1496 Amendments of Hannu TAKKULA
Amendment 7 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that Australia has a very competitive, export-focused agricultural sector; emphasises, therefore, that securing increased access to the vast EU market through the removal or lowering of tariff and non-tariff barriers Believes that an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) which respects vulnerable sectors of European agriculture, such as dairy and sheep meat, will be mutually beneficial, offering opportunities for both European and Australian producers and advancing the sector will undoubtedly be a priority for AustraliaEU’s position as a key player on the global market; points out that Australia has a competitive, export-focused agricultural sector;
Amendment 13 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, by contrast, the Australian market offers European exporters of agricultural products relatively few outletsa new market area, whose importance has increased after the crisis European agricultural sector has had in the past years; reminds that Australia is already a significant importer of, for example, European cheese;
Amendment 17 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 32 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Wishes to draw attention to the extremelyReminds the sensitive nature of some agricultural sectors ofin the European farming industry, such as beef and veal, sheepmeat, sugar, cereals and dairy products; takes the view that a further opening-up of the market intariff quotas especially for these sectors cshould have disastrous conseqube appropriate considering the competitivences for European producerss of the Australian sector and bearing in mind the future Brexit;
Amendment 45 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the EU must refrain from making any sort of commitment concStresses that enforceable measures to protect all intellectual property rights should be guaranteed; undernlinges the most sensitive agricultural products, such as beef and veal and shimportance of geographical indications for both partners of this future agreepmeat and special sugarsnt;
Amendment 56 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that the agreement shall diminish non-tariff barriers of trade, such as on unnecessary SPS regulation; underlines that human, animal and plant health protection standards cannot be lowered within the internal market;
Amendment 67 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the cumulative impact of the concessions that the EU has made in the agricultural sectall the trade agreements EU has in force or, in both multilateral and bilateral agreements, and calls for this impact to be taken into account when assessing what concessions could be offered to Australias currently negotiating, must be taken into account when negotiating tariff quotas for agricultural products;
Amendment 77 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 90 #
2017/9999(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the importance for the EU of an agreement with Australia which would reduce tariff barriers for some processed agricultural products, relax overly strict health checks and protect geographical indications effectively; whereas clear provisions safeguarding GIs should be a prerequisite for any agreement; reminds the Commission, however, that it would be unacceptable to sacrifice the interests of European agriculture and its sensitive sectors in order to secure an agreement; reminds the Commission that the Committee on Agriculture should be kept updated of all the agricultural aspects during the trade negotiations.
Amendment 9 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy aims to promote harmonious development of the whole Union, leading to a strengthening of its economic, social and territorial cohesion, in a spirit of solidarity and with the aim of promoting growth, and reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the 7th Cohesion Report draws attention to the diversity of regions and territories, including within current categories of regions, owing to their specific circumstances (ultraperipherality, sparse population, low income, low growth, etc.), making a tailored approach essential;
Amendment 77 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that European added value is alsostrongly reflected in European territorial cooperation,; in all its dimensions (cross-border, transnational, interregional co-operation); calls for an increase in its share of the budget allocated to cohesion policy, while improving coordination between different programmes to avoid overlaps;
Amendment 110 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Reminds that the permanent natural and demographic situation of the northernmost regions (sparse population, cold climate, long distances to European markets) justifies specific measures in accordance with Article 174 TFEU; stresses the need to secure and extend the specific allocation for these regions in order to promote unions overall harmonious development and to enable inhabitants of the northernmost Europe to take full advantage of their regions specific characteristics;
Amendment 179 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the adoption of the European Pillar for Social Rights, which represents a step forward in building a social Europe; reiterates its commitment toAcknowledges steps taken towards more social Europe; welcomes instruments such as the ESF, the Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative in view of their role in meeting the challenges of employment, social inclusion, learning and vocational training;
Amendment 272 #
2017/2279(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. NPoints out that the efficiency of governance varies substantially in Member States; notes that the quality of public administration is a decisive factor in regional growth and the effectiveness of ESI funds; emphasises the need to increase administrative capacities;
Amendment 20 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take an ambitious and leading approach to ensuring that the targets set out in their respective Action Plans are fully and effectively achieved, and to strictly monitor the results that have been achieved;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for legislative solutions that will assist farmers in reducing the use of antibiotics in livestock farming, with the aim of prudent and responsible use of antimicrobials; insists that such legislative solutions must address prophylactic and metaphylactic use; endeavours to keep the additional administrative burden as small as possible;
Amendment 79 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that disease prevention must be the first step for legislation tackling AMR in agriculture, both to ensure a high standard of animal welfare and reduce the need to resort to antibiotics; believedemands that antibiotics should never be used as compensation for poor hygiene or inadequate animal husbandry;
Amendment 87 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate funding for6. Believes that on-farm investments, such as in quality housing, ventilation, cleaning, disinfection, vaccination and bio-security, probiotics, prebiotics, gen- selection and bio-security must be encouraged and should not be undermined in the future CAP;
Amendment 98 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the crucial role of education and training programmes, based on the latest scientific developments, in raising awareness about antimicrobial resistance and the prudent use of antimicrobials in veterinary medicine for farmers and those involved in livestock farming;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to change the business culture employed by veterinary medicine producers, which encourages the use and overuse of certain medicines in order to generate profits and which does not take the responsibility in ensuring the even handed availability of their veterinary medicinal products, especially alternatives to antimicrobials such as vaccines, in all the EU-market including small market areas;
Amendment 118 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to change the business culture employed by veterinary medicine producers, which encourages the use and overuse of certain medicines in order to generate profitslosely cooperate with veterinary medicine producers in order to diminish the use of certain medicines with high AMR-Impact; emphasizes that public-private partnerships are essential for the One- Health approach;
Amendment 135 #
2017/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in food-producing animals has been banned in the EU since 2006; calls on the Commission to enforce this ban as a conditionality to all food imports from third countries through Free Trade Agreements;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that agriculture is, the agrifood sector and rural entrepreneurship are part of the solution for enhancing sustainable growth, providing jobs and increasing levels of income in lagging regions, while at the same time helping to preserve the countryside and combat rural depopulation;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of rural development funds in boosting the competitiveness of those regions through tailor-made projects based on bottom-up approaches; acknowledges, therefore, the input of local action groups in developing local strategies, supporting stakeholder networking and the appraisal and approval of individual LEADER projects; underlines the importance of knowledge transfer and providing lagging regions with easier access to agricultural innovations;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the importance of digitaliszation, circular bio-economy and of improving infrastructure, thus creating a positive environment and good foundation for boosting growth and enhancing cohesion in lagging regions; recalls that good infrastructure, especially the provision of high-speed internet connections helps keep people in rural areas and can help attract a high-calibre workforce needed for growth in those areas;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the future agreements on structural funding should take into account support for lagging regions while bearing in mind the need for continued financing for all EU regions, as the impacts of globalisation, climate change and industrial transition are not limited to less developed regions, as presented in European Commission´s 7th Cohesion report, but also significantly affect, for instance, sparsely populated areas.
Amendment 1 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission's Trade package published on September 14th in which the Commission committed to making all future trade negotiating mandates public
Amendment 5 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament's draft report on a digital trade strategy (2017/2065(INI))
Amendment 29 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of deepening relations between the EU and the Asia-Pacific region fo, amongst others to foster economic growth within Europe and stresses that this is reflected in the EU’s trade policy; recognises that New Zealand is a key part of this strategy and that widening and deepening trade relations can help to meet this goal;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2193(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to secure a level playing field, treating as sensitive those products for which direct competition would expose EU agricultural producers to excessive or unsustainable pressure, for instance by introducing transitional periods or appropriate quotas, or by not making any commitments in the most sensitive sectors; calls on the Commission to factor in respect for seasonal cycles of production in Europe, particularly for the lamb and dairy sector;
Amendment 38 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the full potential of the Union’s bilateral and regional cooperation strategies can only be realised by adhering to rules- and values-based trade and that concluding a high-quality and ambitious FTA with New Zealand in athe spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit, while under no circumstances undermining the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally or the implementation of already concluded multilateral and bilateral agreements, is a crucial part of those strategies;
Amendment 74 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to conduct negotiations as transparently as possibleinitiative to publish all its recommendations for negotiating directives for trade agreements and calls on the Commission to make the negotiating mandate for the EU/New Zealand negotiations public immediately after publication and to fully respect best practice as established in other negotiations; requests that the Council make the negotiating mandate public;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2193(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the sensitive nature of some agricultural sectors in the European farming industry, such as beef, sheep meat and dairy products; takes the view that tariff quotas especially for these sectors, should be appropriate considering the competitiveness of New Zealand’s agricultural sector and bearing in mind the future Brexit;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2193(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)
g a) principles such as fair competition, net neutrality and intermediary liability protections and ambitious rules for cross- border data transfers, in full compliance with, and without prejudice to, the EU’s data protection and privacy rules;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission's Trade package published on September 14th in which the Commission committed to making all future trade negotiating mandates public,
Amendment 2 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament's draft report on a digital trade strategy (2017/2065 (INI)),
Amendment 22 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of deepening relations between the EU and the Asia-Pacific region fo, amongst others to foster economic growth within Europe and stresses that this is reflected in the EU’s trade policy; recognises that Australia is a key part of this strategy and that widening and deepening trade relations can help to meet this goal;
Amendment 29 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the full potential of the Union’s bilateral and regional cooperation strategies can only be realised by adhering to rules- and values-based trade and that concluding a high-quality FTA with Australia in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit, while under no circumstances undermining the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally or the implementation of already concluded multilateral and bilateral agreements, is a crucial part of those strategies;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, when presenting the finalised agreements for signature and conclusion, and on the Council, when deciding on signature and conclusion, to fully respect the distribution of competences between the EU and its Member States to guarantee a swift ratification procedure of the agreement;;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to conduct negotiations as transparently as possibleinitiative to publish all its recommendations for negotiating directives for trade agreements and calls on the Commission to make the negotiating mandate for the EU/Australia negotiations public immediately after publication and to fully respecting best practice as established in other negotiations; requests that the Council make the negotiating mandate public;
Amendment 100 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a
Paragraph 14 – point a
a) Real market access opportunities for both sides to each other’s goods and services market through the elimination of regulatory barriers: nothing in the agreement, however, should prevent either side from regulating to achieve legitimate policy objectives; considering, in this respect, that no EU trade agreement has ever privatised public services, and shall not do so in the future, such as water, education, health and social services, nor decreased our high European health, food, consumer, environmental, labour and safety standards, nor constrained public funding of the arts and culture, education, and health and social services;
Amendment 145 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g
Paragraph 14 – point g
g) A balanced outcome in the agriculture and fisheries chapters which gives due consideration to the interests of all European producers and consumers, for instance by introducing appropriate quotas especially in the most sensitive sectors; considers that only then can it boost competitiveness and be beneficial to both consumers and producers;
Amendment 152 #
2017/2192(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)
g a) principles such as fair competition, net neutrality and intermediary liability protections and ambitious rules for cross- border data transfers, in full compliance with, and without prejudice to, the EU's data protection and privacy rules;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2191(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Commission to increase, as soon as possible, the maximum limit of de minimis aid in order to facilitate the Member States’ possibilities to alleviate the difficult economic situation of farmers.
Amendment 10 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the first full year of ´greening´ implementation has not apparently impacted the error rate; but shares the Commission´s view that it is still too early to draw conclusions on the precise environmental outcomes; underlines that 'greening' serves as an example of the increased need for performance auditing also in the field of agriculture;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Commission to keep moving towards a single audit scheme, that would allow for a reduction in administrative burden at all levels brought by controls, while maintaining efficient control on the legality and regularity of payments;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reiterates the request of the European Parliament of 8 September 2015 (Resolution A8-0240/2015) that the Commission, the Member States and the Court of Auditors further develop risk- based audit strategies factoring in all relevant data;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses that there is a significant difference in types of errors, i.e. between unintentional omissions and cases of fraud, and that omissions do not as a rule cause any financial damage to the taxpayer, which should also be taken into account while estimating the actual error rate; reminds the Commission that the risk of unintentional errors owing to complex regulation is in the end borne by the beneficiary;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recognises that plant protection products have played a significant role in improving the agricultural sector's capability to satisfy global nutritional needs, which has contributed to reducing the global share of undernourished people in the population from 18.6% in 1990- 1992 to around 10.9% in 2014-2016 according to the FAO1a, thus takes the view that the current system should be improved by intensifying efforts to eliminate adverse effects rather than by dismissing it without having alternatives at hand that are equally capable of maintaining and further increasing the supply of food; _________________ 1aSee FAO (2015): The State of Food Security in the World, http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4646e.pdf.
Amendment 45 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights the importance of a holistic approach that includes integrated pest management (IPM);
Amendment 46 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights the potential efficiency gains in plant protection that could be realised through the use of precision farming technologies, which will allow farmers to apply plant protection products more targeted in regard to where and in what quantity exactly they are needed instead of a general application on the entire field, which would lead to a significant reduction of consumption quantity;
Amendment 60 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. StExpresses the importance of a science-based approachits concern that in recent debates the European Union's current science-based evaluation system for PPPs has been more and more called into question; therefore stresses the importance of maintaining and further strengthening a scientifically robust decision making in authorising any active substance, in line with the EU’s risk analysis principles and the precautionary principle as established in the General Food Law (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002);
Amendment 73 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 107 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to encourage work sharing between Member States by fostering the availability and use of harmonised methodology and models to conduct evaluations, while reducing the existence of unnecessary additional national requirements;
Amendment 139 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Expresses concerns about the small amount of new substances that have been approved, while at the same time other substances have been taken of the market; stresses the importance of a suitable tool box of plant protection products for farmers to secure the EU's food supply;
Amendment 157 #
2017/2128(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Highlights that special attention should be given to the role of small and medium entreprises (SMEs) in the development of new products, as SMEs often lack the extraordinary resources that are nessesary in the process of development and approval of new substances.
Amendment 116 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas it exists growing market, in many European Union countries, for proximity agricultural products, responding to consumers’ demand for transparency and quality;
Amendment 367 #
2017/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to promote vaccination as a measure to reduce antimicrobial resistance, as there is little market incentive for farmers;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is necessary to adopt a more comprehensive analysis of the protein issue in Europe so as to maximise the number of instruments at our disposal for boosting the effectiveness of action to reduce our dependence on imported vegetable proteins;
Amendment 68 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the nitrogen needed to feed plants and manufacture vegetable proteins is today mainly provided by synthetic nitrogenous fertilisers, which are costly to produce and generate pollution of both water and airhave a high ecological footprint by using large amounts of fossil fuels during the production process; Highlights that this does not contribute to the goal of the circular economy and making more efficient use of our resources and waste streams; Therefore, the use and development of alternative organic nitrogen fertilisers needs to be stimulated, such as the recycling of nutrients from organic waste streams like animal manure;
Amendment 142 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights that legislation on processed animal protein is often outdated and should be made fit for purpose in order to create more room within the regulatory framework to make the use of alternative protein sources easier, such as insect proteins;
Amendment 236 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers it necessary to invest in new breeding techniques in order to develop firstly, protein crops that are more adapted to the European climate, and secondly, improve the protein value of our crops; stresses the importance of security of investments in order to foster research and investment in breeding better protein crops in the EU;
Amendment 271 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment (which, if not restricted to crops and regions in difficulty, would give scope for more action) and the greening payment, and by means of the second pillar, particularly through agro- environmental measures on organic farming, investment quality, advice, training and of course innovation via the EIP;
Amendment 322 #
2017/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood, in particularfor example with Ukraine, which has opted for Europe and which produces soya that could be brought into the EU via the Danube;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the beekeeping sector is hugely significanta vital sector for the EU (around EUR 14.2 annually), as 84% of plant species and 76% of food production are dependent on pollination by bees, which also helps maintain the ecological balance and biological diversity in Europe;
Amendment 113 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the reconstruction of lost bee colonies also requires honey and that honey production is essentially a matter of weather conditions; warm and moist weather promotes the honey production, while cold and wet at the same time impedes it;
Amendment 222 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 448 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Acknowledges and welcomes the European Honey Breakfast initiative and calls on the Member States to incorporate the initiative into their basic education systems;
Amendment 451 #
2017/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 167 #
2017/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that access to land is the largest barrier to new entrants to farming in Europe and is limited by the low supply of land for sale or rent in many regions, as well as by the competition from other farmers, investors and residential users; considers that the land access problem is exacerbated by the current direct payment structure, which requires minimal active use of the land and allocates subsidies largely on the basis of land ownership; believes that the existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access instead of ensuring the best use of the land; recommends increasing the activity levels required to receive payments and to target subsidy payments towards the achievement of particular outcomes (e.g. production of specific environmental or social goods);
Amendment 89 #
2017/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that the Commission has announced on more than one occasion the launch of negotiations about investment with Hong Kong and Taiwan, and deems it regrettable that no such negotiations have yet begun; urges the Commission to finish the preparatory works and to formally start negotiations on investment agreements as soon as possible;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites all parties to draw the appropriate conclusions from the HLGOR’s report and to analyse the feasibility of the recommendations to help make the Union budget more stable, simple, autonomouscoherent, fair and, predictable and transparent;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the importance of the principle of subsidiarity in any change to the composition of own resources; emphasizes that complementarity between the national and European levels enables the appropriate funding of the EU budget, supports the overall EU policy objectives and allows a targeted use of the budget;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 15 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is fundamental for food security, the preservation of rural populations and sustainable development; regretminds that the CAP, which once accounted for 75 % of the EU budget is now only 38 % as laid down in the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), while food requirements have increased, as has the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and to mitigate the effects of climate change; urges the Commission to increase, or at least to maintain at its current level, the CAP budget post-2020;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue defending farmers and to fund information campaigns on the CAP budget since the amount of aid publicised can be misleading, given that the public is unaware of the fact that the bulk of the CAP is financed at EU level and replaces national spendingtake further steps to simplify the funding system of CAP, continue defending farmers and to raise the awareness of EU´s important role in supporting European food production; stresses that the CAP delivers good quality products at affordable prices to Europeans;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that Brexit will have a projected impact of between EUR 3.8 and EUR 4.1 billion a year on the CAP, and calls therefore on the Commission to find alternative forms of financing, for example by increasing Member States’ contributions as a percentage of gross national income; stresses the need to increase funding in line with responses to the various cyclical crises in sensitive sectors such as milk, pork, fruits and vegetables, and to create instruments that can mitigate price volatility; bearing in mind the increasing need to foster the competitiveness of European agriculture sector globally;
Amendment 69 #
2017/2052(INI)
3 a. Stresses the importance of improved budget control and calls on the Commission to develop a policy that will give better account of the destination and results of EU tax payer's money;
Amendment 78 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to keep direct payments intact as they help to avoid distortions of competition between Member States, and to maintain them without any national co-financing; urges the Commission to continue the process of convergence of direct payments between Member States; stresses the importance to maintain the variety of measures, including voluntary coupled support, available to Member States to maintain the production on sectors vital for vulnerable areas without distortion effect on internal market;
Amendment 105 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for continued support for those most in need, as agricultural activity and food production should be possible in all areas of the EU; including family farms and small and medium-sized farms, as well as the most disadvantaged, areas of natural constraints, mountain and outermost regions; calls on the Commission to envisage increasing the envelope for programmes of options specific to isolation and insularity (POSEI), as called for by Parliament;
Amendment 110 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission within the next MFF to support farmers' access to innovations such as modern breeding techniques and precision farming by increasing synergies in between different forms of funding programs and improving the role of agriculture in EU´s research programs;
Amendment 422 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Affirms that the common agricultural policy is fundamental for food security and autonomy, the preservation of rural populations, sustainable development and the provision of high-quality and affordable food products for Europeans; points out that food requirements have increased, as has the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and the need to tackle climate change; recognises the role of sustainable agriculture and forestry as key components of EU´s work in tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and furthering environmental sustainability; recalls that the next MFF should steer the CAP post-2020 towards a fair, effective efficient farming policy which has as its core objective to the facilitate the transition towards sustainable food and farming system in Europe and stresses that sufficient funding for reaching the targets must be provided; welcomes the Commission's strategic approach presented in the communication The Future of Food and Farming to provide more flexibility to the Member States to find appropriate means to steer their agricultural sector towards reaching the common environmental targets in the most effective way; underlines that the CAP is one of the most integrated policies and is mainly financed at EU level and, therefore, replaces national spending;
Amendment 427 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Affirms that the common agricultural policy is fundamental for food security and autonomy, the preservation of rural populations, sustainable development and the provision of high-quality and affordable food products for Europeans; stresses the need to secure agricultural production in all parts of the EU as well as in the areas of natural constraints; points out that food requirements have increased, as has the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and the need to tackle climate change; underlines that the CAP is one of the most integrated policies and is mainly financed at EU level and, therefore, replaces national spending;
Amendment 443 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Expects the global amount of direct payments to be kept intact under the next MFF, as they generate clear EU added value and strengthen the single market by avoiding distortions of competition between Member States; opposes any renationalisation and any national co- financing in that respect; while bearing in mind the importance to maintain the variety of measures, including voluntary coupled support, available to Member States to maintain the production on sectors vital for vulnerable areas without distortion effect on internal market stresses the need to increase funding in line with responses to the various cyclical crises in sensitive sectors, to create new instruments that can mitigate price volatility and to increase funding for Programmes of Options Specifically Relating to Remoteness and Insularity (POSEI); concludes, therefore, that the CAP budget in the next MFF should be at least maintained at its current level for the EU-27;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Reminds that Russian import ban has still negative market impact on European agriculture and particularly on the dairy sector for those producers, which exported significantly to Russian market before the ban; Calls then on the Commission to provide additional support to those dairy farmers most affected from the Russian import ban;
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 66 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Considers that the impacts of Brexit and the continuing Russian embargo on the agricultural market situation must be taken into account;
Amendment 115 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the increase proposed for the eastern component of the European Neighbourhood Instrument responding to Parliament’s previous calls; is convinced that in order to counter the activities of an increasingly aggressive Russian Federation, the EU’s support, especially for the countries that have signed Association Agreemenbelieves that the EU’s support for these countries is essential in order to further economic integration and convergence with the EU and to advance democracy, rule of law and human rights, is essentialn our Eastern neighborhood;
Amendment 140 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes note of the Commission’s proposal to set up a European Solidarity Corps (ESC); notes, however, with concern that, despite Parliament’s warnings, the legislative proposal adopted on 30 May 2017 envisages that three fourths of the ESC budget would be financed by redeployments from existing programmes, and mainly from Erasmus+ (EUR 197.7 million); is also concerned byof the proposed cuts to the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and to LIFE programme; is concerned of the risk that this situation would pose to those EU programmes that are subject to cuts;
Amendment 166 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Highlights the prolongation of exceptional support measures for certain fruits for which the market situation is still difficult, but; regrets that, however, that the Commission is not currently proposing support measures in the livestock sectors, and particularly in the dairy sector, related to the Russian ban on EU imports will not be extendedand expects, therefore, a change of course in this regard; expects, consequently, that if the margin of Heading 2 is deployed, a part of it will be allocated to dairy farmers in countries most affected from the Russian embargo; awaits the Commission’s letter of amendment, expected in October, which should be based on updated information on the EAGF funding to verify the real needs in the agricultural sector, taking duly into account the impact of the Russian embargo and other market volatilities;
Amendment 202 #
2017/2043(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. Considers, given the importance of higher education for overall reforms in partner countries, that the student mobility and academic cooperation between the EU and Neighbourhood countries should receive continuous support; regrets thus the reductions in appropriations for the technical and financial assistance under the three external instruments - IPA, ENI and DCI, aimed at promoting the international dimension of higher education for the implementation of the 'Erasmus+' programme;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; scalls for equal consideration of all three pillars of sustainability (social, ecological and economical). Stresses that, although the EU farming industry is already making a valuable contribution to sustainability, through the Common Agricultural Policy and, stringent environmental requirements, and Cross Compliance, but it still needs to adapt better to the many challenges on global, European and national level facing it;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for farming to be developed by focusing on family holdings and, exploiting the advantages of regional value chainsand production chains and regional employment;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance forof bioenergy for both farms ofand bioenergconomy, which helps to secure farmers’' incomes, by offering them an additional product to sell, and creates and which keeps and creates high quality jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 100 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that, by using agricultural waste and manure e.g. in biogas plants, bio refineries and the production of fertilisers, the bioeconomy can help to reduce the environmental impact of farming, in the form of emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the air, soil and bodies of water, and can also contribute to the more efficient use of resources;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to the EU economy, and as well as its importance for the agricultural nutrient cycle and the preservation of the quality of life in rural areas, draws attention to its further potential to contribute to a better functioning agricultural ecosystem and a climate- friendly farming industry;
Amendment 117 #
2017/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Draws attention to the potential of active nutrient cycle management in the livestock sector to reduce the environmental impact of CO2, ammonia and nitrate emissions;
Amendment 5 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Special attention should be given to multilingualism as some of the exchanges will be transnational.
Amendment 10 #
2017/0007(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Union's macro-financial assistance should support Moldova's commitment to values shared with the Union, including democracy, the rule of law, good governance, respect for human rightsan independent judiciary, respect for human rights, the freedom and pluralism of the media, sustainable development and poverty reduction, as well as its commitment to the principles of open, rules-based and fair trade.
Amendment 12 #
2017/0007(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) A pre-condition for granting the Union's macro-financial assistance should be that Moldova respects effective democratic mechanisms – including a multi-party parliamentary system – and the rule of law, and guarantees respect for human rights. In addition, the specific objectives of the Union's macro-financial assistance should strengthen the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the public finance management systems, ensure an effective fight against corruption and money laundering, the governance and supervision of the financial and banking sector in Moldova and promote structural reforms aimed at supporting sustainable and inclusive growth, employment creation and fiscal consolidation. The Union's macro- financial assistance to Moldova should also include measures to support the implementation of the Association Agreement, including the DCFTA. To ensure that such conditions are properly assessed, it is crucial that they are set out in a verifiable and measurable manner. Both the fulfilment of the preconditions and the achievement of those objectives should be regularly monitored by the Commission and the European External Action Service.
Amendment 14 #
2017/0007(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to ensure that the Union’s financial interests linked to the Union’s macro-financial assistance are protected efficiently, Moldova should take appropriate measures relating to the prevention of, and fight against, fraud, corruption and any other irregularities linked to the assistance. Moldova should regularly inform the Commission about the implementation of the macro- financial assistance on the basis of full disclosure and strict compliance with Union financial rules. In addition, provision should be made for the Commission to carry out checks and for the Court of Auditors to carry out audits.
Amendment 15 #
2017/0007(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The Union's macro-financial assistance should be subject to economic policy conditions, to be laid down in a Memorandum of Understanding. Such conditions should be linked to the disbursement of each of the three instalments. In order to ensure uniform conditions of implementation and for reasons of efficiency, the Commission should be empowered to negotiate such conditions with the Moldovan authorities under the supervision of the committee of representatives of the Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Under that Regulation, the advisory procedure should, as a general rule, apply in all cases other than as provided for in that Regulation. Considering the potentially important impact of assistance of more than EUR 90 million, it is appropriate that the examination procedure be used for operations above that threshold. Considering the amount of the Union's macro-financial assistance to Moldova, the examination procedure should apply to the adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding, and to any reduction, suspension or cancellation of the assistance,
Amendment 6 #
2016/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the traditional European production model needs to be preserved and enhanced, enhanced and supported in its transition to innovative, resource-efficient and climate-smart ways of production, based on small and medium-sized family farming as a guarantee of our agriculture’s social and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Encourages a greater involvement of regional and local authorities in the distribution and use of funds which is essential for improving farmers' position and reiterates the importance of the LEADER programme in that context;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that crucial regulatory changes in programming, implementation and management of financial instruments, such as direct links to and coverage of all 11 thematic objectives, compulsory ex-ante assessment, and creation of tailor-made and off-the- shelf solutions and reporting mechanisms, contribute toan have a critical impact on the attractiveness and speed of the implementation of financial instruments;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights the importance of a stronger promotion of financial possibilities in order to encourage their use for the public and private sector; calls for a better presentation of the results achieved, especially on the regional and local level;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that delays in payments that farmers are entitled to under the CAP are avoided;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that grants have some strengths as compared to financial instruments: supporting projects that do not necessarily generate revenue, providing funding to projects that for various reasons cannot attract private or public funding, targeting specific beneficiaries, issues and regional priorities, and lower complexity of use owing to existing experience and capacity; acknowledges that in some cases grants are bound to limitations: difficulties in achieving project quality and sustainability, risk of substituting public funding in the long-run and a crowding-out effect for potential private investment even when projects may have a revolving nature and a capacity to generate revenues to repay a loan-based financing;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that financial instruments offer advantages such as leverage and revolving effects as well as higher risk investments, including private capital through high-quality bankable projects; acknowledges that financial instruments come with certain disadvantages: slower implementation, higher complexity, and high management fees and implementation costimplementation costs that include also management fees; notes that grants represent preferable investments in some policy areas, such as the ones covered by the ESF;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that financial instruments offer advantages such as leverage and revolving effects as well as higher risk investments, including private capital through high-quality bankable projects; acknowledges that financial instruments come with certain disadvantages: slower implementation, higher complexity, and high management fees and implementation costs; notes that grants represent preferable investments in some policy areas, such as the ones covered by the ESF and the research and innovation policy;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that given the current situation of the European agricultural sector, it is necessary, for the period after 2020, to increase the possibilities of financing projects without lowering non- refundable financial contributions;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the positive experience of using financial instruments in the 2007- 2013 programming period was accompanied by a number of performance issues due in part to the lack of sufficient relevance experience at that time with the use of financial instruments in the context of cohesion policy: late start of operations, inaccurate market assessment, diverging regional uptake, overall low disbursement rates, low leverage effect, problematic revolving, high management costs and fees and inadequately large endowments; however, also recalls that after various extensions of implementation deadlines for the financial instruments belonging to the 2007-2013 programming period, a number of the original shortcomings were adequately addressed and rectified during the following two years (i.e. until end of 2015);
Amendment 107 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that some implementation delays willdid affect originally foreseen disbursement rates, revolving and leverage; recalls the fact that delays in the 2007-2013 period contributed irreversibly to sub-optimal performance of ERDF and ESF financial instruments; emphasises that all necessary steps should be taken to mitigate the negative effects of delayed implementation, especially regarding the risk of limited use and impact;
Amendment 115 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the significant differences across the EU regarding the penetration of financial instruments, including ESI Funds and the first result of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); emphasises that the overall success of such instruments depends on how easy they are to use and the ability of the Member States to manage investments through them;
Amendment 125 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s actions in optimising regulation; emphasises that, despite the improvements, complexity still exists and issues such as the long set-up time and the administrative burden for recipients are disincentives to use financial instruments; calls on the Commission to work closely with the EIB and the EIF to make access to ESI Funds in combination with EFSI (i.e. for blending activities), microcredit, loans, guarantees, equity and venture capital as possibly easy as using grants;
Amendment 149 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recognises that challenges such as migration and security or ongoing and future political developments in the EU should not negatively affect the investments through Cohesion Policy or its goals and expected resultsambitions and expected results of the Cohesion Policy, especially after the current programming period;
Amendment 151 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages a greater involvement of regional local authorities in the distribution and use of funds;
Amendment 166 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights that financial instruments perform better in well- developed regions and metropolitan areas, while grants address regional structural issues; notes that increasing the share of financial instruments should not influence the grant appropriations as this would hinder the balance; emphasises that in a number of public policies, like research and innovation, grants have to dominate, while financial instruments can play complementary roles;
Amendment 167 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights that financial instruments performed so far better in well- developed regions and metropolitan areas, while grants address regional structural issues; notes that increasing the share of financial instruments should not influence the grant appropriations as this would hinder the balance; emphasises that in a number of public policies grants have to dominate, while financial instruments can play complementary roles;
Amendment 169 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights the importance of a stronger promotion of financial possibilities in order to encourage their use for the public and private sector; calls for a better presentation of the results achieved, especially on the regional and local level;
Amendment 170 #
2016/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Considering the current situation of the cohesion and economic development, it's necessary, for the period after 2020, to increase the possibilities of financing projects without lowering non - refundable financial contributions;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the ‘Trade for All’ communication bases EU trade policy on three key principles – effectiveness, transparency and values – and has a dedicated section; whereas this communication has a dedicated section on responding to the rise of global value chains and also on the responsible management of supply chains;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas global value chains (GVCs) have becomare a key feature of today’s global economy; whereas, on the one hand, GVCs offer GVCs provide many benefits and new prospects for growth, development and jobs, but on the other hand, their complex nature, lack; whereas due to their complex nature, GVCs also present challenges ofn transparency and dilution of liabilities has led to a higher risk of human rights violationsresponsibility, which need to be addressed;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas participation in GVCs is beneficial for SMEs in terms of growth and internationalisation;whereas according to the Eurobarometer survey "Internationalisation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" from 2015, only 31% of SMEs in the EU were involved in business outside the Internal Market over the last three years; whereas many SMEs face difficulties securing access to international and EU-based GVCs; whereas trade policy and trade agreements can help overcome current barriers and challenges SMEs face in accessing GVCs;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas EU trade policy must strengthen Europe’s place in global supply chains, but must also be a tool with which to establish clear rules and liabilities for governments and multinational companies (MNCs) in order to ensure compliance wit; whereas trade policy can also be a tool to help governments and business pursue international commitments, such the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas GVCs in services pose specific challenges, in particular with respect to the digital economy, data flows and data protectionare playing a greater role in GVCs, in particular for manufacturing production; whereas the increased integration of services into GVCs will require agreements supporting the digital economy, including the free flow of data;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU should respond even more effectively tomust continue to protect social and environmental dumping and unstandards and promoting fair tradeing practices, and ensures well as a level playing field;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU has developed binding corporate due diligence regulations in sectorsregulations in the area of corporate due diligence in sectors with high risks for human rights abuses, such as timber and conflict minerals; whereas some Member States have also developed legislation, such as the UK Modern Slavery Act and the French bill on the duty of care of MNCs; whereas Parliament has repeatedly called for the EU to develop a binding framework on corporate due diligence;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas most, but not all, recently concluded EU trade and investment agreements containthe Trade for All Strategy has stated that the Commission will promote ambitious trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters in all trade and investment agreements;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas a global holisticand sustainable approach, to corporate liability forhat takes into account potential human rights abuses, is needed in the context of GVCs;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 13 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to place digital skills at the heart of its upcoming revision of the Key Competences Framework; encourages the Member States to further develop primary, secondary and tertiary education curricula, as well as vocational training programmes, to meet the needs of an increasingly digital labour market; emphasises the need for proper teacher training, which helps update teaching methodology and increases innovative digital and distance learning opportunities, leading to better capabilities for students to match new digital skills requirements in the labour market;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that basic digital skills – taught as part of primary and secondary education curricula – should encompass safeknowledge of the possibilities that digital skills offer, and also safe and respectful internet behaviour, and awareness- raising about rights online;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of digital platforms in seeking skilled workers from a distance and creating opportunities of long distance working, and highly requests incorporating a digital skills agenda into lifelong learning programmes for older people, who represent 18.9 % and rising of the population of the European Union, and who will then gain significant work potential in addition to their long work experience;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas adequate infrastructure and an adequate level of services are important factors in managing the population structure in regions that are sparsely populated or suffering from emigration, where the importance of investment and jobs is greater;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities, within the limits of their competences;
Amendment 164 #
2016/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges the Commission to use cohesion policy measures to put a brake on increasing emigration from sparsely populated regions, where adequate infrastructure and an adequate level of services are essential preconditions particularly for retaining families with children;
Amendment 12 #
2016/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that any current and new economic activity should be carried out in a sustainable way in order not to undermine the Arctic’s natural heritage and with full respect for the Arctic Indigenous peoples and local communities;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes note of the consultations by the Commission and the European External Action Service, which suggest that the European Arctic is suffering from underinvestment;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that in order to support sustainable development in the Arctic, there is a need for economic development, which includes for instance investing in issues such as environment, adaptation to climate change, infrastructure, renewable energy, transportation routes, meteorological cooperation and sustainable tourism;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Underlines that European Arctic policy should be developed and carried out together with the peoples living there in order to find the right balance of preservation of the area and meeting the needs for economic development;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU's engagement in the Northern regions and in the Arctic started already in the early 1990´s by its participation in the establishment of the Council of the Baltic Sea Region (CBSS), the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) and by the full membership of the Commission in them;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas after the EU's Northern enlargement a comprehensive Northern Dimension policy was developed for the Union covering both internal affairs and external relations;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the Northern Dimension has developed into a joint policy between the EU, Russia, Norway and Iceland; whereas besides the ND Partners also several multilateral organizations such as the AC, CBSS and BEAC participate; whereas Canada and the United States are observers of the ND; whereas the policy covers a broad geographical area from the European Arctic and Sub-arctic to the southern shores of the Baltic Sea, countries in the vicinity and from north- west Russia in the east to Iceland and Greenland in the west;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include substantive trade and environmental provisions in TTIP, which can contribute to preserving Alaska’s natural environment of Arctic areas in North America and Europe, including on fisheries and forestry;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the practical cooperation takes place within the Northern Dimension Partnerships established to deal with the following thematic issues: environment, public health and well- being, transport and logistics and culture;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the Northern Dimension has regular meetings of Foreign Ministers as well as the Parliamentary Forum;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Reiterates the call on the Commission to establish the EU Arctic Information Centre, with sufficient funds, in order to ensure efficient access to Arctic information and knowledge; points out that this kind of an EU Arctic Information Centre could be linked with already existing Arctic Centre or with some other Arctic institution as this kind of a solution would crucially lower the costs;
Amendment 214 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include in the integrated EU policy all international cooperation dealing with the Northern and Arctic regions: the Council of the Baltic Sea Region, Barents Euro-Arctic Council and the Northern Dimension; stresses the need for the EU to engage with all Arctic partners in policy dialogue;
Amendment 257 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the increase in the stationing of Russianof military forcactivities in the region, the building and reopening of bases and the creation of an Arctic military district of RussiaArctic by Russia, NATO and the United States; stresses the need to keep the Arctic outside any increase in military tensions;
Amendment 345 #
2016/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its call on the Commission to establish the EU Arctic Information Centre, with sufficient funds, in order to ensure efficient access to Arctic information and knowledge; points out that this kind of an EU Arctic Information Centre could be linked with already existing Arctic Centre or with some other Arctic institution as this kind of a solution would crucially lower the costs;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to build on the resolution recommendation to establish an independent information- gathering, advisory and referral EU body, with offices in Member Statesoffice under the suitable EU agency, such as the European Ombudsman, which alre in a position to receive reports of irregularitieady has a competence to investigate complaints of malpractices within the EU institutions, with sufficient budgetary resources, adequate competences and appropriate specialists, in order to help internal and external whistle- blowers use the right channels to disclose their information;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses the view that the adoption of sector-specific legislation, such as in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the EU, could be fast-tracked and should not have to wait for the adoption of more general legislation on the protection of whistle- blowers.a horizontal EU-wide regulatory framework for whistle-blowers' protection is worth of consideration, taking into account the recommendations based on the impact assessment made by the Commission; underlining the importance that this regulation secures public interest and respects trade secrets;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6a (new)
Paragraph 6a (new)
6 a. Encourages European Agencies to act as an example for Member States and the private sector by implementing internal rules and procedures on whistle- blower protection, which could also lower the threshold to inform third parties about malpractices;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that local and regional products, as well as community-supported agriculture schemes, enable shorter supply chains, which increase the quality standards of products and support seasonal demands, thus having considerable social, environmental and economic benefits;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the potential for optimisation of use of former foodstuffs and by- products from the food chain in feed production and its importance for primary production, but stresses the use of waste hierarchy and need for increased traceability;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the benefits of access to data and forecasts and developing advance production programmes for farmers, enabling them to better match supply to demand and minimise wastage; stresses that as zero tolerance with food waste is challenging to achieve, effective use of food waste in bio economy shall be promoted;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the benefits of digitalization which allows better access to data and forecasts and developing advance production programmes for farmers, enabling them to better coordinate with the other sectors of the food supply chain and better match supply to demand and minimise wastage;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that increased research and information isas well as cooperation and the role of producer organizations are needed on enabling access to secondary market opportunities and alternative uses for products which would otherwise be ploughed back into the soil or wasted;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Expresses concern for a binding food waste hierarchy and calls instead for the establishment of guidelines and the sharing of best practices in order to determine the most resource efficient use of food waste and food loss;
Amendment 100 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises that educational and awareness-raising initiatives and measures, especially for the household sector, can significantly lower food wastage and increase social initiatives aimed at collecting excess foodstuffs;
Amendment 130 #
2016/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that some wastage and loss at farm level is also due to the role played by retailers in relation to retailer standards regarding product specifications, cancelled orders owing to changes in consumer demand, and over-production as a result of requirements to meet seasonal demands.
Amendment 37 #
2016/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that farmers and farm workers are, by virtue of their profession, exposed to a range of external factors, such as price and market fluctuations, imbalances in agrifood chain o or even unpredictable weather, that make employment prospects precarious and insecure; considers that the Commission and the Member States must encourage the use of income-stabilisation and risk- management tools;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief1a, __________________ 1ahttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52013 IP0279
Amendment 256 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the importance of the mandate of the EUSR in enhancing the EU’s effectiveness in advancing human rights and democratic principles around the world; reiterates its call for this mandate to become a permanent one ; whilst acknowledging the important role of the EUSR for Human Rights, regrets that Freedom of Religion or Belief is not listed as one of the key EU priorities raised1a; __________________ 1a http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-10255-2016-INIT/en/pdf
Amendment 274 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates its demand that the Members of the European Parliament be given access to the HRCSs and obtain information on how the EU implements these strategies, and that these are presented in a format that enables the Members to fulfil their duty of scrutiny properly;
Amendment 494 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 d (new)
Paragraph 48 d (new)
48d. Stresses that certain trade benefits, in particular those granted under GSP+, are inherently and legally conditional upon the continued implementation of international human rights conventions;
Amendment 499 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Calls on the EU to include respect for Freedom of Religion or Belief in Human Rights Impact Assessments that are carried out before the EU decides to conclude new trade and investment agreements;
Amendment 524 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54a. Reaffirms that Women's rights cannot be sacrificed due to specific proscription by any religion or belief;
Amendment 663 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Condemns, in keeping with Article 10 TFEU, all acts of violence and discrimination on the basis of ideology, religion or belief; expresses its serious concern over the continued reports of violence and discrimination against religious or belief minorities around the world; urges the EU also to continue the implementation of the EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief;
Amendment 667 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 c (new)
Paragraph 73 c (new)
73c. Requests concrete action towards the effective implementation of the EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief, including: ensuring systematic and consistent training of EU staff at Headquarters and in Delegations; reporting on country and local situations; engaging in close cooperation with local actors, and especially with their leaders of religious or belief groups;
Amendment 668 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 d (new)
Paragraph 73 d (new)
73d. Calls on the EEAS and the European Commission to look to the European Parliament's Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance Annual Report and determine an annual strategy for the focal countries where there are grave violations to ensure suitable EU development funding and monitoring programmes as well as assistance to the respective EU Delegations. This year these countries include Burma, China, Eritrea, India, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Brunei and The Maldives;
Amendment 676 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 b (new)
Paragraph 74 b (new)
Amendment 677 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 c (new)
Paragraph 74 c (new)
74c. Is deeply concerned that in some parts of the world the position of religion or belief communities is endangered with entire religious communities disappearing or fleeing;
Amendment 681 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that religious or belief minorities are respected worldwide, including in the Middle East, where Yazidis, Christians and Muslim minorities and atheists are being persecuted by ISIS and other terrorist groups;
Amendment 766 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89 a (new)
Paragraph 89 a (new)
89a. Deplores the abuse of religion or belief for terrorist purpose;
Amendment 797 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 100
Paragraph 100
100. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the torture and ill-treatment caused by ISIS; expresses its solidarity with the families and communities of all victims affected by the violence; condemns practices by ISIS to discriminate against and to target minority groups; calls on the EU, its Member States and the international community to step up their efforts to address the urgent need to prevent further suffering in an effective way;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Whereas the CAP must be made more effective and its legitimacy reaffirmed as one of the principal tools for EU action aimed at the retention and creation of employment and competitiveness in rural areas, mainly in the farming sector;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the reliability of information on CAP direct payments as reported by Member States is often seriously undermined as a result of misreporting; based on the Annual Activity Report 2015 from Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Member States have sufficient information to detect and correct errors before declaring the expenditure to the Commission, and stresses, in that connection, if the Member States would have acted on this information, the error rate would have been 0.6 percentage point lower 1a; __________________ 1a European Commission - Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development (2015), Annual Activity Report.
Amendment 27 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses the importance of the possibility of paying advances before 16 of October and also after the year 2017, especially concerning area-based payments to areas facing natural or other specific concerns while bearing in mind the economic situation of the farmers and two derogations made to the Article 75 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 concerning years 2015 and 2016;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s proposed new approach to error rate analysis; welcomes also the Commission’s new procedure, likely to be applied for the first time in 2016, for prior checks, while retaining the method for dealing with minor errors; stressing that more proportionality is needed for the penalty system;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2151(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses the importance of reducing the bureaucratic burden for both the farmers and the administration caused by a duplicated measurement of areas that have been measured (already) earlier;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the new EAFRD builds on the previous programming periods by providing flexibility to better address specific territorial needs and broadening the objectives to six EU priorities for rural development divided into 18 focus areas, all of which contribute to the three cross-cutting objectives of innovation and environment/climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that fostering technological and social innovation in the coming financial periods is a key to sustainable and competitive European agriculture;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights that the measures of the Rural Development funding directed at fostering innovation and investment in emerging technologies and precision farming should be substantially reinforced in order to enhance the competitiveness of European enterprises in the rural areas;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses the need to support rural areas with a sustainable management of soil, water and biodiversity in order to enhance their contribution to the bioeconomy; in addition, farmers need to have measures adapted to respond to increasing challenges such as food security and climate change;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the more flexible structure of the EAFRD was not fully taken advantage of by some Members States and regions which perceived a risk of increased complexity and control requirements therefore asks the Commission to ensure that all parties are in due time informed about the renewed EAFRD structure and to actively facilitate the uptake and visibility of these funds;
Amendment 78 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges theCalls Member States to efficiently and fully implement EAFRD and avoid gold-plating or adding unnecessary guidelines and procedures which could interfere with efficient implementation of the EAFRD; asks the Commission to continue the simplification of the CAP and, where feasible and necessary, to adapt the basic legislation to this effect; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that sufficient resources are dedicated to successful fulfilment of remaining ex-ante conditionalities;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to avoid gold-plating or adding unnecessary guidelines and procedures which could interfere with efficient implementation of the EAFRD; underlines that oriented advisory services are essential in the operational programmes to support farmers and forest holders for efficiently implementation; asks the Commission to continue the simplification of the CAP and, where feasible and necessary, to adapt the basic legislation to this effect; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that sufficient resources are dedicated to successful fulfilment of remaining ex-ante conditionalities;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines that there is an urgent need for simplification of the CAP and concrete actions have to be made by the Commission within its mandate without delays; in order to make sure the EAFRD funds are taken up and spent efficiently with a view to meeting the goals of the CAP;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Is concerned that measures to help farmers manage risks and to set up producer groups were not included in many programmes that could support farmers to better react to the increased market volatility;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to the Global Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development Goals,
Amendment 16 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas sport plays a prominent role in the life of millions of EU citizens and brings an important social, educational, economic, cultural and unifying contribution to the EU society;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas sport represents a significant and fast-growing sector of the EU economy and makes a valuable contribution to growth, jobs and society with value added and employment effects exceeding average growth rates;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas compliance with basic labour rights is essential for professional athletes;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the integrity of sport is of paramount importance; in order to promote its credibility and its attractiveness;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas sport has a specific nature which is based on voluntary structures and is a prerequisite of its educational and societal functions;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas both professional and grassroot sports play a key role in the global promotion of peace, respect for human rights and solidarity, carry health and economic benefits for societies and have an essential role in highlighting fundamental educational and cultural values, as well as promoting social inclusion;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas good governance in sport refers to an appropriate regulation of sport through principles of effective, transparent, ethical and democratic management, processes and structures with the participation of stakeholders;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sports organisations are responsible for ensuring high governance standards and should raise these further and adhere to it in all circumstances;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas balanced policies which aim to increase financial transparency, stability and credibility in sport are key to improve financial and governance standards;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the European organised sports model is based on the principles of territoriality and nationality, with one federation per discipline, and solidarity mechanisms suchbetween elite and grassroots sport, as well as promotion-relegation and open competitions;
Amendment 54 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the recognition of the principle of a single federation per sport is of particular relevance and is rooted in the social importance of sport as the best means of safeguarding the interests of sport and the benefits that it delivers to society;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas it is legitimate and necessary for all stakeholders to require that any sports competition be played and decided in accordance with the internationally recognised rules of the game;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas sports tribunals have a central role to play in guaranteeing the universality of the rules of the game and ensuring due respect for good governance principles since they constitute the most appropriate means of settling disputes in sport insofar as they respect fundamental procedural and EU legal rights;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the fight against doping is a matter of public interest and public health;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas any acts of violence and discrimination may occur in sportin sport tarnish the image of sport and discourage spectators to attend sports events;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas athletes, who are oftenin particular minors, face increasing economic pressures and are treated as commodities; and have to be protected against any form of violence and discrimination;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas increasing number of clubs rely mainly on the transfer market to compose their teams when they should pay more attention to local training;
Amendment 97 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)
Recital P b (new)
Pb. whereas sport is perceived as a fundamental right to all and everyone should have equal rights to engage in physical activity and sport;
Amendment 101 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas, overall, physical activity is stagnating despite a growing trend for recreational sports, such as jogging, which are also practised outside any organised structure;
Amendment 107 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the further education and training of athletes is crucial to prepare them for atheir career outsideafter sports;
Amendment 112 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas investment in and promotion of the training and education of young talented athletes at local level is crucial for the long-term development and societal role of sport;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas volunteering is are fundamental condition for accessible, low- cost sports activities and eventsto the provision of sport, supporting development and accessibility, especially at grassroots level;
Amendment 114 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas volunteering is a fundamental condition for accessible, low-costs are the backbone of organised sport, providing for the development and accessibility of sports activities and events, especially at grassroots level;
Amendment 123 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
Ua. Whereas infringements of sports organisations' intellectual property rights and digital piracy, especially the unlicensed live transmission of sporting events, raise serious concerns for the long-term funding of sport, at all levels;
Amendment 124 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. wWhereas the media must be able to report freely and independently onfreedom of press must be ensured at all sports events;
Amendment 141 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that good governance must be a condition for the autonomy of sports organisations, in compliance with the principles of transparency, accountability and democracy including appropriate stakeholder inclusiveness;
Amendment 157 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on sports organisations and bidding entities to ensure that bidding to host major events abides by good governance standards and fundamental rights, and guarantees a sustainable legacy;
Amendment 161 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to develop the pledge board and explore the possibility to create a code of conduct in the areas of good governance in sport;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges Member States to make public funding for sport subject to compliance with established and publicly available minimum governance standards;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the initiatives taken by sports organisations to improve governance standards in sport and to enhance dialogue and cooperation with governments;
Amendment 175 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on sports organisations to put forward by 2018, and subsequently implement, concrete proposals to enhance their governance and to publish the outcomes;
Amendment 184 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that information-sharing and cooperation between sports bodies, state authorities and licensed betting operators iswithin the framework of national platforms are essential to detect, investigate and prosecute match- fixing and calls on Member States to consider dedicated prosecution services with primary responsibility for investigating sports fraud cases;
Amendment 189 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission and the Member States who have not done souncil to find a solution which will enable the EU and the Member States to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions;
Amendment 193 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen inter-institutional links with the Council of Europe, and subsequently to develop coordinated operational programmes assuring the most efficient use of resources;
Amendment 194 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission to ensure effective follow-up to the Convention through a Recommendation, as set out in the Commission Communication 'Towards a comprehensive European framework for online gambling';
Amendment 196 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports prevention, education and information programmes on the threat of match-fixing and dopingto provide athletes, coaches, officials and all relevant stakeholders with general advice on the threat of match-fixing and doping including risks they may encounter and in which ways they can report doubtful approaches;
Amendment 202 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the European Commission to continue to support anti- doping projects through the Erasmus+ programme, while assessing its impact and ensuring that it usefully complements existing funding schemes within anti- doping;
Amendment 204 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to ensure that national legislations allows for coordination and information-sharing between state authorities and anti-doping agencies is effectiveand enable the latter to process and exchange data in accordance with current and future EU Data Protection rules;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work closely with WADAThe World Anti-Doping Agency, UNESCO and the Council of Europe in order to prevent and fight doping effectively;
Amendment 214 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to encourage and facilitate the negotiation of agreements between countries permitting duly authorized doping control teams from other countries to conduct testing, respecting athletes' fundamental rights and in accordance with the International Convention against doping in sport;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work closely with WADA and Council of Europe in defining a policy to protect whistleblowers;
Amendment 219 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the new Council of Europe Convention on spectator violence and calls on the Member States to sign and ratify it without delayan Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events and calls on the Member States to sign and ratify it without delay, as well as the Commission to explore the possibility to sign and ratify it;
Amendment 223 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to explore ways of information sharing in the context of violence in sport through the existing networks;
Amendment 228 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses that sport bodies should ensure necessary access and news- gathering opportunities at all sport events for independent news media to fulfil their role as important and critical observers of sport events and administration of sports;
Amendment 229 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Condemns strongly allny forms of discrimination in sport, both on and off the field and underlines the need to prevent such behaviour at all levels;
Amendment 237 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes good self-regulatory practices such as Financial Fair Play initiative in that it encourages more economic rationality and better standards of financial management in professional sport with a focus on the long-term as opposed to the short-term and thus contributes to the healthy and sustainable development of sport in Europe;
Amendment 258 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its attachment to the European organised sports model, where federations play a central role, insofar as it balances the numerous diverging interests between all stakeholders, such as athletes, players, clubs, leagues, associations and volunteers, with appropriate and democratic representation in decision- making, with competitions based on sporting merit and financial solidarity at all levels as key features;
Amendment 267 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission and all concerned stakeholders to promote social dialogue in sport, whilst acknowledging that it is the responsibility of sporting organisations to commit to developing a culture of transparency;
Amendment 272 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers that strengthened rules promoting the local training of players are required in order to increase the pool of new talents across Europe;
Amendment 274 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the establishment of transparency registers for the payment of sports agents underpinned by an efficient monitoring system, a clearing-house for payments and disciplinary sanctions by the competent sports bodies, in cooperation, where appropriate, with relevant public authorities;
Amendment 281 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes initiatives which encourage gender equality in decision- making roles in sport, as well as initiatives which aim at fighting against gender based stereotypes and any kind of harassment in sport;
Amendment 289 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that sport builds bridges across cultures and across ethnic and social divides with a positive message of shared values, such as mutual respect, tolerance, compassion, leadership, equality of opportunity and the rule of law;
Amendment 302 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recognises the importance of grassroots sport in preventing and fighting radicalisation; in this regard welcomes two pilot projects adopted by the European Parliament "Sport as a tool for integration and social inclusion of the refugees" and "Monitoring and coaching through sports of youngsters at risk of radicalisation";
Amendment 304 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Supports effective dual career systems and access to further education and training for athletesRecognises that higher education is crucial to maximise the future inclusion of elite athletes in the labour market and supports effective dual career systems with minimum quality requirements (including certification for specialised staff and service providers) and appropriate monitoring;
Amendment 310 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Considers that further efforts to encourage the local training of players is required in order to broaden the opportunities for talented young players to play in their clubs' first team and thus enhance the pool of new talent across Europe;
Amendment 312 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Supports the training of dual careers specialists and advisors with exchange of good practices and establishing professional networks;
Amendment 318 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Supports the mobility of coaches and other services providers (such as physiotherapists and dual careers advisers) and exchange of good practices with a focus on the recognition of qualifications and technical innovations;
Amendment 320 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on sport organisations together with the Member States to promote minimum standards for coaches that include criminal record checks, training in safeguarding and protection of minors and vulnerable adults as well as doping and match fixing;
Amendment 322 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Calls on sport organisations and Member States to cooperate on supporting the employability and mobility of coaches seeking to work across the EU through a commitment to quality assurance of their competences and the standards of qualifications and training;
Amendment 324 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Calls on the international, national federations and other providers of education to ensure that issues related to integrity in sport are included in the curriculum of sport coaching qualifications;
Amendment 326 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines that participation in sport in schools and universities, as well as by older people, is vitalschools and universities should play a vital role in providing sport opportunities and to maintain healthy lifestyles;
Amendment 332 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Takes into account that the EU population is ageing, therefore specific attention should be paid to the positive impact that physical activity can have on the health and wellbeing of the elderly;
Amendment 347 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses that disabled people should have access to all sports facilities according to the principle that sports facilities should be accessible to all;
Amendment 360 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Supports the European Week of Sport, which aims to promote sport and physical activity for all across Europe regardless of age, background or fitness level, and calls on all EU institutions and Member States to further promote this initiative while ensuring it is accessible to the widest possible audience;
Amendment 364 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Welcomes transnational sporting events staged in various European countries insofar as they contribute to the promotion of key shared values of the EU such as pluralism, tolerance, justice, equality and solidarity;
Amendment 370 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Welcomes the Commission's study on the specificity of sport; calls on the Commission and sports organisations to consider further steps on development of sport specificity;
Amendment 371 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Recommends the Member States and Commission to encourage citizens to practice more regular physical activities through appropriate health policies and programmes;
Amendment 376 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the Commission to allocate more funds to sport under ERASMUS+, with a focus on grassroots sport and education, to enhance its visibility and to improve the mainstreaming of sport into other funding programmes such as the ESIF or Health Programme;
Amendment 380 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Supports measures promoting the mobility of volunteers in sport as well as recognition of their work;
Amendment 390 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Asks the Commission to issue guidelines on the application of state aid rules in sport, notably that they should not apply to investment in and support to grassroots sport;
Amendment 391 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Asks the Commission to issue guidelines on the application of state aid rules in sport and considers that no sports organisations should be discriminated when applying for public funding at national and local level;
Amendment 405 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Recommends that the Member States introduce possibilities for VAT exemption in grassroots sport and, tax breaks and other forms of financial incentives for volunteers active in sport;
Amendment 406 #
2016/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Recommends that the Member States introduce possibilities for VAT exemption in grassroots sport and tax breaks for volunteers active in sactively utilise the tax system to support grassroots sport, recognising that State Aid rules should not apply to such support;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that competition policy defends consumers' interests but not agricultural producers' interests; stresses that competition policy must attach the same importance to defending the interests of agricultural producers as it does to defending consumers’ interests, ensuring that the conditions for competition are fair so as to foster investment, employment and innovation in agricultural markets;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2100(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the need to tackle power imbalances between operators in the food supply chain; emphasises that purely voluntary initiatives are very important but inadequate to increase the bargaining power of farmers; believes that EU framework legislation eliminates imbalances and ensures a level playing field within the single market while strengthening the position of farmers in the food supply chain;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to expand its educational resources on farm welfare to encompass equid welfare via the Farm Advisory System, stressing the importance of training and information;
Amendment 183 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective and uniform enforcement of existing EU legislation on animal transport and legally binding reporting across all Member States; requests that the Commission propose a shortened maximum journey limit for all movements of horses for slaughter, based on findings of the European Food Safety Authority, taking into account the specific characteristics of different countries' horse industries;
Amendment 211 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to commit to the development of validated and evidence-based Animal Welfare Indicators, which should be used to assess the welfare of equidae, identify existing problems and help drive improvements, in cooperation with professionals and official organisations in the horse sector, taking into account the specific characteristics of different countries' horse industries;
Amendment 141 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to foresee a coordination effort in order to facilitate trans-national synergies such as cooperation projects, mobility opportunities or joint ventures in the field, taking into account the fact that Member States are using national classification systems for the activities belonging to the culture and creative industries;
Amendment 332 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that participation in all EU funded programmes is open to CCIs, but that this participation should still to be considered below its potential; asks the Commission as a first step to create a one stop shop – e.g. a website – highlighting different funding opportunities for CCIs, as this would increase awareness and accessibility of funding for CCIs; asks in addition to also encourage a wider dissemination of the information related to these funding opportunities by better involving the pan-European cultural networks and the national organisations working in the field of culture and creative industries;
Amendment 356 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to establish the cultural and creative industries as a horizontal priority within EU funding schemes, in particular Horizon 2020 and the ESIFs and calls the same transversal approach to be envisaged in relation to all the EU policies impacting on the culture and creative sectors;
Amendment 365 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the Guarantee Facility within Creative Europe is one of the ways to address the pressing need for accessing loan financing for innovative and sustainable projects in the CCS; stresses the need to increase the budget of Creative Europe and the Guarantee Facility to effectively support European cultural and creative expressions and diversify the beneficiaries of funding and underlines the importance of guaranteeing equal access to cultural operators from all Member States to this financial facility;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the positive investment flows EFSI has directed to SMEs, notes that already in June 2016 58% of the target on SME funding was reached;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Reminds that the Infrastructure and Innovation Window reached only 9% of the target by June 2016, encourages to further information sharing about the possibilities EFSI offers to riskier innovations;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2064(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Notes that additionality as a measurement may be challenging so other requirements such as innovativeness should be equally underlined when selecting projects to fund;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 20 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas increases in illegal trade in numerous species of flora and fauna results in loss of biodiversity and ecosystem destruction, with increasing numbers becoming vulnerable or even extinct;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that increased economic development, stemming from integration into global markets and the use of natural resources for the purposes of sustainable economic development are not mutually exclusive, but rather should be seen as mutually enforcing;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Strongly supports, therefore, an approach towards wildlife issues that not only upholds the EU and its trading partners' environmental protection objectives of the EU and its trading partners, but also allows for the creation of sustainable and legal frameworks thatfor the development of legal trade frameworks which strengthen the positive contribution of trade policy to sustainable development;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines, in particular, that the EU remains a significant destination market and transit route for illicit wildlife products;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking, which will play a crucial role in combating the alarming rise in the highly lucrative illegal trade in wildlife which destabilises economies and communities that depend on wildlife for their livelihood and threatens the peace and security of fragile regions of EU trade partners by strengthening illicit routes;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that only an integrated approach to wildlife crime can be ultimately be successful in curtailing and eliminating the illegal trade, and that the EU must lead efforts in tackling not only supply- side issues, including development issues on the ground in third countries, but also demand for illegal products in domestic markets, including online platforms;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 48 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes emerging collaborative zero tolerance approaches between wildlife trade experts and logistics companies; considers that the Commission should reflect on how best to ensure that relevant legal framework can better address risks related to e-commerce and online and offline commercial advertising;
Amendment 54 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Recalls the continuing challenges of changing consumer behaviour and the crucial role of NGOs in awareness raising of issues pertaining to the challenge of combating the illegal wildlife trade;
Amendment 56 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the existing domestic legal framework remains sufficient at this stagis adequate, and that the challenge and priority for EU Member States remain, at this stage, is implementation of the existing rules, rath; recognises, however, than wholesale legal changes that could, rather, create instability and further problems with implementationt supplementary provisions, akin to the US Lacey Act, are needed in order to prohibit the making available and placing on the market, transport and acquisition of wildlife that has been illegally harvested or traded in third countries;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Supports the approach that includes in future EU trade agreements provisions aimed at tackling wildlife trafficking;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the inclusion of provisions ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA); calls on the Commission to ensure that sustainable development chapters of all new trade agreements include provisions relating to trade capacity building, information exchange and awareness-raising in combating illegal wildlife trade; and urges the Union and Member States to guarantee their proper implementation;
Amendment 83 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Asks that the Commission and Member States continue to work with all concerned actors to ensure an integrated approach that not only targets the sources of illegal wildlife and wildlife products but also acts to curtail demand and raise awareness in demand markets;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Asks that Member States and the Commission do more to ensure that the illegal criminal networks and syndicates active in illegal wildlife trade are targeted for disruption, elimination and prosecution, and that Member States ensure that the punishments and sentences reserved for wildlife crime are both proportionate and dissuasive and in line with commitments, where appropriate, as defined in the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime;
Amendment 85 #
2016/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that further opportunities for cooperation between the WTO and CITES should be explored, in particular in terms of offering technical assistance and capacity building on trade and environment matters to officials from developing countries; asks that the Commission continue to reflect on this as part of the post Nairobi discussions and future elements that will be considered at the next Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in 2017;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the proposed cuts for intervention in the agricultural markets, especially for milk and milk products compared to 2016; sees a continued financial effort being necessary to combat the crisis in the milk market; asks the Commission to extend emergency measures related to both sales difficulties and consequences of the Russian embargo; is concerned that further markets intervention will be necessary;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas renewable bio-energies produced within the agricultural sector make a large contribution to the EU’s achievement of crucial targets such as mitigating the effects of climate change, reducing the EU’s energy dependency on energy imports, creating jobs and improving incomes in the sector;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists on the importance of promoting and encouraging the development of on- farm sources of alternative energy, which can have a significant positive impact on climate change and on creating new green jobs in rural areas as well as supporting the economic and social development of such areas;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists on the importance of promoting and encouraging the development of on- farm and forestry holding sources of alternative energy, which can have a significant impact on creating new green jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that cascading use of renewable resources is a principle which if regulated and enforced by law will become a large interference with property rights and might hinder innovation especially for SME:s;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of modernising the agricultural production in Europe, to be able to reduce the negative impact of agriculture on the environment and contribute to an increased use of renewable energy sources;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that the promotion of renewable energy sources in the EU should not create unnecessary obstacles for the deployment of other energy sources which could improve energy efficiency in the EU, such as peat;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recalls that bioenergy will play an important part in decarbonizing EU; therefore calls on the Commission to recognize that the contribution from bioenergy should not be allowed to be jeopardized;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of supporting EU framework programmes for research into relation tonewable energies for agriculture and forestry in general and, in particular, as regards refined biofuels, rational use of biomass and the development of fast- growing energy crops; points also to the importance of research into the grid integration and storage of decentrally generated renewable energies;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of promoting local renewable energy cooperatives in both rural and urban areas in order to increase public and private support for renewable energy;
Amendment 72 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to recognize the under- exploited potential of extracting renewable energy from the sea as well as the benefits of using marine resources in biogas production for the agricultural sector;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to consider undertaking measures aimed at facilitating the selling of surpluses from agriculture-based renewable energy production;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the factcalls that the 2014 annual report on the common foreign and security policy doesid not refer to cultural diplomacy, andtherefore underlines the need for the EU and the Member States to initiate a strategic approach tohighlight the role of cultureal and interculturalscientific diaplogue, which should be reflectedmacy in the EU’suropean external relations;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls the Commission to bring forward the Preparatory Action on Culture in EU external relations;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls the EU Institutions and EU leaders to include cultural and scientific diplomacy in the upcoming Global Strategy for the European Union;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the renewed European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), and calls for an increased profile of culture and education in the bilateral and regional cooperation programmes under the ENP, with initiatives such as the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI);
Amendment 35 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the current efforts of the Commission to enhance the role of Science and research cooperation as soft power tools in European external relations; highlight how scientific exchange can contribute to coalition building and conflict resolution, particularly in the relationship with EU Neighbouring Countries;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the EU and the Member States to support international efforts to set up a rapid reaction mechanism for the protection of cultural heritage sites, in collaboration with UNESCO;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the participation of eligible third countries in the main EU programmes in the field of education and, culture, citizenship and scientific research such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe, Europe for Citizens and Horizon 2020.
Amendment 69 #
2016/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the crucial importance of maintaining a secular approach in all cultural aspects of EU's international relations.
Amendment 31 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas every region in the world has its own production models as well as different measures in place with regards environment and animal welfare which can have serious implications for the cost- price of production and European farmers should be able to compete on the world market;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. Whereas tax-payers are worried about the spending of European funds and a more risk-based approach could enhance the legitimacy of agricultural spending and change the rationale of spending by making payments conditional, more based upon market developments and less structural;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. highlights that the sector must be encouraged to set up initiatives to improve their management and entrepreneurial skills by foreseeing future liquidity flows and the impact of possible change in their business strategy in order to combat volatility and make themselves more competitive and strengthen their common bargaining power;
Amendment 194 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. stresses however that (long-term) contracts can limit flexibility and hamper entrepreneurship at farm level as farmers will be limited in responding to market developments;
Amendment 222 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Farmers should be encouraged to increase their level of cooperation in order to limit market risks and to strengthen their negotiation position in the food supply chain vis-à-vis retailers; Notes that competition authorities should provide farmers enough room and encouragement to set up this type of private sector initiatives;
Amendment 253 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends that the tools for risk management, particularly the various types of insurance and mutual funds, be further developed;
Amendment 254 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Highlights the low uptake of tools on risk management, like financial contributions to insurance premiums, mutual funds and income stabilization tools, which are available under the Regulation on support for rural development1a ; _________________ 1aREGULATION (EU) No 1305/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Amendment 268 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Underlines that insurance tools could be an efficient measure to cope with volatility and will encourage forward looking farm management that will help reduce the need for ex-post crisis management;
Amendment 270 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16 c. Takes into account that the current risk management tools under regulation 1305/2013 are mainly focussed on a national/regional level and thus can cause differences between Member States regarding the implementation/financing of these tools;
Amendment 274 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16 d. Notes that setting-up insurance schemes is in first instance a Member State competency and encourages the European Commission to publish more relevant data that could help foster exchange of best practises and notes the possibility of setting targets or earmarking money for spending on schemes;
Amendment 277 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16 e. Stresses that Member States should be better informed on the criteria linked to these risk management tools knowing that these tools need to meet the WTO green box criteria;
Amendment 278 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Paragraph 16 f (new)
16 f. Encourages better and more frequent communication between the Member States, the Commission and the private sector for the possible take up of these tools in the specific Rural Development programmes;
Amendment 280 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 h (new)
Paragraph 16 h (new)
16 h. Notes that current implementation of the available risk management tools should be analysed in order to safeguard a European level playing field and the possible creation for instruments on a European level;
Amendment 285 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that extreme price volatility adversely affects the income of farmers who have made investments, and that CAP tools should be put in place to prevent the impetus for investment being lost;
Amendment 354 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Notes that all participants in the market place can and will make use of price-information to improve their bargaining positions;
Amendment 360 #
2016/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Recommends the analyses of asymmetric price transmissions along the food chain by the European Commission and welcomes possible policy recommendations;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that Eurostat figures show that 2.9 % of the EU’s workforce, i.e. 6.3 million people, were employed in the cultural sector in 2014, which is comparable to the proportion of the workforce employed in the banking and insurance sector; stresses furthermore that the cultural and creative sectors make up nearly 4.5% of the European economy, as nearly 1.4 million small and medium- sized businesses generate and distribute creative content all over Europe;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out key factors enabling SMEs to develop, such as business-friendly environment, modern infrastructure, the existence of technologically advanced sectors of the economy and a highly qualified workforce; believes, therefore, that Capital Markets Union initiatives should be prepared in such a way as to lower the transaction costs of raising capital and to reach the micro-enterprises group, which is both the largest and the one with the weakest links to capital markets;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that further promoting and investing in cultural and creative industries will be beneficial for reducing the youth unemployment rate as according to a recent study cultural and creative sectors employed more 15-29- year-olds than any other economic sector (19.1 % of total employment in CCS versus 18.6 % in the rest of the economy)1a; _________________ 1aCultural times - the first global map of cultural and creative industries /December 2015/
Amendment 19 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Encourages Member states to enhance the development of creative competences and set up business skills development networks between educational and training systems, creative companies and cultural and arts institutions in order to foster an interdisciplinary approach; encourages the EU and Member States to expand solutions to encourage talent and skills development within CCI (Cultural and Creative Industry) as for instance foreseeing innovative and flexible grants for supporting creativity and innovation and talent development;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Acknowledges that while some Member States have already well developed policies for Cultural and creative industries' (CCIs), others are still at the stage of planning; underlines therefore the need for fostering better interaction between the EU and Member States and facilitating exchanges of best practices between Member States in the field of funding mechanisms for SMEs operating in the CCS;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that regulatory proposals connected to the Capital Markets Union should not lead to excessive regulatory burdens on SMEs or limiting the benefits this sector could reap as a result of creating a single capital market;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges that most CCS Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) face difficulties in accessing finance and that there is a lack of understanding of the CCS' unique characteristics by the financiers; Considers it to be crucial that the EU and its Member States broaden the range of financing instruments available to micro- enterprises and SMEs in the cultural and creative sector with new and innovative financing schemes such as microcredit, repayable contributions, crowdfunding, risk capital finance and venture capital.; Stresses that information on the available sources of funding should be made available and easily accessible;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises the role of exchange programs, in particular mobility in VET which enable cooperation between different business lines, combine creativity with business skills and allow participants to better understand the real needs of enterprises; calls therefore for widening the financial opportunities from which CCS SMEs can benefit in order to provide high quality mobility opportunities;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, setting aside the issue of their size, each SME is different and there are many factors which determine their needs and the ease with which they can obtain funding, such as where they are based, especially underlining the difficult circumstances in rural and sparsely populated areas, the business sector in which they operate and the stage they have reached in their development; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional authorities to take these factors into account in coming up with tailor-made financing arrangements which in particular exploit the scope for combining subsidies and funding instruments.
Amendment 1 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
1a. whereas in the Union the term ‘propaganda’ is normally understood to mean spreading of ideas, concepts, information and political doctrines for the purpose of creating or changing public opinion; and the term ‘disinformation’ is normally understood to mean deliberate spreading of intentionally false or inaccurate information;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
1b. whereas Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights guarantees freedom of expression but also stipulates that this freedom may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C (new)
Recital C (new)
1c. whereas propaganda for war and any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law in accordance with Article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
1d. whereas Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union provides that everyone has the right to freedom of expression and this right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the establishment of the East StratCom Team within the European External Action Service (EEAS) with the aim of countering anti-EU propaganda and disinformation; believes that the efficiency and transparency of the work of the East StratCom Team needs to be further improved; invites the EASS to develop criteria for measuring efficiency of the work of the East StratCom Task Force; stresses that EEAS and its units should deliver information in a neutral and reliable manner;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the Disinformation Review published by the East StratCom Task Force has to meet the standards provided in the IFJ Declaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists; emphasises that this Review shall be written in an appropriate manner, without using offensive language or value judgments; invites the East StratCom Task Force to revisit the criteria used for drafting of this Review;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that an efficient strategy to counteract anti-EU propaganda could be the adoption of measures to provide a target audience with adequate and interesting information about EU activities, European values and other issues of public interest and underlines that modern technologies and social networks could be used for these purposes;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that Islamist terrorist organisations, especially ISIS and Al- Qaeda, are engaged in active information campaigns with the aim to undermine European values and interests; highlights in this regard the importance of a specific strategy to counter Islamist anti-EU propaganda and disinformation;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of communicating EU policies effectively, internally as well as externally, and of ensuring access to information in local languages; welcomes, in this context, the launch of the EEAS website in Russian and believes that the launch of this website in Arabic and Turkish is highly desirable; underlines that particular attention should be paid to new technologies – including digital broadcasting, mobile communications, online media and social networks – which facilitate the dissemination of information about, and increased awareness of, the European values enshrined in the Treaties.
Amendment 4 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its continued strong support for the programmes in the field of education and culture,, training, sport, culture and youth and calls for the allocation of sufficient commitment and payment appropriations to ensure their proper implementation;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that any funds allocated through the financial discipline mechanism to the crisis reserve in the agricultural sector of the 2017 budget that are left unspent be made available in full as direct payments in the following budgetary year; requests that all available margins under Heading 2 be reserved for the agriculture sector particularly given the continuing crisis in the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector and the Russian embargo and significant health risks in the plant and animal sector; notes that the impacts of the agricultural crisis are particularly severe in Areas with Natural Constrains;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that additional financial resources are needed for the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector in order to alleviate any potential impact arising from the crisis or from the Russian embargo; insists further that some specific agricultural sub-sectors are in need of increased funding, e.g. bee keeping; highlights the importance of school milk and school fruit programmes; proposes a small increase in the appropriations for this program in line with Parliament’s objectives; reminds that EU´s ongoing trade negotiations with countries having substantial exporting potential in agricultural products may increase the need of funding for European producers in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2024(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the new action under the Creative Europe Programme on "Support for refugees integration", nevertheless, calls for a more concrete actions to be taken in the area of recognition and validation of the qualifications of refugees and asylum seekers in order to power them with the possibilities to contribute to the EU labour market and to the society in general as soon as possible after their arrival to the host country.
Amendment 57 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of providing a high-quality universal service under affordable conditions, comprising at least five delivery and five collection days a week for every EU citizen; notes that in some Member States national regulation exceeds the flexibility provided for notes that in compliance with the European Directive, the Universal Service Obligation is applied differently across Member States, reflecting certain flexibility for Member States to define the PostUniversal Services Directive; calls on the Commission to reaffirm that low population density Obligation to fit their domes not constitute grounds for reducing the frequency of delivery within the universal service obligationtic circumstances and ensure its long-term sustainability;
Amendment 72 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that the Universal Service shall evolve in response to the technical economic and social environment and to the needs of users, and that the Postal Services Directive provides Member States with the flexibility necessary to address local specificities and to ensure universal Service provision long-term sustainability;
Amendment 103 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to work on a harmonised definition of universal service which stipulates a minimum level of service for consumers; calls on the Member States to further harmonise licensing procedures in order to reduce unjustified barriers within the internal market, without creating any unnecessary administrative burden;
Amendment 109 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to work on a harmonised definition of universal service which stipulates a minimum level of service for consumers; calls on the Member States to further harmonise licensing procedures in order to reduce unjustified barriers within the internal marketensure Member States the flexibility already provided in the Postal Services Directive to make the USO fit to evolving markets and changing users' needs in order to ensure its sustainability; this flexibility should apply to licensing procedures as well;
Amendment 131 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Asks the Commission to lay down minimum standards forConsiders competition and the market to be the best drivers for innovation and the development of value- added services such as track-and-trace, pick- up/drop-off locations, the ability to choose a delivery time, and suitable return procedures;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 152 #
2016/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recognises the investments made by the European postal operators to upgrade the interconnectivity of their networks in order to offer new and easy- to-use services to consumers buying online as well as SME e-retailers selling cross-border; considers that these investments should be protected with fair access conditions;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that an increasing number of citizens use ICT tools and new media and technologies to engage and participate in political life at both national and EU level and that it is therefore crucial to increase digital inclusion and literacy, thus eradicating the existing digital divide; recalls in this regard that Member States are responsible for safeguards against manipulation with electronic voting and that a voter application and the general organisation of i-elections shall offer effective protection against third party surveillance software and other interference; (Explanatory note: Estonia is the only EU country where remote Internet voting (i- voting) is an additional voting channel for all elections, but several European countries have similar plans. International experts voiced concerns regarding Estonian i-voting system as well as preparations made in other countries. Considering the growing importance of e- democracy, we need to ensure that practices of e-voting and i-voting would not compromise both e-democracy and democracy as a whole.)
Amendment 55 #
2016/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it crucial that the EU should strategically launch e-democracy tools able to provide decentralised sources of independent information and innovative models of learning, taking into consideration cultural and linguistic diversity of the Union and the specific interests of minority groups, and to stimulate citizens’ active participation and political engagement through participatory and direct democracy mechanisms able to reinforce and complement, where possible, representative democracy; in this regard calls on Member States for a peer learning on e-governance which has proven to be efficient in simplifying the life of citizens in daily bureaucracy, cutting red-tape and increasing transparency in governance;
Amendment 24 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In some cases, food business operators may be required or may want to indicate the origin of spirit drinks to draw consumers’ attention to the qualities of their product. Such origin indications should comply with harmonised criteria. Therefore, specific provisions on the indication of the country of origin or place of provenance in the presentation and labelling of spirit drinks should be laid down.
Amendment 26 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Concerning the protection of geographical indications, it is important to have due regard to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (‘TRIPS Agreement’), and in particular Articles 22 and 23 thereof, and to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (‘GATT Agreement’) which were approved by Council Decision 94/800/EC.12Furthermore, the protection of geographical indications should be extended to goods brought, in the course of trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation, where such goods, including packaging, come from third countries. _________________ 12 Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986- 1994) (OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 1).
Amendment 45 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Where the origin of a spirit drink is indicated, it shall correspond to the country or territory of origin in accordance with Article 60 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 . _________________ 16Regulation (EU) No 952/2013mean the place or region where the stage in the production process of the finished product which conferred ofn the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)spirit drink its character and essential qualities took place.
Amendment 53 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) any other false or misleading indication as to the provenance, origin, nature or essential qualities of the product, on the inner or outer packaging, advertising material or documents relating to the product concerned, and the packpresentation or labelling of the product in a container, liable to convey a false impression as to its origin;
Amendment 55 #
2016/0392(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The protection for geographical indications referred to in the first subparagraph shall be extended to goods brought, in the course of trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation, where such goods, including packaging, come from third countries.
Amendment 40 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In ordert is important to avoid placing an unnecessary burden and costs on agricultural holdings and national administrations when implementing this Regulation. In this regard, thresholds that exclude non-relevant survey units from the basic entities in respect of which statistics are to be collected should be established.
Amendment 55 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Economic aspects of this Regulation need to be reviewed for the period post-2020 taking into account the new MFF and other relevant changes to EU instruments. Based on the review the Commission should propose relevant changes to this Regulation.
Amendment 57 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of specifying the descriptions of characteristics listed in Annex III and the technical elements of the data to be provided, defining the information to be provided on an ad-hoc basis, as well as setting out the modalities and contents of the quality reports. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council14 of 16 February 2011. and take into account aspects such as cost and administrative burdens on agricultural holdings and Member States. __________________ 14 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 59 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to take account of emerging data needs mainly stemming from new developments in agriculture, revised legislation and changing policy priorities, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the detailed topics listed in Annex IV. In order to provide for compatibility and facilitate the use of other data sources, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the characteristics listed in Annex III. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations are conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201615 . In particular, in order to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council should receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. When exercising that power, the Commission shall take in to account aspects such as cost and administrative burdens on agricultural holdings and Member States. __________________ 15 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 73 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. For the years 2023 and 2026 the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 concerning amendments of the detailed topics listed in Annex IV. In exercising its power the Commission shall ensure that such delegated acts do not impose a significant additional burden or cost on the Member States or on the respondents and provide full justification in that regard, and that a maximum of 25%, rounded up to the nearest integer, of the detailed topics listed in Annex IV are changed for each module by delegated acts.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts for the purpose of specifying the information to be provided on an ad-hoc basis, if such information is deemed necessary, by providing:
Amendment 76 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 17(2) not later than 12 months before the beginning of the survey reference year. While preparing such implementing acts potential extra costs and administrative burdens on agricultural holdings and Member States shall be taken in to account.
Amendment 81 #
2016/0389(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. For the collection of the ad-hoc data specified in Article 9, the Union mayshall provide grants to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 towards covering the cost of the implementation of an ad-hoc data collection. That Union financial contribution shall not exceed 90% of the eligible costs.
Amendment 151 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure that Annex IX takes into account the principles of the circular economy, the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council17, the Union sustainability criteria, a lifecycle assessment of emissions and the need to ensure that the Annex does not create additional demand for land while promoting the use of wastes and residues, the Commission, when should regularly evaluatinge the Annex, shoul and consider the inclusion of additional feedstocks that do not cause significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues in any amendment of it. __________________ 17 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 176 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) In order to exploit the full potential of biomass to contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy through its uses for materials and energy , the Union and the Member States should promote greater sustainable mobilisation of existing timber and agricultural resources and the development of new forestry and agriculture production systems, and explore the possibility of supporting sustainable forestry in connection with the production of local energy, such as peat, in order to maximize long term greenhouse gas savings.
Amendment 183 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towardsovide certainty for investors, to foster the greater uptake of advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts and in line with the conditions set out in the State aid Guidelines, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union targets set out in this Directive.
Amendment 192 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) AProduction of agricultural feedstock for the production of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels should not be produced on peatlandlead to drainage of undrained peatlands or wetlands as the cultivation of feedstock on peatland wouldor wetland would then result in significant carbon stock loss if the land was further drained for that purpose while the absence of such drainage cannot be easily verified.
Amendment 198 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 63 a (new)
Recital 63 a (new)
(63a) The Union and Member States should aim to increase the mix of energy from renewable sources, reduce the total consumption of energy in transport and increase energy efficiency in all transport sectors. Measures to do this could be promoted both in transport planning, as well as in the production of cars with higher energy efficiency.
Amendment 204 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) To ensure that, despite the growing demand for forest biomass, harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner in forests where regeneration is ensured, that special attention is given to areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity, landscapes and specific natural elements, that biodiversity resources are preserved and that carbon stocks are tracked, woody raw material should come only from forests that are harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europe and are implemented through national laws or the best management practices at the forest holdingsupply base level. Operators should take the apporopriate steps in order to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass for the production of bioenergy. To that end, operators should put in place a risk- based approach. In this context, it is appropriate for the Commission to develop operational guidance on the verification of compliance with the risk based approach, following the consultation of the Energy Union Governance Committee, and the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24 . _________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 206 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76 a (new)
Recital 76 a (new)
(76 a) If a single criterion on forest biomass sustainability is not met by a Member State's national and/or sub- national law or monitoring systems, more information corresponding to that criterion should be provided at supply base level without the requirement to provide further information on criteria that are already met on Member State level.
Amendment 217 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 84
Recital 84
(84) In order to avoid a disproportionate administrative burden, a list of default values should be laid down for common biofuel , bioliquid and biomass fuel production pathways and that list should be updated and expanded when further reliable data is available. Economic operators should always be entitled to claim the level of greenhouse gas emission saving for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels established by that list. Where the default value for greenhouse gas emission saving from a production pathway lies below the required minimum level of greenhouse gas emission saving, producers wishing to demonstrate their compliance with this minimum level should be required to show that actual emissions from their production process are lower than those that were assumed in the calculation of the default values that sourcing area is inside the radius of sustainable transport distance. When radius covers a country, an operator needs to show only the country of origin.
Amendment 228 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) In order to exploit the full potential of biomass to contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy through its uses for materials and energy, the Union and the Member States should promote greater sustainable mobilisation of existing timber and agricultural resources and the development of new forestry and agriculture production systems, and explore the possibility of supporting sustainable forestry and afforestation initiatives in connection with the production of local energy, such as peat, in order to maximize long term greenhouse gas savings.
Amendment 231 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) In order to exploit the full potential of biomass to contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy through its uses for materials and energy, the Union and the Member States should promote greater sustainable mobilisation of existing timber and agricultural resources and the development of newsustainable forestry and agriculture production systems.
Amendment 243 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) Agricultural feedstock for the production of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels should not be produced on peaundrained peatland or wetland as the cultivation of feedstock on peaundrained peatland or wetland would result in significant carbon stock loss if the land was further drained for that purpose while the absence of such drainage cannot be easily verified.
Amendment 247 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point ee
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point ee
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IXbiomass other than food or feed crops while meeting sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels;
Amendment 255 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) To ensure that, despite the growing demand for forest biomass, harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner in forests where regeneration is ensured, that special attention is given to areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity, landscapes and specific natural elements, that biodiversity resources are preserved and that carbon stocks are tracked, woody raw material should come only from forests that are harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europe and are implemented through national laws or the best management practices at the forest holdingsupply base level. Operators should take the appropriate steps in order to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass for the production of bioenergy. To that end, operators should put in place a risk- based approach. In this context, it is apporopriate for the Commission to develop operational guidance on the verification of compliance with the risk based approach, following the consultation of the Energy Union Governance Committee, and of the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24. __________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 255 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point jj
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point jj
(jj) 'harvesting permit' means an official document giving the right to harvest the forest biomass based on Member States' legislation;
Amendment 256 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) To ensure that, despite the growing demand for forest biomass, harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner in forests where regeneration is ensured, that special attention is given to areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity, landscapes and specific natural elements, that biodiversity resources are preserved and that carbon stocks are tracked, woody raw material should come only from forests that are harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europe and are implemented through national laws or the best management practices at the forest holdingsupply base level. Operators should take the appropriate steps in order to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass for the production of bioenergy. To that end, operators should put in place a risk- based approach. In this context, it is apporopriate for the Commission to develop operational guidance on the verification of compliance with the risk based approach, following the consultation of the Energy Union Governance Committee, and the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24. __________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 257 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point mm
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point mm
(mm) 'forest holding' means one or more parcels of forest and other wooded land which constitute a single unit from the point of view of management or utilisation;supply base’ means the geographic region from which the biomass originates
Amendment 258 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76 a (new)
Recital 76 a (new)
(76a) If a single criterion on forest biomass sustainability is not met by a Member State's national and/or sub- national law or monitoring systems, more information corresponding to that criterion should be provided at supply base level without the requirement to provide further information on criteria that are already met on Member State level.
Amendment 318 #
2016/0382(COD)
4a. In order to promote the gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources in transport, Member States may apply national support schemes promoting the use of sustainable biofuels, biomass fuels, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin regardless of whether they are produced from feedstocks listed in Annex IX or from other feedstocks, which are not food or feed crops.
Amendment 328 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IXbiomass other than food or feed crops while meeting sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels;
Amendment 357 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
(jj) ‘harvesting permit’ means an official document giving the right legal permit or similar right under national and/or regional legislation to harvest the forest biomass;
Amendment 358 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
(jj) ‘harvesting permit’ means an official document giving the right to harvest the forest biomass based on Member States’ legislation;
Amendment 365 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
(mm) ‘forest holding’ means one or more parcels of forest and other wooded land which constitute a single unit from the point of view of management or utilisationsupply base’ means a clearly outlined area of sourcing from which an operator acquires its biomass feedstock;
Amendment 369 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point n n
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point n n
(nn) ‘biowaste’ means biodegradable garden and park waste, food and kitchen waste from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises, and comparable waste from the food processing industrywaste as defined in Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC;
Amendment 369 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by at least 10 percentage point (pp) every year by 2030, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 376 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 25 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport gradually increases from at least 10 % in 2020 to at least 15 % in 2030, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 442 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008 unless evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting of that raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.
Amendment 449 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation value, including wetlands and peatlands, aredesignated by law or by the relevant competent authority for nature conservation purposes, are identified and protected;,
Amendment 453 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
Amendment 455 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point v
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point v
Amendment 459 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
(b) when evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holdingadditional information of legality and forest management practices are provided on the supply base level to ensure that:
Amendment 462 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to a legal permitharvesting permit or equivalent national procedure;
Amendment 463 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In order to promote the gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources in transport, Member States may apply national support schemes promoting the use of sustainable biofuels, biomass fuels, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin regardless of whether they are produced from feedstocks listed in Annex IX or from other feedstocks, which are not food or feed crops.
Amendment 465 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation value, including peatlands and wetlanddesignated by law or by the relevant competent authority for nature conservation purposes, are identified and protected;
Amendment 467 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
Amendment 469 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point v
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point v
Amendment 472 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
When evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holding level to ensure that carbon stocks and sinks levels in the forest are maintained.additional information is provided based on adequate inventory data to demonstrate maintenance of long-term carbon stocks at the supply base;
Amendment 476 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
By 31 December 2023, 6,the Commission shall, in collaboration with the Standing Forestry Committee, assess whether the criteria set out in paragraphs 5 and 6 effectively minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass and address LULUCF requirements, on the basis of available data. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal for the period after 2030 to modify the requirements laid down in paragraphs 5 and 6.
Amendment 497 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 10
Article 26 – paragraph 10
Amendment 736 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008 unless evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting of that raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.
Amendment 754 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation value, including wetlands and peatlands, are protecteddesignated by law or by the relevant competent authority for nature conservation purposes, are identified and protected, and harvests in areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity are carried out in accordance with the protection decision;
Amendment 768 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
iv) the impacts of forest harvestingharvesting is carried out considering the maintenance onf soil quality and biodiversity are minimised; and;
Amendment 784 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
(b) when evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holdingadditional information of compliance and forest management practices are provided on the supply base level to ensure that:
Amendment 800 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to a legalharvesting permit;
Amendment 808 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation value, including peatlands and wetlanddesignated by law or by the relevant competent authority for nature conservation purposes, are identified and protected;
Amendment 814 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
iv) impacts of forest harvesting onharvesting is carried out taking into account the maintenance of soil quality and biodiversity are minimised;
Amendment 835 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
When evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holding level to ensure that carbon stocks and sinks levels in the forest are maintained.additional information is provided based on adequate inventory data to demonstrate maintenance of long-term carbon stocks at the supply base;
Amendment 850 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
By 31 December 20236, the Commission shall, in collaboration with the Standing Forestry Committee, assess whether the criteria set out in paragraphs 5 and 6 effectively minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass and address LULUCF requirements, on the basis of available data. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal for the period after 2030 to modify the requirements laid down in paragraphs 5 and 6.
Amendment 912 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 10
Article 26 – paragraph 10
Amendment 106 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. When preparing the national plans referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall takeavoid administrative burden and additional costs by taking into account the interlinkages between the five dimensions of the Energy Union and they shall use consistent data and assumptions across the five dimensions where relevant.
Amendment 134 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When setting and reviewing their contribution referred to in paragraph 1 Member States may take into account circumstances affecting primary and final energy consumption, such as:
Amendment 581 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. When preparing the national plans referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall takeavoid administrative burden and additional costs by taking into account the interlinkages between the five dimensions of the Energy Union and they shall use consistent data and assumptions across the five dimensions where relevant.
Amendment 670 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
Member States shall express their contribution in terms of absolute level of primary energy consumption andor final energy consumption in 2020 and 2030, with a linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards. They shall explain their underlying methodology and the conversion factors used;
Amendment 791 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When setting and reviewing their contribution referred to in paragraph 1 Member States may take into account circumstances affecting primary and final energy consumption, such as:
Amendment 968 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall only modify the targets, objectives and contributions set out in the update referred to in paragraph 2 to reflect evolution and forecast of gross domestic product, and an increased ambition as compared to the ones set in the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan.
Amendment 28 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) A number of barriers hinder tThe provision of online services which are ancillary to broadcasts and the provision of retransmission services and thereby the free circulation of television and radio programmes within the Union are reliant on contractual freedom. Broadcasting organisations transmit daily many hours of news, cultural, political, documentary or entertainment programmes. These programmes incorporate a variety of content such as audiovisual, musical, literary or graphic works, which is protected by copyright and/or related rights under Union law. That results in a complex process to clear rights from a multitude of right holders and for different categories of works and other protected subject matFor audiovisual works, the rights are consolidated with the producers by law or by contract which facilitates the complex process of rights clearance that is part of daily functions of broadcasters. Often the rights need to be cleared in a short time- frame, in particular when preparing programmes such as news or current affairs. In order to make their online services available across borders, broadcasting organisations need to have the required rights to works and other protected subject matter for all the relevant territories which further increases the complexity of the rights’ clearance.
Amendment 38 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The rights in works and other protected subject matter are harmonised, among others, through Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 and Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.16 The principal objective of these instruments is to establish a high level of protection for rightholders. _________________ 15 Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society OJ L 167, 22.6.2001, p. 10–19. 16 Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 28–35.
Amendment 45 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Therefore, cross-border provision of online services ancillary to broadcast and retransmissions of television and radio programmes originating in other Member States should be facilitated by adapting the legal framework on the exercise of copyright and related rights relevant for those activities. Whereas the adaptation of the legal framework may result in limitations on the exercise of exclusive rights, it should only apply in certain special cases which do not conflict with the normal exploitation of the work or other protected subject-matter and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the rightholder.
Amendment 54 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The ancillary online services covered by this Regulation are those services offered by broadcasting organisations which have a clear and subordinate relationship to the broadcast. They include services giving access to television and radio programmes in a linear manner simultaneously to the broadcast and services giving access, within a defined time period after the broadcast, to television and radio programmes which have been previously broadcast by the broadcasting organisation (so-called catch-up services). In addition, ancillary online services include services which give access to promotional material which enriches or otherwise expands television and radio programmes broadcast by the broadcasting organisation, including by way of previewing, extending, supplementing or reviewing the relevant programme’s content. The provision of access to individual works or other protected subject matter that have been incorporated in a television or radio programme should not be regarded as an ancillary online service including in particular all types of video on-demand services whether based on subscription or transactional. Similarly, the provision of access to works or other protected subject matter independently of broadcast, such as services giving access to individual musical or audiovisual works, music albums or videos, do not fall under the definition of ancillary online service.
Amendment 66 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to facilitate the clearance of rights for the provision of ancillary online services across borders it is necessary to provide for the establishment of the country of origin principle as regards the exercise of copyright and related rights relevant for acts occurring in the course of the provision of, the access to or the use of an ancillary online service. That principle of country of origin should apply exclusively to the relationship between right holders (or entities representing right holders such as collective management organisations) and broadcasting organisations and solely for the purpose of the provision of, the access to or the use of an ancillary online service. The principle of country of origin should not apply to any subsequent communication to the public or reproduction of content which is protected by copyright or related rights and which is contained in the ancillary online service.
Amendment 77 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Through the principle of contractual freedom it wiand in order to support existing licensing models, such as exclusive territorial licensing which enables the financing mechanisms which are vital to audiovisual production, optimal distribution and the promotion of cultural diversity it shall be possible to continue limiting the exploitation of the rights affected by the principle of country of origin laid down in this Regulation, especially as far as certain technical means of transmission, such as geo-blocking and geo-filtering, or certain language versions are concerned, provided that any such limitations of the exploitation of those rights are in compliance with Union law.
Amendment 103 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 133 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) “ancillary online service” means an online service consisting in the provision to the public, by or under the control and responsibility of a broadcasting organisation, of radio or television programmes simultaneously with or for a defined period of time afterproduced by the broadcasting organisation and not licensed to any third parties, simultaneously with their broadcast by the broadcasting organisation as well as of any promotional material produced by or for the broadcasting organisation and not licensed to any third parties which is ancillary to such broadcast;
Amendment 148 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) “retransmission” means any simultaneous, unaltered and unabridged retransmission, other than cable retransmission as defined in Directive 93/83/EEC and other than retransmission provided over an internet access service as defined in Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council19 , intended for reception by the public of an initial transmission from another Member State, by wire or over the air, including that by satellite or by direct injection but excluding online transmission, of television or radio programmes ultimately intended for the reception by the public, provided that such retransmission is made by a party other than the broadcasting organisation which made the initial transmission or under whose control and responsibility such transmission was made. _________________ 19 Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union, OJ L 310, 26.11.2015, p. 1.
Amendment 150 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) “Direct injection” means the transmissions of by a broadcasting organisation of its programme-carrying signals exclusively to signal distributors without those signals being accessible to the public during, and as of result of that transmission;
Amendment 161 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
(1) The acts of communication to the public and of making available occurring when providing an ancillary online service by or under the control and responsibility of a broadcasting organisation as well as the acts of reproduction which are necessary for the provision of, the access to or the use of the ancillary online service shall, for the purposes of exercising copyright and related rights relevant for these acts, be deemed to occur solely in the Member State in which the broadcasting organisation has its principal establishment.
Amendment 197 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Agreements on the exercise of copyright and related rights relevant for the acts of communication to the public and the making available occurring in the course of provision of an ancillary online service as well as for the acts of reproduction which are necessary for the provision of, the access to or the use of an ancillary online service which are in force on [the date mentioned in Article 7(2), to be inserted by OPOCE ] shall be subject to Article 2 as from [the date mentioned in Article 7(2) + 25 years, to be inserted by OPOCE] if they expire after that date.
Amendment 110 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 267 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
2a. In Article 15(3), subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: "3. The authorities or bodies selected to provide advice shall have appropriate resources in the form of regularly trained and qualified staff and advisory experience and reliability with respect to the fields in which they advise. The beneficiaries under this measure shall be chosen through calls for tenders. The selection procedure shall be governed by public procurement law and shall ba selection procedure open to both public and private bodies. It shall be objective and shall exclude candidates with conflicts of interest." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1305&qid=1490037692377&from=EN)
Amendment 253 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – point ba (new)
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – point ba (new)
Amendment 261 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 75 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 75 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
5b. In Article 75(1), subparagraph 4 is replaced by the following: "With regard to support granted under rural development, as referred to in Article 67(2), this paragraph shall apply in respect of the aid applications or payment claims submitted from claim year 201820, except as regards the payment of advances of up to 75 % provided for in the third subparagraph of this paragraph." (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1306&rid=1)Or. en
Amendment 264 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 268 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 118a (new)
Article 118a (new)
5a. The following Article is inserted after the Article 118: "Article 118a Retroaction ban 1. Changes to the sector specific regulations as well as to the Commission's guidance notes may have effect only for the future. 2. Retroactive effect may be allowed only in the case of absolute exception. The possibility of transitional arrangements without sanctions shall duly be considered."
Amendment 381 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Article 75 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 75 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
5a. In Article 75(1), the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following: “With regard to support granted under rural development, as referred to in Article 67(2), this paragraph shall apply in respect of the aid applications or payment claims submitted from claim year 201820, except as regards the payment of advances of up to 75 % provided for in the third subparagraph of this paragraph.” (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R1306&rid=1)Or. de
Amendment 404 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 269 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 269 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3a (new)
In Article 45(1), the following subparagraph is added: Member States may decide that the obligation set out in the first subparagraph shall not apply to farmers who converted production mainly based on grass production to another type of production on a long-term basis after 1 January 2015. Member States may also decide that the obligation shall not apply to agricultural areas which have been sold or leased on a long-term basis since 1 January 2015 to a farmer who does not have production based on grass.
Amendment 795 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Chapter 3 a (new)
Chapter 3 a (new)
Chapter 3 a Protection of sport event organizers Member States shall provide sport event organizers with the rights provided for in Article 2 and Article 3 (2) of Directive 2001/29/EC and Article 7 of Directive 2006/115/EC.
Amendment 48 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Additionality, a key feature of the EFSI, should be strengthened in the selection of projects. In particular, operations should only be eligible for EFSI support if they address clearly identified market failures or sub-optimal investment situations. The purpose of additionality should be limited to ensuring that selected projects are those that could not have otherwise obtained financing on the market due to a higher risk profile. Additionality as a term must be kept simple and create other more easily measurable criterion for the funding. Operations in infrastructure under the Infrastructure and Innovation Window linking two or more Member States, including e-infrastructure, should be considered additional given their inherent difficulty and their high added value for the Union.
Amendment 66 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Simplification is needed in the procedures for processing operations so that the information which final beneficiaries, especially SMEs, are required to provide is the minimum necessary to ensure their success without imposing an excessive bureaucratic burden for SMEs, while bearing in mind that transparency of the procedure should be prioritised;
Amendment 90 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b – point ii
Regulation (EU) No 2015/2017
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) providing pro-active support on the establishment of investment platforms with a view to simultaneously supporting smaller-scale projects, while bearing in mind that the requirement of innovativeness must be fulfilled;
Amendment 44 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Regulation [ ] [on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework] lays down accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals relating to land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). While the environmental outcome under this Regulation in terms of the levels of greenhouse gas emission reductions that are made is affected by taking into account a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and, managed grassland and harvested wood products; as defined in Regulation [ ], flexibility for a maximum quantity of 280 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent of these removals divided among Member States according to the figures in Annex III should be included as an additional possibility for Member States to meet their commitments when needed. Where the delegated act to update the forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans pursuant to Article 8 (6) of Regulation [LULUCF] is adopted, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of Article 7 to reflect a contribution of the accounting category managed forest land in the flexibility provided by that Article. Before adopting such a delegated act, the Commission should evaluate the robustness of accounting for managed forest land based on available data, and in particular the consistency of projected and actual harvesting rates. In addition, the possibility to voluntarily delete annual emission allocation units should be allowed under this Regulation in order to allow for such amounts to be taken into account when assessing Member States’ compliance with requirements under Regulation [ ].
Amendment 51 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure efficient, transparent and cost-effective reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and of other information necessary to assess progress with Member States’ annual emissions allocations, the requirements for annual reporting and evaluation under this Regulation are integrated with the relevant Articles under Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013, which should therefore be amended accordingly. The amendment of that Regulation should also ensure that progress of Member States in making emission reductions continues to be evaluated annually, taking into account progress in Union policies and measures and information from Member States. Every two years, the evaluation should include the projected progress of the Union towards meeting its reduction commitments and of Member States towards fulfilling their obligations. However, the application of deductions should only be considered at five-year intervals, so that the potential contribution from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and, managed grassland and harvested wood products; taking place pursuant to Regulation [ ] can be considered. This is without prejudice to the duty of the Commission to ensure compliance with the obligations of Member States resulting from this Regulation or to the power of the Commission to initiate infringement proceedings for this purpose.
Amendment 72 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. This implementing act shall also specify, based on the percentages notified by Member States under Article 6(2), the quantities that may be taken into account for their compliance under Article 9 between 2021 and 2030. If the sum of all Member States’ quantities were to exceed the collective total of 100 million, the quantities for each Member State shall be reduced on a pro rata basis so that the collective total is not exceeded. Any quantity of unused allowances, as referred to in Article 6 (2), shall be made available to Member States listed in Annex II following the provisions of the initial allocation emission.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Article 7 – title
Additional use of up to 280 million net removals from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and, managed grassland and harvested wood products;
Amendment 96 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. To the extent that a Member State’s emissions exceed its annual emission allocations for a given year, a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from the combined accounting categories of deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and, managed grassland and harvested wood products; referred to in Article 2 of Regulation [ ] [LULUCF] may be taken into account for its compliance under Article 9 of this Regulation for that year, provided that:
Amendment 39 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The LULUCF sector can contribute to climate change mitigation in several ways, in particular by reducing emissions, and maintaining and enhancing sinks and carbon stocks and substituting fossil or carbon-intensive raw materials and energy. In order for measures aiming in particular at increasing carbon sequestration to be effective, sustainable forest and resource management and the long-term stability and adaptability of carbon pools is essential.
Amendment 45 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Advanced and sustainable management practices can contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the LULUCF sector. Promoting the sharing of best practices in this field can help Member States in reaching their targets under this Regulation.
Amendment 57 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Common agricultural policy measures and national policies have an impact on the emissions profile of cropland and grassland. With regard to the base period for the land accounting categories provided for in this Regulation, the calculation should take into account the agri-environmental measures implemented by the Member States during this period.
Amendment 59 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Common agricultural policy measures and national policies have an impact on the emissions profile of cropland and grassland. With regard to the base period for the land accounting categories provided for in this Regulation, the calculation should take into account the agri-environmental measures implemented by the Member States during this period.
Amendment 60 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Emissions and removals from forest land depend on a number of natural circumstances, age-class structure, as well as past and present management practices that differ substantially between the Member States. The use of a base year would not make it possible to reflect those factors and resulting cyclical impacts on emissions and removals or their interannual variation. The relevant accounting rules should instead provide for the use of reference levels to excludeaddress the effects of natural and country- specific characteristics, as well as for coherence and requirements for sustainable forest management of Forest Europe (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe). In the absence of the international review under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, a reviewtransparent procedure should be established to ensure transparency and improvefor the Member States to improve auditability and the quality of accounting in this category.
Amendment 63 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Emissions and removals from forest land depend on a number of natural circumstances, age-class structure, as well as past and present management practices that differ between Member States. The use of a base year would not make it possible to reflect those factors and resulting cyclical impacts on emissions and removals or their interannual variation. The relevant accounting rules should instead provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country- specific characteristics. In the absence of the international review under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, a review procedure should be established to ensure transparency and improve the quality of accounting in this category.
Amendment 69 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) WThen the Commission chooses to be assisted by an expert review team in accordance with Commission Decision (C(2016)3301) in the review of national forestry accounting plans, it should procedure for setting the forest reference level by the Member States should be transparent and aligned with the requirements for sustainable forest management of Forest Europe (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe)1a . The Commission should assist the Member States by building on the good practice and experience of the expert reviews under the UNFCCC, including as regards participation of national experts and recommendations, and select a sufficient number of experts from the Member States. In this context, it is appropriate for the Commission to provide technical assistance on the verification of compliance with the criteria set out in Annex IV, following the consultation of the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC1b. __________________ 1aForest Europe - Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe: http://www.foresteurope.org/. 1bCouncil Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 80 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Natural disturbances, such as wildfires, insect and disease infestations, extreme weather events and geological disturbances that are beyond the control of, and not materially influenced by, a Member State, may result in greenhouse gas emissions of a temporary nature in the LULUCF sector, or may cause the reversal of previous removals. As reversal can also be the result of management decisions, such as decisions to harvest or plant trees, this Regulation should ensure that human- induced reversals of removals are always accurately reflected in LULUCF accounts. Moreover, this Regulation should provide Member States with a limited possibility to exclude emissions resulting from disturbances that are beyond their control from their LULUCF accounts. However, the manner in which Member States apply those provisions should not lead to undue under-accounting. and should not discourage Member States from investing in and taking preventative measures that reduce the risk of the occurrence of natural disturbances.
Amendment 84 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to provide for the appropriate accounting of transactions under this Regulation, including the use of flexibilities and tracking compliance, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the technical adaptation of definitions, values, lists of greenhouse gases and carbon pools, the update of reference levels, the accounting of transactions and, the revision of methodology on the basis of the most recent adopted IPCC methodologies and UNFCCC guidance and information requirements. These measures shall take into account the provisions in Commission Regulation No 389/2013 establishing a Union Registry. The necessary provisions should be contained in a single legal instrument combining the accounting provisions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, Regulation []No (EU) .../... on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and this Regulation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Inter-institutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts have systematic access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 86 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure efficient, transparent and cost-effective reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and removals and of other information necessary to assess compliance with Member States' commitments, reporting requirements should be included in Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013 by this Regulation, and compliance checks under this Regulation should take these reports into account. Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly. These provisions may further be streamlined to take into consideration any relevant changes in respect of the integrated governance of the Energy Union for which a proposal is foreseen by the end of 2016 in the Commission’s work programme.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to provide for the appropriate accounting of transactions under this Regulation, including the use of flexibilities and tracking compliance, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the technical adaptation of definitions, values, lists of greenhouse gases and carbon pools, the update of reference levels, the accounting of transactions and, the revision of methodology on the basis of the most recent adopted IPCC methodologies and UNFCCC guidance and information requirements. These measures shall take into account the provisions in Commission Regulation No 389/2013 establishing a Union Registry. The necessary provisions should be contained in a single legal instrument combining the accounting provisions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, Regulation []No (EU) .../... on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and this Regulation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Inter-institutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts have systematic access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 95 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Regulation applies to emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex I, section A, as reported pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 occurring in any of the following land accounting categories on the territories of Member States and other categories during the period from 2021 to 2030:
Amendment 99 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Regulation applies to emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex I, section A, as reported pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 occurring in any of the following land accounting categories on the territories of Member States and other categories during the period from 2021 to 2030:
Amendment 105 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) harvested wood products
Amendment 109 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) harvested wood products.
Amendment 135 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall prepare and maintain accounts that accurately reflect the emissions and removals resulting from the land accounting categories and other categories referred to in Article 2. Member States shall ensure the accuracy, completeness, consistency, comparability and transparency of their accounts and of other data provided under this Regulation. Member States shall denote emissions by a positive sign (+) and removals by a negative sign (-).
Amendment 139 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall prevent any double counting of emissions or removals, in particular by accounting for emissions or removals resulting from more than one land accounting category under one category only.
Amendment 139 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall prepare and maintain accounts that accurately reflect the emissions and removals resulting from the land accounting categories and other categories referred to in Article 2. Member States shall ensure the accuracy, completeness, consistency, comparability and transparency of their accounts and of other data provided under this Regulation. Member States shall denote emissions by a positive sign (+) and removals by a negative sign (-).
Amendment 141 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall prevent any double counting of emissions or removals, in particular by accounting for emissions or removals resulting from more than one land accounting category under one category only.
Amendment 143 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall include in their accounts for each land accounting category any change in the carbon stock of the carbon pools listed in Annex I, section B. Member States may choose not to include in their accounts changes in carbon stocks for carbon pools where the carbon pool is not a source, except for above-ground biomass and harvested wood products on managed forest land.
Amendment 146 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall include in their accounts for each land accounting category any change in the carbon stock of the carbon pools listed in Annex I, section B. Member States may choose not to include in their accounts changes in carbon stocks for carbon pools where the carbon pool is not a source, except for above-ground biomass and harvested wood products on managed forest land.
Amendment 186 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 207 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting planreport shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of current forest management practice and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forests,active, sustainable forest management practice expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.
Amendment 210 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting planreport shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of current forest management practice and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forests,active, sustainable forest management practice expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.
Amendment 220 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall use the best available data on land use and forest conditions and demonstrate consistency between the methods and data used to establish the forest reference level in the national forestry accounting plan and those used in the reporting for managed forest land. At the latest at the end of the period from 2021 to 2025 or from 2026 to 2030, a Member State shall submit to the Commission a technical correction of its reference level if necessary to ensure consistency.
Amendment 225 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall reviewfacilitate an assessment of the national forestry accounting plans and technical corrections and assesssubmitted, by a Member State. This assessment shall be carried out in close consultation with Member State experts, the Standing Forestry Committee and the Energy Union Committee. The assessment shall evaluate the extent to which the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels have been determined in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1). To the extent that this is required in order to ensure compliance withWhere the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1) have not been adhered to, the Commission may recalculate the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels.
Amendment 232 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall, by 31 December 2019 with a view to the period 2021-2025, and by 31 December 2024 with a view to the period 2026-2030, adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex II in the light of the reviewassessment carried out pursuant to paragraph (5) to update Member State forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans or the technical corrections submitted, and any recalculations made in the context of the review. Until the entry into force of the delegated act, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021- 2025 and/or 2026-2030.
Amendment 237 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 239 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall, by 31 December 2019, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 14 in order to update the categories in the pool of harvested wood products with additional products that have a positive substitution effect. The delegated act shall also update the default half-life values specified in Annex V.
Amendment 239 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts latest by 31 December 2019 in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex II in the light of the reviewtechnical assessment carried out pursuant to paragraph (5)5 to update Member State forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting planreports or the technical corrections submitted, and any recalculations made by the Member State in the context of the review. Until the entry into force of the delegated act, Member Statetechnical assessment. In the event that a Member State has not updated its forest reference levels, the value as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021- 2025 and/or 2026-2030.
Amendment 245 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 248 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from the changes in the pool of harvested wood products, as the total of emissions and removals for each of the years in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030.
Amendment 249 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 277 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point B – point f
Annex I – point B – point f
(f) forharvested wood products from afforested land and managed forest land: harvested wood products.
Amendment 279 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 2 – row 1
Annex II – table 2 – row 1
Member State forest reference levels including harvested wood products
Amendment 283 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Reference levels should ensure a robust and credible accounting, to guarantee that emissions and removals resulting from biomassfrom managed forest land use are properly accounted for and that emissions are balanced against removals;
Amendment 286 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point d
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 287 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) Reference levels should take into account the objective of contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources for production of both energy and other fossil-based material substitution purposes, as set out in the EU Forest Strategy, Member States' national forest programmes and policies, and the EUnion's Bioeconomy and Biodiversity Strategy;
Amendment 290 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) Member States shall provide confirmation that the construction of the forest reference level neither includes assumptions or estimations about domestic policies nor assumptions or estimations about future changes to these.
Amendment 293 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point B – point f
Annex I – point B – point f
(f) forharvested wood products from both afforested land and managed forest land: harvested wood products.
Amendment 295 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 2 – title
Annex II – table 2 – title
Member State forest reference levels including harvested wood products
Amendment 316 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point f – point 2
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point f – point 2
(2) Emissions and removals from forests and harvested wood products as shown in greenhouse gas inventories and relevant historical data,
Amendment 83 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. With effect from 15 June 2017, the average wholesale charge that the visited network operator may levy on the roaming provider for the provision of regulated data roaming services by means of that visited network shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.00852 per megigabyte of data transmitted and shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.00852 per megigabyte of data transmitted until 30 June 2022.
Amendment 103 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The last substantive amendment to Directive 89/552/EEC of the Council27 , later codified by Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council28 , was made in 2007 with the adoption of Directive 2007/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . Since then, the market of audiovisual media services has evolved significantly and rapidly. Technical developments allow for new types of services and user experiences. The viewing habits, particularly of younger generations, have changed significantly. While the main TV screen remains an important device to share audiovisual experiences, many viewers have moved to other, portable devices to watch audiovisual content. Traditional TV content accounts still for a major share of the average daily viewing time. However, new types of content, such as short videos or user-generated content, gain increasing importance and new players, including providers of video-on- demand services and video-sharing platforms, are now well-established. __________________ 27 In order to ensure that the measures to regulate these new types of content are suitable for future developments, it is necessary to evaluate whether the current legal framework for audiovisual media services is suitable and whether it strikes the necessary balance with other legal instruments applicable to these new types of content. __________________ 27 Directive 89/552/EEC of the European Directive 89/552/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 298, 17.10.1989, p. 23). 28 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1). 29 Directive 2007/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 27).
Amendment 108 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Directive 2010/13/EU should remain applicable only to those services which are intended for reception by, and which could have a clear impact on, a significant proportion of the general public and the principal purpose of which is the provision of programmes in order to inform, entertain or educate. The principal purpose requirement should be also considered to be met if the service has audiovisual content and form which is dissociable from the main activity of the service provider, such as stand-alone parts of online newspapers featuring audiovisual programmes or user-generated videos where those parts can be considered dissociable from their main activity. Social media services are not included, except if they provide a service that falls under the definition of a video-sharing platform. Similarly, audiovisual media services that are not primarily economic in their purpose and do not compete with television broadcasting and instead, for example, provide and distribute the audiovisual content of private users for sharing in communities of interest, should not be included. A service should be considered to be merely an indissociable complement to the main activity as a result of the links between the audiovisual offer and the main activity. As such, channels or any other audiovisual services under the editorial responsibility of a provider may constitute audiovisual media services in themselves, even if they are offered in the framework of a video- sharing platform which is characterised by the absence of editorial responsibility. In such cases, it will be up to the providers with editorial responsibility to abide by the provisions of this Directive.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Directive 2010/13/EU should remain applicable only to those services the principal purpose of which is the provision of programmes in order to inform, entertain or educate. The principal purpose requirement should be also considered to be met if the service has audiovisual content and form which is dissociable from the main activity of the service provider, such as stand-alone parts of online newspapers featuring audiovisual programmes or user-generated videos where those parts can be considered dissociable from their main activity. Social media services are not included, except if they provide a service that falls under the definition of a video-sharing platform. A service should be considered to be merely an indissociable complement to the main activity as a result of the links between the audiovisual offer and the main activity. As such, channels or any other audiovisual services under the editorial responsibility of a provider may constitute audiovisual media services in themselves, even if they are offered in the framework of a video- sharing platform which is characterised by the absence of editorial responsibility. In such cases, it will be up to the providers with editorial responsibility to abide by the provisions of this Directive. Games of chance involving a stake representing a sum of money, including lotteries, betting and other forms of gambling services and any form of advertising, including commercial communication, for those activities, as well as on-line games and search engines, should continue to be excluded from the scope of Directive 2010/13/EU.
Amendment 118 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Establishing jurisdiction requires an assessment of factual situations against the criteria laid down in Directive 2010/13/EU. The assessment of such factual situations might lead to conflicting results. In the application of the cooperation procedures provided for in Articles 3 and 4 of Directive 2010/13/EU, it is important that the Commission can base its findings on reliable facts. The European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) should therefore be empowered to provide non-binding opinions on jurisdiction upon the Commission's request as it is composed of national independent regulatory authorities in the field of audiovisual media services.
Amendment 139 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to empower viewers, including parents and minors, in making informed decisions about the content to be watched, it is necessary that audiovisual media service providers provide sufficient information about content that may impair minors' physical, or mental or moral development. This could be done, for instance, through a system of content descriptors indicating the nature of the content. Content descriptors could be delivered through written, graphical or acoustic means.
Amendment 192 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Product placement should not be admissible in news and current affairs programmes, consumer affairs programmes, religious programmes and programmes with a significant children’'s audienceprogrammes. In particular, evidence shows that product placement and embedded advertisements can affect children’s behaviour as children are often not able to recognise the commercial content. There is thus a need to continue to prohibit product placement in programmes with a significant children’'s audienceprogrammes. Consumer affairs programmes are programmes offering advice to viewers, or including reviews on the purchase of products and services. Allowing product placement in such programmes would blur the distinction between advertising and editorial content for viewers who may expect a genuine and honest review of products or services in such programmes.
Amendment 213 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 232 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Providers of on-demand audiovisual media services should promote the production and distribution of European works by ensuring that their catalogues contain a minimum share of European works and that those are given enough prominencWith a view to developing European audiovisual content and fostering the exchange of European works throughout the internal market, providers of on-demand audiovisual media services should promote the production and distribution of European works, where practicable.
Amendment 238 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure adequate levels of investment on European works, Member States should be able to impose financial obligations to on-demand service providers established on their territory. Those obligations can take the form of direct contributions to the production of and acquisition of rights in European works. The Member States could also impose levies payable to a fund, on the basis of the revenues made with on-demand services that are provided in and targeted towards their territory. This Directive clarifies that, given the direct link between financial obligations and Member States' different cultural policies, Member States are also allowed to impose such financial obligations on providers of on-demand services established in another Member State which are targeted towards its territory. In this case financial obligations should only be charged on the revenues generated through the audience in that Member State.
Amendment 243 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 247 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 257 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) There are new challenges, in particular in connection with video-sharing platforms, on which users - particularly minors - increasingly consume audiovisual content. In this context, harmful content and hate speech stored on video-sharing platforms have increasingly given rise to concern. It is necessary, in order to protect minors from harmful content and all citizens from content containing incitement to violence or hatred, to set out proportionate rules on those matters. Video-sharing platform providers should be encouraged to put in place voluntary measures on those matters, provided that user's fundamental rights are protected, in accordance with guidelines issued by regulatory authorities, and without prejudice to Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 33a . Such measures should avoid arbitrary removal of content and should not undermine freedom of expression and information. __________________ 33a Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (OJ L 178, 17.7.2000, p. 1).
Amendment 279 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) An important share of the content stored on video-sharing platforms is not under the editorial responsibility of the video-sharing platform provider. However, where thoese providers typically determine the organisation of the content, namely programmes or user-generated videos, including by automatic means or algorithms. Therefore, those providers, they should be requirencouraged to take appropriate measures to protect minors from content that may impair their physical, or 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, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin.
Amendment 291 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) It is appropriate to involve the video-sharing platform providers as much as possible when implementing the appropriate measures to be taken pursuant to this Directive. Co-regulation should therefore be encouraged. With a view to ensuring a clear and consistent approach in this regard across the Union, Member States should not be entitled to require video-sharing platform providers to take stricter measures to protect minors from harmful content and all citizens from content containing incitement to violence or hatred than the ones provided for in this Directive. However, iIt should however remain possible for Member Stateto encourage video-sharing platform providers to take such stricter measures where that content is illegal, provided that they comply with Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC, and to take measures with respect to content on websites containing or disseminating child pornography, as required by and allowed under Article 25 of Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and the Council35 . It should also remain possible for video-sharing platform providers to take stricter measures on a voluntary basion a voluntary basis, provided that such measures ensure the protection of the fundamental rights of users. __________________ 35 Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p. 1).
Amendment 306 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) To ensure the protection of fundamental rights of users, regulatory authorities of Member States, in cooperation with ERGA and the Commission, should regularly issue guidelines on the terms and conditions applicable to the removal of harmful content, in accordance with national and Union law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 331 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) This Directive is without prejudice to the ability of Member States to impose obligations to ensure discoverability and accessibility of content of general interest under defined general interest objectives such as media pluralism, freedom of speech and cultural diversity. Such obligations should only be imposed where they are necessary to meet general interest objectives clearly defined by Member States in conformity with Union law. In this respect, Member States should in particular examine the need for regulatory intervention against the results of the outcome of market forces. Where Member States decide to impose discoverability rules, they should only impose proportionate obligations on undertakings, in the interest of legitimate public policy considerations.
Amendment 407 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii a (new)
(aa) The following new paragraph is inserted: ‘(ii) The definitions in points (a) and (aa) of paragraph 1 shall not include games of chance involving a stake representing a sum of money, including lotteries, betting and other forms of gambling services or any form of advertising, including commercial communication for those activities.’
Amendment 435 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) if a media service provider has its head office in one Member State but editorial decisions on the audiovisual media service are taken in another Member State, it shall be deemed to be established in the Member State where the majority of the workforce involvededitorial decisions in the pursuit of the audiovisual media service activity operates;are taken;
Amendment 522 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall remain free to require media service providers under their jurisdiction to comply with more detailed or stricter rules with regard to Articles 5, 6, 6a, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19 to 26, 30 and 30a, provided that such rules are in compliance with Union law.;
Amendment 590 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 6 a – paragraph 1
Article 6 a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that audiovisual media service providers provide sufficient information to viewers about content which may impair the physical, or mental or moral development of minors. For this purpose, Member States may use a system of descriptors indicating the nature of the content of an audiovisual media service.
Amendment 610 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 7
Article 7
(10) Article 7 is deletedreplaced by the following: 'Article 7 1. Member States shall facilitate the development of a code of conduct applicable to media service providers under their jurisdiction to ensure that audiovisual media services shall be made accessible to persons with disabilities without undue delay. 2. Such codes of conduct may be a self-regulatory or co-regulatory measure. The Commission and ERGA shall support the exchange of best practice between audiovisual media service providers for the purpose laid down in paragraph 1. 3. Such codes of conduct shall include a requirement that media service providers report on an annual basis to the Member State in which they are established about steps taken and progress made in respect of paragraph 1.';
Amendment 640 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States and the Commission shall encourage the development of self- and co- regulatory codes of conduct regarding inappropriate audiovisual commercial communications, accompanying or included in programmes with a significant children’'s audienceprogrammes, of foods and beverages containing nutrients and substances with a nutritional or physiological effect, excessive intakes of which in the overall diet are not recommended, in particular fat, trans-fatty acids, salt or sodium and sugars.
Amendment 712 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 12 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that programmes provided by audiovisual media service providers under their jurisdiction, which may impair the physical, or mental or moral development of minors are only made available in such a way as to ensure that minors will not normally hear or see them. Such measures may include selecting the time of the broadcast, age verification tools or other technical measures. They shall be proportionate to the potential harm of the programme.
Amendment 734 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that providers of on-demand audiovisual media services under their jurisdiction secure at least a 20% share of European works in their catalogue and ensure prominence of thesepromote, where practicable, the production of and access to European works.
Amendment 735 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may require providers of on-demand audiovisual media services established under their jurisdiction to contribute financially to the production of European works, including via direct investment in content and contributions to national funds. Member States may require providers of on-demand audiovisual media services, targeting audiences in their territories, but established in other Member States to make such financial contributions. In this case, the financial contribution shall be based only on the revenues earned in the targeted Member States. If the Member State where the provider is established imposes a financial contribution, it shall take into account any financial contributions imposed by targeted Member States. Any financial contribution shall comply with Union law, in particular with State aid ruleor contributions to national funds.
Amendment 845 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC, Member States shall ensure thatcourage video-sharing platform providers to take appropriate measures to:
Amendment 852 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) protect minors from content which may impair their physical, or mental or moral development;
Amendment 877 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
What constitutes an appropriate measure for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be determined in light of the nature of the content in question, the 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 video-sharing platform providers and the users having created and/or uploaded the content as well as the public interest as well as the protection of freedom of expression and information.
Amendment 887 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) defining and applying the rights and duties of users in the terms and conditions of the video-sharing platform providers the concepts ofwith regard to incitement to violence or hatred as referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 and of content which may impair the physical, or mental or moral development of minors, in accordance with Articles 6 and 12 respectively;
Amendment 901 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) providing for parental control systems with respect to content which may impair the physical, or mental or moral development of minors;
Amendment 916 #
2016/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive 2010/13/EU
Article 28 a – paragraph 4
Article 28 a – paragraph 4
4. Member States, in cooperation with the Commission and ERGA, shall facilitate the development of a Union code of conduct which shall include guidelines on the terms and conditions applicable to the removal of content referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with Union law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Member States shall establish the necessary mechanisms to assess the appropriateness of the measures referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article taken by video- sharing platform providers in particular concerning freedom of expression and information. Member States shall entrust this task to the authorities designated in accordance with Article 30.
Amendment 992 #
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 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
National regulatory authorities shall not seek or take instructions from any other body, public or private, in relation to the exercise of the tasks assigned to them under national law implementing Union law. This shall not prevent supervision in accordance with national constitutional law.
Amendment 147 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The conditions for making fertilisers available on the internal market have been partially harmonised through Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council15 , which almost exclusively covers fertilisers from mined or chemically produced, inorganic materials. There is also a need to make use of recycled or organic materials for fertilising purposes. Harmonised conditions for making fertilisers made from such recycled or organic materials available on the entire internal market should be established in order to provide an important incentive for their further use. Promoting increased use of recycled nutrients would further contribute to the circular economy and allow a more resource efficient overall use of nutrients, while lowering EU dependency on nutrients from third countries. The scope of the harmonisation should therefore be extended in order to include recycled and organic materials. __________________ 15 Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers (OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 150 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Contaminants in CE marked fertilising products, such as cadmium, can potentially pose a risk to human and animal health and the environment as they accumulate in the environment and enter the food chain. Several Member States already impose contaminant levels for cadmium due to the risk cadmium poses to human and animal health and the environment. Their content should therefore be limited in such products. Furthermore, impurities in CE marked fertilising products derived from bio-waste, in particular polymers but also metal and glass, should be either prevented or limited to the extent technically feasible by detection of such impurities in separately collected bio-waste before processing.
Amendment 162 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The end point in the manufacturing chain should be determined for each relevant component material containing animal by-products in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009. In order to take advantage of technical developments concerning potential use of animal by-products the relevant component material category should be added or expanded in order to include more animal by-products. The setting of the requirements above and rules on processing and recovery for animal by-products should start immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation. Accordingly, the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of expanding or adding, without unnecessary delay, certain animal by- products to the specific component material categories in order to create more opportunities and legal certainty for producers and businesses by unlocking the potential to make better use of nutrients from animal by-products such as animal manure. Where a manufacturing process regulated under this Regulation starts already before that end point has been reached, the process requirements of both Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and this Regulation should apply cumulatively to CE marked fertilising products, which means application of the stricter requirement in case both Regulations regulate the same parameter.
Amendment 168 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) For certain recovered wastes within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council20 , a market demand for their use as fertilising products has been identified. Furthermore, certain requirements are necessary for the waste used as input in the recovery operation and for the treatment processes and techniques, as well as for fertilising products resulting from the recovery operation, in order to ensure that the use of those products does not lead to overall adverse environmental or human health impacts. For CE marked fertilising products, those requirements should be laid down in this Regulation. Therefore, as of the moment of compliance with all the requirements of this Regulation, such products should cease to be regarded as waste within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC. In order to take advantage of the technical developments and to further incentivise innovation in the recovery of valuable waste streams the relevant component material categories should be added or expanded in order to include more recovered waste eligible for use in the production of CE marked fertilising products such as struvite, biochar and ash-based products. The proper assessment and setting of processing requirements should start immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. __________________ 20 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 198 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) Promising technical progress is being made in the field of recycling of waste, such as phosphorus recycling from sewage sludge, andin particular struvite, fertilising product production from animal by-products, such as biochar and phosphorus recovery after incineration, in particular ash-based products, and considering that such products are already authorised in several Member States under national legislation. It should be possible for products containing or consisting of such materials to access the internal market without unnecessary delay when the manufacturing processes have been scientifically analysed and process requirements have been established at Union level. For that purpose, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining larger or additional categories of CE marked fertilising products or component materials eligible for use in the production of such products. The first of those delegated acts should, in particular, add struvite, biochar and ash-based products to the categories of component materials and should be adopted as soon as possible after the entry into force of this Regulation. For animal by-products, component material categories should be expanded or added only to the extent an end point in the manufacturing chain has been determined in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, since animal by-products for which no such end point has been determined are in any event excluded from the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 214 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘fertilising product’ means a substance, mixture, micro-organism or any other material, applied or intended to be applied, either on its own or mixed with another material, on plants or their rhizosphere or on fungi or their mycosphere, for the purpose of providing plants or fungi with nutrient or improving their nutrition efficiency;
Amendment 266 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annexes I to IV for the purposes of adapting them to technical progress, in particular as regards the production of fertilisers from animal by-products and waste recovery materials taking in to account products and materials already authorised in Member States, and facilitating internal market access and free movement for CE marked fertilising products
Amendment 284 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall come forward with a proposal for delegated acts, in accordance with the first subparagraph to amend the component material category set out in Annex II, to add animal by-products, struvite ash- based products and biochar to those component material categories, with specific focus on the technological progress which is being made in the recovery of nutrients. The first of those delegated acts shall be submitted no later than one year after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 312 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) 1107/2009
Article 3 – Point 34
Article 3 – Point 34
(3) "34. "plant biostimulant" means a product stimulating plant nutrition processes independently of the product's nutrient content with the sole aim of improving one or more of the following characteristics of the plant and the plant rhizosphere and phyllosphere:
Amendment 326 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States who already implemented a lower limit for cadmium for organo- mineral fertilisers and inorganic fertilisers, set out in Annex I, Part II, may maintain this stricter limit until the limit in this Regulation is equal or lower.
Amendment 426 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring twelvnine years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),
Amendment 508 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring twelvnine years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),
Amendment 651 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 (A) – paragraph 13
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 (A) – paragraph 13
Amendment 817 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 (A) – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Annex III – part 2 – PFC 6 (A) – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The shelf life of the microbial plant biostimulant shall be specified on the label.
Amendment 48 #
2016/0027(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall ensure availability of the 470-694 MHz frequency band or sufficient parts of the band for the terrestrial provision of audiovisual media services to mass audiences, including free television, and for use by wireless audio PMSE equipment, based on national broadcasting needs. Member States shall ensure that any other use of the 470-694 MHz frequency band on their territory does not cause harmful interference with the terrestrial provision of audiovisual media services in a neighbouring Member State.
Amendment 9 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas young people should be actively involved in the planning, development, implementation, monitoring and assessment of all youth policies;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas education can help in tackling theand training can contribute to tackling social disengagement, marginalization and radicalisation of young people and in addressing youth unemployment, and an; whereas intercultural and interreligious approach ises are crucial tofor building mutual respect and integrating young people into education and social life;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the importance and the need for strengthening and further developing strategies and initiatives aimed at preventing violence and bullying at schools;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of the role of family and its cooperation with schools, and local communities and churches to guide young people towards full integration in society;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Suggests involving the local and regional authorities and businesses in relation to youth policy, especially in those Member States where they have competence in this area;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2351(INI)
8. Calls on the Member States to make the best use of available EU and national policies and financial frameworks in order to promote investment in young people and job creation; calls on the EU and Member States to ensure that young people have better access to information concerning all programs and initiatives from which they can benefit;
Amendment 109 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for better coordination between education and training curricula and the needs of the changing labour markets; calls, in this regard, for closer cooperation between educational institutions, businesses, in particular SMEs, and employment services;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights the importance of social entrepreneurship as a driver for innovation, social development and employment and calls therefore on the EU and Member States to better promote it and strengthen its role;
Amendment 134 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reiterates that information and communication technologies (ICT) have an important role to play in young people´s personal and professional development and acknowledges their potential to empower young people by bringing them together in response to social concerns and by allowing them to connect across geographical, social, religious, gender, and economic barriers; calls therefore on Member States to undertake measures in order to ensure that all young people are well-equipped with up-to date ICT skills and competences;
Amendment 139 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of the validation of skills and competences that have been acquired through informal, non- formal and lifelong learning as their validation and recognition is crucial in making visible the diverse and rich learning of individuals, it will benefit their employment prospects and contributes to the development of values, aptitudes and skills for young people as well as for learning about citizenship and democratic involvement;
Amendment 151 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by promoting and facilitating mobility for learners and teaching staff through a better use of all EU tools and programmes;
Amendment 154 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Member States to establish dual education and vocational training systems following the exchange of best practicesin coordination with local and regional economic actors, following the exchange of best practices, in order to overcome the existing and future skills mismatch;
Amendment 160 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Member States and the Commission to establish innovative and flexible grants for nurturing talent in the field of education and training;
Amendment 187 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Member States to take the necessary measures to implement the Youth Guarantee scheme; calls for continued political commitment to the Youth Guarantee as a long-term, structural reform, ensuringnd effective and accountable long-term measures and structural reform that will allow our educational systems to facilitate sustainable labour- market integration throughand will ensure high quality offers;
Amendment 199 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for stronger partnerships between youth organisations and public authorities; considers the role of arts, youth and sports organisations in developing young people’s participatory skills and in improving the quality of the decision-making process especially important;
Amendment 222 #
2015/2351(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to take advantage of the dynamism of social media in education, training and youth participation; acknowledges also its potential to be used as an effective means for fighting bullying, hate speeches and radicalization;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Erasmus+ KA1 main target is the removal of barriers to mobility e.g. financial obstacles, recognition of international work/study outcomes for all targeted sectors;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that due to high level of administrative burden Erasmus+ funding can be unreachable for smaller organisations; believes that bureaucracy and reporting requirements should be simplified;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Regrets that the lengthy payment periods in Erasmus+ affects the possibilities of smaller organization to apply for funding;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2327(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Is of the opinion that volunteering should be considered eligible as a source of own contribution to the project budget as this facilitates the participation of smaller organizations; welcomes the CULT proposal in this regard;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that organisations representing amateur sportspeople at local level are highly underrepresented as project participants in the implementation of grassroots sports projects; welcomes the introduction of Small Collaborative Partnerships with reduced administrative requirements as an important step in enabling smaller grassroots sports organisations to take part in the programme; notes that the practice should be extended to other branches of the Erasmus+ project funding especially for volunteer organisations;
Amendment 101 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the important role of the Programme Committee, as imposed in the regulation 1288/2013 establishing Erasmus+, as a key actor in the implementation of the programme and furthering the European added value through an enhanced complementarity and synergy with the Erasmus+ and policies at national level; calls a stronger role of the Programme committee and its role in policy decisions; invites the Commission to share detailed information about the distribution of centralized funds to the Programme Committee;
Amendment 105 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to ensure the regular exchange of information and good cooperation between national authorities, the implementation bodies at European level and national agencies on both decentralised and centralised programme actions;
Amendment 107 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Encourages the facilitating of contacts among European Commission, NAs, programme beneficiaries, representatives of civil society organisations and EACEA by developing a communication platform for exchanging information and good practices where all related stakeholders can receive quality information, as well as share their experiences and suggestions for further programme improvements;
Amendment 120 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Encourages the European Commission to work on improving programme attractiveness by simplifying administrative procedures and requirements, especially for schools and smaller-scale organisations, VET school, adult education, the youth sector and newcomers who often find the programme challenging to participate in;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes the actions of the European Commission to simplify application procedures, project management, accounting and reporting; encourages further reduction of administrative burdens by streamlining forms, making them promptly available in all official languages, and providing clear indication regarding documents needed at each stage;
Amendment 160 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for searching possible ways for volunteering to be eligible as a source of own contributions to the project budget especially in Sport, bearing in mind that Erasmus+ enables the recognition of volunteer time as co-financing in the form of contributions in kind;
Amendment 164 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to allocate more funds to sport with a focus on grassroots sport and education to enhance its visibility, to promote physical activity and to make sport more accessible to all citizen in EU;
Amendment 171 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Encourages the further increase of grant rates as well as their adjustment to the cost of living in the country of mobility in order to encourage the participation of socio-economically disadvantaged students, students and staff with special needs, and students and staff from distant regions;
Amendment 184 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that although progress has been made in recognising study periods, credits, competences and skills through non-formal and informal learning gained abroad, these challenges remain; underlines that recognition of international qualifications is essential to mobility and forms the foundation for further cooperation in the European Higher Education Area; highlights the importance of making full use of all EU tools for the validation of knowledge, skills and competences essential to the recognition of qualifications;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Encourages Member States to incorporate educational mobility as a part of higher or vocational education programmes in order to foster knowledge about learning, training, and youth work, improve the quality of higher education and the VET system, help individuals with upgrading their professional skills, competences and career development;
Amendment 195 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Encourages Member States, in order to foster the mobility of teachers, lecturers and non-academic staff, to acknowledge their participation in mobility programmes as an important part of their career progression, and if possible introduce a reward system linked to participation in mobility programmes; for example, in the form of financial benefits or reduction of workload;
Amendment 213 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Suggests that the priority should be to refrain from further harmonisation and major changes in the structure of the programme, and instead to safeguard and consolidate achievements and make incremental improvements where necessary while critically examining the underused instruments such as the Erasmus Master's Loan Scheme;
Amendment 226 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls not only for the current budget level to be secured for the next programme generation under the new MFF, but considers a further budget increase to be an important step for the continued success of the programme with specific commitment to secure sufficient funding for both student and youth mobility in the form of increased grants, paying specific attention to increasing the mobility of underrepresented groups;
Amendment 238 #
2015/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Suggests that the Commission re- evaluates the payment schemes of the approved Erasmus+ project grants so that smaller, often volunteer-based organisations would be able to take part in the Erasmus+ project applications;
Amendment 229 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recognises that diversity in the energy mixes of Member States strengthens the EU's resilience to supply disruptions, improves cost-efficiency and allows different technologies to develop and compete on the market; emphasizes that diversity in the energy mixes is an asset that should be facilitated by adopting a technology-neutral approach to an environmentally sensitive energy policy
Amendment 429 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that national support schemes for renewable energy sources should be phased out by 2020, and the EU ETS should become the primary incentive for investments in low carbon power generation; calls on the Commission to promptly assess the need for new measures to speed up the process of reinforcing the EU ETS;
Amendment 489 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Is convinced that, alongside renewables, all energy sources which serve the objective of gradual decarbonisation will continue to have a role to play in electricity generation; For the reasons of security of supply and system robustness, takes the view that the future electricity market design should recognise the value of reliable low carbon base load power production, such as nuclear power;
Amendment 510 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that, for a medium- term transitional period, national responsibility for the energy mix cannot be questioned and therefore that both nuclear power, which is largely CO2-neutral, and the use of national energy reserves together with high-efficiency gas-fired power stations and existing coal-fired electricity generation using the latest technology, can make vital contributions to the integration of renewables;
Amendment 520 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recognises that half of the Member States have indicated their intention to continue relying on nuclear power as a critical source of low-carbon base load power; calls on the Commission to provide a framework that enables the Member States that have decided to develop new nuclear power to do so;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to focus efforts on regions with low take-up of financial instruments, including scale-up financing for the transition from start-ups to SMEs, in view of the important role of financial products in operational programmes, the EFSI and the EIB Group operations, which availability for SME´s should be enhanced;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the importance of accessibility to supportive EU funding measures for SMEs located in rural and sparsely populated areas understanding the emphasized positive impact for employment potential of SMEs in these areas;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges both the Member States and the Commission to make significant progress in further simplification of EU funding by 2017 with regard to application, management and monitoring/control of projects by introducing an EU-wide public procurement procedure, complete e- cohesion, applying the single audit based on riskprinciple, the reduction of data and information requirements and the elimination of gold- plating through extensive regulatory optimisation;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the role of predictive regulation and process facilitation in the context of rapid developments in the knowledge-intensive and highly innovative SME sector, bearing in munderlinindg its role in smart specialisation and bearing in mind the EU Urban Agenda, and looking ahead to the Pact of Amsterdam;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Commission and the Council to provide further support for COSME, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs in the context of the MFF review/revision,; stresses the importance of first analysing their effectiveness and then asses ways of better implementation given their crucial role for SMEs locally and regionally and the important effects of innovation and clustering;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) award exists since 2009, launched by the Committee of the Regions to encourage the implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA) at regional and local level;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports therefore the European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) Award, aimed at identifying and rewarding EU regions with outstanding, future-oriented entrepreneurial strategies applying ten principles of ‘Small Business Act for Europe’;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes in this respect that it is important to continue efforts to promote the green competitiveness of SMEs by improving access to finance, providing more information, simplifying legislation, cutting red tape and strengthening a green business culture;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that a greener value chain, which involves re-manufacturing, repair, maintenance, recycling and eco-design, can provide considerable business opportunities for many SMEs, but legislative, institutional, technical and cultural barriers prevent SMEs from taking advantage of this, and these barriers should be removed or, if this is impossible, ways must be found of overcoming them;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the low absorption of funds devoted to SMEs in certain Member States in the 2007-2013 programming period, and warns that the underlying reasons need to be addressed in order to avoid any recurrence of the same problems in the 2014-2020 programming period, such as the administrative procedures making it cumbersome for SMEs to apply for the available funds, should be addressed in order to avoid any recurrence of the same problems in the 2014-2020 programming period; regrets the too general and incomplete nature of the existing studies at European level and in the Member States on the efficiency and real impact of Structural Funds on SMEs and particularly on small and micro enterprises in terms of gains in competitiveness, innovation and job creation;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its calls to enhance transparency and the participation of all relevant regional and local authorities, civil society stakeholders and interested parties; is concerned that still many SMEs organizations in the Member States are not really involved and often only informed without being adequately consulted; reiterates, therefore, the need for implementation of the partnership principle as detailed in the Common Provisions Regulation and the Code of Conduct on Partnership;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure enhanced coordination and consistency among all EU investment policies targeted at SME, including Capital Markets Union initiatives, targeted at SMEs; as well as to increase European SMEs´ awareness of their financial options; welcomes the plan to ease access to ESI funds through the introduction of a ‘seal of excellence’ for projects which have been evaluated as ‘excellent’ but are not financed by Horizon 2020; urgesCalls therefore the Commission and the Member States to provide a cone-stop shop at regional levelsolidated platform for the various EU financing instruments aimed at SMEs;
Amendment 132 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the High Level Group on Simplification to draw attention to the need for SMEpropose practical measures to reduce the administrative burdenand financial burden SMEs project managers have to face and simplify procedures in the management of ESI Funds; requests that such simplification measures respect Small Business Act rules of ´´Only once´´ and ´´Think small first´´, and be conceived and implemented at different levels in total cooperation with representatives of different categories of SMEs in order to meet their specific needs;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently find a lasting solution to the backlog of payments related to regional policy, including in the application of and to properly apply the Late Payment Directive, so as to ensure that SMEs, as project partners, will not be deterred from taking part in support programmes and projects during the current programming period on account of payment delays;
Amendment 144 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Reiterates that digital is profoundly changing the whole world, also in terms of SMEs opportunities and new challenges that derive; reiterates therefore the importance of supporting initiatives to make digital part of the education and training or re-training systems for youth, jobseekers and workers; calls to support strengthening the innovative uses of ICT by SMEs, in particular the digital literacy, e-learning, e-inclusion, e-skills and related entrepreneurial skills;
Amendment 149 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Managing Authorities to take into consideration the characteristics and specific competences of individual territories, especially also of outmost regions with a view to promoting both traditional and innovative economic sectors; calls on the Commission to draw up specific programmes which embody all relevant green growth elements for SMEs; stresses the need for youth entrepreneurship potential to be used to the full in the context of green growth, as a way to reconcile economic growth with environmental sustainability; Believes this necessitates better training possibilities to prepare young people for the green economy in the different Member States;
Amendment 155 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that often small and micro enterprises, which do not have the internal human, financial and organizational resources to be directly involved in ESIF, can only have such an access via their local organizations and associations; calls therefore to better support their collective actions and activities of coaching/ mentoring; notes also that the technical assistance of Thematic objective 11 must benefit to all the partners referred to in Article 5 of the CPR on partnership and that it is still usually reserved to administrative services; calls therefore to ensure the access of the territorial SME organizations to the provisions of TO 11 and to capacity building measures;
Amendment 156 #
2015/2282(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 9 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas education and training should be coherent, transparent and inclusive, providing high quality education and training which is essential for Europe´s cultural, economic and social development;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas education and training have an important role to play in tackling poverty and social exclusion, promoting mutual respect and shaping democratic society;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas education and training should not be aimed only at meeting labour market needs, but should constitute a value in themselvalso teach humanist and civic values, since education has an equally important role in developing ethical and civic virtues and honouring the democratic principles on which Europe is founded;
Amendment 27 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas not all Member States are facing the same type and level of challenges, and this means that any recommendations proposed for education and training should be flexible and should be tailored to national economies, demographiecs and cultures;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 42 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the ET2020 stocktaking exercise, and underlines the need to take its conclusions into account in order to optimise the effectiveness of the framework and to facilitate its prompt implementation;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the narrowing of the number of ET2020 priority areas, but notes that it should not affect its effectiveness and that the operational aspect of ET2020 needs to be enhanced and a work programme adopted;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates that, notwithstanding the importance of acquiring employability skills, the value of knowledge and academic rigour should not be overlooked, and emphasises that blanket prescriptive approaches must be avoided; underlines that the forthcoming European Skills Agenda should not overstate employability skills at the expense of subject knowledgequally address the importance of employability skills, subject knowledge and academic performance;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out the value of a community- basedholistic approach to education and training and strong links between schools and familie, families, research and innovation institutions, business, trade unions, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders; calls for the wider and active participation of relevant actors (such as the European Parents Association) in the workimplementation, development and assessment of ET2020;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that promoting active citizenship and common values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance and non-discrimination as well as implementing school-parent communication strategies and character education programmes implemented in schools, in cooperation with families and other relevant social partners, can contribute to upward social convergence and the prevention of radicalisation; encourages the exchange of best practices within the ET2020 framework;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned at the fact that theStresses the need for quality of teacher education is lagging behind, in terms of range and complexity, with regard to competences that are necessary for teaching today, and; welcomes the choice of support for educators as a priority area for ET2020; encourages Member States to adapt their initial teacher training and in-service development programmes and to make better use of peer-learning activities between Member States;
Amendment 120 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the development of good practices in assessing qualitative progress and investment in the use of quality data with stakeholders at local, regional and national level, notwithstanding the relevance of the indicators and benchmarks used in the ET2020 framework;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the benchmark goal of 40 % of the younger generation having a tertiary degrees concerning education and training, set in EU 2020 strategy should not be fulfilled at the expense of quality in education;
Amendment 134 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights the importance of developing and promoting new, innovative and interactive methods of teaching, training and learning, where individuals are active participants in the educational process in order to increase the attractiveness and effectivity of their educational systems; Encourages the exchange of best practices and enhances cross-border cooperation in this area;
Amendment 136 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Emphasises the importance to provide high quality early childhood education and its timely modernisation; emphasises the crucial role of individual- centred approach in education and training systems which benefit the development of creativity and critical thinking while focusing on students´ personal interests, needs and abilities;
Amendment 137 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Draws attention to the shortcomings ofhat standardised tests and of quantitative approaches toin educational accountability, such as narrowing the teaching syllabus to test material and neglectingshould also take into account the intrinsic values of education;
Amendment 147 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. NoteHighlights that the side-effects of the Bologna process and student mobility are largely ignored and are not being tackled head-on, andshould be examined and evaluated; advocates broader involvement of the university community in the ET2020 work cycle;
Amendment 152 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that although the Bologna process has spearheaded significant achievements, it has also led to the fragmentation of university programmes and the standardisation of inefficient processes; takes the view that, without prejudice to the concept of single-tier unified programmes,there is still a lot to be done in order to fulfil its goals; reiterates, in this regard, the need for close cooperation and consultations within the higher education community in order to better understand and address their needs and recommendations; recommends that studying at a European university should be based on a two-tier model, with the initial phase lasting no less than three years, and that educational institutions should be given more flexibility in the use of modules and the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS);
Amendment 157 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is concerned that the current trendHighlights that making financial output shouldn't be a prerequisite for all academic activities could mean that the humanities risk being wiped off the research landscape;
Amendment 165 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Advocates a shift to conceiving mobility programmes in terms of qualitativeReiterates the importance of quality assurance for all mobility programmes and stresses that their outcomes thatshould respond to the priorities and primarily serve learserve the established learning and training objectives; calls for the proper implementation of the proposals of the European Quality Charter for Mobility and for better use of the tools of internationalisation at home;
Amendment 175 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights the need for reinforcement of the Renewed European agenda for adult learning;
Amendment 182 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the challenges posed by migration to European educational systemsthat education and training systems face, as a result of the high level of migration to Europe, should be addressed at both European and national level, since; highlights that failure to provide migrants with education and training constitutes a risk towill negatively influent their employability, theirpersonal development of knowledge of the host country’s cultural canons and values, and their social integration;
Amendment 188 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for better cooperation between EU and national authorise in order to find the right approach to swiftly, fully and sustainably integrate refugees and migrants into education and training systems;
Amendment 201 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for measures to integrate migrant children, both intra- and extra- European, into education systems byand training system and to helping them adjust to curricula and learning standards, providing them with language assistance, and enabling them to become familiar with the host country’s culture and values while preserving their own cultural heritage;
Amendment 217 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need for more language- based learning programmes; calls for efforts to developswiftly develop and implement validation and accreditation mechanisms for the qualifications of migrants and refugees, since many of those entering the EU come with no proof of their formal qualifications;
Amendment 226 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate measures for migrant and refugee students enrolling at university level; welcomes the initiatives adopted in this regard by a number of European universities and encourages the exchange of best practices in this field;
Amendment 238 #
2015/2281(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 43 #
2015/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that the S3 platform in Seville plays a key role in advising and benchmarking regions on their innovation strategies, helping lagging regions and enhancing multi-level governance and synergies between regions; stresses that the platform should develop mentoring activities in lagging regions, as well as by providing information, methodologies, expertise and advice to national and regional policy makers; stresses that the platform should make a continuous effort to update its database, taking into account the local needs, specificities and priorities of regions and cities;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the development of flexibility and coordination mechanisms linking the S3 platformto facilitate an integrated use of different funds and the Horizon 2020 programme, and encourages regions to use tools such as the Vanguard Initiative, the Seal of Excellence, the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP), the S3 platform and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) , as well as strategic cluster partnerships, with a view to boosting investment, enhancing coordination, creating synergies and promoting exchanges of views in order to avoid duplication and inefficient spending of public resources;
Amendment 112 #
2015/2278(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the concentration of these regional strategies on energy, health, information and communicatstrategies on the region's technology, advanced food materials, services, tourism, sustainable innovation, manufacturing systems and cultural and creative industries; regrets that only a few regions have created clusters in fields reflecting popular priorities, suchspecific specialisations and most competitive sectors; encourages the development of clusters in fields as renewable energy, sustainability, transport, the digital agenda, KETs and public health, and encourages more regions to do soall stakeholders to seek for cross-overs between sectors, as these cross-overs can foster innovations;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that equal opportunities can only be achieved if the right to inclusive education and training is granted at all levels and types of education and training, including lifelong learning, through the adoption of relevant legislation which will prohibit any discrimination on the basis of disabilities;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that persons with disabilities make a valuable contribution to society as a whole and also as successful entrepreneurs who often run small business, and that this enriching contribution can be even greater if the (working and entrepreneurial) environment is properly adapted, for which ESI Ffunds are needed;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States as well as regional and local authorities to increasestrengthen their efforts in the area of prevention of discrimination and exclusion of persons with disabilities, including equal access to health care, housing, transport, product and services, education and employment while increasing the overall awareness of the different disabilities and the corresponding needs;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects that take into account the level of disability are needed; asks the Member States to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff in order to increase the support they can provide to students with disabilities;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that ESI funding should be used to support deinstitutionalisation and services andzation in a balanced way, meaning that instead of determining that all disabled people must live in homes, policy is framed around people having access to the same range of options as everyone else with regard to where they live and receiving the support they need, wherever they may and if they may choose; notes also that ESI funds should be used to support equal access services, including internet, as well as equal and sufficient living arrangements for persons with disabilities in local communities in all areas: rural and sparsely populated, urban, on equal basis;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges policy makers at local, regional, national and EU level to ensure efficient monitoring of the implementation of the provisions aimed at non-discrimination, as well as the accessibility and use of ESI funding and services to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that the number of citizens with disabilities and/or functional limitations increases significantly within the ageing EU population and this poses an additional challenge and important task for which EFI funds can be of a great use, especially for regional and local authorities;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notices the progress that have been achieved in the regulation of students' exchange programmes, in particular Erasmus+ programme, by including supplementary financial support for the mobility of students and staff with disabilities; acknowledges that in practice disabled students still face numerous barriers (attitudinal, communication, architectural, information barriers, etc.) when trying to participate in international mobility programs and that further measures are urgently needed in order to address this issue;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to better support and promote participation of persons with disabilities in the EU exchange programmes and to provide more accessible and detailed information on the programmes' accessibility; calls furthermore on the Commission to promote the exchange of best practices regarding the access to exchange programmes for students and teachers with disabilities;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD; asks each EU institution and agency to organise a specific training module on the CRPD for its staff, in cooperation with organisations for people with disabilities.
Amendment 65 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD and to combat prejudice against persons with disabilities; asks each EU institution and agency to organise a specific training module on the CRPD for its staff, in cooperation with organisations for people with disabilities; emphasises the need for setting up a structured dialogue between the Commission, persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in order to achieve their active involvement in the development and implementation of the future education and training policies.
Amendment 76 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the importance of systematic and close consultation between representative organisations of persons with disabilities, policymakers, business and other relevant stakeholders in relation to all new initiatives, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and actions related to education, training, culture, sport and youth.
Amendment 78 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Acknowledges that in order to develop adequate policies to ensure inclusive education for all persons with disabilities in the EU, there is a need for comparable and consistent EU data; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their efforts to collect reliable statistical data on the participation of persons with disabilities in the different levels and types of education and training, on their participation in mobility programmes and on the number of persons with disabilities which are early school leavers.
Amendment 79 #
2015/2258(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Asks the Commission to include disability specific indicators in the Europe 2020 strategy when pursuing the targets on education and training.
Amendment 9 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Supports the negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement, noting that services are increasingly important to the EU's economy and that while the European market is already very open, these negotiations present an important opportunity to achieve reciprocity with other markets which are more closed and thereby stimulate jobs and growth in the EU;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and especially the member state governments, which have given the Commission the mandate to negotiate, to investigate and analyse the impact of TiSA on cohesion and local and regional governance in the EU; urges the Commissionm to collect and make available comprehensive and comparable data and to include territorial impact assessments;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the TiSA negotiations are a key opportunity to strengthen worldwide rules-based trade, which is essential for the EU's economy, as it is heavily dependent on trade;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concernedStresses that the competences of local and regional authorities (LRAs), which are responsible for a large share of public investment under the EU’s cohesion policy and are also actively involved in the delivery of key public services across the territory, willshould not be limited by TiSA, thusand should not reducinge their ability to foster local and regional development and to protect the general interest of their citizens;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Opposes any encroachment on the discretionary power of LRAs with regard to services, as laid down in Article 14 of the TFEU and Protocol N°26 of the TFEU, especially through provisions on domestic regulation, standstill and ratchet clauses, as well as provisions on public procurement; callwelcomes, therefore, onthe fact that the Commission to fullyhas stated publically and repeatedly that it will exclude public services, both publicly and privately funded, from the TiSA negotiations and to further strengthen flexibilities on the enforcement of commitments at local level, as laid down in GATS Article 1.3including those provided at the local level;
Amendment 163 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages innovative solutions in animal housing systems that can contribute to a higher level of animal welfare and consequently lead to higher levels of animal health, by reducing the need for veterinary medicinal products, including antimicrobials; stresses that the application of antimicrobials should be prudent and responsible and would be improved by improving the entire production chain with more efficient and faster diagnostic tools that rely on data, better real-time monitoring, targeted precautionary measures and new ways of dispensing in order to combat antimicrobial resistance; taking account that in those Member States which already have exceeded the reasonable level in antimicrobial resistance, can maintain the higher than EU-regulation level, if necessary;
Amendment 196 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights that a sizeable proportion of biotic waste streams are already used as, for example, animal feed or base material for biofuels; considers, however, that these materials should generate even higher outputs by aiming for the most added value and by using new technologies such as biorefining, insect breeding, solid state fermentation, biogas extraction and the extraction of minerals from manure and usage of the surplus of the manure as a renewable energy source; notes the lack of economies of scale for agricultural by- products and waste streams, and encourages the Commission to support their reuse by facilitating EU-wide recognition systems and special rural development programmes, to facilitate cross-border circulation and to improve synergy and coherence with other EU policies;
Amendment 303 #
2015/2227(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that the CAP should be more focused on farmers’ needs while not compromising policy goals; stresses the need for a more simple and flexible legislative framework that is better aligned to deliver synergies with other sectors such as chemicals, health and technology, by enhancing knowledge crossovers, integration of resource use and better understanding of reciprocal effects in order to optimise their interplay and better integrate with the circular economy, stresses further that a market-oriented CAP will enhance the innovative power and competitiveness of the European agricultural sector by reducing government intervention and stimulating entrepreneurship;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Insists that any revenue accruing to the EU budget deriving from the super levy or any other assigned revenues from agriculture in 2014/2015 remain under Heading 2; takes the view that the quota overrun charges levied in 2015, especially in the milk sector, should be used in their entirety for market support and other aid measures for the milk sector;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly believes that a long-term resilient Energy Union should be based on cost effectiveness, increased energy efficiency, renewable energy, interconnectioninterconnection, renewable energy, increased energy efficiency, cost effectiveness, with particular attention to European islands, improved self- sufficiency and cooperation;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to remove bottlenecks and develop interconnections that allow cross border trade and create competitive and well-integrated regional energy markets;
Amendment 67 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to increase their cooperation on the information exchange mechanism on intergovernmental agreements with third countries in the field of energy; calls on the Commission, furthermore, to explore the options available for the joint negotiation of public sector energy contracts with external suppliers on behalf of the EU.
Amendment 71 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that launching negotiations on EU energy agreements with third countries would give the EU a stronger voice on the international stage, and would create the necessary framework for projects that can enhance Europe's energy security, in particular large scale investments in transnational infrastructures projects
Amendment 6 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the opening of new markets to be of the utmost importance in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected; baring in mind that mutually beneficial trade agreements require a balanced approach to agricultural sector where the ability to maintain agricultural production in the EU must be one of the key principles of the negotiations;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to comprehensively assess the impacts on Europe of freshUs agricultural sector of all negotiated or future trade concessnections to the third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any new commercial offers;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 83 #
2015/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas solidarity can take the forms of internal and external solidarity; and whereas relocation, mutual recognition of asylum decisions, operational support measures, a pro-active interpretation of the current Dublin Regulation and the Temporary Protection Directive are all tools for internal solidarity, while resettlement, humanitarian admission and search and rescue at sea promote external solidarity; whereas voluntary participation by member states is the best way to get effective and lasting results;
Amendment 150 #
2015/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas migration to Europe through the Mediterranean poses a great danger for the immigrants, it would be better both for the immigrants and for the EU-countries to set up refugee camps maintained by the UNHCR in North Africa; underlines that the UNHCR has the best possible expertise to organise and manage these refugee camps, there the right for asylum could be examined and when granted, the EU countries would take these asylum seekers within their quotas;
Amendment 350 #
2015/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the process of relocation – that is to say, transferring an applicant for international protection, or a beneficiary of international protection, from one Member State to another – is a practical example of solidarity within the Union; recalls, in addition, that, since 2009, Parliament has been calling for a binding mechanism for the distribution of asylum seekers among all the Member States;
Amendment 360 #
2015/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that, within the last year, the Council has adopted two decisions on temporary relocation measures in the Union (‘Relocation Decisions’)9 , and that they involve the transfer of applicants of international protection from Greece and Italy to other Member States; observes that, although the Relocation Decisions do not end the current Dublin rules on allocation of responsibility, they do constitute a ‘temporary derogation’ from the Dublin rules; notes that voluntary participation by Member States is the best way to get effective and lasting results; __________________ 9 Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523 and Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601.
Amendment 399 #
2015/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines the importance of cooperation with the countries where the illegal immigration is stemming from in order to curb the flow of illegal immigration; urges the Commission and the Member States to establish readmission agreements with the countries where there is not one in place yet;
Amendment 401 #
2015/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 530 #
2015/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Is of the opinion, that once a positive asylum decision has been made, these persons should have a free movement within the EU or at least within the Schengen area; believes that this would promote human rights and integrate these persons better in their new society;
Amendment 586 #
2015/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 872 #
2015/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Understands that the recently proposed European Border and Coast Guard is intended to replace Frontex and is meant to ensure a European integrated border management at the external borders with a view to managing migration effectively and ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union, while safeguarding the free movement of persons therein; underlines that Member States should be always the ones deciding whether to receive help or not, since border guard is an integral part of countries' sovereignty;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Doubts whether voluntary initiatives are adequate forto addressing UTPs and the acknowledged ‘'fear factor’' and UTPs in the supply chain arising from the imbalance of power between farmers and retailers;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Questions the Commission’'s unwavering support for the SCI, given the reluctance of farmers to participate; regrets the pre- emptive conclusion thato exclude regulatory action at EU level is not foreseenthus further enhancing the risk of a fragmented internal market;
Amendment 130 #
2015/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Obligation to verify the Member State of residence 1. The provider of an online content service provided against payment of money shall make use of effective means in order to verify the Member State of residence of its subscribers. These means shall be reasonable and shall not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve their purpose. Unless the Member State of residence can be sufficiently established on the basis of a single verification means, the provider of an online content service shall rely on a combination of such means. 2. In order to comply with the obligation set out in paragraph 1, the provider shall rely on the following verification means: (a) an identity card or any other valid document confirming subscriber's Member State of residence; (b) the billing address or the postal address of the subscriber; (c) bank details such as the bank account or local credit or debit card of the subscriber; (d) the place of installation of a set top box or a similar device used for supply of services to the subscriber; (e) the subscriber being a party to a contract for internet or telephone connection in the Member State; (f) the subscriber paying a licence fee for other services provided in the Member State, such as public service broadcasting; or (g) sampling or periodic checking of the Internet Protocol (IP) address to identify the Member State where the subscriber accesses and uses the online content service or identifying that Member State by other means of geolocation.
Amendment 42 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) BCollectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established and shoulding in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired before the date of entry into force of this Directive should be able to keep those firearms in their possession subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned and provided that those firearms have been deactivat be able to keep and acquire firearms classified in category A subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 47 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 66 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 86 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, the risk of alarm weapons and other types of blank firing weapons being converted to real firearms is high, and in some of the terrorist acts converted arms were used. It is therefore essential to address the problem of converted firearms being used in criminal offences, notably by including them in the scope of the Directive. Technical specifications for alarm and signal weapons as well as for salute and acoustic weapons should bare adopted in order to ensure that they cannot be converted into firearms.
Amendment 99 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean the barrel, frame, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breach block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted.
Amendment 101 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1e
Article 1 – paragraph 1e
1e. For the purposes of this Directive, "broker" shall mean any natural or legal person, other than a dealer whose trade or business consists wholly or partly in buying, selling or arranging the transfer within a Member State, from one Member State to another Member State or exporting to a third country or importing to a Member State from a third country fully assembled firearms, their parts and ammunition.
Amendment 104 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1h
Article 1 – paragraph 1h
Amendment 107 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Member States should ensure that an effective system is implemented for monitoring possession of firearm. That system, which could be periodic or continuous, should either be based on medical review, if deemed appropriate, upon the issuance or renewal of an authorisation, or provide for an effective alternative system of continuous monitoring taking into account the risks concerned, and any relevant indications, for example from medical personnel, indicating that the conditions for allowing possession may no longer be met. Where a system of continuous monitoring is used, it may inter alia include for the owner to submit at any time to a check of continued eligibility for possession, and on-site checks of compliance with safe storage requirements.
Amendment 113 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forces, the police, the public authorities or by collectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognized as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of warproducts of the defence industry.
Amendment 122 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that any firearm or parand any essential component placed on the market has been marked and registered in compliance with this Directive.
Amendment 127 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Certain persons have a legitimate interest in accessing firearms classified in category A, provided that exemptions are granted on a strictly limited basis. These could include, inter alia, national defence, armourers, proof houses, manufacturers, forensic scientists and, in certain cases, those involved in film production, as well as individuals needing firearms for self- defence purposes.
Amendment 130 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
For the purposes of identifying and tracing each assembled firearm, Member States shall, at the time of manufacture of each firearm or at the time of import to the Union or as soon as possible thereafter, require a unique marking including the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture, the serial number and the year of manufacture, if not already part of the serial number. This shall be without prejudice to the affixing of the manufacturer's trademark.
Amendment 131 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 151 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established and holding in theirIn special cases for educational, cultural, research and historical purposes, it should be possible for Member States to choose to authorise persons to acquire and possession firearms and ammunition classified in category A acquired before the date of entry into force of this Directive should be able to keep those firearms in their possession subject to authorisation by the Member S, provided that those persons demonstrate, prior to being granted authorisation, that they have taken the necessary measures to address any risks to public security or safety, including by way of secure storage. Any such authorisation should tatke concerned and provided that those firearms have been deactivatedinto account and reflect the specific situation, including the nature of the collection and its purposes.
Amendment 155 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are at least 18 years of age, except in relation to the acquisition, other than through purchase, and possession of firearms for hunting and target shooting, provided that in that case persons of less than 18 years of age have parental permission, or are under parental guidance or the guidance of an adult with a valid firearms or hunting licence, or are within a licenced or otherwise approved training centre;
Amendment 161 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) National defence purposes shall constitute a legitimate purpose for certain persons to acquire and possess firearms classified in category A, provided that those persons demonstrate, prior to being granted authorisation, that they have taken the necessary measures to address any risks to public security or safety, including by way of secure storage.
Amendment 170 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical tests for issuing or renewing authorisations as referred to in paragraph 1 and shall withdraw authorisations if any of the conditions on the basis of which it was granted is no longer met.
Amendment 173 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) This Directive is without prejudice to the ownership of firearms and ammunition acquired through inheritance; Member States shall restrain the possession of such firearms by owners who are not duly authorised.
Amendment 181 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and ammunition classified in category A and to destroy those. In exceptional and duly reasoned cases, the competent authorities may grant authorisations for the acquisition and possession of such firearms and ammunition wheld in violation of this provision and seizedre this is not contrary to public security or public order.
Amendment 188 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise persons or bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established to keep in theiracquire and possession firearms classified in category A acquired before [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b)when this is not contrary to public security or public order.
Amendment 190 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The acquisition and possession of firearms should only be permitted if, inter alia, this is done for a legitimate purpose. It should be possible for Member States, whilst not being under any obligation in that regard, to find that the acquisition and possession of firearms for the purpose of, for example, hunting, target shooting, national defence training, various scientific, technical or testing activities and re-enactment of historical events, filmmaking or historical study and collection can constitute a legitimate purpose.
Amendment 198 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
The acquisition of firearms and their paressential components and ammunition concerning categories A, B and C by means of distance communication, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(*), shall be authorised only with respect to dealers and brokers and shall be subject to the strict control of the Member States.
Amendment 204 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Amendment 231 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall submit every five years a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive, including a fitness check of the new provisions, accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals in particular as regards the categories of firearms of Annex I and the issues related to new technologies such as 3D printing. The first report shall be submitted two years after the entry into force of this Directive."
Amendment 237 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 6
Amendment 244 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 7
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 7
Amendment 247 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 8
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 8
Amendment 253 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Selling arrangements of firearms and their components by means of distance communication may pose a serious threat to security asMarketing of firearms, parts and ammunition by means of the internet or other means of distance communication, for example by way of online auction catalogues or classified advertisements, and they arranging of a sale more difficult to control than the conventional selling methods, especially as regards the on line verification of the legality other transaction by means of, for example, telephone or email should, where allowed under national law, be possible provided that the actual handing over takes place either between the parties directly on a face-to-face basis, or by way of collecting the firearm, essential component ofr authorisations. It is therefore appropriate to limit the selling of arms and components by means of distance communication, notably internet, to dealers and brokersmmunition at the premises of a dealer, local police station or another reliable body, based on nationally established practices of Member States, which have been proven to be safe and secure. The verification of identity and appropriate licenses of the right to engage in such a transaction shall be done either on a face- to-face basis or through a secure and reliable system, such as electronic verification.
Amendment 258 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 5
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 5
5. Alarm and signal weaponsFirearms under categories A, B and points 1 to 4 of category C, after having been converted to alarm, signal, salute and, acoustic weapons as well as replicas;, gas, paintball or airsoft, Flobert, or percussion lock weapons.
Amendment 260 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 6
Amendment 263 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Amendment 269 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point c
Amendment 415 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forces, the police, the and public authorities. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of war.
Amendment 480 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Furthermore, Member States shall ensure, at the time of transfer of a firearm from government stocks to permanent civilian use, the appropriate unique marking permitting identification of the transferring government.
Amendment 553 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical tests for issuing or renewing authorisations as referred to in paragraph 1establish a monitoring system based on reliable assessments of future risk of violent behaviour, including, if deemed necessary, medical checks, which may be carried out on a continuous or periodic basis, for the acquisition and possession of firearms, and shall withdraw authorisations if any of the conditions on the basis of which it was granted isthe acquisition or possession was allowed are no longer met.
Amendment 595 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 2(2), Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and ammunition classified in category A and to destroy. They shall ensure that those firearms and ammunition held in violacontravention of thisat provishibition andre seized.
Amendment 619 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established to keep in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired before [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b), in special cases for national defence, educational, cultural, research and historical purposes and without prejudice to the first subparagraph of Article 6, grant strictly limited authorisations for category A firearms and ammunition where this is not contrary to public security or public order.
Amendment 650 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 a (new)Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – point 6 a (new)Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 a (new)
(6a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 6a Except with respect to transfers between dealers and brokers, the selling and acquisition of firearms and their essential components and ammunition following a transaction by means of distance communication, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, shall be subject to strict control by the Member States and allowed only if it takes place under conditions whereby the identities and appropriate licences of the parties can be reliably and securely verified."
Amendment 662 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
The maximum limitduration of an authorisation shall be set by the Member States, provided that Member States shall not exceed five yearsve implemented a system of continuous monitoring as referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 5(2). The authorisation may be renewed if the conditions on the basis of which it was granted are still fulfilled.
Amendment 749 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
6. Automatic firearms which have been converted into semi-automatic firearms and which can be reconverted into automatic firearms using conventional tools or simply by the modification or replacement of parts other than essential components, provided that the technical conversion procedure was not previously authorised by a relevant authority of a Member State and provided that the converted firearm in question was inspected and marked;
Amendment 774 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 7
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 7
7. Semi-automatic firearms for civilian use which resemble weapons withwhich have been converted into automatic mechanisfirearms;
Amendment 791 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
Amendment 95 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Support under the Programme should be provided by the Commission upon request by a Member State, in areas such as regional and urban policy, budget and taxation, public function, institutional and administrative reforms, the justice system, anti-fraud, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering, business environment, private sector development, investment, competition, public procurement, privatization processes, access to finance, investment, trade, sustainable development, innovation, education and training, labour policies, public health, asylum, migration policies, agriculture and rural development and financial sector policies.
Amendment 160 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) Member States that request support from the Programme might contribute with additional funds to the financial envelope of the Programme. Currently, Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 limits the possibility of a transfer of resources dedicated to technical assistance at the initiative of a Member State to those Member States which face temporary budgetary difficulties. Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 should therefore be amended in order to allow all Member States to participate financially to the Programme. The resources transferred to the Union budget should be used for supporting actions contributing to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth or Fund-specific purposes in the Member States concerned. The transfer of the additional funds from the Member States' technical assistance, mentioned above, should be approved by means of a delegated act.
Amendment 174 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to institutional, administrative and structural reforms in the Member States by providing support to national authorities for measures aimed at reforming institutions, governance, administration, economic and social sectors in response to economic and social challenges with a view to enhancing competitiveness, of EU enterprises, in particular SMEs and their access to finances, economic growth, jobs, creation and investment, in particular in the context of economic governance processes, including through assistance for the efficient and effective use of the Union funds.
Amendment 248 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Amendment 259 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Amendment 724 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 25 b (new)
Article 1 – point 25 b (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex IV – part B – subheading 1 – subparagraph 5
Annex IV – part B – subheading 1 – subparagraph 5
(25b) In Annex IV, part B, subheading 1, subparagraph 5 is replaced by the following: 'Default IPCC emission factors, taken from the 2006 IPCC Inventory Guidelines or subsequent updates of these Guidelines, shall be used unless activity-specific emission factors identified by independent accredited laboratories using accepted analytical methods are more accurate. The emission factor for biomass shall be zero, including when co-fired with peat extracted from drained peatlands, in which case the emission factor for biomass and peat both shall be zero.'
Amendment 74 #
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 useanimals. Group treatment with medicated feed containing antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products should only be used in justifiable cases where individual treatment is not appropriate. Preventive (prophylactic) use of veterinary medicine products containing antimicrobials or use to enhance the performance of food-producing animals should in particular not be allowed.
Amendment 87 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the manufacture, storage and transport of medicated feed and intermediate products for food-producing and non-food producing animals;
Amendment 94 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the definitions of 'food-producing animal', 'non-food producing animal', 'fur animal', 'feed materials', 'compound feed', 'complementary feed', 'mineral feed', 'labelling', 'label', 'minimum storage life' and 'batch' as laid down in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009;
Amendment 105 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 'medicated feed': a mixture of one or more veterinary medicinal products or intermediate products with one or morecompound feeds which is ready to be directly fed to animals without further processing;
Amendment 113 #
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 lorryone or more mobile mixing equipments for the manufacture of medicated feed on farms;
Amendment 114 #
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 use.farms for food-producing animals in his or her possession;
Amendment 125 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i e (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i e (new)
(ie) 'prevention of diseases': treatment of the group of animals without clinical signs of disease;
Amendment 197 #
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, mobile 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 unless justified on the basis of epidemiological and clinical knowledge.
Amendment 213 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The supply of medicated feed to animal holders shall be subject to the presentation and, in case of manufacturing by on-farm mixers, the possession of a veterinary prescription issued by a veterinarian and to the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 to 6.
Amendment 219 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. With the exception of medicated feed for non-food producingcompanion and hobby animals, medicated feed shall not be used for more than one treatment under the same prescription.
Amendment 224 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. The prescription shall be valid for a maximum period of six months for non- food producinghobby and companion animals and three weeks for food-producing and fur animals.
Amendment 232 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. The prescribed medicated feed may be used only for animals examined by the persoveterinarian who issued the prescription and only for a diagnosed disease. The persoveterinarian who issued the prescription shall verify that this medication is justified for the target animals on veterinary grounds. Furthermore he shall ensure that the administration of the veterinary medicinal product concerned is not incompatible with another treatment or use and that there is no contra-indication or interaction where several medicinal products are used.
Amendment 244 #
Amendment 245 #
Amendment 247 #
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:
Amendment 260 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the quantities required for one month's treatment or two weeks in case of medicated feed containing antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products for food- producing and fur animals.
Amendment 267 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Medicated feed containing antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products shall notbe used in accordance with good animal husbandry standards and never be used tofor prevent diseases in food-producing animalsive treatment (prophylactic use) or to enhance their performance. of animals. Group treatment should only be used in justifiable cases where individual treatment is not appropriate.
Amendment 269 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Medicated feed containing antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products shall not be used to prevent diseases in food-producing animals or to enhance their performance.
Amendment 279 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Feed business operators feeding food- producing animals with medicated feed shall keep records in accordance with Article 69 of Directive 2001/82/EC. Those records shall be kept for five years after the date of administration of medicated feed, including when the animal is slaughtered during the five-year period. Member States shall ensure that the data in those records is collected and transferred to the Union database on veterinary medicinal products as provided in Articles51 and 54 of Regulation (EU) 2015/…(Veterinary Medicinal Products )
Amendment 281 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. The prescribed medicated feed may be used only for animals under the care of the person who issued the prescription and only in accordance with the prescription.
Amendment 291 #
2014/0255(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 2 – point c
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 2 – point c
(c) allow the machinery coming into contact with feed except of machinery for moist feed to be dried following any wet cleaning process.
Amendment 848 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Amendment 860 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may exempt from the application of this Article operators who sell products directly to the final consumer or user provided they do not produce, prepare, store other than in connection with the point of sale or import such products from a third country or have not contracted out such activities to a third party.
Amendment 1081 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.4.2 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 1.4.2 a (new)
1.4.2a. Grazing of organic land Organic animals shall graze on organic land. However, non-organic animals may use organic pasturage provided that organic animals are not present at the same time on that pasture.
Amendment 1130 #
2014/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.9
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.9
1.7.9. Mutilation of animals shall be prohibited. Attaching elastic bands to the tails of sheep and tail-docking may be authorised by the competent authority for reasons of safety or animal and human health or if they are intended to improve the health, welfare or hygiene of the livestock. Dehorning, including disbudding of young mammals shall be approved only if adequate anaesthesia and/or analgesia are applied.
Amendment 1 #
2013/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s initiatives aimed at improving citizens’ awareness of their rights through Europe Direct and Your Europe; notes at the same time that more needs to be done to inform citizens about their rights, notably through social media platforms; highlights the important contribution that Member States and national politicians can provide in raising awareness;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2186(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Points to the Parliament's activities on social media platforms as an excellent way of creating interaction and dialogue with citizens.
Amendment 4 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas education and training systems need to be geared towards an increasing need for the continuous updating of knowledge and skills and an increasingly international labour market;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas only 20% of students in the EU are taught by digitally confident and supportive teachers and 70% of teachers in the EU would like to further develop their ICT skills1 a; __________________ 1a European Schoolnet and University of Liège, Survey of Schools: ICT in Education (2013), https://ec.europa.eu/digital- agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/KK-31- 13-401-EN-N.pdf
Amendment 24 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission Communication which sets out a Union agenda in the field of OER, and which focuses on the potential of these resources to widen access to and equity in education, as well as its relevance in an increasingly digital society;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges the fact that OER are generally produced in a limited number of languages and mainly by higher education institutions; encourages education and training institutions at all levels across the Member States to produce OER in their own languages in order to exploit the full potential of digital technology and multilingualism; reminds that the availability, accessibility and innovativeness of materials plays a key role in terms of using e-learning materials in education;
Amendment 48 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that ICT and OER are currently mainly used in higher education; encourages their use in primary and secondary education, as well as in vocational education;
Amendment 49 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that ICT and OER are currently mainly used in higher education; encourages their use in primary and secondary education, where student- centred learning combined with ICT has huge potential as well;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that proper contextualisation becomes decisive when making educational software effective; points out that this process must be suitably embedded into teaching and learning processes and take into account pedagogical and curriculum objectives, tools and individual learning paths;
Amendment 57 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that availability of and access to free online teaching material is crucial; calls on the Commission to monitor and analyse the copyright and licensing issues surrounding the use of OER;
Amendment 64 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need for a harmonization of existing limitations and exceptions in copyright for the purpose of illustration for non-commercial teaching, in order to facilitate OER and distance learning across borders and to allow European platforms to compete globally by creating economies of scale;
Amendment 65 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Urges the Commission to put forward a proposal to review Directive 2001/29/EC, with the aim of establishing a harmonized and flexible system of copyright and related rights in the EU, fit for the digital age and with acknowledgement of the public value of access to knowledge;
Amendment 70 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to ensure coordinated and progressive education on internet safety in schools; recommends that complementary strategies be developed targeting parents, thereby strengthening the role of parental mediation; stresses that these efforts should be aimed at strengthening young people´s independence in order for them to take ownership of their actions and responsibilities on the web and to develop e-skills; insists that the protection of the individual integrity and personal data of teachers and learners using OER must be assured;
Amendment 80 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to support teachers in their professional development' digital skills by offering modern curricula in their initial education, and by providing in-service training geared to help them acquire and maintain a high level of digital competence;
Amendment 93 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that OER enables personalised learning, including by allowing better analysis of teaching outcomes, thereby fostering new learner-centred teaching methods;
Amendment 99 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges the Member States to improve and deepen digital skills also by including coding and programming in their respective curricula, in order to foster economic competitiveness and equip students with the right skills for the job market of the future;
Amendment 105 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises the importance of traditional ways of teaching and learning, and calls on the Commission to support further research into the question of whether and how OER and massive open online courses (MOOCs) can enhance individuals’ learning outcomes compared toas an addition to, or integral part of, traditional teaching methods;
Amendment 116 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Reiterates that successful OER strategies and MOOCs can support internationalisation strategies by raising the quality and visibility of European (higher) education institutions and attracting students and researchers in an increasingly global competition for talent;
Amendment 137 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Appreciates that all educational materials drawn up with support from Erasmus+ will be available to the public under open licenses; encourages similar practices for other Union programmes, including a broad roll-out of open access under the Horizon2020 programme;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas culture is a facilitator for development, inclusion, democracy, human rights, trade, innovation, education, conflict prevention and reconciliation, mutual understanding, creativity and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the internet can facilitate freedom of expression, pluralism, exchange of information, access to cultural content, education, human rights, development, freedom of assembly, democracy, and intercultural and interreligious interaction and inclusion;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that all types of learning are prerequisites forcan enable accessing to culture and knowledge and promotinge mobility; highlights the importance of area studies in providing comprehensive knowledge of cultural and religious heritage;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that all types of learning are prerequisites for accessing culture and promoting mobility; highlights the importance of area studies in providing comprehensive knowledge of cultural and religious heritage; highlights public diplomacy efforts that present a well- informed view of the Union to third and neighbourhood countries;
Amendment 19 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that democratic and fundamental freedoms such as freedom of expression, press freedom, access to information and communication, freedom of religion or belief, freedom from want and freedom from fear, and freedom to connect, online and offline, are preconditions for cultural expression;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of cultural and public diplomacy; welcomes the Erasmus+ and Europe for Citizens programmes, which will contribute to enhancing linguistic competence, cultural awareness, active citizenship and mutual understanding; stresses the importance of the Creative Europe programme in the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of cultural diplomacy in advancing the EU's interests and values in the world, and underlines the need for the EU to act as a global player; welcomes the Erasmus+ and Europe for Citizens programmes, which will contribute to enhancing linguistic competence, cultural awareness, active citizenship and mutual understanding; stresses the importance of the Creative Europe programme in the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that a common EU strategy on culture in the EU's external actions coordinated by the European External Action Service (EEAS) is necessary in order to enable strategic and efficient use of cultural resources and budgets;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that digitisation, virtual exchanges, eTwinning and Open Educational Resources offer unprecedented opportunities to further develop interaction with third and neighbourhood countries in the field of culture and education;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role of new technologies as instruments for promoting interconnecting people around culturale and interreligious dialoguediversity; stresses the importance of the new media in providing access to cultural goods, as demonstrated by key projects such as Europeana; regrets that repressive regimes increasingly censor and monitor the internet; urges the Commission to implement the recommendations set out in the European Parliament resolution on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy1; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0470.
Amendment 48 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role of new technologies as instruments for promoting intercultural and interreligious dialogue between EU citizens and citizens of third and neighbourhood countries; stresses the importance of the new media in providing access to cultural goods, as demonstrated by key projects such as Europeana.
Amendment 52 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Promotes the use of social media and other forms of interactive cultural dialogue to engage youth with the common values of the European Union, including human rights, rule of law, democracy and good governance; highlights the importance of youth-led initiatives to promote youth participation and citizenship;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises the link between cultural rights and human rights and meanwhile objects to the use of cultural or religious arguments to justify human rights violations;
Amendment 58 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages the EEAS to integrate the cultural dimension in its external policies;
Amendment 59 #
2013/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the EEAS to establish a contact point specifically tasked with coordinating culture diplomacy.
Amendment 10 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the European Union's Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, and the EP Recommendation to the Council on the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief adopted on 13 June 2013,
Amendment 33 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the uprisings in the Arab world prompted the European Union to acknowledge the failure of past policies and to commit to a ‘'more for more’' approach in the Review of the Neighbourhood Policy, based on a commitment to ‘'adapt levels of EU support to partners according to progress on political reforms and building deep democracy’', including free and fair elections, freedom of association, expression and assembly, freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief, a free press and media, and the rule of law administered by an independent judiciary;
Amendment 172 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Notes with concern that respecting the rights of minorities is one of the key challenges identified in the Commission's Enlargement Strategy for 2012-2013; encourages the Member States to launch a general public debate on the acceptance of minorities through education, civil society engagement, and awareness-raising in general; regrets that the Roma community is particularly disadvantaged throughout the Western Balkans; condemns the generally negative societal attitudes towards vulnerable groups such as the LGBT community and people with disabilities, which is a recurring issue in many enlargement countries; expresses its concerns about Turkey's treatment of religious minorities;
Amendment 207 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Supports all steps leading to political dialogue, which is essential to move the transition in Egypt forward; expresses its deep concern about recent crises and, including the street battles between the army and Muslim Brotherhood supporters, terrorism and violent clashes in the Sinai and the extremist violence against Coptic Christian communities; calls on all political leaders in the country to find a way to break the dangerous stalemate and agree on implementing tangible confidence-building measures to avoid the risk of more bloodshed and polarisation in the country; urges the Egyptian authorities to advance the work on an inclusive constitution with equal rights for all;
Amendment 259 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Expresses grave concern regarding the steadily deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, the continued repression of reformists, the growing number of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience and faith, the discrimination and persecution of the Baha'i community, the consistently high number of executions, including of minors, the widespread torture, the unfair trials and exorbitant sums demanded for bail, and the heavy restrictions on the freedom of information, expression, assembly, religion, education and movement;
Amendment 314 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 20 a (new)
Subheading 20 a (new)
Freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief (This subheading should be place between paragraph 72 and paragraph 73)
Amendment 315 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Stresses that the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, as encapsulated in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and other international human rights instruments, is a fundamental human right, encompassing the right to believe or not to believe, and the right to adopt, change and abandon a belief of one's choiceinterrelated with other human rights and fundamental freedoms, encompassing the right to believe or not to believe, and the freedom to practise theistic, non-theistic or atheistic belief alike, either in private or public, alone or in a community with others and the right to adopt, change and abandon a belief of one's choice; calls on the EU to promote the right of freedom of religion or belief within international and regional fora and in bilateral relations with third countries;
Amendment 321 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Condemns in the strongest terms discrimination, intolerance, violence and killings on grounds of religion or belief, wherever and to whomever they occur; is particularly concerned about the threat of increasing sectarianism along religious lines in countries such as Egypt and Syria as an impediment to long-lasting peace and reconciliation; furthermore, is concerned about increasing government and social hostility in many Islamic countries, Central Asia and the deplorable situation in North Korea, countries which continue to deny minority religious or belief groups the freedom to worship or publicly express their religion or belief; social hostility and attacks against religious or belief groups, which have resulted in many deaths and injuries, are on the increase; and impunity and the lack of protection for minority religious or belief communities remains a concern;
Amendment 324 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)
Paragraph 74 a (new)
74a. Opposes any legislation that penalises individuals for changing their religion or belief; expresses deep concern that as a result of such legislation individuals in certain countries face imprisonment or even the death penalty; is also concerned that those who have left or changed their religion are subjected to social hostility such as violence and intimidation; opposes laws that penalise expressions deemed blasphemous, defamatory, or insulting to religion or religious symbols, figures, or feelings; states that these laws do not comply with accepted international human rights standards; condemns Blasphemy law provisions in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia which allow imprisonment and the death penalty;
Amendment 325 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)
Paragraph 74 a (new)
74a. Welcomes recent EIDHR calls for proposals prioritising and supporting civil society actions combating discrimination on the basis of religion or belief; encourages the EU to support inclusive efforts of intercultural and interfaith dialogue and cooperation at various levels, involving community leaders, women, youth and ethnic minority representatives, and with the aim to promote peace building and societal cohesion calls on the EU and EU member states to develop grant schemes for the protection and promotion of freedom of religion or belief in countries where this right is most at risk;
Amendment 327 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 b (new)
Paragraph 74 b (new)
74b. Welcomes the EU's commitment to promoting the right to freedom of religion or belief within international and regional fora including the UN, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe (CoE) and other regional mechanisms; encourages the EU to continue tabling its yearly resolution on freedom of religion or belief at the UN General Assembly and supporting the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
Amendment 5 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the new programme for education, training, youth and sport is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy; recalls that in the past, there has been particularly high demand for mobility under the Erasmus scheme; stresses the importance of this programme and the Youth Employment Initiative for the employability of young people; stresses however that these programmes cannot replace structural efforts and reforms which must make the education systems and labour markets in Member States fit for the challenges of the future;
Amendment 817 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Encourages the Commission to support the development of advanced biofuels for the transport sector that improve the quality of fuels thus increasing the overall competitiveness of the European economy without need for additional investments in new infrastructure;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the study from the European Parliament's Policy Department B, entitled ‘European historical memory: policies, challenges and perspectives’4, __________________ 4 http://www.ipolnet.ep.parl.union.eu/ipolne t/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/poldepb/ culture_education/pe513977_en.pdf
Amendment 11 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
– having regard to the pilot project ‘New Narrative for Europe’,
Amendment 12 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 c (new)
Citation 11 c (new)
– having regard to the initiative ‘A Soul for Europe’,
Amendment 18 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the history of Europe is inextricably linked with tragedy and the experience of various forms of totalitarianism, such as Communism, National Socialism, Fascism and other criminal systemsoppression which brought death and unimaginable suffering to millions of Europeanspeople;
Amendment 38 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by two all-powerful totalitarianism systems: National Socialism and Communism, which, although they differed in ideology and form, were both characterised by brutality and claimed the lives of millions; whereas it is inappropriate to argue that one was better or worse than the other; and whereas united Europe is founded on the basis of Judaeo- Christian ethicvalues, Greek aestheticsdemocracy and Roman law;
Amendment 50 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, while the dark episodes of Europe's 20th-century-history are crucial elements of the continent's collective memory, positive historical developments such as the emergence of welfare systems throughout the continent should also be remembered;
Amendment 62 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas for many European countries the end of the Second World War did not lead to full freedom; whereas for many years after the war Europe was divided, and its central and eastern parts not fully liberated until after 1989 and that dictatorial regimes in Southern Europe persisted until the 1970s, when the opportunity presented itself for genuine integration across the entire continent;
Amendment 86 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas historical research and history education do not attempt to transmit a single truth about the past, but nevertheless aim to approach the historical truth as near as possible based on solid facts and qualified evidence and by striving towards objectivity;
Amendment 98 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting historical truthperspectives, especially among young people, whose knowledge of history often comes solely from electronic media and whereas history education contributes to the acquisition of key and transversal competences which are essential to develop young people's curiosity, autonomy, open- and international mindedness, spirit of inquiry and ability to think independently and to resist manipulation;
Amendment 100 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting historical truth, especially among young people, whose knowledge of history often comes solely from electronic media; y, since ignorance of history can lead to fear and hatred, especially among young people; mindful also of the potential offered by electronic media and new technologies as a tool for conveying history;
Amendment 115 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas culture is a universal and easily accessible carrier of historical memory and content influencing Europeans' awareness and facilitating an understanding of dark episodes in theour past; whereas, also, history is a huge source of inspiration for artists and culture- makers;
Amendment 125 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the temptation can exist to use culture, particularly film and literature, for propaganda purposes, falsifying history and presenting inaccuratebiased interpretations of historical events;
Amendment 138 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas educational institutions, non- governmental organisations and the voluntary sector play a major role in documenting and uncovering the truthuncovering and documenting evidence of totalitarian crimes;
Amendment 146 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the presentation and teaching of history should be based not on political interpretation but on solid research workhistorical research and the development of historical and critical thinking skills; whereas the full opening up of historical archives will make it possible to carry out diligent research and to verify ‘historical lies’inaccuracies and/or false myths;
Amendment 147 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the presentation and teaching of history should be based not on political interpretation butrigorous, based on solid research work; whereas the full opening up of historical archives will make it possible to carry out diligentfacilitate better research and tohe verify ‘ication of historical linaccuracies’;
Amendment 157 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the creation of a Platform of European Memory and Conscience is an essentialhas been a step on the road to genuine reconciliation among European nations, and whereas EU financial support is essential for this project to achieve its mission;
Amendment 183 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that a peaceful and prosperous Europe should be founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights;
Amendment 193 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Pays tribute to all the heroeindividuals, known and unknown, who, acting out of a profound sense of humanism and faithfulness to their values, opposed the totalitarian regimes andabuses of oppressive regimes and fought for a fair and equal treatment of all, thus demonstrateding their humanity, often paying with their own lives;
Amendment 205 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on Council, Commission and Member States to provide European historical memory with a positive approach based on European common values such as human dignity, tolerance, freedom and equality, solidarity and democracy, which were acquired through brilliant historical periods of Europe during Humanism, Renaissance and Enlightenment;
Amendment 211 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the sovereign role and position of the Member States in designing their own teaching programmes; calls, at the same time, for selective memorybiased or unilateral approaches to be avoided when these programmes are drawn up and condemns an instrumental approach to history and its political interpretation;
Amendment 224 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 241 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that all countries implement their own history education/curriculum and remembrance policyies, which helps to build a sense of national identity, but which, in combination with ignorance, partial and selubjective memory, can sometimes lead to falsifications of historya biased historical view that areis dangerous and hurtful to victims and their families, as is the case when referring to Auschwitz- Birkenau, the Nazi German concentration camp in occupied Poland, as a ‘Polish death camp’;
Amendment 258 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that historical truth and memorya responsible approach to the past, nurtured among other things by educational activities and cultural events, will reinforce genuine reconciliation between nations and authentic European integration based on truthhe ability to disagree about interpretations of the past without resorting to hatred and violence;
Amendment 268 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 286 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CRecognises that Member States have complete autonomy as regards the content of their teaching syllabuses; calls on Member States to support ambitious history teaching programmes which do not gloss overretreat from the most difficult episodes; recognises that Member States have complete autonomy as regards the content ofstresses the need to make further efforts to strengthen their teaching syllabusesof European history;
Amendment 295 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Council, Commission and Member States to strengthen the efforts to promote education, remembrance and research about European historical memory through school and textbooks, museums, historic monuments, music, theatre, cinema and literature, among other means;
Amendment 307 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that modern media can play a vital role in promoting historical truthEurope's history, both by accurately portraying historical events and by granting appropriate funding to historical productions and educational history programmes;
Amendment 313 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of EU funds in promoting historical memory; notes that such funds should be used for projectinitiatives to reflect on the causes of totalitarian regimes linked to history education, promotion, research, archiving and digitis Europe's modern history and to commemorate the victims of their crimes, as well as for actions which encourage tolerance, mutual understanding, intercultural dialogue and reconciliation as a means of moving beyond the past and building the future, in particular with a view to reaching the younger generation;
Amendment 327 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Deplores the planned reduction in funds for the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, and calls on the Commission to guarantemake funding for national andavailable for transnational educational and cultural projects which raise awareness of the darker episodes and other defining moments in Europe'san history, as foreseen in the next Europe for Citizens Programme;
Amendment 345 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Supports citizens' initiatives and non- governmental organisations, including those outside the EU, which are actively engaged in researching the history of nations and gathering documents on the crimes committed under totalitarianismoppressive regimes, and supports transnational partnerships and networks with the aim of promoting mutual relations between EU citizens and with other regions of the world; supports, in that context, cooperation between Member States and countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 7 #
2013/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Understands the social and economic difficulties that some Member States are experiencing, but reaffirms its strong support and the need for macroeconomic conditionality;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Violence against religious communities, with political, socio- economic or ideological roots, persists in many parts of the world; clear condemnation by the European Union of all forms of violence and discrimination should be a basic element of EU policy in the area of freedom of religion or belief. Particular attention should be given to the position of those who changed their religion or belief, as in practice they are often the subject of social pressures, intimidation or outright violence.
Amendment 37 #
2013/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) As their successful implementation will depend on this, the Guidelines should offer clarity in the definitions used and the appropriate and full protection of the right to freedom of religion or belief, in accordance with international law, in its private and public expressions, as well as in its individual, collective and institutional dimensions, including but not limited to the right of parents to educate their children according to their moral and religious convictions, freedom of assembly and freedom of association, freedom of expression, the right to conscientious objection, the right to asylum, the right to observe days of rest and to celebrate holidays and ceremonies in accordance with the precepts of one's religion or belief, and the fundamental right to protection of one's property.
Amendment 43 #
2013/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) While freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression are mutually reinforcing rights, in cases where these two rights are invoked against each other, the EU should also recall that modern media tools can afford a close interconnectedness between cultures and faiths. Therefore steps need to be taken to avoid inter- cultural violence as a reaction to acts of freedom of expression related to criticism and especially ridicule; the EU should help in reducing such tensions, for example by promoting mutual understanding and dialogue.
Amendment 47 #
2013/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) It should be stressed in the Guidelines that an indispensable part of freedom of religion or belief is the right to manifest the freedom of religion or belief in community with others; this includes: - the freedom to worship or assembly in connection with a religion or belief, and to establish and maintain places of worship and religious sites, for these purposes; - the freedom to establish and maintain appropriate religious, social and charitable institutions with legal personality and organisational acharitable or humanitarian institutions; - the freedom to solicit and receive voluntary financial and other contributionomy, including the freedom to appoint personnel and leaders of these institutions without external interference from the state,s from individuals and institutions. - the freedom to train, appoint, elect or designate by succession appropriate leaders called for by the freedom to provide religious teaching and training, the freedom to exercise one's ministry, the freedom to observe days of rest and to celebrate holidays and ceremonies in accordance with the precepts of one'squirements and standards of any religion or belief; - the freedom to establish and maintain communications with individuals and communities in matters of religion orand belief andt the freedom to carry out charitable activitienational and international levels. Equally, it should be noted in the Guidelines that the right to exercise religion in community with others should not unnecessarily be limited to officially recognised places of worship, and that all undue limitations to the freedom of assembly should be condemned by the EU.
Amendment 53 #
2013/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) The EU should take action when registration requirements for religious or belief-related organisations unduly limit the freedom of religion or belief. Registration should not be understood as a prerequisite for the enjoyment of one's human right to freedom of religion or belief, as that right cannot be conditional upon administrative or legal requirements. The EU should call for the abolishment of any legislation, such as the mandatory registration of one's religion in civil status documents, if this legislation leads to discrimination against persons holding non-religious beliefs or persons who have changed their religion or belief;
Amendment 73 #
2013/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) The EU should continue its initiatives in various multilateral fora in order to promote and protect the freedom of religion or belief. Whenever relevant, the EU will assist third countries in drawing up legislation promoting and protecting freedom of religion or belief.
Amendment 74 #
2013/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) In accordance with Article 36 of the Treaty on the European Union, the European Parliament should be involved in the evaluation of the implementation of the Guidelines which should take place no later than three years after the Guidelines have come into force. The evaluation should be based on an analysis of the EU response to concrete situations related to the violation of freedom of religion or belief in third countries. The European Parliament should be regularly informed of areas or developments of concern, as reported by the EU delegations. Its relevant committees will receive detailed information.
Amendment 75 #
2013/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(r a) The EU Special Representative on Human Rights should see the protection of freedom of religion or belief as an important aspect of his/her mandate and will have a visible role in promoting this freedom through the external relations of the EU. He/she should be formally charged to liaise with the European Parliament on this issue and engage in a structural dialogue with relevant non- governmental organisations such as EPRID.
Amendment 19 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the number of young people who are currently not in education, employment or training (NEETs) has risen dangerously across the EU; whereas the youth unemployment rate is unacceptably high in several Member States and the true figure can be masked by a marked increase in emigration among young people;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas many young people are in informal, temporary and insecure jobs, unrelated to their qualifications or career aims and with no clear long-term prospects; whereas many young people are missing out on the opportunity to acquire the skills and self-confidence necessary for career progression;
Amendment 37 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the personal and social development of young people is just as important as academic and professional development; whereas young people play an active role in the social infrastructure of Member States and are central to sustainable and vibrant communities;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is disappointed that although the Member States were asked for specific measures in the first cycle of the EU Youth Strategy, very limited progress has been achieved and, in several cases the situation has worsened and in many Member States no specific youth strategy is in place;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of the Structured Dialogue; calls on the Commission to reach out as directly as possible to the greatest possible number of young people at both local and regional level and to ensure that the youth voice is not being lost among the wider priorities or agendas of organisations and that any policy implemented leads to the positive development and empowerment of young people;
Amendment 61 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises the need for a cross-sectoral and balanced approach to the eight fields of action in the EU Youth Strategy; calls for policy prioritisation in times of crisis which is informed and shaped by the voice and aims of young people themselves;
Amendment 63 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the new EU programme for education, training, youth and sport; underlines the need for robust funding for this programme and both a separate chapter and a separate budget allocation for the youth part;
Amendment 72 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the importance of language learning to promote youth employability and labour mobility with a view to ensuring that young people fully benefit from their rights and freedoms in the EU employment market;
Amendment 92 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to launch further initiatives to develop a pan- European non-formal education and mobility system that recognises the skills and professional experience gathered through volunteering services, internships and social work;
Amendment 101 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Draws attention to the problem of truancy and of early school-leavers; calls for flexible learning pathways at EU and national level;
Amendment 118 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the new EU initiative for a Youth Guarantee scheme; calls on the Member States to fully exploit it and ensure young people are offered high quality, meaningful and relevant opportunities;
Amendment 139 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the need for Member States to improve support for self-employed young people, provide a safety net for failed start- ups; calls on them to eliminate red tape;
Amendment 145 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to improve communication and the uptake of the Commission's youth initiatives (e.g. the European Youth Portal) through social networks and increased engagement with youth organisations and youth representatives;
Amendment 149 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the fact that 2013 has been declared the European Year of Citizens; stresses the need to better involve young people by encouraging themand supporting them through targeted programmes in conjunction with youth organisations and community-based groups to share their vision for the EU's future;
Amendment 157 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the need to develop more outreach programmes for marginalised groups and to provide supports for the youth sector to develop its structures and channels of communication so as to reach out to more young people, particularly those at risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 170 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses the importance of recognising and engaging directly with young people as a priority group in the EU's social vision, thereby enhancing their influence, development, well-being and social inclusion;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A
Paragraph A
A. whereas education and training policies play a crucial role in combating the high level of youth unemployment; whereas keeping up with a rapidly evolving labour market requires more investment in vocational education and training (VET), higher education and research, as well as flexible curricula and improved cooperation between businesses and the educational sector;
Amendment 10 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. whereas open educational resources improve the quality, accessibility and equity of education and facilitate an interactive, creative, flexible and personalised learning process through the use of ICT and new technologies; whereas open education enhances sustained employability by supporting lifelong learning;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas, despite high overall levels of youth unemployment, certain sectors such as the ICT and health care sectors have increasing difficulty filling vacancies with qualified personnel;
Amendment 29 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C b (new)
Paragraph C b (new)
Cb. whereas an increasing gap between the qualifications of graduates and the skills requirements of the labour market can be observed in some Member States;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C c (new)
Paragraph C c (new)
Cc. whereas geographical mismatches between the supply and demand of jobs and skills can be observed both within and between Member States;
Amendment 60 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to actively ask for support and initiatives as well as other forms of cooperation with the private sector in tackling youth unemployment;
Amendment 67 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Member States to improve cooperation between businesses and the educational sector at all levels, with a scope of better linking curricula to the demands of the labour market, for example by extending Sector Skills Alliances and Knowledge Alliances; stresses that more flexible curricula are needed in order to better adapt to future labour market developments;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Urges Member States to remove existing barriers for cross-border apprenticeships, traineeships and internships to better match supply and demand of work-based training opportunities for youth, thereby improving mobility and employability, particularly in border regions;
Amendment 69 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Underlines the importance of the acquisition of transversal skills such as ICT skills, leadership skills, critical thinking and language skills, also by studying abroad, to improve the prospects of youths on the job market and their adaptability to future labour market developments;
Amendment 70 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls on the Member States to support self-employment among young people by improving entrepreneurial education; stresses that particular attention is warranted to reduce risk aversion among youth as a precondition for successful entrepreneurship;
Amendment 74 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Member States to further improve the transparency and recognition of qualifications within the Union, in particular through the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training, Europass and the European Qualifications Framework; stresses the importance of timely implementation and reporting on the implementation of these initiatives;
Amendment 82 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Youth Guarantee Scheme; calls on Member States to commit themselves to implementing the scheme in an efficient and timely manner; highlights the need for sufficient funding for the initiative through the European Social Fund and other EU structural funds.; stresses however that these efforts cannot replace structural efforts and reforms which must make the education systems and labour markets in some Member States fit for the challenges of the future;
Amendment 87 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop clear objectives and indicators for the Youth Guarantee Scheme, in order to be able to effectively measure and evaluate the impact of this initiative;
Amendment 2 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 12 April 2013 (CdR2392/2012 fin),
Amendment 18 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas open educational resources improve the quality, accessibility and equity of education and facilitate an interactive, creative, flexible and personalized learning process through the use of ICT and new technologies; whereas open education enhances sustained employability by supporting lifelong learning;
Amendment 38 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas, despite high overall levels of youth unemployment, certain sectors such as the ICT and health care sectors have increasing difficulty filling vacancies with qualified personnel;
Amendment 43 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas an increasing gap between the qualifications of graduates and the skills requirements of the labour market can be observed in some Member States;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission Communication, in particular its strong focus on combating youth unemployment as well as promoting world-class vocational education and training (VET), flexible learning pathways, including through the promotion of open educational resources, and work-based learning, and addressing the shortages of well-qualified teachers and trainers;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a holistic approach to education and training, reminds that education should also be promoted for its own sake, and highlights the important role of non- formal and informal learning as part of an overall lifelong learning strategy aiming at a socially inclusive knowledge society with strong individuals and active citizens;
Amendment 60 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to prioritise public expenditures in education, training, research and innovation, and recalls that any budget cut in these fields will have a strong negative impact on the economic recoveryinvestment in these areas is essential for the economic recovery and global competitiveness of the Union;
Amendment 80 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a recognition of youth and civil society organisations in the design and implementation of lifelong learning strategies; also highlights their role as complementary educational providers for non-formal and informal learning and volunteering, helping young people to attain both transversal skills and individual personal competences, such as critical thinkeative and critical thinking, sense of initiative, information processing and problem solving, team work and communication, and self-confidence and leadership;
Amendment 87 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to promote the attractiveness of VET and make it an integral part of the education system, and calls for a stronger focus on transversal and basic skills, in particular on entrepreneurial and ICT skills with a strong involvement from the business sector, that help young people to enter the labour market and to create their own businesses;
Amendment 90 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Acknowledges the importance of developing and implementing entrepreneurship education systems across Europe and underlines that students' access to entrepreneurship education varies and is often determined at institution level; thus calls on Member States and local and regional authorities, working with the education institutions, to include elements of entrepreneurship education in the curriculum content in basic education, vocational training and higher education;
Amendment 117 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Acknowledges that poor language skills constitute a major obstacle to the free movement of workers and to the international competitiveness of enterprises in the Union, particularly in areas where European citizens live close to the border of a neighbouring country with a different language; recalls that language learning is deemed to be much more effective at an early age;
Amendment 119 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that the Youth Guarantee Scheme cannot replace structural efforts and reforms which must make the education systems and labour markets in some Member States fit for the challenges of the future;
Amendment 131 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the Communication does not specify any concrete implementation measures for cooperation between the educational sector and different social and business partners; however, calls upon the Member States to improve cooperation between businesses and the educational sector at all levels, with a scope of better linking curricula to the demands of the labour market; welcomes the knowledge alliances and sector skills alliances included in the Commission proposal on the new multiannual programme in the field of education, training, youth, and sport;
Amendment 138 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for more cooperation between educational institutions, the business sector, social partners, and local and regional authorities in order to exchange best practices and, to promote partnerships and to work towards providing quality placements, internships and apprenticeships as a means of transition from education to work;
Amendment 150 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Welcomes the announced Commission initiative 'Opening Up Education' aimed at improving the efficiency, accessibility and equity of education, training and learning systems by strengthening the integration of ICT and new technologies in education and training and calls on all Member States to encourage initiatives to open up education;
Amendment 153 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Urges Member States to improve open access to all educational and scientific materials with an aim of lowering costs for education and research, particularly in light of recent budget cuts in these areas throughout the Union;
Amendment 154 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Notes with concern the wide divergence in available ICT resources and knowledge in schools and higher education institutions between and within the Member States; stresses that the uptake of ICT infrastructure and knowledge should be mainstreamed in all education and training sectors to best equip students for the digital age;
Amendment 158 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls the importance of high-quality teacher education that needs to be complemented with career-long professional training, due in particular to the rapid changes in ICT and digital media, as well as the specificities of entrepreneurship education;
Amendment 191 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses the importance of timely implementation and reporting on the implementation of initiatives aimed at improving the cross-border recognition of qualifications within the Union, in particular the European Qualifications Framework, the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECEVET);
Amendment 44 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the article 167 of the Lisbon Treaty clearly states that "the Union shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity", and therefore encourages actions not only in order to preserve and safeguard the richness of its linguistic heritage as part of its diversity, but also to go a step forward to enhance and promote this heritage in addition to Member States' policies;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the European Union and the Member States to paybe more attentionve to the extreme dangerthreat that many European languages are experiencing, and to commit wholeheartedly to a policy of protection and promotion, that is up to the job of preservshould aim at sustaining the diversity of the Union's linguistic and cultural heritage by supportdeploying ambitious protecactive revitalisation policies within the language communities concerned and supporting the development of a broader consciousness among EU citizens of the linguistic and cultural richness these communities represent;
Amendment 101 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the European Union should support a language policy that enables children to acquire two mother tongueshe endangered language from the very earliest age; points out that such a programme would, as all linguists maintain, help children learn additional languages later on, and that it would offer speakers of traditionalendangered languages practical support in revitalising intergenerational language transmission in areas in which it is dwindling;
Amendment 120 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that a language revitalisation policy is a long-term effort that must be based on a diverse, coordinated scheduleplanning of activities in various fields such as the media, the arts, education (including pre-school education), in particular education (with pre-school and primary school education as a real asset, together with parents' training in the language itself), media programmes (with also the possibility to set up and develop radio and television stations), the arts and in all areas of public life; takes the view that support should be provided for the drawing-up of such schedulprogrammes, for exchanges of good practice among language communities, and for the introduction of assessment procedures;
Amendment 355 #
2013/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to examine the adequacy and flexibility of national generation capacities in the short and long term, and to report on the impact of the applied national measures related to capacity and flexibility assessment and development planning on the internal energy market, taking into account the cross-border aspects of this complementary market design policy;
Amendment 417 #
2013/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States, the Commission and the relevant stakeholders to convert the necessary supporting schemes into transparent, homogeneous and market-driven mechanisms in order to create a common market for requested support features – such as energy efficiency, prosumers, cogeneration, flexibility, renewables and auxiliary services – in a way that ensures their compatibility;
Amendment 448 #
2013/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Calls on the Commission to examine new market designs for the European electricity market, to analyse new cost efficient electricity market designs for the benefit of consumers;
Amendment 97 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. This section shall be without prejudice to the right of the Member States to benefit from fees imposed to ensure the optimal use of radio spectrum resources in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2002/20/EC and to organise and use their radio spectrum for public order, public security and defenc, defence and the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism, both online and offline.
Amendment 936 #
2013/0253(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4
Article 65 – paragraph 4
4. If, after the initial period of time referred to in paragraph 1, the available financial means diminish below the target level specified in paragraph 1, contributions calculated in accordance with Article 66 shall be raised until the target level is reached. Where the available financial means amount to less than half of the target level, the annual contributions shall not be less than one fourth of the target levelhigher than 0.2% of covered deposits.
Amendment 963 #
2013/0253(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1
Article 67 – paragraph 1
1. Where the available financial means are not sufficient to cover the losses, costs or other expenses incurred by the use of the Fund, the Board shall raise in accordance with Article 62 extraordinary ex post contributions from the institutions authorised in the territories of participating Member States, in order to cover the additional amounts. These annual extraordinary contributions shall not exceed 0.2% of covered deposits and shall be allocated between institutions in accordance with the rules set out in Article 66.
Amendment 967 #
2013/0253(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The cumulated amount of annual contributions referred to in Articles 65 to 67 shall not exceed 0.3 % of covered deposits.
Amendment 1008 #
2013/0253(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 4
Article 73 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1037 #
2013/0253(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 1
Article 85 – paragraph 1
From the date of application referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 88, the Fund shall be consideredreplace the resolution financing arrangement of the participating Member States under Title VII of Directive [ ].
Amendment 99 #
2013/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
(b) The marine monitoring service shall provide information on the state and dynamics of physical ocean and marine ecosystems for the global ocean, polar and the European regional areas;
Amendment 100 #
2013/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
(c) The land monitoring service shall provide information in support of the global- to-local environmental monitoring of biodiversity, soil, water, cryosphere, forests and natural resources, as well as in general implementation of environment, agriculture, development, energy, urban planning, infrastructure and transport policies;
Amendment 144 #
2013/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 149 #
2013/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission may be assisted in particular by an expert group (‘User Forum’), consisting of representatives of Copernicus users, with regard to the identification, definition and validation of user requirements and monitoring of users satisfaction.
Amendment 150 #
2013/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
1b. The Commission may be assisted by independent experts, from different areas, related to the scope of Copernicus, from a broad constituency of stakeholders, including representatives of Copernicus Users, and national entities responsible for space, to provide it with the necessary technical and scientific expertise and user feedback.
Amendment 151 #
2013/0164(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
1c. The Copernicus Committee shall be kept fully informed of the expert advice provided to the Commission.
Amendment 41 #
2013/0162(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The scope of this Directive mustshould extend to any cultural object classified as a or defined as being one of the national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value under national legislation or administrative procedures within the meaning of Article 36 of the Treaty. The criterion of falling under one of the categories referred to in the Annex to Directive 93/7/EEC should therefore be removed and thus the Annex itself should be deleted and the criterion of forming an integral part of public collections listed in the inventories of museums, archives and libraries' conservation collections or the inventories of ecclesiastical institutions should also be removed. The diversity of national arrangementsis Directive would thus cover cultural objects such as objects of historical, paleontological, ethnographic, numismatic interest or scientific value, whether or not they form protecting cultural objects is recognised in Article 36 ofart of public or other collection or are single items, provided that they are classified or defined as national treasures. Furthermore, cultural objects classified or defined as national treasures would not have to comply with thresholds related to their age and/or to their financial value to qualify for the Treaty. In this contextturn under this Directive. Taking into account that the diversity of national arrangements for protecting national treasures is recognised in Article 36 of the Treaty, mutual trust, a willingness to cooperate and mutual understanding between Member States are therefore essential.
Amendment 57 #
2013/0162(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
1) ‘Cultural object’ shall mean an object which: is classified or defined by a Member State, before or after its unlawful removal from the territory of athat Member State, amongs one of the ‘national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value’ under national legislation or administrative procedures within the meaning of Article 36 of the Treaty.
Amendment 70 #
2013/0162(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
The possessor may not claim to have acted in good faith and may not claim compensation if he failed to exercise the level of due care and attention required by the circumstances.
Amendment 82 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Longer, higher and/or heavier vehicles may be used in cross- border transport if the two Member States concerned already allow itor wish to allow such vehicles on a permanent basis since Directive 96/53/EC came into force and if the conditions for derogation under Article 4(3), (4) or (5 (4) of the Directive are met. The European Commission has already provided guidance on the application of Article 4 of the Directive. The transport operations referred to in Article 4(4) do not have a significant impact on international competition if the cross- border use remains limited to two Member States where the existing infrastructure and the road safety requirements allSuch vehicles may also be used in cross border transport between Member States and neighbouring Member States where they are already allowed on provisional basis. Provisions to this effect are laid down itn a new Article 4 (7). This balances the Member States’ right under the principle of subsidiarity to decide on transport solutions suited to their specific circumstances with the need to prevent such policies from distorting the internal market. The provisions of Article 4 (4) are clarified in this respect.
Amendment 100 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Using alternative engines that no longer rely only on fossil fuels and are therefore non-polluting or less polluting, such as electric or hybrid engines for heavy-duty vehicles or buses (mainly in urban or suburban environments) generates extra weight which should not be counted at the expense of the effective load of the vehicle so that the road transport sector is not penalised in economic terms. The solutions should also maintain the principle of technological neutrality.
Amendment 147 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(a) The word ‘national’ is deleted from points (a) and (b) of paragraph 12.
Amendment 163 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Transport operations shall be considered to not significantly affect international competition in the transport sector if they take place on the territory of a Member State or, for a cross-border operation, between only two neighbouring Member States who have both adopted measures taken in application of this paragraph, and ifunder this, and if , as regards dimensions, one of the conditions under (a) and (b) is fulfilled:
Amendment 172 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(ba) The following paragraph is added to Article 4: (3a) Commission should come up with a proposal for a harmonised approach for procedures for issuing special permits by competent authorities in different member states and/or regions allowing indivisible loads to circulate.
Amendment 183 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
(5a) The following paragraph 7a. is added to Article 4: 7a. Neighbouring Member States that on a permanent basis since Directive 96/53/EC entered into force allow road transport of goods with vehicles or vehicle combinations with weights and/or dimensions deviating from Annex 1 as provided in Article 4.1 a) and 4.2 a) and, as regards dimensions, in compliance with Article 4 (4) with the addition, as regards cross boarder operations, of deviations from Annex 1 point 1.3, may allow cross boarder operations between them with such vehicles and combinations. Such Member States and neighbouring Member States where longer, heavier or higher vehicles are provisionally allowed may likewise allow cross boarder operations between them on mutual agreement. The Member States will notify the Commission on this procedure.
Amendment 69 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The principle of reciprocity is an important means of counteracting distortion of competition; this principle should apply to companies from third countries that wish to participate in tendering procedures within the Union.
Amendment 204 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 3
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 3
Amendment 249 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Amendment 285 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a c (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a c (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
The following paragraph 3 a is added: “(3a) The Member States may exclude from tendering procedures operators or undertakings where the control belongs directly or indirectly to a person or persons from a third country or third countries if such countries have no provisions which allow for competitive tendering bids for companies from the Member States of the Union or do not provide effective access to their markets. For the purposes of this paragraph, control shall be constituted by rights, contracts or any other means which, either separately or in combination and having regards to the considerations of fact or law involved, confer the possibility of exercising decisive influence on an undertaking, in particular by: (a) ownership or the right to use all or part of the assets of an undertaking; (b) rights or contracts which confer decisive influence on the composition, voting or decisions of the organs of an undertaking.”
Amendment 331 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Amendment 91 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) This Directive is not intended to place any additional direct or indirect financial burden on Member States or local and regional authorities. Member States may implement this Directive in a cost-neutral way as regards their national budgets, making use of a wide range of regulatory and non-regulatory incentives, in close cooperation with private-sector actors, who should play a leading role in supporting the development of alternative fuels infrastructure.
Amendment 150 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive establishes a common framework of measures for the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in the Union in order to break the oil dependence of transport and sets out minimum requirements on alternative fuels infrastructure build-up and common technical specifications, including recharging points for electric vehicles and refuelling points for natural gas (LNG and CNG) and hydrogen. The Directive also establishes measures through national policy frameworks which will help promote fungible fuels that do not require new infrastructure.
Amendment 161 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 – indent 4
Article 2 – point 1 – indent 4
– synthetic and paraffinic fuels,
Amendment 164 #
Amendment 184 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– a regional level assessment of the state and future development of alternative fuels;
Amendment 204 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. National policy frameworks shall consider high quality drop-in fuels which do not demand any new infrastructure as preferred options.
Amendment 227 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may depart from the requirement in paragraph 1 if: - regional circumstances, such as climate, sparse population, geographical location, distances and traffic flows, indicate the requirement is not reasonable compared to its benefits; -the requirement cannot be achieved in a cost-effective way; -the objective of this Directive can be reached otherwise by prioritising some other alternative fuel, infrastructure or technology; - the technical development of fuels, vehicles or transportation methods indicate that the requirement becomes unreasonable compared to its benefits; - other regional circumstances indicate the requirement is clearly not suitable for a specific region.
Amendment 294 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States can depart from the requirement in paragraph 1 if: - regional circumstances, such as climate, sparse population, geographical location, distances and traffic flows, indicate the requirement is not reasonable compared to its benefits; -the requirement cannot be achieved in a cost-effective way; -the objective of this Directive can be reached otherwise by prioritising some other alternative fuel, infrastructure or technology; - the technical development of fuels, vehicles or transportation methods indicate that the requirement becomes unreasonable compared to its benefits; - other regional circumstances indicate the requirement is clearly not suitable for a specific region.
Amendment 339 #
2013/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 3 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that protecting minors from exposure to online gambling should remain a major policy objective; underlines the need to implement EU-wide standards forstrict and reliable age and identity verifications to prevent underage gamblers from accessing remote gambling products;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that almost 2 % of the European population suffers from gambling addiction; is concerned that easy access to online gambling websites is likely to increase this percentage, especially among young people; considers, therefore, that efficient preventive measures should be enforced, such as the implementation of strict deposit limits and loss limits set by the player himself;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in the absence of harmonisation and with due regard to the principle of subsidiarity, the Member States maintain a margin of discretionhave the right to regulate online gambling in accordance with their own values and pursued objectives of general interest;
Amendment 43 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas currentlybecause of its specific nature and in application of the subsidiarity principle, the supply of online gambling services is not subject to sector- specific regulation at European Union level, remaining –and gambling has been excluded from secondary legislation such as the E- commerce, the Services, and the Consumer Rights Directives, while remaining, nevertheless –, subject to a number of EU secondary legislative acts;
Amendment 58 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed that the provision of games of chance or gambling is an economic activity, which consequently falls within the scope of of a special nature, where therefore restrictions to the fundamental freedoms of the TFEU, notably the free movement of services, and any restrictions imposed thereto need to comply with those provided for by the TFEU, notably under Articles 51 and 52may be justified by overriding reasons in the public interest such as consumer protection, prevention of fraud or preservation of public order;
Amendment 70 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the risks involved in terms of consumer protection, fraud prevention and law enforcement against illegal activities, such as money laundering and match fixing, require coordinated action at EU leveleffective action;
Amendment 72 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas it is essential to introduce mechanisms for scrutinising sports competitions and financial flows, along with common supervisory mechanisms at the EU level;
Amendment 75 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls upon all sports governing bodies to commit to good governance practices in order to reduce the risk of falling victim to match-fixing;
Amendment 77 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a comprehensive overview of the online gambling market,sector in terms of information and data regarding domestic and cross-border, intra-EU and global, authorised and unauthorised offer, is currently missing;
Amendment 80 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 86 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that match fixing is criminalised in all Member States and that the main shortcomings in relation to the prosecution of match-fixing cases are of an operational nature. Therefore encourages Member States to produce legislation specifically suited to fight match-fixing at a national level;
Amendment 93 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a general ban to prevent sportspersons and organisers of sporting events from placing bets on their own matches or events; in this context, emphasises also strict and reliable Member State level age and identity verifications systems;
Amendment 107 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that the, in application of the subsidiarity principle, Member States have the right to determine how the offer of online gambling services is to be organised and regulated, atnd the national levelright to enforce measures against illegal gambling services, while observing the basic EU Treaty principles;
Amendment 120 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 141 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to continue to carry out effective checks on compliance with EU law of national laws and practices, and to take legal action against gambling monopolies that do not reduce gambling opportunities or limit promotional activities for gambling in a consistent manner, in line with CJEU case-law;
Amendment 161 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the risks associated withat a general prohibition of online gambling services and withor excessive restrictions for consumers; calls on the Commission andn pose, and highlights the balance theat Member States to weigh, as part of the work of the group of experts on gambling services,need to find between the social costs of permitting regulated gambling activities againstversus the harmful effects of consumers resorting to illicit markets;
Amendment 172 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that Member States that open up their online gambling market must provide for a transparent procedure based on objective and non- discriminatory criteria,' online gambling sector must be in full compliance with EU law;
Amendment 188 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the expert group on gambling services and on the Commission to facilitate, as much as possible, the flow of data between regulators in the exchange of information among Member States in order to allow for the establishment of a common system for identifying players and to makesharing of best practices for example on obligatory reliable identification of players, enforcement measures against illegal operators as well as white lists and black lists and self- exclusion mechanisms applicable throughout the EU;
Amendment 219 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance for theof this expert group to work towards removing unnecessary administrative burdens that prevent legal online operators from offering their services to consumersas a step forward towards a cooperation between Member States and the Commission;
Amendment 231 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the competent national regulatory authorities should be able to agree on equivalence clausexchange good practices that would facilitate the application of national licenses, including agreement on technical standards foron technical standards and gaming equipment; and calls on the competent national regulatory authorities to introduce a regulatory principle whereby a gambling equipment; company can only operate (or bid for the required national licence) in one Member State if it does not operate in contravention of the law in any other Member State;
Amendment 247 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Agrees with the Commission that a fairproperly regulated offer of gambling services is necessary for consumer protection, because in its absence consumers are more likely to turn to unreliableillegal gambling websiteoperators;
Amendment 267 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to continue to explore measures at the EU levelactions to protect vulnerable consumers, including formalised cooperation between regulators, and the introduction of an online trustmark for legal operatornational competent authorities;
Amendment 273 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Commission to study what could be done to stop the practice that some companies based in another Member State market online-gambling services for example via satellite-tv or advertisement campaigns in a Member State where they are not licensed to offer their services;
Amendment 300 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to consider legislationexplore with Member States to create an EU-widenational self- exclusion register,s accessible by national authorities and licensed gambling operators, so that any customer who chooses to exclude him- or herselfself- excluding from one gambling operator has the opportunity to be automatically self- excluded from all other licensed gambling operators;
Amendment 320 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the workshop agreement published in February 2011 by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)1 could serve as self-regulatory initiatives can serve as contributions for identifying the content of common standards; reaffirms its position that, in as sensitive an area basis for identifying the content of common standard gambling, industry self- regulation can only complement but not replace national regulations;
Amendment 333 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that common standards for online gambling should address the rights and obligations of both the service provider and the consumer, including by means of measures tothe forthcoming European Commission Recommendations on consumer protection and advertising common standards for online gambling should include enforcement measures that Member States need to put in place for ensureing a high level of protection for players, particularly minors and other vulnerable persons, and the prevention of misleading advertisements as well as the prohibition of advertising by illegal operators;
Amendment 355 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends the introduction of uniform and pan-European common standards forexchange of best practices between Member States on electronic identification and cross border e-verification services; notes that the different registration procedures across the EU undermine regulated operators, and can push consumersas well as on enforcement measures such as the blacklisting and the banning of illegal websites, definition of safe and traceable payment solutions and banning measures for transactions in order to ensure that consumers cannot turn into the hands of illegal operators;, calls, therefore, on Member States for registration and identification procedures to be streamlined and made more efficient;
Amendment 361 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of funding from gambling for public interest causes, calls for the specific features and the sustainable contributions from lotteries to society to be recognised and taken into account in any coordinated approach at EU level;
Amendment 366 #
2012/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for the strict regulation or the prohibition, after an evaluation conducted at the level of each Member State, of dangerous forms of gambling;
Amendment 373 #
2012/2322(INI)
17. Stresses the fact that online gambling is a non-cash-based environment and that – given the dependency on third-party financial service providers –consumer / card not present (CNP) environment and therefore additional safeguards against money laundering canneed to be found in the EU's regulatory framework for establishing and licensing financial service providersservice providers procedures such as a reliable electronic identification at registration phase;
Amendment 91 #
2012/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it necessary to strengthen the links between training institutions, including universities, and CCS companies to create knowledge alliances and sector skills alliances to ensure greater synergies and ensure a better match between the supply of education and training and these sectors' specific skills requirements;
Amendment 95 #
2012/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Encourages the Commission to set up knowledge alliances between higher education and businesses in the field of CCS;
Amendment 96 #
2012/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Encourages the Commission to set up sector skills alliances between vocational education and training and businesses in the field of CCS;
Amendment 133 #
2012/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 146 #
2012/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages EU institutions to secure an ambitious level for the new MEDIA strand in the MFF (2014-2020);
Amendment 357 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underscores the need for closer cooperation on energy policy with the EU's neighbouring countries; emphasises that in the Mediterranean region, in particular, there is great potential for electricity generation from RES; highlights the potential of projects such as Desertec und Helios, and of the further development of hydropower in Norway and Switzerland, and advancing the use of private financing tools such as the Co-op Model used by Finland in its commitment to a carbon- neutral future;
Amendment 378 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is concerned that R&D has been neglected in certain branches of the renewable energy sector, leading, in some cases, to commercial problems; underscores that alongside innovative new technologies is the need for investment in the further development of existing technologies in order to susretain or achieve competitivityeness;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to promote a new paradigm of viewing ageing as an opportunity for the future rather than a burden on society; however, emphasises that this opportunity should not be limited to technical (ICT) innovations and itstheir potential for the internal market, for EU industries and enterprises; believes it should also include a clear and unambiguous strategy to promote and formally recognise the value of older people, the value of their experience and of their contribution to society;
Amendment 32 #
2012/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the Commission's proposal to increase the average number of HLY (Healthy Life Years) by two years as part of the objectives of Horizon 2020; however, emphasises that to achieve this ambitious goal a life-course perspective should be applied; stresses that appropriate mechanisms should be developed so as to fully incorporate overarching policy issues into the equation, such as social security and social protection, employment and economic policies, gender equality and lack of discrimination;
Amendment 62 #
2012/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the Commission's approach in regard to health promotion through integrated programs, however, stresses that these programs should be evidence-based (reflecting the actual and future needs of the ageing population); furthermore, emphasises that these programs should incorporate an appropriate approach in regard to issues that are not (entirely or directly) linked to an individual's behaviour, such as, environmental conditions (air quality, noise reduction, waste management), health and safety at work (age-management, attention to ergonomics), and consumer goods (food safety);
Amendment 81 #
2012/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Commission's ambition in regard to eHealth, making it a significant and substantial aspect of future care and cure systems; however, points out that the impact of pure technological and virtual solutions on overall health outcomes, including psychological well-being, will be limited if such solutions are to replace human interaction, that is, as in a face-to- face approach between patients and health care professionals;
Amendment 87 #
2012/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges the Commission's intention to contribute to making care and cure systems more cost-efficient; however, emphasises that the continuous increase of overall (health) care costs cannot be attributed to population ageing only; furthermore, stresses that the burden of these costs are beingshould not be put on the individual, increasingly so alone, creating a vicious circle in which people's health and well-being are being put at risk as they are compelled to reallocate their often limited resources or when they have to postpone, abandon or even restrain from treatment, assistance and adequate nutrition, which can in turn lead to ever greater health-care costs to both the individual and society;
Amendment 122 #
2012/2258(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Supports the Commission's approach in regard to age-friendly innovations; however, invites the Commission to ensure that these innovations are end-user- oriented and user-friendly; hence, invites the Commission to develop a methodology through which the current and future needs of older people can be evaluated, since features adapted to older people's needs are proven to be generally to the advantage of youngerall generations as well;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas technological convergence means that consumers will in future distinguish less and less between linear and non-linear services;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the goal should be a level playing field, as the different levels of regulation for linear and non-linear services are no longer recognisable for consumers and this can therefore lead to distortions of competition;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the on-going technological changeonvergence means thave madet controlling the protection of minors can even more pressing and challenging issueno longer be guaranteed without the unreasonable curtailment of Internet freedom; relies therefore on players to commit themselves to ensuring a high level of protection for minors, which can also serve as an indication of quality for consumers;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the expansion of the audiovisual media services markets with the development of hybrid services has amplified concerns over a wide range ofgives cause to review issues, such as competition, intellectual property rights, the evolution of existing and the emergence of new forms of audiovisual commercial communications, and overlay advertising which challenges programme integrity and puts into questionachieving a level playing field, the protection of intellectual property, new forms of audiovisual commercial communications, advertising restrictions and the protection of minors; the adequacy and effectiveness of the AVMSD, as well as its relationship with other instruments of EU law must be called into question;
Amendment 85 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to reflect on how the basic requirements of the AVMSD applicable to non-linear services can be extended to other online content and services which are currently out of its scope, andor what steps need to be taken to create a level playing field for all operators; calls on the Commission to present to Parliament the results of its reflections no later than 31 December 2013;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2131(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, while the EU can expect to receive a steady inflow of migrants, it has to compete globally for the best brainsto attract and retain talent;
Amendment 76 #
2012/2131(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for language and integration programmes to cover the history, values and principles of European democracy and the rule of law, highlighting the importance of European remembrance, the role of women, minority rights and the rights of LGBT people;
Amendment 158 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BS
Recital BS
BS. whereas the respect for the rights of persons belonging to minorities is explicitly recognised among the values referred to in Article 2 TEU and the Union is committed to promoting these values and combating social exclusion, racism, anti- Semitism and discrimination;
Amendment 161 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BT
Recital BT
BT. whereas the responsibility of Member States to ensure that the fundamental rights of all are respected, irrespective of their ethnicity or belief, covers all levels of public administration as well as the law enforcement authorities and also implies actively promoting tolerance and firmly condemning phenomena such as racial violence and hate speech, anti-Semitic and anti-Roma hate speech, particularly when it is expressed in official or public forums including in the Hungarian parliament;
Amendment 167 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BW
Recital BW
BW. whereas, although intolerance against the members of Roma and Jewish communities is not a problem solely associated with Hungary and other Member States are faced with the same predicament, recent events have raised concerns as to the increase in anti-Roma and anti-Semitic discoursehate speech in Hungary;
Amendment 300 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Notes that the Hungarian Parliament has enacted legislation in criminal and civil areas to combat racial incitement and hate speech;, points out, however, that legislation on its own cannot achieve the goal of creating a society free from intolerance and discrimination throughout Europe, especially when it is not being actively implemented;
Amendment 304 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Underlines that the authorities in all Member States have a positive obligation to act to avoid violation of the rights of persons belonging to minorities and, cannot remain neutral and should take the necessary legal, educational and political measures when faced with such violations;
Amendment 487 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 – indent 20
Paragraph 61 – indent 20
– to take positive action and effective measures to ensure that the fundamental rights of all persons, including persons belonging to minorities, are respected;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that differing geographical conditions make it impossible to apply a ‘one-size-fits-all’ energy policy to all regions; believes that each European region should be allowed to pursue an individual plan geared to its situation and economy, developing those energy sources which can fulfil the Energy Roadmap 2050 goals most effectively; recalls that renewable energy generation in particular has a key role to play in terms of development and employment in rural areas; calls, therefore, on the Commission to adopt the strategy of regional energy specialisation; believes that, on the basis of such specialisation, the EU should move to measuring European energy objectives on an EU-wide scale in place of national targets.
Amendment 90 #
2012/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that it is in the competence of each Member State to define its own energy mix; acknowledges that the Energy Roadmap 2050 complements national, regional and local efforts to modernise energy supply; acknowledges, therefore, the need for Member States to work together on the basis of common objectives, as well as the important role to be played by the EU; urges the Member States and the Commission to continue to pursue options which can meet the EU’s decarbonisation objective in an economically efficient, safe and sustainable way, and to continue with efforts to fully tap the potential for cost-effective energy savings, supported, inter alia, by available Union financial instruments; stresses that flexible, innovative public and private funding and investment solutions are central to the development and production of new energy sources; recognises, at the same time, the merits of developing a coordinated and, where appropriate, common European approach;
Amendment 212 #
2012/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that a more European approach to renewable policy is key in the medium to long term; encourages Member States to work together in order to optimise the cost efficiency of renewables expansion and to ensure that investments are made where they will be most productive and efficient, taking into account the specific characteristics of Member States; highlights, in this context, the Commission’s important role as a facilitator; points out that renewables will, in the long term, move to the centre of the energy mix in Europe, as they progress from technology development to mass production and deployment, from small- scale to larger-scale – integrating local and more remote sources – and from subsidised to competitive; emphasises that the changing nature of renewables requires changes in policy to be made with a view to achieving greater market integration; highlights the need for support schemes to be phased out as technologies and supply chains mature and market failures are resolved; points to the importance of sustainably produced bio-based renewable energy sources, for example wood, in a low-carbon society and low-carbon energy production; points out that decentralised renewable energy generation in particular has a key role to play in terms of development and employment in rural areas;
Amendment 387 #
2012/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that optimal, safe and sustainable use of domestic and regional energy resources, and the competitiveness of infrastructure necessary for the stable supply of domestic or imported energy, including refining, can contribute to increased energy security;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages the EU to play an active role in raising awareness of the contribution enterprises can give to society through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the field of culture and, education, sport and youth;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists, that in order to ensure that the implementation of the new EU CSR strategy promotes society's interests, the respect for human rights, and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery and developmentgrowth, that the legislative proposal on the mandatory disclosure of non- financial information (including environmental, social, and governance information) ofby companies ensures transparency by providing a clear, unambiguous, common and predetermined framework. with specific reference to human rights, thatand which is fully aligned with the UN Guiding Principles and, based on objective indicators, such as the gender pay gap, and indicatoryouth wages and reporting guidelines referring to disability;
Amendment 32 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the European award scheme for CSR partnerships between enterprises and others stakeholders, including educational institutions and sports organisations as an important step in raising the visibility of CSR;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages the EU to play an active role in raising awareness of the contribution enterprises can give to society through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the field of culture and, education, sport and youth;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists, that in order to ensure that the implementation of the new EU CSR strategy promotes society's interests, the respect for human rights, and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery and developmentgrowth, that the legislative proposal on the mandatory disclosure of non- financial information (including environmental, social, and governance information) ofby companies ensures transparency by providing a clear, unambiguous, common and predetermined framework. with specific reference to human rights, thatand which is fully aligned with the UN Guiding Principles and, based on objective indicators, such as the gender pay gap, and indicatoryouth wages and reporting guidelines referring to disability;
Amendment 32 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the European award scheme for CSR partnerships between enterprises and others stakeholders, including educational institutions and sports organisations as an important step in raising the visibility of CSR;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that the definition of CSR set out in the Commission communication, which reflects the new approach first adopted by the Commission in the Multi-stakeholder Forum in 2009, provides an indispensable opportunity for inclusivityon and consensus-building, and properly reflects the new consensus reached between business and other stakeholders on this issuee issue of integrating social, environmental, ethical and human rights concerns into business operations thanks to the unanimous agreement of the UN Guiding Principles;
Amendment 61 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Restates its belief in the ‘business case’ for CSR, but reiterates that, where such a case does not apply in the short term in any given situation or company, it can never be used as an excuse for choosacting irresponsibilitly;
Amendment 91 #
2012/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the Multi-stakeholder Forum to consider possible courses of action, such as further integrating CSR into education and training or investing in the research and development of CSR initiatives, in response to the growing casualisation of employment, enforced part-time working in place of full-time employment, the rise in exploitative work through increased sub- contracting and the resurgence of the informal sector, all of which are a result of the economic crisis;
Amendment 61 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that the Commission Communication on ‘Education and Training in smart, sustainable and inclusive Europe’ does not give adequate coverage to the issue of early school development; believes that this stage in education should be seen as the most crucial for the individuals' future educational attainment and development; believes that children will benefit from early education which is aimed at enhancing motoric and social skills as well as promoting balanced emotional growth and maintaining intellectual curiosity;
Amendment 63 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly believes that investing in early childhood education and care (ECEC) designed according to the appropriate sensitivity period and maturity level of each target group, brings greater returns than investment at any other stage; investing in the early years of education has been proven to reduce later costs; believes also that the success of education at all levels depends on well-trained teachers, and consequently sufficient investments are needed in teacher training;
Amendment 73 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the need for the acquirement of language skills since it enables people to be more mobile by significantly increasing opportunities for study, by widening the range of employment opportunities and by making possible meaningful interaction and interchange of ideas;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the push for more powers to block websites, which has always been a means of last resort and is an ineffective method of changing media consumption behaviour, and also legitimises censorship by oppressive regimes; meanwhile, recognizes the need to find new, easily accessible, legal ways of downloading digital contents;
Amendment 98 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
This Directive shall not apply to snus in Sweden, in accordance with Article 151 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
Amendment 160 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of tobacco products with a characterising flavour. This shall not apply in respect of the placing on the market of snus in Sweden, in accordance with Article 151 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
Amendment 1158 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The following nNicotine-containing products may only be placed on the market if they were authorised pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC:.
Amendment 1177 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1189 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1203 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1219 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to update the nicotine quantities set out in paragraph 1any need for regulation of the threshold nicotine quantity which may subsequently manifest itself taking into account scientific and research developments and marketing authorisations granted to nicotine- containing products pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC.
Amendment 1228 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Amendment 96 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Where pasture or agricultural land previously destined for the food, feed and fibre markets is diverted to biofuel production, the non-fuel demand will still need to be satisfied either through intensification of current production or by bringing non-agricultural land into production elsewhere. The latter case represents indirect land-use change and when it involves the conversion of high carbon stock land it can lead to significant greenhouse gas emissions. Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC should therefore include provisions to address indirect land use change given that current biofuels are mainly produced from crops grown on existing agricultural land. The aim of this Directive should be to tackle these problems and promote the use of non- food feedstocks as biofuel feedstocks.
Amendment 140 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of bio-based industrial sectors, and in line with the 2012 Communication "Innovating for Sustainable growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe" and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, promoting integrated and diversified biorefineries across Europe, enhanced incentives under Directive 2009/28/EC should be set in a way that gives preference to the use of biomass feedstocks that do not have a high economic value for other uses than second generation and advanced biofuels.
Amendment 192 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Forests provide a wide variety of environmental, economic and social benefits and services of key importance to humanity, such as maintaining biodiversity, providing low emission feedstocks and ecosystem functions and protecting the climate system. Sustainability criteria for forest-based biomass already exists in RES-directive and the European Commission will also make further recommendations concerning the sustainability criteria for solid biomass in order to address the concerns regarding the growing demand of imported wood biomass. EU Member States have the relevant instruments and regulations in place which safeguard the sustainability of forest biomass. In order to avoid double regulation and bureaucratic burden it is not necessary to define new sustainability criteria for forest biomass in this directive.
Amendment 404 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the following paragraph 4a is added: "4a. With a view to meeting the target set in paragraph 4, Member States shall ensure that by 2020 the share of renewable energy in aviation amounts to at least 1% of the overall energy consumption of the transport sector."
Amendment 533 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – title
Annex IX – part A – title
Part A. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referrAn extended list of advanced biofuels. The biofuels coming from the following feed sto in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be four times their energy contentck will be considered advanced biofuels:
Amendment 537 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point a
Annex IX – part A – point a
(a) Algae (autotrophic).
Amendment 542 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point b
Annex IX – part A – point b
(b) Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste, including separated biowaste, but not other separated household waste and waste paper subject to recycling targets under Article 11(2)(a) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives.
Amendment 547 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point c
Annex IX – part A – point c
(c) Biomass fraction of industrial waste, waste from the retail and wholesale trade and process residues.
Amendment 553 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point f
Annex IX – part A – point f
(f) Palm oil mill effluent, spent bleaching earth oil, sludge palm oil and empty palm fruit bunches.
Amendment 556 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point g
Annex IX – part A – point g
(g) TBlack liquor and its derivatives, such as crude sulphate soap, lignin, crude tall oil and tall oil pitch.
Amendment 564 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n
Annex IX – part A – point n
(n) Bark, branchesTimber harvesting residues, such as bark, branches, crown mass, small-sized wood, leaves, saw dust and cutter shavings.
Amendment 566 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n
Annex IX – part A – point n
(n) Bark, branches, thinnings, leaves, saw dust and cutter shavings.
Amendment 573 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n a (new)
Annex IX – part A – point n a (new)
(na) Used cooking oil.
Amendment 576 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n b (new)
Annex IX – part A – point n b (new)
(nb) Animal fats classified as category I and II in accordance with EC/1774/2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption1. __________________ 1 OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1
Amendment 579 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n c (new)
Annex IX – part A – point n c (new)
(nc) Non-food cellulosic material.
Amendment 582 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n b (new)
Annex IX – part A – point n b (new)
(nb) Ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer logs.
Amendment 583 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n d (new)
Annex IX – part A – point n d (new)
(nd) Ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer logs.
Amendment 585 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n e (new)
Annex IX – part A – point n e (new)
(ne) Triglycerides, free fatty acids and fatty distillates and off-specification oils from oleochemical, biodiesel, vegetable oil refining, food processing and animal fat rendering industries.
Amendment 586 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n f (new)
Annex IX – part A – point n f (new)
(nf) Animal fats not intended for human consumption.
Amendment 587 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n g (new)
Annex IX – part A – point n g (new)
(ng) Technical corn oil.
Amendment 591 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part B – title
Annex IX – part B – title
Amendment 598 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part B – point a
Annex IX – part B – point a
Amendment 602 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part B – point b
Annex IX – part B – point b
Amendment 608 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part B – point c
Annex IX – part B – point c
Amendment 616 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part B – point d
Annex IX – part B – point d
Amendment 65 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The European Capital of Culture title should continue to be reserved to cities, but in order to reach a wider public and amplify the impacts, these cities should also continue to have the possibility to involve their surrounding region, remembering that the small size of a city should not in itself be a hindrance to the granting of the title.
Amendment 95 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The competition for the European Capital of Culture title shall only be open to cities, of all sizes. Candidate cities may involve their surrounding regions. However, the applications shall be made under the name of the leading city and, if selected, the title will be awarded to this city.
Amendment 109 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the application has notable cross-party political support;
Amendment 27 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) To enable the automotive industry to carry out long-term investments and innovation it is desirable to provide indications of how this Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 should be amended for the period beyond 2020. These indications should be based on an assessment of the necessary rate of reduction in line with the Union's long term climate goals and the implications for the development of cost effective CO2 reducing technology for cars. It is therefore desirable for these aspects to be reviewed, the Commission to make a report and if appropriate proposals made for targets beyond 2020. The report shall take into consideration CO2 emissions over the whole life cycle of cars (including manufacture and end-of-life).
Amendment 108 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the collecting society regularly and diligently distributes and pays amounts due to all rightholders it represents. The collecting society shall carry out such distribution and payments without undue delay and no later than 126 months from the end of the financial year in which the rights revenue was collected, unless objective reasons related in particular to reporting by users, the identification of rights, rightholders or to the matching of information on works and other subject matter with rightholders prevent the collecting society from respecting this deadline. The collecting society shall carry out such distribution and payments accurately, ensuring equal treatment of all categories of rightholders.
Amendment 117 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Licensing terms shall be based on objectiveequal and non-discriminatory criteria, in particular in relation to tariffs.
Amendment 298 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the collecting societyve management organisation regularly and diligently distributes and pays amounts due to all rightholders it represents. The collecting societyve management organisation shall carry out such distribution and payments no later than 12six months from the end of the financial year in which the rights revenue was collected, unless objective reasons related in particular to reporting by users, the identification of rights, rightholders or to the matching of information on works and other subject matter with rightholders prevent the collecting society from respecting this deadline. The collecting society shall carry out such distribution and payments accurately, ensuring equal treatment of all categories of rightholders.
Amendment 301 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Where the amounts due to rightholders cannot be distributed, after fivthree years from the end of the financial year in which the collection of the rights revenue occurred, or earlier where national legislation provides for a shorter period, and provided that the collecting societyve management organisation has taken all necessary measures to identify and locate the rightholders, the collecting societyve management organisation shall decide on the use of the amounts concerned in accordance with Article 7(5)(b), without prejudice to the right of the rightholder to claim such amounts from the collecting societyve management organisation.
Amendment 4 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the digital age offers great opportunities for creating and disseminating works for artists in the broad sense, but also presents enormous challenges for exploiters of author's rights who rely on analogue business models;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas market progress in many ways has created the necessary growth and cultural content in line with the objectives of the single market;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas there is more consumer- content available today than ever before;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas changes to the legal framework that would facilitate thea less bureaucratic acquisition of rights would encourage the free movement of works in the EU and help to strengthen the European audiovisual industry;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas it is essential to ensure the development of attractive and diverse legal online content and to make ifurther facilitate and ensure easy distribution of such content by keeping obstacles to licensing, including cross border licensing, at an absolute minimum, also stresses the importance of making content easier to use for consumers, particularly as regards payment;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas there can be no sustainable creation or cultural diversity in the absence of authors' rights thatauthors' rights are a useful legal tool to protect and reward creators;
Amendment 57 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the effectiveness of collective management companies and collecting societies needs to be improved by introducing measures aimed at increasing their transparency and good governance by ensuring competition between collective rights management companies and collecting societies across borders, to facilitate the completion of Europe's Digital Single Market;
Amendment 62 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Amendment 65 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Amendment 78 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of offering content with subtitles in as many languages as possible, especially with regards to video on demand services;
Amendment 84 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that release windows should be made more flexible for works that are made available exclusively online;
Amendment 85 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that release windows should be made more flexible for works that are made available exclusively online; and that rights holders should be able to decide freely when they want to launch the products on different platforms;
Amendment 117 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for Internet users to be afforded greater legal certainty when using streamed services, but suggests that consideration should be given to how to block access to pay platforms offering unauthorised services; underlines that decisions to block sites should solely be undertaken after a court judgement has approved such a decision;
Amendment 5 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas ‘volunteering’ means activities, including formal, non-formal, informal and vocational training, which are undertaken voluntarily, on the basis of a person's own free will, choice and motivation, and without concern for financial gain, which benefit the individual volunteer, communities and society as a whole;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the economic crisis and political and economic factors have an impact on sustainable funding and fundraising for voluntary activities;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas many volunteer led projects and organisations do not have the resources to access and secure funding under existing EU programmes due to excessive red tape and bureaucracy;
Amendment 45 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States to recognise the benefits of participating in cross-border volunteer activities to provide citizens with new skills, contributing to their employability, mobility and strengthening the development of social inclusion and to support cooperation between organisers of voluntary activities in EU countries to promote the mobility of young volunteers across Europe, with the aim of fostering mutual intercultural enrichment;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the need to ensure that high- quality volunteering is developed, both nationally and at cross-border level, through a structured framework of comprehensive information and appropriate training for volunteers which includes current best practice;
Amendment 58 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission and the national, regional and local authorities and the various civil society organisations to improve information networks in order to make everyone aware of volunteering opportunities, to tackle barriers to participation, to enhance access to volunteering best practice and the promotion of cooperation across borders;
Amendment 61 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Therefore proposes that a centralised EU portal be created, to include a best practice volunteer resources bank, a section on cross-border volunteering, with information abouton the programmes available, their costs and the conditions for participation, allowing for an exchange of information on administrative burdens, the legal and fiscal aspects of volunteering, barriers encountered in accessing programmes and the best ways to tackle them;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give a high profile to volunteering in sport, particularly at the grassroots level, to acknowledge the important role played by volunteer led sporting organisations in strengthening culture, promoting social inclusion and enhancing communities, and to reduce the barriers to sports volunteering across the EU;
Amendment 80 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to address in the ‘European Skills Passport’ the need for a cohesive and transferable approach to proper screening and vetting of volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable members of society;
Amendment 84 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to develop mechanisms for validating non-formal and formal learning outcomes, which will improve the value and transferability of the skills acquired outside formal education; and lead to a formalised recognition of the cross-skilling and competences acquired through volunteering;
Amendment 86 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Proposes that a training and qualifications framework for volunteer coaches and coach education be established and incorporated in the European Qualifications Framework in order to advance the mobility of volunteer coaches and to enhance the transferability of skills and competences developed through volunteering;
Amendment 101 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission, in particular, to to secure the lasting legacy of the European Year of Volunteering (EYV) 2011 by ensureing that volunteering projects are included in all new funding programmes;
Amendment 103 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that information on available funding and the relevant programmes is freely available to volunteer led projects and the application procedures are not made inaccessible due to excessive red tape;
Amendment 107 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recommends that the Commission and the Member States maintain a synergy between 2011 and future years, by integrating the volunteering dimension, which is an expression of active citizenship that promotes social integration, including that of older citizens, within both the European Year for Active Ageing (2012) and the proposed European Year of Citizens (2013) and in continuation with this theme suggests to make 2014 the European Year for Sport;
Amendment 111 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends that the Commission maintain the useful contact points set up both with ‘EYV 2011 Alliance’, which includes many civil society volunteering and networking organisations, and with the national coordinating bodies, strategic partners and spokesmen of the national governments in this sector, given the large variety of bodies responsible for volunteering in the EU and encourages these contact points to engage with the proposed centralised EU Portal, as a pan European platform, to facilitate further coordination and increased cross border activity;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2246(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that free and independent media are one of the foundations of democracy and the rule of law; notes the role of free media and the free exchange of information in the democratic transformations taking place in non- democratic regimes; calls on the Commission to support, in ways appropriate to each situation, those independent media whose activities are restricted by authoritarian regimes;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas NGOs, associations monitoring media freedom, the Council of Europe and OSCE, as well as EP studies and resolutions, have reported on and warned against the threats posed to the media by governments, including some in the European Union11 ;
Amendment 44 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas, with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Charter of Fundamental Rights has become binding; whereas the Charter is the first international document that explicitly states that ‘the freedom and pluralism of the media shall be respected’ (Article 11(2)); whereas the Treaties provide the EU with a mandate and powers to ensure that all fundamental rights are protected in the European Union, notably on the basis of Articles 2 and 7 of the TEU;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the devising of procedures and mechanisms for the selection and appointment of media heads, management boards, media councils and regulatory bodies that are transparent, based on merit and indisputable experience and that ensure professionalism, integrity, independence, consensus across the political and social spectrum and continuity, instead of political or partisan criteria in the framework of a spoilreward system linked to the results of elections or the will of those in power;
Amendment 127 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of ensuring the independence of journalists, both from internal pressures from editors or owners and externally from political or economic lobbies or other interest groups; highlights the fact that the right of access to documents and information is fundamental and calls for the full protection of the confidentiality of sources principle and for the strict application of the European Court of Human Rights case-law in this area, including in relation to whistle-blowing; calls for journalists to be protected from threats and violence, as investigative journalists are often threatened as a result of their activities; highlights the need to support and promote investigative journalism and to promote ethical journalism in the media by developing professional standards and appropriate redress procedures, so that media freedom does not lead to licence for calculated insult and negative misrepresentation;
Amendment 57 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that the priorities set up within the Bologna process represent the conditions necessary to guarantee that every student enrolled in a European university has the right to graduate and to see his qualification recognised in any EU country, with the goal of creating a genuine European University Citizenship;
Amendment 204 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Encourages the establishment of an effective Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education Area, following the example of the Bologna ProcessConsiders the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) created by the Bologna Process to be progressive; calls therefore for a Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education Area to be incorporated into this existing structure; calls on the European Commission to support the Euro- Mediterranean University (EMUNI);
Amendment 7 #
2011/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that macro-regions provide an environment conducive to the involvement of local political stakeholders and non- governmental stakeholders, as these regions foster the development of effective coordination systems which facilitate bottom-up approaches with a view to ensuring the meaningful involvement of civil society in policy tical decision-making;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of the Mediterranean as a decentralised area of cooperation in strengthening cross-regional policydecision-making and the sharing of good practices, not least concerning democracy, ecology and cultural and educational partnerships;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2178(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to develop open courseware at European educational institutions, to exchange best practices and to develop online platforms for collaboration on school education materials, free for students and open for editing (with a possible restriction to qualified personnel);
Amendment 45 #
2011/2178(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to integrate digital literacy and associated transversal skills into education systems.
Amendment 15 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Affirms that the EU programmes for young people have had a great impact on enhancing educational opportunities for youth; appeals to the Member States, therefore, to enable students from ENP countries to have access to education in Europe; recalls the importance of making exchange programmes reciprocal, so that European young people can also have the opportunity of receiving education in countries participating in the ENP;
Amendment 87 #
2011/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that although excellence is considered the main generalthe main overarching principle and criterion for R&D funding, but it must be borne in mind that the nature of excellence differs with the type of participant or the very nature of the research and innovation project (the excellence criterion for a research institution is not the same as for an individual researcher or for an SME, and also differs between fundamental and applied projects);
Amendment 35 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that ESL is more common among boys than girls and is more common in certain minority groups such as Roma;
Amendment 125 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages Member States to invest in teacher training and generally in qualified and well-trained staff for both preschool and compulsory education; suggests that teaching assistants be employed in schools to work with struggling pupils and to assist classroom teachers in their work;
Amendment 135 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the importance of appropriate class and group sizes and a stimulating learning environment for young people;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas sport is a competence of the EU under the Treaty of Lisbon aiming to promote fairness and openness in sporting competitions, cooperation between the bodies responsible for sport, protecting the physical and moral integrity of sports people, enhancing the health, social, cultural and economic benefits of sport and requires appropriate financial and policy support,
Amendment 13 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas EU Sports Policy must be developed to address and support the aims and objectives of both professional and amateur sports,
Amendment 15 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the support and promotion of sport for people with intellectual or physical disabilities should be a priority in the EU considering its important role in delivering social inclusion, public health and volunteerism across borders,
Amendment 46 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas traditional and grassroots sporting organisations play a key role in strengthening culture, promoting social inclusion and enhancing communities,
Amendment 47 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas a key motivating factor behind citizen involvement in sport and physical activity is to improve personal health and well-being,
Amendment 71 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
- 1a.Urges the European Commission to propose a dedicated and ambitious budget for sports policy under the future MFF given the public health, social, cultural and economic benefits of sport;
Amendment 74 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of encouraging participation in sports activities in schools and universitieseducational institutions; points out the significance of sport in curriculum planning;
Amendment 97 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on sports organisations to pay attention to the needs of disabled sportspeopleAcknowledges the work done by organisations delivering sporting activities for persons with intellectual or physical disabilities across the EU, calls on further sports organisations to pay attention to the needs of disabled sportspeople and calls for the European Commission to allocate organisational funding to support them;
Amendment 101 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the underrepresentation of women within the decision-making and governance bodies of sports organisations to be addressed;
Amendment 132 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages Member States to take account of the experience of former sportspeople when they wish to become trainers, and to establish specificsupport dual career paths for high-level athletes who decide to pursue a course of higher education and provide tutors for them;
Amendment 135 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges Member States to establish clear guidelines to integrate sport and physical activity into all levels of education across the Member States;
Amendment 140 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Urges Member States to develop educational programmes structured to facilitate the combination of learning and training for professional athletes;
Amendment 141 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Proposes that a training and qualifications framework for coaches and coach education be established and incorporated in the European Qualifications Framework and Life Long Learning Programmes in order to advance a knowledge based society and the development of excellence in coaching at both the amateur and professional level;
Amendment 154 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the importance of sport and physical activity at all ages for public health and calls on Member States to facilitate and promote engagement in sport and physical activity and its health benefits;
Amendment 166 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Maintains that the potential of sport and sporting events for tourism development needs to be identified and capitalised upon for the benefit of the sporting organisations and local areas;
Amendment 224 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reaffirms its attachment to the European model of sport, within which federations play a central role and which has clubs and volunteers at its base, which have a fundamental role in supporting the entire sport structure;
Amendment 248 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines that training for players at local level is needed for the sustainable development of European sport and grassroots sporting organisations are essential for the dissemination of the benefits of sport at local level;
Amendment 277 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Expresses the view that systems implemented by sports governing bodies in bringing more transparency to the international transfers of players, constitute a step in the right direction, as they serve the principle of good governance and aim at ensuring integrity in sporting competitions.
Amendment 292 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises the legitimacy of sports courts for resolving disputes in sport, as long as they respect people's right to a fair trial; calls for the creation of a European chamber of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), to be based in Brussels or Luxembourg, to settle sports disputes within the EU;
Amendment 313 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 1
Paragraph 25 – indent 1
– to organise a ‘European Day of Sports’ every year which promotes the social and cultural role of amateur and professional sports and the benefits of sport in terms of public health;
Amendment 319 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 3
Paragraph 25 – indent 3
– to draw up a European map of local, traditional sports which play a significant cultural role within the EU and support its dissemination;
Amendment 322 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 4
Paragraph 25 – indent 4
– to set up atrengthen existing mobility programme fors by taking into account young athletes, to enable them to learn new training methods and develop their European awareness and to encourage intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 327 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 25 – indent 4 a (new)
- to work with Member States and sporting organisations to protect the fundamental integrity of grassroots sport;
Amendment 332 #
2011/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Proposes that the European flag should be flown at major international sports events held on EU territory and suggests that it should be displayed on the clothing of athletes from Member States;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas pan-European uniform minimum standards for the protection of gamblers and consumers, for example regarding identification of customers, for the protection of gamblers and consumers, for ensuring the effectiveness of gambling ban systems, for preventing under-age gambling and for combating crime are essential,
Amendment 209 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for more effective methods of combating crime and money laundering; recommends that passive retention of money in gambling accounts should be banned;
Amendment 214 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect and publish statistics on Internet gambling markets and gambling addiction in the EU; calls for effective methods to be used to tackle problem gambling, inter alia by means of gambling bans and compulsory limits on expenditure over a particular period, albeit set by the customer himself; stresses that, in addition, if an expenditure limit can be raised, a time lag should apply before this takes effect;
Amendment 223 #
2011/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recommends the introduction of pan-European uniform minimum standards of electronic identification; considers that registration should be performed in such a way that the player’s identity is established and at the same time it is ensured that the player has at his disposal a maximum of one gambling account per gambling company;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that universitiehigher education institutions can play a key role in the regional economies of Member States and that universitiehigher education institutions are unique places where innovation, education and research come together and can lead to job creation; points out that cooperation between universitiehigher education institutions, regions, governments and businesses is fundamental;
Amendment 44 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the ability to communicate in foreign languages is considered important for all EU citizens and regarded as a useful skill by employers assessing applicantson the labour market; therefore encourages this literacy requirement and supports thelanguage learning and development of language teaching;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges that higher education systems have the potential toinstitutions prepare people for the world of worklabour market: for instance, SMEs with no R&D facilities can benefit from university research resources and expertise, and SMEs can offer students internships, apprenticeships and employment opportunities; calls, therefore, for closer cooperation between higher education institutions and SMEs.
Amendment 57 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises the existence of supply problems with raw materials for the wood- working industries and for the renewable energy sector and insists on the importance of the ‘cascade’ use of wood products (i.e. firstly for wood-based products, secondly recovered and reused or recycled and finally used for energy) as fundamental criteria in developing renewable energy policy criteria;
Amendment 64 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Urges the Commission to carry out a detailed analysis on the availability of wood taking into account the potential demand from both the forest based industries and the renewable energy sector (biomass);
Amendment 21 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for accessible and free education, including sport and education in the arts, to be provided from the pre-school age, to prevent poverty from being passed on from one generation to the next;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Parliament upholds the concept of multifunctional, broad-based agriculture spread throughout Europe, including areas with specific challenges, and whereas in its resolution of 8 July 2010 on the future of the CAP after 2013 it already laid the foundations for sustainable agriculture,
Amendment 70 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the fact that the EU's biodiversity targets have yet to be met and expects the CAP to be a catalystcontribute for efforts to achieve those goals;
Amendment 89 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages more EU-funded projects in which farmers and researchers can work together to find innovative ways in context of the entire food chain activities for of cultivating land in an environmentally sustainable manner;
Amendment 171 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas rural development is an important instrument of the CAP and whereas the new programmes should be geared even more strongly to the priority objectives of rural development and of farmers (employment, vitality of rural areas, diversification of rural economic activities, the agricultural environment, water, climate change, innovation and education),
Amendment 516 #
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 suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions and Nordic type areas with comparable conditions, 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, therefore, that production-based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013can be considered essential;
Amendment 547 #
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, production of plant proteins2) which to date have not been included in the second pillar; considers that the budget for Article 68 could – subject to contrary results of an impact assessment – cover up to 10% of direct payments and in exceptional cases even higher due to extreme natural conditions;
Amendment 582 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 30 June 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 regtype areas with comparable conditions 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 land;
Amendment 624 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 20
Subheading before paragraph 20
Amendment 636 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better natural resource protection is an element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support forequire wider environmental measureoperations going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measureactions, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained;
Amendment 662 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that natural resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureaucratic 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 losses;
Amendment 679 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers therefore that anywider environmental advantagebenefits can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, whichin Rural Development Programmes, which where greening element should ideally build on existing agri-environmental measures or should supplementcan also concern other suitable measures which take into account climatice, environment and innovation (Annex I) and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that nature resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhere by means of a priority catalogue of area-based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU- financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area-based resource protection pgreening elements selected from the measures under Rural Development Programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm direct payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agri-environmental programmmeasures, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration procedures;
Amendment 750 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Realises that resources from the first pillar (as for a top-up model) should be used to pay for this environmentalgreening component; believes, however, that Member States where direct payments lie below the EU average should be given the option of making the payment by means of co- financing from the first pillar or instead by means of financing entirely from the second pillar; observes that the Member States must notify the Commission of their decision on the financing by 31 July 2013; notes that individual Member States' ’ modulation resources should be used;
Amendment 760 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Advocates compensation for natural disadvantages in the second pillar; calls for its effectiveness to be increased and rejects a complementary payment in the first pillar on account of the additional administrative work involved;
Amendment 876 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that market-orientated production and direct payments are at the heart of any insurance against risk, and that it is farmers who are responsible for risk prevention; supports the Member States, in this context, in making national risk insurancemanagement instruments available to farmers;
Amendment 945 #
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 difficult; supports the adoption of an EU- wide and WTO-compliant environment to ensure that no distortions of competition occur among Member States; welcomes the development of new innovative tools; rejects, however, the introduction of EU- wide insurancerisk management systems;
Amendment 1016 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Advocates that the 2006 sugar market reformgime be extended at least to 2020 in its existing form in order to develop a system for the subsequent period which can operate without quotas;
Amendment 1078 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Is aware of the importance of the second pillar, in view of its environmental, modernisation, diversification and structural improvement achievements, but also for attaining political objectives, which should also benefit farmers; calls therefore for second- pillar measures to be better suited to their objectives, so that the effectiveness of environment, growth, employment and climate measures and measures for the benefit of the vitality of rural areas can be increased; considers that, in this context, particular attention should be devoted to assisting young farmers;
Amendment 1119 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Advocates therefore introducing targeted measures, to be decided by the Member States in the second pillar, to attain priority objectives of the EU (2020 Strategy); observes that these measures should be applied in addition to the basic programmes for greeninggreening elements of direct payments in the first pillar and that a reduced national cofinancing rate of 25% should apply;
Amendment 1150 #
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 whaalls for its effectiveness to be increased; considers that the current cofinancing rate appears to be appropriate; calls on the Commission to retain the existing criteria for demarcation of disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 1193 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Advocates that, in the case of measures which are of particular importance to Member States, an optional increase of 25% in national co-financing in the second pillar (top-up) should be possible; alternatively considers that existing co- financing rates should apply also after 2013;
Amendment 1226 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Calls for simplification and a review of the cross-compliance rules for the second pillar, considers simplification of the current indicator system to be necessary and takes a critical view of the introduction of additional quantitative targets;
Amendment 130 #
2011/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses reservations regardingFavours more systematic use of overly open calls for proposals (bottom-up approach), preferring to maintain a balance between the two approaches (bottom-up and top- down), which meet specific needgiven that researchers have the best and most up-to-date knowledge of key research issues, and maintains that over- narrow application criteria could obstruct innovativeness as well as wasting resources;
Amendment 138 #
2011/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to carry out an analysis to improve the link between European and national actions; asks that calls for proposals, including those of July 2011, be issued in consultation with the Member States, not duplicating or competing with national initiatives but complementing them; suggests that FP7 should complement the efforts of actors managing national programmes involved in joint programming in order to move the RDFPs away from project management thinking towards programme management thinking; asks that the last three years of FP7 be devoted to helping structure the European Research Area;
Amendment 153 #
2011/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 198 #
2011/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 12 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European Schools cannot be put in the same category as international schools because they meet a need to educate children in their mother tongue, and to develop the European dimension in education,
Amendment 17 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in the Schools in Brussels and Luxembourg the problem of excessive numbers of studentslack of school buildings and infrastructure is detrimental to the quality of education and prevents the enrolment of children other than the children of EU institutions staff,
Amendment 24 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the educational model on which the European Schools are based should be promoted in the Member States, especially because of its being a result of shared best practices,
Amendment 31 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas in order to help bring students together and to foster mutual understanding between them and to improve students’ language skills, certain lessons are taught in the same language to joint classes of the same level,
Amendment 48 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that the European Schools are often wrongly considered to be elitist schools, when their mission is to provide mother-tongue education for students whose parents may be required to change their place of work or return to their country of origin as well as to develop the European dimension in education;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the European Schools should serve asbecome an example of the best possible schooling in Europe and that exporting this model to the national education systems would assist professional mobility;
Amendment 58 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that European Schools play a valuable role in their communities;
Amendment 64 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the budget restrictions that the Schools will have to accept must be accompanied by a real increase in their management autonomy by, for example, allowing the schools to find other funding;
Amendment 70 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Board of Governors to think further ahead about infrastructure requirements and to take measures that will help avoid the problems of excessive numbersallow to meet with the real demand for the European Schooling; calls on the Member States and the Commission to encourage the development of Type II and Type III Schools;
Amendment 74 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to promote the concept of European Schools on their territory by raising awareness about European schooling, promoting the European baccalaureate and creating pilot establishments;
Amendment 94 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. The European baccalaureate should be recognised automatically in the Member States and access of students from European schools to Member States’ higher education institutions should be made under the same conditions of national students;
Amendment 97 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Board of Governors to more actively develop the European Schools by following the examples of the best schooling systems in the World as demonstrated by PISA studies and encourages twinning between the European School and national schools;
Amendment 102 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the need to rationalise the Schools’ management costs, but points out that attempts to curb expenditure must not bring into question fundamental principles that form the basis of the European Schools concept, such as mother-tongue teaching by native speakers and should not affect the core curricular, such as science or mathematics;
Amendment 107 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to define its budget contribution so that these principles are respected and there is adequate provision for students with special educational needs (SEN); invites the Commission, before deciding on any budgetary changes, in cooperation with the schools and parents/teachers associations, to draw up an impact assessment of the various options of rationalisation of the system, including examining the educational aspects;
Amendment 108 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that the proposed cuts in the budgets of European Schools constitute a serious threat to the quality of education and proper functioning of the European Schools and therefore opposes any budget cuts;
Amendment 122 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 10 #
2011/2025(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that adequate mechanisms to record users’ consent or revocation of consent should be implemented;Does not affect English version.
Amendment 19 #
2011/2025(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for specific online data protection measures to protect children and minors; reiterates that mediadigital literacy should be an essential element of formal education in order to instruct children and minors on how to act responsibly in the online environment;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2025(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the establishment of specific obligations and requirements when processing data relating to minors, and in particular children, including a prohibition on the collection of sensitive data relating to children; suggests that the collection of personal information from minors should not be allowed unless it is for necessary and lawful purposes;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2025(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to organise public awareness campaigns aimed at minors, and in particular children, and their carers highlighting the risks to their privacy in the online environment and the steps they can take to protect themselves;
Amendment 223 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the programme shall be a minimum of €229 million.
Amendment 228 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15a Grants awarded in 2014 For grants awarded in 2014, it will be possible for the period of eligibility of expenditure to start on 1 January 2014, provided that the expenditure does not precede the date on which the grant application was lodged or the date on which the beneficiary's budget year starts.
Amendment 244 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4 a – paragraph 7
Article 4 a – paragraph 7
7. Any fees which applicants may incur in relation to administrative procedures to issue a European Professional Card shall be reasonable, proportionate and commensurate with the costs incurred by the home and host Member States and shall not act as a disincentive to apply for a European Professional Card. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58a concerning the setting of criteria for the calculation and distribution of fees.
Amendment 267 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
2005/36/EY
Article 4c – paragraph 1
Article 4c – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority of the home Member State shall verify the application, create and validate a European Professional Card within two weeksone month from the date it receives a complete application. It shall inform the applicant and the Member State in which the applicant envisages to provide services, of the validation of the European Professional Card. The transmission of the validation information to the host Member States concerned shall constitute the declaration provided for in Article 7. The host Member State may not require a further declaration under Article 7 for the following two years.
Amendment 301 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
2005/36/EY
article 4d paragraph 5
article 4d paragraph 5
Amendment 312 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 (new)
2005/36/EY
Article 4d paragraph 7
Article 4d paragraph 7
7a. If a profession or a course leading to a profession is not regulated in the home Member State, the competent authority of this Member State shall check in so far as possible that the applicant is a lawful legal person and that the documents supplied are genuine and complete.
Amendment 448 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 21a – paragraph 2
Article 21a – paragraph 2
Amendment 472 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 – point a
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 31 - paragraph 1
Article 31 - paragraph 1
1. Admission to training for nurses responsible for general care shall be contingent upon completion of general education or general and vocational education of 12 years, as attested by a diploma, certificate or other evidence issued by the competent authorities or bodies in a Member State or by a certificate attesting success in an examination, of an equivalent level, for admission to a school of nursing.".
Amendment 517 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27 – point b
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) completion of at least the 12 years of general school education or general and vocational education or a certificate attesting success in an examination, of an equivalent level, for admission to a midwifery school for route I;
Amendment 533 #
2011/0435(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point a
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) at the ends part of the theoretical and practical training, a six-month traineeship in a pharmacy which is open to the public or in a hospital under the supervision of that hospital's pharmaceutical department.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.1 – paragraph 2
In this context, the objective is to enhance social, economic and political inclusion, combat poverty, enhance human rights, digital inclusiveness, equality, solidarity, culturally sustainable development and inter-cultural dynamics by supporting interdisciplinary research, indicators, technological advances, organisational solutions and new forms of collaboration and co-creation. Research and other activities shall support the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy as well as other relevant Union foreign policies. Humanities research may have an important role to play in this context. Specifying, monitoring and assessing the objectives of European strategies and policies will require focused research on high-quality statistical information systems, and the development of adapted instruments that allow policy makers to assess the impact and effectiveness of envisaged measures, in particular in favour of social inclusion.
Amendment 58 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.1 – point 6.1.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.1 – point 6.1.2 – paragraph 1
Understanding social transformations and creating culturally sustainable development in Europe requires the analysis of changing democratic practices and expectations as well as of the historical evolution of identities, diversity, territories, religions, cultures and values. This includes a good understanding of the history of European integration. Besides, understanding the strains and opportunities arising from the uptake of ICT, both at individual and collective levels, is important in order to open new paths of inclusive innovation. It is essential to identify ways to adapt and improve the European welfare systems, public services and the broader social security dimension of policies in order to achieve cohesion and promote more social and economic equality, cultural heritage and intergenerational solidarity. Research will analyse how societies and politics become more European in a broad sense through evolutions of identities, cultures and values, the circulation of ideas and beliefs and combinations of principles and practices of reciprocity, commonality and equality. It will analyse how vulnerable populations can participate fully in society and democracy, notably through the acquisition of various skills and the protection of human rights. The analysis of how political systems respond or not to such social evolutions and themselves evolve will thus be central. Research will also address the evolution of cultural key systems that provide underlying forms of social bonds, such as family, work, education and employment, sport and help combat poverty. It will take into account the importance of migration and demography and the cultural challenge they create in the future development of European policies.
Amendment 122 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.1 – paragraph 2
Europe is confronted with major socio- economic challenges which significantly affect its future - such as growing economic and cultural interdependencies, ageing, social exclusion and poverty, inequalities and migration flows, closing the digital divide, fostering a culture of innovation and creativity in society and enterprises, as well ensuring culturally sustainable development, security and freedom, trust in democratic institutions and between citizens within and across borders. These challenges are enormous and they call for a common European approach.
Amendment 385 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
Horizon 2020 shall play a central role in the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by providing a common strategic framework for the Union'sfunding excellent research and innovation funding, thus acting as a vehicle for leveraging private investment, creating new job opportunities and ensuring Europe's long-term sustainable growth and competitiveness, as well as addressing the Union's societal challenges.
Amendment 454 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The terms and conditions regarding the participation of the EFTA States that are party to the EEA Agreement shall be in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement.
Amendment 467 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. For the implementation of Horizon 2020, account shall be taken of advice and inputs provided by: advisory groups of independent, high level experts set up by the Commission; dialogue structures created under international science and technology agreements; forward looking activities; targeted public consultations, including with national and regional authorities; and transparent and interactive processes that ensure responsible research and innovation is supported.
Amendment 485 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Linkages and interfaces shall be implemented across and within the priorities of Horizon 2020. Particular attention shall be paid in this respect to the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies, to bridging from discovery to market application, to cross-disciplinary research and innovation, to social and economic sciences and humanities, to climate change and sustainable development, to fostering the functioning and achievement of the ERA, to cooperation with third countries, to responsible research and innovation including a gender perspective, to SME involvement in research and innovation and the broader private sector participation, and to enhancing the attractiveness of the research profession and to facilitating cross-border and cross- sector mobility of researchers.
Amendment 507 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Horizon 2020 shall be implemented in a manner ensuring that the priorities and actions supported are relevant to changing needs and take account of the evolving nature of science, technology, innovation, markets and society, where innovation includes business, organisational and soci, social and environmental aspects.
Amendment 517 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Horizon 2020 shall ensure the effective promotion of gender equality and the gender dimension in research and innovation content. Particular attention shall be paid to ensure gender balance in bodies such as selection boards, committees and expert groups.
Amendment 542 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
All the research and innovation activities carried out under Horizon 2020 shall comply with ethical principles and relevant national, Union and international legislation, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and, the European Convention on Human Rights and its Supplementary Protocols as well as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Amendment 546 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Particular attention shall be paid to the principle of proportionality, the right to privacy, the right to the protection of personal data, the right to the physical and mental integrity of a person, the right to non-discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation and the need to ensure high levels of human health protection.
Amendment 593 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Horizon 2020 shall be implemented in a way which is complementary to other Union funding programmes, including the Structural Funds, the Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME), and Erasmus for all.
Amendment 608 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Specific actions shall be undertaken within the specific objective ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ set out in Point 1 of Part II of Annex I and each of the specific objectives under the priority ‘Societal challenges’ set out in Points 1 to 6 of Part III of Annex I. These specific actions shall take the form of a dedicated SME instrument that is targeted at all types of SMEs with an innovation potential and shall be implemented in a consistent manner and tailored to the needs of SMEs as set out under the specific objective ‘Innovation in SMEs’ in Point 3.3.(a) of Part II of Annex I. It is essential that SMEs are integrated within the full value chain in order to get access to all opportunities in Horizon 2020.
Amendment 630 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The integrated approach set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 is expected toand the simplification of the application procedures should lead to around 15% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and the priority ‘Societal challenges’ going to SMEs.
Amendment 638 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Horizon 2020 may be implemented through public-private partnerships where all the partners concerned commit to support the development and implementation of research and innovation activities of strategic importance to the Union's competitiveness and industrial leadership or to address specific societal challenges. Excellence shall be the key criterion in selecting the participants.
Amendment 700 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. In order to reduce the administrative burden for participants, national accounting practices of the beneficiaries shall be accepted by the Commission.
Amendment 702 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Beneficiaries who have executed their audits in a satisfactory manner during three consecutive years shall be subject to a lighter audit procedure, in order to foster an enhanced trust based approach.
Amendment 722 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(e a) initiatives to include civil society and its organizations in the research and innovation process, such as in shaping research agendas and co-creating knowledge.
Amendment 730 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall annually monitor the implementation of Horizon 2020, its specific programme and the activities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. This shall include information on cross-cutting topics such as sustainability and climate change, including information on the amount of climate related expenditure, SME- participation, private sector participation, gender equality and energy efficiency. The monitoring shall also include information on the extent of funding for public-private and public-public partnerships.
Amendment 755 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. A similar evaluation procedure shall be applied for Joint Technology Initiatives.
Amendment 756 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The performance indicators for the general objectives, for the Joint Technology Initiatives and for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, as set out in the introduction of Annex I to this Regulation, and for the specific objectives as established in the specific programme, including relevant baselines, shall provide the minimum basis for assessing the extent to which the objectives of Horizon 2020 have been achieved.
Amendment 778 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 7 – point c
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 7 – point c
(c) Marie Curie actions shall provide excellent and innovative research training as well as attractive career and knowledge- exchange opportunities through cross- border and cross-sector mobility of researchers from universities, research organisations and enterprises, including SMEs, to best prepare them to face current and future societal challenges.
Amendment 817 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 14 – point b
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 14 – point b
(b) FBioeconomy: food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime research, and the bio- economy;bio-based industry; (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 823 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 14 – point e
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 14 – point e
(e) Climate action, resource efficiency and sustainable use of raw materials;
Amendment 838 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 15
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 15
All the activities shall take a challenge- based approach, focusing on policy priorities without predetermining the precise choice of technologies or solutions that should be developed. The emphasis shall be on bringing together a critical mass of resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and scientific disciplines in order to address the challenges. The activities shall cover the full cycle from research to market, with a new focus on innovation-related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, support for public procurement, design, end-user driven innovation, social innovation and market take-up of innovations. In order to achieve the goals of Horizon 2020, in particular in relation to Part III on societal challenges, it will be necessary to engage a wide variety of stakeholders in the collaborative projects, from research institutions and enterprises to users from public and private sectors.
Amendment 865 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 1
The ERC was created to provide Europe's best researchers, both women and men, with the resources they need to allow them to compete better at global level, by funding individual teams on the basis of pan-European competition. It operates autonomously: an independent Scientific Council made up of scientists, engineers and scholars of the highest repute and expertise, of both women and men in different age groups, establishes the overall scientific strategy and has full authority over decisions on the type of research to be funded. These are essential features of the ERC, guaranteeing the effectiveness of its scientific programme, the quality of its operations and peer- review process and its credibility in the scientific community.
Amendment 958 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 2
Further development and wider use of research infrastructures at Unioa European level will make a significant contribution to development of the European Research Area. While the role of Member States remains central in developing and financing research infrastructures, the Union plays an important part in supporting infrastructure at UnioEuropean level, such as encouraging co-ordination of distributed research infrastructures, fostering the emergence of new facilities, opening up and supporting broad access to national and European infrastructures, and making sure that regional, national, European and international policies are consistent and effective. It is not only necessary to avoid duplication of effort and tos, to foster coordinated and rationaliseffective use of the facilities, but also and where appropriate to pool resources so that the Union can also acquire and operate research infrastructures at world level.
Amendment 988 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 4
The successful mastering and deployment of enabling technologies by European industry is a key factor in strengthening Europe's productivity and innovation capacity and ensuring Europe has an advanced, sustainable and competitive economy, global leadership in hi-tech application sectors and the ability to develop effective solutions for societal challenges. The pervasive nature of such activities can spur further progress through complementary inventions and applications, ensuring a higher return on investment in these technologies than in any other field. The development of add- on pilots or spin-offs from research projects shall be supported through flexible instruments such as open calls.
Amendment 994 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 7
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 7
The activities under ‘Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies’ will be primarily based on research and innovation agendas defined by industry and, business and SMEs, together with the research community and have a strong focus on leveraging private sector investment and innovation.
Amendment 998 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 10
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 10
The approach shall include both agenda- driven activities and more open areas to promote innovative projects and breakthrough solutions. Emphasis shall be on R&D, large-scale pilots and demonstration activities, test beds and living labs, prototyping and product validation in pilot lines. Activities shall be designed to boost industrial competitiveness by stimulating industry, and in particular SMEs, to make more research and innovation investment. Direct follow-on activities for projects such as piloting, demonstration and take-up shall be supported through flexible instruments such as open calls.
Amendment 1008 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 12
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 12
A major component of ‘Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies’ are Key Enabling Technologies (KETs), defined as micro- and nanoelectronics, photonics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing systems. These multi- disciplinary, knowledge and capital- intensive technologies cut across many diverse sectors providing the basis for significant competitive advantage for European industry. An integrated approach, promoting the combination, convergence and cross-fertilisation effect of KETs in different innovation cycles and value chains can deliver promising research results and open the way to new industrial technologies, products, services and novel applications (e.g. in space, transport, environment, health, agriculture etc.). The numerous interactions of KETs and enabling technologies will therefore be exploited in a flexible manner, as an important source of innovation. This will complement support for research and innovation in KETs that may be provided by national or regional authorities under the Cohesion Policy Funds within the framework of smart specialisation strategies.
Amendment 1090 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Developing new products and applications, andbusiness models and responsible consumer behaviour that reduce energy demand, and facilitate low-carbon production.
Amendment 1111 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.1 – paragraph 1
The specific objective of biotechnology research and innovation is to develop competitive, sustainable and innovative industrial products and processes and contribute as an innovation driver in a number of European sectors like agriculture, food, chemical, energy and health.
Amendment 1121 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.2 – paragraph 1
Powered by the expansion of the knowledge of living systems, biotechnology is set to deliver a stream of new applications and to strengthen the Union's industrial base and its innovation capacity. Examples of the rising importance of biotechnology are in industrial applications including bio- chemicals, of which the market share is estimated to increase by up to 12 %-20 % of chemical production by 2015. A number of the so-called twelve rules of Green Chemistry are also addressed by biotechnology, due to the selectivity and efficiency of bio-systems. The possible economic burdens for Union enterprises can be reduced by harnessing the potential of biotechnology processes and bio-based products to reduce CO2 emissions, estimated to range from between 1 to 2.5 billion tons CO2 equivalent per year by 2030.In Europe's biopharmaceutical sector, already some 20 % of the current medicines are derived from biotechnology, with up to 50 % of new medicines. With biotechnology, agricultural and food production will be more sustainable through increased efficiency and reduced environmental impact. Biotechnology also opens new avenues for exploiting the huge potential of marine resources for producing innovative industrial, health, energy, energy efficiency and environmental applications. The emerging sector of marine (blue) biotechnology has been predicted to grow by 10 % a year.
Amendment 1131 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Developing industrial biotechnology and industrial scale bio-process design for competitive industrial products and processes (e.g. chemical, health, mining, energy, pulp and paper, fibre-based products and wood textile, starch, food processing) and its environmental dimension.
Amendment 1144 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.5 – point 1.5.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.5 – point 1.5.1 – paragraph 1
The specific objective of advanced manufacturing and processing research and innovation is to transform today's industrial forms of production towards mormanufacturing enterprises, systems, and processes by leveraging key enabling technologies in order to achieve knowledge intensive, sustainable, trans- sectoral manufacturing and processing technologies, resulting in more innovative products, processes and services.
Amendment 1164 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.5 – point 1.5.3 – point c – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.5 – point 1.5.3 – point c – paragraph 1
Increasing the competitiveness of process industries, by drastically improving resource and energy efficiencies and reducing the environmental impact of such industrial activities through the whole value chain, promoting the adoption of low-carbon technologies, including the integration of renewable energy sources and smart, advanced control systems.
Amendment 1234 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 4
Cross-border collaborations are an important element in the innovation strategy of SMEs to overcome some of their size-related problems, such as access to technological and scientific competences and new markets. They contribute to turn ideas into profit and company growth and in return to increase private investment in research and innovation. Training and technology transfer to SMEs are key components in increasing their competitiveness and innovation.
Amendment 1238 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
SMEs shall be supported across Horizon 2020. For this purpose, to participate in Horizon 2020, better conditions for SMEs shall be established. In addition, a dedicated SME instrument shall provide staged and seamless support covering the whole innovation cycle. The SME instrument shall be targeted at all types of innovative SMEs showing a strong ambition to develop, grow and internationalise. It shall be provided for all types of innovation, including service, non- technological and social innovations, given each activity has a clear European added- value. The aim is to develop and capitalise on the innovation potential of SMEs by filling the gap in funding for early stage high risk research and innovation, stimulating innovations and increasing private-sector commercialisation of research results.
Amendment 1315 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 2
The response depends on excellence in research to improve our fundamental understanding of health, disease, disability, development and ageing (including of life expectancy), and on the seamless and widespread translation of the resulting and existing knowledge into innovative, scalable and effective and accessible products, strategies, interventions and services. Furthermore, the pertinence of these challenges across Europe and in many cases, globally, demands a response characterised by long term and coordinated support for co- operation between excellent, multidisciplinary and multi-sector teams.
Amendment 1358 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Specific activities shall include: understanding the determinants of health (including food, environmental, social and climate related factors), improving health promotion and disease prevention; understanding disease and improving diagnosis; developing effective screening programmes and improving the assessment of disease susceptibility; improving surveillance and preparedness; developing better preventive vaccines; using in-silico medicine for improving disease management and prediction; treating disease; transferring knowledge to clinical practice and scalable innovation actions; better use of health data; active ageing, independent and assisted living; individual empowerment for self-management of health; promotion of integrated care; improving scientific tools and methods to support policy making and regulatory needs; and optimising the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare systems and reducing inequalities by evidence based decision making and dissemination of best practice, and innovative technologies and approaches.
Amendment 1412 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point b – paragraph 1
The aim is to meet the requirements of citizens for safe, healthy and affordable food, and to make food and feed processing and distribution as well as food consumption more sustainable and the food sector more competitive. The activities shall focus on healtha broad diversity of healthy, authentic, high quality and safe foods for all, informed consumer choices, and competitive food processing methods that use less resources and additives and produce less by-products, waste and green- house gases.
Amendment 1456 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
To achieve these reductions, significant investments need to be made in research, development, demonstration and market roll-out of efficient, safe and reliable low- carbon energy technologies and services. These must go hand in hand with non- technological solutions on both the supply and demand sides. All this must be part of an integrated low-carbon policy, including mastering key enabling technologies, in particular ICT solutions and advanced manufacturing, processing and materials. The goal is to produce efficient energy technologies and services that, which will help to respond to energy challenges, notably due to the integration of renewable energy, and which can be taken up widely on European and international markets and to establish intelligent demand-side management based on an open and transparent energy trade market and intelligent energy efficiency management systems.
Amendment 1521 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Activities shall focus on research, development and full scale demonstration of new grid technologies, including storage, systems and market designs to plan, monitor, control and safely operate interoperable networks in an open, decarbonised, environmentally sustainable, climate resilient and competitive market, under normal and emergency conditions.
Amendment 1594 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point c – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point c – paragraph 2
The focus of activities shall be to develop the next generation of innovative transport means and to prepare the ground for the following one, by working on novel concepts and designs, smart control systems and interoperable standards, efficient production processes, shorter development times and reduced lifecycle costs, or new more sustainable materials or coatings.
Amendment 1649 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.3 – point c – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.3 – point c – paragraph 1
The aim is to improve the knowledge base on raw materials and develop innovative solutions for the cost-effective and environmentally friendly exploration, extraction, processing, recycling and recovery of raw materials and for their substitution by economically attractive alternatives with a lower environmental impact. Activities shall focus on: improving the knowledge base on the availability of raw materials; promoting the sustainable supply and use of raw materials; finding alternatives for critical rawand hazardous raw materials; encouraging design for sustainable use and re-use of materials; and improving societal awareness and skills on raw materials.
Amendment 1653 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 5 – point 5.3 – point d – paragraph 1
The aim is to foster all forms of eco- innovation that enable the transition to a green economy. Activities shall focus on: strengthening eco-innovative technologies, processes, services and products and boosting their market uptake and replication, with special attention for SMEs; supporting innovative policies, sustainable economic models and societal changes; measuring and assessing progress towards a green economy; and fostering resource efficiency through digital systems.
Amendment 371 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
The Commission or the relevant funding body mayshall establish a secure electronic application system for exchanges with the participants, that shall inform applicants of the details and timeline of their application, in an easily accessible format. This system shall provide feedback to applicants so they know when they are likely to receive a decision from the Commission or relevant funding body. A document submitted by means of this system, including grant agreements, shall be deemed to be the original of that document where the user identification and password of the participant's representative have been used. Such identification shall constitute the signature of the document concerned.
Amendment 37 #
2011/0389(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point b
Directive 2006/43/EC
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. The competent authority may allow non- practitioners who are knowledgeable in the areas relevant to statutory audit to be involved in the governance of the public oversight system, provided that they are selected in accordance with an independent and transparent nomination procedure. Practitioners shall not be allowedMember States may, however, allow a minority of practitioners to be involved in the governance of the public oversight system.
Amendment 126 #
2011/0389(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 15 – point b
Article 1 – point 15 – point b
Directive 2006/43/EC
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. The competent authority shall be governed by a wide range of stakeholders. The competent authority may allow non- practitioners who are knowledgeable in the areas relevant to statutory audit to be involved in the governance of the public oversight system, provided that they are selected in accordance with an independent and transparent nomination procedure. Practitioners shall not be allowedMember States may allow a minority of practitioners to be involved in the governance of the public oversight system.
Amendment 39 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The renewed Copenhagen Process (2011-2020) defined an ambitious and global vision for Vocational Education and Training policy in Europe, and requested support from Union Educational Programmes to the agreed priorities, including international mobility and reforms implemented by the Member States. That policy should be supported and prioritised within the Programme. Moreover, since vocational education and training plays an essential role when fostering good conditions for research and innovation, it is of special interest to highlight this part.
Amendment 40 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is necessary to strengthen the intensity and volume of European cooperation between schools, and of the mobility of school staff and learners in order to address the priorities set out in the Agenda for European cooperation on schools for the 21st century , namely to improve the quality of school education in the Union in the fields of competence development and in order to improve equity and inclusion within school systems and institutions, as well as to reinforce the teaching profession and school leadership . In this context, particular importance should be given to the strategic targets on reducing early school leaving, improving performance in basic skills, improving participation and quality in early childhood education and care , as well as to targets on reinforcing the professional competences of school teachers and school leaders , and improving the educational chances of children with a migrant background and those at socio economic disadvantage . Furthermore, emphasis should be put on enhancing language skills in order to respond to the globalisation of many workplaces.
Amendment 41 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) It is of crucial importance that the Programme reinforces a lifelong dimension and the recognition of key and interdisciplinary competences and skills gained through non-formal education, in order to strengthen complementary aims of learning such as active citizenship, social inclusion and employability. Therefore it is important to view learning in a broad perspective, also including education carried out by labour unions, non-governmental organisations, institutes, the civil sector and employers. The programme should ensure support and participation of a broad field of organisations carrying out education and training.
Amendment 42 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The programme should contribute to develop excellence in European integration studies world-wide, it should in particular support institutions that have a European governance structure, cover the whole spectrum of policy fields that are of interest for the Union, are non profit organisations and provide recognised academic degrees. This should also include youth organisations and experts on youth policy.
Amendment 43 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Cooperation between the Programme and civil society organisations in the field of education, training, youth and sport, at national and European level needs to be strengthened. It is of great importance to create a broad ownership about lifelong learning strategies and policies. Civil society is essential to take into consideration stakeholders ideas and concerns at all levels and constitutes a base of a solid dialogue between the Union and its citizens to make European lifelong learning area a reality.
Amendment 45 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) For this purpose, it is recommended to extend the use of the single framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass) under Decision No2241/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 , the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) under Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 , the European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) under Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 and the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). Furthermore, it is important to advocate and strengthen the implementation of vocational education strategies and policies within the Programme.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The Programme covers education at all levels, in a lifelong learning perspective, in particular Higher education, Vocational Education and Training and Adult learning, School Education, Non-formal training and Youth.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 5
Article 2 – point 5
5. ‘Support for policy reform’ means any type of activity aimed at supporting and facilitating the modernization of education and training systems through the process of policy cooperation between Member States, in particular the Open methods of Coordination;, including structured dialogue with civil society, organisations providing non-formal training and youth organisations.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 7
Article 2 – point 7
7. ‘staff’ means persons who, either on a professional or voluntary basis, are involved in education, training or youth non- formal learning. It may include teachers, trainers, school leaders, youth workers and non-educational staff;
Amendment 52 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 28 a (new)
Article 2 – point 28 a (new)
28a. ‘structured dialogue’ means platforms and forums for ensuring non- governmental organisations and other stakeholders contribution when formulating strategies and policies.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) Their emphasis on long term effects and if they are based on, if possible, evidence-based analysis.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Programme aims at creating well- functioning and effective structures for lifelong learning with best practice and evidence-based studies at its core and incorporating lifelong learning with a variety of different providers, formal and non-formal, in existing systems and enhancing a positive attitude towards learning throughout life.
Amendment 60 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point c – introductory part
Article 5 – point c – introductory part
(c) To promote the emergence of a European lifelong learning area with special focus on vocational education and training, trigger policy reforms at national level, support the modernisation of education and training systems, including non-formal learning, and support European cooperation in the youth field, notably through enhanced policy cooperation, better use of recognition and transparency tools and the dissemination of good practices;
Amendment 69 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transnational mobility of higher education and vocational training students as well as of young people involved in non-formal activities between the participating countries as referred in Article 18. This mobility may take the form of studying at a partner institution, traineeships abroad or participating in youth activities, notably volunteering. Degree mobility at Masters level shall be supported through the student loan guarantee facility as referred to in Article 14 (3).
Amendment 72 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) transnational cooperation focusing on recognition and support aiming at long term systematic impact by modernising or diversifying education and training systems, including formal and non-formal organisations, businesses and civil society;
Amendment 76 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This action shall also include administrative support to civil society organisations active in the field of lifelong learning, formal and non-formal training, with special focus on youth.
Amendment 87 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) dialogue with relevant European stakeholders including businesses.
Amendment 91 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) Evidence based results derived from the projects.
Amendment 94 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to remove legal and administrative obstacles to the proper and effective functioning of the Programme, including the administration of visas..
Amendment 97 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 b (new)
In the implementation of the Programme, it shall aim at creating a user-friendly framework with clear, fast and easy procedures with simple rules, guidance and information. Transparent assessment must be available to the public at national level through out the Programme’s implementation.
Amendment 98 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. The composition of the Committee shall seek gender balance.
Amendment 257 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) To support mobility, equity and study excellence, the Union should establish a European loan guarantee facility to enable students, regardless of their social background, to take their Masters degree in another participating country. This facility should be available to financial institutions which agree to offer loans for Masters' studies in other participating countries on favourable terms for the students. Due to the complex nature of loan guarantee facilities, the system shall be voluntary and therefore Member States must decide at the national level whether to participate in the facility.
Amendment 367 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Pprogramme aims to contribute to the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and of the Education and Training strategic framework 2020 (ET2020), including the corresponding benchmarks established in those instruments, to renewed framework for European Cooperation in the Youth field (2010- 2018), to the sustainable development of third countries in the field of higher education and to developing the European dimension in sport.shall contribute to the:
Amendment 375 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) achievement of the objectives of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training ("ET 2020");
Amendment 376 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) achievement of the objective of sustainable development of third countries in the field of higher education;
Amendment 377 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(ac) achievement of the overall objectives of the renewed framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010- 2018);
Amendment 380 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
(ad) achievement of the objective of developing the European dimension in sport;
Amendment 381 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a e (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a e (new)
(ae) promotion of European values in accordance with Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union;
Amendment 425 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - title (new)
Article 5 a (new) - title (new)
Article 5a Specific objectives in the field of education and training
Amendment 426 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 (new) - introductory wording (new)
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 (new) - introductory wording (new)
1. In the field of education and training, the programme shall include the following sectors associated with specific brand names:
Amendment 427 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 (new) - point a (new)
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 (new) - point a (new)
(a) "Comenius" for school education;
Amendment 428 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 (new) - point a a (new)
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 (new) - point a a (new)
(aa) "Erasmus" for higher education;
Amendment 429 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 - point a b (new)
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 - point a b (new)
(ab) "Leonardo da Vinci" for vocational education and training (hereinafter "VET");
Amendment 430 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 (new) - point a c (new)
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 (new) - point a c (new)
(ac) "Grundtvig" for adult learning;
Amendment 431 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) - introductory wording (new)
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) - introductory wording (new)
1a. In the field of education and training, the objectives of the programme set out in Articles 4 and 5 shall read as follows:
Amendment 432 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) - point a (new)
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) - point a (new)
(a) in the field of Comenius (school education), the programme shall aim to improve the quality of school education, in particular motivate pupils to learn and to acquire learning-to-learn skills and improve pedagogical approaches and school management through increased learning mobility of educational staff, enhanced partnerships between schools and support to networking and exchange of best practices;
Amendment 433 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) - point a a (new)
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) - point a a (new)
(aa) in the field of Erasmus (higher education), the programme shall aim to strengthen the European Higher Education Area, in particular reinforce the contribution of higher education to the process of innovation and develop cooperation with third countries institutions through increased student and staff learning mobility between participating countries and to or from third countries and improved cooperation between higher education institutions and enterprises;
Amendment 434 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) - point a b (new)
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) - point a b (new)
(ab) in the field of Leonardo da Vinci (VET), the programme shall aim to support young people's employability and reinforce the contribution of VET to the process of innovation through increased learning mobility of VET students and staff, increased cooperation with third countries institutions, improved cooperation between organisations providing learning opportunities, enterprises, social partners and other relevant entities as well as the transparency, comparability and recognition of vocational education qualifications and competences;
Amendment 435 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) - point a c (new)
Article 5 a (new) - paragraph 1 a (new) - point a c (new)
(ac) in the field of Grundtvig (adult learning), the programme shall aim to improve pedagogical approaches and the management of adult education organisations, in particular promote flexible learning pathways and active ageing through increased learning mobility of adult learning staff and enhanced cooperation between organisations involved in adult learning, with a particular focus on learning needs of disadvantaged groups, including people with disabilities, early school leavers, low- qualified adults and older adults.
Amendment 493 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a The actions defined in Article 6 (1) shall cover either cross sectoral projects bringing the various education and training sectors together or sector oriented projects addressing one of the sectors associated with the specific brand names.
Amendment 497 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transnational mobility of higher education and vocational training students as well as of young people involved in non-formal activities between the participating countries as referred in Article 18. This mobility may take the students in the form of studying at a partner institution, or traineeships abroad orbetween the participating in youth activities, notably volunteeringcountries as referred to in Article 18. Degree mobility at Masters level shall be supported through the student loan guarantee facility as referred to in Article 14 (3).
Amendment 506 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Transnational mobility of staff involved in schools, higher education, VET and adult learning sectors, within the participating countries as referred in Article 18. This mobility may take the form of teaching or taking part in professional development activities abroad.
Amendment 507 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) Mobility of vocational education and training students and apprentice in the form of either studying at a partner institution or traineeships or apprenticeships abroad between the participating countries as referred to in Article 18.
Amendment 519 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Cooperation for innovation and good practices action shall support: shall apply to Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci and Grundvig either in a cross sectoral perspective or within a given sector and will take the form of:
Amendment 520 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transnational strategic partnerships between organisations and/or institutions involved in education, and training and/or youth activities or other relevant sectorsother relevant stakeholders, including social partners, aimed at developing and implementing joint initiatives and promoting peer learning and exchanges of experience and know-how; strategic partnerships for schools may include class and individual exchanges aimed at reinforcing linguistic skills and intercultural awareness and can include joint learning projects for pupils and their teachers;
Amendment 538 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) IT support platforms, including e- Twinning, covering all educational and training sectors and youth allowing peer learning, virtual mobility and exchanges of best practices and opening access for participants from neighbourhood countries.
Amendment 586 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new) - introductory wording (new)
Article 10 a (new) - introductory wording (new)
Article 10a In the field of youth, the objectives of the programme set out in Articles 4 and 5 shall read as follows:
Amendment 587 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new) - point a (new)
Article 10 a (new) - point a (new)
(a) foster mobility, intercultural learning, mutual understanding and solidarity among young people in different countries, in particular those with fewer opportunities through the training of youth workers and the development of exchanges between young Europeans and young people in third countries;
Amendment 588 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new) - point a a (new)
Article 10 a (new) - point a a (new)
(aa) promote cooperation and networking of youth organisations and relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 589 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new) - point a b (new)
Article 10 a (new) - point a b (new)
(ab) facilitate the recognition of non- formal and informal learning among young people;
Amendment 590 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new) - point a c (new)
Article 10 a (new) - point a c (new)
(ac) develop support structures for young people and to enhance the role of youth workers and organisations in third countries.
Amendment 673 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) to promote social inclusion, equal opportunities, voluntary activities and health-enhancing physical activity through increased participation in sport.
Amendment 688 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) support to non-commercial EuropeanEuropean grassroots sport events involving several European countries and contributing to objectives mentioned in the Article 4, Article 5 and Article 11 of the Programme;
Amendment 740 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
c) [1,4%, but at least a minimum of EUR 238 827 000] for actions relating to Sthe sport, activities referred to in Chapter IIIArticle 12.
Amendment 748 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – indent 4
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – indent 4
– [34%] of this amount will cover operating grants to National Agencies;
Amendment 778 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall provide the funding for guarantees for loans to students resident in a participating country as defined in Article 18(1) undertaking a full Masters degree in another participating country, to be delivered through a trustee with a mandate to implement it on the basis of fiduciary agreements setting out the detailed rules and requirements governing the implementation of the financial instrument as well as the respective obligations of the parties. The financial instrument shall comply with the provisions regarding financial instruments in the Financial Regulation and in the Delegated Act replacing the Implementing Rules. In accordance with Article 18(2) of the Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, revenues and repayments generated by the guarantees should be assigned to the financial instrument. This financial instrument, including market needs and take-up, will be subject to the monitoring and evaluation as referred to in Article 15(2). The proposed financial instrument shall be voluntary and therefore Member States shall decide at the national level whether to participate in the facility.
Amendment 828 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The National Agency shall be in charge of managing all stages of the project lifecycle of the Programme actions referred to in paragraph 2, with the possible exception of the selection and award decision for the Strategic Partnerships referred to in the same paragraph.
Amendment 30 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) One of the greatest challenges of the cultural and creative sectors, especially small operators including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-enterprises, is their difficulty accessing the funds they need to finance their activities, grow, maintain their competitiveness or internationalise. While this is a common challenge for SMEs in general, the situation is significantly more difficult in the cultural and creative sectors due to the intangible nature of many of their assets, the prototype profile of their activities and their intrinsic need to take risk as well as to experiment in order to innovate, the lack of investment-readiness of the operators in the sectors as well as the insufficient investor-readiness of financial institutions.
Amendment 32 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Recognizes that any industry sector can be regarded as potentially creative and innovative, and not only those ones outlined in this proposal as such.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) With regard to the implementation of the Programme, the specific nature of the cultural and creative sectors should be taken into account also by consulting the sector through appropriate channels, and particular care should be taken to ensure that administrative and financial procedures are simplified.
Amendment 40 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the transnational character of its activities and their impact, notably on knowledge sharing, which will complement national, international and other Union programmes;
Amendment 42 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) transnational cooperation stimulating more comprehensive, rapid and effective responses to global challenges and innovation, and creating long-term systemic effects on the sectors;
Amendment 49 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point d
Article 5 – point d
(d) to support transnational policy cooperation in order to foster policy development, innovation, audience building and, new business models and entrepreneurial activity.
Amendment 278 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
1. ‘cultural and creative sectors’ means all sectors whose activities are based on cultural values and/or artistic and creative expressions, whether these activities are market or non-market oriented and whatever the type of structure that carries them out. These activities include the creation, the production, the dissemination and the preservation of goods and services which embody cultural, artistic or creative expressions, as well as related functions such as education, management or regulation. The cultural and creative sectors include in particular architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audiovisual (including film, television, video games, radio and multimedia), cultural heritage, design, festivals, music, performing arts, publishing, radio and visual arts;
Amendment 343 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point c
Article 5 – point c
(c) to strengthen the financial capacity of the cultural and creative sectors, and in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and organisations, targeted in such a way as to take into account equality across geographical areas and different sectors;
Amendment 468 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) supporting actions providing operators with skills, competences and know-how encouraging the adaption to digital technologies, including testing new approaches to audience -building and business models;
Amendment 503 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point b
Article 10 – point b
(b) activities by European bodies, including European Cultural Ambassadors, comprising networks of operators from different countries;,
Amendment 514 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point d
Article 10 – point d
(d) support for literary translation, the promotion of literature in different languages and the encouragement of reading;
Amendment 543 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Ppromoting flexibility of new distribution modes in order to allow the emergence of new business models. and keeping to an absolute minimum obstacles to licensing, including cross border licensing, in order to allow the emergence of new business models with a view to ensuring completion of the digital single market.
Amendment 581 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – point i
Article 12 – point i
(i) support activities aiming at increasing knowledge and interest of audiences, as well as media literacy;
Amendment 277 #
Amendment 430 #
2011/0359(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
The statutory auditor(s) or the audit firm(s) shall comply with the international auditing standards referred to in Article 26 of Directive 2006/43/EC when carrying out the statutory audit of public-interest entities as long as those standards are in conformity with the requirements of this Regulation.
Amendment 435 #
Amendment 557 #
Amendment 8 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
With regard to digital service infrastructures, building blocks and digital services infrastructures with elements that can be used by other service providers shall take priority over other digital service infrastructures, since the former are a pre- conditionprovides a basis for the later to build on. Digital service infrastructures should, inter alia, create European added value and meet proven needs. They should be sufficiently mature for deployment, technically as well as operationally as proven in particular through successful piloting. They should be based on a concrete sustainability plan to ensure the long-term operation of core service platforms beyond the CEF. Financial assistance under this Regulation should therefore wherever possible be phased out over time and funding from sources other than the CEF should be mobilised.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Building blocks essentialand mature digital service infrastructures containing technical models (such as an interoperable data model, a standard for, andccess rights or a networking model connecting all Member States) with demonstrable prospects of being used in, the development, deployment and operation of other digital service infrastructures as listed in the annex shall be given first priority for funding.
Amendment 52 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Section 1 – second paragraph
Annex – Section 1 – second paragraph
The core service platforms and their common building blocks address interoperability and security needs of projects of common interest. They are intended to enable digital interactions between public authorities and citizens, public authorities and businesses and organisations, or among public authorities of different Member States through standardised, cross-border, and user- friendly interaction platforms. Building block dDigital service infrastructures sthall take priority overt provide an integral part of other digital service infrastructures, since the former are a pre- condition foor that can serve as a model for new platforms, shall take priority over othe latterr digital service infrastructures. The generic services provide the connection to the core service platforms and enable the national added value services to use the core service platforms. They provide gateways between national services and core service platforms and allow national public authorities and organisations, businesses and/or citizens to access the core service platform for their cross-border transactions. The quality of the services and the support for stakeholders involved in cross-border transactions shall be assured. They shall support and stimulate take-up of core service platforms.
Amendment 55 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – section 1 – point 2 – point f
Annex – section 1 – point 2 – point f
(f) Access to digital resources of European heritage: This refers to the core service platform based on the current Europeana portal. The platform will provide a singles the central access point to Europeana cultural heritage content at item level, a set of interface specifications to interact with the infrastructure (search for data, download data), support for the metadata adaptation and ingestion of new content, as well as information on conditions for reuse of the content accessible through the infrastructure.
Amendment 351 #
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 and their outcome and the Member States overrun that period, the Commission may suspend 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, provided that all the Regulations and instructions for this information are ready and available when the databases are set up by Member States.
Amendment 367 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1
Article 51 – paragraph 1
The accredited paying agencies shall keep supporting documents relating to payments made and documents relating to the performance of the administrative and physical checks required by Union legislation, and shall make the documents and information available to the Commission. Such supporting documents may be kept and sent in electronic form.
Amendment 491 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 75 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. A measurement tolerance shall be defined for the area measurement by a buffer of [1.25] m applied to the perimeter of the agricultural parcel independent of the measurement procedure.
Amendment 492 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 75 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. If greening measures can only be controlled by means of classical on-the- spot checks, the control rate shall be 1 %.
Amendment 506 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 76 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States may decide, taking into account the risk of overpayment, to pay up to 50 % as regards of the payment referred to in Title III of Chapter 2 of Regulation ...(Direct payments) direct payments and 75 % for the support granted under rural development as referred to in Article 68(2) after finalisation of the administrative checks provided for in Article 61(1). The percentage of payment shall be the same for all beneficiaries of the measure or set of operations. The direct payments shall not be paid before the16th of October.
Amendment 728 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Soil and carbon stock" — GAEC 7
Annex II — Main Issue "Soil and carbon stock" — GAEC 7
Amendment 132 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) Member States shall contribute at least a minimum of 5% of the total co- financed budget in Rural Development Programme to programme for young farmers.
Amendment 286 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) the competitiveness of agriculture and forestry;
Amendment 327 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
(2) enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and forestry and enhancing farm viability, with a focus on the following areas:
Amendment 440 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
(a) facilitating diversification, creation of new small enterprises, development of those which already exist and job creation;
Amendment 954 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) retirement payments for farmers who permanently transfer their holding to another farmer.
Amendment 1002 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Support under paragraph 1 (ca) shall be granted to farmers who have practised farming for at least 10 years, are not less than 60 years old, commit to permanently transfer their entire holding and the corresponding payment entitlements to another farmer and stop all commercial farming activity definitively.
Amendment 1311 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In case farmers are automatically entitled to the support referred to in Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No [DP], the agri-environment-climate measures laid down in this regulation in article 29(4) do not need to be the same as the greening measures, however the agri- environment-climate programs must to go beyond the benefits of the greening.
Amendment 1339 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1449 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
When delimiting the areas concerned by this paragraph, other than those designated as naturally constrained by the climate criterion in Annex II, Member States shall undertake a fine-tuning exercise, based on objective criteria, with the purpose of excluding areas in which significant natural constraints in accordance with the first subparagraph have been documented but have been overcome by investments or by economic activity.
Amendment 1560 #
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 to pay financial compensations to farmers, for economic losses caused by adverse climatic events or by pest infestation or by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or an environmental incident;
Amendment 1581 #
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, providing compensation to farmers who experiencefor a severe drop inof their income.
Amendment 1585 #
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’ 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 byfor economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or of adverse climatic events or pest infestation or an environmental incident or experiencing a severe drop in their income.
Amendment 1982 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. A minimum of 5% of the total co- financed budget of rural development programme shall be reserved for measures for young farmers.
Amendment 1425 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 101 – paragraph 1
Article 101 – paragraph 1
1. The terms for buying sugar beet and sugar cane, including pre-sowing delivery agreements, shall be governed by written agreements within the trade concluded between Union growers of sugar beet and sugar cane and Union sugar undertakingscurrent EU sugar quota regime should be extended to the end of the 2019- 2020 marketing year, with non-quota sugar automatically re-designated as quota sugar.
Amendment 1433 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 101 – paragraph 2
Article 101 – paragraph 2
Amendment 236 #
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 situated 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 long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. 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 and farmers who have committed themselves to environmental and climate measures in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No [RDR] should benefit from the ‘greening’ component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the ‘greening’ component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].
Amendment 304 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) AIt should be possible for a simple and specific scheme for small farmers shouldto be put in place in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. Member States should, however, be allowed to decide for themselves whether to put a specific scheme into place. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross- compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competitive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
Amendment 543 #
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 following applies:Member States shall define 'active farmer' in their national legislation in line with the definition of 'agricultural activity' in Article 4(1)(c).
Amendment 569 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 597 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 665 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1278 #
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 arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 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;ensure crop diversification as referred to in Article 30.
Amendment 1428 #
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 down 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 thi, or - farmers complying with the requirements of agri-environment- climatic schemes Cthapter.t go beyond the greening requirements
Amendment 1515 #
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 35 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 yearup to 20 hectares or the holding is located entirely in the less favoured area, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least two different crops. None of those crops shall cover less than 10 % of the arable land. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 20 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those threeThe main crops shall not cover lessmore than 570 % of the arable land and the 2 main one shall not exceed 70crops together shall not cover more than 95 % of the arable land.
Amendment 1549 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: - where the arable land is entirely used for grass production or other forage, entirely left fallow, entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year or a combination of these, or; - where more than 50% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by grassland and historical pastures, or permanent crops. - located in areas north of the 62nd Parallel and some adjacent areas affected by comparable climatic conditions rendering agricultural activity particularly difficult.
Amendment 1580 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. For the purpose of this Article, a "crop" shall mean any culture listed under Annex Va.
Amendment 1604 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1628 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1672 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland, and the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland in case of transfer of land.
Amendment 1711 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 73 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1769 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in Member States where utilised agriculture area is less than 10 % of the total land area of the Member State, the environmental area shall cover 3 % of the farmer's arable land.
Amendment 2031 #
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, ware potato, processing potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, pigmeat and poultrymeat, eggs, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2137 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3
Article 39 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States having allocated during at least one year in the period 2010-2013 more than 10 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Article 182(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation 1) and in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation may decide to use more than 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II upon approval by the Commission in accordance with Article 41. Or. en (OJ L 299, 16.11.07, p. 1.)
Amendment 2202 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall put in place a small farmers scheme in accordance with this Title. However, where the proportion of potential beneficiaries of support in a Member State is less than 5% of its farmers, the Member State need not apply the small farmers scheme.
Amendment 2292 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V a (new)
Annex V a (new)
Annexe V a List of cultures as referred to in Article 30 spring common wheat or meslin seed or spelt winter common wheat or meslin seed or spelt durum wheat spring rye winter rye spring barley winter barley spring oats winter oats maize rice grain sorghum buckwheat or millet or canary seed manioc or arrowroot or salep or Jerusalem artichokes or sweet potatoes spring rape or colza winter rape or colza temporary grassland sunflower soya beans groundnuts linseed other oilseeds or oleaginous fruit lucerne or sainfoin or clover or vetches or honey lotus or chickling pea & birdsfoot peas or chickpeas or beans or lentils or other leguminous vegetables potatoes sugar beet sugar cane sweet corn hops flax hemp tobacco tomatoes onions or shallots or garlic or leeks or other alliaceous vegetables cabbages or cauliflowers or kohlrabi or kale or similar edible brassicas lettuce chicory carrots or turnips or salad beetroot, or salsify or celeriac or radishes or similar edible roots cucumbers or gherkins leguminous vegetables avocados melon or pawpaws saffron thyme or basil or melissa or mint or oregano or rosemary or sage locust beans cotton
Amendment 36 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The revised Annex VI to MARPOL introduces, inter alia, stricter sulphur limits for marine fuel in SECAs (1.00% as of 1 July 2010 and 0.10% as of 1 January 2015) as well as in sea areas outside SECAs (3.5% as of 1 January 2012 and, in principle, 0.50% as of 1 January 2020). Most Member States are obliged to require ships to use fuel with maximum 1.00% sulphur content in SECAs as of 1 July 2010 based on their international commitments. In order to ensure coThe requirements laid down in the rence with international law as well as to secure proper enforcement of new globally established sulphur standards in the Union, the provisions of Directive 1999/32/ECvised Annex VI to MARPOL for SECAs set the shipping industry and the users of shipping services at a disadvantage compared to other areas in the Union and also globally. Therefore, it is necessary to revise Annex VI to MARPOL one more time. In order to ensure coherence with international law, Union law should be aligned with the revised Annex VI to MARPOL. In order to ensure a minimum quality of fuel used by ships either for fuel or technology based compliance, marine fuel the sulphur content of which exceeds the general standard of 3.5 % by mass should not be allowed for use or placing on the market in the Union.
Amendment 55 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Having regard to the principle of equal treatment, EU health and environment policy proposals should treat EU citizens equally. Legislation regarding the internal market should be based on the principle of legal certainty. Member States with territorial seas must be bound by equal fuel quality requirements in order to ensure air quality benefits to the Member States whose coasts are not part of SECAs and to establish a minimum level playing field for the sector across the Union.
Amendment 65 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Complying with the low fuel sulphur limits, particularly in SECAs, can result in a significant increase in the price of marine fuels, at least in the short term, and can have a negative effect for the competitiveness of short sea shipping in comparison with other transport modes as well as for the competitiveness of the industries in the countries bordering SECAs. Suitable solutions are necessary in order to reduce compliance costs for the affected industries, such as allowing forand therefore it is necessary to allow a transitional period in SECAs in order to ensure the equal treatment of Member States in the single market. Furthermore it is necessary to allow alternative, more cost-effective methods of compliance than fuel-based compliance and providing support, where necessary. The Commission will, based inter alia on reports from Member States, closely monitor the impacts of the shipping sector's compliance with the new fuel quality standards, particularly with respect to possible modal backshift from sea to land based transport, and will, if necessary, take appropriate measures to alleviate the situation.
Amendment 74 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Access to emission abatement methods should be facilitated. Those methods can provide emission reductions at least equivalent to, or even greater than, those achievable using low sulphur fuel, provided that they have no significant negative impacts on the environment, such as marine ecosystems, and that they are developed subject to appropriate approval and control mechanisms. The criteria for use of emission abatement methods should be established either by the IMO, subject to supplementation or amendment by the Commission Decision or, in the absence of the IMO instruments, by the European Commission. The already known alternative methods, such as the use of on- board exhaust gas cleaning systems or the mixture of fuel and liquefied natural gas (LNG) should be recognised in the Union. It is important to promote testing and development of new emission abatement methods, in order to, among other reasons, avoid environmentally counter- productive modal shifts from short sea shipping to trucks.
Amendment 92 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Considering the global dimension of environmental politics and shipping emissions, this Directive encourages the Union and its Member States to actively advance, in the IMO, the objective of achieving uniform emission standards for all maritime areas of the world.
Amendment 95 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
-a. point 3 is replaced by the following: 3. marine fuel means any petroleum- derived liquid fuel, as well as bio-fuels, intended for use or in use on board a vessel, including those fuels defined in ISO 8217. It includes any petroleum- derived liquid fuel in use on board inland waterway vessels or recreational craft, as defined in Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery and Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft, when such vessels are at sea;
Amendment 118 #
2011/0190(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 1 – point 6 – point b
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 4 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
A transitional period can be allowed in SECAs if there is no guaranteed availability of low-sulphur maritime fuel (sulphur content 0.10%) at a competitive cost and if there are no appropriate, economically feasible and tested emission cleaning methods available. The transitional period may last until 31 December 2019. During the transitional period the sulphur content of fuel can be a maximum of 1.00%. This paragraph may be reviewed, and if needed revised, in the light of any possible future change in Regulation 14(4) of Annex VI to MARPOL.
Amendment 15 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the added value of EU programmes in favour of SMEs, as these have proven very helpful in supporting Member States’ efforts to secure SMEs’ access to funding opportunities and foreign markets in a time of deep financial crisis; stresses, nevertheless, that a better and more diverse access to funding, from grants to loans or equity financing, should be available in the future for all European industrial actoccess to finance for SMEs should be improved in particular through loan guarantees and equity financing, which have the greatest leverage effects and recover most of the public expenditure with their revenue; points out that the scope of financial instruments should be enlarged, covering all phases of the business cycle, including business transfers; strongly believes that in the foreseen financial envelope for the Programme for the Competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs (COSME) , the budget allocated to financial instruments shall be increased, and the access to it improved, so that the programme can be extended to include even more SMEs, and so that it answers more adequately to SMEs’ various needs; underlines that EU measures such as the Enterprise Europe Network and the China IPR Helpdesk have successfully complemented existing national measures to improve access to foreign markets and that EU funding for these measures should be maintained; underlines that in order to achieve its objectives, the overall budget of COSME should be increased to 0,5% of the MFR budget;
Amendment 29 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the strategic importance of large-scale infrastructure projects (such as ITER, Galileo, GLONASS, GMES) for the future of the EU’s competitiveness and for the reinforcement of EU industries; believes that industry financing of large industrial projects should be secured in the EU budget on the basis of a fully autonomous and comprehensive multiannual budget, while improvements to the governance of large industrieal projects should remain under EU Treaty rules; highlights that if any cost overruns arise in the course of the implementation of these projects, it should be covered in a manner that does not threaten the funding and the successful implementation of other Union policies that contribute to achieving the goals of the EU 2020 strategy;
Amendment 24 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It would be preferable for the 20% energy efficiency target to be achieved as a result of the cumulative implementation of specific national and European measures promoting energy efficiency in different fields. If that approach does not succeed, it would, however, be necessary to reinforce the policy framework by adding a system of binding targets. In a first stage, therefore, Member States should be required to set national energy efficiency targets, schemes and programmes. It should be for them to decide whether these targets should be binding or indicative in their territory. In a second stage, these targets and the individual efforts of each Member State should be evaluated by the Commission, alongside data on the progress made, to assess the likelihood of achieving the overall Union target and the extent to which the individual efforts are sufficient to meet the common goal. The Commission should therefore closely monitor the implementation of national energy efficiency programmes through its revised legislative framework and within the Europe 2020 process. If this assessment shows that the overall Union target is unlikely to be achieved, then the Commission should propose mandatory national targetswill have to propose additional action for 2020, taking into account the individual starting points of Member States, their economic performance and early action taken.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The rate of building renovation needs to be increased, as the existing building stock represents the single biggest potential sector for energy savings. Moreover, buildings are crucial to achieving the EU objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990. Buildings owned by public bodies account for a considerable share of the building stock and have high visibility in public life. It is therefore appropriate to set an annual rate of renovation of allfor each Member State to lay down its own cost-effective and otherwise sound energy-saving and energy efficiency measures as regards buildings owned by public bodies in order to upgrade their energy performance. This renovation rate should be without prejudice to the obligations with regard to nearly- zero energy buildings set in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings. The obligation to renovateEnergy- saving and energy efficiency measures for public buildings complements the provisions of that Directive, which requires Member States to ensure that when existing buildings undergo major renovation their energy performance is upgraded so that they meet minimum energy performance requirements. Building materials also play a crucial role, as an increasingly substantial proportion of the total energy consumption accounted for by buildings arises at the construction stage. Promoting the use of low-emission building materials, such as wood, on a Europe-wide scale would reduce the environmental burden resulting from construction.
Amendment 36 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) A sufficient number of reliable qualified professionals competent in the field of energy efficiency should be available to ensure the effective and timely implementation of this Directive, for instance as regards compliance with the requirements on energy audits and implementation of energy efficiency obligation schemes. Member States should therefore put in place certification schemes for the providers of energy services, energy audits and other energy efficiency improvement measures.
Amendment 74 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set a national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of either final energy or primary energy consumption in 2020. When setting these targets, they shall take into account the Union’s target of 20 % energy savings, the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level. Measures reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the use of renewable energy shall in addition be taken into account.
Amendment 85 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June 2014 or no later than the time when up-to-date reliable statistics are available, the Commission shall assess whether the Union is likely to achieve its target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020, taking into account the sum of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1 and the evaluation referred to in Article 19(4).
Amendment 97 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total floor area owned by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3% rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, the public sector in every country can systematically implement cost-effective and otherwise sound energy-saving and energy efficiency measures. This may be achieved under national programmes or agreements to promote energy audits of buildings owned by the public bodies or of othe Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirr activities and the renovation measures to be carried out on the basis of such audits. Cost-effective measures may include, for example, the promotion of consumption monitoring or improvements to energy managements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EUystems and space efficiency.
Amendment 108 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 120 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The compilation of such inventories shall not, however, apply to buildings important to national security or, for example, buildings owned by the armed forces.
Amendment 124 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) allow, when constructing public buildings, for carbon dioxide emissions from building materials, for the energy consumption brought about by the manufacture of building materials, and for the lifetime environment-friendliness of building materials, and promote the use of renewable natural resources, such as wood, in construction work.
Amendment 140 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This schemee scheme may also take the form of an alternative agreement-based energy efficiency scheme, as referred to in paragraph 9, along the lines of those already in use in many Member States. This scheme, or alternative schemes as referred to in paragraph 9, shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State'’s territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, , to be determined by each Member State according the previous year in that Member Stateo its energy efficiency starting point, excluding energy used in transport. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers. Member States may fulfil an energy saving obligation, wholly or in part, by means of an alternative agreement-based energy efficiency scheme, including where energy end users are directly concerned.
Amendment 172 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Member States opting for this option shall notify to the Commission, by 1 January 2013 atno later than two years from the ldatest of adoption of this Directive, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and demonstrating how they would achieve the required amount of savings. The Commission may refuse such measures or make suggestions for modifications in the 3 months following notification. In such cases, the alternative approach shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified draft measures.
Amendment 172 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It would be preferable for the 20% energy efficiency target to be achieved as a result of the cumulative implementation of specific national and European measures promoting energy efficiency in different fields. If that approach does not succeed, it would however be necessary to reinforce the policy framework by adding a system of binding targets. In a first stage, therefore, Member States should be required to set national energy efficiency targets, schemes and programmes. It should be for them to decide whether these targets should be binding or indicative in their territory. In a second stage, these targets and the individual efforts of each Member State should be evaluated by the Commission, alongside data on the progress made, to assess the likelihood of achieving the overall Union target and the extent to which the individual efforts are sufficient to meet the common goal. The Commission should therefore closely monitor the implementation of national energy efficiency programmes through its revised legislative framework and within the Europe 2020 process. If this assessment shows that the overall Union target is unlikely to be achieved, then the Commission should propose mandatory national targetadditional measures for 2020, taking into account the individual starting points of Member States, their economic performance and early action taken.
Amendment 177 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Amendment 180 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The rate of building renovation needs to be increased, as the existing building stock represents the single biggest potential sector for energy savings. Moreover, buildings are crucial to achieving the EU objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990. Buildings owned by public bodies account for a considerable share of the building stock and have high visibility in public life. It is therefore appropriate to set an annual rate of renovation of allfor each Member State to adopt its own measures, which should be cost-effective and otherwise appropriate, with the aim of increasing energy saving and rendering energy use more efficient, for buildings owned by public bodies to upgrade their energy performance. This renovation rate should be without prejudice to the obligations with regard to nearly- zero energy buildings set in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings. The obligation to renovateEnergy saving and energy efficiency measures applicable to public buildings complements the provisions of that Directive, which requires Member States to ensure that when existing buildings undergo major renovation their energy performance is upgraded so that they meet minimum energy performance requirements. Building materials also play a crucial role, as an increasingly substantial proportion of the total energy consumption accounted for by buildings arises at the construction stage. Promoting the use of low-emission building materials, such as wood, on a Europe-wide scale would reduce the environmental burden resulting from construction.
Amendment 196 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that final customers for electricity, natural gas, district heating or cooling and district- supplied domestic hot water are provided with individual meters that accurately measure and allow to make available their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of use, in accordance with Annex VI. Meters must be cost-effective and must improve the energy efficiency of households.
Amendment 202 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
In case of heating and cooling, where a building is supplied from a district heating network, a heat meter shall be installed at the building entry. In multi-apartment buildings, individual heat consumption meters shall also be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling for each apartment if they improve the energy efficiency of households. Where the use of individual heat consumption meters is not technically feasible, individual heat cost allocators, in accordance with the specifications in Annex VI(1.2), shall be used for measuring heat consumption at each radiator.
Amendment 219 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establish and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plan for developing the potential for the application of high-efficiencymap by means of which it is possible to find and develop cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling more effectively, containing the information set out in Annex VII. The plans shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure by means of their regulatory framework that national heating and cooling plans are taken into account in local and regional development plans, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VII.
Amendment 228 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that all, when new thermal electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW are designed:
Amendment 235 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the cost-effectiveness and technical feasibility of their construction are researched;
Amendment 237 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) are sitedn effort is made to site them in a location where waste heat can be used by heat demand points.
Amendment 239 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall adopt authorisation criteria as referred to in Article 7 of Directive 2009/72/EC, or equivalent permit criteria, to ensure that the provisions of the first subparagraph are met. They shall in particular ensure that the location of new installations takes into account the availability of suitable heat loads for cogeneration in accordance with Annex VIII.
Amendment 247 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 249 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 251 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 255 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 258 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that national regulations on urban and rural spatial planning are adapted to the authorisation criteria referred to in paragraph 3 and are in line with the national heating and cooling plefficient energy production, distribution and use are taken into account in Member States’ national regulations on urban ansd referred to in paragraph 1ural spatial planning.
Amendment 261 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, whenever an existing electricity generation installation with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished or when, in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2010/75/EC, its permit is updated, conversion to allow its operation as a high-efficiency cogeneration installation is set as a condition in the new or updated permit or licence, provided that research has shown this to be cost- effective and that the installation is sited in a location where the waste heat can be used by heat demand points in accordance with point 1 of Annex VIII.
Amendment 273 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 276 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 278 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure the connection of these installations to district heating and cooling networks if this is rational from a cost- effectiveness point of view. They may require these installations to bear the connection charges and the cost of developing the district heating and cooling networks necessary to transport their waste heat to consumers.
Amendment 280 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) A sufficient number of reliable qualified professionals competent in the field of energy efficiency should be available to ensure the effective and timely implementation of this Directive, for instance as regards compliance with the requirements on energy audits and implementation of energy efficiency obligation schemes. Member States should therefore put in place certification schemes for the providers of energy services, energy audits and other energy efficiency improvement measures.
Amendment 286 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Amendment 293 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 3
Taking account of technical development and innovations, the Commission shall be empowered to review, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 18, the harmonised efficiency reference values laid down in Commission Decision [the number of the Decision] on the basis of Directive 2004/8/EC for the first time by 1 January 2015, and every ten years thereafter.
Amendment 323 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 376 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 7 – point 1 – introductory part
Annex 7 – point 1 – introductory part
1. The national heating and cooling planmaps referred to in Article 10(1) shall include:
Amendment 377 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 7 – point 1 – point e
Annex 7 – point 1 – point e
(e) identification of the potential for additional high-efficiency cogeneration, including from the refurbishment of existing and the construction of new generation and industrial installations or other facilities generating waste heat;
Amendment 378 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 7 – point 1 – point h
Annex 7 – point 1 – point h
(h) an estimate of the primary or final energy to be saved;
Amendment 379 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 7 – point 2
Annex 7 – point 2
2. To the extent appropriate, the planheating and cooling map may be made up of an assembly of regional or local plans.
Amendment 381 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 7 – point 3 – point a
Annex 7 – point 3 – point a
(a) an effort is made to locate new thermal electricity generation installations and industrial plants producing waste heat are located in sites where a maximum amount of the available waste heat will be recovered to meet existing or forecasted heat and cooling demand;
Amendment 382 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 7 – point 3 – point b
Annex 7 – point 3 – point b
(b) an effort is made to locate new residential zones or new industrial plants which consume heat in their production processes are located in sites where a maximum amount of their heat demand will be met by the available waste heat, as identified in the national heating and cooling plansmap. To ensure an optimal matching between demand and supply for heat and cooling, spatial plans shall favour the clustering of a number of industrial plants in the same location;
Amendment 385 #
Amendment 435 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set a national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of both final and primary energy consumption in 2020. When setting these targets, they shall take into account the Union’s target of 20 % energy savings, the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level. Account shall also be taken of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the use of renewable energy.
Amendment 466 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June 2014 or by whenever up-to- date and reliable statistics are available, the Commission shall assess whether the Union is likely to achieve its target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020, taking into account the sum of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1 and the evaluation referred to in Article 19(4).
Amendment 490 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total flootheir area owned by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3% rate shall be calculated on the total flospective public sectors can systematically implement cost- effective and otherwise appropriate measures to save energy and make the use of energy more efficient. This may be done on the basis of national programmes or agrea of buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2ements to promote energy surveys of buildings owned by their public bodies of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EUr energy surveys of their other operations and to promote improvements to be made to them on the basis of the surveys. Cost-effective measures may, for example, consist of promoting the monitoring of consumption, using energy management systems and improving space efficiency.
Amendment 543 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 584 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The compilation of such inventories shall not, however, apply to buildings important to national security or, for example, buildings owned by the armed forces.
Amendment 609 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
ba) allow, when constructing public buildings, for carbon dioxide emissions from building materials, for the energy consumption brought about by the manufacture of building materials, and for the lifetime environment-friendliness of building materials, and promote the use of renewable natural resources, such as wood, in construction work.
Amendment 661 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This schemee scheme may also take the form of an alternative agreement-based energy efficiency scheme, as referred to in paragraph 9, along the lines of those already in use in many Member States. This scheme, or alternative schemes as referred to in paragraph 9, shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State'’s territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, , to be determined by each Member State according the previous year in that Member Stateo its energy efficiency starting point, excluding energy used in transport. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers. Member States may fulfil an energy saving obligation, wholly or in part, by means of an alternative agreement-based energy efficiency scheme, including where energy end users are directly concerned.
Amendment 805 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Member States opting for this option shall notify to the Commission, by 1 January 2013 atno later than two years from the ldatest of adoption of this Directive, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and demonstrating how they would achieve the required amount of savings. The Commission may refuse such measures or make suggestions for modifications in the 3 months following notification. In such cases, the alternative approach shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified draft measures.
Amendment 815 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Amendment 924 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that final customers for electricity, natural gas, district heating or cooling and district- supplied domestic hot water are provided with individual meters that accurately measure, and allow to make availablereadings to be taken of, their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of use, in accordance with Annex VI. Meters must be cost-effective and must improve the households’ energy efficiency.
Amendment 966 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
In case of heating and cooling, where a building is supplied from a district heating network, a heat meter shall be installed at the building entry. In multi-apartment buildings, individual heat consumption meters shall also be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling for each apartment, if they improve the energy efficiency of households. Where the use of individual heat consumption meters is not technically feasible, individual heat cost allocators, in accordance with the specifications in Annex VI(1.2), shall be used for measuring heat consumption at each radiator.
Amendment 1049 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establish and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling planmap for developingfinding and developing more efficiently the potential for the application of high-efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling, containing the information set out in Annex VII. The plans shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure by means of their regulatory framework that national heating and cooling plans are taken into account in local and regional development plans, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VII.
Amendment 1105 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that allin planning new thermal electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW:
Amendment 1127 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) an analysis is carried out of the cost- effectiveness and technical feasibility of their construction;
Amendment 1140 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) are sitedefforts are made to site them in a location where waste heat can be used by heat demand points.
Amendment 1146 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall adopt authorisation criteria as referred to in Article 7 of Directive 2009/72/EC, or equivalent permit criteria, to ensure that the provisions of the first subparagraph are met. They shall in particular ensure that the location of new installations takes into account the availability of suitable heat loads for cogeneration in accordance with Annex VIII.
Amendment 1163 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1168 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1173 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1189 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1199 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that national regulations on urban and rural spatial planning are adapted to the authorisation criteria referred to in paragraph 3 and are in line with the national heating and cooling plefficient energy production, distribution and use are taken into account in the Member States’ national regulations on urban ansd referred to in paragraph 1ural spatial planning.
Amendment 1214 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, whenever an existing electricity generation installation with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished or when, in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2010/75/EC, its permit is updated, conversion to allow its operation as a high-efficiency cogeneration installation where this can be shown to be cost-effective is set as a condition in the new or updated permit or licence, provided that the installation is sited in a location where the waste heat can be used by heat demand points in accordance with point 1 of Annex VIII.
Amendment 1235 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1265 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1278 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure the connection of these installations, where it makes sense in terms of cost-effectiveness, to district heating and cooling networks. They may require these installations to bear the connection charges and the cost of developing the district heating and cooling networks necessary to transport their waste heat to consumers.
Amendment 1284 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Amendment 1315 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 3
Taking into account technical progress and innovations, the Commission shall be empowered to review, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 18, the harmonised efficiency reference values laid down in Commission Decision [the number of the Decision] on the basis of Directive 2004/8/EC for the first time by 1 January 2015, and every ten years thereafter.
Amendment 1481 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1742 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VII – section 1 – introductory part
Annex VII – section 1 – introductory part
1. The national heating and cooling planmaps referred to in Article 10(1) shall include:
Amendment 1752 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VII – section 1 – point e
Annex VII – section 1 – point e
(e) identification of the potential for additional high-efficiency cogeneration, including from the refurbishment of existing and the construction of new generation and industrial installations or other facilities generating waste heat;
Amendment 1758 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VII – section 1 – point h
Annex VII – section 1 – point h
(h) an estimate of the primary or final energy to be saved;
Amendment 1761 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VII – section 2
Annex VII – section 2
2. To the extent appropriate, the planheating and cooling map may be made up of an assembly of regional or local plans.
Amendment 1766 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VII – section 3 – point a
Annex VII – section 3 – point a
(a) new thermal electricity generation installations and industrial plants producing waste heat are – insofar as possible – located in sites where a maximum amount of the available waste heat will be recovered to meet existing or forecasted heat and cooling demand;
Amendment 1767 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VII – section 3 – point b
Annex VII – section 3 – point b
(b) new residential zones or new industrial plants which consume heat in their production processes are – insofar as possible – located in sites where a maximum amount of their heat demand will be met by the available waste heat, as identified in national heating and cooling planmaps. To ensure an optimal matching between demand and supply for heat and cooling, spatial plans shall favour the clustering of a number of industrial plants in the same location;
Amendment 1771 #
Amendment 93 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point 1
(1) Works pPublished in the form of books, journals, newspapers, magazines or other writings, andworks and sound recordings which are contained in the collections of publicly accessible libraries, educational establishments, museums or archives, or
Amendment 101 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. A work or a sound recording shall be considered an orphan work if the rightholder in the work is not identified or, even if identified, is not located after a diligent search for the rightholder has been carried out and recorded in accordance with Article 3.
Amendment 105 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. Where a work or a sound recording has more than one rightholder, and one of the rightholders has been identified and located, that work shall not be considered an orphan work.
Amendment 108 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) This Directive should be without prejudice to existing arrangements in the Member States concerning the management of rights such as extended collective licences.
Amendment 108 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of establishing whether a work is anor a sound recording is orphan work, the organisations referred to in Article 1(1) shall ensure that a diligent search is carried out for each work, by consulting the appropriate sources for the category of works in question.
Amendment 114 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The sources that are appropriate for each category of works or sound recordings shall be determined by each Member State, in consultation with rightholders and users, and include, the sources listed in the Annex.
Amendment 125 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4
Article 4
A work or a sound recording which is considered an orphan work according to Article 2 in a Member State shall be considered an orphan work in all Member States.
Amendment 130 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Article 5
Member States shall ensure that a rightholder in a work or a sound recording considered to be orphan has, at any time, the possibility of putting an end to the orphan status.
Amendment 134 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that the organisations referred to in Article 1(1) are permitted to use an orphan work or a sound recording in the following ways:
Amendment 135 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by making the orphan work or the sound recording available, within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 2001/29/EC;
Amendment 139 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. However, unless otherwise provided in Article 7, the organisations referred to in Article 1(1) may not use orphan works or sound recordings in order to achieve aims other than their public interest missions, notably preservation, restoration and the provision of cultural and educational access to works contained in their collections.
Amendment 144 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the organisations referred to in Article 1(1), when using orphan works or sound recordings in accordance with paragraph 1, maintain records of their diligent search and publicly accessible records of use.
Amendment 150 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States may authorise the organisations referred to in Article 1(1) to use an orphan work or a sound recording for purposes other than those referred to in Article 6(2), provided that:
Amendment 151 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) the organisations maintain publicly accessible records of their use of orphan works or sound recordings;
Amendment 152 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) in the case of an orphan work or a sound recording where a rightholder has been identified but not located, the name of the rightholder is indicated in any use of the work or the sound recording;
Amendment 156 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) rightholders which put an end to the orphan status of the work, within the meaning of Article 5, are remunerated for the use that has been made of the work or the sound recording by the organisations referred to in Article 1(1);
Amendment 165 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The provisions of this Directive shall apply in respect of all works or sound recordings referred to in Article 1 which are, on [transposition date], protected by the Member States' legislation in the field of copyright.
Amendment 110 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of non- formal education, such as intercultural learning, in developing important skills and competences; recalls the benefits to be gained from the skills and cultural capital of mobile international students;
Amendment 117 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reminds Member States to introducclude the ltearnching of a secondforeign language at ain early stage in life (pre-primary school); points out that for people without a second language mobility will not become a realitychildhood education;
Amendment 131 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recalls that in addition to international mobility, encouragement should be given to internationalisation at home, and support given to the creation of an international cooperation network from the student’s home university and country; notes that virtual mobility is one form of mobility which should be taken into account in mobility and youth programmes;
Amendment 136 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of beginning a new, more constructive dialogue between all stakeholders within the Bologna process, taking stock from its positive experience, as well as from its failureproblems, in order to further improve it;
Amendment 186 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Strongly stresses that the smooth entrance of young people into the labour market depends mainpartly on the modernisationteaching programmes of VET institutions and universities to ensure that their study programmes match the needs of the labour marketreflecting the needs of the labour market but also on the quality of the teaching;
Amendment 60 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and the EC to support the full digitisation of EU cinemas and to establish European and national programmes to support the transition to digital technologies as quickly as possible;
Amendment 78 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Observes that cinemas bear the heaviest burden in relation to the costs of digitisation and that, because this entails the creation of basic infrastructure which is important to the public and will facilitate better cultural services than hitherto, irrespective of place of residence, public funding is important, particularly for small and independent cinemas;
Amendment 82 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that cinemas are places where people meet and exchange views and stresses that the disappearance of small and independent cinemas, in particular in small towns and less developed regions may, limits access to European cinemas;
Amendment 125 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that although European Structural Funds are a significant source of financing for digitisation projects and training initiatives, funding should be increased as part of the new financial perspectives 2014 – 2020;Does not affect the English version.
Amendment 1 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Commission is aiming to combat the digital divide and provide broadband for all, a service of vital importance for the development of the most sparsely populated areand to improve digital literacy and skills;
Amendment 7 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points to the need to employ national and regional means of obtaining public financial support for broadband in areas - e.g. sparsely populated regions - where commercial investment is unlikely to occur but where broadband is a key tool in their development;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that Member States favour a policy making for the widest possible access to content, the priority being to connect public services, especially schools, other educational establishments and universities, to broadband networks so as to encourage knowledge-sharing and promote cultural and linguistic diversity;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Suggests that public policies be implemented to support the introduction of new technologies and easethat the transiintroduction to aof digital education serviceteaching methods be promoted; calls on the Commission to encourage exchanges of best practice between Member States.
Amendment 1 #
2010/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to promote 112 as the 'EU-wide' emergency number by means of measures aimed at all EU citizens and travellersfurther step up their information work, so that the emergency number 112 reaches all EU citizens and travellers as the 'EU-wide' emergency number, and to organise and support promotional activities, in particular in schools, and events held each year on 11 February, which has been established as 'European 112 Day';
Amendment 3 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages innovation as a broad concept involving the whole process from the original idea to the final product, particularly as regards innovation in business models and services, and taking full advantage of European industries‘ creative potentialthe creative potential of European industries and educational institutions;
Amendment 9 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists on the need to transform Europe into an area of academic excellence with greater mobility and investment for research purposes, such as that offered by the Marie Curie fellowships, including basic research, with the goal of achieving a European Research Area and maximising the synergies offered by Europe's innovation potential;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to create clusters and conditions in which innovation is accelerated and to support the development of stronger partnerships between universitieeducational institutions and the business world, both nationally and internationally;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of the role of research and innovation, particularly in the area of social sciences, in the fight against poverty and social exclusion, and celebrates initiatives such as ‘Science against Poverty’.; acknowledges the importance of turning research efforts into practical applications, products and services;
Amendment 3 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that in the new digital economy, creativity and ICTs are building a new business culture closely linked to VET and that it is therefore time to put VET at the centre of the agenda, especially in order to face the challenges posed by the 2020 strategy;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the link between education and training, particularly the pathway from vocational to higher education, demands changes from learning institutions to cope with the difficulties linked to the differences in teaching and learning styles, and that more suitablefocused teacher training is therefore necessary;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends boosting creativity at all levels of education including vocational, non-formal and informal learning, innovation and entrepreneurship at all levels of education;
Amendment 24 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the Lifelong Learning Programme brings about obvious economies of scalecontributes in a broad sense to the individual development of European citizens by organising mobility schemes at EU level and thus maximising synergies; notes that the Member States would not be able to finance similar actions unaided, and that the programme therefore facilitates access to learning mobility for all EU citizens;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the programme’s Erasmus sub-programme has an implementation rate of close to 100%; recalls the well- documented evidence that Erasmus facilitates study abroad and that this, in turn, significantly improves subsequent employment prospects for students participating in the programme;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 45 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the importance of sport for health, economic growth and jobs, tourism and social inclusion, and the fact that Article 165 TFEU gives the EU new competences in this field; welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Developing the European Dimension in Sport’ (COM(2011)0012) as a first step in assessing sport’sthe added value of sport, and in particular of everyday exercise, and focusing on the societal, economic and organisational dimension of sport;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that education-culture, education, youth and sports related travel is becoming increasingly popular, therefore calls on the Member States, local and regional authorities to be flexible and adapt to new types of consumers due to demographic change and in order to take into account new forms of tourism;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of enhancing the quality of education through the use of programmes such asLifelong Learning programmes which emphasise actions aimed at mobility (e.g. Leonardo da Vinci mobility actions and Erasmus for eEntrepreneurs);
Amendment 15 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need to boost international exchanges of students from vocational schoolstudent mobility within vocational and higher education institutions in the field of tourism so that theystudents can learn from best practice and improve theirgain practical knowledge, such as language skills;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out the merits of a ‘dual’ education system combining learning in a businessn organisational context with learning at a vocational schooland/or higher education institutions, thereby enhancing both theoretical and practical skills;
Amendment 45 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that www.visiteurope.com is a platform to be further developed so as to enhance the visibility of Europe and its heritage by providing information in the largest possible number of EU official languages as well as major world languages; emphasises that it should be one of the core platforms linking together other programmes and applications.
Amendment 24 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the early years of childhood are critical for brain, physical and cognitive development, and language acquirement, and alsothe overall development of the child, comprising cognitive, sensomotor and affective development, and that early childhood should also create the basis for growth, enabling the child to become a balanced human being and laying the foundations for lifelong learning;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that in addition to education, all children have the right to rest,children have the right to a childhood, which, in addition to play, comprises opportunities for sufficient leisure and playrest;
Amendment 52 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Acknowledges the impact, competitiveness and future potential of cultural and creative industries as an important engine for sustainable growth in Europe that can play a decisive role in the EU's economic recovery;
Amendment 55 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. UnderlinStresses the need to analyse cultural and creative industries and the impact of their activities on the European economy, identifying, defining and describing them each in turn;
Amendment 70 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to promote artistic and cultural education among all age groups, from primary to higher and/or vocational education, including in the context of lifelong learning;
Amendment 74 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to pass on techniques and know-how and the value of reinforcing learning and setting up professional training programmes focused on the cultural and creative sector, better harnessing the use of existing programmes and curricula, providing multidisciplinary education and promoting cooperation and partnerships between schooleducational institutions, students, professionals from the cultural and creative sector, enterprises of all sizes, including private and public sector, craftspeople and financial institutions;
Amendment 79 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to create optimum conditions for employing university- educated and professional young people from this sector and to train them, together with all other students in this field, in the specific economic, taxation, financial and technological aspects of the cultural and creative world and in communication and marketing;
Amendment 110 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Member States and the Commission to establish a European digital single market, technical and financial support mechanisms in cultural and creative industries with the aim of digitising cultural heritage and to introduce common European standards;
Amendment 112 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the European Commission to encourage the growth of the cultural and creative industries, especially online, by taking relevant steps to ensure that all stakeholders share the responsibility for equally protecting products and services in the digital environment in order to build greater consumer trust online;
Amendment 127 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to set up the basis for the creation of a European mechanism to guarantee and ensure the protection of intellectual property rights, online and offline, of all actors involved in the cultural and creative industries sectors;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. having regard to the urgent need to launch a debate on the benefits and limitations of GDP as a yardstick for measuring and evaluating the success of economic policy and, by association, the wellbeing of societies,
Amendment 15 #
2010/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas using GDP ais a useful measure of macroeconomic activity tends to mean ignoring, it cannot alone encompass the non-market aspects, and it is therefore not a suitable means of measuring social wellbeingeeds to be complemented by other social measurements,
Amendment 25 #
2010/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to develop indicators which can complement GDP and have as their objective the provision of more exhaustive information to support political decisions, notably where they incorporate such factors as the social and environmental dimensions, macroeconomic imbalances, development, quality of life, public health, demographic trends, research, social equality and the level of employment;
Amendment 46 #
2010/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that if the Union fulfils itRecognises the Union's objectives in terms of energy efficiency and, energy saving and the fight against climate change, GDP will fall, and therefore believes it is essential that the new indicators should take account of those aspects and give them their and how this may have a negative impact on the significance of GDP, and therefore believes that whilst economic growth is fundamental to society's wellbeing, it is essential that alternative indicators are also given due weight.
Amendment 17 #
2010/0303(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Recent events highlighted the risks of offshore oil and gas exploration and production activities to maritime transport and the marine environmenOil disasters at sea are a consequence of uncontrolled risks arising from offshore activities associated with oil and gas exploration and production, whose impact affects large areas of the sea and coast and thus also maritime transport. The use of the Agency's response capabilities should be explicitly extended to cover response to pollution originating from such activities. In addition, the Agency should assist the Commission in analysing the safety of mobile offshore gas and oil installations, in order to identify possible weaknesses, basing its contribution on the expertise it has developed with regard to maritime safety, maritime security, the prevention of pollution caused by ships and response to marine pollution.
Amendment 40 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The 800 MHz band is optimalcan be used for the coverage of large areas by wireless broadband services. Building on the harmonisation of technical conditions under Decision 2010/267/EU, and on Commission Recommendation of 28 October 2009 calling for analogue broadcasting to be switched off by 1 January 2012, and given rapid national regulatory developments, this band should in principle be made available for electronic communications in the Union by 20135. In the longer term, additional spectrum below 790 MHzin the UHF band could also be envisaged, depending on actual market demands, social and cultural objectives, experience and the lack of spectrum in other bands adequate for coverage. Considering the capacity of the 800 MHz band to transmit over large areas, coverage obligations should be attached to rights.
Amendment 66 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall, by 17 Januaryune 20135 make the 800 MHz band available for electronic communications services in line with the harmonised technical conditions laid down pursuant to the Decision No 676/2002/EC. In Member States where exceptional national or local circumstances would prevent the availability of the band, the Commission may authorise specific derogations untilthe digital switchover process is already well advanced or completed and where the migration of incumbent services can be managed on time, the Commission recommends to make the band available by 1 January 20153. In accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2002/21/EC , the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall keep under review the use of the spectrum below 1UHF band (i.e. spectrum between 300 MHz and 3GHz) and assess whether additional spectrum could be freed and made available for new applications.
Amendment 20 #
2009/2214(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there has been a longstanding engagement of the EU in the Arctic by way of its involvement in the Northern Dimension Policy with Russia, including its Arctic Window, in the Barents cooperation and particularly in the Barents- Euro-Arctic-Council, the implications of the strategic partnerships with Canada, the United States and Russia and its participation as an active ad hoc observer in the AC; whereas the Northern Dimension is the only financial instrument in the EU to fund the Arctic region,
Amendment 97 #
2009/2214(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that the effects of the melting ice are also creating e dispropportunities for economic development in the Arctic region; acknowledges the wish of the inhabitants of the Arctic to continue to pursue sustainable economic development while at the same time protecting the very sensitive nature of the Arctic ecosystems, taking into account their experience in using and developing the resources of the region in a sustainable wayionately large Arctic warming impact caused by local emissions of soot as compared to emissions originating elsewhere, largely due to its effect on highly reflective surfaces such as snow or ice;
Amendment 108 #
2009/2214(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the special position and recognises the rights of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic and points in particular to the legal and political situation of the indigenous peoples in the Arctic States; stresses the importance of cooperation between governments, local people and indigenous people;
Amendment 159 #
2009/2214(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is of the opinion that the EU should develop further its capacities and calls on the Commission to explore and reportRequests the Commission to proceed on the establishment or continuation off an EU aArctivities in the Arctic such as a circumpolar joint multilateral research funding programme providing for easier and less bureaucratic cooperation, joint projectsc Information Centre as a joint, networked undertaking, keeping in mind the Finnish proposal of setting up the hub of the Centre at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, based ofn the research community, and anCommission Arctic Communication and Council Arctic Conclusions, and that the EU Arctic Information Centre that should be capable of organising permanent EU outreach to the major actors and stakeholders in the Arctic and globally, as well as of channelling information and services on the Arctic towards the European Institutionstakeholders;
Amendment 167 #
2009/2214(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Requests the EU and its Member States to propose under the ongoing IMO work on a mandatory Polar Code for shipping that soot emissions and heavy fuel oil should be regulated specifically;
Amendment 17 #
2009/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that improved dialogue and collaboration between universities and business will offer increased opportunities to gain mutual benefits that not only stimulate economic growth, but are also useful in a wider social sense in that they contribute to an ever-improving knowledge-based society;
Amendment 24 #
2009/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises that the benefits of improved dialogue and collaboration between universities and business in this context would be equally relevant in terms of improving dialogue and collaboration between universities and national, European and international institutions and civil society organisations, as well as improving the interaction between universities and society at large;