefore not been achieved;
Amendment 141 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that given that the Regulation has not fulfilled its aim of limiting the transport of animals, EU policy on the matter should be reviewed and should be directed at supporting, wherever possible, local processing, small local slaughterhouses and local meat processing plants, based on the supply of animals for slaughter from the immediate vicinity, should be promoted;
Amendment 160 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists on a reconsideration of the issue of limiting the transport time of animals destined for slaughter to eight hours, with some exceptions based on geographic conditions, and the option of longer transport of some animal species confirmed by scientific research results, proviAcknowledges Written Declaration 49/2011 of the European Parliament supporting an eight-hour limit for animals to be slaughtered, but recognises that such a demand is not scientifically based; considers that animal welfare during transport to a large extent depends on proper vehicle facilities and on the good handling of animals, as documented in the EFSA opinion of December 2010; nevertheless, asks the European Commission and the Member States to lay down guidelines for best practices to improve the correct implementation of Regulation (EC) N° 1/2005 and to reinforce control mechanisms in ordedr that the rules ono guarantee animal welfare; are complied with; sks Member States to introduce adequate and proportionate sanctions on the infringements to the Regulation;
Amendment 255 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is concerned that significant differences have arisen in individual Member States’ interpretation of the rules, since this threatens the aims of the Regulation and distorts competition; calls therefore on the Commission to introduce appropriate amendments to the Regulation so as best practice guide to eliminate the possibility of it being interpreted arbitrarily;
Amendment 29 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In relation to the fixing of maximum yields, it might be necessary and appropriate at a later date to adapt the yields fixed or to fix maximum thresholds for emissions, taking into consideration scientific progress and internationally agreed standards in order to evaluate their toxicity or addictiveness.
Amendment 70 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to make this Directive fully operational and to keep up with technical, scientific and international developments in tobacco manufacture, consumption and regulation, 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 particular in respect of adopting and adapting maximum yields for emissions and their measurement methods for emissions, setting maximum levels for ingredients that increase toxicity, addictiveness or attractiveness, , the use of health warnings, unique identifiers and security features in the labelling and packaging, defining key elements for contracts on data storage with independent third parties, reviewing certain exemptions granted to tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products and reviewing the nicotine levels for nicotine containing products. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 101 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Amendment 117 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 123 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 40 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Union-level action is necessary given the level of poverty and social exclusion in the Union (in 2010, a quarter of Europe’s citizens – some 116 million people, most of them women – were at risk of poverty or social exclusion). This has been further aggravated by the economic crisis, which, combined with fiscal consolidation pressures and economic austerity measures, has reduced the ability of a number of Member States to sustain social expenditure and investment at levels sufficient to ensure that social cohesion does not deteriorate further and that the objectives and targets of the Europe 2020 strategy are achieved;
Amendment 42 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Women are the main beneficiaries of the Fund, not only because they are more exposed to poverty and social exclusion, but also because they are responsible for the feeding and subsistence of the family group;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the pay gap is not based solely on disparities in gross hourly earnings and account should also be taken of factors such as individual pay supplements, job classification, work organisation patterns, professional experience and productivity, which should be measured not only in quantitative terms (hours when the worker is physically present at the workplace) but also in qualitative terms and in terms of the impact on earnings of shorter working hours, leave and health-related absences;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the pay system, whereby length of service is taken into account in setting the level of pay, is unfavourable to women who have (repeatedly) to interrupt their career because of external factors, such as child-related employment breaks, differing occupational choices or short working times, and places these women at a permanent and structural disadvantage;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas professions and jobs in which women predominate have a tendency to be undervalued in comparison with those in which men predominate, without necessarily being justified by any objective criteria;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas data indicate that qualifications and experience acquired by women result in financially lower rewards than those acquired by men; whereas, in addition to the concept of 'equal pay for work of equal value', which must not be biased by a gender-stereotyped approach, societal roles that have hitherto significantly influenced education and employment paths must be broken away from, and education can and must contribute to eradicating gender stereotypes from society; whereas, furthermore, maternity and parental leave must not give rise to discrimination against women in the labour market;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Amendment 24 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas equality in male and female pensions has been set as a goal;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas the gender-based digital divide that exists clearly impacts on pay; whereas effective lifelong learning geared to women's specific needs is of essential importance in enabling people to face up to the technological and social changes taking place in our society;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)
Recital K d (new)
Kd. whereas the pay gap is even more pronounced among immigrant women, women with disabilities, women belonging to minorities and unqualified women;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas gender-specific data and a new gender-aware legal framework, enabling the causes of pay discrimination to be tackled, are essential;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Amendment 57 #
2011/2285(INI)
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 1, Paragraph 1, indent 3 a (new)
- Pension gap (in different pillars of pension systems, e.g. in pay-as-you-go systems, occupational pensions, as a continuation of the pay gap after retirement);
Amendment 63 #
2011/2285(INI)
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 2, Paragraph 2
2.2. Acknowledging the lack of accurate, comparable and coherent statistical data, including on the part-time gender pay gap and the gender pensions gap, and the existing lower pay rates for women especially across professions traditionally dominated by women, Member States should take full account of the gender pay gap in their social policies and treat it as a serious problem.
Amendment 82 #
2011/2285(INI)
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 6, Paragraph 1, indent 2
- specific policies to make it possible to reconcile work with family and personal life, covering childcare andhigh-quality and affordable childcare and care for other dependent persons, as well as other care services, flexible work organisation and hours, and maternity, paternity, parental and family leave;
Amendment 85 #
2011/2285(INI)
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 7, Paragraph 1, indent 4 a (new)
- devising specific guidelines for the monitoring of pay differentials within the context of collective bargaining, to be made available on an internet site translated into various languages and accessible to all.
Amendment 90 #
2011/2285(INI)
Annex to the draft motion for a resolution
Recommendation 8, Paragraph 3, indent 3 a (new)
- identification of offenders, which should be made public;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Daphne is the only programme of this type that aims to combat violence against women, children and young people across the European Union as a whole; whereas, therefore, continued funding for the Daphne programme is vital in order to maintain the measures currently in force and introduce new measures that will be effective in combating all types of violence against children, young people and women;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Parliament has pointed out in numerous resolutions that the Daphne programme has been underfunded so far, and has stated its intention to ensure that it has sufficient funding so that it can tackle the real needs involved in the fight against all types of violence against women, children and young people;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Commission stresses in its strategy for gender equality 2010-2015 that gender-based violence is one of the key problems to be addressed in order to achieve genuine gender equality;
Amendment 14 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas violence against women, children and young people encompasses all kinds of human rights violations, such as sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment, prostitution, people trafficking, violation of sexual and reproductive rights, violence against women and young people at work, violence against women, children and young people in conflict situations, violence against women, children and young people in prison or care institutions, and several harmful traditional practices such as genital mutilation; whereas any one of these abuses can leave deep psychological scars, damage the physical and mental integrity of women, children and young people and in some instances even result in their death;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas various studies on gender- based violence estimate that one-fifth to one-quarter of all women in Europe have experienced physical acts of violence at least once during their adult lives, and more than one-tenth have suffered sexual violence involving the use of force; whereas research also shows that 26% of children and young people report physical violence in childhood;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas gender-based violence is a structural and widespread problem throughout Europe and the world, and it is a phenomenon that involves victims and perpetrators of all ages, educational backgrounds, incomes and social positions and is linked to the unequal distribution of power between women and men in our society;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas women in the European Union are not equally protected against male violence, due to differing policies and legislation in the Member States;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets the Court of Auditors' observations in the Annual Report concerning undue payments in the implementation of the Daphne II project; urges the Commission to follow up the situation and ensure proper implementation of the Daphne programme in the future;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the Daphne programme's added value for the EU, enabling various organisations in the Member States to cooperate on preventing and reducing violence and to benefit from the exchange of knowledge and best practice; points out, further, that projects funded under Daphne III have created associations and stable structures which will continue to support target groups in the longer term and which have prompted policy changes at national and EU level;
Amendment 53 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that it is important for the Daphne programme to take due account of the specific circumstances of certain categories of women, children and young people who are particularly vulnerable to violence, such as those belonging to minorities, immigrants, refugees, those living in poverty in rural or isolated communities, those in prison or other institutions, homosexuals, those with disabilities, and older women;
Amendment 63 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises the importance of actions under the Daphne III programme to prevent and combat violence against women but nevertheless reiterates the need for legislative measures at European level to eradicate gender-based violence;
Amendment 65 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls the commitment by the Commission in its Action Plan implementing the Stockholm Programme to present in 2011-2012 a ‘Communication on a strategy to combat violence against women, domestic violence and female genital mutilation, to be followed up by an EU action plan’[1]; [1] COM(2010) 171 Delivering an area of freedom, security and justice for Europe's citizens, Action plan Implementing the Stockholm Programme, p. 13.
Amendment 23 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the crisis may make the segregation of women and men by profession and sector even more pronounced – segregation that not only has not decreased, but is increasing in some countries;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas budget cuts in social services, such as childcare,access to childcare services and assistance services for the elderly and other dependants is essential for achieving equal participation of women and men in the labour market and in education and training, and whereas, therefore, budget cuts in those social services further hinder women’s participation in the labour market;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas equality between men and women has a positive impact on productivity and economic growth, and results in increased women’s participation in the labour market, which in turn leads to multiple social and economic benefits;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas employment rates are lower in rural areas and, moreover, a large number of women do not figure in the official labour market and are, therefore, not registered as unemployed or included in unemployment statistics, causing specific financial and legal problems in connection with maternity and sick leave entitlements, the acquisition of pension rights and access to social security, as well as problems in the event of divorce; whereas rural areas are disadvantaged by the lack of high-quality employment opportunities;
Amendment 41 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas violence against women is a prime obstacle to equality between women and men, and one of the most widespread human rights violations , cutting across geographical, economic and social bounds; whereas, moreover, there are an alarming number of women who are victims of violence;
Amendment 49 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas women in certain categories are living under worsening conditions and are often faced with a combination of difficulties and risks, as well as with multiple discrimination, a point which applies particularly to women with disabilities, women with dependants, elderly women, women with little or no training, the female long-term unemployed, immigrant women and women belonging to minorities, specifically Roma women, and whereas the risk of exclusion is especially high in their case,
Amendment 52 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas positive actions aimed at women have proved to be fundamental for their full incorporation in the labour market and in society in general;
Amendment 69 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the importance of developing the legal concept of shared ownership in order to ensure full recognition of women’s rights in the agricultural sector, appropriate protection in the field of social security and recognition of women’s work, and the need to amend the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) Regulation, so as to make it possible, as is the case under the European Social Fund (ESF), to take positive action for women in the future programming 2014-2020 period, bearing in mind that this was feasible in earlier periods but cannot be done in the current one and that such measures will have very beneficial effects on female employment in rural areas;
Amendment 84 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Criticises the fact that economic recovery projects focus mainly on male- dominated industrial sectors; stresses that the preference for supporting future employment for men rather than women contributes to increasing rather than reducing inequality between the sexes, and insists on the need to mainstream gender equality policies into European, national and international recovery plans to fight the crisis;
Amendment 89 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises the positive effect that equality between men and women has on economic growth; points out that several studies calculate that if women’s employment, part-time employment and productivity rates were similar to those of men, GDP would increase by 30 %;
Amendment 93 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that income and high-quality gainful employment for women are the key to their economic independence and to greater equality between men and women in society as a whole;
Amendment 97 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Amendment 101 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls for action to be taken at national and European level to promote women’s entrepreneurship, by setting up training and careers and legal advice services and facilitating access to public and private funding;
Amendment 131 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need for Member States to adopt measures, in particular through legislative means, to set binding targets to ensure the balanced presence of women and men in positions of responsibility in business, public administration and political bodies;
Amendment 148 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that domesticgender violence claims many deadly victims across the EU each year, so it should be treated as a public security issue and as a violation of fundamental rights rather than as a private, domestic issue;
Amendment 153 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes in this context the EU Victims PackageWelcomes efforts, both at Community and national levels, to combat violence against women, but stresses that this phenomenon remains a major unresolved problem; stresses the importance of the measures taken, such as the European Protection Order, the Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and the legislative package to strengthen the rights of victims in the EU; calls on Member States to act specifically against honour killings, Female Genital Mutilation and other forms of violence and violation of individual rights under the pretext of culture or religion;
Amendment 161 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reiterates the need for the Commission to present a legislative proposal to address specifically the fight against gender-based violence;
Amendment 163 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses the need for Member States and regional and local authorities to take measures, via instruments such as the ESF or the PROGRESS programme, to help women who have been victims of gender violence to get back into the labour market;
Amendment 164 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Stresses the need for a comprehensive survey covering all EU countries, using a common methodology, to ascertain the real extent of the problem of gender violence in the EU; notes the important work to be done in this area by the European Observatory on Gender Violence, which will provide high-quality statistics to support political measures to combat this scourge of society; calls, therefore, for the Observatory to be made operational as soon as possible, as the Council agreed in March 2010 in the conclusions on Eradication of Violence Against Women in the EU;
Amendment 177 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterated its position on sexual and reproductive health rights, as stated in its resolutions of 1 February 2010 and 8 February 2011 on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2009 and 2010; expresses concern in this respect about recent restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services in some Member States, in particular safe and legal abortion; stresses that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 187 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 190 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to pay special attention to vulnerable groups of women: disabled women, women of advanced age, women with little or no training, women with dependent persons in their charge, female immigrants and women belonging to minorities all constitute specific groups on whose behalf measures adapted to their circumstances must be taken;
Amendment 191 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on national, regional and local bodies responsible for ensuring equality to introduce integrated approaches to improve their response to, and management of, cases of multiple discrimination; stresses, furthermore, that these bodies should offer training to judges, lawyers and staff in general to allow them to identify, prevent and manage cases of multiple discrimination
Amendment 214 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the need to include gender mainstreaming and the fight against gender violence into EU external and development cooperation policy;
Amendment 232 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Amendment 235 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Emphasises the importance of developing quantitative and qualitative gender indicators and statistics that are reliable, comparable and available when needed, to be used for monitoring the cross-cutting nature of gender equality in all policies;
Amendment 236 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Stresses the need to improve arrangements for the cooperation and involvement of women’s organisations, and civil society as a whole, in gender mainstreaming processes
Amendment 9 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas beekeeping and biodiversity are mutually dependent; whereas, via pollination, bee colonies provide important environmental and social public goods, thus ensuring food security and maintaining biodiversity, and, by managing their bee colonies, beekeepers perform an environmental service of paramount importance as well as safeguarding a sustainable production model in rural areas; whereas ‘bee pastures’ and diverse foraging grounds provide bees with the rich nutrition necessary to stay healthy,
Amendment 21 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the health of individual bees and colonies is affected by numerous lethal and sub-lethal factors, many of them interconnected; whereas the limited number of marketed medicines to fight the Varroa destructor mite are in many cases no longer efficient; whereas the toxic agents in certain pesticid, particularly neurotoxic products and their synergies, changing climatic and environmental conditions, loss of plant biodiversity, land use change, mismanaged beekeeping practices and the presence of invasive species weaken colonies’ immune systems and favour opportunistic pathologies,
Amendment 31 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas beekeepers are primarily responsible forcan contribute to and help maintain the health and well- being of their bees, though farming methods have a role to play too, and whenever possible prevention rather than use of veterinary medicines should be the main health strategy in apiaries;
Amendment 55 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health- related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments, disease prevention and control, particularly the impact of environmental factors on bee colony immune systems, defining sustainable agricultural practices and increasing non-chemical alternatives, and the development of veterinary medical products for current EU honeybee-disease- causing agents, especially the Varroa destructor mites, Nosema ceranae endoparasites and other opportunistic diseaswhich is the main health problem affecting the European bee population and which requires a greater variety of active substances in order to combat it, given this parasite's great ability to develop resistances; calls on the Commission to rule out overlaps in the use of funds and to create new financial opportunities where needed;
Amendment 64 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to promote the setting up of appropriate national surveillance systems and to develop harmonis, in cooperation with beekeepers’ organisations, harmonised and easily applied standards at EU level to allow comparison; stresses the need for uniform identification and registration of bee hives, with annual revision and updating;
Amendment 90 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission actively to encourage a greater degree of information- sharing among Member States, laboratories, industry, farmers and beekeepers on ecotoxicological studies and other factors affecting honeybee health so as to make possible informed, independent scientific scrutiny;
Amendment 110 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide financial support for the research, development and field- testing of new bee-health medicinal products, especially for SMEs, in light of the beekeeping sector’s contribution to biodiversity and the public good in the form of pollination, taking into consideration the high cost of veterinary treatment currently borne by beekeepers by comparison with health costs in other livestock sectors;
Amendment 115 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose a comprehensive Animal Health Law but considers that account must be taken of the unique and specific nature of beekeeping; calls on the Commission to ensure greater harmonisation among the Member States, focusing its efforts on combating and controlling varroasis in the EU;
Amendment 119 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to work out more flexible rules for the authorisation and availability of veterinary products for honeybees, especially natural medicines of plant origin; welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the revision of the veterinary medicinal product directive but notes that the current limited availability of such products should not be used as a basis for the registration/marketing of antibiotics to treat other opportunistic pathologies in honeybee colonies, given their contraindications in terms of the quality of apicultural products;
Amendment 126 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Commission to improve risk assessment methodology for pesticides, which is independently evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority and should focus on both the individual insect and the entire colony, and to ensure freappropriate access to the ecotoxicological studies included in the authorisation dossiers;
Amendment 146 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity, and in the risk assessment of pesticides and to encourage new research on substance- pathogen and substance- substance synergies in the risk assessment of pesticides; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific uses of pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroids, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as these active substances in pesticides have had a proven adverse effect on bee and colony health under certain circumstances; application methods such as seed coating should also be considered;
Amendment 157 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for comprehensive scientific research, based on appropriate risk assessment, on the possible replacement of active substances in pesticides that are harmful to the pollinator or to aquatic animal stockhoney bee colonies;
Amendment 176 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission constantly to monitor the animal health situation in source countries, to apply the strictest animal health requirements and to put in place an appropriate monitoring system for the propagation material coming from third countries, in order to avoid introducing exotic bee diseases/parasites such as Aethina tumida beetles and Tropilaelaps mites into the EU; calls on the Commission and Member States, with a view to greater transparency, to provide detailed information on the frequency, percentage, characteristics and in particular the results of checks carried out at BIPs to guarantee the safety of bee imports; asks the Commission to introduce common guidelines regarding veterinary treatment in the sector, for which cooperation with beekeepers’ organisations is of vital importance;
Amendment 180 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 185 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to include in the systemNo Action Levels (NALs) or Reference Points for Action (RPAs) ofr Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) in honey and other apicultural products for substances that may cannot be authorised for the European beekeeping sector, as well as to harmonise veterinary border controls and controls on the internal market since, in the case of honey, low-quality imports, adulteration and substitutes distort the market and exert constant pressure on prices and the final quality of the product on the EU’s internal market, and there must be a level playing field for products/producers from the EU and from third countries; notes that the MRLs must take into account residues from good veterinary practice;
Amendment 186 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to put in place or modify the annexes to Directive 2001/110/EC (Honey Directive) in order to improve the standards of EU production by establishing clear legal definitions for all apicultural products, including honey varieties, and defining the important parameters of honey quality, such as (for example proline and, saccarase content, low level of HMF or humidity,) and of adulteration (such as thfor example glycerine content, sugar isotope ratio (C13/C14), pollen spectrum and, isotope ratio, pollen consistency, aromas and sugar content of honey);
Amendment 198 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to provide significantly more financial resources for, stepping up the current support for apiculture in the CAP after 2013 and guaranteeing the continued existence and improvement of the beekeeping sector, and to encourage the development of joint projects, and on the Member States to provide technical assistance for the beekeeping sector; calls for the rate of Community co-financing for national apiculture programmes (NAPs) to be increased in order to prevent budget cuts in the Member States from jeopardising the feasibility and implementation of these programmes; calls on the Commission to ensure that the system of co-financing between the Commission and the Member States is compatible with the establishment of direct aid under the first pillar of the CAP (optional implementation of the current Article 68 of the CAP) by those states that consider it necessary; calls on the Commission to consider the consultation of beekeepers by European and national authorities as obligatory during the drawing-up of apiculture programmes and of related legislation in order to ensure the effectiveness of these programmes and their timely implementation; calls on the Commission to provide a safety net or a common insurance system for apiculture in order to mitigate the impact of crisis situations on beekeepers;
Amendment 202 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the Commission to clarify, in the forthcoming reform of the CAP, the support measures and aid to be assigned to the European beekeeping sector, taking account of the environmental and social public goods that honeybee colonies provide via pollination and the environmental service performed by beekeepers in managing their bee colonies;
Amendment 207 #
2011/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to strengthen and develop the agri-environmental measures specific to the beekeeping sector, in the spirit of the new EU Biodiversity Strategy, and on Member States to lay down agri-environmental measures geared to apiculture in their rural development programmes and to encourage farmers to engage in agri- environmental measures in order to support ‘honeybee-friendly’ grasslands on field margins, and to employ special crop rotation and variation;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas women over 50 often face twofold or multiple discrimination based on gender and age stereotypes, frequently exacerbated by their gender-specific work and life patterns (e.g. career breaks, part- time employment, the fact that they may give up their jobs in order to look after their families or work in their husbands’ businesses, especially in the distributive trades or in farming, without being paid a salary or belonging to a social security scheme, and gender pay gap); whereas, therefore, women tend to face a greater accumulation of disadvantages than men from the same groups, whereas, in addition, in times of economic recession the women concerned are in even greater danger of being reduced to poverty,
Amendment 23 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision to designate 2012 as the European Year of Active Ageing, and calls for appropriate steps to combat discrimination, particularly by changing the stereotypes associated with age discrimination and, promoting solidarity between generations, and taking measures aimed specifically at women;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to the importance of taking measures to promote the integration of women in the most vulnerable categories, that is to say, immigrants, women belonging to minorities, women with disabilities, women with little education, women without work experience, women in prison, etc., in order to guarantee their right to a decent retirement;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 66 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the existing EU instruments and programmes, including the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund, to increase participation of older women in labour markets;
Amendment 69 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Asks the Member States to encourage active participation by older women in the business sector by encouraging, and providing support for, women who start new businesses and facilitating women’s access to financing, especially through microcredit;
Amendment 76 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points to the need to make sufficient provision of an appropriately high standard for care services for children, older people, and other dependent persons, which should be offered at affordable prices and compatible with full-time working so as to ensure that women will not be obliged to interrupt, abandon, or cut short their careers in order to look after the needs of dependants in their care;
Amendment 77 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Points out that these care services for children and dependants constitute a substantial source of jobs that could be filled by older women, whose employment rate is currently one of the lowest;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the direct payments scheme should be retained in order to continue to ensure competitiveness, economic stability, decent farm incomes and the sustainable development of the EU farm sector, as well as EU food and environmental security, thus ensuring that other policies and strategies, including the Europe 2020 strategy, may be properly implemented; considers, in this connection, that objective and transparent criteria need to be drawn up to ensure the provision of an appropriate level of direct support throughout the EU and to move away from the criteria used to date for allocating funding, after a sufficient transitory period, from the criteria historically used to calculate funding allocated under the direct payments scheme;
Amendment 59 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out the fundamental need to attract two priority groups – women and young people – to rural activities and to offer them new, alternative economic activities with a view to curbing the depopulation of rural areas and ensuring a sustainable rural population;
Amendment 72 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the European Union must still have sufficient instruments to be prepared for market and supply crises and market and price fluctuations in the agricultural sector in the future;, as well as the market management tools that act as a safety net in its normal operation,
Amendment 131 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas effective measures should be taken to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of profits in the food chain, especially measures geared to promoting the concentration and commercial organisation of production that will help to improve farmers' bargaining power,
Amendment 182 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas, following the Commission communication, quality policy has now become an integral part of the future CAP, which means that developing and strengthening this policy, particularly in the case of geographical indications, will be decisive for the sustainable growth and competitiveness of European agriculture,
Amendment 196 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1
Amendment 201 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the communication from the Commission concerning a reform of agricultural policy; calls, however, for the principles set emphasises the need for a thoroughgoing reform of that common policy in order to take account below to be incorporated in the legislative proposalof the changed nature of the farming industry in the EU27 and the new international context of globalisation; calls for the continued implementation of a strong and sustainable CAP with a budget commensurate with the ambitious objectives to be pursued in an effort to meet the new challenges;
Amendment 415 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 464 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural development; calls for theseIs strongly in favour of establishing a specific, simplified aid scheme for the very numerous small farmers in Europe, who help to stabilise rural development and employment; in view of the very considerable diversity of farm structures within the EU, calls for Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers; stresses, however, that thisto participate in defining these small farmers, adopting a common criterion: the predominant role of family labour; stresses that having the benefit of this scheme must not hamper the necessary structural change in order to modernise their farms;
Amendment 481 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 502 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers thait decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges,sirable, within the limits set by the Union’s WTO commitments, not to decouple all aid in support of certain types of production (suckler cow and sheep premiums, etc.) so as to enable Member States to cope with problems specific to their territory and enable the Union to preserve its rich heritage in therefore, that production- based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013ms of the diversity of types of production;
Amendment 504 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to; considers, however, that in some sectors certain coupled premiums, such as the suckler -cow and sheep premiums; recognisespremium, showever, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternativuld be maintained on a voluntary basis for the Member States; to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges, therefore,akes the view, moreover, that, bearing in mind the high protein deficit in the Community, further consideration should be given to the decoupling of thate production- based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framewtein crop premium and Community aid should be introduced for plant protein production through supporkt for a limited period even after 2013ll legumes, including protein crops;
Amendment 533 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls – without casting any doubt on the results of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP – for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 primarily to be allocated for measures to promote territorial coherence and boost key sectors (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and suckler cows), for area-based environmental measures (e.g. organic farming) which to date have not been included in the second pillarfor regions, sectors or specific types of activity; considers that the budget for coupled measures under Article 68 could – subject to possible contrary results ofcommendations arising from an impact assessment – cover up to 10% of direct payments;
Amendment 558 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. ObservesIs conscious of the fact that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm, labour productivity and legal form; supports the principles of imposing ceilings and/or degressivity of direct aid in the light of the size of holding, except in the case of agricultural cooperatives or where employment is an important factor; stresses that in this way priority should be assigned to businesses which employ labour;
Amendment 575 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 31 December 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe can be safeguarded in the long term with regard to multifunctionality and regional aspects (such as mountain areas, Nordic regions and extremely remote areas) and also dealing with the question of how far the aims of the CAP can be realised in a more efficient, targeted way by means of decoupled, indirect support, e.g. premiums for extensive grassland or pasture landvery practical proposals for helping the livestock farming sectors in the medium and long term to cope with the rising prices of raw materials used in animal feed; calls on the Commission, moreover, in view of the difficulties which certain types of livestock farm focusing on quality and sustainability encounter in gaining access to area-based premiums, to take into account their specific character and to propose a special support scheme to avoid excluding them from the new support system;
Amendment 599 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that direct payments should be madereserved only tofor active farmers; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses farmland for production or who tends it in order to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments; calls on the Commission therefore to devise a definition of ‘active farmer’ which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort, while it should be ensured that traditional farming activities (full-time and various degrees of paonsiders that ‘active farmer’ means any natural or legal person whose principal activity is the exercise of an agricultural activity and/or is linked to an agricultural activity (agro- tourism, forestry, etc.); considers it necessary to specify that the definition of an active farmer should exclude cases in which the administrative costs would previously have been higher than the amount of support- time) are classified as active farming; hat certain beneficiaries would have been able to receive;
Amendment 613 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers it important that the CAP, like all other EU policies, be involved in the 2020 Strategy, and that it seems logical under such circumstances that the redistribution of direct aid take account of factors such as employment, the environment and combating climate change;
Amendment 625 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 20
Subheading before paragraph 20
III. Resource protection and environmental policy component
Amendment 634 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better resource protection is an element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained;
Amendment 659 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of targeted direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureauthat provide incentives to maximise environmental benefits and sustainability, without however creatic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers that a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income lossng insurmountable practical hurdles for farmers or additional red tape for administrative authorities;
Amendment 664 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Takes the view that the link between the basic payment and the green component must be founded on the existence of a menu of green measures in the first pillar that is sufficiently wide to cover all the Community's types of and approaches to farming;
Amendment 666 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 692 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Rejects the option of a uniform flat- rate direct payment for the whole of the EU and recommends inclusion of the proposals already put forward in the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the future of the CAP after 2013, which provided much of the inspiration for the Commission Communication; considers that this system of direct payments should be applicable to all hectares of farmland and could combine the following three objectives; - the provision of basic aid to ensure not just the socio-economic viability of the competitive and multifunctional model for European agriculture, but also high- quality and wide-scale food safety, the supply of basic public goods, and agricultural activity that provides employment in rural areas, with safety in the workplace criteria obviously governing this employment; - the payment of supplementary aid for enforcing simple, best-practice obligations to protect the environment (protection of soil, water, biodiversity, etc.) and combat global warming adapted to the climate and natural features of each region; some of these already exist through the GAEC, but are not harmonised among Member States, such as mandatory plant cover, environmental set-aside, compulsory rotation, crop diversity (including protein crops), rates of soil organic matter, tillage restrictions, or the presence of hedges, permanent pasture, grazing land and extensively managed crops of great environmental interest; - the provision of specific aid to compensate for natural handicaps in order to maintain agricultural activity in mountain regions, environmentally- sensitive regions, regions within the Natura 2000 network and the outermost regions; this aid would supplement and complement second-pillar aid granted to less-favoured areas;
Amendment 706 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 721 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 735 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 752 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 768 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that direct payments are no longer justified without cross compliance (CC) and therefore that the CC systemonditions and therefore that a cross compliance system that is less complicated in practice and at administrative level (controls) should apply to all recipients of direct payments;
Amendment 789 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls, in view of the greater concentration of direct payments on resource protection and environmental measures, for a substantial reduction of the scope of CC; calls on the Commission to make significant progress in simplifying and harmonising rules on monitoringonsiders that attaching conditions to direct aid was a necessary first step towards the CAP taking the environment, public health, and animal health and welfare into account; considers, however, that this mechanism has raised a whole range of problems relating to administrative issues and acceptance by farmers in their work; thinks that this system should be simplified and adapted to what farmers are actually able to do; considers, finally, that any future response to environmental challenges and combating climate change will require the gradual and voluntary adoption of new technical production methods, the practical arrangements for which will be included in the conditions governing the distribution of first-pillar direct aid;
Amendment 801 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that CC should be restricted to monitoring for compliance with fundamental and recognised standards and standards closely related to farming, which lend themselves to systematic monitoringthe monitoring of CC should be linked more to fundamental evaluation criteria, based on the obligation to achieve results and closely related to farming; believes that farmers themselves should be more involved in this monitoring, given their observation skills and practical experience, and this would have the effect of setting an example and motivating less efficient farmers in particular;
Amendment 805 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for an end to disproportionate burdens imposed on livestock farming by CC, and particularly for a critical review of certain hygiene and animal marking standardsCC to be applied in a way that is adapted to the livestock sector which is currently in a very fragile situation as it has already made considerable efforts in terms of investment to upgrade the standards of buildings, installations and equipment;
Amendment 821 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the general market orientatimarket policy is one of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retained; instruments which, through price management, plays an important role in determining farm incomes; acknowledges, however, that by virtue of the specific nature of agricultural supply and demand, agricultural markets, which are inherently very unstable, can cause serious problems for producers, processors and consumers which may go so far as to call into question the ability of agriculture to achieve its primary, strategic objective, food security; considers, therefore, that it is important to be able to take action to counter excessive price volatility in the context of the CAP and on world markets;
Amendment 852 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Emphasises that the CAP should incorporate a certain number of flexible and effective market instruments which act as a safety net, fixed at appropriate levels and available in the event of serious market disruption; points out that some of these instruments exist already, but can be adapted, whilst others can be created as needed; considers that, in view of the widely differing conditions in the individual sectors, differentiated sectoral solutions are preferable to across-the- board approaches;
Amendment 855 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33b. Takes the view that these instruments should include specific supply- management instruments which, if employed fairly and on a non- discriminatory basis, can provide effective market management and prevent crises relating to overproduction, at zero cost to the Union budget;
Amendment 858 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that, in view of the anticipatedincrease in environmental and climate dangers and the increased risk of epidemics and considerable price fluctuations on agricultural markets, additional risk prevention is of vital importance, particularly at individual farm levelhealth problems, risk management measures must be introduced to complement the range of measures intended to combat excessive price fluctuations; given the multiannual nature of such instruments, endorses the Commission’s proposal to include them among the second-pillar measures;
Amendment 868 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 895 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 915 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 925 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 933 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Calls on the Commission to take specific measures, within the framework of the future CAP, to help improve the balance between the various actors in the food chain, taking particular account of primary production; considers it necessary to provide a stimulus for producers to join cooperatives or other types of producer organisations of a relevant size that will enable them to improve their market position;
Amendment 939 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Considers that private-sector insurance schemes, such as multi-hazard insurance, must be developed in view of increasing risks; is aware of the fact that, without public contributions to the financing (from the EU and Member States), this would be difficultconsiders, likewise, that any instrument introduced at Community level will need to ensure the survival of risk management systems that have been successfully introduced in the Member States; supports the adoption of an EU- wide and WTO-compliant environment to ensure that no distortions of competition occur among Member States; rejects, however, the introduction of EU-wide insurance systems;
Amendment 951 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 970 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which the role of producer groups or sectoral associations can be extended to all production sectors and incorporated into the risk preventionin managing markets and promoting quality can be extended to all production sectors; calls for measures of this kind to take particular account of products covered by quality-label schemes;
Amendment 987 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should devise common rules on support from Member States for risk management systems, possibly by creating common rules in the common market organisation, in order to keep to a minimum any distortion of competition and trade; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to notify all measures to introduce risk management and to submit an appropriate impact assessrules governing the common market organisation; considers that these public rules must give producers more negotiating power vis-à- vis processors, increase market transparency (as regards production and sales volumes, stocks, etc.) and bring about certain changes in competition policy, which should be accepted, given that these professional market management arrangements with the legislative proposalll reduce budget expenditure;
Amendment 1007 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 1058 #
Amendment 1084 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Takes the view that rural development policy must be complementary to, and consistent with, first pillar support, in order to promote strong and sustainable diversified European agriculture across the EU; considers that this rural development policy must contribute to structural developments and innovation in agriculture throughout the EU, in order to respond to the challenges in the fields of food security, the environment, climate change and employment;
Amendment 1102 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Amendment 1109 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Advocates therefore introducing targeted measures, to be decidedmutually agreed upon by the Member States inand the second pillar, to attaCommission and forming priority objectives of the EU (2020 Strategy); observes that these measures should be applied in addition to the basic programmes for greening of direct payments in the first pillar and that a reduced national cofinancing rate of 25% should applyart of a predefined EU strategy, in the second pillar, to attain priority objectives of the EU (2020 Strategy);
Amendment 1121 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Emphasises that rural development policy must enable all the potentials of rural areas to be harnessed, by means of quality agricultural production focusing on direct sales, product promotion, supplying of local markets, diversification of biomass outlets (energy, green chemistry, bio-based materials, etc.), and able to create very place-specific jobs and multiple-service supply (ecotourism, educational farms, agri-tourism, etc.); considers also that this rural policy must serve to increase competitiveness, particularly in the convergence regions, by means of investment in the fields of the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products; believes, lastly, that this rural development policy must contribute to the management of natural resources (watercourses, soil, etc.) and help in the management and restoration of ecosystems, with this simultaneously providing a response to climate change;
Amendment 1132 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)
Paragraph 49 b (new)
49b. Insists that the measures under axis 1 of the rural development policy must better address the issues connected with the establishment of young farmers following the retirement of older farmers, with this concerning measures in connection with the establishing and modernisation of agricultural holdings; this approach should also consist of facilitating access to the farming profession for young people who are not from a farming background, and include the concept of gradual establishment, necessitating a review of aid eligibility conditions; believes, lastly, that implementation of this establishment support system should be mandatory in all the Member States;
Amendment 1133 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 c (new)
Paragraph 49 c (new)
49c. Proposes that agri-environmental measures should include arrangements for a 5 to 7 year ‘conversion’ agreement enabling farmers who themselves decide to move towards more sustainable production models and to innovate, to receive financial support to cover their taking on the financial risk resulting from the agronomic difficulties that could often arise in the years immediately following their change of farming practices; this aim of this incentive mechanism would be to help farmers better comply with the conditions for the granting of level two under the first pillar direct payments system;
Amendment 1137 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 d (new)
Paragraph 49 d (new)
49d. Suggests that support for consultancy, orchestration and training be incorporated into Axis 1 of the rural development policy to enable the dissemination of knowledge on innovative changes in farming practices towards more sustainable production systems, and to help innovative farmers pass on their experience;
Amendment 1143 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Advocates in this connection that the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas be retained in the second pillar; considers that it should be ascertained what cofinancing ralls on the Commission to establish objective criteria for the definition of intermediate apprears to be appropriate; calls on the Commission to reta(currently under review) without those criteria leading the existing criteria for demarcation of disadvantagedo a new demarcation that could see the abrupt exclusion of currently eligible areas;
Amendment 1173 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Stresses at the same time, however, that rural structures differ widely in the Member States and therefore require different measures; calls therefore for flexibility to allow the Member States to adopt voluntary measures, the cofinancing rate for which should be based on the rates current at the time; points out that the cofinancing rate should continue to take account of the specific needs and circumstances of convergence regions in the post-2013 period;
Amendment 1178 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51a. Takes the view that the Member States should be able to rely on a national rural development framework that sets the priorities within their territories, without prejudice to the necessary flexibility as regards its application in line with regional and local specificities;
Amendment 1181 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
Amendment 1203 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 1252 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
Amendment 37 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas education and information about the sexual and reproductive rights of women, in particular younger women, are essential to avoid unwanted pregnancies,
Amendment 83 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to promote and facilitate access to information and advice for women about their sexual and reproductive rights, so as to avoid unwanted pregnancies and guarantee that the women concerned are able to decide freely when they wish to become mothers;
Amendment 101 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to encourage the development of childcare facilities such as kindergartensprovide sufficient high quality services for the care of children and other dependents at affordable prices compatible with full- time employment, and to facilitate significantly access to training and the search for employment for single mothers;
Amendment 118 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to provide special assistance for women belonging to the most vulnerable categories: immigrants, minority groups, the disabled, women with little education, in prison, without work experience, etc.;
Amendment 121 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Member States to guarantee equal treatment and to maintain a high quality of life for all children regardless of the marital status of their parents or their family circumstances, by providing universal allowances in order to not pass poverty on to the child;
Amendment 141 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the fact that priority should be given to work-life balance by introducing more family-friendly working conditions such as flexible working hours and teleworking and by developing child facilities, nurseproviding sufficient high-quality services for the care of children and other dependents at affordable prices etc.and compatible with full-time employment;
Amendment 157 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges that, in accordance with the principle of equal opportunities, all initiatives and actions in favour of single mothers be extended also to single fathers;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. having regard to the significant impact of gender equality on economic, social and economicterritorial cohesion in Europe, which is affected by, inter alia, women’s participation in the labour marketin order to build a fair and equitable society guaranteeing that women and men have the same opportunities as regards access to high-quality education, decent work and the development of a professional career, which will also boost the active population and improve the skills available, thereby helping to raise growth and improve competitiveness,
Amendment 3 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas only 7% of ESF funding for the period 2000-2006 was used to finance measures to promote equality between women and men; whereas, over the same period, measures providing (direct or indirect) support for equal opportunities subsidised by the ERDF made up 21% of total funding,
Amendment 4 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas significant regional differences exist in female participation in the labour market, and whereas on average the participation of women is usually lower than that of men; whereas this circumstance can be partially explained by the fact that women find it more difficult to reconcile work and family, since it is generally women who are responsible for looking after children and other dependents,
Amendment 7 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women form a majority of the population with higher-education qualifications, butand this trend has nevertheless not yet translated into a levelling-out of employment rates; whereas, at the same time, women far outnumber men in the worst-educated population groups, even though this situation has been changing markedly over time,
Amendment 12 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, on average, half of the people participating in activities organised by the ESF within the framework of active employment policies are women,
Amendment 15 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists, in the context of the cohesion policy, on the need to increase financial support for action to facilitate a work-life balance for women and men, which benefits social cohesion by promoting the role of the family and parenthood and also economic cohesion by increasing the participation of women in the labour marketin particular more flexible working conditions and sufficient provision of high-quality child- care services and care services for other dependents at affordable prices, which will enable fathers, and especially mothers, to combine work and family, which benefits social cohesion by promoting equal opportunities and also economic cohesion by increasing the participation of women in the labour market; stresses that those Member States which have implemented work-life balance policies have succeeded in increasing both the labour market participation rates for men and women and the birth rate;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that increased rates of employment are one of the main factors for growth; points out, likewise, that if the objective of a 75 % employment rate among people aged between 20 and 64 fixed in the Europe 2020 Strategy is to be achieved, it is necessary not only to reduce unemployment but also to integrate people who are currently inactive, many of them women, into the labour market;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Regrets that the progress made towards achieving equality between men and women in the labour market has been very limited and stresses that most EU countries are still falling far short of implementing gender mainstreaming in their policies and carrying out systematic assessments of the impact of their policies from the gender perspective, as the Commission points out in the Fifth Cohesion Report;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that European Social Fund support should continue to focus primarily on raising employment levels, fincluding ancing measures targeted at disadvantaged groups (women, young people, long-term unemployed, immigrants, minorities, people with disabilities, etc.) who need support to find a job, promoting continuing vocational training, combating gender discrimination in the choice of career and occupation, backing women's participation in scientific and technological activities and helping them to set up businesses, as well as by cofunding individual economic initiatives by people outside the labour market, including in particular women over the age of 45;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the important contribution made by the ERDF towards gender mainstreaming in all the relevant areas, in particular the granting of aid for training and education, for women entrepreneurs and for investment in facilities providing care for children, the elderly and other dependents;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for the EAFRD Regulation to be amended to enable, as happens with the ESF, proactive measures to be taken in support of women in the 2014-2020 programming period, which was feasible in previous periods but not in the current one, and which will have very beneficial effects on female employment in rural areas;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to give appropriate consideration, in the context of the cohesion policy, to the vocational education of women and the fight against professional stereotypes, and on the Member States to create ‘lifelong learning programmes’ and to favour women's participation in sectors in which they are less represented;
Amendment 38 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to uphold their commitment to gender equality, non- discrimination and access for people with disabilities to all stages of implementation of the programmes; expresses its concern at the fact that, even though all the programmes explicitly mention equality, it is not always taken into consideration when programmes are implemented, as has become clear when their application and results have been assessed;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to ensure effective implementation of all financial instruments available at European level whichto support inclusion in the labour market for everyone, particularly the most vulnerable groups of women (women with disabilities, emigrants, women who belong to minorities, women who have been victims of gender violence, women with little training, etc.).
Amendment 137 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Sees macroregional strategies as affording a major opportunity to harness forms of trans-regional potential and adopt a joint approach to challenges stemming from the natural environment, e.g. in relation to environmental protection; considers that better coordination of existing support mechanisms can create scope for more targeted use of the EU structural funds, without this entailing an increase in the allocation of resources earmarked for these fields of inter- regional cooperation;
Amendment 458 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Recognises the leverage effect of new financial instruments and their potential to mobilise investment, subject to administrative simplification and the provision of legal certainty regarding their creation and termination, supports increased financing from credit in principle, and calls for the use of revolving financial instruments to be extended to more areas eligible for funding (including research and infrastructure); calls for procedures to be simplified to that end and for a greater degree of legal certainty throughout the entire funding period; takes the view that at the end of a funding period, at the latest, responsibility for how the funds are spent should transfer to national level or project level;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CHighlights the need to earmark greater funding for the fight against all forms of discrimination against women, and in particular, calls on the Commission to make financial resources available so that the issue of the persisting gender pay gap can be more effectively addressed by means of awareness-raising and targeted training actions in the Member States;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that an increasing number of women live in poverty or are at risk of poverty, in particular women with special needs, such as disabled women, immigrant women, women belonging to minorities, elderly women and single mothers; urges the Commission to pay particular attention to this problem when drawing up, as well as implementing, the relevant budget headings;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to provide the funding needed to make the European Observatory on Violence Against Women operational, based on the existing institutional structures, in accordance with what was agreed by the Council on 8 March 2010;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reminds the Member States to make use of the funds available under the European Social Fund to promote gender equalityand the European Regional Development Fund to promote gender equality, not merely by including gender mainstreaming, but also by providing measures directly aimed at vulnerable groups of women, taking due account of the impact of the economic crisis, and investing in high-quality public services and, specifically, guaranteeing adequate provision of high-quality services at affordable prices for childcare, care of the aged and care of other dependent persons;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 7 – indent 1 a (new)
- bringing women who have been victims of gender violence back into the labour market;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Budgetary Authority to consider the appropriateness of making an impact assessment of the consequences, including those for the budget, of introducing the gender mainstreaming system into the budget, with a view to assessing its relevance, effectiveness, sustainability and usefulness in terms of viability and added value, as is standard practice for other European policies;
Amendment 190 #
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 to keep the memory alive of the crimes committed under Nazism, Fascism and Stalinism, and all the dictatorships that have afflicted Europe;
Amendment 237 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – part 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
Annex – part 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
It will support activities that invite to reflection on common values in the broadest sense, taking into account diversity. Funds may be available for initiatives reflecting on causes of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes in Europe'’s modern history (especially but not exclusively Nazism and Stalinism) and to commemorate their victims. The strand should also encompass activities concerning other reference points in recent European history. In particular, it will give preference to actions which encourage tolerance and reconciliation with a view to reaching the younger generation.
Amendment 703 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point b – row 10
Annex – Part I – point b – row 10
Amendment 719 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point b – rows 28 a-c (new)
Annex – Part I – point b – rows 28 a-c (new)
Palencia – Other Core Rail Studies and Santander Network works Castejón – Other Core Rail Studies and Logroño – Network works Miranda Almería – Other Core Rail Studies and Málaga – Network works Algeciras (along the coast)
Amendment 878 #
2011/0294(COD)
add the following multimodal platforms to the comprehensive network: – Pontevedra – Zalia – Torrelavega – Júndiz – Monzón – El Vallés – El Prat – El Gorguel – Ciudad Real – Albacete – San Roque – Mérida – Ponferrada/El Bierzo – Castellón – Alicante – Benavente – Zamora – Miranda de Ebro – Burgos – Palencia – Área Central – Aranda de Duero – Soria – Arévalo – Ávila – Segovia
Amendment 879 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 16/33
Annex I – Volume 16/33
add the following rail freight transport sections to the core network: – Almería – Málaga – Algeciras (along the coast) – Granada – Motril – Castejón – Logroño – Miranda – León – Gijón / Avilés – Palencia – Santander – Madrid – Cáceres – Mérida – Mérida – Badajoz – Portuguese border – Mora – Ciudad Real – Mérida
Amendment 881 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 16/33
Annex I – Volume 16/33
Amendment 891 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 17/33
Annex I – Volume 17/33
add the following rail passenger transport sections to the core network: – Madrid – Toledo – Madrid – Alcázar – Albacete – Murcia – Almería – Málaga – Algeciras (along the coast) – Avilés – Oviedo – Bilbao – Santander – Oviedo – El Ferrol – A Coruña – Castejón – Logroño – Miranda – Mora – Alcázar – Linares – Moreda/Jaén/Córdoba – Ourense – Vigo (via Cercedo) – Ourense – Monforte – Lugo – A Coruña – Palencia – Santander – Segovia – Ávila – Sevilla – Cádiz – Sevilla – Huelva – Portuguese border – Valencia – Alicante (along the coast) – Motilla – Albacete – La Encina – Santiago – Vigo – Portuguese border – Granada – Motril – Antequera – Málaga – Madrid – Ávila – Salamanca – León – Monforte – Torralba – Soria – Castejón – Plasencia – León – Gijón
Amendment 892 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 17/33
Annex I – Volume 17/33
add the following rail passenger transport sections to the comprehensive network: – Almendricos – Águilas – Barcelona – Massanet – Barcelona – Puigcerdá – Játiva – Alcoy – Lleida – Manresa – Barcelona – Los Rosales – Zafra – Madrid – Burgos – Villalba – Segovia
Amendment 893 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 17/33
Annex I – Volume 17/33
add the following high-quality road sections to the core network: – Santander – Aguilar de Campoo – Palencia/Burgos – Vitoria – Alsasua – Pamplona – Jaca – Huesca – Lleida – Tarragona – Atalaya del Cañavate – Albacete – Murcia – Benavente – Verín – Ourense – Vigo – Gijón – Oviedo – León – Benavente – Zamora – Salamanca – Cáceres – Zafra – Sevilla -Oviedo-La espina– Ponferrada
Amendment 894 #
2011/0294(COD)
add the following high-quality road sections to the comprehensive network: – Valladolid – Aranda de Duero – Soria – Ourense – Santiago – Ourense – Guntín – Ponferrada – Ourense – Monforte – Chantada – Astorga – León – Burgos – Burgos – Logroño – Pamplona – Ávila – Salamanca – León – Valladolid – Segovia – Valladolid – Ávila – Maqueda – Toledo – Ocaña – Tarancón – Cuenca – Teruel – Alfajarín – Fraga -Catalayud – Daroca – Alcolea del Pinar – Monreal del Campo – Badajoz – Zafra – Córdoba – Baena – Granada – Huelva – Jabugo – Zafra – Estepa – Lucena – Baena – Jaén – Úbeda – Blanca – Avarán – La Font de la Figuera – Alicante – Alcoy – Játiva – Elche – Cartagena – Vera – Figueras – Puigcerdá – Ávila – Villacastín – San Rafael – Segovia
Amendment 219 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 229 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 250 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the sustainable development of the economical activity of holdings other than those referred to in paragraph (2)(d);.
Amendment 264 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) the requirements or actions related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, protection of water, animal and plant disease notification and innovation as a minimum requirement, as laid down in Annex I to this Regulation.
Amendment 302 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Following the Commission decision approving the programme, an initial prefinancing amount for the whole programming period shall be paid by the Commission. This initial pre-financing amount shall represent 47% of the EAFRD contribution to the programme concerned. It may be split into a maximum of three instalments depending on budget availability. The first instalment shall represent 2% of the EAFRD contribution to the programme concerned.
Amendment 314 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) transmission to the Commission of a monthly declaration of expenditure signed by the accredited paying agency, in accordance with Article 102(1)(c);
Amendment 315 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall automatically decommit any portion of a Member State’s budget commitment for a rural development programme that has not been used for the purpose of prefinancing or making interim payments or for which no declaration of expenditure fulfilling the requirements laid down in Article 35(3) has been presented to it in relation to expenditure incurred by 31 December of the second year following that of the budget commitment.
Amendment 335 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2
Article 42 – paragraph 2
2. Where the latest possible date of payment is not respected by the Member States, they shall pay the beneficiaries default interests, supported from the national budget.
Amendment 349 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
When sectoral agricultural legislation requires Member States to submit, within a specific period of time, information on the numbers of checks carried out pursuant to Article 61 and their outcome and the Member States overrun that period, the Commission may suspend, in accordance with the principle of proportionality and the detailed rules adopted on the basis of Article 48(5), and taking due account of the length of the delay, the monthly payments referred to in Article 18 or the interim payments referred to in Article 35 for which the relevant statistical information has not been sent in time, except in cases of force majeure or in exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 387 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 1
1. For any undue payment following the occurrence of irregularity or negligence, Member States shall request recovery from the beneficiary within one year of the first indicationadministrative or judicial report establishing that such an irregularity has taken place and shall record the corresponding amounts in the debtors' ledger of the paying agency.
Amendment 395 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
If recovery has not taken place within four years of the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where recovery is taken in the national courts, the financial consequences of non-recovery shall be borne up to a maximum of 50% by the Member State concand shall be coverned up to a maximum of 50% from the EU budget, without prejudice to the requirement that the Member State concerned must pursue recovery procedures in compliance with Article 60.
Amendment 409 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2
Article 57 – paragraph 2
When the Union budget is credited as referred in the first paragraph, the Member State may retain 120% of the corresponding amounts as flat rate recovery costs, except in cases of irregularity or negligence attributable to its administrative authorities or other official bodies.
Amendment 486 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 75 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Each Member State shall designate an authority responsible for coordinating the controls and checks provided for in this Chapter.
Amendment 499 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 76 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The Commission may, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 111, authorise the Member States to increase the percentages referred to in subparagraph 3 to 80% in exceptional and duly justified conditions.
Amendment 567 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 3
Article 93 – paragraph 3
Amendment 580 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 4
Article 93 – paragraph 4
Amendment 626 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 99 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In the case of non -compliance due to negligence, the percentage of reduction shall not exceed 5 % and, in the case of repeated non-compliance, 15 %, except in extremely serious cases, when it shall not be less than 20 % and may go as far as total exclusion from one or more aid schemes and apply for one or more calendar years.
Amendment 630 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 3
Article 99 – paragraph 3
Amendment 641 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1
Article 100 – paragraph 1
Member States may retain 1025% of the amounts resulting from the application of the reductions and exclusions referred to in Article 99.
Amendment 648 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point v
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point v
(v) a summaryn annual summary, together with the EAGF and EAFRD expenditure account, of the results of all available audits and checks carried out in accordance with the schedule and detailed provisions laid down in the sector specific rules.
Amendment 708 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Water’ — SMR1 — last column
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Water’ — SMR1 — last column
Amendment 716 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Water’ — GAEC 3
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Water’ — GAEC 3
Amendment 720 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Soil and carbon stock’ — GAEC 4
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Soil and carbon stock’ — GAEC 4
Amendment 724 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Soil and carbon stock’ — GAEC 6
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Soil and carbon stock’ — GAEC 6
Amendment 738 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Biodiversity’ — SMR 2 — last column
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Biodiversity’ — SMR 2 — last column
Amendment 744 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Biodiversity’ — SMR 3 — last column
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Biodiversity’ — SMR 3 — last column
Amendment 750 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Landscape, minimum level of maintenance’ — GAEC 8
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Landscape, minimum level of maintenance’ — GAEC 8
Retention of landscape features, including, where appropriate, hedges, ponds, ditches, trees in line, in group or isolated, field margins and terraces, and including a ban on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season and possible measures for avoiding invasive species and pests
Amendment 764 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Plant protection products’ — SMR 10 — last column
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Plant protection products’ — SMR 10 — last column
Amendment 14 #
2011/0285(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 103n
Article 103n
-1) In Article 103n of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the following paragraph is added: "-1. By 1 August 2013, Member States may decide to reduce, with effect from 2015, the amount available for the support programmes referred to in Annex Xb in order to increase their national ceilings for direct payments referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. The amount resulting from the reduction referred to in the first paragraph shall remain in the national ceilings for direct payments referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 on a permanent basis and shall no longer be available for the measures listed in Articles 103p to 103y."
Amendment 84 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure the immediate start and efficient implementation of rural development programmes, support from the EAFRD should be based on the existence of sound administrative framework conditions. Member States should therefore assess compliance with certain ex ante conditionalities. Each Member State should prepare either a national rural development programme for its entire territory or a set of regional programmes, a set of regional programmes, or both a national programme and a set of regional programmes. In the event that a Member State chooses to submit both a national programme and a set of regional programmes, the measures or types of operations should be planned at national or regional level. Each programme should identify a strategy for meeting targets in relation to the Union priorities for rural development and a selection of measures. Programming should comply with Union priorities for rural development, while being adapted to national contexts and complement the other Union policies, in particular the agricultural market policy, cohesion policy and the common fisheries policy. Member States which opt for a set of regional programmes should be able to also prepare a national framework, without a separate budgetary allocation, in order to facilitate co-ordination among the regions in addressing nation-wide challenges. In the event that a Member State chooses to submit both a national programme and regional programmes, the national framework should contain common elements to ensure coherence between the programmes.
Amendment 105 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) In cases where over 50 % of the total workforce in the sector is made up of salaried workers, or where most jobs are held by casual or seasonal workers in respect of some States, regions and crops, employees are particularly at risk of exclusion and poverty. Given that inclusion and poverty reduction is one of the six priorities of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the working conditions and social well-being of agricultural employees or agricultural salaried workers, and casual or seasonal workers in particular, should be improved. In this context, seasonal commitments to repeat employment should also be promoted (for the purposes of job stability) in order to help salaried workers gain professional status and to improve, in turn, the competitiveness and image of the sector in question.
Amendment 147 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Producer groups help farmers to face jointly the challenges posed by increased competition and consolidation of downstream markets in relation to the marketing of their products including in local markets. The setting up of producer groups should therefore be encouraged. In order to ensure the best use of limited financial resources only producer groups that qualify as SMEs should benefit from support. In order to ensure that the producer group becomes a, associations of such groups, inter- branch organisations, management cooperatives and other types of associative bodies should therefore be encouraged. In order to stimulate concentration of supply, additional forms of support over and above those provided for the establishment of the above-mentioned bodies should also be organised. In order to ensure that the producer group or other types of bodies mentioned above become viable entityies, a business plan or action programme should be submitted as a condition for the recognition of a producer groupsuch bodies by Member States. To avoid providing operating aid and maintain the incentive role of support, its maximum duration should be limited to five years.
Amendment 162 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Agri-environment-climate payments should continue to play a prominent role in supporting the sustainable development of rural areas and in responding to society's increasing demands for environmental services. They should further encourage farmers and other land managers to serve society as a whole by introducing or continuing to apply agricultural practices contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and compatible with the protection and improvement of the environment, the landscape and its features, natural resources, the soil and genetic diversity. In this context the conservation of genetic resources in agriculture and the additional needs of farming systems that are of high nature value should be given specific attention. Payments should contribute to covering additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments undertaken and should only cover commitments going beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements, in accordance with the "polluter pays" principle. In many situations the synergies resulting from commitments undertaken jointly by a group of farmers multiply the environmental and climate benefit. However, joint action brings additional transaction costs which should be compensated adequately. In order to ensure that farmers and other land managers are in a position to correctly implement the commitments they have undertaken, Member States should endeavour to provide them with the required skills and knowledge. Member States should maintain the level of efforts made during the 2007-2013 programming period and have to spend a minimum of 25% of the total contribution from the EAFRD to each rural development programme for climate change mitigation and adaptation and land management, through the agri- environment-climate, organic farming, forestry, Natura 2000 payments and payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints measures as well as payments to areas covered by the application of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, or Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.
Amendment 183 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
(37a) The main threat to renewable natural resources in rural areas in the Mediterranean is the risk of forest fires. Appropriate rural development in these areas should therefore include monitoring and prevention measures, including efforts to inform and raise awareness among the local population and those who visit such areas for various reasons.
Amendment 201 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) In order to facilitate the management of EAFRD funds, a single contribution rate of the EAFRD to rural development programming should be set in relation to public expenditure in the Member States. In order to take account of the particular importance or nature of certain types of operations, specific contribution rates should be set in relation to them. In order to mitigate the specific constraints resulting from level of development, remoteness and insularity an appropriate contribution rate of the EAFRD should be set for less- developed regions, transition regions, outermost regions referred to in the Treaty and the smaller Aegean islands.
Amendment 205 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
Recital 65
(65) Moreover, in view of ensuring consistency with the rural development measures eligible for Union support and in order to simplify procedures, payments made by the Member States, intended to provide additional national financing for rural development operations for which Union support is granted and which do not fall within the scope of Article 42 of the Treaty, should be authorised as a part of programming under a notification procedure in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation. In order to ensure their appropriate monitoring, when assessing these payments the Commission should apply the criteria established for the application of Article 107 of the Treaty by way of analogy. In order to ensure that additional national financing which is not authorised by the Commission is not implemented, the Member State concerned should not put its proposed additional financing for rural development into effect until it has been approved. Payments made by Member States intended to provide additional national financing for rural development operations for which Union support is granted and which fall outside the scope of Article 42 of the Treaty should be notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 108(3) of the Treaty, unless they fall under a regulation, adopted pursuant to Council Regulation 994/9821, and may not be put into effect until this procedure has resulted in a final approval by the Commission.
Amendment 213 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) "transition regions": regions whose gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is between 75 % and 90 % of the average GDP of the EU-27;
Amendment 230 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 252 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(xa) "salaried agricultural worker": an employee of a farmer, whether on a permanent, permanent seasonal or temporary contract, whose activity is fundamental to farming and the value chain, and whose employment conditions concerning stability, security and professionalism should be made an objective for improvement.
Amendment 253 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
(xb) "woman farmer": a woman who carries out an 'agricultural activity' as defined in this Regulation.
Amendment 345 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
a) facilitating restructuring of farms facing major structural problems, notably farms with a low degree of market participation, market-oriented farms in particular sectors and farms in need of agricultural diversification;
Amendment 451 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c a (new)
(ca) improving the working conditions and social well-being of the groups most vulnerable to and most affected by imbalances in the sector, such as salaried workers, especially casual and seasonal farm workers.
Amendment 457 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may submit either a a single programme for its entire territory or a set of regional programmes, or both a national programme and a set of regional programmes. If a Member State chooses to submit both a national programme and a set of regional programmes, the measures or types of operations should be planned at national or regional level.
Amendment 464 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States with regional programmes may also submit for approval a national framework containing common elements for these programmes without a separate budgetary allocation. If a Member State chooses to submit a national programme alongside regional programmes, the national framework must contain common elements to ensure that the programmes are consistent.
Amendment 526 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) concentrating supply and/or marketing products via associations of producer organisations recognised under Article 106 of Regulation (EC) No … (Single CMO Regulation).
Amendment 528 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d c (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d c (new)
dc) casual workers, seasonal farm workers and the fight against poverty in rural areas.
Amendment 529 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d d (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d d (new)
dd) fragile productive ecosystems with special economic, social and environmental characteristics which are in a state of decay.
Amendment 530 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d e (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d e (new)
de) women farmers.
Amendment 531 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d f (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d f (new)
df) organic farming.
Amendment 537 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Thematic sub-programmes may also address specific needs relating to the restructuring of agricultural sectors with a significant impact on the development of a specific rural area or other special interest requirements of the Member State.
Amendment 557 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States that have opted for regionalised programming may include thematic sub-programmes in a national programme.
Amendment 577 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) the assessment of the ex ante conditionalities and, where required, the actions referred to in Article 17(4) of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] and the milestones established for the purpose ofpertaining to rural development referred to in Annex V which are relevant to the programme and, where required, the actions referred to in Article 197(4) of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012];
Amendment 603 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
In addition to the ex ante conditionalities referred to in Annex IV, the general ex ante conditionalities established in Annex IV of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] shall apply for the EAFRDto programming of the EAFRD, if they are relevant.
Amendment 614 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
iva) a transfer of funds between programmes with a view to avoiding the loss of EAFRD resources.
Amendment 638 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Only those farmers classed as ‘active farmers’ under the Direct Payments Regulation shall benefit from measures targeting agricultural holdings.
Amendment 642 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
A special emphasis shall be placed on training for salaried agricultural workers, which will be provided by businesses and organisations representing this group working in concert.
Amendment 658 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under this measure shall be for the benefit of persons engaged in the agricultural, food and forestry sector, land managers and other economic actors which are SMEs operating in rural areas, as well as public bodies that provide training and transfer know-how to the food industry and forestry sector.
Amendment 662 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The provider, or recipient, of training or other knowledge transfer and information action provider shall be the beneficiary of the support.
Amendment 673 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Support shall be limited to the maximum amount laid down in Annex I.
Amendment 687 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) help farmers, forest holders and SMEs in rural areas benefit from the use of advisory services on energy efficiency, food-quality and hygiene rules, processing technologies, food labelling and direct- marketing strategies for the improvement of the economic and environmental performance as well as the climate friendliness and resilience of their holding, enterprise and/or investment;
Amendment 707 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The authorities or bodies selected to provide advice shall have the appropriate resources in the form of regularly trained and qualified staff and advisory experience and reliability with respect to the fields they advise in. The beneficiaries shall be chosen through calls for proposals. The selection procedure shall be objective and be open to public as well as to private bodies and professional agricultural organisations.
Amendment 724 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
c) the requirements or actions related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, the protection of water and soil, animal and plant disease prevention, combating, eradication and notification and innovation as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No HR/2012;
Amendment 753 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall cover new participation by farmers in:
Amendment 781 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Similarly, producer organisations and other agricultural associations that develop a certification system with a collective focus that complies with EU guidelines on best practices applicable to voluntary certification schemes for agricultural and food products must also be eligible for support under this article in order to help cover the costs of: – advice and assistance on developing producer initiatives; – administrative support in managing the system; – conducting internal audits to ensure on-going improvement.
Amendment 784 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Support may also cover costs arising from information and promotion activities for products under the quality schemes referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b).
Amendment 840 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) concern infrastructure related to the development and adaptation of agriculture, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, energy supply and, water management and renewable energy generating facilities associated with irrigation; o
Amendment 889 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Support under this measure shall be limited to the maximum support rates laid down in Annex I. These maximum rates may be increased for young farmers, collective investments and integrated projects involving support under more than one measure, investments in areas facing significant natural constraints as referred to in Article 33(3), areas forming part of the Natura 2000 network and operations supported in the framework of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability in accordance with the support rates laid down in Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
Amendment 971 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Support under paragraph 1(a)(ii) shall be granted to farmers or members of the farm household diversifying into non- agricultural activities and to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterpriseSMEs in rural areas.
Amendment 987 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterpriseSMEs in rural areas and to farmers or members of the farm household.
Amendment 1007 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1123 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(a) shall be granted to public and private land-owners and tenants, municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance, including early and late cleanings, for a maximum period of ten15 years.
Amendment 1135 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Both agricultural and non-Only agricultural land shall be eligible. Species planted shall be adapted to the environmental and climatic conditions of the area and answer to minimum environmental requirements. No support shall be granted for the planting of short rotation coppice, Christmas trees or fast growing trees for energy production. In areas where afforestation is made difficult by severe pedo-climatic conditions support may be provided for planting other perennial woody species such as shrubs or bushes suitable to the local conditions.
Amendment 1147 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(b) shall be granted to public and private landowners, tenants, municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance for a maximum period of threfive years.
Amendment 1173 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the establishment of protective infrastructure. In the case of firebreaks support may also cover aid contributing to maintenance costs. No support shall be granted for agricultural related activities in areas covered by agri-environment commitments; aid to livestock farmers whose cattle, through their grazing activity, prevent fires.
Amendment 1179 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) establishing and improving forest fire, pest and diseases preventive and monitoring facilities and communication equipment, including monitoring and protective infrastructure;
Amendment 1211 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(d) shall be granted to natural persons, private forest owners, private law and semi-public bodies, municipalities and their associations. In the case of state forests support may also be granted to bodies managing such forests, which are independent from the state budget.
Amendment 1231 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(e) shall be granted to public and private forest owners, municipalities and their associations and to SMEs for investments enhancing forestry potential or relating to processing and marketing adding value to forest products. In the territories of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary islands, the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 and the French overseas departments support may also be granted to enterprises that are not SMEs.
Amendment 1265 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the establishment of producer organisation associations and/or groups or associations of producers responsible for overseeing the use of geographical indications and designations of origin or quality marks in accordance with EU law, as well as recognised interbranch organisations.
Amendment 1272 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted to producer groups which are officially recognised by the Member States' competent authority on the basis of a business plan. It shall be limited to producer groups coming under the definition of SMEs or an action plan.
Amendment 1282 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
After a period of five years, producer groups shall be recognised as producer organisations pursuant to Article 106 of Regulation (EU) No … (Single CMO Regulation).
Amendment 1385 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) go beyond the statutory management requirements and the good agricultural and environmental condition provided for in Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012 and the obligations established under Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012;
Amendment 1390 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 31 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) impose major changes in type of land use, and/or major restrictions in farming practice resulting in a significant loss of income.
Amendment 1426 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) areas, other than mountain areas, facing significant natural or demographic constraints; and
Amendment 1452 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Areas facing demographic constraints, defined by very low population density, may also be classified as areas other than mountain areas.
Amendment 1470 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Support under this measure shall be granted per hectare of forest to forest holders, municipalities and their associations who and public bodies which undertake, on a voluntary basis, to carry out operations consisting of one or more forest-environment commitments. Bodies managing state owned forests may also benefit from support provided they are independent from the state budget.
Amendment 1489 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) co-operation approaches among different actors in the Union agriculture and food chain, forestry sector and among other actors that contribute to achieving the objectives and priorities of rural development policy, including inter-branch organisations, as well as actors and bodies tied in to the socio-economic development of rural areas. Producer groups responsible for quality designations, associative bodies and actors tied in to the socio-economic development of rural areas within the meaning of the sixth priority in Article 5 shall also be included, inter alia. Given that by their very nature they are cooperative structures, no more than one body shall be required for inter- branch organisations;
Amendment 1505 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) co-operation among smallvarious operators in organising joint work processes, sharing facilities and resources;
Amendment 1508 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) horizontal and vertical co-operation among supply chain actors for the establishment of logistic platforms to promote short supply chains and local markets and other kinds of supply channels different to the habitual ones;
Amendment 1514 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) promotion activities in a local context relating to the development of short supply chains and local markets and other kinds of supply channels different to the habitual ones;
Amendment 1535 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
(ja) cooperation in promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas.
Amendment 1536 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point j b (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point j b (new)
(jb) promote agri-food contracts between producers and processors which take production costs into account in price referencing.
Amendment 1558 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) financial contributions to mutual funds or insurance companies to pay financial compensations to farmers, for economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or, an environmental incident or adverse climatic events, including droughts;
Amendment 1577 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds or insurance premiums, providing compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income.
Amendment 1586 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1 points (b) and (c), ‘mutual fund’ or ‘insurance company’ shall mean a scheme accredited by the Member State in accordance with its national law for affiliated farmers to insure themselves, whereby compensation payments are made to affiliated farmers affected by economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or an environmental incident or adverse climatic events or experiencing a severe drop in their income.
Amendment 1588 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1596 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 37(1)(a) shall only be granted for insurance contracts which cover for loss caused by an adverse climatic event or by an animal or plant disease or a pest infestation or a measure adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest which destroys more than 30 % of the average annual production of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preccauses a significant loss in income which takes into account the characteristics of each type of product or holding. The loss shall be calculated ing five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry terms of the equivalent yield loss in a specific year.
Amendment 1608 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – title
Article 39 – title
Mutual funds and insurance for animal and plant diseases and, environmental incidents and adverse climatic events
Amendment 1624 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4
Article 39 – paragraph 4
4. As regards animal diseases, financial compensation under Article 37(1)(b) may only be granted in respect of diseases mentioned in the list of animal diseases established by the World Organisation for Animal Health and/or in the Annex to Decision 90/424/EEC, as well as for any other emerging disease not included in these lists.
Amendment 1636 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 37(1)(c) may only be granted where the drop of income exceeds 30% of the average annual income of the individual farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. Income for the purposes of Article 347(1)(c) shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs. Payments by the mutual fund or from insurance to farmers shall compensate for not more than 70% of the income lost.
Amendment 1642 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Likewise the aid provided for in Article 37 may also be granted when the drop in annual income exceeds 30% of the farmer’s production costs per crop or livestock herd. Total income per crop or livestock herd shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support and deducting input costs, payments by the mutual fund or insurance company to farmers which shall compensate for not more than 70% of the income lost.
Amendment 1643 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In order to be eligible for support the mutual fund and the insurance premiums concerned shall:
Amendment 1644 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall define the rules for the constitution and management of the mutual funds and the insurance premiums, in particular for the granting of compensation payments to farmers in the event of crisis and for the administration and monitoring of compliance with these rules.
Amendment 1653 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The financial contributions referred to in Article 37(1)(c) may only relate to the amounts paid by the mutual fund and through insurance premiums as financial compensation to farmers. In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis.
Amendment 1662 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5
Article 40 – paragraph 5
5. Support shall be limited to the maximum rate laid down in Annex IThe competent authority of the Member State concerned shall formally recognise that there has been a significant drop in the farmer’s income.
Amendment 1663 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 1664 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Compensation from insurance shall be paid without any requirements or specifications being made as to the type or quantity of future production.
Amendment 1671 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the tasks referred to in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] local action groups may also perform additional tasks delegated to them by the Managing Authority and/or the paying agency, except where these are directly related to agricultural holdings.
Amendment 1677 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) bodies that pursue development objectives consistent with the priorities laid down in Article 5 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1683 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. Costs for the animation of the territory referred to in Article 31(d) of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] are costs to cover tasks defined in Article 30(3) of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012], actions to inform about the local development strategy as well asnd project development tasks.
Amendment 1696 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) assessment costs to help ensure production methods are sustainable and economically viable.
Amendment 1708 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, only investments that lead to a reduction of previous water use by at least 25% shall be considered as eligible expenditure. By way of derogation, in the Member States that adhered to the Union from 2004 onwardsinfrastructure and installations shall be deemed eligible expenditure when the aim is as follows: greater efficiency in the use of water and energy in agriculture; greater security regarding supply of water to agricultural produce; investments in new irrigareas of irrigated land under national installations can be considered eligible expenditure in cases where an environmental analysis provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impacterest plans or regional policy plans which contribute to rural development and territorial rebalancing. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 90, establishing minimum standards for water use efficiency and environmental performance of irrigation equipment.
Amendment 1726 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
Article 49 – paragraph 1
1. The Managing Authority of the rural development programme shall define selection criteria for operations under all measures following consultation with the Monitoring Committee. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants,that the measures targeting agricultural holdings are solely applied to ‘active farmers’ as defined in Regulation (EU) No [...] [DP]. Moreover these criteria shall aim to ensure a better use of financial resources and targeting of measures in accordance with the Union priorities for rural development. In defining selection criteria the principle of proportionality shall be taken into account in relation to small grants.
Amendment 1770 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54
Article 54
Amendment 1878 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) identification of regulatory bottlenecks impeding innovation and investment in research and development, in line with the principles established in the Commission communications COM(2005)97 on ‘Better regulation for growth and jobs in the European Union’ and COM(2010)543 on ‘Smart regulation in the European Union’
Amendment 1892 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. EIP operational groups shall form part of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability. They shall be set up by interested actors such as farmers (through representative professional organisations), researchers, advisors and businesses involved in the agriculture and food sector.
Amendment 1903 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1
Article 64 – paragraph 1
1. The total amount of Union support for rural development under this Regulation for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in less developed and transitional regions shall be fixed by the European Parliament and the Council, on a proposal from the Commission in accordance with the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014 to 2020 and the Interinstitutional Agreement on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management for the same period.
Amendment 1925 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1. The decision approving a rural development programme shall set the maximum contribution from the EAFRD to the programme. The decision shall clearly identify, where necessary, the appropriations allocated to the less developed and transitional regions.
Amendment 1938 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 65 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 50% of the eligible public expenditure in the other reg75 % for regions in transitions.
Amendment 1946 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) 80% for the measures referred to in Articles 15, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 36, for the LEADER local development referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] and for operations under Article 20(1)(a)(i). It may be increased to 90% for the programmes of transitional less developed, the and outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93;
Amendment 1992 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – title
Article 66 – title
Funding for operations with a significant contribution to innovation and job creation.
Amendment 1995 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
Article 66 – paragraph 1
The funds transferred to the EAFRD in application of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 shall be reservused for operations which provide a significant contribution to innovation relevant to agricultural productivity and sustainability, including climate mitigation or adaptationactivities in line with the strategy adopted by the Member State, taking job creation into account.
Amendment 2013 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) providing the Commission, on a quarterlyn annual basis, with relevant indicator data on operations selected for funding, including key characteristics of the beneficiary as well as the project;
Amendment 2019 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where a Member State has more than one programme, a coordinating body may be designated to at least ensure consistency in the management of the funds and to provide liaison between the Commission and the national management authorities.
Amendment 2030 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 80 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The Member State shall decide the composition of each committee, which shall include: (a) the competent regional, local authorities and other public authorities; (b) economic and social partners; (c) any other appropriate body representing civil society, non- governmental organisations, including environmental organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting equality between men and women.
Amendment 2043 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 88 – title
Article 88 – title
State aid within the scope of Article 42 of the Treaty
Amendment 2049 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – title
Article 89 – title
Amendment 2053 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 1
Article 89 – paragraph 1
Payments made by the Member States in relation to operations falling withinoutside the scope of Article 42 of the Treaty and intended to provide additional financing for rural development for which Union support is granted, shall be notified by Member States and approved by the Commission in accordance with this Regulation as part of the programming referred to in Article 7. When assessing these payments, the Commission shall apply, by way of analogy, the criteria established for the application of Article 107 of the Treaty. The Member State concerned shall not put its proposed additional financing for rural development into effect until it has been approved.
Amendment 461 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) Olive oil is the key element of the Mediterranean diet. Various studies published over the last few decades have reported a link between eating olive oil and improved cardiovascular health, a stronger immune system and keeping other major public health problems under control. Olive oil consumption in the EU needs to be promoted. With this in mind, the Commission is urged to design, within one year of the entry into force of this Regulation, a programme similar to those aimed at promoting the consumption of dairy products and fruit and vegetables in educational and healthcare establishments. Participation by Member States in this programme would be voluntary. EU funding provided to Member States that decide to participate would be similar to that provided for the existing programmes mentioned above.
Amendment 466 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) This Regulation distinguishes between fruit and vegetables, which include fruit and vegetables for marketing as fresh produce and fruit and vegetables intended for processing, on the one hand, and processed fruit and vegetables, on the other hand. Rules on producer organisations, operational programmes and Union financial assistance only apply to fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetables solely intended for processing.
Amendment 580 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 128
Recital 128
(128) In Finlandregions north of latitude 60°N or south of latitude 44°S, sugar beet growing is subject to particular geographical and climatic conditions which will adversely affect the sector beyond the general effects of the sugar reform. ThatCertain Member States should therefore be authorised, on a permanent basis, to make national payments to itstheir sugar beet growers.
Amendment 608 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 616 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) 1 October to 30 SeptemberJuly to 30 June of the following year for the sugar sector.
Amendment 621 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) as regards paddy rice, EUR 15200/tonne for the standard quality as defined in point A of Annex III, related to the wholesale stage for goods delivered to the warehouse, before unloading;
Amendment 624 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Amendment 631 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
By means of a delegated act pursuant to Article 160, the Commission shall review the reference prices laid down in paragraph 1 each year in line with production and market trends.
Amendment 653 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) common wheat, durum wheat, barley and, maize and sorghum;
Amendment 669 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Strategic stocks In order to prevent severe market imbalances and to guarantee the continuity of livestock sectors, strategic stocks of raw materials for livestock feed shall be established. By means of delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 160, the Commission shall take the necessary steps to ensure that this system is implemented.
Amendment 671 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) common wheat, durum wheat, barley and, maize and sorghum, from 1 November to 31 May;
Amendment 682 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) may be opened by the Commission, by means of implementing acts, for barley, maize, durum wheat, sorghum and paddy rice (including specific varieties or types of paddy rice), if the market situation so requires. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2);
Amendment 708 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) for durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum, paddy rice and beef and veal.
Amendment 719 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for common wheat, durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum, paddy rice and skimmed milk powder shall be equal to the respective reference prices fixed in Article 7 in the case of buying-in at a fixed price and shall not exceed the respective reference prices in the case of buying-in by tendering;
Amendment 726 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The public intervention prices referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be without prejudice to price increases or reductions for quality reasons for common wheat, durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum and paddy rice. Moreover, taking into account the need to ensure that production is orientated towards certain varieties of paddy rice, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to fix increases and reductions of the public intervention price.
Amendment 734 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Products may be disposed of by making them available, first and foremost, for the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived in the Union set out in Regulation (EU) No […] if that scheme so provides. In that case, the accounting value of such products shall be at the level of the relevant fixed public intervention price referred to in Article 14(2).
Amendment 736 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15a Mandatory Aid 1. Aid shall be granted for the private storage of butter produced from cream obtained directly and exclusively from cow’s milk. 2. The conditions and requirements relating to this subsection, as well as the amount of mandatory aid for the private storage of butter, shall be adopted by the Commission by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 and by means of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure laid down in Article 162(2).
Amendment 738 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – title 1 – chapter 1 – section 3 – title
Part 2 – title 1 – chapter 1 – section 3 – title
Optional Aid for Private storage
Amendment 746 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
c a) dried fodder;
Amendment 757 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) olive oil and table olives;
Amendment 776 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 781 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
e a) longkeeping cheeses which are manufactured from sheep and/or goat's milk and require at least six months’ maturing;
Amendment 788 #
Amendment 792 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
e d) poultrymeat;
Amendment 804 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall, however, be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 90 with a view to applying this measure to any other sector listed in Article 1 of this Regulation if the circumstances referred to in Article 17(1) apply.
Amendment 815 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, where necessary in order to provide for market transparency to lay down the conditions under which it maythe decidesion to grant private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16 will be made, taking into account average recorded Union market prices and the reference prices for the products concerned or, developments in production costs, the need to respond to a particularly difficult market situation or, economic developments in the sector in one or more Member States or the particular nature of certain sectors or the seasonality of production in certain Member States.
Amendment 821 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall, however, allow aid for private storage of olive oil to be granted if, for a period of at least two weeks, the average price recorded on the market falls below: – EUR 2 357/tonne for extra virgin olive oil; – EUR 2 266/tonne for virgin olive oil, or; – EUR 2 019/tonne for lampante olive oil having two degrees of free acidity, this amount shall be reduced by EUR 36.70/tonne for each additional degree of acidity. The Commission shall, by means of a delegated act pursuant to Article 160, review these prices each year in line with production and market trends.
Amendment 824 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission mayshall, by means of implementing acts, decide to grant private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16, taking into account the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. For olive oil, the Commission shall allow private storage aid to be granted in the circumstances set out in the new paragraph 1(a) of this article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2)
Amendment 840 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Additional conditions for granting storage aid for white sugar 1. Decisions to grant aid for the storage of white sugar, under the terms laid down in Article 17(2), may only be taken in respect of undertakings that have been allocated a sugar quota. 2. Sugar stored in accordance with the provisions of this section during a given marketing year may not be subject to any other of the storage measures referred to in Articles 101(d) and (e).
Amendment 853 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Taking into account the specificities of the cereals and paddy rice sectors, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt the price increases or reductions for quality reasons referred to in Article 14(3) as regards both buying-in and sales of common wheat, durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum and paddy rice.
Amendment 855 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Taking into account the particular seasonality and/or the specific nature of certain farms in some Member States or regions, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 160, set different objective conditions governing factors that may trigger private storage.
Amendment 860 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Taking into account the need to standardise the presentation of the different products for the purposes of improving market transparency, price recording and the application of the market intervention arrangements in the form of public intervention and aid for private storage, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adopt Unionhe Commission may, by means of delegated acts, adapt and update the definitions and arrangements provided for Annex III(a), and lay down rules for the development and implementation of the scales for the classification of carcasses in the following sectors:set out in Article 9(a).
Amendment 861 #
Amendment 862 #
Amendment 863 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 8 – point c
Amendment 864 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The Commission may lay down, by means of delegated acts, rules on the calculation of average Union prices and the obligations on operators to submit information on beef, pig and sheep carcases, in particular as regards market and representative prices;
Amendment 866 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 9
Article 18 – paragraph 9
9. Taking into account the need to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the classification of carcasses, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, provide for the review of the application of classification of carcasses in Member States by a Union committee composed of experts from the Commission and experts appointed by the Member States. Those provisions may provide for the Union toshall bear the costs resulting from the review activity.
Amendment 868 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
ba) implementation of the intervention limits set out in Article 13(1);
Amendment 870 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
bb) implementation of the tendering procedure referred to in Article 13(2) for common wheat, butter and skimmed milk powder beyond the quantities set out in Article 13(1);
Amendment 881 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
ka) the amount of the security referred to in Article 18(7)(c);
Amendment 882 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
kb) the requirements to be met by storage places for the products to be purchased under the intervention system, rules on minimum storage capacity for the storage places and technical requirements for keeping products taken over in good condition and for their disposal at the end of the storage period;
Amendment 883 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20
Article 20
Amendment 1004 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. Operational programmes in the fruit and vegetables sector shall have at least two of the objectives i), ii) and iii) referred to in Article 106(c) or two of the following objectives:
Amendment 1047 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The amount of aid for withdrawals and non-harvesting shall be updated periodically in line with market trends.
Amendment 1049 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 1058 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Union financial assistance shall be limited to 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation, including, where appropriate, the value of marketed products prior to processing.
Amendment 1061 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
2a) This percentage may, however, be increased to 6.15 % in the event that paragraph 3 of this article applies.
Amendment 1131 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 6
Article 44 – paragraph 6
6. The Union contribution to the actual costs of the restructuring and conversion of vineyards shall not exceed 50 %. In less developed and transitional regions the Union contribution to the costs of restructuring and conversion shall not exceed 75 %.
Amendment 1153 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – title
Article 48 – title
Investments in the internal market and third countries
Amendment 1159 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support may be granted for tangible or intangible investments and other eligible expenditure in processing facilities, winery infrastructure and marketing of wine which improve the overall performance of the enterprise, increase its competitiveness on the internal market and in third country markets and concern one or more of the following:
Amendment 1166 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For the purposes of this article, eligible expenditure shall be considered to include the recruitment of material and/or human resources to improve the commercialisation of wine products produced in the EU, as defined in Annex VI, Part II, of this regulation. This measure may be applied throughout the territory of the EU, including in the country of origin of the applicant for the aid involved.
Amendment 1171 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under paragraph 1 at its maximum rate shall apply onlyto producer organisations as defined in Article 106 of this Regulation and to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises25.
Amendment 1175 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the maximum rate may apply to all enterprises for the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty and the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1405/200626. For enterprises not covered by Article 2(1) of Title I of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC with less than 750 employees or with a turnover of less than EUR 200 million, the maximum aid intensity shall be halved.
Amendment 1178 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) 50 % in less developed and transition regions;
Amendment 1202 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The Union contribution to the funding of the apiculture programmes shall not exceed 50be 75 % of the expenditure borne by Member States.
Amendment 1226 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to any other provisions applicable to agricultural products, as well as the provisions adopted in the veterinary, phytosanitary and food sectors to ensure that products comply with hygiene and health standards and to protect animal, plant and human health, this Section lays down the rules concerning the general marketing standard and marketing standards by sector and/or product for agricultural products, divided between obligatory rules and optional reserved items.
Amendment 1289 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 a (new)
Article 59 a (new)
Article 59a Additional requirements for the marketing of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector 1. The country of origin should be indicated on fruit and horticultural products which are sold fresh to consumers; The marketing standards referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 56 and any marketing standard applicable to the fruit and vegetables and the processed fruit and vegetables sectors shall apply at all marketing stages including import and export unless otherwise provided for by the Commission. 2. The marketing standards referred to in paragraph 21 and any marketing standard applicable to the fruit and vegetables and the processed fruit and vegetables sectors shall apply at all marketing stages including import and export unless otherwise provided for by the Commission. 3. The holder of products of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sector covered by marketing standards may not display such products or offer them for sale or deliver or market them in any manner within the Community other than in conformity with those standards and shall be responsible for ensuring such conformity. 4. Without prejudice to any specific provisions which may be adopted by the Commission, in particular on the consistent application in the Member States of the conformity checks, Member States shall, in respect of the fruit and vegetables and the processed fruit and vegetables sectors, check selectively, based on a risk analysis, whether the products concerned conform to the respective marketing standards. These checks shall be focused on the stage prior to dispatch from the production areas when the products are being packed or loaded. For products from third countries, checks shall be done prior to release for free circulation.
Amendment 1347 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 1351 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The application for protection shall be filed with the Member State in whose territory the designation of origin or geographical indication originates. The Member State shall examine the application for protection to determine whether it meets the conditions set out in this Chapter. The Member State shall carry out a national procedure ensuring adequate publication of the application and providing for a period of at least two months from the date of publication within which any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest and established or resident on its territory may object to the proposed protection by lodging a duly substantiated statement with the Member State.
Amendment 1354 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3
Article 73 – paragraph 3
3. If the Member State considers that the relevant requirements are met, it shall carry out a national procedure which ensures adequate publication of the product specification at least on the Internet. : (a) publish the single document and the product specification at least on the Internet; and (b) forward to the Commission an application for protection containing the following information: (i) the name and address of the applicant; (ii) the single document; (iii) a declaration by the Member State that it considers that the application lodged by the applicant meets the conditions of this Regulation; (iv) the reference to publication, as referred to in point (a).
Amendment 1357 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where a Member State has no national legislation concerning the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications, it may, on a transitional basis only, grant protection in accordance with the terms of this Chapter at national level to the name with effect from the day the application is lodged with the Commission. Such transitional national protection shall cease on the date on which a decision on registration or refusal under this Subsection is taken.
Amendment 1364 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Third countries shall provide the Commission with the technical report referred to in Article 71(1) of this Regulation in respect of their geographical indications under the previous paragraph. The Commission may decide to cancel the geographical indications of third countries which fail to comply with the terms of Article 70 of this Regulation, within a maximum period of 3 years from the date of their registration.
Amendment 1369 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 82 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Where the proposed amendment involves several amendments to the single document referred to in Article 71(1)(d), Articles 73 to 76 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the amendment application. However, where the proposed amendments are only minor, the implementing acts shall be used to decide whether to approve the application without following the procedure laid down in Article 74(3) and Article 75.
Amendment 1371 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 82 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Where the proposed amendment does not involve any change to the single document, the following rules shall apply: (a) where the geographical area is in a given Member State, that Member State shall express its position on the amendment and, if it is in favour, shall publish the amended product specification and inform the Commission of the amendments approved and the reasons for them. (b) where the geographical area is in a third country, the Commission shall determine whether to approve the proposed amendment.
Amendment 1375 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3
Article 86 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1378 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point a
Amendment 1515 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title II – Chapter II – Section III – Subsection 1 (new)
Part II – Title II – Chapter II – Section III – Subsection 1 (new)
Amendment 1632 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v a (new)
(va) establishing production and marketing rules that are stricter than those laid down at Union or national level;
Amendment 1641 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii a (new)
(viia) developing initiatives to improve the quality and innovative nature of agri- foodstuffs;
Amendment 1649 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii b (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii b (new)
(viib) optimising production by its members, including processing;
Amendment 1654 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1666 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, producer organisations constituted by producers in the fruit and vegetables, olive oil and wine sectors should include at last one of objectives i), ii) or iii).
Amendment 1676 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 a (new)
Article 106 a (new)
Article 106a Rules of association of fruit and vegetable producer organisations The rules of association of a producer organisation in the fruit and vegetables sector shall require its producer members, in particular, to: (a) market their entire production concerned through the producer organisation; (b) pay the financial contributions provided for in its rules of association for the establishment and replenishment of the operational fund provided for in Article 30. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 4(a), where the producer organisation so authorises and where this is in compliance with the terms and conditions laid down by the producer organisation, the producer members may: (a) sell no more than a fixed percentage of their production and/or products directly on their holdings and/or outside their holdings to consumers for their personal needs, such percentages being fixed by Member States at not less than 10%; (b) market themselves or through another producer organisation designated by their own organisation, quantities of products which are marginal in relation to the volume of marketable production of their organisation; (c) market themselves or through another producer organisation designated by their own organisation products which, because of their characteristics, are not normally covered by the commercial activities of the producer organisation concerned.
Amendment 1678 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 b (new)
Article 106 b (new)
Article 106b Recognition of fruit and vegetable producer organisations Member States shall recognise as producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector all legal entities or clearly defined parts of legal entities applying for such recognition, provided that: (a) they have the objective of the use of environmentally sound cultivation practices, production techniques and waste management practices in particular to protect the quality of water, soil and landscape and to preserve or encourage biodiversity, and meet the requirements laid down in Articles 106, 106c and 106d and provide the relevant evidence thereof; (b) they effectively enable their members to obtain technical assistance in using environmentally-sound cultivation practices; (c) they effectively provide their members, where necessary, with the technical means for collecting, storing, packaging and marketing their produce; (d) they ensure proper commercial and accounting management of their activities;
Amendment 1704 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are constituted of representatives of economic activities linked to the production and at least one of, trade in, and/or processing of products in one or more sectors;he following links in the chain: processing or trade, including distribution,
Amendment 1708 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) are formed on the initiative of all or some of the organisations or associations which constitute themrepresentatives referred to in (a);
Amendment 1713 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) improving knowledge and the transparency of production and the market, including by publication of statistical data on the prices, volumes and duration of contracts which have been previously concluded, and by providing analyses of potential future market developments at regional or national level, national or international level, establishing benchmarks so that all their members can at least cover their production costs and thus guarantee the profitability of all parties involved in the organisation or avoid selling at a loss;
Amendment 1735 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point x
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point x
(x) encouraging healthyresponsible consumption of the products and informing about the harm linked to hazardousalthy consumption patterns;
Amendment 1745 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new)
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new)
(xia) arranging the orderly withdrawal or coordinated processing of the product at times of clear market imbalances in a marketing year with the goal of restoring the normal functioning of the market;
Amendment 1748 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new)
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new)
(xia) concentrating and co-ordinating supply and marketing of the produce of the members;
Amendment 1755 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new)
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new)
(xia) adapting production and processing jointly to the requirements of the market and improving the product;
Amendment 1757 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new)
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new)
(xia) promoting the rationalisation and improvement of production and processing;
Amendment 1765 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 2
Article 108 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1810 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point j
Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point j
(j) research, in particular into methods of cultivation permitting reduced use of plant protection or animal health products and guaranteeing conservation of the soil and the environment. In the case of minor uses, it should also be permitted to develop studies on the authorisation of specific molecules or medicines for such products, especially where no authorised treatments exist;
Amendment 1814 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point l a (new)
Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) withdrawal or coordinated processing of the product at times of clear market imbalances in a marketing year with the goal of restoring the normal functioning of the market.
Amendment 1816 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point l b (new)
Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point l b (new)
(lb) establishment of specific benchmarks for each product so that all the members of the interbranch organisation can at least cover their production costs.
Amendment 1817 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point l c (new)
Article 110 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point l c (new)
(lc) blocking of products that do are not up to the quality demanded by the market.
Amendment 1826 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 1
Where rules of a recognised producer organisation, a recognised association of producer organisations or a recognised interbranch organisation are extended under Article 110 and the activities covered by those rules are in the general economic interest of personeconomic operators whose activities relate to the products concerned, the Member State which has granted recognition may decide that individual economic operators or groups which are not members of the organisation but which benefit from those activities shall pay the organisation all or part of the financial contributions paid by its members to the extent that such contributions are intended to cover costs directly incurred as a result of pursuing the activities in question.
Amendment 1829 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Likewise, where one or more of the activities referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph is pursued by a recognised interbranch organisation in the tobacco sector and is in the general economic interest of those economic operators whose activities relate to one or more of the products concerned, the Member State which has granted recognition or the Commission, where recognition has been granted by the Commission, may decide that individual economic operators or groups which are not members of the organisation but which benefit from those activities shall pay the organisation all or part of the financial contributions paid by its members to the extent that such contributions are intended to cover costs directly incurred as a result of pursuing the activities in question. The activities referred to in the above subparagraph shall relate to one of the following objectives: (a) research to add value to the products, in particular through new uses which do not pose a threat to public health; (b) studies to improve the quality of leaf or baled tobacco; (c) research into methods of cultivation permitting reduced use of plant health products and guaranteeing conservation of the soil and the environment.
Amendment 1835 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Taking into account the need to encourage action by the organisations referred to in Articles 106 to 108 to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, with the exception of action relating to withdrawal from the market, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, concerning the live plants, beef and veal, pigmeat, sheepmeat and goatmeat, eggs and poultrymeat sectorssectors that have no specific systems of production limitation, on measures:
Amendment 1849 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title II – Chapter III – Section 3 a (new)
Part II – Title II – Chapter III – Section 3 a (new)
Amendment 1856 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) the specific aims which may, shall or shall not be pursued by such organisations and associations in the fruit and vegetables, olive oil and table olives, and wine sectors, including derogations from those laid down in Articles 106 to 109;
Amendment 1860 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 114 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) the rules of association, the recognition, structure, legal personality, membership, size, accountability and activities of such organisations and associations, the requirement referred to in point (d) of Article 106 for recognition of a producer organisation that it does not hold a dominant position on a given market unless this is necessary in pursuance of the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty, the effects deriving from recognition, the withdrawal of recognition, and mergers;
Amendment 1873 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 1
Article 117 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to cases where import or export licences are required in accordance with this Regulation, the import for release into free circulation or the export of one or more agricultural products into or from the Union may be made subject to the presentation of a licence, taking into account the need for licences for the management of the markets concerned and, in particular, for monitoring trade in the products concernedDoes not affect English version.
Amendment 1875 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 117 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Products imported by the Union shall meet the same production and marketing requirements as those produced within the Union, and may only be awarded the relevant import licences if they fulfil those conditions.
Amendment 1876 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 117 – paragraph 2 b (new)
(2b) When market prices in the Union do not cover Community production costs, the Union shall suspend import licences until the situation regarding those products is resolved.
Amendment 1884 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 120 a (new)
Article 120 a (new)
Article 120a Import duties Save as otherwise provided for pursuant to this Regulation, the rates of import duty in the Common Customs Tariff shall apply to the products referred to in Article 1.
Amendment 1893 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 122 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Where the declared entry price of the consignment in question is higher than the flat-rate import value, increased by a margin set by the Commission which may not exceed the flat-rate value by more than 10%, the lodging of a security equal to the import duty determined on the basis of the flat-rate import value shall be required. The Commission shall calculate this value every working day in relation to each origin, product and period; the value shall be equal to the weighted average of the representative prices of those products in representative import markets in the Member States or, where applicable, in other markets, deducting from those prices a total amount of EUR 5/100 kg and the ad valorem customs duties. The interested party shall also provide information on the marketing and transportation conditions of the product by submitting copies of the documents attesting to delivery between operators and to the costs incurred between the import of the product and its sale. In all cases, the documents shall specify the variety or commercial type of the product in accordance with the provisions on presentation and labelling referred to in the applicable Community marketing rules, the commercial category of the products and their weight.
Amendment 1895 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 122 – paragraph 1 b (new)
(1b) The customs value of imported perishable goods for which the application of the Common Customs Tariff duty rate depends on the entry price of the product batch imported in consignment may be determined directly in accordance with point (c) of Article 30(2) of the Customs Code and shall be equal to the flat-rate import value.
Amendment 1897 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 2
Article 122 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1899 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 3
Article 122 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1912 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 a (new)
Article 125 a (new)
Article 125a Specific provisions In the case of tariff quotas for import into Spain of 2 000 000 tonnes of maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum and tariff quotas for import into Portugal of 500 000 tonnes of maize, the Commission may adopt delegated acts to establish the provisions necessary for carrying out the tariff quota imports and, where appropriate, the public storage of the quantities imported by the paying agencies of the Member States concerned and their marketing on the markets of those Member States.
Amendment 2006 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 144 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 144 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In particular, Article 101(1) of the Treaty shall not apply to agreements, decisions and practices of farmers, farmers' associations, or associations of such associations, or producer organisations recognised under Article 106 of this Regulation, or associations of producer organisations recognised under Article 107 of this Regulation, which concern the production or sale of agricultural products or the use of joint facilities for the storage, treatment or processing of agricultural products, and under which there is no obligation to charge identical prices, unless competition is thereby excluded or the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty are jeopardised.
Amendment 2018 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 144 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 144 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous paragraphs, the Commission shall coordinate action by the various national competition authorities in order to ensure that the rules of competition law are applied and interpreted in the most uniform way possible in sectors covered by this Regulation and that single market principles are observed. It may therefore publish best practice guidelines to assist the sector in question and the various authorities.
Amendment 2022 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 145 – title
Article 145 – title
Agreements and concerted practices of recognised interbranch organisations, producer organisations and associations of producer organisations
Amendment 2024 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 145 – paragraph 1
Article 145 – paragraph 1
1. Article 101(1) of the Treaty shall not apply to the agreements, decisions and concerted practices of interbranch organisations recognised under Article 108 of this Regulation with the object of carrying out the activities listed in point (c) of Article 108(1) of this Regulation, and for the olive oil and table olive and tobacco sectors,or to producer organisations recognised under Article 106 or associations of producer organisations recognised under Article 107 of this Regulation with the object of carrying out the activities listed in point (c) of Article 108(2)6 of this Regulation.
Amendment 2029 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 145 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 145 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) within two months of receipt of all the details requiredthe notification the Commission, by means of implementing acts, has not found that the agreements, decisions or concerted practices are incompatible with Union rules.
Amendment 2040 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 149 – title
Article 149 – title
National payments for the sugar sector in Finland and other Member States
Amendment 2042 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 149 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 149 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States with sugar beet production in areas south of the 44th parallel may also make national payments per hectare per marketing year to sugar beet growers.
Amendment 2061 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Such measures may to the extent and for the time necessary extend or modify the scope, duration or other aspects of other measures provided for under this Regulation, or suspend import duties in whole or in part including for certain quantities or periods as necessary, or provide specific support for producers to mitigate the effects of serious market disturbance.
Amendment 2062 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
In the case of the fruit and vegetables sector specifically, the Commission shall activate a withdrawal mechanism when a series of conditions, listed in the first subparagraph, are recorded at Community level, in order to encourage synchronised market withdrawal between the various Member States.
Amendment 2063 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 154 – paragraph 2
Article 154 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2067 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 154 a (new)
Article 154 a (new)
Article 154a Measures against market disturbance in the fruit and vegetables sector 1. Given the specific and perishable nature of fruit and vegetables, a mechanism shall be established to respond to serious market disturbances; these may be caused by significant falls in internal market prices resulting from health concerns and other causes that lead to sudden drops in demand. 2. This mechanism shall be exclusive to the product or products in question, of limited application in time, revisable, automatically activated and accessible to all producers in the sector. 3. It shall include the measures listed in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 31(2) of this Regulation, but they shall be independent of the management of the operational funds used by recognised fruit and vegetables producer organisations. 4. The Union shall finance 100 % of the expenditure for the measures provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article. 5. Serious crisis management operations shall be governed by the mechanisms established for crisis measurement measures under the framework of the operational programmes. Those affected who are not members of a producer organisation shall conclude agreements for the purpose of coordinating crisis management operations, in which the producer organisation shall stipulate that 10 % of the support shall be set aside to cover management costs. 6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 in order to apply the measures provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article. 7. At the request of Member States, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt exceptional measures. The Commission shall ensure that the public is informed when such measures are introduced and is made aware of the products, areas and amount of support in question. In the case of free distribution, the amount of support shall be adjusted. The end of the crisis period shall also be determined, by means of an implementing act, once the case of serious market disturbance has ended. The implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2).
Amendment 2068 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – title
Article 155 – title
Measures concerning animal and plant pests and diseases and loss of consumer confidence due to public, animal or plant health risks
Amendment 2072 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 155 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission mayshall, by means of implementing acts, adopt exceptional support measures:
Amendment 2075 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 155 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) for the affected market in order to take account of restrictions on intra-Union and third-country trade which may result from the application of measures for combating the spread of pests and diseases in animals and plants, and
Amendment 2078 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The measures provided for in paragraph 1 shall apply to all agricultural products listed in Annex I, with the exception of measures taken to combat the spread of diseases in animals, which shall apply to the following sectors:
Amendment 2083 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) rabbitmeat.
Amendment 2084 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 2086 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 4
Article 155 – paragraph 4
4. The measures provided for in point (a) of paragraph 1 may be taken only if the Member State concerned has taken relevant phytosanitary or health and veterinary measures quickly to stamp out the pest or disease, and only to the extent and for the duration strictly necessary to support the market concerned.
Amendment 2088 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 155 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Union shall provide part-financing equivalent to 50 % and 100 %, respectively, of the expenditure borne by Member States for the measures provided for in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 2114 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) by 31 December 2016 at the latest, evaluating the aid referred to in Article 15a, together with any appropriate proposals to convert it into one of the types of aid referred to in Article 16.
Amendment 2119 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) by 31 December 2015 at the latest on the development of the market situation in the beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat, pigmeat, poultrymeat and rabbit meat, rice, dried fodder, raw tobacco, fruit and vegetable, and olive oil and wine sectors, and, in particular, on the possible application to those sectors of the measures referred to in Articles 104 to 107 of this Regulation.
Amendment 2128 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 158 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) by 31 December 2018 at the latest, on the development of the market situation in the sugar sector, in particular on the possible application of the measures referred to in Articles 104 to 107 following the end of the production quotas system.
Amendment 2142 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 159 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 159 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) sections 3 and 4 of Chapter II of Title I of Part II.
Amendment 2152 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 163 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 163 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
However, the following provisions of Regulation (EUC) No [COM(2010)799]1234/2007 shall continue to apply:
Amendment 2186 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 1 – introductory part
Annex II – Part VIII – point 1 – introductory part
1. ‘Honey’ means the natural sweet substance produced by Apis mellifera bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant-sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store and leave in honeycombs to ripen and mature. Honey consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and glucose, as well as other substances such as organic acids, enzymes and solid particles derived from honey collection, including pollen, while none of these substances and particles can be considered an ingredient of honey.
Amendment 2189 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2
2. ‘Apiculture products’ means honey, beeswax, royal jelly, propolis orand pollen.
Amendment 2193 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 a (new)
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 a (new)
2a. ‘Beeswax’ means lipid natural matter prepared from secretions of the wax glands of Apis mellifera worker bees and used in manufacturing honeycombs.
Amendment 2194 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 b (new)
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 b (new)
2b. ‘Royal jelly’ means the natural substance secreted by the hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands of Apis mellifera nurse worker bees, designed to feed the larvae and the queen and to which no other substance may be added.
Amendment 2195 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 c (new)
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 c (new)
2c. ‘Propolis’ means the substance collected from certain plants and subsequently transformed by Apis mellifera worker bees, to which their own secretions (mainly wax and salivary secretions) are added in order to use it as mortar.
Amendment 2196 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 d (new)
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 d (new)
2d. ‘Pollen’ means a compact substance, more or less spherical, resulting from the agglutination of the male gametes of flowers by means of nectar, salivary secretions and the mechanical action of the third pair of legs of Apis mellifera worker bees, which is collected and transformed in the form of balls of pollen in order to be deposited and subsequently stored in the hive, and to which no other substance may be added.
Amendment 2197 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 e (new)
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 e (new)
2e. ‘Honeycomb pollen or bee bread’ means balls of pollen scattered by bees in honeycomb cells which have undergone certain natural transformations through the presence of enzymes and micro- organisms; this pollen can be covered with honey.
Amendment 127 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 130 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to take into account specific new elements and to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of laying down further definitions regarding the access to support under thisthe criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grassland. The Regulation, shall establishing the framework within which Member States shall define both the minimum activities to be carried out on areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as well asnd the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area in the state suitable for production and the criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grassland.
Amendment 158 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of disproportionate amounts of payments to a rather small number of large beneficiaries. Due to economies of size, larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently achieved. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier for larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It is therefore fair to introduce a system for large beneficiaries where the support level is gradually reduced and ultimately capped to improve the distribution of payments between farmers. Such system should however take into account salaried labour intensity to avoid disproportionate effects on large farms with high employment numbers. Those maximum levels should not apply to payments granted to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment since the beneficial objectives they pursue could be diminished as a result. Nor should the capping be applied in respect of cooperatives or other legal entities which group a number of beneficiaries of direct payments and which receive and channel the payments before distributing them in full to their members. In order to make capping effective, Member States should establish some criteria in order to avoid abusive operations by farmers seeking to evade its effects. The proceeds of the reduction and capping of payments to large beneficiaries should remain in the Member States or regions where they were generated and should be used either for financing projects with a significant contribution to innovation or other measures under Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of….on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR] or, under the first pillar, as direct payments or coupled support under this Regulation.
Amendment 240 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory "greening" component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non- contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situatedBearing in mind the greater environmental requirements that have to be met by the production processes of holdings in "Natura 2000" areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as longwell as theose practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directivesreceiving agro-environmental and climate aid referred to in Article 29 of Regulation EU No (...)(DR), they shall be deemed to meet the requirements for this "greening" component. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the "greening" component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Likewise, given the environmental benefits provided per se by certain types of production such as permanent crops eligible for the basic payment, permanent grassland, legumes and rice, their components should benefit from the "greening" component without needing to meet any other obligations. Olives, vines and fruit tees characterise the ecosystem of large regions and contribute to stabilising the soil against erosion, CO2 capture and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The same should apply to farmers who sign up for agro- environmental programmes within the framework of rural development or who take part in a national certification scheme of recognised environmental value. Non-respect of the "greening" component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] which should in no case exceed the amount of the "green" payment itself.
Amendment 315 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) In order to strengthen social criteria, Member States should promote and establish employment footprint certification systems (accredited social certification with the involvement of social stakeholders) that provide consumers with information and act as a stimulus for a corporate social responsibility approach that identifies and selects the best labour relations and practices. This employment footprint information system could also be applied to imported products.
Amendment 356 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2
Article 2
Amendment 359 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) 'salaried agricultural worker' means an employee of a farmer, whether on a permanent, permanent seasonal or temporary contract, whose activity is fundamental to farming and the value chain, and whose employment conditions concerning stability, security and professionalism should be improved as a priority objective.
Amendment 375 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
– maintaining the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation without any particular preparatory action going beyond traditionalstandard agricultural methods and machineries, or
Amendment 403 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
f) 'arable land' means land cultivated for crop production or areas available for crop production but laying fallow, including areas set aside in accordance with Article 32 of this Regulation, Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, with Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and with Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], irrespective of whether or not that land is under greenhouses or under fixed or mobile cover;
Amendment 443 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
h) 'permanent grassland' means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer; it may include other species suitablethat can be used for grazing provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant;
Amendment 452 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) 'high nature value agricultural system' means areas in which agriculture sustains or is associated with a wide variety of species and habitats or with the presence of species facing conservation problems;
Amendment 467 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k
k) 'short rotation coppice' means areas planted with tree species of CN code 06029041 to be defined by Member States, that consist of woody, perennial crops, the rootstock or stools remaining in the ground after harvesting, with new shoots emerging in the following season and with a maximum harvest cycle to be determined by the Member States.(Does not affect English version.)
Amendment 479 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 481 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 486 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 491 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d
d) establishing the criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage for the purpose of point (h) of paragraph 1.(Does not affect English version.)
Amendment 493 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Annex (...) of this Regulations sets out (a) the framework within which Member States shall define the minimum activities to be carried out on areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation; (b) the framework within which Member States are to define the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 516 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 533 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 for the purpose of reviewing the ceilings set out in Annex III to take account of the difference between the ceilings established in Annex II and actual budget outturn each financial year.
Amendment 544 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the followthey do not carry out a minimum activity established by Member States ing applies:ccordance with Article 4(1)(c) of this Regulation.
Amendment 572 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 598 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 635 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 670 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) criteria to establish the amount of direct payments relevant for the purpose of paragraphs 1 and 2, in particular in the first year of allocation of payment entitlements where the value of the payment entitlements is not yet definitively established as well as for new farmers;
Amendment 782 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, and profits shared among members in the case of an agricultural cooperative, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.
Amendment 791 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. For each Member State and each year, the estimated product of capping as referred to in this Article, which is reflected by the difference between the national ceilings set out in Annex II, to which is added the amount available in accordance with Article 44, and the net ceilings set out in Annex III, is made available as Union support. The Member State may decide to allocate this funding for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], or may use it under the first pillar, in the form of direct payments or coupled aid to sectors in difficulty, under this Regulation.
Amendment 858 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Before 1 August 2013, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United-Kingdom may decide to make available as direct payments under this Regulation up to 510 % of the amount allocated to support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in the period 2015-2020 as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR]. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for support measures under rural development programming.
Amendment 887 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Without prejudice to the provisions of the previous paragraph and in the case of Member States making use of the terms of Article 22, paragraphs 3 and 4, the financial value of payment entitlements allocated under the single payment scheme in accordance with Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 73/2009 shall be taken into account.
Amendment 904 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18a Special entitlements Special rights, based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria, may be established for livestock producers in the milk and milk products, beef, lamb and goat meat sectors with no land of their own on which to carry out their activities
Amendment 920 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may decide, before 1 August 2013, to apply the basic payment scheme at regional level. In that case they shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non- discriminatory criteria such as their agronomic and socioeconomic characteristics and their regional agricultural potential, or their institutional or administrative structure.
Amendment 929 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. The Member States shall notify the Commission by 31 AugustDecember 2013 of the decision referred to in paragraph 1, together with the measures taken for the application of paragraphs 2 and 3.
Amendment 934 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. During the transition period, the Member States may review the decision referred to in paragraph 1, together with the measures taken in order to apply paragraphs 2 and 3.
Amendment 1300 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) to have three different crops on their On arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 320 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with leguminous crops or crops under water for a significant part of the year or engaged in organic production or located entirely in the areas referred to in paragraph 3: i) to have at least two different crops on their arable land ii) to have ecological focus area on their agricultural area;
Amendment 1324 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) to maintain existing permanent grasslandpasture areas on their holding; and
Amendment 1333 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1393 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], Member States shall grant the payment referred to in this Chapter to farmers observing those of the three practisces referred to in paragraph 1 that are relevant for them, and in function of their compliance with Articles 30, 31 and 32..
Amendment 1401 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The reductions and penalties imposed on such payments pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] shall under no circumstances exceed the amount thereof.
Amendment 1405 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in areas covered by Directives 92/43/EEC or 2009/147/EC shall be entitled to the payment referred to in this Chapter provided that they observe the practises referred to in this Chapter to the extent that those practises are compatible in the holding concerned with the objectives of those Directives, and farmers who receive agri- environment-climate payments pursuant to Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR] shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter with respect to their hectarage which is eligible under these criteria.
Amendment 1422 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter when they fall within the following categories: – farmers complying with the requirements laid downset out in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards organic farming shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter. , or – beneficiaries of agri-environment- climatic payments established pursuant to Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No [...] [RDR]; – farmers with hectarage set aside as permanent pasture, or used for the cultivation of permanent crops, leguminous crops or underwater crops; – beneficiaries with hectarage located in the Natura 2000 network.
Amendment 1451 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply only to the units of a holding that are used for organic production in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, or that are covered by agri- environment-climate measures in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No [...] [RDR], or that are used for the cultivation of permanent crops, leguminous crops or underwater crops, or that are located in the Natura 2000 network.
Amendment 1481 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare declared according to Article 26(1), the amount of which shall be calculated annually by dividing the amount resulting from the application of Article 33(1) by the total number of eligible hectares declared in the Member State or region concerned according to Article 26.
Amendment 1520 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 320 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, the farmer shall employ at least one of the following farming practices: a) cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least threewo different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the aforementioned area. b) ensuring that at least 3% of their arable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable landis set aside as ecological focus areas such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and forested areas as referred to in Article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1577 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. For the purposes of this Article, ‘crop’ shall mean any species defined as a plant for purposes of botanical classification and land left fallow.
Amendment 1584 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down the definition of 'crop' and the rules concerning the application of the precise calculation of shares of different crops. , bearing in mind that fallow land shall be treated as a crop for the purposes of diversification, and better identifying the types of ecological focus area described in paragraph 1 of this Article, as well as adding and identifying other types of ecological focus area which may be taken into account when meeting the percentage given in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1685 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
Article 32
Amendment 1835 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 320 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.
Amendment 1867 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33a Special payment for smart growth General rules 1. The Member States shall grant aid to farmers under the terms laid out in this chapter, subject to compliance with the terms of Article 9. 2. The Member States shall establish the requirements to be met by potential beneficiaries. 3. Without prejudice to the terms of paragraph 2, this aid shall be directed at farmers who obtain a higher percentage of their income from the sale of agricultural products than from their total earnings from any other economic activity. 4. In order to apply this chapter, Member States may use the definitions laid out in their relevant national legislation and which are currently used for granting specific types of aid. 5. The Member States shall increase the value of basic payment entitlements by up to 50 % for farmers fulfilling the conditions laid down by the Member States, as set out in this chapter, and bearing in mind the ceiling set by Article 33b.
Amendment 1868 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 b (new)
Article 33 b (new)
Article 33b Financial provisions 1. In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 33a, Member States shall use 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.
Amendment 1882 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3
Article 34 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to paragraph 2 and to the application of financial discipline, progressive reduction and capping, linear reduction as referred in Article 7, and any reductions and exclusions imposed pursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], the payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted annually per eligible hectare situated in the areas to which Member States decided to grant a payment in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article and shall be paid upon activation of payment entitlements on those hectareeligible hectares situated in these areas with natural constraints held by the farmer concerned.
Amendment 1997 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States may, by 1 August5 October of each year, as of 20164, reviewduce their estimated percentage with effect from 1 January 2017, on the basis of the applications made in respect of that year. They shall notify the Commission of the reviewed percentage by 1 August 20165 October of each year.
Amendment 2001 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to the maximum of 2 % set under paragraph 1, where the total amount of the payment applied for in a Member State in a particular year exceeds the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 4, and where that ceiling is lower than 2 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II, Member States shall apply a linear reduction to all payments to be granted to all farmers in accordance with Article 25, up to the ceiling of 2% set in paragraph 1.
Amendment 2021 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetablesany sector of agricultural activity and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2059 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Coupled support may only be granted to sectors or to regions of a Member State where specific types ofin farming or specific agricultural sectors undergowhich are: (a) experiencing certain difficulties and are particularly important for economic and/or social and/or environmental reasonsreasons or owing to their insularity and/or; (b) particularly important in terms of protection or improvement of the environment, climate protection and/or biodiversity. Aid will also be provided with the aim of promoting high-quality produce, improving competitiveness and encouraging the concentration or commercial organisation of production in the sector concerned.
Amendment 2070 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, farmers in the livestock, milk and dairy products, beef and sheep- and goatmeat sectors, who do not own the land which they farm, shall have access to a system of payments based on special entitlements.
Amendment 2082 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 5
Article 38 – paragraph 5
5. Coupled support shall take the form of an annual payment and shall be granted within defined quantitative limits and based on fixed areas and yields or on a fixed number of animalsobjective criteria.
Amendment 2104 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use up to 10 20% of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II provided that:
Amendment 2142 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States may, by 1 August 2016of each year, review their decision pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and decide, with effect from 2017the subsequent year:
Amendment 2150 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) to increase the percentage fixed pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 23, within the limits laid down therein where applicable, and, where appropriate, modify the conditions for granting the support;
Amendment 2231 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Member States may stipulate that farmers who receive support which is less than an amount to be determined, and which may in no circumstances exceed EUR 1000, shall be included in the scheme, unless they expressly ask to leave it by submitting an application at the latest by the date indicated in the first paragraph.
Amendment 2286 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
Annex Ia List of minimum activities to be carried out on land used for pasture or cultivation and minimum criteria to be met by farmers, as referred to in Article 4 I – Minimum activities (the Commission will incorporate the list into this annex) II – Criteria to be met by farmers (the Commission will incorporate the list into this annex)
Amendment 1258 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) eligible population, regional prosperity, unemployment rate, employment rate, educational level and population density , dispersal and ageing for more developed regions;
Amendment 12 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 18 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 25 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 3
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 3
Regulation (CE) No 1760/2000
Article 4 — paragraph 1 — subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 — paragraph 1 — subparagraph 3 a (new)
The systems and means of identification shall comply with the international ISO standards, specifically ISO 11783 and ISO 11784
Amendment 47 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 9
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 9
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 10 —subparagraph 1 — letter (e)
Article 10 —subparagraph 1 — letter (e)
e) the identification and registration of movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in different mountain areasduring different types of seasonal transhumance.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 14
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 14
Amendment 1 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Strategy for equality between men and women 2010-2015 asserts that the next Multiannual Financial Framework will provide support for implementation of the actions envisaged in the strategy;
Amendment 3 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph (i)
Paragraph (i)
(i) Stresses that gender equality mainstreaming and specific resource allocation must go hand in hand, and that, therefore, specific resource allocation cannot be replaced by horizontal objectives; calls for a double approach which will ensure efficiency and predictability and will be the rule in all key financing instruments; emphasises the need for stronger and more efficient integration of gender equality policies and gender mainstreaming tools during the next programming period;
Amendment 8 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph (iv)
Paragraph (iv)
(iv) Calls on the Commission and Council to include gender equality objectives within the regulations governing the Structural Funds, as well as within key EU funding programmes (health and environment, education, youth, economy, etc), and to ensure they are accompanied by earmarked funding; advocates a more strategic application of the ESF for promoting equality between women and men, labour market access and re- integration, combating unemployment, poverty, social exclusion and all forms of discrimination; calls on the Commission to come up with proactive measures through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in order to support women’s employment in rural areas;
Amendment 16 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph (viii) a (new)
Paragraph (viii) a (new)
(viii a) Underlines the importance of gender budgeting as a good governance tool to improve efficiency and fairness, proper monitoring of how budgetary allocations affect the economic and social opportunities of women and men, and flexibility to restructure the ones that negatively affect the achievement of gender equality; believes that a substantial analysis of gender issues in the European budget planning process will improve the targeting of resources in such a way that equality and social cohesion are enhanced;
Amendment 96 #
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 20132013 ceiling should be at least maintained during the next financial programming period; 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 and competitiveness of the farming industry;
Amendment 109 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Crime is as an offence against society as well as a violation of the individual rights of victims. As such, victims should be recognised and treated in a respectful, sensitive and professional manner in all contacts with any publiccompetent authority, victim support service or, restorative justice service or any relevant organisation that may be in contact with them, taking into account their personal situation, their rights and immediate needs, age, gender, disability and level of maturity and fully respecting their physical, mental and moral integrity. They should be protected from secondary and repeat victimisation and intimidation, should receive appropriate support to facilitate their recovery and should be provided with sufficienteffective access to justice.
Amendment 117 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) This Directive respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular it seeks to promote the right to dignity, life, physical and mental integrity, private and family lifethe right to non-discrimination, the right to respect for private and family life, the principle of gender equality, right to property, and the rights of the child, the elderly and persons with disabilities, and the right to a fair trial.
Amendment 151 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In order to respond to the specific needs of women victims of gender-based violence, specific support structures are essential. Those structures should be built upon the experience and expertise of the women’s shelter movement, and should reinforce their capacity to develop further their victim support activities.
Amendment 152 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Although the provision of support should not be dependent on a victim making a complaint of an offence to a competent authority such as the police, such authorities are often best placed to inform victims of the possibility of support. Member States are therefore encouraged to establish appropriate conditions to enable the referral of victims to victim support services, including by ensuring that data protection requirements can be adhered to. In cases of specific types of crimes, such as gender-based violence, referral should be made directly to specialised victim support services in order to avoid stress caused by repeat referral.
Amendment 155 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Restorative justice services, including for example victim-offender mediation, family group conferencing and sentencing circles, can be of great benefit to the victim, but require safeguards to prevent any further victimisation. Such services should therefore have as a primary consideration the interests and needs of the victim, repairing the harm done to the victim and avoiding further harm. Factors such as the type, nature and gravity of the crime, the ensuing degree of trauma, power imbalances, and the age, maturity or intellectual capacity of the victim, which could limit or reduce the victim's ability to make an informed choice or could prejudice a positive outcome for the victim, should be taken into consideration in referring a case to and in conducting a restorative process. Whilst private proceedings should in general be confidential, unless agreed otherwise by the parties, factors such as threats madeor any other forms of violence occurring during the process mayshould be considered as requiring disclosure in the public interest.
Amendment 167 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Gender-based violence refers to violence that is directed against a person because of his or her gender. It is a form of violence that affects women disproportionately and it may be interrelated but is not limited to cases of violence in close relationships, sexual violence (including sexual assault and sexual harassment), sexual trafficking and slavery, intimate relationship violence and other harmful practices such as forced marriages and female genital mutilation. Homophobic and transphobic attacks have also been defined as a form of gender-based violence. Research shows that one-fifth to one-quarter of all women have experienced physical violence at least once during their adult lives and more than one-tenth have suffered sexual violence involving the use of force. It is therefore crucial to criminalise all forms of gender-based violence and provide victims with specific prevention and protection measures, and remedies. Women victims of gender-based violence and their children also require special attention and protection because of a high risk of repeat victimisation with this type of crime and due to the severe trauma such a crime causes because it is committed by a person the victim should be able to trust and also because victims cannot rely on support by the partner in overcoming the trauma.
Amendment 174 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Beyond these categories, but again based on personal characteristics and the crime, any person could be vulnerable and at greater risk of secondary and repeated victimisation at the hands of the same attacker, for example women who are victims of gender-based violence. Only through individual assessments, carried out at the earliest opportunity by those in a position to make recommendations on protection measures, can such vulnerabilities be effectively identified. The assessment should in particular take into account age, gender and gender identity, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, state of health, disability, communication difficulties, relationship to or dependence on the suspected or accused person, previous experience of crime, the type or nature of the crime such as organised crime, terrorism, or bias crimes, the results of the crime and the trauma suffered by the victim, and whether the victim is a foreign victim. Victims of terrorism require particular attention in any assessment given the varying nature of such acts ranging from mass acts of terrorism to targeted terrorism against individuals. Women who are victims of gender-based violence and their children also require special attention and immediate protection because there is a high risk of repeat victimisation together with huge trauma due to the crime being committed by someone whom the victim ought to be able to trust.
Amendment 184 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Victims who have been identified as vulnerableare deemed to have specific needs should be offered appropriate measures to protect them during criminal proceedings. The exact nature and extent of any such measuresfrom when victimisation begins, and before, during and after criminal proceedings or any other judicial process connected with the crime. The exact nature and extent of any such measures should comply with the dictates of international law and with international rules on protection, and should be determined through the individual assessment, in discussions with the victim and in accordance with rules of judicial discretion. The victim's concerns and fears in relation to proceedings should be a key factor in determining whether they need any particular measure.
Amendment 188 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Implementation of this Directive should take account of the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the CEDAW Committee’s recommendations and decisions and the Convention of the Council of Europe on preventing and combating violence against women.
Amendment 190 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The risk of further victimisation either by the offender or as a result of participation in criminal proceedings should be limited by carrying out proceedings in a co-ordinated manner which places the rights and needs of the victims at the centre, treats victims with respect and enables them to establish trust in authorities. Interaction with authorities should be as easy as possible whilst limiting the number of unnecessary interactions the victim has with them through for example video recording of interviews and allowing its use in court proceedings or through recourse to specialist victim support services. As wide a range of measures as possible should be made available to practitioners, including effective protection measures prohibiting any contact with the victim by the accused, so as to prevent distress to the victim duringbefore, during and after court proceedings in particular as a result of visual contact with the offender, his family, associates or members of the public. To that end, Member States are encouraged to introduce, where appropriate, feasible and practical measures enabling court facilities to include separate waiting areas for victims. Protecting the privacy of the victim can be an important means of preventing further victimisation and can be achieved through a range of measures including non-disclosure or limitations on the disclosure of information concerning the identity and whereabouts of the victim. Such protection is particularly important for child victims, including non-disclosure of the name of the child.
Amendment 238 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point e
Article 2 – point e
e. 'restorative justice services' means services which have as their objective to bring together the victim and the accused with a view to reaching a voluntary agreement between them on how the harm arising from the offence can be addresfacilitating a process to bring about an out-of-court settlement of the case, through a voluntary agreement in which the accused accepts his responsibility in the crime and promises reparation, payment for damages and compensation for the victim, providing that the victim agrees to this and the accused meets the conditions imposed;.
Amendment 243 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – point g a (new)
ga) ‘victim support services’ means services which offer either full or partial support, including accompanying or representing the victim in court; these services shall be independent and have defending the rights and needs of the victim as their fundamental objective; victim support services also comprise specialist services for specific groups of victims, such as victims of gender-based violence, children, victims of terrorist attacks, etc.
Amendment 244 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) ‘gender-based violence’ means violence against a woman which is directed against her because she is a woman, or that affects women disproportionally, or violence that is directed against a person because of his or her gender or gender identity.
Amendment 248 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point g b (new)
Article 2 – point g b (new)
(gb)’violence in close relationships’ means violence that is committed against a victim by a person who is a current or former spouse or partner or other family member of the victim. Women are affected disproportionally by this type of violence.
Amendment 266 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – point j a (new)
(ja) how and under which conditions they can obtain protection measures.
Amendment 280 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that victims are offered the opportunity to be notified when the person, without unnecessary delay, when the person arrested, remanded in custody, prosecuted or sentenced for offences concerning them is released from or has escaped detention. Victims shall receive this information where they have expressed such a wish. also be informed of any measures taken for the protection of victims such as restraining orders or no- contact orders. Member States shall ensure that victims are provided with effective support and assistance when receiving that information.
Amendment 288 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Article 5
Member States shall take measures to ensure that victims and members of their family fully understand and can be fully understood during any interaction they have with public authorities in criminal proceedingsthe competent authorities from their first contact with them, during and after the conclusion of criminal proceedings or other processes connected with the crime, including where information is provided by such authorities.
Amendment 314 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that victims and their family members, in accordance with their needs, have access to free of charge, confidential victim support services acting independently and in the interest of the victim from the moment the victims suffer harm, during the criminal proceedings and after their conclusion and regardless of where the crime took place.
Amendment 320 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Victims of certain specific types of crime, such as gender-based violence or child abuse, shall have access to specialist support services to ensure they receive the best possible support.
Amendment 323 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) information on or referral to, as appropriate, specialist servicedirect referral of victims of certain types of crime to specialist support services, to ensure that they do not have to be referred, or give statements, on a multiple occasions;
Amendment 326 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall facilitate the referral of victims, by the authority that received the complaint and other relevant agencies, to victim support servicecompetent authority and other relevant agencies that received the complaint, to victim support services. Victims of certain types of crime shall be referred directly to specialist support services to ensure that they are not referred on multiple occasions.
Amendment 328 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall promotensure the setting up or development of specialist support services, including women's shelters, specialist support services for victims of gender-based violence, victims of violence in close relationships and their family members, in addition to general victim support services.
Amendment 338 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9
Article 9
Member States shall ensure that victims may bare heard during criminal proceedings and mayare entitled to supply evidence.
Amendment 358 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) the suspected or accused person or offender must have accepted responsibility for their act and must be willing to make full redress, including payment to cover the cost of damage caused and compensation for any loss or injury suffered;
Amendment 361 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) discussions in mediation or other restorative justice processes that are not conducted in public are confidential and are not subsequently disclosed, except if the accused commits acts which are subject to criminal or other sanctions during the process, or with the agreement of the parties or as required by national law due to an overriding public interest.
Amendment 363 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
e (a) victims must be entitled to guidance from a support person throughout the restorative justice process and must have the right to refuse to meet the accused person.
Amendment 364 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) victims should have the right to a support person in all restorative justice processes.
Amendment 370 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a) Member States shall ensure that victims have the right to have reviewed any decision concerning the out-of-court settlement of cases. The Member States shall ensure that victims are provided with sufficient information to decide whether to request a review of any decision concerning the out-of-court settlement of cases.
Amendment 371 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Restorative justice measures should not be applied in cases of severe or repeat violation of the physical, sexual, or psychological integrity of the victim.
Amendment 386 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall not apply where national law provides for restitution or compensation to be awarded in another manner. However, victims must not be referred to the civil courts to claim damages or compensation, since this would be very likely to cause them repeat trauma, stress and other excessive burdens.
Amendment 388 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take measures to encouraoblige offenders to provide adequate compensation to victims.
Amendment 398 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that measures are available to identify any risk of retaliation, intimidation or further or repeated victimisation, and to protect the safety and dignity of victims and their family members from retaliation, intimidation, repeat or further victimisation, such as provisional restraining, estrangement or protection orders, from the first instance of contact with the competent authorities to the conclusion of court proceedings and any other related legal procedure.
Amendment 404 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1, shall in particular include procedures for the physical protection of victims and their family members, measures to ensure that contact between offenders and victims may be avoided within premises whsuch as emergency barring orders, protection and restraining orders, measures to ensure that contact between offenders and victims and their family members can be avoided from the time of reporting, during and aftere criminal proceedings are conductedand other legal proceedings, and measures to ensure that the risk of psychological or emotional harm to victims during questioning or when testifying is minimised and their safety and dignity are secured.
Amendment 448 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 458 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19
Article 19
Member States shall progressively establish the necessary conditions to enable avoidance of contact between victims and their relatives and accused or suspected persons or criminals in any venue where victims may have personal contact with publicthe competent authorities due to their being a victim and in particular venues where criminal proceedings are conducted and where restorative justice services are provided, except when victims expressly request it.
Amendment 463 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall, in the case of gender-based violence, respect the rights of victims not to be interviewed by the perpetrator in court.
Amendment 476 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
c (a) women who have been victims of gender violence shall be entitled to an interview with a female official with appropriate training in this field;
Amendment 486 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – point a
Article 22 – point a
a) in criminal investigations, all interviews with the victim may be video recorded and such video recordedusing audiovisual equipment and such interviews may be used, in accordance with national law, as evidence in criminal court proceedings, but may not be copied by the defendant or his representative;
Amendment 502 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Professional staff that come into contact with victims and have the opportunity to be involved in a process that begins to repair the harm caused to victims and Member States shall ensure that police, prosecutors and, court staff receive both general and specialist, lawyers and any other officials likely to come into contact with victims, receive the necessary support and training to a level appropriate to their contact with victims to sensitise them to the needs of victims and to deal with them in an impartial, respectful and, professional manner, and empowering manner, and to contribute to begin to repair harm and rebuild trust.
Amendment 535 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27
Article 27
Member States shall communicate to the European Commission data related to the application of national procedures on victims of crime by [two years after the date of adop, including at least the number of reported crimes, gender and age of victims and alleged perpetrators, nationality of the victims, the relationship of the perpetrator to the victim, the number, type or nature of the reported crimes, the attrition]s at the latestnd the number of convictions, the protective measures issued, and the type of services that victims were referred to by ...*.
Amendment 6 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas rape and sexual abuse are used as weapons of war to humiliate and psychologically weaken the enemy; whereas victims are often stigmatised, rejected, mistreated and, in order to restore honour of the community, are sometimes even murdered,
Amendment 10 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Vienna Declaration, adopted on 25 June 1993 by the UN World Conference on Human Rights, states that ‘The human rights of women and of the girl-child are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights’
Amendment 14 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in many cases violence against women in armed conflicts constitutes not only physical and/or sexual abuse but also a violation of their economic, social and cultural rights
Amendment 19 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, in most countries, gender- related actions are not regarded as a high priority, gender being seen as a subsidiary issue and cultural, religious and socio- economic practices being used as excuses for obstructing progress in the area of gender equality and women’s rights,
Amendment 21 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas history has shown that the making of war appears to be a highly male-dominated activity and that therefore there is reason to expect that the particular skills of women in dialogue and non-violence might contribute in a very positive way to peaceful conflict prevention and management,
Amendment 23 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas women’s participation in governance, whether in time of peace or war, continues to be limited, yet it remains a top priority and a critical element for achieving gender equality,
Amendment 24 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the presence of women at the negotiating table and in active roles in peaceful transitions constitute a necessary but insufficient step towards democracy and gender equality and therefore women require support and accompaniment on this political journey,
Amendment 27 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the underlying causes of the vulnerability of women in conflict situations often lie in a general social undervaluation of women and their limited access, inter alia, to education and the labour market, and whereas the emancipation of women is therefore a necessary precondition for combating gender-specific violence in armed conflicts,
Amendment 30 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas, in post-conflict countries undergoing processes of reconstruction and reintegration, institutional mechanisms and commitments to gender equality are effective first steps toward protecting and promoting women’s rights; whereas the involvement of all relevant actors, such as governments and political representatives, NGOs, civil society groups and academics, as well as the direct participation of women’s groups and networks, is the essential pre- condition for achieving shared and sustainable development,
Amendment 32 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas it is crucial to provide financial and technical support to women’s organisations in order to promote programmes for the most vulnerable members of the population, including migrant, internally displaced and refugee women;
Amendment 37 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the positive role that women play in conflict resolution and in post-conflict reconstruction and in particular in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) programmes and stresses the importance of ensuring adequate technical and financial assistance in support of programmes enabling women to participate to the full in the conduct of peace negotiations and empowering women in civil society as a whole, and to ensure full participation of women in DDR programmes;
Amendment 56 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for adequate EU funding, including under the Instrument for Stability, for supporting women’s effective participation in representative institutions at national and local level as well as innd in all decision-making levels in conflict resolution, peace negotiations, peace- building and post-conflict planning;
Amendment 59 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that in post-conflict situations, women’s peace movements and women’s organisations should receive pedagogical, political, financial and legal support, so as to bring about a democratic society respectful of women’s rights as well as gender equality in constitutional, legislative and policy reforms;
Amendment 62 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly condemns the continued use of sexual violence against women as a tactic of warand weapon of war and stresses that this phenomenon needs to be addressed through support programmes for victims;
Amendment 70 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Condemns violence against women in all circumstances but calls for zero tolerance of the sexual exploitation of children, girls and women in armed conflicts and refugee camps; demands severe administrative and criminal penalties for humanitarian staff, representatives of international institutions, peacekeeping forces and diplomats guilty of such exploitation;
Amendment 74 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of NGOs and women’s organisations in identifying women’s problems and in finding adequate solutions, in developing the democratic processes and stability in the post-conflict regions; encourages the work of these NGOs and suggests the sharing of best practice in the field of gender equality among the countries concerned, as well as with European NGO networks;
Amendment 83 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Demands that women who are victims of ill-treatment and violence during conflicts be able to lodge complaints with international courts under conditions compatible with their dignity and under the protection of those courts against physical assault and trauma owing to their being questioned in situations which display insensitivity to trauma; demands that in such cases the women concerned obtain redress in both civil and criminal terms, and that assistance programmes be implemented to help them achieve economic, social and psychological reinsertion;
Amendment 86 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 - indent 3
Paragraph 9 - indent 3
– programmes providing health courses and easily accessible literature, notably on reproductive and sexual health, targeting women and men;
Amendment 93 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the need to complement the image of women as vulnerable victims with an image of women as a highly differentiated group of social actors, who possess valuable resources and capacities and who have their own agendas; women influence the course of events, and they must shape the development process; considers that women who have been victims of war, should no longer be seen only as war victims but rather as actors of stabilisation and conflict resolution; stresses that women in general can only fulfil this role once equally represented in political and economic decision-making;
Amendment 94 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Points out that people’s understanding of the role of women in post-war societies and of their contributions to post-war reconstruction must go beyond the universalistic narrative of "women’s experience of war" and that the specificity and diversity of women’s experiences must be acknowledged;
Amendment 99 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need to mainstream a gender perspective into peace research, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping operations, post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction and to ensure a gender component in field programmes;
Amendment 102 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Highlights the Commission’s call for the EU to support third countries in complying with and implementing international obligations, such as The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, The Cairo Programme of Action, the Beijing Platform for Action , and UN Millennium Declaration;
Amendment 105 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines the importance of awareness-raising campaigns in the fight against stereotypes, discrimination (gender-based, cultural, religion-based) and domestic violence, and for gender equality in general; notes that these campaigns should be complemented by the promotion of a positive picture through female role models in the media and advertising, educational materials and the internet;
Amendment 108 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights the important roll played by the EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace which aims to identify approaches with which to integrate gender equality and women’s human rights into new aid modalities, and to provide support for national partners’ efforts to fulfil international obligations on gender equality and to match their commitment to gender equality with adequate financial allocations in national development programmes and budgets; stresses that this project has a specific focus on the role of women in conflict and post- conflict situations, and especially on the proper implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
Amendment 110 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Welcomes the various initiatives to create gender-specific early warning and conflict surveillance indicators, e.g. those taken in the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Council of Europe, the Swiss Foundation for Peace, International Alert and the Forum on Early Warning and Early Response;
Amendment 111 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Emphasises the importance of putting women at the centre of water supply, sanitation and hygiene policy in conflict and post conflict areas and emphasises, therefore, the importance of increasing access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation and water for productive uses;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2309(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
– guarding against and preventing any form of advertising that could be related to the provision of services linked to the trafficking or exploitation of human beings;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that, in times of demographic change, the Roma population, which has been part of our common heritage for centuries, should be given the means through good quality education, decent housing and job opportunities to fully integrate the work place and contribute to economic development as foreseen in the EU 2020 strategy; calls on the Member States and the local and regional authorities, therefore, to increase their efforts now, by reinforcing their effective strategies for addressing effectively the specific circumstances (deep poverty, lack of education, poor health conditions) of marginalised communities, in order to ensure their social and economic integration;
Amendment 26 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to promote information and awareness campaigns to facilitate and improve access to education and other services, particularly in the field of health, social services, advice regarding welfare entitlements, especially women’s entitlements, child-related services, and services facilitating reintegration, with the emphasis on employment market re-entry and vocational training services;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for more structured coordination of local, regional, national and European policies regarding the Roma community in order to make a sustainable impact and improve policy making at local, regional, national and European level; urges policy makers at every level to consult Roma communities, associations and NGOs which are seeking to uphold the rights of the Roma and secure their social and employment market reintegration, focusing in particular on women;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas women entrepreneurs are a heterogeneous group, varying in terms of age, background and education, and they are active in a wide range of sectors and businesses; whereas women are often unjustifiably perceived to lack entrepreneurial characteristics and propensities such as self-confidence, assertiveness and risk- taking,
Amendment 51 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages Member States and regional and local authorities to make better use of the funding opportunities that are available to female entrepreneurs through special grants, venture capital, social security provisions and interest rate rebates that will allow fair and equal access to finance, such as the European Progress Microfinance Facility, which provides micro-credits of up to EUR 25 000 to micro-enterprises and to those who want to start their own small business without access to traditional banking services, such as those who are unemployed;
Amendment 64 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges Member States toConsiders that it should be ensured that women who have become insolvent or bankrupt have access to financial recovery assistance and support in order that they may continue with their business aspirations;
Amendment 71 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States to introduceestablish, together with business schools and organisations and national organisations for women, investment readiness programmes that can help women create viable business plans that provide investors with appropriately structured and relevant information;
Amendment 76 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to consider the creation ofonsiders it important to create mentoring schemes making particular use of active ageing schemes that harness the advice and experience of retired male and female entrepreneurial professionals;
Amendment 91 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to embraceand regional authorities to look at the possibility of including national educational concepts for ‘young entrepreneurship’ in upper secondary schools so that over the course of a school year female students can, if they wish to do so, experience the lifecycle of a business through the start-up, running and winding up of a company, linking to this process mentoring from teachers and ‘active ageing’ advisors from the local business community;
Amendment 97 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks Member Statthe EU institutions, Member States and regional authorities to encourage female one-year entrepreneurship or apprenticeship programmes at universities, where students conduct development projects based on real business concepts with the objective to already start a viable and profitable company during the years of education; considers furthermore that alumni and student association activities should form an integral part of this process to instil confidence and a ‘role model’ mentality in students; asks the Commission to encourage the exchange of best practices in this field;
Amendment 99 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks Member States to take accountStresses the importance of the European entrepreneur exchange programme ‘Erasmus for young entrepreneurs’, the specific objective of which is to contribute to enhancing entrepreneurship, internationalisation and competitiveness of potential start-up entrepreneurs in the EU and newly established micro and small enterprises, and which offers new entrepreneurs the possibility to work for up to 6 months with an experienced entrepreneur in his/her SME in another EU country; recommends specific scholarships to be provided for female students with outstanding potential, culminating in ‘best practice’ award ceremonies for successful graduates;
Amendment 112 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Member States to encourage females to become involvedEmphasises that there is a need to promote women's participation in local chambers of commerce, lobbying groups and industry-based organisations that form the mainstream business community so that they can develop and strengthen competitive business skills;
Amendment 121 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks the Commission to promote the exchange of best practices in order to encourage entrepreneurship amongst women; asks Member States to encourage and make provisions for female leaders of SMEs to be linked with the appropriate business leaders in other fields so that they may have the opportunity to share experiences and practices and gain a better understanding of the wider business world;
Amendment 136 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for measures to be taken by Member States and regional and local authorities to improve the social, cultural and legal position of female co- entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in SMEs, especially in science, engineering and industrial sectors in urban and rural areas;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that disabled childrenpersons are often cared for by their motherswomen, who have to cope with medical, educational and administrative procedures, which has an adverse impact on their careers; calls on Member States to make working hours more flexible so that these women are no longer excluded from the job market;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2272(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the importance of optimising the use of EU funding instruments, particularly the Structural Funds, to promote accessibility and non- discrimination for persons with disabilities, paying particular attention to women who often face multiple discrimination, and of increasing the visibility of funding possibilities for such actions in post-2013 programmes;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas the challenges faced by the Union and its citizens, such as the global economic crisis, the rapid rise of emerging economies, the transition to a low-carbon society, ageing populations threatening the sustainability of its social model, the need for real equality between women and men, the shift in the global distribution of production and savings to emerging economies, as well as the threats of terrorism and organised crime, require a strong response from the Union and its Member States,
Amendment 13 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 (new)
Paragraph 9 (new)
9. Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility, the promotion of gender equality and lifelong learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; highlights that achieving this target will require not only a reduction in unemployment but also many of the inactive persons, most of them women, to enter the labour market;
Amendment 16 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 (new)
Paragraph 12 (new)
12. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, women, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving equality between women and men, labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion and all forms of discrimination;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 (new)
Paragraph 17 (new)
17. Notes that economic, cultural and social growth of the Union can only thrive in a stable, lawful and secure environment, safeguarding civil liberties and promoting the equality between women and men and the equality of opportunities; considers, accordingly, that efficient home affairs policies are a pre- requisite for economic recovery and an essential element in a wider political and strategic context; underlines the important role of 'home affairs' policies in the Union’s external dimension;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19 (new)
Paragraph 19 (new)
19. Stresses that EU foreign policy should be based on Union's founding principles and values, namely democracy, respect for human rights, and the rule of law and the promotion of equality between women and men; reiterates the need to equip the Union with adequate and targeted means to promote these values globally;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23 (new)
Paragraph 23 (new)
23. Proposes, therefore, the following structure for the next MFF: 1. Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (Europe 2020) 1a. Knowledge for growth and employment Including research and innovation, education and lifelong learning, internal market and social policies. 1b. Sustainable development Including agriculture, fisheries, environment, climate change, energy, and transport policies. 1c. Cohesion for growth and employment Including cohesion policy (economic, social and territorial). 2. Citizenship Including culture, youth, equality between women and men, communication and freedom, security and justice policies. 3. Global Europe Including external action, neighbourhood and development policies. 4. Financial Governance Including a link to the European Stability Mechanism. 5. Administration.
Amendment 17 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas male violence against women is a major obstacle to gender equality, and is one of the most widespread forms of violation of human rights, including the right to life, to security, to dignity and to physical and mental integrity, as well as the right to free choice and the right to sexual and reproductive health, while also having no geographical, economic or social limits,
Amendment 18 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas male violence against women is a structural problem present everywhere in Europe and the world, and a phenomenon which affects both victims and perpetrators irrespective of age, educational level, income level or social position and is bound up with the inequalities existing in the distribution of power between women and men in society,
Amendment 33 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas male violence against women shapes women’s place in society: their health, access to employment and education, integration into social and cultural activities, economic independence, participation in public and political life and decision-making, and relations with men, and can condemn women to situations of marginality, poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 37 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in many cases women fail to lodge complaints against acts of gender violence against them, for reasons that are complex and diverse and include psychological, economic, social and cultural factors, while they may also lack trust in the police, the legal system and the social and health services,
Amendment 47 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the kinds of violence perpetrated against women vary between cultures and traditions, while female genital mutilation, 'honour killings' and forced marriages are a reality in the EU,
Amendment 52 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. having regard to the alarming number of women who are victims of gender violence,
Amendment 107 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that several Member States still do not regard gender-based violence as a publicn offence and still require a victim complaint or private prosecution, which constitutes a failure of these states to exercise due diligence;
Amendment 112 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States and the Community institutions to take due account of the specific circumstances of certain groups of women who are especially vulnerable to violence, including members of minorities, women who are immigrants or refugees, women living in poverty in isolated rural communities, women who are imprisoned or institutionalised, young girls, lesbians, women with disabilities and elderly women;
Amendment 113 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses how important it is for all those working with women who are victims of gender-based violence to have suitable training, and especially people representing the legal system and law enforcement, with special reference to the police, judges, social workers and healthcare workers;
Amendment 114 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Urges the Member States to recognise rape and sexual violence against women, particularly within marriage and intimate informal relationships and/or where committed by male relatives, as a crime in cases where the victim did not give consent, and to ensure that such offences result in automatic prosecution and that any reference to cultural traditional or religious practices as a mitigating factor in cases of violence against women, including so-called ‘crimes of honour’ and female genital mutilation, is rejected;
Amendment 115 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls for mechanisms to be established by which women who are victims of gender-based violence and human trafficking networks, irrespective of their nationality, may obtain free legal advice and allowances enabling them to leave the marital home or the trafficking network;
Amendment 116 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Insists on the need to improve cooperation among legal professionals and the exchange of best practices in the fight against discrimination and gender violence, and to find ways of eliminating obstacles to the recognition of legal acts in other Member States, including sentences for gender-violence offences and injunctions against violent men;
Amendment 117 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Asks the European Commission and the Member States to do everything possible to ensure that the directives on the European protection order and on the trafficking of human beings are adopted as soon as possible;
Amendment 118 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Welcomes the creation of special courts dealing with gender-based violence in some Member States, and calls on all the Member States to pursue this initiative;
Amendment 119 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Calls for any alleged instance of violence against women, in whatever form, to constitute sufficient grounds for accepting a woman’s application for asylum;
Amendment 147 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for records concerning gender- based violence to play a central role within the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS);
Amendment 177 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that Member States should devote appropriate resources to preventing and combating violence against women, including through recourse to the Structural Funds; stresses the importance of campaigns to raise awareness and inform public opinion about gender-based violence, of bringing in strategies to change social stereotypical views of women through education and the media and of encouraging the exchange of good practice;
Amendment 181 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to step up measures to prevent gender-based violence among young people by providing for targeted education campaigns and better cooperation among stakeholders and the various circles affected by the phenomenon, such as families, schools, the public arena, and the media;
Amendment 182 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses the importance of the Member States and the regional and local authorities undertaking actions to facilitate the return to the labour market of women who have been victims of gender-based violence through instruments such as the ESF or the Progress Programme;
Amendment 185 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to address on the international stage all forms of violence against women under human rights violations, in particular in the context of EU enlargement, bilateral association agreements and international trade agreements;
Amendment 7 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the fact that rural and farm tourism make a vital contribution to improving the quality of life in rural areas and in the diversification of the rural economy, and helpcreating new opportunities, especially for young people and women, given that these activities in all ways complement the traditional primary sector activities, indeed reinforcing them in the case of farm tourism, and contributing to arresting the depopulation of rural areas, while also helping to preserve cultural identities and traditional customs;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that tourism has a tangible impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion of all the Member States; stresses also that tourism represents the main resource of some EU regions, such as islands, outlying regions, remote border towns and regions that are lagging behind economically, and that it has a direct impact on growth in other sectors; considers that tourism also offers an opportunity for economic recovery in regions affected by depopulation;
Amendment 12 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Stresses that rural tourism and farm tourism make up a non-polluting sector of the economy which is not liable to relocation, and whose special characteristics render it, unlike other forms of tourism in Europe such as beach tourism, less dependent on seasonal factors; a commitment to its development is therefore also a commitment to creating new sources of permanent quality jobs;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises also that rural and farm tourism require special attention as they are more vulnerable in specific aspects than other tourism sectors, including the need to improve infrastructure in rural areas as well as the public transport networks linking them to cities, the limited access to credit for the development of farm tourism activities, and insufficiently-structured supply with poor connections to the market;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to promote training and innovation as pillars for developing the competitiveness of rural and farm tourism; recalls that most firms active in this sector are microbusinesses which have a key role to play in job creation for women and young people; therefore supports creating instruments for improving skills levels which can be transferred to other activities in the countryside;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6a (new)
Paragraph 6a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to raise awareness among the public, in both the EU and third countries, of what farm tourism has to offer, enhancing its profile on the Community portal visiteeuropa.com; also proposes developing the links between tourism offers and the Nature 2000 network, so as to increase the visibility of protection and conservation efforts in the areas concerned, thus helping to boost their development;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6b (new)
Paragraph 6b (new)
6b. Recalls that one in six people in the EU have a disability of some kind, and therefore considers it vital to promote forms of rural and farm tourism that are adapted and accessible to those with disabilities or reduced mobility;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that social, economic and environmental sustainability are a prerequisite for developing and maintaining all tourism activity; urges the Commission to develop a ‘European label’ in order to create a profile for products and services of excellence and at the same time enhance Europe’s image worldwide; urges the Commission to rely on advice from those Member States with experience in the development, implementation and administration of tourist quality labels;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9a (new)
Paragraph 9a (new)
9a. Proposes to the Commission the establishment of a specific strategy for the development of rural and farm tourism, as in the case of that existing for beach tourism, which would promote new forms of public action on the basis of coordination and leadership from the institutions and the necessary public- private cooperation; also favours developing a European network of excellence for rural tourism, together with a classification scheme;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9b (new)
Paragraph 9b (new)
9b. Proposes to the Commission the establishment of uniform criteria for introducing quality indicators for rural and farm tourism, as already exists in the traditional hotel industry, on the basis of a strict set of criteria for awarding those indicators and thus ensuring that they are not devalued;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that the development of sustainable and socially responsible forms of tourism would provide local economies with a lasting source of income and a means of promoting stable employment, while at the same time making it possible to safeguard and enhance the landscape and the cultural, historical and social heritage of every region;
Amendment 52 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the local and regional authorities to encourage and support the development of networks and the creation of partnerships for the exchange of good practice and the creation of common tourist labels; hopes that concrete initiatives will be undertaken in support of innovation and the development of new information technologies, and that access will be facilitated for stakeholders in the tourist industry, and particularly small– and medium–sized enterprises, to the relevant financial instruments;
Amendment 63 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to counterbalance the effects of seasonal tourism by diversifying tourism and through tourist specialisation, including via support for new forms of tourism such as health tourism, especially spa tourism, ecological and rural tourism, culinary tours, cultural tours and socially-responsible tourism, in particular when aimed at people with reduced mobility, young people, school pupils and the elderly, who constitute a market with huge growth potential; welcomes the positive results achieved by the CALYPSO programme and calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of extending it indefinitely;
Amendment 74 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for greater emphasis to be placed on quality of employment in the tourism sector, with a focus on training with a high language and technology content, on support for SMEs and entrepreneurship among women and young people, on labour force mobility thanks to various Community programmes and on combating undeclared work; encourages the Member States and local authorities to make use of the vocational training tools offered by the European Social Fund and by other Community and national instruments;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas according to Decision 1098/2008/EC mentioned above, the activities in the framework of the European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion should take account of the different risks and dimensions of poverty and social exclusion experienced by women and men; whereas 79 million Europeans live below the poverty line and 17% of all women in the EU’s 27 countries are classed as living in poverty; whereas, moreover, in the past 10 years the number of women living in poverty has risen disproportionately in relation to the number of men,
Amendment 3 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union is confronted with a major economic, financial and social crisis that affectparticularly handicaps women in the labour market and in their personal lives, sin particular women at risk of poverty,ce they are more likely to be in insecure jobs, more liable to be made redundant and less likely to have social security cover; whereas, moreover, in times of economic recession, people who are already at risk of falling into poverty, the majority of whom are women, become even more vulnerable, especially groups that already face numerous disadvantages;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women are traditionally at greater risk of poverty and limited pensions, especially women aged over 65, who are often in receipt of pensions barely above the minimum subsistence level,
Amendment 10 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas gender equality is a weapon for fighting poverty amongst women, as it has a positive impact on productivity and economic growth and leads to greater participation of women in the labour market, which in turn has many social and economic benefits,
Amendment 16 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas high-quality full-time employment with rights is a safeguard against poverty and social exclusion as well as a springboard to financial and psychological independence;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas access to affordable, high- quality support services such as children’s care facilities, facilities for the elderly and other dependants is important for equal participation of women and men in the labour market and as a means to prevent and reduce poverty,
Amendment 35 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the conditions of some groups of women who often face double discrimination, such as disabled women, women with dependants, elderly women, unskilled or low-skilled women, long-term unemployed women, immigrant women, and ethnic minority women, especially Romagypsy women, contribute to raising the risk of finding themselves in situation of poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 41 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that those living in poverty – more than 85 million in all – are for the most part women, a situation brought about by unemployment, casual labour, low wages, pensions below the minimum subsistence level, and the widespread difficulty of obtaining access to good public services;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that it is essential to guarantee equal access to resources, rights and power, implying a need to bring about social and cultural change, eliminate stereotypes and promote equality;
Amendment 48 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to take into account the gender dimension in their plans for recovery from the recession and to adjust budgets to ensure equality of access to public-sector expenditure, with a view to both enhancing productive capacity and meeting women’s social needs;
Amendment 70 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to eliminate gender inequalities in employment as part of the EU 2020 Strategy; strongly encourages establishing as an objective the reduction of the gender pay gap by 1% each year in order to achieve a target of 10% reduction by 2020; stresses, moreover, the need for positive action to increase female representation in political, economic and corporate decision-making bodies;
Amendment 75 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to continue with initiatives aimed at recognising the informal economy and quantifying the ‘economics of life’, using gender-specific approaches in accordance with the ‘Beyond GDP’ project launched by the Commission; calls on the Member States to provide appropriate social benefits for women and men who take care of elderly, sick or disabled relatives, and for elderly women, who receive particularly small pensions;
Amendment 82 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the crucial importance of reforming macroeconomic, social and labour-market policies, in order to guarantee economic and social justice for women, to reconsider the methods used to determine the poverty rate and to develop strategies to promote the fair distribution of wealth, to guarantee a minimum income and decent wages and pensions, to create more high-quality jobs for women, coupled with rights, to enable women and girls to benefit from public services of a high standard, and to improve welfare provision and neighbourhood services, including crèches, kindergartens and other forms of pre-school education, day centres, community leisure and family support centres and intergenerational centres, which should be made affordable and accessible to women and men and younger and older people alike and should be compatible with full-time working hours;
Amendment 85 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to consider grantingreviewing taxation and social protection systems with a view to individualiseding rights in pensions and social security, guaranteeing equal pension rights and removing incentives that adversely affect women’s labour-market and social participation, suchemes as joint taxation and grants for caring for dependants that are linked to women being inactive on the job market, as a tool to combat the risk of poverty;
Amendment 89 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphases the importance of developing the legal construct of shared ownership with the aim of ensuring that women’s rights in the agricultural sector are fully recognised, that they receive appropriate social security protection and that their work is recognised; stresses, what is more, the need for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) Regulation to be amended to enable, as happens with the European Social Fund (ESF), proactive measures to be taken in support of women in the 2014- 2020 programming period, which was feasible in previous periods but not in the current one, and which will have very beneficial effects on female employment in rural areas;
Amendment 109 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the risk of falling into poverty is greater for women than for men, particularly in old age, where social security systems are based on the principle of continuous remunerated employment; points out that, in some cases, women do not fulfil this requirement because of interruptions to their work and that they are penalised because of discrimination on the labour market, in particular because of the wage gap, maternity leave and part-time work;part-time work, or as a result of taking a break from or stopping work to take on family responsibilities, or of having worked in their husband’s business, particularly in the commercial and agriculture sectors, without remuneration and without social security affiliation; all such cases reduce the pension payments many women receive which often barely offer them an acceptable standard of living; adds that, in times of economic recession, the risk of falling into poverty is even greater for these women,
Amendment 119 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that violence against women, which affects victims and perpetrators irrespective of age, education, income or social position, is still a major problem at European Union level and has an increasing impact on the risk of povertymarginalisation, poverty and social exclusion, as it has a direct influence on women’s health and their capacity to access the labour market; once again calls on the Commission to establish a European Year for combating violence against women;
Amendment 128 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Emphasises the importance of the Member States and regional and local authorities taking action to aid reintegration into the labour market for women who have suffered gender violence, using instruments such as the ESF or the PROGRESS programme;
Amendment 130 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of the structured social dialogue in fighting women’s poverty; points, in this regard, to the need to improve systems for taking part in, and collaborating with, women’s organisations and civil society in general;
Amendment 145 #
2010/2162(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Emphasises the positive effect which equality between men and women has on economic growth; points out that various studies estimate that if employment, part- time employment and productivity rates for women were similar to those for men, GDP would increase by 30%, which would not only benefit the economy as a whole but also reduce the risk run by many women of falling into poverty;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas demographic change is characterised by population ageing and substantial migration flows both from third countries into the EU and within the EU from east to west and from rural to urban areas,
Amendment 6 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the competent regional and local authorities to put more effort into analysing the effectiveness of the introduction of equal opportunities policies for women and men and measures to combat discrimination, in particular within the context of demographic change, characterised by the ageing population and substantial migration flows both from third countries into the EU and within the EU from East to West and from rural to urban areas;
Amendment 16 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the competent regional and local authorities to promote an SME culture and to foster the spirit of enterprise in women, encouraging them to set up in business, in order to prevent a ‘brain drain’ of young people from rural areas to urban areas, especially young women with good university and professional training; highlights the major contribution made by the structural funds and microcredit in making access to finance easier for women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that one of the key ways to address the demographic challenge is to try and maintain a reasonable balance in the composition of the population by gender and age, so it is essential to encourage young people and women to stay in their places of origin through the guarantee of sufficient job opportunities and a decent supply of social and cultural services; stresses that the exodus of women belonging to economically active age groups results in the so-called ‘masculinisation’ of the rural population which, combined with the over-ageing population of women in single person households and the abandonment of farming, are the main causes of depopulation and economic decline in the EU's rural areas, with negative consequences for the quality of life of the community and demographic trends;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the competent regionnational, regional and local authorities to put in place measures to enable people to reconcile work and family life, by giving them the opportunity to choose freely between genuine, equivalent alternatives, with a view to increasing theparticularly more flexible working conditions and the sufficient provision of high-quality and affordable services to take care of children, the elderly and other dependents that allow parents, and especially mothers, to combine work and family life; emphasises that countries which have introduced proper policies on reconciling work and family life by giving people the opportunity to choose freely between genuine, equivalent alternatives have managed to raise both labour market participation rates for men and women and birth rates;
Amendment 26 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of local and regional authorities in Europe in promoting equal opportunities for women and men in order to help meet the demographic challenge, and urges them to integrate a relevant policy into their decentralised cooperation projects, in order, in particular, to enable very poor womenwomen, especially the most vulnerable (immigrants, those belonging to minorities, disabled women, women who have been victims of gender-based violence, unemployed women aged over 45, etc.), to have access to new information technologies and micro-financing of business activities;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that a political framework for gender equality can help face demographic challenges; requests, therefore, that the issue of gender equality should be taken into consideration in all debates on regional policy, and in particular on all matters relating to demographic issues;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that one of the key ways to address the demographic challenge is to try and maintain a reasonable balance in the composition of the population by gender and age, so it is essential to encourage young people and women to stay in their places of origin through the guarantee of sufficient job opportunities and a decent supply of social and cultural services; stresses that the exodus of women belonging to economically active age groups results in the so-called ‘masculinisation’ of the rural population which, combined with the over-ageing population of women in single person households and the abandonment of farming, are the main causes of depopulation and economic decline in the EU's rural areas, with negative consequences for the quality of life of the community and demographic trends;
Amendment 77 #
2010/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the competent national, regional and local authorities to put in place measures to enable people to reconcile work and family life, particularly more flexible working conditions and the sufficient provision of high-quality and affordable services to take care of children, the elderly and other dependents; emphasises that countries which have introduced proper policies on reconciling work and family life have managed to raise both labour market participation rates for men and women and birth rates, thus helping to anchor the local population;
Amendment 132 #
2010/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Proposes that more funding should be provided for the integration of immigrantsthe most vulnerable groups in society, particularly women, who are often the victims of double discrimination: immigrants, minorities, people with disabilities, the long-term unemployed, people with few qualifications and other groups at risk of social exclusion, in order to dispel prejudices, and that training, advice and communal events to encourage exchanges, the granting of microcredits for commercial activities, access to new information technologies, etc. could be promoted;
Amendment 159 #
2010/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that demographic developments in the regions should be statistically measured; calls on the Commission to submit proposals to make local, regional and national databases on demographic development comparable, so that data can be evaluated at European level and that the exchange of best practices between States, regions and localities can be fostered and promoted;
Amendment 165 #
2010/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to enhance cooperation with local and regional stakeholders on issues connected with demographic change;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas equality between women and men has a positive impact on productivity and economic growth, and helps to increase female participation in the labour market, which in turn has many social and economic benefits,
Amendment 21 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas employment rates are lower in rural areas; whereas, moreover, a large number of women are not included in the official labour market and are therefore not registered as unemployed or included in unemployment statistics, which causes particular financial and legal problems in terms of maternity rights and sick leave, acquisition of pension rights and access to social security, as well as problems in the event of divorce; whereas rural areas are at a disadvantage due to the lack of high- quality job opportunities,
Amendment 27 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas access to childcare services and assistance with the elderly and other dependents is vital to ensure equivalent participation of women and men in the labour market, education and training,
Amendment 34 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the crisis may exacerbate the sectoral and professional segregation of women and men, which not only has not reduced but is increasing in some countries,
Amendment 38 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas positive action for women has proven to be vital in ensuring their full integration in the labour market and in society in general,
Amendment 41 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas minority women, especially Roma women, regularly experience discrimination andliving conditions are worsening for certain groups of women, who frequently face a combination of difficulties and risks as well as many forms of discrimination, particularly disabled women, women responsible for dependents, elderly women, women with little or no training, long-term unemployed women, immigrant women and minority women, especially gypsy women; whereas they are at particular risk of social exclusion,
Amendment 44 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas violence against women is a violation of their fundamental rights and an, knows no geographic, economic, cultural or social bounds, and represents a fundamental obstacle to equality; whereas 20-25% of women suffer physical violence in the course of their lives; whereas psychological violence is just as devastating as physical violence,
Amendment 51 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Criticises the fact that economic recovery plans are focused on male- dominated labour sectors; highlights that preferential support for the working future of men over that of women is increasing rather than reducing gender inequality; stresses the need to integrate gender equality policies in the national, European and international economic recovery plans to tackle the crisis;
Amendment 52 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the positive effect that equality between women and men has on economic growth; points out that several studies have calculated that, if women’s employment, part-time employment and productivity rates were similar to men’s, GDP would increase by 30%;
Amendment 56 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of developing the legal concept of shared ownership to ensure full recognition of women’s rights in the agricultural sector, appropriate protection in terms of social security and recognition of their work, and also the need to amend the Regulation on the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) so that, as with the European Social Fund (ESF), positive action can be taken for women in the future programming period 2014-2020, which was possible in previous periods but not in the current period, as these measures will be very beneficial in terms of female employment in the rural environment;
Amendment 60 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that separate income and high-quality paid employment for women form the key to their economic independence and to greater equality between women and men in society as a whole;
Amendment 64 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the Commission and the Member States should develop training and implementation tools so that all stakeholders take due account, in their respective fields of competence, of the perspective based on equal opportunities for women and men, including assessing the specific impact of policies on women and men;
Amendment 65 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the importance of developing quantitative and qualitative indicators and gender-based statistics that are reliable, comparable and available when needed, which must be used to monitor the mainstreaming of gender equality in all policies;
Amendment 68 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls, in view of the continuing pay gap between men and women, for a Europe- wide debate to combat stereotypes linked to the respective roles of men and women; stresses, therefore, the importance of organising awareness-raising campaigns in schools, workplaces and the media to combat persistent gender stereotypes and degrading images in particular; points out that campaigns should stress the role of men in ensuring a fair distribution of family responsibilities and reconciliation between work and private life;
Amendment 77 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to set up and/or improve childcare facilities, such as crèches and nurseries with a view to providing good-quality, affordable child care service, and facilities for the elderly and other dependents with a view to providing good-quality, affordable services at times compatible with full-time working hours to as many people as possible; believes that these facilities offer considerablhuge support to parents and should make it easier for them to enter the workforce;
Amendment 78 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that these care services for children and dependents represent an important source of jobs that could be filled by older women, whose employment rate is currently one of the lowest;
Amendment 85 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes efforts made at European level to increase women’s representation in politics; advocates, therefore, greater participation for women in all European institutions, particularly in positions of responsibility; stresses, however, that further efforts must be made at national, regional and municipal level; points out, therefore, that the use of electoral quotas has positive effects on women’s representation;
Amendment 91 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the need for the Member States to take steps, particularly through legislation, to set binding targets to guarantee parity between men and women in positions of responsibility in companies, public administrations and political bodies;
Amendment 93 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for action to be taken at national and European level to promote entrepreneurship among women by creating training and professional and legal advice structures and by facilitating access to public and private finance;
Amendment 95 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to pay particular attention to vulnerable groups of women –: disabled, elderly, immigrant or minority women and women who have little or no training and are responsible for dependents being specific groups in need of measures tailored to their circumstances; calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of the European Year of Volunteering in 2011 to include promotion of gender equality;
Amendment 97 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on national, regional and local bodies responsible for equality to adopt integrated approaches improving their response to and handling of cases of multiple discrimination; also stresses that these bodies should offer training to judges, juries and general staff so that they can identify, anticipate and handle situations of multiple discrimination;
Amendment 98 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to Romagypsy women in the implementation of the EU strategy on Romagypsy inclusion;
Amendment 104 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Advocates access for women and men to information on sexual and reproductive health and women’s right to avail themselves of services in this areato services in this area; stresses that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 106 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes efforts made at EU and national level to combat violence against women but stresses that this remains a serious, unresolved problem; welcomes the resumption of debate on this form of violence, notably via the establishment of a European protection order and the Directive on Human Trafficking; calls on present and future EU presidencies to make further progress; stresses the need for the Council and the Commission to accept the agreement reached in the European Parliament on the European protection order so that the Directive can enter into force as soon as possible;
Amendment 109 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses the need to conduct a wide- ranging survey covering all the EU countries and using a common methodology to determine the real scope of the problem; points to the important work to be carried out in this area by the European Observatory on Gender Violence, which will provide high-quality statistics to support political measures combating this social scourge;
Amendment 112 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses the importance of the Member States and regional and local authorities taking action to aid reintegration into the labour market for women who have suffered gender violence, using instruments such as the ESF or the PROGRESS programme;
Amendment 113 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Points out that schemes helping women’s organisations and civil society in general to collaborate with and participate in processes to integrate the gender perspective must be improved;
Amendment 114 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Stresses the need to integrate the gender perspective and the fight against gender violence in the external and development cooperation policy of the European Union;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that companies are required to ensure equal treatment and equal opportunities for men and women at work and with this in view measures should be adopted to prevent any kind of discrimination;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Considers that balanced representation of men and women should entail neither sex holding more than 60% or less than 40% of the posts;
Amendment 49 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that public enterprises should set an example and be the first to implement balanced representation of women and men on their boards and in management positions at all levels;
Amendment 58 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b
Paragraph 4 – point b
b) supporting initiatives to assess and promote male- female equality on recruitment committees and in other areas, e.g. with regard to wage differentials, occupational classification, training and career patterns,
Amendment 67 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
c) establishing arrangements to help parents employed in business to balance family and work commitments, in particular adequate provision of high quality and affordable services for the care of children, the elderly and other dependent persons;
Amendment 85 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Considers in particular that companies required to submit unabridged profit and loss accounts should be required to achieve balanced representation of women and men on their boards within a reasonable time- frame;
Amendment 3 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
– having regard to Council Directive 96/25/EC1, which sets out rules forRegulation (EC) 767/2009 on the placing on the marketing and labellinguse of feed 1, 7. OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 35. materials, 7. OJ L 125, 23.5.1996229, 1.9.2009, p. 351.
Amendment 100 #
2010/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to propose a framework for rural development measures which introduce improved, decentralised facilities for the production of animal feed, based on local and regional crop varieties, the storage of those varieties and seed selection and development;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the 4th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will be held in November 2010; whereas a public consultation has been launched on the possible revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (Directive 2001/37/EC1); whereas several WTO Members have raised the issue of the conformity with the TBT Agreement of the Canadian Bill C-32, which essentially leads to the ban of all traditional blended tobacco products, except the ones using solely Virginia tobacco, the single variety produced in Canada and used in the manufacturing of Canadian tobacco products,
Amendment 90 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Commission to ensure that trade agreements do not affect the EU system of entry prices for fruit and vegetables, while maintaining the current import schedules, and, as a matter of urgency, to make the improvements necessary to solve the problems that have been identified and to improve the system’s functioning;
Amendment 95 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Takes the view that the agricultural sectors directly affected by the concessions made under the EU’s trade policy should receive compensation;
Amendment 102 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets thatCalls on the Commission is not willing to require, in the framework of trade agreements, to require that equivalent standards be imposed on imported goods; considers that these agreements must provide at least for compliance with international obligations and standards (such as sanitary and phytosanitary standards);
Amendment 124 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that, while tobacco products must be governed by a strict regulatory framework, the regulation of ingredients in tobacco products at the EU and at the international level must follow a proportionate, risk-based approach on the basis of scientific evidence; warns against any non-science based ban on all ingredients, leading essentially to the ban of European traditional blended tobacco products, which would have severe socioeconomic repercussions for EU tobacco growers (of oriental and burley varieties), without a benefit for public health;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that agricultural development must be grounded in the right to nourishment and the right to produce food; insists that the EU must recognise and defend the need for the developing countries' right to food sovereignty to maintain local food production and their food security in quantitative and qualitative terms;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
- having regard to the conclusions of the seminar on ‘Women in the Sustainable Development of the Rural World’ held on 27-29 April 2010 in Cáceres aton the invitiationve of the Spanish Presidency of the EU4,
Amendment 5 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas rural areas offer real opportunities in terms of their potential for growth in new sectors and the provision of rural tourism, craft and leisure amenities, which are mostly run by women, and which are a significant economic factor for underdeveloped but scenically interesting areas,
Amendment 6 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas rural areas are particularly affected by ageing populations, low population density and, in some areas, depopulation,
Amendment 7 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the exodus of women in economically active age groups results in the 'masculinisation' of the rural population, which, along with the over- ageing population of women in single person households and the abandonment of farming, represent the main causes of depopulation and economic decline in the EU's rural areas, with negative consequences for the quality of life of the community and demographic trends,
Amendment 8 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, in future, as a result of demographic change, emigration and a general decrease in the proportion of women in the population of many rural areas, it will either not be possible, with existing infrastructure, to ensure adequate local provision of goods and essential everyday services, basic medical treatment and care, schooling and vocational and academic education and further training or adequate cultural and leisure provision, or else the structures for such provision will collapse under economic pressureven though rural areas can offer a high quality of life for families with children and for older people, these groups continue to face significant challenges such as the lack of facilities for education and training at all levels, the lack of social and care services for children, older people, sick people and people with disabilities, the lack of health and healthcare services and adequate cultural and leisure provision; whereas, furthermore, demographic change, migration and the masculinisation of the rural population are now aggravating this problem of the lack of facilities and services,
Amendment 11 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas even though 41% of the 14.6 million people working in agriculture in the European Union are women, of whomnly a small number of them are the owners of farms - typically small-sized economic operations with low profitability - whilst the majority, some 78%, are assisting family members and the remainder farm ownersworking alongside their male companions (fathers, brothers or husbands), who have exclusive property rights to the farm in question (agriculture or stockbreeding),
Amendment 12 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the significant contribution made by women to local and community development is inadequately reflected in their participation in the relevant decision-making processes,
Amendment 17 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas women in today’s society assume multifunctionaldecisive roles in the context of their individual family and occupational ties, and this very multiplicity of roles enables them to contribute significantly to progress and innovation at all levels of society and to the improvement of quality of life, especially in rural areas,
Amendment 23 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the multifunctional role played by women in rural areas can contribute significantly to shaping a modern image of women in our society,
Amendment 25 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the multifunctional role played by women in rural areas can contribute significantly to shaping a modern image of women in our society,
Amendment 26 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas, for both men and women, employment rates are low in rural areas and many women are also never active in the labour market, and therefore they are neither registered as unemployed nor included in unemployment statistics; whereas, in addition, even though many women are engaged in occupations which are comparable to a professional activity, they are not recognised, protected or paid as such,
Amendment 28 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas almost 80% of the over 3 million people who declare that they are the spouse of a farm owner in Europe are women, which means that one in two women recorded in the agricultural sector has the status of farm owner's wife,
Amendment 29 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas the owner of the farm is the only person mentioned on bank documents and for the purposes of subsidies and accumulated rights, and is also the only person to represent the farm within associations and groups,
Amendment 35 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that it has always been in the interest of European unification to support women and stresses that gender mainstreaming in the rural environment is a strategic element not only for promoting equality between men and women but also for sustainable economic growth and rural development;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls, in this regard, for further efforts to be undertaken to equip all rural areas with the most up-to-date IT infrastructure (e.g. broadband), and for action to be taken to facilitate access to information and communication technologies and foster equal opportunities with regard to such access, through policies and activities aimed at women in rural areas;
Amendment 64 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that, as in urban areas, a further precondition for pursuing the above aims is the adaptation of infrastructure for everyday life – such as childcare facilities, care services, educational facilitiein order to retain communities in rural areas it is crucial to adapt infrastructure for everyday life and improve the quality and accessibility of basic services, such as childcare facilities, facilities for caring for other dependants and care services - measures that are essential for reconciling the family and personal lives of men and women in rural areas - health services, particularly basic health care, paramedical and emergency medical care, education and training at all levels, local outlets for everyday goods, and leisure and cultural facilities –, and calls for agricultural policies to be framed in such a way that women in rural areas are enabled to fulfil their potential in making multifunctional farming a reality;
Amendment 72 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the Member States to remedy the lack of good transport infrastructure in rural areas and to implement positive policies to improve access to transport for all, particularly people with disabilities, as transport continues to be a factor in entrenching social exclusion and inequality in society, primarily affecting women;
Amendment 76 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the European Union institutions, the Member States and the regional and local authorities to support projects to promote and offer advice for the creation of innovative primary agricultural production enterprises in rural areas that are able to provide new jobs taken up predominantly by women, in spheres of action such as: adding value to agricultural products and seeking sales outlets for them, the use of new technologies and contributing to the economic diversification of the area and the provision of services enabling the reconciliation of working and family life;
Amendment 77 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Member States to support companies that invest in rural areas and offer high-quality employment to women;
Amendment 82 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the implementation of rural development programmes, to closely monitor gender mainstreaming in the programmes implemented by the Member States;
Amendment 83 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Welcomes, in this connection, ESF/EQUAL projects which seek to investigate and improve the position of women in agriculture and rural areas; calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote such projects within the European Union;
Amendment 84 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls for the EAFRD Regulation to be amended to enable, as happens with the ESF, proactive measures to be taken in support of women in the 2014-2020 programming period, which was feasible in previous periods but not in the current one, and which will have very beneficial effects on female employment in rural areas;
Amendment 87 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the active role played by women in rural areas and their decisive influence on the launching of development projects, since it is precisely women's groups and associations, local leaders and businesswomen who are best able to tackle the challenges of the modern age and work on the basis of equality;
Amendment 104 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States, in collaboration with regional and local government and business, to create incentives to improve the level of education and training for women and promote their participation in the labour force, in particular by eliminating any discrimination against women at work, in order to combat poverty and social exclusion in rural areas as well; points out in this connection that the risk of falling into poverty is greater for women than for men;
Amendment 107 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for women’s entrepreneurial spirit to be encouraginitiatives to be promoted, for support to be given to women's professional networks and networks of female entrepreneurs, and also for provision to be made in the financial sector for affording rural businesswomen, including individually self-employed or part-time self-employed women with low earnings, access to investment – thus empowering them more effectively in the marketplace and enabling them to develop businesses from which they can make a stable living; calls also for action to be taken to improve the entrepreneurial attitude, skills and capabilities of women in order to promote their representation on the managerial bodies of enterprises and associations;
Amendment 116 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the relevant national, regional and local authorities to encourage the participation of women in local action groups and the development of local partnerships under the Leader programme, as well as to ensure gender- balanced participation on their management boards;
Amendment 121 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the need to give the greatest possible value to women's work, including that of immigrant women, who do not belong to families owning farms and provide labour in the fields, and are especially affected by the difficulties related to their position as women in the world of agriculture;
Amendment 127 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Takes the view that, as part of the forthcoming reform of the CAP, the needs of women in rural areas and the role of women working in agriculture should be taken into account and given priority as regards access to certain services and aid, in line with territorial needs in each Member State;
Amendment 128 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Supports, in this connection, the possibility of identifying, in line with objective criteria set at Community level, the priority categories of farmers who will have access to the farm advisory system, whereby those categories should take account of farms owned by women or jointly owned;
Amendment 129 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is convinced that, in the medium term, women ought to be adequately represented in all political, economic and social bodies in the agricultural sector so that decision- making processes are informed by both female and male perspectives; highlights the importance of introducing positive- discrimination measures for the benefit of women in order to guarantee that women participate in such bodies on an equal basis;
Amendment 131 #
2010/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Member States to develop the legal construct of shared ownership of farms by spouses or life partners recognised or registered in a public register, and to ensure that social security benefits are extended to joint owners and their work is duly recognised;
Amendment 7 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights set out the values on which the EU is founded, which apply in practice to all citizens, including women belonging to ethnic minority groups: respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, and, in particular, women belonging to ethnic minority groups; whereas, furthermore, these values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail,
Amendment 10 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas not all people living in the EU must benefit from the Charter of Fundamental Rights, especiallyand this includes women from ethnic minority and immigrant groups,
Amendment 18 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas an EU integrated approach is crucial for a coherent policy on the social integration of ethnic minority women, including but not restricted to measures on anti-discrimination,measures that combat discrimination and help provide access to housing, employment, education, health care and social services, and foster respect for fundamental rights,
Amendment 31 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas immigration and asylum policies and legislation should not impedemust foster migrant women’s integration,
Amendment 37 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, inowing to the absence of statistics, many problems remain unimpossible to identifiedy, meaning no targeted policy is adopted,
Amendment 48 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the lower socio-economic statusituation of ethnic minority women translates into their right to integrity being deniedmakes it more difficult for them to integrate into the society of the country in which they live,
Amendment 68 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that more structured coordination is needed between European and nation, national, regional and local levels in order to achieve a sustainable impact and better policies at European and nation, national, regional and local levels;
Amendment 72 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures that aim to avoidcombat the de-skilling of women belonging to ethnic minorities by ensuring, improving training so as to ensure they have equal job opportunities according to their skills and qualifications;
Amendment 94 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU and its Member States to carry out awareness-raising campaigns to combat discriminatory cultural normhabits and tackle the prevalent sexist stereotypes and social stigmatisation which legitimise and perpetuateunderpin violence against women, and to ensure that there is no justification of violence on the grounds of customs, traditions or religious considerations;
Amendment 102 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States toand regional and local authorities to mount information and awareness-raising campaigns to foster and improve access to services, particularly, in the fields of health, social services, provision of counselling on social rights with a particular emphasis on women’s rights, child-related services, reintegration services focused on labour-market integration, and vocational training services;
Amendment 116 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on Member States to foster respect for the fundamental rights of all women, including particular ethnic minority and immigrant women, whether or not their status is regular, and in particulato foster access to justice, legal aid, housing and health care, health care, education, professional training and social services in general;
Amendment 118 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the Commission and, the Member States and regional and local authorities to improve access to education targeted at children and women belonging to ethnic minority groups in order to avoid a gender gap in education levels that leads to labour market exclusion and poverty;
Amendment 136 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to take measures to ensure access to support services related to preventing or protecting women from gender based violence regardless of their legal status, race, colour, ethnic origin or relig social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation;
Amendment 12 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas juvenile delinquency is no longer confined to acts of violence against otherpersons, theft, gang crime, smoking, drinking, taking socially accepted drugs such as cannabis, the influence of cults, or suicidal acts, but it now also extends to gender violence, early sexualisation and exposure to pornography, for which the Internet has become a prime vehicle, dangerous games such as the ‘scarf game’ (voluntary strangulation), Jackass, happy slapping, gang rape, substances which are smoked, drunk, or injected, self-harm, or the glorification of anorexia, excesses of which teenagers can be both instigators and victims,
Amendment 32 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the European Union and its Member States are still struggling to become the most dynamic knowledge- based economy in the world, whilst priorities have shifted to the need for a common-sense-based economy and an integrative society achieving a high level of employment and equality by making more efficient use of resources,
Amendment 43 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the tendency of the labour market to make men and women submit to the ever increasing demands of the inept flexicurity imposed by the labour market, because it supposedlyin order to improves performance, raises the question whether the goal to pursue within the EU should buns counter to the goal of the EU to achieve a competition- driven social economy geared to human needs as reflected in social relations, thus laying emphasis on individual and collective conscience, freedom, and responsibility,
Amendment 60 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas the flood of images of extremely violent scenes and of pornographic material carried on the various media, such as games, television and the Internet, and the exploitative media portrayal of juvenile victims and perpetrators in many cases border on violations of the fundamental rights of children and are instrumental in trivialising violence,
Amendment 76 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to lay down specific criteria for all Member States for the collection of national statistics in order to ensure that they are comparable;
Amendment 99 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that preventing juvenile delinquency requires measures to be taken in other areas of public policy, such as access to housing, employment, vocational training, equal opportunities, leisure and youth exchanges;
Amendment 102 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7b. Calls on the Member States to step up their measures to prevent gender violence among young people through specific action in the area of education and combating sexist stereotypes and through better collaboration between the individuals and milieus affected, such as the family, school, the public space and the media; underscores the importance of conducting campaigns to raise awareness of the various types of violence against women and of combating sexist stereotypes;
Amendment 105 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that the conduct and duration of judicial proceedings, the choice of the measure to be adopted and the subsequent implementation thereof must be guided by the overriding interest of the child; stresses in this connection that imprisonment must be ordered only as a last resort and that any prison sentence must be served in facilities suitable for juvenile delinquents;
Amendment 111 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8b. Stresses the importance of developing measures in the Member States which provide for alternative forms of punishment to confinement that are also educational, such as community service, reparation and mediation with victims, literacy courses and vocational training, depending on the seriousness of the offence and the delinquent’s age, personality and level of maturity;
Amendment 113 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Amendment 122 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States to give particular assistance to families with financial and social problems by adopting measures to cover essential needs in terms of food and housing, guarantee access to basic education and medical care for all family members, in particular children, and facilitate their integration on the labour market and in society, in the economy and in political life, since this is the only way in which a healthy and equitable family environment can be ensured for children’s and young people's development;
Amendment 125 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to include in their educational policies the provision of special counselling and psychological support for children encountering social-integration problems, measures to combat all forms of discrimination against members of the school community, and action to draw up and implement programmes to combat all types of violence;
Amendment 136 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that the media can play an important role in preventing juvenile delinquency in two ways: - by providing information and increasing public awareness, as well as by means of high-quality broadcasts highlighting the positive contribution that young people make to society; - by monitoring broadcasts involving violence, pornography or drugs; calls, in this connection, on the Member States and the relevant national and regional authorities to implement strictly, and fully, Community and national legislation on the monitoring of television broadcasting and other content possibly of a particularly violent nature or unsuitable for juveniles;
Amendment 137 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States' national, regional and local authorities to promote the exchange of best practices with regard to cooperation agreements between police and judicial authorities, educational establishments, local authorities, youth organisations and social services at local level, to national strategies and national youth support programmes, and to positive action and intervention on the part of parents associations and NGOs in schools, and residents and NGOs in local communities, etc.;
Amendment 138 #
2010/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the most of existing European resources and programmes, such as the 'Preventing and Combating Crime 2007-2013', 'Criminal Justice 2007-2013', DAPHNE III, "Youth in Action 2007-2013', EQUAL and URBACT programmes, European Social Fund measures and the European helpline for missing children, including measures to tackle and prevent juvenile delinquency and the social reintegration of perpetrators and victims;
Amendment 58 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The HLG obtained oral and written input from major European stakeholder groups in the dairy supply chain representing farmers, dairy processors, dairy traders, retailers and consumers. Further, the HLG received contributions from invited academic experts, third country representatives, National Competition Authorities and the Commissand delivered its report on 15 June 2010. The report contained an analysis of the current situation of the dairy sector and a number of recommendation's services. A dairy stakeholder conference was also held on 26 March 2010 allowing a wider range of actowhich focused on contractual relations, the bargaining power of producers, in the supply chain to express their views. The HLG delivered its report on 15 June 2010, which contained an analysis of the current situation of the dairy sector and number of recommendationster- professional/interbranch organisations, transparency, market measures and futures, marketing standards and origin labelling and innovation and research.
Amendment 131 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 122 – subparagraph 1 – point c – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 122 – subparagraph 1 – point c – subparagraph 1 a (new)
2a. In point (c) of the first paragraph of Article 122, the following new paragraph is inserted after point (iii): “As regards the dairy sector and milk products, producer organisations must fulfil the three objectives referred to in point (c) of this Article.”
Amendment 216 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 5
Article 126 a – paragraph 5
Amendment 228 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 126 a – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. For the purposes of this Article, the Commission shall draw up criteria or common basic guidelines in respect of the cases in which the national competition authorities may restrict or rule out negotiation.
Amendment 229 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 6
Article 126 a – paragraph 6
Amendment 258 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In the case described in the first subparagraph, the Member State concerned shall also decide that, if the delivery of raw milk is made through one or more collectors, eawhich stage of the delivery must be covered by such a contract between the parties. To this end, a “collector” means an undertaking which transports raw milk from a farmer or another collector to a processor of raw milk or another collector, where the ownership of the raw milk is transferred in each case.
Amendment 298 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 4
Article 185 f – paragraph 4
4. All elements of contracts for the delivery of raw milk concluded by farmers, collectors or processors of raw milk, including those elements referred to in paragraph 2(c), shall be freely negotiated between the parties. The Member State may nevertheless establish a minimum duration for the contract.
Amendment 44 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The quality and diversity of European Union agricultural, fishery and aquaculture production is an important strength and competitive advantage for European Union producers and part of the Union's living cultural and gastronomic heritage. This is due to the skills and determination of European Union farmers and producers who have kept alive traditions while taking into account developments of new production methods and material.
Amendment 45 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Citizens and consumers in the European Union increasingly demand product of quality as well as traditional products. They are also concerned to maintaining the diversity of the agricultural, fishery and aquaculture production in the European Union. This generates a demand for agricultural products or foodstuffs with an identifiable specificity, in particular for geographical origin.
Amendment 68 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The measures herein are intended to foster agricultural and, fishery and aquaculture processing activities and farming systems associated with high quality products thus contributing to the achievement of rural development policy.
Amendment 69 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. This Regulation establishes ‘quality schemes’ which provide the basis for the identification and, where appropriate, protection of, names and terms that indicate or describe in particular agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products having:
Amendment 35 #
2010/0254(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – Section II – point 2 – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – Section II – point 2 – indent 6 a (new)
- Juice obtained from Citrus reticulata and/or hybrids of Citrus reticulata may be added to orange juice in a quantity not exceeding 10% by volume of Citrus reticulata soluble solids in the total soluble solids content of the orange juice.
Amendment 17 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The small contribution of subsidised coal to the overall energy mix no longer justifies the maintenance of such subsidies with a view tof securing the supply of energy on a Union level, provided this is not secured by other means.
Amendment 21 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Title
on State aid to facilitate the closuretransition to competitivity of uncompetitive coal mines
Amendment 22 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The small contribution of subsidised coal to the overall energy mix no longer justifies the maintenance of such subsidies with a view of securing the supply of energy on a Union level, as long as this result cannot be guaranteed by other means.
Amendment 23 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 23 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 24 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Considering the scarcity of autochthonous energy sources in the EU, the Union's policies for promoting renewable fuels and fossil fuels with low carbon content in order to generate electricity justify the support to coal mines. The categories of aid permitted by Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 should not be maintained indefinitely. In any event, all public aid aimed at reducing the effects of pollution caused by coal, should be maintained. Those mines that, after a ten-year period, are able to achieve competitiveness and require a financial boost from the public sector to enable them to make technological investments for environmental purposes, will also be exempt from the elimination of aid.
Amendment 26 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Indigenous energy sources in the EU being scarce, the Union’s policies of encouraging renewable and lower carbon fossil fuels for power generation do justify support for coal mines. The categories of aid permitted by Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 should not be maintained indefinitely. In any event, State aid intended to reduce the pollutant effect of coal should be maintained. Mines that after this 10-year period are capable of being competitive but still need State assistance with regard to implementation of environmental technology investments should be exempted from this discontinuation of subsidies.
Amendment 29 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Without prejudice to the general State aid rules, Member States should be able to take measures to alleviate the social and regional consequences of the possible closure of those mines, that is to say the orderly winding down of activities in the context of an irrevocable closure plan and/or the financing of exceptional costs, inherited liabilities in particular.
Amendment 29 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) A minimum level of coal production, together with other measures, especially those aiming at the promotion of renewable energy sources, will contribute to the maintenance of a quota of primary energy sources, which will allow energy security in the Union to be reinforced significantly. In addition, a quota of autochthonous sources of primary energy will help to promote environmental goals in relation with sustainable development. In this framework of boosting autochthonous energy sources in Europe in order to counterbalance the continent's huge dependence on energy sources from outside its borders, consideration should be given to complementing autochthonous energy sources, which in many Member States are represented solely by coal, with non-fossil ones.
Amendment 33 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. Aid shall cover only costs in connection with coal for the production of electricity, the combined production of heat and electricity, the production of coke and the fuelling of blast furnaces in the steel industry as well as in connection with research and investments in technology aimed at reducing coal polluting emissions, where such use takes place in the Union.
Amendment 35 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the operation of the production units concerned must form part of a closure plan the deadline of which does not extend beyond 31 OctoDecember 201420 ;
Amendment 36 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the production units concerned must be closed definitively in accordance with the closure plan, in the event that they have not become competitive and provided that their continued operation is not necessary to meet Union's energy needs;
Amendment 40 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the overall amount of closure aid granted by a Member State for any particular undertaking must follow a downward trend, where the reduction between successive periods of fifteen months must not be less than 33 percent of the aid provided . This aid reduction shall not be applicable to the mines that have succeeded in becoming competitive during the initial fifteen month period of the closure planis period and which require public investments aimed only at reducing the polluting effects of coal ;
Amendment 42 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) A minimum level of coal production, together with other measures, in particular to promote renewable energy sources, will help to maintain a quota of primary energy sources, which will significantly boost the European Union's energy security. Furthermore, a quota of indigenous primary energy sources will also serve to promote environmental objectives within the framework of sustainable development. Within this context of boosting the Union’s indigenous energy sources in order to counteract the continent’s huge energy dependence, supplementing non-fossil indigenous energy sources with fossil ones needs to be considered, coal being the sole source of indigenous fossil energy in some Member States.
Amendment 45 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. If the production units to which aid is granted pursuant to paragraph 1 are not closed at the date fixed in the closure plan as authorised by the Commission, they have not become competitive and their continued operation is not necessary in the light of the energy autonomy conditions of that State, the Member State concerned shall recover all aid granted in respect of the whole period covered by the closure plan.
Amendment 51 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In accomplishing its task, the European Commission should ensure that normal conditions of competition are established, maintained and complied with. With regard to more especially to the electricity market, aid to the coal industry should not be such as to affect electricity producers' choice of sources of primary energy supply. Consequently, the prices and quantities of coal should be freely agreed between the contracting parties in the light of prevailing conditions on the world market. In any event, and to prevent social or environmental dumping, the Community authorities should ensure that the social and environmental standards in mines in non-EU countries producing coal for marketing in the Union equate to the standards required of European coal mines.
Amendment 56 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. Aid shall cover only costs in connection with coal for the production of electricity, the combined production of heat and electricity, the production of coke and, the fuelling of blast furnaces in the steel industry, research and technology investment designed to reduce pollutant emissions from coal, where such use takes place in the Union.
Amendment 58 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) the operation of the production units concerned must form part of a closure plan the deadline of which does not extend beyond 31 OctoDecember 201420;
Amendment 62 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) the production units concerned must be closed definitively in accordance with the closure plan if they have not become competitive by that date and provided that the Union’s energy needs do not require their continued existence;
Amendment 66 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
f) the overall amount of closure aid granted by a Member State for any particular undertaking must follow a downward trend, where the reduction between successive periods of fifteen months must not be less than 33 percent of the aid provided in the initial fifteen mon. This reduction in aid shall not apply to mines that, having managed to be competitive in this period, still require public sector investment solely for the period of the closure planurpose of reducing pollution produced by coal;
Amendment 74 #
2010/0220(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. If the production units to which aid is granted pursuant to paragraph 1 are not closed at the date fixed in the closure plan as authorised by the Commission, have not become competitive and the energy sufficiency situation in the Member State concerned does not require their continued existence, the Member State concerned shall recover all aid granted in respect of the whole period covered by the closure plan.
Amendment 1 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union stipulates that the European Parliament and the Council shall adopt measures to ensure the application of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, including the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value.
Amendment 2 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital (2)
Recital (2)
(2) The Treaty on European Union stipulates in Article 3.3(3) that the Union shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection and equality between women and men, and provides for the Union’s initiatives to ensure coordination of Member States'’ social policies. Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the guarantee of adequate social protection and the fight against social exclusion.
Amendment 3 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union stipulates that in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality, between men and women. Article 10 thereof adds that in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall aim to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union states that European society is characterised by pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity, and equality between women and men.
Amendment 9 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Within the Europe 2020 strategy, Member States should implement reforms aimed at ‘smart growth’, i.e. growth driven by knowledge and innovation. Reforms should aim at improving the quality of education, by combating sexist stereotyping and ensuring access for all, and at strengthening research and business performance in order to promote innovation and knowledge transfer throughout the EU. They should encourage entrepreneurship and help to turn creative ideas into innovative products, services and processes that can create growth, quality jobs, territorial, economic and social cohesion, and address more efficiently European and global societal challenges. Making the most of information and communication technologies is essential in this context.
Amendment 12 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Member States’ reform programmes should also aim at ‘inclusive growth’. Inclusive growth means building a cohesive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, thus to actively participate in society and economy. Member States’ reforms should therefore ensure access and opportunities for all throughout the lifecycle, thus reducing poverty and social exclusion, through removing barriers to labour market participation especially for women, older workers, young people, disabled and legal migrants. They should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regions. Ensuring effective functioning of the labour markets through investing in successful transitions, appropriate skills development, rcombating sexist stereotypes, raising job quality and fighting segmentation, structural unemployment and inactivity while ensuring adequate, sustainable social protection, equal opportunities and active inclusion to reduce poverty should therefore be at the heart of Member States’ reform programmes.
Amendment 19 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3
In order to increase competitiveness and raise participation levels, particularly for the low-skilled, and in line with economic policy guideline 2, Member States should review tax and benefit systems and the capacity of public services to provide the necessary support. Member States shouldmust increase labour force participationthe participation in the labour market of economically active age groups through policies tohat promote active ageing, and gender equality and equal pay and labour market integration of. Moreover, special attention must be awarded to certain vulnerable groups who face particular difficulties in finding work, such as young people, the disabled, legal and immigrants, andmong other vulnerable groupss. Similarly, special attention shall be awarded to ensuring equal pay, as a factor in quality of employment and equity. Work-life balance policies with the provision of affordable care and innovation in work organisation should be geared to raising employment rates, particularly among youth, older workers and women, in particular to retain highly-skilled women in scientific and technical fields. Member States should also remove barriers to labour market entry for newcomers, support self-employment and job creation in areas including green employment and care and promote social innovation.
Amendment 21 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3 b (new)
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3 b (new)
From a gender equality perspective, women and men must have the same opportunities to access, and promote themselves on, the labour market. Therefore, among other things, policies must be developed which promote co-responsibility between women and men in the private sphere and the field of care – in particular by establishing paternal leave, which ensure that affordable, high-quality childcare services are available for children aged 0 to 3, which provide universal schooling for children aged between 3 and 6, and which eliminate any form of discrimination at the workplace, such as the current gender wage gap.
Amendment 22 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3 c (new)
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3 c (new)
In view of the differences that exist between employment levels for women and men in the EU, special efforts are needed to integrate women into the labour market, with a view to achieving the overall target of 75% employment.
Amendment 29 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 8 - paragraph 2
Annex - Guideline 8 - paragraph 2
In cooperation with the social partners and business, Member States should improve access to training, strengthen education and career guidance, which must do away with the gender stereotyping that leads to segregation on the labour market, and combined this with systematic information on new job openings and opportunities, promotion of entrepreneurship and enhanced anticipation of skill needs. Investment in human resource development, up-skilling and participation in lifelong learning schemes should be promoted through joint financial contributions from governments, individuals and employers. To support young people and in particular those not in employment, education or training, Member States in cooperation with the social partners, should enact schemes to help recent graduates find initial employment or further education and training opportunities, including apprenticeships, and intervene rapidly when young people become unemployed. Regular monitoring of the performance of up-skilling and anticipation policies should help identify areas for improvement and increase the responsiveness of education and training systems to labour market needs. EU funds should be fully mobilised by Member States to support these objectives.
Amendment 35 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 10 - paragraph 1
Annex - Guideline 10 - paragraph 1
Member States’ efforts to reduce poverty should be aimed at promoting full participation in society and economy and extending employment opportunities, making full use of the European Social Fund. Efforts should also concentrate on ensuring equal opportunities, including through access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care. Member States should put in place effective anti-discrimination measures, focusing particularly on women, and taking into account the feminisation of poverty. Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower people and promote labour market participation, social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies should be enhanced to create opportunities at different stages of people’s lives and shield them from the risk of exclusion. Social security and pension systems must be modernised to ensure that they can be fully deployed to ensure adequate income support and access to healthcare — thus providing social cohesion — whilst at the same time remaining financially sustainable. Benefit systems should focus on ensuring income security during transitions and reducing poverty, in particular among groups most at risk from social exclusion, such as one- parent families, minorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, legal migrants and the homeless. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovation in support of the most vulnerable.
Amendment 11 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance placed by the EU 2020 strategy on research and innovation with a view to the EU’s becoming an intelligent, sustainable and integrative economy with high levels of employment, productivity and economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 12 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that investment in R&D, as also in innovation, education and resource-efficient technologies, will benefit traditional sectors and rural areas as much as it will high-skill service economies, and will therefore reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 42 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that in order to consolidate knowledge and innovation as motors of future economic growth, it is necessary to improve the quality of education, build on the results of research, promote innovation and the transfer of knowledge Union-wide, exploit ITCs to the maximum, ensure that innovative ideas are reflected in new products and services that generate growth and quality jobs and contribute to meeting the challenges of social change in Europe and the world, encourage entrepreneurship, prioritise user needs and market opportunities, and guarantee funding of an accessible and adequate nature on the basis of a key role for the Structural Funds;
Amendment 43 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Supports the three flagship initiatives of the EU 2020 Strategy for achieving intelligent growth, namely ‘Innovation Union’, ‘Youth on the move’ and ‘A digital agenda for Europe’, in whose implementation the Structural Funds will have a key role to play;
Amendment 45 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that a strong and well- financed EU regional policy is a precondition for delivering the objectives of the EU 2020 Strategy in order to secure intelligent, sustainable and integrative growth, as well as for achieving social, economic and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 47 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need to review and consolidate the role of the EU instruments that support innovation, namely the Structural Funds, the EAFRD, the Framework Programme for Research and Development, the CIP and the SET plan, with a view to rationalising administrative procedures, facilitating access to funding, especially for SMEs, and introducing innovative incentive mechanisms based on achieving objectives linked to intelligent, sustainable and integrative growth, as well as to promoting closer cooperation with the EIB;
Amendment 48 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Considers that the Structural Funds are the appropriate instrument for supporting local and regional authorities in their endeavours to promote creativity and innovation, but that this calls for greater flexibility so as to ensure the swift use of this funding for purposes of promoting business initiatives, especially on the part of innovative SMEs and microbusinesses;
Amendment 49 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Recommends that the entirety of the funding not spent in a given region under N+2 and N+3 be assigned to regionally based venture capital and seed capital funds which could offer, via the EIB, access to financing for SMEs, social enterprises and Community initiatives, or to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, with a view to facilitating the retraining of workers in environment- friendly skills, or to a future Fund for Adaptation to Climate Change, the express aim being to create projects to aid innovation and development for SMEs;
Amendment 53 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes it is necessary to undertake a closer analysis of the territorial impact of the EU’s innovation policies, in order to identify and promote the most suitable means at European level of supporting local and regional investment in innovation; recalls the need to take account of the different social and economic circumstances of the three types of region (convergence, transition and competitiveness), and the variations in creative and innovative capacity and entrepreneurial spirit;
Amendment 61 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Supports the proposal of the Committee of the Regions for the creation of a ‘virtual creativity network’ that would be open to all (businesses, local and regional authorities, central public authorities, the private sector and the citizens) and would provide advice, assistance and access to venture capital and technical services; stresses that a virtual network offers the additional advantage of giving the inhabitants of islands, outlying regions, rural areas, mountain areas and sparsely populated areas easier access to expert advice, education and information, business support and financial guidance;
Amendment 72 #
2009/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Insists on the importance of taking account of equal opportunities when assessing the suitability of projects and determining access to funding from the Structural Funds and other Community instruments;
Amendment 15 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas gender equality must be a mark of European cultural and political identity,
Amendment 16 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas violence against women is a major obstacle to gender equality and is one of the most widespread human rights violations, knowing no geographical, financial or social barriers; whereas the number of women who are victims of violence is alarming,
Amendment 18 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas we cannot continue being tied to worn out, environmentally unsustainable economic models that are based on an out-of-date sexual division of labour that has been superseded by women being absorbed into the labour market; whereas we need a new and socially sustainable model based on knowledge and innovation that incorporates the full range of women’s skills into the economy, that restores the balance of responsibilities between men and women in public and in private and provides a good work-life balance,
Amendment 21 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas efforts to mainstream the gender perspective into public policy need to be stepped up,
Amendment 24 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas gender equality has a positive impact on economic productivity and growth, and participation of women in the labour market has a host of social and economic benefits,
Amendment 38 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas sectoral and occupational segregation by gender is not diminishing but is actually rising in some countries,
Amendment 40 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas women’s participation in decision-making is a decisive indicator of gender equality, whereas there are still not many women in management posts in businesses and universities and whereas the number of female politicians or researchers is only very slowly rising,
Amendment 42 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas the stereotypes which still exist with regard to the educational and occupational options available to women help preserve inequalities,
Amendment 45 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas affirmative actions in favour of women have proved essential for their full incorporation into the labour market and society in general,
Amendment 48 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas reconciling their occupational, family and private lives remains an unresolved issue for both women and men,
Amendment 50 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas the sharing of family and domestic duties between men and women, not least by developing the use of parental leave and paternity leave, is a precondition for promoting and achieving gender equality; and whereas not counting periods of maternity and parental leave towards aggregate working times is discriminatory and places women in a worse situation on the labour market,
Amendment 52 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas access to childcare and services for the care of the elderly and other dependants is essential if men and women are to be able to participate on an equal footing in the labour market, education and training,
Amendment 59 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores the unsatisfactory way in which the gender perspective has been handled in the Commission’s EU 2020 strategy proposals and therefore requests that the Council take into account the call by Parliament and women’s organisations for the gender perspective to be incorporated into the final document;
Amendment 66 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to improve and update regularly its gender equality webpage, and on the Equal Opportunities Group to give at least one of its meetings each year entirely over to gender equality and to create an information service for women;
Amendment 71 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 7
Article 7
Maintains that the Commission’s directorates-general need to set up coordinating machinery to provide permanent follow-up to gender equality and equal opportunities policies spanning many different areas; calls for the Annual Report on Equality to include one chapter by each directorate-general in which they report on equality in their area of competence;
Amendment 76 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that the Commission and the Member States need to develop training and implementation tools to allow all stakeholders to take on board in their respective areas of competence a perspective based on equal opportunities for men and women, including assessment of the specific impact of policies on men and women;
Amendment 78 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 8 b (new)
Article 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses the importance of devising quantity and quality indicators and gender-based statistics which are reliable, comparable and available when needed, to be used in monitoring the implementation of gender mainstreaming in all policies;
Amendment 79 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 8 c (new)
Article 8 c (new)
8c. Emphasises that better coordination is essential in order to develop equality policy objectives in all EU and Member State institutions and that uniform tangible integration methods, such as gender budgets or incorporating gender analysis into the design, planning, implementation and monitoring of public policy, are needed;
Amendment 82 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to take the necessary steps to mainstream the gender perspective into all Community policies and to review existing legislation so as to ensure that gender equality is correctly applied and that positive discrimination measures can be applied where these are necessary;
Amendment 84 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 9 b (new)
Article 9 b (new)
9b. Calls for the EAFRD Regulation to be amended to enable, as happens with the ESF, proactive measures to be taken in support of women in the 2014-2020 programming period, which was feasible in previous periods but not in the current one, and which will have very beneficial effects on female employment in rural areas;
Amendment 85 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 10
Article 10
10. Points to the need, within Parliament too, for the committees and parliamentary delegations to assign particular importance to equality issues; draws attention to the important work being done by Parliament’s High Level Group on Equality;
Amendment 87 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to prevent the current financial and economic crisis, and future economic issues, from endangering what has been achieved so far in the field of gender equality and to avoid the recession being used, as is already the case in some Member States, as an argument for scaling back gender equality measures, as in the long term this would hinder growth in employment figures, economic growth in the EU, higher tax revenue, rising birth rates and the promotion of gender equality;
Amendment 97 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
11a. Points to the need to improve the arrangements by which women’s organisations and civil society in general collaborate with and take part in gender perspective integration processes;
Amendment 99 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 12
Article 12
12. Considers that one priority should be to fight poverty by reforming the macroeconomic, monetary, social, and labour market policies lying at its roots with a view to guaranteeing economic and social justice for women by, reconsidering the methods used to determine the poverty rate which are normally based on individual income rather than on the joint income of all members of the family, pursuing strategies to promote fair distribution of income, guaranteeing a minimum income and decent wages and pensions, createing more jobs with rights for women, enableing women and girls to benefit from public services of a high standard, and improveing welfare provision and neighbourhood services, including crèches, nursery schools, kindergartens, day centres, and community leisure and family support centres, making them accessible to women, children, and older people as a whole;
Amendment 101 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises the positive effect that gender equality has on economic growth; points out in this respect that some studies estimate that if the employment, part-time employment and productivity rates for women were similar to those for men, GDP would increase by 30%;
Amendment 105 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 13
Article 13
13. Maintains that measures need to be taken as a matter of urgency to combat wage discrimination, whether by revising the existing directive or by drawing up phased industry-wide plans, with clear-cut goals, such as narrowing the pay gap to 10% by 2020, aimed at doing away with direct and indirect forms of discrimination or by encouraging collective bargaining and the training of equality advisers and laying down equality plans for factories and other workplaces;
Amendment 107 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the fact that female employment in the EU is close to the target of 60% by 2010 but is adamant that the more ambitious figure of 70% by 2020 now needs to be set;
Amendment 112 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 13 b (new)
Article 13 b (new)
13b. Deplores the fact that women are under-represented in decision-making in both the business world and democratic processes and insists that more ambitious measures are needed to boost the number of women sitting on boards of directors of companies and in local, regional, national and European public institutions;
Amendment 113 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 13 c (new)
Article 13 c (new)
13c. Believes it necessary to reach a stage where 25% of the posts on boards of directors of companies quoted on Member State stock exchanges, and 20% of posts in the Member State executives, are held by women;
Amendment 117 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
14a. Insists on the need to balance personal and family life and work by putting into practice measures, aimed equally at men and women, which promote the sharing of tasks on an equal footing and take into account the fact that until now men have been less inclined to take advantage of parental leave or incentives;
Amendment 120 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 14 b (new)
Article 14 b (new)
14b. Insists on the need for improvements in the availability, quality and accessibility of childcare and care services for dependent persons, ensuring that the availability of these services is compatible with the full-time working hours of men and women;
Amendment 121 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 14 c (new)
Article 14 c (new)
14c. Points out that care services for children and other dependants are potentially a major source of employment for older women, who currently have one of the lowest employment rates;
Amendment 122 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 14 d (new)
Article 14 d (new)
14d. Believes it necessary to ensure that affordable care services are available for at least 40% of children from 0 to 3 years of age, and to make education available to all children between the age of 3 and the mandatory school age;
Amendment 127 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
15a. Supports the conclusions of the Employment and Social Affairs Council on the ‘Eradication of Violence Against Women’ and highlights the importance of the Commission’s ongoing commitment to pursuing a more active policy in the fight to prevent violence against women, including trafficking in women and girls and female genital mutilation, particularly in relation to raising awareness in society and financial support for activities, projects and research at local, European and international level, as well as with non- EU countries;
Amendment 129 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 15 b (new)
Article 15 b (new)
15b. Emphasises the need for a wide- ranging survey to be conducted, taking in all the EU countries and using a common methodology, to establish the real extent of the problem; draws attention to the important work that will be carried out in this field by the European Monitoring Centre on Gender-based Violence which will provide high-quality statistics in support of political measures to fight this scab on society;
Amendment 130 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 16
Article 16
16. Maintains that every attention should be brought to bear on the situation of women working with their spouses in agriculture, craft industries, commerce, or fisheries and of small family businesses, in which women are in a more vulnerable position than men, with a view to taking new measures to protect mothers, eliminate indirect discrimination, and safeguard welfare provision, social security, and other entitlements accorded to women, including those working in a self-employed capacity; points in this regard to the importance of developing the legal construct of shared ownership with the aim of ensuring that women’s rights in the agricultural sector are fully recognised, that they receive appropriate social security protection and that their work is recognised;
Amendment 131 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
16a. Emphasises the importance of combating stereotypes in all walks and at all stages of life, since these are one of the most persistent causes of inequality between men and women, affecting their choices in the field of education, training and employment, the distribution of domestic and family responsibilities, participation in public life and participation and representation in decision-making positions, and in their choices regarding the labour market;
Amendment 132 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 16 b (new)
Article 16 b (new)
16b. Considers that the taxation and social protection systems need to be reviewed in order to individualise rights, guarantee equal pension rights and remove incentives that adversely affect women’s labour-market and social participation, such as joint taxation and grants for caring for dependants that are linked to women being inactive on the job market;
Amendment 137 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
17a. Lays stress on the importance of preventive measures to ensure women’s sexual and reproductive health, and calls therefore on the Member States and on regional and local authorities to sponsor free annual gynaecological check-ups, smear tests and mammographies for all women from puberty;
Amendment 143 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
18a. Insists that the gender perspective and the fight against gender-based violence must be incorporated into the European Union’s external and development cooperation policy;
Amendment 19 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Commission communication identifies serious problems such as producer fragmentation, abuse of dominant buyer power, unfair practices in contracting, restricted market access, lack of information on price building and the distribution of profit margins throughout the food chain, closely linked to increased concentration in the input, wholesale and retail sectors,
Amendment 23 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the Commission communication of 28 October 2009 recommends promoting and facilitating the restructuring and consolidation of the agricultural sector by encouraging the creation of voluntary agricultural producer organisations,
Amendment 87 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to establish a new relationship between competition rules and the CAP, with the aim of providing farmers and their interbranch organisations with tools that will make it possible to improve their negotiating position;
Amendment 150 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and Member sStates to promote fair contracting based on terms negotiated with farmers’ and, producers’ organisations and interbranch organisations so as to ensure best product quality and fair prices, and to provide for an easily accessible system to guard against breach of contracts by buyers;
Amendment 172 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of offering exemptions from the criteria applicable to SMEs (Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC) to cooperatives formed by farmers who group their farms together as microenterprises.
Amendment 178 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to take steps to encourage producers’ organisations and cooperatives to merge and pool their efforts with a view to increasing farmers’ bargaining power within the food supply chain;
Amendment 29 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas agriculture remains an important sector of the economy and at the same time provides essential public goods by maintaining natural resources and cultural landscapes, a precondition for all human activities in rural areas, and by helping to guarantee food security for citizens of the EU and of the whole world,
Amendment 38 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas agriculture provides the main land cover in the EU, occupying 47% of the entire territory of the European Union; whereas across the EU there are 14.5 million agricultural holdings, generating over €355 billion in production; whereas most of the EU farms can be found in the EU-12, whilst most of the agricultural area remains in the EU-15 with more than 70% of agricultural land,
Amendment 44 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas as a result of the last EU enlargements (2004 and 2007), an additional 7 million farmers were added to the total agricultural labour force and the area of agricultural land increased by 40%; whereas income per labour unit has been rising considerably less in agriculture than in the economy as a whole for the past 10 years; whereas the average agricultural income in the EU-27 is less than 50% of the average income in the rest of the economy, while production costs are at their highest levels for 15 years,
Amendment 88 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas European farmers must comply with strict rules concerning product safety and quality, environmental protection, animal welfare and social legislation; whereas this compliance entails an increase in production costs that leads to a loss of competitiveness by comparison with imports from third countries,
Amendment 156 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the recognition of the multi- functional role of farmers in delivering public goods such as guaranteeing food security, contributing to territorial cohesion, preserving our environment, high-quality food production, good animal husbandry, shaping and improving the diversity and quality of valued landscapes in the EU, and the move to more sustainable farming practices by not only meeting the basic requirements for maintenance of the land in a Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) but also achieving even higher standards through agri-environmental schemes, precision farming and environmentally sustainable production systems such as organic production;
Amendment 203 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Takes the view that, in order to avoid the undesirable effects of this growing volatility, the CAP should have a wide range of flexible market management measures capable of a rapid response;
Amendment 229 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Takes the view that a new relationship should be established between competition rules and the CAP with the aim of providing farmers and their interbranch organisations with tools that will make it possible to improve their negotiating position;
Amendment 288 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that there is an urgent need to attract younger generations totwo priority groups, namely young people and women, to countryside activities and rural areas and provide new and alternative economic opportunities for them to ensure a sustainable rural population;
Amendment 403 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for measures to be taken to strengthen producers' and producer organisations' bargaining power, as well as that of the interprofessional organisations, and improve the functioning of the food supply-chain with greater transparency of food prices and action to address unfair commercial practices;
Amendment 404 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Believes in the need to adapt the Community rules on competition and the single COM in order to offer the interprofessional organisations the tools they need if they are to make progress in the collective negotiation of contracts with price levels that cover production costs;
Amendment 412 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Believes that there has to be a minimumbroad safety net within the future framework of the CAP in order to manage extreme market price volatility and provide rapid and efficient responses to economic crises arising in the sector;
Amendment 597 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Believes that direct support should move to an area basis in all Member States by 2020after a realistic transitional period, allowing those that are still using the historical payments system the flexibility to phase inrequired to enable both farmers and production structures to adapt to the difficult changes at their own speed;
Amendment 610 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model, takes the view that a limited margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory, in the form of capped coupled payments for vulnerable grassland livestock areasocio-economically or environmentally vulnerable areas or sectors, in compliance with WTO requirements;
Amendment 635 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Identifies the need for five key building blocks, namely: Food Security and, Fair Trade and Competitiveness, Sustainability, Agriculture across Europe, Biodiversity and Environmental Protection, and Green Growth, to achieve a fairer, greener and more sustainable CAP;
Amendment 639 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 12
Subheading 12
Food security and, fair trade, and competitiveness
Amendment 645 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Believes that there should be a basic EU-funded direct area payment to all EU farmers in order to guarantee the social and economic sustainability of the European agricultural production model, which should provide basic food security for European consumers, allow farmers to produce high-quality food competitively in relation to well subsidised trade partners (US), ensure that farming activity continues across the EU and provide baseline public goods through cross- compliance requirements for Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions, as well as high quality and animal welfare standards; calls for an absolute requirement of minimum activity to be included in the cross-compliance rules and proportionality to be the key principle applied when enforcing the rules;
Amendment 659 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
56a. Considers, as far as animal husbandry is concerned, that the above basic payment should serve to maintain the balance and interconnection between ‘northern European’ extensive livestock farming and livestock farming without a territorial base, as practised in southern countries, the specific nature of which will need to be factored into the payment;
Amendment 688 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Calls for the continuation of specific measures to compensate farmers produccompensation of farming in areas with natural handicapsgions disadvantaged by natural handicaps and climate change, in order to ensure thate continuation of agricultural activity takes place and local food is produced, food production, and land management across the EU, thus reducing the threat of land abandonment and ensuring balanced territorial management across the EU; considers that this support scheme should remain co-financed as it currently is;
Amendment 739 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Believes that to underpin the five key building blocks of the CAP, a minimumcomprehensive safety net against extreme price volatility should still be available as ain the form of rapid reaction crisis toolcountermeasures; to that end, considers that a special reserve budget line should be made available in the EU budget which could be activated rapidly to respond to crises which arise, and that new innovative financial tools should also be considered such as risk insurance schemes and futures markets to help reduce market volatility;
Amendment 3 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas although it is true that initially the crisis affected men more, currently the rate of job loss is similar for men and women, and women’s presence in the labour market is lower than that of men in most countries of the EU; whereas we have learned from other crises that women who lose their jobs are more likely to be unable to find other work; whereas equality between men and women has a positive impact on productivity and economic growth, and the participation of women in the labour market has many social and economic benefits,
Amendment 6 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. stressing the fact that, based on the National Strategic Reports for 2009, the Member States appear to have made rather different uses of the instruments, means and methods for facilitating cohesion policy proposed by the Commission to combat the crisis and increase actual expenditure (such as use of 100% financing, changes to the strategic guidelines and the axes and financing for the operational programmes and the response to the simplification of implementing procedures),
Amendment 11 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Structural Funds are powerful instruments, designed for helping the regions in their economic and social restructuring and in promoting social, economic and territorial [sic] cohesion, as well as for implementation of the European Economic Recovery Plan and, in particular, development of competitiveness, supporting their systematic and effective use;
Amendment 12 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Supports the proposal by the Commission to table an initiative to improve European networks with the aim of building a European ‘supergrid’, ‘smart networks’ and interconnections with the support of the Structural Funds and the EIB which will help to reduce regional disparities and consolidate sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 20 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Warmly supports the key priorities of the EU 2020 strategy aimed at attaining smart, sustainable, inclusive growth: exploiting new sources of growth via the digital economy, improving the regulatory framework for strengthening territorial cohesion and promoting better conditions of competitiveness, entrepreneurship and innovation for all the regions, developing SMEs and supporting their growth potential; calls for these policies to be strengthened further within the framework of the forthcoming deepening of the EU 2020 strategy;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that economic, social and territorial cohesion is at the heart of the EU2020 Strategy: cohesion policy and the structural funds are a key tool for achieving the priorities of smart, sustainable, inclusive growth in the Member States and the regions;
Amendment 29 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges the significant problem posed by the reduction in the contribution of national co-financing to programmes, which affects Objective 2, due to the major financial problems of many Member States, and supports Commission policy regarding a ‘100% compensation’ option, following a request by Member States concerning their public expenditure share in co-financed projects;
Amendment 35 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the Sixth progress report on economic and social cohesion reflects the different socioeconomic situations in the three types of region, particularly with regard to their capacity for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. Both the current economic crisis and the different variables which affect the opportunities for regional development (demography, accessibility, capacity for innovation, etc) provide evidence of the existence of important data that must be taken into consideration when assessing the situation of local and regional economies and formulating an effective cohesion policy, making it necessary to incorporate new indicators into GDP per head to classify regions with a view to the new programming period beyond 2013;
Amendment 44 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that in order to tackle the crisis investment is needed in research and development, innovation, education and technologies that use resources efficiently, such investment will benefit traditional sectors, rural areas and highly skilled service economies and will therefore strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion; notes that it is necessary to provide for an affordable, accessible funding mechanism in which the structural funds play a key role;
Amendment 60 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports the assistance policy for large projects for the regions (financing of EUR 50 million and above) introduced by the Commission in 2009, values the importance of financial engineering instruments and EIB cooperation, especially JASPERS, JEREMIE AND JESSICA and calls for a further increase beyond 25% in the financing provided through JASPERS (Joint Assistance in Supporting Projects in European Regions) with a view to preparation and very rapid implementation of large projects;
Amendment 64 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Insists that greater flexibility is required in the N+2 rule having regard to the objectives pursued by cohesion policy and the effects of cyclical economic changes on the public finances and private investment;
Amendment 65 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Recommends that all funds that remain unspent in a region under N+2 and N+3 are allocated to regional venture capital and seed-capital funds which could, through the EIB, provide access to finance for SMEs, social undertakings and community initiatives either under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help retrain workers in environmentally friendly jobs or a future Climate Change Adjustment Fund with the express purpose of establishing projects to promote innovation and development aimed at SMEs;
Amendment 68 #
2009/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Emphasises the positive effect which equality between men and women has on economic growth; notes in that regard that some studies calculate that if the rates of employment, part-time employment and productivity of women were similar to those of men, GDP would increase by 30% programming period beyond 2013; therefore requests special scrutiny for those projects financed under the structural funds which promote equality and the inclusion of women in the labour market.
Amendment 1 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the conclusions of the European Council of 25 and 26 March 2010,
Amendment 4 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion, and solidarity among Member States, is one of the European Union's objectives, as stipulated in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union,
Amendment 7 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, even though significant progress has been made in terms of convergence in the European Union, a trend can be observed towards worsening territorial disparities between EU regions, for instance in terms of accessibility, in particular for the structurally disadvantaged regions, but also at an intra-regional level and within EU territories, which could lead to spatial segregation, widen the differences between levels of prosperity in EU regions and impair the EU's global competitiveness,
Amendment 13 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European Council of March 2010 acknowledged the importance of promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion, and especiallylso through the development of infrastructure, to help ensure the success of the EU 2020 Strategy, in circumstances where this new strategy will be addressing blockages in economic development,
Amendment 14 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas cohesion policy has proved to be an effective instrument for responding flexibly to the socio-economic challenges arising from the financial crisis,
Amendment 25 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the added value provided by the European Union’s cohesion policchievements displayed by the EU's cohesion policy, the added value it can bring to the 2020 Strategy and its role as an EU instrument for increasing the competitiveness of the regions, carrying out structural reforms and enhancing the ability of the regions to adapt to the global economic climate;
Amendment 29 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that enhancing the concentration of cohesion policy resources can ensure that this policy makes a significant contribution to fostering competitiveness, innovation and employment in the EU;
Amendment 32 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the key role played by the public sector, through the implementation of cohesion policy, in rebuilding confidence and solidarity in times of recession and thereafter by makingguaranteeing equal opportunities in terms of access to public investment, especially in infrastructure, new technologies and human capital, and ensuring sustainable development;
Amendment 35 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that, as provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon, the balanced economic development of the EU reduces regional disparities in levels of development and prepares the regions to meet the challenges of globalisation, demographic change, the depopulation of rural areas and climate change, by taking into account their specific weaknesses;
Amendment 38 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that, through the synergies generated with research and development and innovation policies, cohesion policy can provide a means of meetmust play a significant role ing the EUurope 2020 challenges by bolstering and harnessing specific local potentiStrategy, since this policy stimulates structural change across Europe and supports key investment priorities at all levels, local, regional, nationals and cross- border, ensuring social, economic and territorial cohesion; points out, however, that even though the cohesion policy's priorities should be aligned with the EU 2020 objectives, sufficient flexibility needs to be allowed to accommodate regional specificities and support the weaker and neediest regions so that they overcome their socio-economic difficulties and natural handicaps and reduce disparities;
Amendment 47 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes the view that the Member States must support a place-based approach to framing and implementing cohesion policy; acknowledges that the role of the regions varies between Member States depending on their political and administrative structure; requests that an improvement be sought, by promoting the principle of decentralisation, over the current programming period, in which the regions are administering only 30.5% of the overall budget allocated to cohesion policy, with the remainder being administered by central governments;
Amendment 58 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the results of the URBAN and LEADER initiatives and believes that cohesion policy can create the framework for balanced rural-urban development; calls on the Commission to examine and propose working methodologies that promote urban-rural partnerships, combat the depopulation of rural areas and stimulate sustainable urban development;
Amendment 63 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the need toWelcomes the amendment to Regulation No 1083/2006 simplifying the procedures for the utilisation of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund and invites the Commission to continue simplifying such procedures to ensure their flexibility and reduce the administrative burden on funding beneficiaries, so that the authorities can address major challenges in a timely manner and with the appropriate resources; takes the view that public-private partnerships can provide genuine support by supplementing the efforts made at local and regional level, and calls on the Commission to bring forward concrete proposals for the consolidation of public- private partnerships within the framework of cohesion policy;
Amendment 73 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that the, although the level of GDP should remain a key indicator in deciding which areas are eligible for EU financial assistance should be the level of GDP and that the introduction of other indicators can only be admitt, other indicators must be introduced, after studies have been conducted on their relevance and on the way in which that information is collected and processed;
Amendment 75 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of allocating funding to regions on the basis of regional specificitiethe following characteristics: coastal regions, islands, mountainous areas, regions suffering from depopulation or with low population density, remote border towns and the most remote regions; calls on the Commission to create appropriate financial instruments for lending added value in the short and medium term, taking into consideration also the effects of the economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 78 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Invites the Commission to study ways in which new techniques in financial engineering can improve the effectiveness and impact of the cohesion policy with a view to obtaining the best possible results in the projects chosen;
Amendment 80 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses that, since research and innovation are essential for the development of the EU and in improving its competitiveness in the face of global challenges, investment in these fields must continue and regular results-based assessments of progress must be conducted; calls, in this regard, for the Structural Funds and the Framework Programme to be better coordinated, so as to make the most of future funding for research and innovation, and for regional innovative clusters to be developed within and between Member States;
Amendment 81 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Emphasises the positive effects of gender equality on the EU’s economic growth, social cohesion and, therefore, on its competitiveness; points out that some studies estimate that if employment, part- time employment and productivity rates for women were similar to those for men, GDP would increase by 30%;
Amendment 85 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that, although the cohesion policy focuses on the least prosperous regions, it should also continue to encourage competitiveness, innovation, employment and economic, social and territorial cohesion throughout the European Union;
Amendment 87 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses the need to keep transitional arrangements in place to consolidate and improve the current level of development, which could fall if financing is significantly reduced once a given objective is met; points out that this would ensure equal treatment for regions in the same situation, which would in turn lead to the efficient organisation of programmes;
Amendment 89 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reminds the Commission and the Member States that the expectations of the European public are based on its needs, and especially on the desire for access to adequate infrastructure and quality public services, which must be provided equitably and at prices affordable by all European citizens, regardless of where they live and work; insists that the right to equal opportunities must be respected and stresses the need for disabled access to all infrastructure and projects financed under the Structural Funds;
Amendment 97 #
2009/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that a strong and well- financed EU regional policy is an indispensable condition for achieving social, economic and territorial cohesion and for turning the EU into a globally competitive economy;
Amendment 36 #
2009/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges auditors to take a tougher line on communication and information requirements, including ‘naming and shaming’ and the use of financial corrections in cases of non-compliance;
Amendment 4 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Aa (new)
Recital Aa (new)
Aa. whereas by multi-level governance is meant coordinated action by the Union, Member States and local and regional authorities, based on partnership and aimed at drawing up and implementing European Union policies, which definition implies responsibility being shared between the different tiers of government;
Amendment 7 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ca (new)
Recital Ca (new)
Ca. whereas the practical solutions which our fellow citizens expect to see as regards public services (such as public transport, drinking water, public health, social housing and public education) can be achieved only by means of good governance, involving two complementary systems: firstly, the institutional system, which provides for the allocation of powers and budgets between the State and regional and local authorities and, secondly, the partnership system, which brings together public and private parties with an interest in a given topic in a given territory,
Amendment 8 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Cb (new)
Recital Cb (new)
Cb. whereas partnership should take account of all relevant communities and groups, can bring benefit and added value to the implementation of cohesion policy through enhanced legitimacy, guaranteed transparency and better absorption of funds, and should also be assessed in terms of the social and civic value it represents,
Amendment 9 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Cc (new)
Recital Cc (new)
Cc. whereas an integrated approach should take account of the economic, social and environmental aspects of regional development, reconcile the interests of the various parties concerned and pay attention to the regions’ special characteristics (geographical and natural disadvantages, depopulation, outermost region, etc.) if it is to meet local and regional challenges,
Amendment 11 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Recommends that the territorial impact analysis should become standard practice through the involvement, upstream of the policy decision, of the various parties concerned in order to understand the economic, social and environmental repercussions on the regions of Community legislative and non-legislative proposals;
Amendment 12 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2b (new)
Paragraph 2b (new)
2b. Recommends that major Community strategic reforms should be accompanied by a regional action plan agreed between the EU institutions, the Member States and the regional authorities, setting out the political mechanisms to facilitate the ownership, implementation and evaluation of the policies adopted, and including a decentralised communication plan;
Amendment 19 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to study, in conjunction with local and regional authorities, a possible reform to the open method of coordination to make it more inclusive, by developing participatory governance indicators and territorial indicators;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that satisfactory multi-level governance should be based on a bottom- up approach and calls on the local and regional authorities to examine how they could step up their cooperation with the national government and the Community’s administration by, for example, holding periodic meetings attended by officials from all tiers of government or by the establishment of European Territorial Pacts that link on a voluntary basis the different tiers of government concerned;
Amendment 24 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the Member States to decentralise the implementation of cohesion policy, so that the system of multi-level governance can work effectively and in keeping with the principles of partnership and subsidiarity, and calls on them to take the decentralisation measures required, at both legislative and budgetary levels;
Amendment 26 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Emphasises that for the efficient absorption of funds and maximisation of their impact there must be sufficient regional and local administrative capacity; calls therefore on Member States to ensure adequate administrative structures and human capital in terms of recruitment, remuneration, training, resources, procedures, transparency and accessibility;
Amendment 32 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. URecommends reinforcing the partnership practice and urges the Commission to come up with an agreed definition of the concept of partnership as a condition for building up real partnerships with regional and local authorities; asks the Commission to seriously verify the implementation of this principle by developing specific evaluation tools and to spread best practices in this area through ICT tools; emphasises that partnership can contribute to effectiveness, efficiency, legitimacy and transparency in all the phases of Structural Fund programming and implementation and can increase commitment to and ownership of programme outputs; underlines the important role of the voluntary sector in the partnership process;
Amendment 34 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9a (new)
Paragraph 9a (new)
9a. Draws attention to the requirement to consult the general public and organisations representing civil society in order to reflect their proposals, and stresses that the participation of civil society helps to legitimise the decision- making process; notes that the efforts to involve the public in the preparations for the operational programmes for the period 2007-2013 were not as successful as hoped for; calls on the Commission to identify good practices and to facilitate their application with a view to improving public involvement ahead of the next programming period;
Amendment 39 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11a (new)
Paragraph 11a (new)
11a. Takes the view that the European networks for exchanges of good practice should broaden their work in the area of governance and partnership, put more emphasis on political and strategic lessons learnt from previous programme cycles and should ensure public access to exchanges of experience in all European Union languages and thus help to ensure that good practices are in fact implemented;
Amendment 55 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. WEmphasises that transparent and clear procedures are factors of good governance and therefore welcomes the ongoing simplification of the Structural Funds regulations; calls for a simpler architecture for the Funds after 2013, not as a consequence of the economic crisis but as a general principle of the future cohesion policy, in order to avoid discouraging potential partners from taking part in projects;
Amendment 107 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Believes that the development of large-scale strategies, such as macro- regional strategies, should contribute to enhancing the role of the local and regional level in the implementation of EU policy more generally;
Amendment 108 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Suggests continuing to develop new strategies in other geographical areas such as the Danube Basin, the Atlantic Arc, the Alps and the Mediterranean, ensuring that these have adequate support from the States involved and the European institutions;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas social services of general interest play an essential role in combating social exclusion and discrimination, protecting human rights and human dignity, and promoting social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations, protection of the rights of the child, the balancing of private and professional life and the achievement of economic, social and regional cohesion,
Amendment 3 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas social services of general interest, and in particular access to services for the care of children, the elderly and other dependants, are essential for the equal participation of women and men in the labour market, education and training,
Amendment 4 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the expansion of social services of general interest has been a driving force in drawing more women into the labour market,
Amendment 7 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. As social services of general interest are generally driven by the principle of solidarity and are highly dependent on public financing, urges the Member States, so as to ensure equality of access independent of wealth, income, race or ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender, to continue with the same level of financial contributions as during the fast- economic- growth period and to facilitate the access of people with fewer resources to social services;
Amendment 8 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists on the need to prevent the current financial and economic crisis and future economic prospects from putting at risk the development of social services of general interest, as this would in the long term harm the growth of employment, economic growth in the EU, the increase in fiscal contributions, the rise in birth- rates and the promotion of equality between women and men;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to carry out a gender-based impact assessment of the various services of general interest and establish modern proactive welfare strategies to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of social spending, also taking into account gender-equality principles; notes that these policies, including the promotion of inclusive labour markets, prevention and rehabilitation, may require more funds initially, but should lead to cost savings and improve quality of delivery in the longer term;
Amendment 15 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the fact that it is essential to promote stronger user-orientation and user- empowerment as well as, to take account of the gender perspective and to enhance access to social rights, particularly for disadvantaged groups, including single mothers, disabled women, women who have been victims of gender violence, immigrant women, women belonging to minorities, women with few qualifications and elderly women, in a context where the need for services is becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex;
Amendment 17 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends the Member States, when defining social services of general interest, to take account of gender-specific services, especially advisory and social services particularly designed for women, and important services that contribute to women’s quality of life and to equality, such as health services, particularly sexual and reproductive health services, education and the care of the elderly;
Amendment 18 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recommends the Commission and the Member States to consult all the relevant parties, including the representatives of organisations for women, immigrants, minorities, the disabled, the elderly and those for the rights of the child;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Requests that the Commission ensure that the assessment of proposed EU actions and initiatives from a gender-equality perspective becomes a regular and transparent process with discernible results, and that specific gender budgeting is built into all EU and national programmes andthe gender perspective is included in the budget for all EU and national programmes and policies; also calls on the Commission to include in its monitoring reports issues of social inclusion and gender equality, and to mainstream the rights of the child in specific policies;
Amendment 27 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to ensure the availability of accessible, affordable, high- quality, diversified forms of childcare provision for children, the elderly and other dependants, as an essential step towards equal opportunities in employment for women and men, since childcare services not only facilitate participation by women in the labour market but also offer job opportunities mainly for women;
Amendment 30 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes it necessary to ensure that affordable care services are available for at least 40 % of children from 0 to 3 years of age, and to make education available to all children between the age of 3 and the mandatory school age;
Amendment 31 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Draws attention to the importance of ensuring that the national, regional and local authorities facilitate access to social housing for women in need or at risk of exclusion, and for women who have been the victims of gender violence, in both cases especially when they have dependent children;
Amendment 32 #
2009/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points out that it is vital to safeguard the access of the most vulnerable women’s groups to training and employment services in order to secure their financial independence and full inclusion in society;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the ageing of society is too often seen in negative terms, i.e. in terms of challenges to the age structure of the labour force and the sustainability of social protection and health care, whereas in fact older people are a resource and offer key community and family supportlso represent an economic resource and a fund of experience and offer key community and family support as carers for dependents and as labour consultants, given their wide professional experience, as well as helping to maintain rural communities,
Amendment 14 #
2009/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women are traditionally at greater risk of poverty and limited pensions, especially women aged over 65, who are often in receipt of pensions barely above the minimum subsistence level for various reasons such as the wide gender pay gap, which directly affects pension rights, the fact that they have taken a break from or stopped work to take on family responsibilities, or the fact that they have worked in their husband’s undertaking, mainly in the business and agriculture sectors, without remuneration and without social security affiliation; whereas in times of economic recession the risk of falling into poverty is even greater for these women,
Amendment 22 #
2009/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a more rights-based approach to ageing so that older people can act as empowered subjects instead of objects;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks for more research and the development of monitoring mechanisms asto ensure that age discrimination is seldom recognised and tackled; recognises that greater awareness in the Member States is needed and would welcome input from the new European Institute for Gender Equality on how progress could be made;
Amendment 27 #
2009/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is deeply concerned by the extent to which older migrantthe most vulnerable groups of women are subject to multiple discrimination: migrant women, women with disabilities, homosexual women, women who belong to minorities, women with few qualifications and elderly women, as they suffer discrimination on the basis of age, gender and, ethnicity and sexual or religious orientation, etc., and calls for positive discrimination measures;
Amendment 47 #
2009/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that public and private services shall be quality services that are easily accessible for older people and affordable, particularly in the case of public services, and that the structure of public and private services shall support the longest possible period of care at home;
Amendment 60 #
2009/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that the quality of care shall be ensured in order to improve the quality of old age and also in order to avoid the physical, psychological and economic abuse that elderly often suffer from; considers that Members States should ensure that those employed as carers of older people in the public and private sectors receive training in healthcare and psychology throughout their working life;
Amendment 77 #
2009/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 -
Paragraph 22 -
22. Asks the Commission to propose by the end of 2011 an action plan containing: • an examination of the need for more resources for scientific research on ageing, • measures to ensure the quality of care, • changes to increase coherence in the area of social security, including pension schemes, care leaves and part-time working arrangements, • yearly reporting on the violation of older people’s rights and on measures to be taken at EU and national level to abolish direct and hidden discrimination, • non-legislative measures to tackle age- discrimination, such as awareness-raising campaigns, • measures to make use of the knowledge and professional experience of older people, for example by setting up associations of older people to provide advice for job-seekers; • exchange of best practice;
Amendment 3 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, according to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working conditions, women spend three times as much time as men on caring for children, dealing with domestic issues and looking after dependent relatives, whereas the sharing of family and domestic duties between men and women, not least by developing the use of parental leave and paternity leave, is a precondition for promoting and achieving gender equality; and whereas not counting periods of maternity and parental leave towards aggregate working times is discriminatory and places women in a worse situation on the labour market,
Amendment 4 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in times of economic recession particularly, people who are already at risk of falling into poverty become even more vulnerable, the majority of whom are women, become even more vulnerable, especially female migrant workers and those belonging to a minority group; whereas efforts and complete solutions to eradicate poverty as agreed upon by the Lisbon European Council as long ago as 2000 have become a matter of urgency; whereas special attention should be paid to protecting those groups facing multiple disadvantages, especially the Roma, and to ensure their inclusion into society,
Amendment 5 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas quality full-time employment with quality jobs is the bestrights is a safeguard against poverty and social exclusion; whereas it is crucial to design and implement policies as well as springboard to financial and psychological independence; whereas by addressing universal access to quality public services, it is crucial to design and implement policies, that respond to the needs of women and men respectively, including access to affordable and, accessible and quality care services, that respond to the needs of women and men respectively for children, the elderly and other dependents,
Amendment 8 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to develop affordable, accessible and quality care services for children and other dependants, in line with the European targets; underlines the fact that, and to ensure that the availability of those services is compatible with women and men’s full-time working schedules; urges the Commission and the Member States to fully capitalise on the potential of the Structural Funds and of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development forand to facilitate the access to the financing of quality services should be fully utilised; urges the Commission to propose a directive on paternity, adoption and filial leave;
Amendment 8 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the crisis may exacerbate still further the sectoral and occupational segregation between women and men, which in some countries has not only not decreased but is increasing,
Amendment 9 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the European institutions and, the Member States and the local and regional authorities to take effective steps, notably through legislation, to encourage gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility, including on boards of directors, and in local, regional, national and European public institutions, administrations and organisations which should set an example; therefore calls for binding targets to ensure the equal representation of women and men;
Amendment 19 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 27 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas gender equality has a major positive impact on economic productivity and growth and women’s participation in the labour market has a host of social and economic benefits,
Amendment 31 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the sharing of family and domestic duties between men and women, not least by developing the use of parental leave and paternity leave, is a precondition for promoting and achieving gender equality; and whereas not counting periods of maternity and parental leave towards aggregate working times is discriminatory and places women in a worse situation on the labour market,
Amendment 33 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas there is a need to step up the efforts to mainstream the gender perspective into public policy,
Amendment 36 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in times of economic recession particularly, people who are already at risk of falling into poverty, the majority of whom are women, become even more vulnerable; whereas efforts and complete solutions to eradicate poverty as agreed upon by the Lisbon European Council as long ago as 2000 have become a matter of urgency; whereas special attention should be paid to protecting those groups facing multiple disadvantages, and to ensure their inclusion into society,
Amendment 41 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas quality full-time employment with quality jobs is the best safeguard against poverty and social exclusion; whereas it is crucial to design and implement policies, including access to affordable and, accessible care serviceand quality care services for children, the elderly and other dependents, that respond to the needs of women and men respectively,
Amendment 55 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to prevent the current financial and economic crisis, and future economic issues, endangering what has been achieved so far in the field of gender equality and to avoid the recession being used, as is already the case in some Member States, as an argument for scaling back gender equality measures, as in the long term this would hinder growth in employment, economic growth in the EU, increases in tax payments and in birth rates and the promotion of gender equality;
Amendment 56 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises that gender equality policies must be viewed as part of the solution to ending the crisis, harnessing and fully exploiting the skills and abilities of all Europeans and, in the future, forging a more competitive economy;
Amendment 61 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the experience of previous crises shows that the male employment rate generally recovers more quickly than that for women;
Amendment 67 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that cuts in public expenditure are adversely affecting preventive measures to ensure women’s sexual and reproductive health and calls therefore on the Member States and regional and local authorities to sponsor free and comprehensive annual check-ups for all women from puberty, regardless of economic circumstances;
Amendment 70 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the positive effect that gender equality has for economic growth; points out in this respect that some studies estimate that if employment, part-time employment and productivity rates for women were similar to those for men, GDP would increase by 30%;
Amendment 72 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 73 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points to the need for proposals for the review of tax systems, aimed at eliminating all incentives that adversely affect women’s labour-market and social participation, such as joint taxation assessment and grants for caring for dependents linked to women being inactive on the job market;
Amendment 76 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that the crisis will have the worst effect on vulnerable groups of women: disabled women, immigrant women, women from ethnic minorities, women with few qualifications, women who are long-term unemployed, single women without means and women caring for dependents, etc.;
Amendment 82 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need to combat stereotypes in all walks and at stages of life, since these are one of the most persistent causes of inequality between men and women in affecting their choices in the field of education, training and employment, the distribution of domestic and family responsibilities, participation in public life and participation and representation in decision-making positions, and in their choices regarding the labour market;
Amendment 87 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to take the necessary steps to mainstream the gender perspective into all Community policies and to review the existing legislation so as to ensure that gender equality is correctly applied and that positive discrimination measures can be applied where these are necessary;
Amendment 101 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to develop affordable, accessible and quality care services for children and other dependants, in line with the European targets, and to ensure that the availability of those services is compatible with women and men’s full-time working schedules; underlines the fact that the potential of the Structural Funds and of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development for the financing of quality services should be fully utilised; urges the Commission to propose a directive on paternity, adoption and filial leave;
Amendment 103 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that those care services for children and other dependents are potentially a major source of employment for older women, who currently have one of the lowest employment rates;
Amendment 104 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Believes it necessary to ensure that affordable care services are available for at least 40% of children from 0 to 3 years of age, and to make education available to all children between the age of 3 and the mandatory school age;
Amendment 113 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the European institutions and, the Member States and the local and regional authorities to take effective steps, notably through legislation, to encourage gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility, including on boards of directors, and in local, regional, national and European public institutions and organisations; therefore calls for binding targets to ensure the equal representation of women and men; therefore calls for binding targets to ensure the equal representation of women and men;
Amendment 117 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes it necessary to reach a stage in which 25% of the posts on boards of directors of companies quoted on the stock exchanges, and 20% of those in the Member State executives, are held by women;
Amendment 136 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for the EAFRD Regulation to be amended to enable proactive measures to be taken in support of women in the 2014-2020 programming period, which was possible in previous periods but not in the current one, and which will have very beneficial effects on women’s employment in rural areas;
Amendment 26 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, in its resolution of 2006, the European Parliament asked the Commission for a report on the development of animal welfare policy, before it presented the next Action Plan,
Amendment 31 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas it also asked the Commission to include animal welfare in all fields of its international negotiation agenda,
Amendment 33 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas, back in 2006, the European Parliament highlighted the need to improve information to citizens on animal welfare and on the efforts made by our producers to comply with these rules,
Amendment 36 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in its above-mentioned resolution of 2006 the European Parliament insisted that the rules, standards and indicators adopted should be based on the latest technology and science and stressed that a high standard of animal welfare also entailed financial and administrative operating costs for Europe's farmers,
Amendment 43 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the aforementioned cost increases may lead to production being moved to regions with lower levels of animal protection,
Amendment 57 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Appreciates the work which has been done to develop alternatives to animal testing and the Commission's efforts, uander the auspices of the WTO and in bilateral agreements with third countries, to assign the highest priority to animal welfare is looking forward to the new legislation that should be adopted during the first half of 2010;
Amendment 66 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognises the Commission's efforts, under the auspices of the WTO and in bilateral agreements with third countries, to assign the highest priority to animal welfare, but considers the results clearly unsatisfactory, especially as regards multilateral agreements;
Amendment 82 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regretcognises, nonetheless, that more has not been done to adopt a proposal forthe absence of new sound scientific evidence has meant that it has not been possible to carry out the impact study required to present new rules on animal transport and the associated issue of developing a satellite system to monitor such transport, and urges the Commission, in the time still remaining before the action plan expires, to take the initiative in this field and to also present the study requested by Parliament and referred to in Article 32 of Regulation 1/2005;
Amendment 104 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is particularly concerned that, despite the clear recommendations and conclusions issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in this regard, many pig farmers in Europe are violating the provisions of Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs1, and calls, therefore, on the Commission, therefore, to devise without delay a strategy to increase Member States and the sectors involved to make the necessary efforts to ensure greater compliance with this Directive;
Amendment 109 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission likewiPoints out that 2012 will see tohe ensure that the ban on systems which lack cages with nests for laying hens, which entry into force of the obligation that laying hens may only be kept in enriched cages; calls on the Commission and Member Staters into force in 2012, is genuinelyto introduce all the necessary measures to help the sector compliedy with this obligation;
Amendment 120 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that the Commission has not, during this period, developed a clear communication strategy on the value of products that comply with animal welfare standards, contenting itself with the report presented in October 2009;
Amendment 127 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that its above-mentioned resolution of 2006 already called for the existing action plan to be followed by a new one, and urges the Commission therefore to submit without delay ana report assessing the implementation of the current plan and the situation concerning animal welfare policy in the EU, on the basis of which it should compile the action plan for animal welfare 2011-2015 which, in the light of Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, should cover the fieand the results of the previous one, shoulds below, backed by the required funding;
Amendment 135 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Suggests to the Commission that, in its assessment report, it analyze inter alia to what extent the current action plan has covered the demands of European society in the area of animal welfare, the sustainability of the system for European producers, and how the functioning of the internal market has been affected since the implementation of this plan;
Amendment 174 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers also that information to citizens on the high level of animal welfare in the EU and of the efforts made by the various sectors involved should be a key element in this policy;
Amendment 175 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Considers that the inclusion of animal welfare requirements in international agreements is a prerequisite to allow our producers to compete in a globalised market and prevent the relocation of production to regions which have much lower levels of animal welfare and thus compete unfairly with our model;
Amendment 193 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recommends a review of the consistency of the animal welfare policy with the Union's other policies;
Amendment 194 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to thoroughly assess the possible problems that European animal welfare standards cause for the competitiveness of our producers and to review the support systems for producers relating to the implementation of these standards;
Amendment 200 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 271 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that a European centre for animal welfare and animal health should be established no later than 2012, whose work should be based on the general animal welfare legislation proposed abov. This measure should not generate additional costs and existing centres or agencies should be used for this purpose;
Amendment 286 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that such a centre should compriseperform the tasks assigned to the 'central coordination institute' referred to in the aforementioned Commission communication of 28 October 2009;
Amendment 322 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission as soon as possible to perform comprehensiveto continue performing inspections to ascertain how the Member States are applying and enforcing existing animal welfare rules, particularly concerning animal transport and pigsin those areas where there is a lower level of compliance, and if necessary to propose in 2012 at the latest recommendations, guidelines and other necessary measures to tackle problems;
Amendment 336 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the aim must be a purposeful, risk-based monitoring system in which objective and measurable factors such as mortality statistics and the use of antibioticsor any others recommended by the scientific community are central;
Amendment 351 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the European Union budget must include sufficient appropriations to enable the Commission to monitor the Member States more effectively and comprehensively in this regard and to support producers where necessary;
Amendment 362 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 6
Heading 6
Amendment 364 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 382 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 385 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 400 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 407 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 431 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission as soon as possible to propose a system for trialling new techniques within the European Union which have a sound scientific basis and are relevant to animal welfare, and considers that - in addition to common test standards - such a system should comprise a structure for use in disseminating the results among the various Member States;
Amendment 12 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas agriculture is directly affected, since it is one of the economic activities which manages the landnatural resources necessary to human survival,
Amendment 22 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas agriculture, as the main source of two major GHGs (nitrous oxide and methane, which are emitted by variable biological processes that are intrinsically associated with all types of agricultural production), is contributing to climate change while also being very vulnerable to its adverse impact,
Amendment 59 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that EU agriculture can contribute to the Union’s global warming mitigation objectives by finding ways to limit and reduce its GHG emissions, promoting carbon storage in the soil and developing the production of sustainable renewable energies; emphasises that, to this end, it is essential to foster the development of a different kind of agriculture, in all of the EU's agricultural potential, greater sustainability by reducing emissions per unit of production so that it is better able to reconcile economic, social and environmental imperatives with the natural potential of each ecosystem;
Amendment 82 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – phrase introductive
Paragraph 3 – phrase introductive
3. Calls, in particular, for the future CAP to encourage – through the provision of information, training and incentives – practices that limitigate GHG emissions and/or fix carbon when the soil and climatic conditions are favourable, including:
Amendment 148 #
2009/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the Union’s position as the leading importer of agricultural produce results in a higher carbon cost than that generated by European farms, owing to the lower environmental standards often found in non-EU countries coupled with long-distance transport emissions; takes the view that there is a need to inform consumers by means of appropriate carbon footprint labelling communication strategy that highlights the benefits of a healthy diet made up of high-quality items produced by a sustainable agricultural system, to compensate European farmers fairly for their efforts to reduce emissions, and to encourage local farms to diversify (inter alia by developing EU production of plant proteins);
Amendment 68 #
2009/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers fine tuning of the criteria for support for areas with natural handicaps to be necessary in order to be able to respond appropriately to particular geographical situations and crops grown and to exclude areas in which natural handicaps have been offset by human intervention; proposes that farm data (such as farm income) and population data be used inter alia for this purpose; emphasises, however, that the decision on the criteria to be used for fine tuning must lie with the Member States;
Amendment 3 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas simplification should be addressgeared to farmers at the point of deliverycilitating and improving daily management by farmers on their farm,
Amendment 10 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the objective should be to reduce the costadministrative costs and bureaucratic burdens of the CAP, both direct and indirect,
Amendment 22 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a new CAP should be more market-oriented and focused on reducing the excessive protectionism that hinders competition, without forgetting the need to have tools available that make it possible to correct market volatility, given the special features of this economic activity,
Amendment 44 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the CAP to be outcome-driven rather than focused on regulation, with Member States offering more help and advice to farmers, and believes that, to that end, a telephone helpline should be instituted in all Member States to assist farmerit might be useful to create a telephone helpline to assist farmers in some Member States;
Amendment 51 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that, where possible and where it would result in a real reduction in the number of checks by the administration, Member States should allow self- certification;
Amendment 64 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for the CAP to be simpler, more transparent and more equitable; in this respect a single flat rate payment would be preferable;
Amendment 151 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 192 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that, for health reasons, the identification of animals should continue to be done using the producer number instead of the holding numberholding number, since each holding represents a distinct epidemiological unit;
Amendment 200 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 205 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 214 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that double reporting on the movement of sheep and goats to the central data base should be abolished (slaughter report + holding registers)should be simplified as much as possible, permitting the use of new technologies for this purpose;
Amendment 225 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 9 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Advocates greater monitoring and coordination between the Commission and the Member States so as to ensure that imported food products meet the EU's quality and food safety standards, as well as its environmental and social standards;
Amendment 12 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Stresses that as things stand the private certification systems do not provide more information on the quality of the products concerned: rather, they are in many cases becoming a financial and administrative burden as regards farmers' access to the market;
Amendment 22 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls in this respect on the Commission to conduct a study on the various options available for giving European producers the possibility of displaying on their products their commitment to quality, food safety and respect of all European standards of production, including through the option of a European Union quality logo, which should be made available onexclusively to agricultural goods resulting entirely from European production; production in the EU, and which, since it would certify compliance with the legislation subject to official controls, should in no circumstances involve any additional cost to operators or any financial or administrative burden on the Member States exercising the controls;
Amendment 29 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that sectoral marketing standards still retainplay an important role in the production chain, and consequently they should be kept; they render transparent the changes on the market and allow purchasers to compare prices, sizes and quality of products and ensure a level playing-field in European competition and a common language for operators;
Amendment 33 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Calls for the restoration of marketing rules for fruit and vegetables that can supply uniform standardisation parameters and objectives which, at all stages of the food chain, can strengthen the transparency of commercial operations and establish consumer- friendly quality criteria;
Amendment 35 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 49 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the introduction of additional optional reserved terms, especially in terms of the provision of a clear definition and usage of the terms "mountain products" and "low carboncal products"; further expresses support for the harmonisation at Community level of the term "mountain products", which is currently regulated in only a few Member States;
Amendment 57 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is in support of providing the consumer with the maximuma suitable amount of information available; is in favour of the introduction of comprehensive and compulsory legislationexamining the possibilities which could be offered by new Community rules for "place of farming"- labelling in certain agri-food sectors; considers that this mayshould be done in a manner that takes into account the costs of such a Europe-wide operation, as well as the specificities of particular sectors, such as that of processed agricultural good while also examining viability on a sector-by-sector basis;
Amendment 65 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 102 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the mandatory provision ofit to be permitted to provide information through labelling (and all other means available) with regard to the "place of farming" of raw materials, where this is different from the place indicated by the geographical indication and to the name of the producer when the product is marketed under the private trade name of a retailer;
Amendment 115 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Further demands thorough ex-officio protection of geographical indications, as an obligation for authorities in all Member States; wishes to see this specifically addressed through a revision of Regulation (EC) 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs12 and through a better definition of the control procedures applicable at all stages, both 'before' and 'after', of the marketing of products; _________________________ 1 OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.
Amendment 129 #
Amendment 130 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reaffirms its belief that organic farming and integrated production offers European farmers a major growth opportunity; supports recent efforts to develop a new EU organic logo, applicable to all EU farmed products;
Amendment 134 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that greathere standardisation is needed in the typology of control and certification bodies and procedures for organic products, sohould be a genuine single market in organic products, towards which goal the introduction of a compulsory Community logo represents a major contribution; in thatis consumers are provided with an assurance of safety and reliability in the form of the new EU logo, guaranteeing comparable production, control and certification criteria at Community level and helping to resolve problems and further promote the internal market;nection, expresses its support for the framework established in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092//911, and hopes that, even though it has recently come into force, it will fulfil all of its legislative potential as soon as possible; _______________________________ 1 OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.
Amendment 148 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27a (new)
Paragraph 27a (new)
27a. Supports promoting systems for producing quality food products using sustainable criteria, as in the case of integrated production; calls for the Community regulation of this area, with a view to unifying the criteria existing in the different Member States, to be backed up by a suitable promotion campaign informing the consumer of the main features of integrated production in Europe;
Amendment 151 #
Amendment 152 #
2009/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27a (new)
Paragraph 27a (new)
27a. Supports the drawing-up of European guidelines for best practice for the operation of the private certification systems concerned with agricultural product quality; these guidelines should be met by all operators and should include a set of concepts aimed at helping the productive sector develop the value added of its products, encouraging the mutual recognition of certification systems and the participation of producers in drawing up those systems, and applying those systems through producers' associations with a view to reducing the costs of certification and implementation;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas equality between women and men is a fundamental principle of the EU, recognised by the Treaty establishing the European Community and by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas in spite of the significant progress made in this field, many inequalities between women and men remain,
Amendment 21 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women need to work until 22 February (i.e. 418 calendar days) in order to earn as much as men do in a year,
Amendment 26 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas access to services for the care of children, the elderly and other dependants is essential for equal participation of women and men in the labour market, education and training,
Amendment 31 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the conditions of some groups of women who often face several combined difficulties and risks as well as double discrimination — in particular disabled women, women with dependants, elderly women and minority and immigrant women — show signs of deterioration,
Amendment 33 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas, for both men and women, employment rates are lower in rural areas, and, in addition, a lot of women are never active in the official labour market and, therefore, are neither registered as unemployed nor included in unemployment statistics, which leads to particular financial and legal problems in relation to the right to maternity and sick leave, the acquisition of pension rights and access to social security, as well as problems in the event of divorce; whereas rural areas are badly affected by the lack of high-quality employment opportunities,
Amendment 37 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Amendment 60 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give consideration to the situation of spouses helping in handicrafts, trade, agriculture, fisheries and small family businesses, both from the gender equality perspective and taking into account the fact that women are in a more vulnerable position than men; calls on the Member States to develop the legal construct of shared ownership, in order to ensure full recognition of women's rights in the agricultural sector, appropriate protection in the field of social security and recognition of their work;
Amendment 62 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages the Member States to promote female entrepreneurship in the industrial sector and to provide financial support and vocational guidance structures for women setting up companies, as well as the appropriate training;
Amendment 69 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Community institutions and the Member States to make 22 February ‘International Equal Pay Day’;
Amendment 80 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to acknowledge companies that take action to promote equality between women and men and facilitate work-life balance, in order to foster the spread of good practices in this area;
Amendment 81 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the importance of pre- school childcare provision, childminding services and the provision of assistance to elderly persons and other dependants for better work- life balancing; commends the Commission's approach of making available, in a timely manner, high-quality comparative statistics and in putting specific recommendations to each Member State; calls on the Member States to do their utmost to achieve the above- mentioned Barcelona European Council targets on pre-school childcare provision;
Amendment 93 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Asks the Member States to take effective steps, notably through legislation, to encourage gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility; notes in this regard the positive effects of the use of electoral quotas on the representation of women;
Amendment 100 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give priority to and take particular note of more vulnerable groups of women – disabled women, women with dependants, elderly women, minority and immigrant women and women prisoners – and to develop targeted measures to meet their needs;
Amendment 101 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt and implement the necessary measures to support women with disabilities so that they may progress in those areas of social life and the world of work, culture and politics in which they are still under-represented;
Amendment 103 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that violence against women is still a major problem that needs to be eliminated using every means available to the Communities and the Member States, and once again calls on the Commission to establish a European Day for combating violence against women and a European Year for the elimination of all forms of violence against women; congratulates the incoming Spanish Presidency of the Council on making it a priority to combat such violence and invites future Council Presidents to do likewise;
Amendment 105 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Endorses the Spanish Presidency's proposals to establish a European gender violence monitoring centre, introduce the European protection order for victims and set up a common EU-wide telephone helpline for victims;
Amendment 106 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the importance of combating violence against women to achieving equality between women and men and accordingly urges the Council and Commission to establish a clear legal basis for combating all forms of violence against women, including trafficking;
Amendment 4 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reaffirms its commitment to gender equality policies and mainstreaming and recalls that the promotion of both should be a key element of the external action of the EU;
Amendment 8 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that the communications budget has no instruments enabling DG Communications to give a general budgetary focus to gender questions; stresses the importance and role of EU communications policy in increasing awareness of gender issues and calls for adequate financial resources to be made available for measures of this kind;
Amendment 12 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to launch pilot projects in fields such as inter- generational solidarity, recognising the economic value of work done by carers, who are mainly women, the contribution made by men to child-rearing, the reconciliation of family and working life, etc.;
Amendment 15 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that special attention should be paid to trafficking in human beings, in particular women and girls,, adolescents and children when examining strengthening of internal and international security;
Amendment 16 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the maintenance of budget lines to develop policies to assist persons suffering from ‘DYS’ problems (dysphasia, dyspraxia, dyslexia, dyscalculia or attention deficit disorder, etc.) and people with disabilities, particularly as regards better support for parents whose children suffer from disabilities and ‘DYS’ problems, and to assist the transition from school to working life for persons with ‘DYS’ problems and disabilities;
Amendment 17 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to make greater use of the structural funds, within the framework of the European Social Fund, as a way of promoting equality between men and women;
Amendment 18 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to continue to provide aid in particular to Kosovo, the Middle East, with special emphasis on Palestine, Afghanistan and Georgia; asks the Commission, however, to take into account the necessity of women’s participation in establishing and maintaining peace and in securing democracy; stresses, therefore, the importance of ensuring the reinsertion and participation of women in the restoration of social, economic and political life in those areas.
Amendment 23 #
2008/2334(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that measures, such as acceleration of payments, the use of lump sum payments and flat rates will stimulate the implementation of projects especially in infrastructure and the energy and environmental sectors, energy and environmental sectors; regrets, nonetheless, that other important measures have not been taken, such as the possibility, only in 2009, to make interim payments when the opinion given by the Member State is without reservations even though the Commission has made observations (expenditures which are later proved not to comply with the management and control system would be deducted from the first following application for payment);
Amendment 26 #
2008/2334(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of employment and business support measures for a successful economic recovery; calls for decisive action to support the demand side of the economy, as well as measures to assist small and medium enterprises and local and regional authorities in order to maintain cohesion and to safeguard key investment and infrastructural projects; calls on Member States to make wide use of Structural Funds to promote job creation, small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2331(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 9 #
2008/2331(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to collect gender-related data on immigration into the EU and to arrange for the analysis of that data by the European Institute for Gender Equality in order to highlight further the particular needs and problems of women immigrants and the most appropriate methods of integrating them into the societies of the host countries;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Member States reported 3 832 irregularities in 2007 (which is an increase by 19,2% in relation to 2006), that the total financial amount affected in 2007 was about EUR 828 million (equivalent to slightly less than 1.83% of commitment appropriations), that suspected frauds as a percentage of the total number of reported irregularities represented around 12-15% in 2007 and that the total irregular amount for the European Regional Development Fund has risen by 48% in comparison to, with a financial impact estimated at EUR 141 million (which amounts to 0.31% of total commitment appropriations, i.e. a reduction in comparison to EUR 157.56 million, or 0.41%, in 2006); stresses once again that Member States should ensure the adequacy of their financial control mechanisms and emphasises the importance of preventive action by the Member States in order to increase the detection of irregularities before any payment is effectively made to the beneficiaries;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the eight Member States (Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Latvia, Spain and Sweden) who still do not use the electronic modules AFIS/ECR for electronic reporting to do so quickly in order to improve their data quality and timeliness of reporting before the end of 2009;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2242(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the classification of the irregularity (indicating whether or not it is a case of suspected fraud) is an element of the reporting by the Member States that needs to be strengthened, given the fact that fvariours Member States (France, Ireland, Luxembourg and Spain) have still not provided any qualification at all and three other Member States (Denmark, Germany and Sweden) could provide the classification only for a limited part of their reported irregularities;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2236(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that cross-border cooperation should contribute to integrated and sustainable regional development between neighbouring border regions and to harmonious territorial integration between the Community and neighbouring countries; notes that the best means of attaining this goal is to combine external policy objectives with economic, social and territorial cohesion policy objectives and action;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2236(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need to improve coordination of territorial cooperation under the economic, social and territorial cohesion policy with the external component of cross-border cooperation, namely candidate countries, ENP countries, the Russian Federation and countries neighbouring the outermost regions;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2236(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission and national, regional and local authorities to promote twinning programmes between towns and regions and to provide appropriate assistance therefore, with a view to building administrative capacity at local and regional levels in neighbouring countries and promoting exchange programmes for civil society, as well as micro-projects;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2236(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming gender issues, equal opportunities and the special needs of persons with disabilities and older persons in ENPI-funded projects;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2236(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that the ENP provides a first-rate framework for regional cooperation in matters such as the environment, energy security, culture, transport, border management and migration; supports the negotiation, wherever possible, of legally binding sectoral agreements facilitating the integration of joint policies; stresses, in particular, the need to invest in extending the trans-European transport and energy networks to the ENP countries;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2231(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on all States taking part in the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean to ratify both the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and all other United Nations and International Labour Organisation human rights instruments;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2231(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that it is essential that women from non-Community countries who have emigrated to EU Member States be granted citizenship rights, in order to ensure effective protection for the rights of women from the southern shore of the Mediterranean;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2231(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of promoting access by women to all levels of the education system, since a properly skilled workforce plays a decisive role not only in reducing gender inequalities but also in enhancing the competitiveness and social cohesion of an entire economy;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2231(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that fostering women's involvement in the labour market in the Mediterranean area means developing the facilities and services required to ensure that women not only gain access to the labour market but are also able to remain in employment;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2231(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points to the need for closer links between women's associations in the Mediterranean countries, with a view to fostering the development of civil society and the active involvement of women.
Amendment 13 #
2008/2218(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. emphasises that peripheral regions and regions with geographical handicaps (mountain regions, islands, sparsely populated areas, the outermost regions, and remote border towns) are strongly penalised by their limited access to TEN-T corridors; recommends that Member States improve local interconnections in order to minimise the costs associated with a peripheral situation;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2218(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. points to the crucial importance of the TEN-T for the outermost regions, given that those regions have to rely totally on means of transport in order to attain economic development and accessibility;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2198(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is satisfied that gender equality and women'’s rights are systematically referred to in Country and Regional Strategy Papers and in National Indicative Programmes; points out the need to incorporate in the programming a comprehensive approach for women in conflict and peace-building and invites the Commission to mainstream the gender dimension within sectoral areas of its development cooperation assistance, such as justice, governance, health and education; calls strongly for gender specific activities and targets to be included in future strategies;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2198(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the need to mainstream gender considerations into the pursuit of peace, conflict prevention and resolution, peace-keeping operations and post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction, and to ensure that the gender component is factored into all programmes in the field;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2198(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming gender considerations into neighbourhood and development cooperation policies in order to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women, as a key means of improving human rights and combating poverty;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2183(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the Structural Funds regulations state that the Member States and the Commission shall ensure that equality between women and men and the integration of the gender perspective are promoted during the various stages of implementation of the funds;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, according to Article 158 of the Treaty, in order to strengthen its economic and soc, social and territorial cohesion, the Community aims at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions or islands,
Amendment 4 #
2008/2183(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for operational programmes on gender mainstreaming, tackling discrimination and promoting equal treatment, pay and opportunities for women and men in the workplace and society in order to raise public awareness of these issu, promoting female entrepreneurship, facilitating women's participation in decision-making and boosting women's presence in the scientific, academic and technological spheres; operational programmes should also make provision for campaigns to raise awareness among the general public, the exchange of good practices, dialogue with citizens and public-private partnership initiatives;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ca (new)
Recital Ca (new)
Amendment 6 #
2008/2183(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports the measures promoted by the European Social Fund and the PROGRESS programme for 2007-2013, which improve the situation of women in the labour market and help eliminate discrimination;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2183(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that, in order to confront the demographic challenge, these programmes should also focus on reconciling family and professional life; points out in this connection that it is necessary to improve the availability, quality and accessibility of childcare services and care services for dependent persons, in line with the Barcelona objectives;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Stresses that convergence between countries may mask a widening gap between and within regions; notes furthermore that these regional and local disparities can be observed in a number of areas, such as employment, productivity, income, education levels and innovation capacity; stresses the importance of the territorial dimension of cohesion in overcoming these problems;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2b (new)
Paragraph 2b (new)
2b. Stresses the particular developmental challenges facing regions with specific geographical features, such as mountain regions, islands, the outermost regions, remote border towns, regions suffering from depopulation and border regions;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2183(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to ensure that excessive administrative obstacles do not deter non-governmental organisations from applying for project-financing, in particular those dedicated to supporting women in economically disadvantaged circumstances, immigrant women, women who belong to ethnic minorities, women with disabilities, women with dependents, and those who are victims of violence or torture;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
Amendment 19 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Congratulates Member States on their efforts to prioritise investments aimed at increasing labour participation, ensuring equal opportunities and improving skills, as well as fighting against poverty and social exclusion, in their programmes financed by the European Social Fund;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming the gender perspective, equal opportunities and the special needs of people with disabilities and senior citizens at every stage in the implementation and assessment of cohesion policy;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the seriousness of the problem of depopulation in many parts of the European Union, which brings with it the ageing of the population, the loss of human capital, capital flight, more expensive services, and so on;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that climate change will have significant repercussions for cohesion, although its impact will vary by region; natural disasters, such as forest fires, droughts and flooding, will be more frequent and severe and will require different responses depending on the European region involved; considers that European Union cohesion policy should be 'climate-friendly', but points out that the scope available to cohesion policy in this area is limited; believes that the fight against climate change should also be addressed under other Community policies;
Amendment 29 #
2008/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that the delays in implementing structural policy are due in part to the excessive rigidity of procedures and that these procedures should therefore be streamlined, introducing a clear division of responsibilities and competences between the European Union, the Member States and regional and local authorities;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the objective of territorial cohesion complements those of economic and social cohesion; whereas these three forms of cohesion must be mutually reinforcing, meaning that the objective of territorial cohesion should be taken into account in all common policies having a territorial impact, particularly the regional policy;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the EU’s cohesion policy remains an essential pillar in the process of European integration, and plays an active role in reducing development deficits and disparities;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the new challenges facing cohesion policy which have a significant territorial impact, such as demographic change, urban concentration, segregation, migratory movements (which are particularly problematic for rural and peripheral areas), adjustment to globalisation, climate change, energy supply, and the slow catch-up process of rural areas can only be addressed only if the great significance of economic, social and territorial cohesion policy is recognised for this purpose in the future;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. Whereas the most recent cohesion reports highlight a trend towards worsening territorial disparities between European regions and at sub-regional level, disparities characterised by phenomena such as spatial segregation, which have encouraged certain forms of ghettoisation to emerge, and the continued decline of some remote and predominantly agricultural rural areas, making it more necessary now than ever to make territorial cohesion an objective of the European Union;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. Whereas the lack of territorial cohesion prevents the European single market from functioning smoothly by reducing some territories’ access to the freedoms enshrined in the Treaties;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Observes that the view expressed in its above-mentioned resolution of 21 February 2008 includes the rejection of any attempt for re-nationalisation and the commitment to a single Community policy, which should also be in a position to address common challenges like globalisation, climate and demographic change, depopulation, migration, energy efficiency; the strong belief that this policy should cover all EU regions, by representing an added value for everyone; the need to set priorities in the spending of EU structural policies and actions and the endorsement of the ‘earmarking’ exercise; as well as the need for synergies on the ground and an integrated approach between the different sectoral policies in order to achieve the optimal result for growth and development on the ground;
Amendment 60 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that consideration should be given to the fact that a high level of dispersion over excessively small population clusters (fewer than 500 inhabitants) places too much strain on the network of settlements which, unless in receipt of aid under specific cohesion policies, becomes incapable of performing the economic and social functions which allow the balance between population and territory to be maintained sustainably; is therefore of the view that population density should be weighted in line with the structural capacity of the population to be sustained in order to ensure balanced regional development and address the challenges of competitiveness and sustainability;
Amendment 61 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the launching of the public consultation on territorial cohesion, as requested in the Green Paper; considers that the success of any public consultation is directly linked with the widest possible participation of the different stakeholders and civil society; calls on the competent national, regional and local authorities to disseminate without delay the relevant information, in order to raise awareness about the importance of this new concept;
Amendment 79 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines the importance of territorial cohesion as a political objective, broadening the Community’s capacity to strengthen solidarity in the European Union and make an effective contribution to sustainable development and tackling climate change, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity and the division of competences among the different levels of government;
Amendment 85 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Affirms that the aim of territorial cohesion is to give Europeans equal opportunities in terms of quality of life, with each Community territory aspiring to offer its citizens fair - but not necessarily equal - access to ‘basic’ infrastructure and services of general and general economic interest; this will enable citizens to live in decent conditions in line with 21st century European standards of living;
Amendment 86 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Underlines that the notion of territorial cohesion is based on the principle of solidarity, in particular territorial solidarity, which requires equalisation mechanisms between Member States, between regions and within regions;
Amendment 93 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recalls the important role played by small, micro and craft businesses in particular, in economic, social and territorial cohesion through their significant contribution to growth and employment; therefore calls for the implementation of an active policy to support all forms of innovation in these enterprises and also invites the Commission to create opportunities for mutual co-operation between businesses, the public sector, schools and universities, in order to create regional innovation clusters, in the spirit of the Lisbon Strategy;
Amendment 96 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the single market’s vital contribution to economic, social and territorial cohesion; stresses the importance of public services in relation to sustainable economic and social development as well as the need for socially and regionally equitable access to services of general interest, especially public education and health services; takes the view that in light of the subsidiarity principle and of EU competition law, responsibility for defining, organising, financing and monitoring services of general interest should rest with the national, regional and local authorities; considers however that a reflection on the fair access for citizens to services should be included in the debate on the territorial cohesion, the improvement in cross-border cooperation in this field and the need to have a clear and effective definition of the degree of freedom that Member States and their local and regional authorities have in managing their public service obligations (aid payments, public procurement management, etc.);
Amendment 107 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the Green Paper acknowledges the particular development challenges of regions with specific geographical features, such as mountainous regions, island regions, outermost regions, outlying border towns, regions experiencing depopulation and sparsely populated regions; also notes that border regions face specific policy challenges in terms of accessibility, quality and efficiency; rejects the view that territorial cohesion should be a policy exclusively dedicated to addressing the problems of those regions; considers, however, that special consideration should be given to the development of those regions in order to offset their handicaps and enable them to effectively contribute to the harmonious development of the Union as a whole;
Amendment 129 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an assessment of the contribution of the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies to territorial cohesion, as part of the earmarking operation for the 2007-2013 Structural Funds;
Amendment 130 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that the convergence among countries very often masks a widening gap between and within regions and within individual regions; notes that those regional and local disparities can be observed in a number of areas, such as employment, productivity, income, education levels and innovation capacity; stresses also the role of territorial cooperation in helping to overcome these problems;
Amendment 132 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Points out that regional competitiveness depends to a great extent on productivity, on the accessibility of markets and on the level of qualification of the work force, all of which vary significantly more among regions and even within a single region than among Member States; notes furthermore that institutional factors are increasingly seen as key elements in competitiveness, such factors including the endowment of social capital in the form of business culture and shared norms of behaviour which facilitate cooperation and enterprise and also the efficiency of public administration;
Amendment 134 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Notes in this connection that some developed regions and even some less developed regions are beginning to experience multiple problems having strong territorial impact in terms of development potential: low economic growth rates, falling productivity and employment, ageing populations and depopulation;
Amendment 135 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a significant reinforcement of the European Territorial Cooperation Objective for the next programming period; is convinced of the European added value of this objective, not least because of the direct involvement of regional and local authorities in the planning and implementation of the relevant programmes of cross-border, trans-national and interregional cooperation; to that effect, stresses also the importance of the cross-border dimension and the relevant operational programmes of the European Neighbourhood Policyneed better to coordinate territorial cooperation measures with the external aspect of cross-border cooperation with an eye to EU enlargement, with countries eligible for membership of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the Russian Federation and neighbouring countries of the outermost regions;
Amendment 141 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Notes that climate change will have significant repercussions for territorial cohesion but impact will vary depending on the region; natural disasters, such as forest fires, droughts and floods, will be more frequent and severe and will call for responses that differ depending on the region of the EU concerned; considers that EU cohesion policy should be ‘climate-friendly’, but recalls that the possibilities open to cohesion policy in this area are limited; takes the view that the fight against climate change should also be addressed under other Community policies;
Amendment 144 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Recalls the importance of mainstreaming the gender perspective, equal opportunities and the special needs of persons with disabilities and senior citizens at every stage in the implementation and assessment of cohesion policy;
Amendment 157 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Highlights the need to have the right instruments to take account of territorial disparities in public policies for example, disposable income per capita to take account of transfers, (which GDP per capita does not do), fiscal capacity and accessibility of different services (transport, energy distribution, health, education), or even the creation of composite human development indices;
Amendment 164 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Proposes that priority be given to any policies that promote a genuinely polycentric development of territories, in order to lessen the pressures on capital cities and encourage the emergence of secondary poles; considers that support for rural areas and the important role played by small and medium-sized towns located in rural areas should not be overlooked in that regard;
Amendment 171 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Points to regional disparities in terms of accessibility and communications between centres and peripheral areas, which are the result of geographical and structural disadvantages, insufficient investment in transport infrastructure, as well as a failure to diversify potential transport links, and insufficient public services such as education and health, etc.; points in particular to the substantial obstacles in terms of accessibility for mountainous and island regions as well as the peripheral and outermost regions, outlying border towns, sparsely populated areas and areas experiencing depopulation; Calls on the Community institutions, the Member States and regional and local authorities to take specific measures to reduce the disparities between territorially accessible regions and regions with structural disadvantages and to boost regional potential, the attractiveness of these regions and their sustainable development;
Amendment 177 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Emphasises the seriousness of the problem of depopulation in many territories of the EU, which brings with it the ageing of the population, the loss of human capital, capital flight, more expensive services, and so on;
Amendment 181 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Asks for the objectives of the Territorial Agenda and the Leipzig Charter to be included in the adoption of a specific action programme to improve integration of the territorial dimension into all public policies at Community, national, regional and local levels;
Amendment 183 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Calls on the Commission to address the serious problem of uncontrolled urbanisation which can give rise to demographic, economic, social, transport, and environmental imbalances within a restricted area and lead to suburbanisation and the depopulation of rural areas that are far from towns;
Amendment 185 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Recalls the importance of transitional funding mechanisms for phasing-in and phasing-out regions and for States which are dropping out of the Cohesion Fund in order to consolidate the levels of convergence they have achieved;
Amendment 196 #
2008/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Recalls that the delays in implementing structural policy are due in part to the excessive rigidity of procedures and that, consequently, consideration should be given to simplifying those procedures and clearly dividing responsibilities and competences among the EU, the Member States and regional and local authorities;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, even though a high percentage of the population live in urban areas, their needs and interests are not always duly represented in European Union funds, projects, initiatives and strategies,
Amendment 12 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas despite the fact that there are diverse political, institutional and constitutional arrangements in the Member States, EU urban areas are facing common challenges and opportunities which underlines the need for mutual cooperation and the exchange of best practices,
Amendment 16 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas EU spatial development faces the challenges of economic restructuring, high unemployment, non-accessible and congested transport, limited useable territory exacerbated by urban sprawl, a declining and ageing population, the depopulation of rural areas and small towns and cities in favour of large urban centres, rising migration, social exclusion, high and rising crime rates, "ghettoisation" of certain city districts, dilapidated housing, the worsening of the quality of life in deprived areas, insufficiency of parks and recreation areas, environmental pollution, water and waste and residue management control and the need for secure energy supplies and efficient energy use,
Amendment 32 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses the view that it would be inappropriateis tricky to adopt a common definition of "urban areas" as this would not adequately take account ofit is difficult to bring under one umbrella the variety of situations in Member States and regions and hence takes the view that any obligatory definition and designation of urban areas should be left to Member States in accordance with the principle of subsidiarityestablish minimum common parameters;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that the possibility of sub-delegation, possibly by means of global grants to municipal authorities within the operational programmes financed by the ERDF, has so far not been fully utilised and is convinced that a clear role for urban areas as intermediary bodies should be envisaged in the context of the multi-level governance approach in the next programming period, and is of the opinion that; stresses that sub delegation of the urban dimension and sub delegation in regional policy should be mandatoryencouraged;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the Member States have the possibility of delegating to cities the management of European Union aid geared to the implementation of measures aimed at achieving sustainable urban development; considers that this is particularly important when responding to essentially local challenges such as social exclusion and lack of access to essential services or basic needs such as decent housing at an affordable price; takes the view that cities should be responsible from the planning to the implementation of the action taken;
Amendment 44 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of an integrated approach to urban development planning; proposes that any public urban development support should be based on integrated urban development plans and; takes the view that such an integrated approach should also be taken as one of the criteria for the granting of structural funds resources and loans from the European Investment Bank; calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines comprising recommendations and examples of good practice concerning integrated urban development plans; and to promote the exchange of best practices between national, regional and local authorities;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Member States to prioritise within their national strategic reference frameworks and operational programmes funding for projects which implement sustainable urban management plans;
Amendment 47 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that sustainable urban management plans must include: a waste management plan, noise maps and action plans, local air pollution and environmental programmes, forecasts for population growth, demand for new areas for development, reclamation of abandoned sites and buildings, regeneration of neighbourhoods in decline and deindustrialised areas, availability and accessibility of public services, urban structure and the proportion of green areas, facilities for people with disabilities, upgrading the cultural, historical and natural heritage, estimating water and energy requirements and efficient use of water and energy, availability of public transport, effective traffic management, integration of vulnerable groups (emigrants, minorities, people with few qualifications, people with disabilities, women, etc.), availability of decent housing at affordable prices, plans to combat crime, etc.;
Amendment 51 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that only if sufficient resources are available for sustainable urban development will it be efficient to draw up integrated urban development plans and consequently recommends that available resources be concentrated on specific actions; proposes a minimum level of structural fund expenditure amounting to EUR 1.000 per inhabitant of the urban area per programming period;
Amendment 56 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the difficulty for urban authorities in reconciling the domains of ESF whilst pursuing economic and social development and ERDF whilst planning physical infrastructure investments, believes that the single fund principle should be abandoned and calls on the Commission to study theis possibility of merging the two funds;
Amendment 68 #
2008/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that apart from regional policy, there are other Community policies that also provide financial support to urban areas and thus calls on the Commission to develop and propose specific policy changesgreater coordination of the policies involved that would bring together all EU resources allocated to urban areas to secure in practice the implementation of the integrated approach;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas self-employment through micro and small businesses gives women the opportunity to improve their status in economic and social terms and the possibility to combine professional and family life,
Amendment 5 #
2008/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the provision of micro-credits is an important tool to improve the status of women, giving women a start-up possibility, encouraging female entrepreneurship, access to the market, helping them to become economically independent and is therefore not only an issue of entrepreneurship and economic growth but also of personal fulfilment, social inclusion and a measure against poverty,
Amendment 12 #
2008/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness of the potentials of micro-credits through publicity and awareness-raising programmes targeted, among others, at young women, ethnic minorities, immigrant women, women with few qualifications and other particularly vulnerable groups, and particularly underlining the importance of programmes at schools and vocational training centres;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for programmes offering guarantees in cases when the collateral provided by the borrower is not considered sufficient, in particular where the beneficiary is a woman affected by or at risk of social exclusion or poverty;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women and men are equal in terms of human dignity and of rights and obligations,
Amendment 12 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the principle of equal treatment of women and men implies that there must be no discrimination whatsoever, be it direct or indirect, based on gender, least of all on account of motherhood, the fact of shouldering family responsibilities, or marital status,
Amendment 14 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas equal treatment of women and men is a principle that informs the legal system and as such must be taken into account and observed whenever laws are interpreted and enforced,
Amendment 137 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the institutions and the Member States, with a view to giving effect to the principle of equality between women and men, to take specific measures in favour of women in order to remedy manifest instances of de facto inequality in relation to men; considers that measures of this kind, which should apply for as long as such situations continue to exist, must be reasonable and, in every case, proportionate to the objective being pursued;
Amendment 140 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the institutions and all public authorities to take the principle of equality between women and men actively into account when adopting and implementing regulations, drawing up public policies, and pursuing their activities as a whole;
Amendment 142 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Amendment 143 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Believes, given the changes in the family model and women’s gradual entry into the labour market, that it is essential to reform the traditional care arrangements for dependants; recommends that the Member States broaden and add to the protection afforded by their social services so as to ensure that the right of self-fulfilment can invariably be exercised on an equal footing and that dependants are cared for;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas rural areas differ greatly from Member State to Member State and whereas, while rural areas in many western Member Statesregions in the Union have experienced demographic and economic growth, the inhabitants of most such areas in the new Member Stateother regions are leaving for the towns or are seeking to retrain,
Amendment 17 #
2008/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the reform of structural policy for the period 2007-2013 brought with it changes to the structure of the Funds and the basis for the allocation of assistance under this policy and the establishment of a new European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) linked to the common agricultural policy (CAP) and disconnected from cohesion policy,
Amendment 21 #
2008/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the establishment of the EAFRD and the separation of non- agricultural funding from the scope of cohesion policy and a broader regional development perspective mayust not result in some objectives (e.g. environmental protection and education) being either duplicated or omitted altogether,
Amendment 25 #
2008/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas, in view of budgetary constraints, there is a risk that funding available under the ERDF will be used to a large extent to boost economic competitiveness in larger urban centres or the most dynamic regions, while EAFRD financing will be focused on improving agriculturalthe competitiveness, and that spending on support for non-agricultural activities and the development of SMEs in rural areas will be at the interface between the two funds and not be covered by either of agriculture, which continues to be the motor of the rural areas, and will also be targeted on support for non-agricultural activities and the development of SMEs in rural areas, thanks to which there is a need for closer coordination to ensure that no areas are left without coverage,
Amendment 37 #
2008/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the criteria traditionallysocio-economic criteria used to distinguish rural areas from urban areas (lower population density, different employment structure, lower level of income and worse access to public goods and services) fail to provide a complete picture of theare the most suituation; considers, therefore, that from the point of view of territorial cohesion, per-capita income, not lower population density, should be the decisive characteristicable instrument for identifying rural areas for purposes of applying the Community's cohesion and rural development policies;
Amendment 70 #
2008/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that rural development policy has a huge influence on territorial cohesion and that due consideration should be given to whether it is justifiable to separatethere is a need for closer coordination between rural development measures fromand cohesion and regional development policy;
Amendment 97 #
2008/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that sustainable development, per-capita income levels and, access to public goods and services and rural depopulation remain the biggest challenges for territorial cohesion and can be most effectively improved through support for non- agricultural activities in rural communities;
Amendment 112 #
2008/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 15 #
2008/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that action should be taken to foster a greater female presence and participation in the media and all public forums enabling women to put their views across;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on regional and local authorities to take advantage of the great opportunities offered by the Structural Funds by opting for infrastructure investment linked to water management, in particular to address the challenge of water efficiency, in terms of saving and reutilisation;
Amendment 34 #
2008/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on regions and cities to launch campaigns to raise public awareness of water saving, and calls on the Commission to promote the entry into operation of the European Drought Observatory and encourage the exchange of good practice among regions and cities, focusing on measures to save water, enhance water efficiency, and manage the risk of droughts.
Amendment 3 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy is among the most important policy areas in the European Union, not only in terms of its budget but also and in particular because it is an essential pillar in the process of European integration and owing to its importance for the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the European Union and thefor the harmonious development of its 268 regions, reducing development deficits and disparities,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the regions of the European Union are confronted with broadly similar challenges: globalisation and the accelerated economic restructuring that goes with it, the opening up of trade relations, the consequences of the technological revolution, the development of the knowledge-based economy, demographic change, depopulation and the rise in immigration,
Amendment 12 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the most recent cohesion reports highlight a trend towards worsening territorial disparities between European regions and at sub-regional level, disparities characterised by phenomena such as spatial segregation, which have encouraged certain forms of ghettoisation to emerge, and the continued decline of some remote and predominantly agricultural rural areas,
Amendment 25 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the delays in implementing structural policy are due in part to the excessive rigidity of procedures and that, consequently, consideration should be given to simplifying those procedures and clearly dividing responsibilities and competences among the EU, the Member States and regional and local authorities,
Amendment 48 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
- respect for equal opportunities - the special needs of persons with disabilities and senior citizens - gender mainstreaming - innovativeness of the project - effective use of resources - duration of project before implementation - implementation of the project on time and to plan - significant driving force for the region or the EU overall - impact on employment - contribution towards keeping up population levels (in areas suffering from depopulation) - facilities for SMEs - transferability of project, i.e. its applicability in other regions of the European Union;
Amendment 59 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indents 4 a and 4 b (new)
Paragraph 8 – indents 4 a and 4 b (new)
- application to the business world – possibilities for SMEs to be involved;
Amendment 63 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indents 1 a and 1 b (new)
Paragraph 9 – indents 1 a and 1 b (new)
- efficient water use - efficient management of waste and residues
Amendment 69 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
- improvement in working conditions - reconciliation of family and working life - measures for the most vulnerable sectors of the population (young people, women, persons with disabilities, immigrants, the long-term unemployed, unemployed persons aged over 45, people without schooling) - forward-looking job creation - increased productivity - improved competitiveness - creation of jobs that are not tied to a particular location - use of modern information and communication media - improved accessibility and availability of transport. telecommunications, education and health services;
Amendment 71 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
- qualitative improvement of training standards and quantitative increase in the training on offer, particularly with regard to the opportunities for sections of the population who are most disadvantaged or most at risk (young people, women, persons with disabilities, immigrants, the long-term unemployed, unemployed persons aged over 45, people without schooling) - close link between education and, training and employment - training projects that are tailored to requirements in terms of both quality and quantity - introduction and use of modern technologies and procedures - measures to stimulate and maintain willingness to undertake training - increased take-up of training opportunities - language learning and further language training;
Amendment 72 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
- enhanced compatibility between local public transport, pedestrians and car use - efficient traffic management - increase in entrepreneurial investment, measures to stimulate and secure employment and the population and to improve social life - redevelopment of derelict land in urban areas - improved quality of life in urban areas;clamation of abandoned sites and buildings - regeneration of neighbourhoods in decline and deindustrialised areas - efficient use of water and energy - improved quality of life in urban areas - availability and accessibility of public services - creation of green spaces and recreational areas - facilities for people with disabilities
Amendment 84 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 − indent 3
Paragraph 13 − indent 3
- enhanced involvement of older workersthe most vulnerable sectors of the population (young people, women, persons with disabilities, immigrants, the long-term unemployed, unemployed persons aged over 45, people without schooling);
Amendment 94 #
Amendment 1 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. whereas EU cohesion policy remains a crucial pillar in the process of European integration, and plays an active role in reducing inequalities and development deficits;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it indispensable that adequate funding be guaranteed for the period after 2013, so as to enable cohesion policy not only to continue carrying out successfully its traditional tasks, but also to deal with a number of new global challenges with significant territorial impact, such as climate and demographic change, depopulation, adaptation to globalisation, rehabilitation of rural areas, energy efficiency and urban concentration, as detailed in the Commission's Fourth Report on Economic and Social Cohesion (COM(2007)0273); therefore takes the view that the allocation of 0.35% of the EU’s GDP will be insufficient to finance this policy;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of maintaining the transitional funding mechanisms for the phasing in / phasing out regions and for Member States leaving the Cohesion Fund, in order to consolidate the convergence levels achieved;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b . Stresses the need for sufficient funding for economic, social and territorial policy with a view to reducing the persisting regional inequalities in access and communication between centre and periphery which arise from geographical and structural disadvantages, insufficient investment in transport infrastructures, failure to diversify potential transport links, inadequate public services in such areas as education and health, etc; stresses, in particular, the substantial obstacles in terms of accessibility facing the mountain and island regions, the remote and most remote regions, isolated border towns, sparsely populated regions and regions suffering from depopulation;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the need for sufficient resources to reduce the substantial technological divide between the more developed and the less-favoured regions;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Reiterates the need to maintain an EU cohesion policy backed up by appropriate budgetary funding, with a view to consolidating the progress made in convergence throughout the Union, recalling that convergence between Member States nonetheless conceals increasing disparities between the within regions; notes, further, that these regional and infraregional inequalities can be observed in various fields, such as employment, productivity, income, educational levels, innovative capacity, etc; stresses the role of territorial cooperation in tackling these problems, and therefore calls for a budgetary allocation sufficient to meet this goal;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to simplify the procedures for the implementation of Structural Funds, especially the management and control systems; notes that the complexity of the system is to a certain extent responsible for the poor absorption by the Member States of the available resources; urges the Commission to present without further delay concrete proposals for simplifying relevant procedures which should be implemented immediately, and also for ensuring a clear division of responsibilities and competences between the EU, the Member States and the regional and local authorities;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the term “violence against women” is to be understood as any act of gender-based violence which results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or the arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life,
Amendment 19 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas, for both men and women, employment rates are lower in rural areas, and, additionally, a lot of women are never active in the official labour market and, therefore, are neither registered as unemployed nor included in unemployment statistics, which leads to specific financial and legal problems in relation to the right to maternity and sick leave, the acquisition of pension rights and access to social security, as well as in the event of divorce; whereas rural areas are badly affected by the lack of high- quality employment opportunities,
Amendment 20 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas gaps between women and men persist in all other aspects of work quality, e.g. reconciling professional and private life, working arrangements which do not fully exploit people’s skills and in the field of health and safety at work; whereas the employment rate for women with dependent children is only 62.4%, compared with 91.4% for men; whereas 76.5 % of part-time workers are women; whereas temporary employment contracts are also more common for women (15.1%, one point more than for men); whereas long-term unemployment is still much more common among women (4.5%) than men (3.5%),
Amendment 21 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the risk of falling into poverty is higher for women than for men, especially for the over-65s (21%, or 5 points more than men),
Amendment 41 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Community institutions and the Member States to make 22 February ‘International Equal Pay Day’;
Amendment 57 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States to recognise companies that take action to promote equality between women and men and facilitate work-life balance, in order to foster the spread of good practices in this area;
Amendment 59 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt and implement the necessary measures to support women with disabilities so that they may progress in those areas of social life and the world of work, culture and politics in which they are still underrepresented;
Amendment 60 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote immigrant women's access to education and employment, and to ensure adequate vocational training, adopting positive measures to combat the two-fold discrimination suffered by immigrant women on the labour market and creating favourable conditions for them to access the labour market and to balance their professional and private life;
Amendment 66 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Urges the Commission and Member States to promote male involvement in the implementation of gender equality policies, especially in the field of reconciling work and private and family life;
Amendment 71 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the need for quantity and quality indicators as well as gender-based statistics which are reliable, comparable and available when needed, to ensure the appropriate implementation and follow-up of policies;
Amendment 73 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Asks the Commission, with the help of the European Institute for Gender Equality, to include facts and statistics from acceding and candidate countries in future annual reports on equality between women and men;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a more pragmatic political and institutional approach to combating extreme poverty, which does not mixintegrates the policies on equality between men and women, the fight against discrimination and active participation, but which clearly and fulsocial exclusion, and active participation, clearly promotesing each goal in its own right, including that of partnership with families, with women's associations and with the poorest people;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the risk of falling into extreme poverty is greater for women than for men;
Amendment 25 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the primary right of a child is the right to live with his or her family; underlines the importance of the father and the mother in the child’s developmentfamilies in the development of children whatever itstheir age and regardless of the family’s socio-economic conditions; calls therefore for families living in extreme poverty to be helped as families in their efforts; calls on the Member States to put an end to putting children in care for socio-economic reasons and to help parents exercise their parental responsibility in the long term, even in difficult situations of extreme poverty;
Amendment 33 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its call to Eurostat to develop indicators to measure the success of these policies, in close cooperation with associations experienced in fighting extreme poverty and, particularly, with women's associations and with the poorest people themselves, along the lines of the ‘interaction of knowledge’ programmes; also calls on Eurostat and academic researchers to undertake studies to highlight the fact that the family, and theies, as natural solidarity networks between the generations, isare the best safeguard against extreme poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women need to work until 22 February (i.e. 418 days) in order to earn us much as men do in a year,
Amendment 15 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the gender-based digital divide that exists clearly impacts on pay,
Amendment 21 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the pay gap is even more pronounced among immigrant women, women with disabilities, women belonging to minorities and unqualified women,
Amendment 22 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas gender-specific data and a new, gender-aware legal framework enabling the causes of such discrimination to be tackled are of essential importance,
Amendment 23 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas effective lifelong learning is of essential importance in enabling people to face up to the technological and social changes taking place in our society,
Amendment 24 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas education can and must contribute to eradicating gender stereotypes from society,
Amendment 33 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the European Gender Institute can play a fundamental role,
Amendment 42 #
2008/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Community institutions and the Member States to designate 22 February International Equal Pay Day;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to Article 299(2) of the EC Treaty, which will be replaced by Articles 29349 and 311a55 following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, concerning the special characteristics of the outermost regions, and Article 8107(3)(a),
Amendment 4 #
2008/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. having regard to the special circumstances of Ceuta and Melilla, as remote cities with borders with another continent;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls, in particular, for the management of the ERDF for the outermost regions to be facilitated via a sufficiently broad definition of its scope with a view to the absorption of the entirety of the fund by means of investment or through compensation for all the additional costs of outermost status, including the transport of products (cf. Annex I to the Treaty);
Amendment 19 #
2008/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the initial reluctance shown byCalls on DG Trade to take into account the specific characteristics of the outermost regions when negotiating EPAs and urges the Commission to continue to seek compromises that respect the interests of the ORs concerned, when it comes to reaching final agreements with the ACP countries;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Requests that Community support for agriculture in the ORs, which is given less emphasis than other sectors, should be the object of extensive debate with reference to identifying the real challenges, the need to move towards local self sufficiency, the importance of the environmental dimension and the need to take into account the effects of the opening up of trade introduced by the EPAs and the future free trade agreements with Latin America, including the Andean Community;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the EU institutions to give Ceuta and Melilla a special status similar to that of the outermost regions ;
Amendment 44 #
2008/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recommends that ways of overcoming the narrowness of local markets, the increasingly open competitive environment, and the difficulty of finding market outlets in mainland Europe markets or in the geographical area concerned, should also be priorities for debate, together with effective participation by the ORs in European policies to promote innovation and overcome the digital divide, including the improvement of links with the neighbouring countries;
Amendment 2 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 6 d (new)
Recital 6 d (new)
(6d) The World Health Organisation Global strategy on infant and young child feeding of 16 April 2002, endorsed by Resolution 55.25 of the 55th World Health Assembly states that exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of a child's life guarantees optimum growth and development. On the basis of this resolution, the Member States should encourage the provision of leave designed to fulfil this purpose.
Amendment 3 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) For the purposes of helping workers to reconcile their professional and family life and to achieve true gender equality it is essential for men to be entitled to paid paternity leave, granted on an equivalent basis – except with regard to its duration – to maternity leave with a view to gradually establishing the conditions required. This entitlement should also be given to unmarried couples. Member States are encouraged to consider whether, under their respective legal systems, working men might be granted a non-transferable individual right to paternity leave, without any loss of employment rights.
Amendment 6 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC.
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to a continuous period of maternity leave of at least 1820 weeks allocated before and/or after confinement. The following rules shall be taken into account when calculating these 20 weeks: - with respect to the last 6 weeks of the period referred to in paragraph 1, an existing scheme of family-related leave available at national level may be considered to be maternity leave for the purposes of this Directive, on condition that it provides overall protection to workers within the meaning of Article 2 of this Directive that is adequate as regards the level set out in this Directive. In this case, the total period of leave granted must exceed the period of parental leave provided for in Directive 96/34/EC. - the pay for the last 6 weeks of leave may not be lower than the allowance referred to in Article 11(3) or, alternatively, the pay over the whole period of maternity leave may in average be equivalent to the pay calculated for the first 14 weeks of the leave, if the monthly pay calculated for these 14 weeks is equivalent to the salary of the last month or of the average of the monthly salary; - where a Member State has made provisions for a period of maternity leave of at least 18 weeks fully paid, that Member State may decide that the last 2 weeks are met through paternity leave available at national level, with the same level of pay.
Amendment 10 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that fully paid additional maternity leave is granted in the case of premature childbirth, children hospitalised at birth, children with disabilities and multiple births. The duration of the additional leave should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodatedspecific situations justified on medical grounds, such as in the case of premature childbirth, children with disabilities, mothers with disabilities, teenage mothers, multiple births or births occurring within 18 months of the previous birth. The duration of the additional maternity leave after confinement should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodated. Where national legislation and/or practice provide for maternity leave or parental leave in excess of 20 weeks this can be counted towards any additional periods of maternity leave provided for under paragraphs 3 and 4.
Amendment 81 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In accordance with the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in particular its judgment of 11 October 2007, Paquay (C-460/06), preparatory steps or preparations for dismissal include searching for and finding a replacement for the employee on the grounds of her pregnancy or the birth of a child.
Amendment 84 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The World Health Organisation recommendation of 16 April 2002 on a global strategy on infant and young child feeding states that exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of a child's life guarantees optimum growth and development. On the basis of this recommendation, the Member States should encourage the provision of leave designed to fulfil this purpose.
Amendment 111 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 b (new)
Article 1 – point -1 b (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
-1b. The following recital 14 a shall be added: "Whereas for the purposes of helping workers to reconcile their professional and family rights and obligations, Member States are encouraged to consider whether, under their respective legal systems, working men might be granted a non-transferable individual right to paternity leave, without any loss of employment rights;"
Amendment 122 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to a continuous period of maternity leave of at least 18 weeks allocated before and/or after confinement. The following rules shall be taken into account when calculating these 18 weeks: - with regard to the last four weeks of the period referred to in paragraph 1, the parental leave available at national level may be considered to be maternity leave provided that it grants a level of general protection for workers within the meaning of Article 2 of this Directive that conforms to the level established in this Directive. In such cases, the period of guaranteed leave must be longer than the period of parental leave provided for in Directive 96/34/EC; - the pay for the last four weeks of leave may not be lower than the allowance referred to in Article 11(3) or, alternatively, it may be an average of the pay received in the 18 weeks of maternity leave, which shall be at least (X%) of the salary for the last month or of an average monthly salary; - where a Member States has made provision for a period of maternity leave of at least 16 weeks on full pay, that Member State may decide that the last two weeks are met through paternity leave available at national level, with the same level of pay.
Amendment 138 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that additionallonger maternity leave is granted in special cases justified on medical grounds, such as in the case of premature childbirth, children hospitalised at birth, children with disabilities and multiple births. The duration of the additional leave should be proportionate and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodated.
Amendment 21 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Parliament has consistently called on the Commission to review the Directive 86/613/EEC, in particular to improve the situation of assisting spouses and the assisting member of unmarried couples in agriculture.
Amendment 22 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The European Parliament proposed, in its resolution of 21 February 1997 on the situation of the assisting spouses of the self-employed, the mandatory registration of assisting spouses and the assisting member of unmarried couples so that they cease to be invisible workers, as well as an obligation on Member States to make it possible for assisting spouses to be members of sickness and invalidity insurance schemes and pension schemes for self-employed workers.
Amendment 25 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In view of their contribution to the family business, assisting spouses and the assisting member of unmarried couples should be entitled, at their request, to benefit from at least an equal level of protection as self- employed workers, under the same conditions applicable to self- employed workers, notably on contributions. Member States should be required to take the necessary measures to make that choice possible. In any case, the level of protection of self-employed workers and assisting spouse or to include assisting spouses and the assisting member of unmarried couples in the compulsory social security scheme, under the same conditions applicable to self- employed workers. In any case, the level of protection of self-employed workers, assisting spouses and the assisting member of unmarried couples can be proportional to the rate of participation in the activities of the family business.
Amendment 27 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Protection of self-employed workers, assisting spouses and the assisting member of unmarried couples from discrimination based on sex should be strengthened by the existence of a body or bodies in each Member State with competence to analyse the problems involved, to study possible solutions and to provide practical assistance to the victims. The body or bodies may be the same as those with responsibility at national level for the defence of human rights or the safeguarding of individuals' rights, or the implementation of the principle of equal treatment. In exercising their powers and fulfilling their responsibilities under this Directive, these bodies should operate in a manner consistent with the United Nations Paris Principles relating to the status and functioning of national institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights.
Amendment 31 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6
Article 6
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that assisting spouses can, at their request,d the assisting member of unmarried couples benefit from at least an equal level of protection as self- employed workers under the same conditions applicable to self-employed workers. These measures shall ensure that assisting spouses and the assisting member of unmarried couples become members in their own right of the social insurance schemes in place for self- employed workers and covering sickness, invalidity and old age, provided they contribute to those schemes on the same basis as self-employed workers and even if their contributions have to be calculated on a flat-rate basis. The insurance contributions of assisting spouses and the assisting member of unmarried couples shall be tax-deductible as operating expenditure, on terms similar to those applying to the remuneration actually paid to the spouse and to the life partner, subject to the double condition that the services have been correctly provided and that the remuneration is that normally practised for such services.
Amendment 39 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 1
Article 7 — paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that female self- employed workers and, assisting spouses can, at their request, bd the assisting member of unmarried couples are entitled to the same period of maternity leave as provided for in Directive 92/85/EEC.
Amendment 43 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 4
Article 7 — paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that female self- employed workers, assisting spouses and the assisting spousmember of unmarried couples have access as far as possible to services supplying temporary replacements or to any existing national social services, as an alternative to the allowance referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 45 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 — paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7a Recognition of the work of assisting spouses and the assisting member of unmarried couples Member States shall undertake to examine under what conditions recognition of the work of assisting spouses and the assisting member of unmarried couples may be encouraged and, in the light of such examination, consider any appropriate steps for encouraging such recognition.
Amendment 30 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Title
Title
Proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age, membership of an association, gender or sexual orientation
Amendment 38 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the fundamental principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Article 10 of the Charter recognises the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; Article 21 prohibits discrimination, including on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, membership of an association, gender or sexual orientation; and Article 26 acknowledges the right of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence.
Amendment 49 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Therefore, legislation should prohibit discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in a range of areas outside the labour market, including social protection, education and access to and supply of goods and services, including housing. It should provide for measures to ensure the equal access of persons with disabilities to the areas covered.
Amendment 51 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Therefore, legislation should prohibit discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age, membership of an association, gender or sexual orientation in a range of areas outside the labour market, including social protection, education and access to and supply of goods and services, including housing. It should provide for measures to ensure the equal access of persons with disabilities to the areas covered.
Amendment 56 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Discrimination, including multiple discrimination, is understood to include direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, instructions to discriminate and, denial of reasonable accommodation, discrimination based on assumptions and discrimination by association.
Amendment 57 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Title
Title
Proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation
Amendment 58 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.
Amendment 62 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the fundamental principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Article 10 of the Charter recognises the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; Article 21 prohibits discrimination, including on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation; and Article 26 acknowledges the right of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence.
Amendment 64 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) Effective non-discriminatory access can be provided by a variety of means, including through "design for all" and through facilitating the use of assistive devices by persons with disabilities, including aids to mobility and access.
Amendment 64 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Community has adopted three legal instruments on the basis of article 13(1) of the EC Treaty to prevent and combat discrimination on grounds of sex, racial and ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, gender and sexual orientation. These instruments have demonstrated the value of legislation in the fight against discrimination. In particular, Directive 2000/78/EC establishes a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, gender and sexual orientation. However, variations remain between Member States on the degree and the form of protection from discrimination on these grounds beyond the areas of employment.
Amendment 66 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Therefore, legislation should prohibit discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation in a range of areas outside the labour market, including social protection, education and access to and supply of goods and services, including housing. It should provide for measures to ensure the equal access of persons with disabilities to the areas covered.
Amendment 67 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In implementing the principle of equal treatment irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientationAs discrimination can occur on multiple grounds, in implementing the principle of equal treatment, the Community should, in accordance with Articles 3(2) and 13 of the EC Treaty, aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality between men and women, especially since women are often the victims of relating to sex, race or ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or age, or a combination of these, and to promote equality, whatever combination of the above mentioned characteristics. When implementing the provisions of this Directive, Member States should take into account multiple discrimination.
Amendment 67 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In implementing the principle of equal treatment irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation, the Community should, in accordance with Article 3(2) of the EC Treaty, aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality between men and women, especially since women are often the victims of multiple discrimination.
Amendment 69 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In implementing the principle of equal treatment irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age, membership of an association, gender or sexual orientation, the Community should, in accordance with Article 3(2) of the EC Treaty, aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality between men and women, especially since women are often the victims of multiple discrimination.
Amendment 72 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The prohibition of discrimination should be without prejudice to the maintenance or adoption by Member States of measures intended to prevent or compensate for disadvantages suffered by a group of persons of a particular religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation. Such measures may permit organisations of persons of a particular religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation where their main object is the promotion of the special needs of those persons.
Amendment 73 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Persons who have been subject to discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation should have adequate means of legal protection. To provide a more effective level of protection, associations, organisations and other legal entities should be empowered to engage in proceedings, including on behalf of or in support of any victim, without prejudice to national rules of procedure concerning representation and defence before the courts.
Amendment 76 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The rules on the burden of proof must be adapted when there is a prima facie case of discrimination and, for the principle of equal treatment to be applied effectively, the burden of proof must shift back to the respondent when evidence of such discrimination is brought. However, it is not for the respondent to prove that the plaintiff adheres to a particular religion or belief, has a particular disability, is of a particular age, of a particular gender or has a particular sexual orientation.
Amendment 78 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive lays down a framework for combating discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation, with a view to putting into effect in the Member States the principle of equal treatment other than in the field of employment and occupation.
Amendment 80 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Actuarial and risk factors related to disability and to age are used in the provision of insurance, banking and other financial services. These should not be regarded as constituting discrimination where the factors are shown to be keydetermining factors for the assessment of risk.
Amendment 81 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 − paragraph 2 − point b
Article 2 − paragraph 2 − point b
b) indirect discrimination shall be taken to occur where an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice would put persons of a particular religion or belief, a particular disability, a particular age, a particular gender, or a particular sexual orientation at a particular disadvantage compared with other persons, unless that provision, criterion or practice is objectively justified by a legitimate aim and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary.
Amendment 94 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) While prohibiting discrimination, it is important to respect other fundamental rights and freedoms, including the protection of private and family life and transactions carried out in that context, the freedom of religion, and the freedom of association. This Directive is without prejudice to national laws on marital or family status, including on reproductive rights. It is also without prejudice to the secular nature of the State, state institutions or bodies, or education.
Amendment 99 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Article 5
With a view to ensuring full equality in practice, the principle of equal treatment shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or adopting specific measures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation.
Amendment 102 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 - paragraph 1
Article 12 - paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate a body or bodies for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation. These bodies may form part of agencies charged at national level with the defence of human rights or the safeguard of individuals' rights, including rights under other Community acts including Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC.
Amendment 109 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Member States are responsible for the organisation and content of education. The Commission Communication on Competences for the 21st Century: An Agenda for European Cooperation on Schools draws attention to the need for special attention to be paid to disadvantaged children and those with special educational needs. In particular national law may provideNotwithstanding the right to education, Member States may allow for differences in access to educational institutions based on religion or belief. Member States may also allow or prohibit the wearing or display of religious symbols at school when to require individuals, only on the basis of objective justifications, to act in good faith and with loyalty to the organization’s ethos and should not justify discrimination on any other ground.
Amendment 113 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The European Union in its Declaration No 11 on the status of churches and non- confessional organisations, annexed to the Final Act of the Amsterdam Treaty, has explicitly recognised that it respects and does not prejudice the status under national law of churches and religious associations or communities in the Member States and that it equally respects the status of philosophical and non-confessional organisations. Measures to enable persons with disabilities to have effective non- discriminatory access to the areas covered by this Directive play an important part in ensuring full equality in practice. Furthermore, individual measures of reasonable accommodation may be required in some cases to ensure such access. In neither case are measures required that would impose a disproportionate burden. In assessing whether the burden is disproportionate, account should be taken of a number of factors including the size, resources and nature of the organisation. The principle of reasonable accommodation and disproportionate burden are established in Directive 2000/78/EC and the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Amendment 117 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Measures to enable persons with disabilities to have effective non- discriminatory access to the areas covered by this Directive play an important part in ensuring full equality in practice. Furthermore, individual measures of reasonable accommodation may be required in some cases to ensure such access. In neither case are measures required that would impose a disproportionate burden.
Amendment 121 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The prohibition of discrimination should be without prejudice to the maintenance or adoption by Member States of measures intended to prevent or compensate for disadvantages suffered by a group of persons of a particular religion or belief, disability, age, membership of an association, gender or sexual orientation. Such measures may permit organisations of persons of a particular religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation where their main object is the promotion of the special needs of those persons.
Amendment 123 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Persons who have been subject to discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age, membership of an association, gender or sexual orientation should have adequate means of legal protection. To provide a more effective level of protection, associations, organisations and other legal entities should be empowered to engage in proceedings, including on behalf of or in support of any victim, without prejudice to national rules of procedure concerning representation and defence before the courts.
Amendment 126 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The rules on the burden of proof must be adapted when there is a prima facie case of discrimination and, for the principle of equal treatment to be applied effectively, the burden of proof must shift back to the respondent when evidence of such discrimination is brought. However, it is not for the respondent to prove that the plaintiff adheres to a particular religion or belief, has a particular disability, is of a particular age, is a member of a particular association, is of a particular gender or has a particular sexual orientation.
Amendment 129 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
1. This Directive lays down a framework for combating discrimination, including multiple discrimination, on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation, with a view to putting into effect in the Member States the principle of equal treatment other than in the field of employment and occupation. 2. Multiple discrimination occurs when discrimination is (a) on any combination of the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation, or (b) any one or more of the grounds set out in Article 1(1), and also on the ground of any one or more of (i) sex (in so far as the matter complained of is within the material scope of 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 as well as this Directive), (ii) racial or ethnic origin (in so far as the matter complained of is within the material scope of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin as well as this Directive), or 3. In this Directive multiple discrimination and multiple grounds shall be construed accordingly.
Amendment 133 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
The main objective of the directive is to combat discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age, membership of an association, gender or sexual orientation and to put into effect the principle of equal treatment, outside the field of employment. The directive does not prohibit differences of treatment based on sex which are covered by Articles 13 and 141 of the EC Treaty and related secondary legislation.
Amendment 141 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
(b) indirect discrimination shall be taken to occur where an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice would put persons of a particular religion or belief, a particular disability, a particular age, membership of a particular association, a particular gender, or a particular sexual orientation at a particular disadvantage compared with other persons, unless that provision, criterion or practice is objectively justified by a legitimate aim and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary.
Amendment 151 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. HNotwithstanding the freedom of speech, harassment shall be deemed to be a form of discrimination within the meaning of paragraph 1, when unwanted conduct related to any of the grounds referred to in Article 1 takes place with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a person and of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.
Amendment 153 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. Harassment shall be deemed to be a form of discrimination within the meaning of paragraph 1, when unwanted conduct related to any of the grounds referred to in Article 1 takes place with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a person and of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.
Amendment 169 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 6
Article 2 – paragraph 6
6. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, Member States may provide that differences of treatment on grounds of age shall not constitute discrimination, if, within the context of national law, they are objectively justified by a legitimate aim, and if the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary. In particular, this Directive shall not preclude the fixing of a specific age for access to social benefits, education and certain goods or servicesortionate and necessary.
Amendment 173 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 6
Article 2 – paragraph 6
6. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, Member States may provide that differences of treatment on grounds of age shall not constitute discrimination, if, within the context of national law, they are justified by a legitimate aim, and if the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary. In particular, this Directive shall not preclude the fixing of a specific age for access to social benefits, health services, education and certain goods or services.
Amendment 195 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 - point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 - point d
(d) Access to and supply of goods and other services which are available to the public, including housing. Subparagraph (d) shall apply to individuals only insofar as they are performing a professional or commercial activity.
Amendment 205 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 226 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. This Directive is without prejudice to the responsibilities of Member States for the content of teaching, activities and the organisation of their educational systems, including the provision of special needs education. Notwithstanding the right to education, Member States may provideallow for differences in treatment in access to educational institutions based on religion or belief when to require individuals, only on the basis of objective justifications, to act in good faith and with loyalty to the organization’s ethos and should not justify discrimination on any other ground.
Amendment 233 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. This Directive is without prejudice to national legislation ensuring the secular nature of the State, State institutions or bodies, or education, or concerning the status and, activities and legal framework of churches and other organisations based on religion or belief. It is equally without prejudice to national legislation promoting equality between men and women.
Amendment 245 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) The measures necessary to enable persons with disabilities to have effective non-discriminatory access to social protection, social advantages, health care, education and access to and supply of goods and services which are available to the public, including housing and transport, shall be provided by anticipation, including through appropriate modifications or adjustments. Such measures should not impose a disproportionate burden, nor require fundamental alteration of the social protection, social advantages, health care, education, or goods and services in question or require the provision of alternatives thereto.
Amendment 259 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of assessing whether measures necessary to comply with paragraph 1 would impose a disproportionate burden, account shall be taken, in particular, of the size and resources of the organisation, its nature, the estimated cost, the life cycle of the goods and services, and the possible benefits of increased access for persons with disabilities. The burden shall not be disproportionate when it is sufficiently remedied by measures existing within the framework of the equal treatment policy of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 273 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Article 5
With a view to ensuring full equality in practice, the principle of equal treatment shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or adopting specific measures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to religion or belief, disability, age, membership of an association, gender or sexual orientation.
Amendment 301 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate an independent functioning body or bodies for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation. These bodies may form part of agencies charged at national level with the defence of human rights or the safeguard of individuals' rights, includingthe rights under other Community acts including Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC.
Amendment 302 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate a body or bodies for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age, membership of an association, gender or sexual orientation. These bodies may form part of agencies charged at national level with the defence of human rights or the safeguard of individuals' rights, including rights under other Community acts including Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC.
Amendment 324 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. In order to take account of particular conditions, Member States may, if necessary, establish that the obligacomply with the obligation to provide effective non-discriminatory access to existing infrastructures, policies or procedures within the meaning of article 4.1(a), Member States may, if necessary, have an additional period of 10 years [from the deadline for transposition] to provide effective access as set out in Article 4 has to bcomply with this provision. Member States wishing to use the additional period shall submit to the Commission a plan for progressive complianced with by … [at the latest] four [years after adoption]. the requirements found in article 4.1(a), including targets, means and timeline. Any Member States wishinghich chooses to use this additional period shall informreport annually to the Commission aton the latest by the date set down in paragraph 1 giving reasonssteps taken to provide effective non- discriminatory access and on the progress towards implementation of article 4(1)(a). The Commission shall report annually to the Council.
Amendment 327 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The European Commission shall propose a new directive in which all of the separate directives based on article 13 EC will be assembled by .... at the latest [2 years after adoption]. In this new directive all grounds for discrimination will enjoy the same level of protection.
Amendment 7 #
2008/0105(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 6 a (new)
Article 1 - point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 60
Article 60
Amendment 22 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the authorities have not so far conducted an internal policy debate resulting in a thorough analysis of prostitution which will enable courses of action to be devised from a comprehensive point of view,
Amendment 23 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas a distinction must be made between prostitution involving minors of either sex, the forced prostitution of women or trafficking in women, and prostitution which is consciously engaged in by women who are forced into the sex industry by a variety of situations,
Amendment 24 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas social rejection leads to discrimination against prostitutes and to their exclusion from the social milieu, which puts their mental and physical health at greater risk and makes it difficult for them to achieve social 'integration' and, in particular, to secure access to public health services,
Amendment 25 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas there are many immigrant women working as prostitutes in the European Union who have no identity papers, which means that a significant number of them have no access to a health card which would enable them to enter the healthcare circuit, hence they are excluded not only from the treatment and care they require but also from preventive campaigns which are essential as a means of discouraging unsafe practices which may lead to the transmission of STDs, including HIV/Aids,
Amendment 26 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas some of the immigrant women who work as prostitutes in the European Union are victims of trafficking in human beings by organised networks, for which reason a package of protective legislative measures in which prostitution is regarded as a form of gender-based violence must be developed,
Amendment 27 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas most of the unsafe practices performed in the context of prostitution are usually at the instigation of the client, who on occasions is unaware of the risks he is taking and of the harm which may ensue,
Amendment 124 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 130 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 132 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 160 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 176 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls upon the Member States to implement measures designed to ensure that women who work as prostitutes receive comprehensive care and to establish a network of care (including psychological care) in hostels;
Amendment 177 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Urges the Member States to facilitate access by prostitutes and their children to the public health service by issuing them with a health card (treating them for the purpose as persons without economic resources);
Amendment 178 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote initiatives designed to support social organisations active in the field of health protection for women working as prostitutes, with emphasis on the work of mediators;
Amendment 179 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Urges the Member States to conduct awareness campaigns relating to prostitution and health, targeted at potential users such as youths, at the population at risk of falling into prostitution and at the general public as a whole;
Amendment 185 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls upon the Member States to take into consideration the particular circumstances of transsexual women prostitutes, whose identity differs from their biological sex at birth and whose access to community social and healthcare resources is thus limited - a state of affairs which is especially worrying on account of the fact that their health vulnerability increases when they undergo hormone treatment without the requisite medical supervision and at a very early age;
Amendment 186 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Draws attention to the importance of establishing procedures and medical records for the monitoring of patients, given the inherently itinerant nature of prostitution as an occupation;
Amendment 209 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 5 #
2007/2261(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need to create - besides preventive, dissuasive and repressive measures - the conditions for a more comprehensive approach tocapable of tackling and combating risks related to sport events, involving all the stakeholders in a strategy strengthening the non- repressive aspects of the response to challenges, with a strong focus on the exchange of best practices, as well as education and training;
Amendment 10 #
2007/2261(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need for a serious monitoring of the enforcement of legislation on racism and xenophobia within the framework of sport events; urges the Commission and the Member States to incorporate measures into their policies which will promote values such as solidarity, tolerance and non- discrimination;
Amendment 13 #
2007/2261(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls upon the Member States to incorporate gender mainstreaming at all stages of sports policies with a view to a steady narrowing of the gap which still exists between men and women in terms of representation within sports bodies, financial reward and actual involvement in sport, so that both sexes can derive the same personal and social benefit from sport;
Amendment 10 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 27 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that age limits for the award of grants adversely affect young people looking after dependants, and that these are for the most part women; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that, in such circumstances, legislative measures are in place to correct this anomaly, such as adding one year to the deadline for applications for each year in which a dependant is looked after;
Amendment 42 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 19 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
Annex – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
– Improving quality and productivity at work: Efforts to raise employment rates go hand in hand with improving the attractiveness of jobs, quality at work, and labour productivity growth, and reducing segmentation, inequalities between men and women and the proportion of working poor. Synergies between quality at work, productivity and employment should be fully exploited.
Amendment 23 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – subparagraph 1 – indent 3
Annex – subparagraph 1 – indent 3
– Strengthening social and territorial cohesion: Determined action is needed to strengthen and reinforce social inclusion, fight poverty - especially child poverty -, prevent exclusion from the labour market, support integration in employment of women and people at a disadvantage, and to reduce regional disparities in terms of employment, unemployment and labour productivity, especially in regions lagging behind. Strengthened interaction is needed with the Open Method of Coordination in Social Protection and Social Inclusion.
Amendment 28 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – subparagraph 6 – indent 1
Annex – subparagraph 6 – indent 1
– attract and retain more people in employment, increase labour supply, reduce inequalities between men and women and modernise social protection systems;
Amendment 30 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – section 1 – title
Annex – section 1 – title
1. Attract and retain more people in employment, increase labour supply, reduce inequalities between men and women and modernise social protection systems
Amendment 35 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – section 1 – subparagraph 4
Annex – section 1 – subparagraph 4
Active inclusion policies can increase labour supply and strengthen society’s cohesiveness and are a powerful means of promoting the social and labour market integration of the most disadvantaged. Every person becoming unemployed must be offered a new start in a reasonable period of time. In the case of young people this period should be short, e.g. at most 4 months by 2010; for adult people at most 12 months. Policies aiming at offering active labour market measures to the long- term unemployed should be pursued, taking into consideration the participation rate benchmark of 25% in 2010. Activation should be in the form of training, retraining, work practice, a job or other employability measure, combined where appropriate with on-going job search assistance. Facilitating access to employment for job seekers, preventing unemployment and ensuring that those who become unemployed remain closely connected to the labour market and employable are essential to increase participation, and combat social exclusion. This is also in line with a flexicurity approach. Attaining these objectives requires removing barriers to the labour market by assisting with effective job searching, facilitating access to training and other active labour market measures, ensuring affordable access to basic services and providing adequate levels of minimum resources to all. This approach should, at the same time, ensure that work pays for all workers and that the principle of 'equal pay for equal work' is upheld, as well as remove unemployment, poverty and inactivity traps. Special attention should be paid to promoting the inclusion of disadvantaged people, including low- skilled workers, in the labour market, including through the expansion of social services and the social economy, as well as the development of new sources of jobs in response to collective needs. Combating discrimination, promoting access to employment for women and disabled people and integrating immigrants and minorities are particularly essential.
Amendment 44 #
2007/0300(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – section 3 – subparagraph 2
Annex – section 3 – subparagraph 2
Knowledge-based and service-based economies require different skills from traditional industries; skills which also constantly need updating in the face of technological change and innovation. Workers, if they are to remain and progress in work and be prepared for transition and changing labour markets, need to accumulate and renew skills regularly. The productivity of enterprises is dependent on building and maintaining a workforce that can adapt to change. Governments need to ensure that educational attainment levels are improved and that young people are equipped with the necessary key competences, in line with the European Youth Pact. In order to improve labour market prospects for youth, the EU should aim at an average rate of no more than 10% early school leavers; and that at least 85% of 22-year olds should have completed upper secondary education by 2010. Policies should also aim at increasing the EU average level of participation in lifelong learning to at least 12.5% of the adult working-age population (25 to 64 age group), with particular attention to be devoted to women, the disabled, immigrants, ethnic minorities and the long-term unemployed. All stakeholders should be mobilised to develop and foster a true culture of lifelong learning from the earliest age. To achieve a substantial increase in public and private investment in human resources per capita and guarantee the quality and efficiency of these investments, it is important to ensure fair and transparent sharing of costs and responsibilities between all actors and to improve the evidence base of education and training policies. Member States should make better use of the Structural Funds and the European Investment Bank for investment in education and training. To achieve these aims, Member States must implement the coherent and comprehensive lifelong learning strategies to which they have committed themselves.