1252 Amendments of Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
Amendment 1 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, notably its Articles 24, 27 and 40,
Amendment 13 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the ties between Europe and the United States of America are based on the spirit and principles of democracy and rule of law, liberty, justice and solidarity;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, given that the EU's core aim is to promote freedom of the individual, security measures, including counterterrorism measures, must be pursued through the rule of law and must be subject to fundamental rights obligations, including those relating to privacy and data protection;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in September 2001 the world entered a new phase which resulted in the fight against terrorism being listed among the top priorities of most governments; whereas the revelations based on leaked documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor, put democratically -elected leaders under anthe obligation to address the challenges of the increasing capabilities ofoverseeing and controlling intelligence agencies in surveillance activities and their implications forcting outside the rule of law in a democratic society;
Amendment 26 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D – point 2
Recital D – point 2
· the high risk of violation of EU legal standards, fundamental rights and data protection standards;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D – point 5
Recital D – point 5
· the degreelack of control and effective oversight by the US political authorities and certain EU Member States over their intelligence communities;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D – point 6
Recital D – point 6
· the possibilityfact of these mass surveillance operations being used for reasons other than national security and the strict fight against terrorism, for example economic and industrial espionage or profiling on political grounds;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D – point 8
Recital D – point 8
· the increasingly blurred boundaries between law enforcement and intelligence activities, leading to every citizen being treated as a suspect and being surveilled;
Amendment 38 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D – point 9 a (new)
Recital D – point 9 a (new)
the undermining of the communications with members of a profession with a confidentiality privilege such as lawyers, journalists, physicians or priests;
Amendment 42 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the US authorities have denied some of the information revealed but not contested the vast majority of it; whereas the public debate has developed on a large scale in the US and in a limited number of EU Member States; whereas EU governments too often remain silent and fail to launch adequate investigations;
Amendment 52 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas US President Barrack Obama in his speech on 17 January has announced some policy changes to the mass surveillance programmes, he has not called for changes in legislation, particularly the prohibition of mass surveillance activities and bulk processing of personal data and the introduction of legal redress for non-US persons;
Amendment 58 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas in all Member States the law protects from disclosure information communicated in confidence between lawyer and client, a principle which has been recognised by the European Court of Justice26a; __________________ 26a Judgement of 18 May 1982 in case C- 155/79, AM & S Europe Limited v Commission of the European Communities
Amendment 60 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas according to Article 67(3) TFEU the EU ‘"shall endeavour to ensure a high level of security’"; whereas the provisions of the Treaty (in particular Article 4(2) TEU, Article 72 TFEU and Article 73 TFEU) imply that the EU disposes of certain competences on matters relating to the collective external security of the Union; whereas the EU has exercised competence in matters of internal security (Article 4(j) TFEU) and has exercised this competence by deciding on a number of legislative instruments and concluding international agreements (PNR, TFTP) aimed at fighting serious crime and terrorism and by setting -up an internal security strategy and agencies working in this field;
Amendment 67 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas, underin accordance with Article 6 TEU, covering the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the ECHR, Member States’' agencies and even private parties acting in the field of national security also have to respect the rights enshrined therein, be they of their own citizens or of citizens of other States; whereas this also goes forgoes also as far as cooperation with other States’' authorities in the field of national security is concerned;
Amendment 70 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the extra-territorial application by a third country of its laws, regulations and other legislative or executive instruments in situations falling under the jurisdiction of the EU or its Member States may impact on the established legal order and the rule of law, or even violate international or EU law, including the rights of natural and legal persons, taking into account the extent and the declared or actual aim of such an application; whereas, in these exceptional circumstances, it is necessary to take action at the EU level to ensure that the rule of law, and the rights of natural and legal persons are respected within the EU, in particular by removing, neutralising, blocking or otherwise countering the effects of the foreign legislation concerned;
Amendment 80 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AC
Recital AC
AC. whereas according to the information revealed and to the findings of the inquiry conducted by the LIBE Committee, the national security agencies of New Zealand and Canada have beenare involved on ain large scale in mass surveillance of electronic communications and have actively cooperated with the US, the UK and Australia, under the so called ‘"Five eyes’" programme, and may have exchanged with each other personal data of EU citizens transferred from the EU to each other;
Amendment 82 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AI
Recital AI
AI. whereas national data protection authorities have developed binding corporate rules (BCRs) in order to facilitate international transfers within a multinational corporation with adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of the privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and as regards the exercise of the corresponding rights; whereas before being used, BCRs need to be authorised by the Member States’ competent authorities after the latter have assessed compliance with Union data protection law; whereas BCRs for data processors have been rejected in the LIBE Committee report on the General Data Protection Regulation, as they would leave the data controller and the data subject without any control over the jurisdiction in which their data is processed;
Amendment 101 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BA a (new)
Recital BA a (new)
BAa. whereas US intelligence agencies have a policy of systematically undermining cryptographic protocols and products in order to be able to intercept even encrypted communication; whereas the US National Security Agency has collected vast numbers of so called "zero- day exploits" – IT security vulnerabilities that are not yet known to the public or the product vendor; whereas such activities massively undermine global efforts to improve IT security;
Amendment 103 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BA b (new)
Recital BA b (new)
BAb. whereas IT vendors often deliver products that have not been properly tested for IT security or that even sometimes have back-doors implanted purposefully by the vendor; whereas the lack of liability rules for software vendors has led to such a situation which is in turn exploited by intelligence agencies, but also leaves the risk of attacks by other entities;
Amendment 105 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BB
Recital BB
BB. whereas intelligence services perform an important functioncan provide help in protecting the democratic society against internal and external threats subject to democratic accountability and judicial oversight; whereas they are given special powers and capabilities to this end; whereas these powers are to be limited to the extent strictly necessary and proportionate and used within the rule of law, as otherwise they risk losing legitimacy and erodinge the democratic nature of society;
Amendment 111 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BD
Recital BD
BD. whereas technological developments have led tobeen used for increased international intelligence cooperation, also involving the exchange of personal data, and often blurring the line between intelligence and law enforcement activities;
Amendment 115 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BE
Recital BE
BE. whereas most of existing national oversight mechanisms and bodies were set up or revamped in the 1990s and have not necessarily been adapted to the rapid political and technological developments over the last decade;
Amendment 126 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out specifically to US NSA intelligence programmes allowing for the mass surveillance of EU citizens through direct access to the central servers of leading US internet companies (PRISM programme), the analysis of content and metadata (Xkeyscore programme), the circumvention of online encryption (BULLRUN), access to computer and telephone networks, and access to location data, as well as to systems of the UK intelligence agency GCHQ such as itsthe upstream surveillance activity (Tempora programme) and the decryption programme (Edgehill); believethe targeted man- in-the-middle attacks on information systems (Quantumtheory and Foxacid programmes); the collection and retention of 200 million SMS text messages per day (Dishfire programme); considers that the existence of programmes of a similar nature, even if on a more limited scaledimension, is likely in other EU countries such as France (DGSE), Germany (BND) and Sweden (FRA);
Amendment 130 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the allegations of ‘hacking’ or tapping into the Belgacom systems by the UK intelligence agency GCHQ; reiteranotes the indication by Belgacom that it could not confirm that EU institutions were targeted or affected, and that the malware used was extremely complex and required the use of extensive financial and staffing resources for its development and use that would not be available to private entities or hackers;
Amendment 138 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that several governments claim that these mass surveillance programmes are necessary to combat terrorism; wholeheartedly supports the fight against terrorism, but strongly believes that it can never in itself never be a justification for untargeted, secret, and sometimes even illegal mass surveillance programmes; expresses concerns, therefore, regarding the legality, necessity and proportionality of these programmesdeems such programmes disproportionate and incompatible with the concept of a democratic society based on the rule of law;
Amendment 145 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it very doubtful that data collection of such magnitude isbe not only guided by the fight against terrorism, as it involves the collection of all possible data of all citizens; points therefore to the possible existence of other power motives such as political and economic espionage;
Amendment 154 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the vast, systemic, blanket collection of the personal data of innocent people, often comprising intimate personal information; emphasises that the systems of mass, indiscriminate surveillance by intelligence services constitute a serious interference with the fundamental rights of citizens; stresses that privacy is not a luxury right, but that it is the foundation stone of a free and democratic society; points out, furthermore, that mass surveillance has potentially severe effects on the freedom of the press, thought and speech and on freedom of assembly and of association, as well as a significant potential for abuse of the information gathered against political adversaries; emphasises that these mass surveillance activities appear also tlso entail illegal actions by intelligence services and raise questions regarding the extra-territoriality of national laws;
Amendment 163 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that the abovementioned concerns are exacerbated by rapid technological and societal developments; considers that, since internet and mobile devices are everywhere in modern daily life (‘ubiquitous computing’) and the business model of most internet companies is based on the processing of personal data of all kinds that puts at risk the integrity of the person, the scale of this problem is unprecedented; underlines that this may create a "turnkey tyranny" situation that can severely be misused in case of changes in political leadership;
Amendment 173 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Commends the current discussions, inquiries and reviews concerning the subject of this iInquiry in several parts of the world; points to the Global Government Surveillance Reform signed up to by the world’'s leading technology companies, which callsing for sweeping changes to national surveillance laws, including an international ban on bulk collection of data to help preserve the public’'s trust in the internet; points to the call by hundreds of leading academics for ending mass surveillance38a; points to the calls by many civil society organisations for ending mass surveillance38b and for the strict adherence of necessity and proportionality into surveillance measures38c; points to the call by a large group of authors, including a number of Nobel prize winners, along similar lines38d, notes with great interest the recommendations published recently by the US President’'s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies; strongly urges governments to take these calls and recommendations fully into account and to overhaul their national frameworks for the intelligence services in order to implement appropriate safeguards and oversight; __________________ 38a www.academicsagainstsurveillance.net 38b www.stopspyingonus.com 38c www.en.necessaryandproportionate.org 38d www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/ themen/autoren-gegen- ueberwachung/demokratie-im-digitalen- zeitalter-der-aufruf-der-schriftsteller- 12702040.html
Amendment 182 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new) after heading «Recommendations»
Paragraph 18 a (new) after heading «Recommendations»
18a. Calls on EU Member States to drop criminal charges, if any, against Edward Snowden and to offer him protection from prosecution, extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as whistleblower and international human rights defender;
Amendment 185 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the US to drop any criminal charges Edward Snowden in recognition of his status as whistleblower and international human rights defender;
Amendment 186 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Draws attention to the plight of other whistleblowers and their supporters, including any journalists involved, who find themselves under pressure from government authorities;
Amendment 192 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the US as well as EU and Member States' legislators to revise legislation on electronic communications and signals intelligence and the processing and transfer of such intelligence information to fully respect the principles of legality, legitimate aim and purpose limitation, necessity, adequacy, proportionality, authorisation by a competent judicial authority, due process, user notification, transparency, public and parliamentary oversight, protection of the integrity of communications and systems, including safeguards for international cooperation and against illegitimate access;
Amendment 201 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on certainall EU Member States, including the UK, Germany, France, Sweden and the Netherlands, toand in particular those participating in the so- called "9-eyes" and "14-eyes" programmes, to comprehensively evaluate and revise where necessary their national legislation and practices governing the activities of intelligence services – including their (strategic) surveillance powers, authorisation procedures and oversight mechanisms - so as to ensure that they are in line with the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights and comply with their fundamental rights obligations as regards data protection, privacy and, presumption of innocence; in particular, given the extensive media reports referring to mass surveillance in the UK, would emphasise that the current legal framework which is made up of a ‘complex interaction’ between three separate pieces of legislation – the Human Rights Act 1998, the Intelligence Services Act 1994 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 – should be revised;, the necessity and proportionality of surveillance activities, as well as parliamentary and judicial oversight, the UN compilations of good practices38g and the recommendations of the Venice Commission38h; __________________ 38g United Nations General Assembly, A/HRC/14/46, 17 May 2010. 38h European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission): Report on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, CDL-AD(2010)022, adopted 4 June 2010; Report on the Democratic Oversight of the Security Services, CDL- AD(2007)016, adopted 2 June 2007.
Amendment 207 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on UK to revise their national legislation and practices governing the activities of intelligence services so as to ensure that they are in line with the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights and comply with their fundamental rights obligations as regards data protection, privacy and presumption of innocence; in particular, given the extensive media reports referring to mass surveillance in the UK, would emphasise that the current legal framework which is made up of a 'complex interaction' between three separate pieces of legislation – the Human Rights Act 1998, the Intelligence Services Act 1994 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 – should be revised;
Amendment 208 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on France to revise its legal framework in the field of intelligence activities in order to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights' requirements, to strengthen its general oversight mechanisms, both as regards the ex ante authorisation procedures, the involvement of the Parliament in the monitoring of intelligence activities and the reinforcement of technical capabilities and investigative powers of the latter. Moreover, existing independent administrative authorities should be entitled to monitor more closely and effectively the processing of data collected by the various intelligence agencies. Urges French government to clarify its relations and potential agreements with telecommunication companies as regards access to and exchange of personal data and access to communication facilities including Transatlantic cables;
Amendment 209 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Calls on Germany to revise the law on the German foreign intelligence service (BND) and the G-10 Law by making them more specific and ending the mass surveillance of cross-border telecommunications by the BND, reinforcing the rights of all persons whose communications are intercepted, providing for more public information in particular as to the activities of the G10 Commission, reinforcing the technical capabilities and investigative powers of the parliamentary oversight bodies; underlines in this context that under the ECHR and the Charter of Fundamental Rights governments have to respect and protect fundamental rights, including the secrecy of communications, of all persons, not only of their own citizens and residents;
Amendment 210 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Amendment 211 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)
Paragraph 20 e (new)
20e. Takes note of the review of the Dutch Intelligence and Security Act 2002 (report by the "Dessens Commission" of 2 December 2013); supports those recommendations of the review commission which aim to strengthen the transparency of and the control and oversight on the Dutch intelligence services; calls on the Netherlands to refrain from extending the powers of the intelligence services so that untargeted and large-scale surveillance could also be performed on cable-bound communications of innocent citizens, especially given the fact that one of the biggest Internet Exchange Points in the world is located in Amsterdam (AMS-IX); calls for caution in defining the mandate and capabilities of the new Joint Sigint Cyber Unit, as well as for the presence and operation by US intelligence personnel on Dutch territory;
Amendment 212 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 f (new)
Paragraph 20 f (new)
20f. Calls on Poland to revise police and secret services' powers (in particular as far as their access to citizens' personal data from various sources is concerned) and introduce an independent supervisory mechanism over their activity, notably in the area of intelligence and general crime prevention; strongly recommends that Poland properly applies freedom of information laws with respect to national security issues in accordance with the Global Principles on the National Security and Access to Information, recently endorsed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in its Resolution 1954 (2013) on National security and access to information; recommends further that any freedom of information requests shall be duly and adequately treated, notably when relevant for explaining government involvement in programs of mass surveillance and for thereby holding decision-makers accountable;
Amendment 222 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that the companies identified by media revelations as being involved in the large- scale mass surveillance of EU data subjects by US NSA are companies that have self-certified their adherence to the Safe Harbour, and that the Safe Harbour is the legal instrument used for the transfer of EU personal data to the US (Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Facebook, Apple, LinkedIn); expresses its concerns onis alarmed by the fact that these organisations admitted that they do not encrypt information and communications flowing between their data centres, thereby enabling intelligence services to intercept information39 ; __________________ 39 The Washington Post, 31 October 2013. The Washington Post, 31 October 2013.
Amendment 224 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that large-scale access by US intelligence agencies to EU personal data processed by Safe Harbour does not per se meet the criteria for derogation under ‘national security’;
Amendment 233 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to present by June 2014 a comprehensive assessment of the US privacy framework covering commercial, law enforcement and intelligence activities in response to the fact that the EU and the US legal systems for protecting personal data are drifting apartand concrete recommendations and consequences based on the absence of a general data protection law in the US;
Amendment 237 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess without delay whether the adequate level of protection of the New Zealand and of the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, as declared by Commission Decisions 2013/6540 and 2/2002 of 20 December 2001, have been affected by the involvement of their national intelligence agencies in the mass surveillance of EU citizens and, if necessary, to take appropriate measures to suspend or revers the adequacy decisions; also calls on the Commission to assess the situation for other countries that have received an adequacy rating; expects the Commission to report to the European Parliament on its findings on the abovementioned countries by December 2014 at the latest; __________________ 40 OJ L 28, 30.1.2013, p. 12.
Amendment 241 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission to examine without delay the standard contractual clauses it has established in order to assess whether they provide the necessary protection as regards access to personal data transferred under the clauses for intelligence purposes and, if appropriate, to review them;
Amendment 250 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Reiterates its resolution of 23 October 2013 and asks the Commission for the suspenstermination of the TFTP Agreement;
Amendment 255 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls on the European Commission to react to concerns that three of the four major computerised reservation systems used by airlines worldwide are based in the US and that PNR data are saved in cloud systems operating on US soil under US law, which lacks data protection adequacy; states that this undermines the legitimacy and effectiveness of the PNR agreement; calls for termination of the EU US PNR agreement;
Amendment 269 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Stresses that both the Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Directive are necessary to protect the fundamental rights of individuals and therefore must be treated as a package to be adopted simultaneously, in order to ensure that all data-processing activities in the EU provide a high level of protection in all circumstances; stresses that it will only adopt further law enforcement cooperation measures once Council has entered into negotiations with Parliament and Commission on the Data Protection Package;
Amendment 274 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Notes that trust in US cloud computing and cloud providers has been negatively affected by the abovementioned practices; emphasises, therefore, the development of European clouds and IT solutions as an essential element for growth and employment and trust in cloud computing services and providers and for ensuring a high level of personal data protection;
Amendment 279 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. RegDeplorets the fact that such access is usually attained by means of direct enforcement by third-country authorities of their own legal rules, without recourse to international instruments established for legal cooperation such as mutual legal assistance (MLA) agreements or other forms of judicial cooperation;
Amendment 280 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to speed up the work of establishing a European Cloud Partnership while fully including civil society and the technical community, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and incorporating data protection aspects;
Amendment 289 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Recognises that the EU and the US are pursuing negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which is of major strategic importance for creating further economic growth and for the ability of both the EU and the US to set future global regulatory standards;
Amendment 292 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Strongly emphasises, given the importance of the digital economy in the relationship and in the cause of rebuilding EU-US trust, that the European Parliament will only consent tosee to it that the final TTIP agreement provided the agreement, among other criteria, fully respects fundamental rights recognised by the EU Charter, and that the protection of the privacy of individuals in relation to the processing and dissemination of personal data must continue to be governed by Article XIV of the GATSshall remain governed by Article XIV of the GATS before consenting to it; stresses that EU data protection legislation cannot be deemed an "arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination" in the application of Article XIV of the GATS; stresses furthermore that the European Parliament shall not consent to any final TTIP agreement as long as the blanket mass surveillance activities and bulk processing of personal data as well as the interception of communications in EU institutions and diplomatic representations are not fully stopped;
Amendment 311 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Calls forDecides the setting up of a hHigh-l Level gGroup in order to strengthen cooperationparliamentary oversight in the field of intelligence at EU level, combined with a proper oversight mechanism ensuring both democratic legitimacy and adequate technical capacity; stresses that the high- level group should cooperate closely with national parliaments in order to propose further steps to be taken for increased oversight collaboration in the EU;
Amendment 322 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
66. Intends to organise a conference with national oversight bodies, whether parliamentary or independent, byefore the end of 2014;
Amendment 326 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Calls on the Member States to develop cooperation among oversight bodies, in particular within the European Network of National Intelligence Reviewers (ENNIR); calls particularly on the oversight bodies of those Member States whose governments have refused to cooperate with the EP inquiry - UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden – to further coordinate their activities;
Amendment 329 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Urges the Commission to present, by September 2014, a proposal for a legal basis for the activities of the EU Intelligence Analysis Centre (IntCen), as well as a proper oversight mechanism adapted to its activities, including regular reporting to the European Parliament; decides not to allocate funding to IntCen until its activities are covered by a proper legal basis;
Amendment 335 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Calls on the Europol Joint Supervisory Body, together with national data protection authorities, to conduct a joint inspection before the end of 2014 in order to ascertain whether information and personal data shared with Europol has been lawfully acquired by national authorities, particularly if the information or data was initially acquired by intelligence services in the EU or a third country, and whether appropriate measures are in place to prevent the use and further dissemination of such information or data; considers that Europol should not process any information or data which was obtained in violation of fundamental rights which would be protected under the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 348 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Considers that the detention of Mr Miranda and the seizure of the material in his possession under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (and also the request to The Guardian to destroy or hand over the material) by UK authorities constitutes an interference with the right of freedom of expression as recognised by Article 10 of the ECHR and Article 11 of the EU Charter;
Amendment 353 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76 a (new)
Paragraph 76 a (new)
Professional Secrecy and Confidentiality Privilege 76a. Considers that it is of the essence of professional secrecy privilege for lawyers, journalists, priests and other regulated professions that their members are told by their clients, patients or sources about matters which they would not tell to others and that without the certainty of confidentiality, there can be no trust; stresses that if the right of EU citizens to be protected against any divulging of communications with their lawyers is denied, they may be denied access to legal advice and to justice; stresses that if the right of journalists to protect their sources against any divulging of communications is denied, the critical role of investigative journalism for democracy is undermined;
Amendment 365 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Takes the view that the mass surveillance revelations that have initiated this crisis can be used as an opportunity for Europe to take the initiative and build up an autonomous IT key-resource capability for the mid term; underlines that in order to gain trust, such a European IT capability must be based on open standards and free and open software and if possible hardware, making the whole stack from processor design to the application layer reviewable by every interested party; points out that in order to re-gain competitiveness in the strategic sector of IT services, a digital new deal is needed with joint and large-scale efforts by EU institutions, member state governments, research institutions, industry and civil society; calls on the Commission and the Member States to use public procurement as leverage to support such resource capability in the EU by making EU security and privacy standards a key requirement in the public procurement of IT goods and services;
Amendment 367 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
79. Is highly concerned by indications that foreignStrongly condemns that that intelligence services sought to lower IT security standards and to install backdoors in a broad range of IT systems; asks the Commission to present draft legislation to ban the use of backdoors by law enforcement agencies;
Amendment 376 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82
Paragraph 82
82. Points out that both telecom companies and the EU and national telecom regulators have clearly neglected the IT security of their users and clients; calls on the Commission to make full use of its existing powers under the ePrivacy and Telecommunication Framework Directive to strengthen the protection of confidentiality of communication by adopting measures to ensure that terminal equipment is compatible with the right of users to control and protect their personal data, and to ensure a high level of security of telecommunication networks and services, including by way of requiring state-of-the-art end-to-end encryption of communications;
Amendment 380 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83
Paragraph 83
83. Supports the EU cyber strategy but considers that it does not cover all possible threats and should be extended to cover malicious state behaviours; underlines the need for more robust IT security and resilience of IT systems;
Amendment 387 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
Paragraph 85
85. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the next Work Programme of the Horizon 2020 Programme, to assess whether more resources should be directed towards boosting European research, development, innovation and training in the field of IT technologies, in particular privacy-enhancing technologies and infrastructures, cryptology, secure computing, open-source security solutions and the Information Society; stresses that no EU funding should be spent for the sole purpose of breaking into IT systems or developing tools for this;
Amendment 401 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
Paragraph 87
87. Deems it necessary for the EU to be supported byAsks the Commission to also consider the possible additional need for an EU IT Academy that brings together the best European experts in all related fields, tasked with providing all relevant EU Institutions and bodies with scientific advice on IT technologies, including security-related strategies; as a first step asks the Commission to set up an independent scientific expert panel;
Amendment 414 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 – point 5
Paragraph 88 – point 5
· the use of more free and open-source systems and fewer off-the-shelf commercial systems;
Amendment 418 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 – point 10
Paragraph 88 – point 10
· the use of cloud storage by the EP, including what kind of data is stored on the cloud, how the content and access to it is protected and where the cloud is located, clarifying the applicable data protection and intelligence legal regimes;
Amendment 420 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 – point 13
Paragraph 88 – point 13
· an analysis of the benefits of plan for using the GNU Privacy Guard as a default encryption standard for emails which would at the same time allow for the use of digital signatures;
Amendment 430 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 94
Paragraph 94
94. Calls on the Member States, in cooperation with ENISA, Europol’'s CyberCrime Centre, CERTs and national data protection authorities and cybercrime units, to start an education and awareness- raising campaign in order to enable citizens to make a more informed choice regarding what personal data to put on line and how better to protect them, including through ‘digital hygiene’, encryption and safe cloud computing, making full use of the public interest information platform provided for in the Universal Service Directive;
Amendment 436 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95
Paragraph 95
95. Calls on the Commission, by September 2014, to evaluate the possibilities ofpropose draft legislation encouraging software and hardware manufacturers to introduce more security and privacy throughby design and by default features in their products, including the possibilit by of introducing legal liability on the part of manufacturers for unpatched known vulnerabilities, faulty or insecure software, or the installation of secret backdoors, and disincentives for the undue and disproportionate collection of mass personal data, and if appropriate to come forward with legislative proposals;
Amendment 438 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96
Paragraph 96
96. Believes, beyond the need for legislative change, that the inquiry has shown the need for the US to restore trust with its partners, as US intelligence agencies’' activities are primarily at stake;
Amendment 444 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 101
Paragraph 101
101. Is ready actively to engage in a dialogue with US counterparts so that, in the ongoing American public and congressional debate on reforming surveillance and reviewing intelligence oversight, the privacy rights of EU citizens are addressed, equal information rights and privacy protection in US courts guaranteed and the current discrimination not perpetuated; urges the US to enact a general data protection law and amend the Privacy Act to create legal redress options for non-US persons;
Amendment 447 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 102
Paragraph 102
102. Insists that necessary reforms be undertaken and effective guarantees given to Europeans to ensure that the use of surveillance and data processing for foreign intelligence purposes is limited by clearly specified conditions and related to reasonable suspicion or probable cause of terrorist or criminal activity; stresses that this purpose must be subject to transparent judicial oversight;
Amendment 451 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 103
Paragraph 103
103. Considers that clear political signals are needed from our American partners to demonstrate that the US distinguishes between allies and adversaries; considers the actions taken and announcements by the US government so far as insufficient;
Amendment 456 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107
Paragraph 107
107. Also believes that that the involvement and activities of EU Members States has led to a loss of trust; is of the opinion that only full clarity as to purposes and means of surveillance, public debate and, ultimately, revision of legislation, including a and practices to end mass surveillance activities and strengthening of the system of judicial and parliamentary oversight, will be able to re-establish the trust lost;
Amendment 461 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 108
Paragraph 108
108. Is aware that some EU Member States are pursuing bilateral communication with the US authorities on spying allegations, and that some of them have concluded (United Kingdom) or envisage concluding (Germany, France) so-called ‘'anti-spying’' arrangements; underlines that these Member States need to observe fully the interests of the EU as a whole; doubts the relevance of such agreements in the light of revelations that even members of the "Five Eyes" spy on each other;
Amendment 465 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 108 a (new)
Paragraph 108 a (new)
108a. Asks the Council to inform Parliament about discussions by Member States on an EU-wide mutual no-spy arrangement;
Amendment 466 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109
Paragraph 109
109. Considers that such arrangements should not breach European Treaties, especially the principle of sincere cooperation (under Article 4 paragraph 3 TEU), or undermine EU policies in general and, more specifically, the internal market, fair competition and economic, industrial and social development; decides to review any such arrangements for their compatibility with European law and reserves its right to activate Treaty procedures in the event of such arrangements being proved to contradict the Union’'s cohesion or the fundamental principles on which it is based;
Amendment 481 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 36
Subheading 36
Priority Plan: A European Digital Habeas CorpusDeclaration of Independence
Amendment 485 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – introductory part
Paragraph 114 – introductory part
114. Decides to launch A European Digital Habeas CorpusDeclaration of Independence for protecting privacy based on the following 7 actions with a European Parliament watchdog:
Amendment 505 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – point 6
Paragraph 114 – point 6
Action 6: Develop a European strategy for IT independence (a "digital new deal" including the allocation of adequate resources at national and EU level);
Amendment 510 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115
Paragraph 115
115. Calls on the EU Institutions and the Member States to support and promote the European Digital Habeas CorpusDeclaration of Independence; undertakes to act as the EU citizens’' rights watchdog, with the following timetable to monitor implementation:
Amendment 517 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115 – point 3
Paragraph 115 – point 3
· Spring 2014: a formal call on the European Council to include the European Digital Habeas CorpusDeclaration of Independence in the guidelines to be adopted under Article 68 TFEU;
Amendment 519 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115 – point 4
Paragraph 115 – point 4
Autumn 2014: a commitment that the European Digital Habeas CorpusDeclaration of Independence and related recommendations will serve as key criteria for the approval of the next Commission;
Amendment 521 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115 – point 7
Paragraph 115 – point 7
20154: a conference bringing together high- level European experts in the various fields conducive to IT security (including mathematics, cryptography and privacy- enhancing technologies) to help foster an EU IT strategy for the next legislature;
Amendment 212 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Recalls its resolutions of 25 November 2010 on the situation in Western Sahara and its previous Annual Report 2010 and 2011; condemns the on- going repression of Sahrawi people in the occupied territories and expresses its concern at the deterioration of human rights situation, as reported by, among others, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; calls for the fundamental rights of the people of Western Sahara, including freedom of association, freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate, to be respected; demands the release of all Sahrawi political prisoners; demands the opening of the territory to independent observers, NGOs, and the media; reiterates its support for the establishment of an international mechanism to monitor human rights in Western Sahara; supports a fair and lasting settlement of the conflict, on the basis of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas these organisations have expressed and recorded their concerns, particularly with regard to the situation of Roma, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, minorities, members of LGBT communities, the media and journalists, the actions of the security forces, police and secret services, the investigations necessary to prosecute and punish those responsible for human rights violations, state involvement in acts of torture and ill- treatment committed third countries, the use of evidence thus obtained, conditions of detention and the ill-treatment of detainees;
Amendment 206 #
2013/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the fact that a growing number of Member States are respecting the right to found a family through marriage, civil partnership or registered cohabitation and adoption, without discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, and calls on the remaining Member States to do the same; welcomes the recent judgment by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Vallianatos and others v. Greece affirming that same-sex couples must be able to enter into civil unions; calls on the Commission and all Member States to propose and adopt legislation and policies to combat homophobia, transphobia and hate crimes, and welcomes the publication of Opinion No 2/2013 of the FRA on the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia - with special attention to the rights of victims of crime; calls on the Commission and all Member States to enforce the directive on freedom of movement without discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation; reiterates its calls for the Commission to draw up a European roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, and to propose an ambitious regulation on the mutual recognition of the legal effects of civil status documents;
Amendment 212 #
2013/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Is extremely concerned about the number of suicides among young people falling victims of homophobia; recalls the findings of the FRA's EU LGBT survey which showed that 26% of all respondents had been attacked or threatened with violence at home or elsewhere, a figure which rises to 35% among all transgender respondents, while 19% of respondents felt discriminated against at work or when looking for a job, despite legal protection under EU law; consequently calls on the Commission to use these findings as a basis for a comprehensive European response to the fundamental rights problems of LGBT persons, in the shape of an EU Roadmap for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, as repeatedly called for by Parliament and NGOs;
Amendment 216 #
2013/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Regrets that legal gender recognition procedures for transgender people still include compulsory sterilisation in 14 Member States; calls on Member States to review these procedures so they fully respect transgender people's right to dignity and bodily integrity; congratulates the Commission for its commitment to work within the World Health Organisation to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders and to ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11);
Amendment 224 #
2013/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses its concern about the numerous breaches of the right of asylum and of the obligation to extend protection in the event of removal, expulsion and extradition of any migrant; stresses the obligation to comply with international human rights conventions, particularly the Geneva Convention and the principle of non-refoulement, and the obligation to come to the assistance of people at sea who are risking their lives to reach the European Union, and to arrange for reception conditions and procedures which respect their dignity and fundamental rights; welcomes the adoption of the ‘'asylum’' package; deplores, however, the fact that minorschildren can still be placed in detention and calls for them to be systematically excluded from expedited procedures; calls for the establishment of common minimum standards for the reception and protection of unaccompanied minorschildren; welcomes the recent ECJ judgment stating that LGBT applicants for asylum can constitute a particular social group who may be persecuted on account of their sexual orientation and that the existence of a term of imprisonment in the country of origin sanctioning homosexual acts may constitute an act of persecution per se, provided that it is actually applied, while asylum seekers seeking protection from sexual orientation based persecution cannot be expected to "conceal [their] homosexuality in [their] country of origin or exercise restraint in expressing it";
Amendment 252 #
2013/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that the Union and Member States should step up their measures to promote equality, combat discrimination and protect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity, and their measures relating to gender equality, the rights of the child, the rights of older persons, the integration of people with disabilities and the rights of LGBT persons; reiterates for the umpteenth time its call for the Council to adopt the Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; welcomes the FRA Opinion 1/2013 on the situation of equality in the European Union 10 years on from initial implementation of the equality directives in this regard;
Amendment 1 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC1 of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, 1 OJ L 180, 19 July 2000 p. 22
Amendment 2 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC1of 27 November 2000 Establishing a General Framework for Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation, 1 OJ L 303, 02 December 2000, p.16.
Amendment 3 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
- having regard to the Commission's proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008) 426 final),
Amendment 4 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Roma women are often confronted with multiple and intersectional discrimination on grounds of gender and ethnic origin and limited access to employment, education, health, social services and decision making,
Amendment 16 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas data from all countries shows that Roma women face severe exclusion in the field of employment as well as discrimination in the workplace when looking for employment or employed, whereas Roma women also remain excluded from formal economy, constrained by limited educational opportunities, inadequate housing, poor healthcare, traditional gender roles and general marginalisation as well as discrimination from majority communities;
Amendment 17 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas teenage and unplanned pregnancy disrupts the educational and working opportunities of girls; whereas early motherhood and the absence of contraception is largely a consequence of the lack of appropriate access to social services and inadequate health structures which have not addressed the need of Roma women;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas a great number of Romani women have been victims of domestic violence at the hands of their husbands, in-laws and other family members, whereas a great majority of violence and human rights abuses against Romani women goes unreported due to the fact that violence against women is still accepted in patriarchal societies as a legal exercise of power but also due to the fact that perpetrators of violence against women are rarely held accountable for their acts, which discourages women from seeking legal help,
Amendment 24 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas all EU Institutions and Member States bear responsibility to eradicate violence against women and girls and likewise to end impunity, bringing perpetrators of hate crime, hate speech, discrimination and violence against Romani women and girls to justice,
Amendment 25 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas evicting hundreds of people without offering any adequate alternative housing or support is a shameful and callous action that totally ignores Member States' international human rights obligations, whereas 11,803 evictions of Roma were carried out alone in France in 2012;
Amendment 26 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L d (new)
Recital L d (new)
Ld. whereas the Race Equality Directive 2000/43/EC prohibits discrimination on grounds of race and ethnic origin, whereas about 30 infringement proceedings have been opened by the EU Commission against EU Member States for not adequately transposing the Race Equality Directive into national legislation;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that national Roma inclusion strategies must focus on reinforcempowering Roma women's socio-economic resilience, i.e. their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing economic environment, through effectuating savings and preventing the running-down of assets; to gain strength and power to take control of their own lives by becoming visible agents of change within their communities and by raising their voices to influence policies and programmes affecting them,
Amendment 28 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that despite the adoption of the resolution on the situation of Roma Women by the European Parliament in 2006 and the 10 Common Basic Principles on Roma Inclusion by the Council of the European Union, in which one of the principles relates to gender awareness, the vulnerable situation of Romani and Traveller women has, in practice, remained unaddressed by European and national policy makers,
Amendment 36 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission to support National Roma Inclusion Strategies by seeking common, comparable and reliable indicators and developing a Dashboard of EU Roma Inclusion Indicators in order to present clear and unambiguous outputs against which progress can be measured as well as to meet the requirement of effective monitoring;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Calls on Member States to place greater emphasis on the territoriality of social inclusion in their national strategies, and to target the most deprived micro-regions through complex and integrated development programs;
Amendment 47 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Calls on Member States to focus also on the urban dimension of cohesion policy, with special regard to cities that are unevenly affected by social imbalances - such as unemployment, social exclusion and polarization - and assist them in developing their infrastructure in order to exploit their potential contribution to economic growth as well as to strengthen the links between urban and rural areas with a view to promoting inclusive development;
Amendment 50 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Demands on the Commission to monitor and evaluate that National Roma Integration Strategies take into account a gender perspective and the situation of multiple and intersectional discrimination faced by Romani women especially in employment, health, housing and education,
Amendment 52 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Council, the Commission and EU Member States to ensure that specific measures for women's rights and gender mainstreaming are included in the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS) and that assessment and annual monitoring by the EU Commission, and in particular by the Fundamental Rights Agency, take into account a women's rights and gender equality perspective in each section of the National Rome Integration Strategies and that the findings are presented to the European Parliament,
Amendment 96 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to issue an evaluation report on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin in each Member State; likewise calls on the Commission to formulate concrete recommendations to each Member State in order to include also the gender dimension within the directive.
Amendment 97 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls upon the Council to achieve an agreement on the EU Equal Treatment Directive on implementing the principle of implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation so to ensure that all the grounds of discrimination, as well as multiple discrimination are protected under the law in all spheres of life, likewise calls on all EU Institutions to ensure that intersectional discrimination is included in the Directive;
Amendment 101 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Points out that arranged marriage, child marriage and forced marriage are still prevalent as 'traditional practices', underlines that these practices are human rights violations, which not only have a significant impact on the health situation of Romani girls, increasing their risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery but also expose girls to sexual abuse and exploitation, as well as precluding educational and employment opportunities for girls,
Amendment 102 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings as well as to fully transpose the provisions of Directive 2011/36 EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims,1 in particular in strengthening the identification, protection and assistance to victims and with a special emphasis on children; 1 JO L 101, 15.4.2011, p.1.
Amendment 107 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Urges the Commission to launch a comprehensive strategy to fight violence against women as requested by Parliament in several resolutions; calls upon the Commission to deliver legal instruments, including a European Directive to combat gender-based violence,
Amendment 2 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- Having regard to the European Quality Charter of Internships and Apprenticeships developed by the European Youth Forum together with social partners and other stakeholders
Amendment 3 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A
Paragraph A
A. whereas youth unemployment among women is on the increase and young women still face worse labour market conditions than young men,
Amendment 8 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report of October 2012 entitled "NEETs: young people not in employment, education or training: characteristics, costs and policy responses in Europe"1 __________________ 1 Eurofound (2012), NEETs: young people not in employment, education or training: characteristics, costs and policy responses in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs /2012/54/en/1/EF1254EN.pdf)
Amendment 9 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report of 7 February 2012 entitled "Recent policy developments related to those not in employment, education and training (NEETs)"2 __________________ 2 Eurofound (2012) Recent policy developments related to those not in employment, education and training (NEETs), Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/er m/tn1109042s/tn1109042s.pdf)
Amendment 10 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 c (new)
Citation 16 c (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report of 21 December 2012 entitled "Effectiveness of policy measures to increase the employment participation of young people"3 __________________ 3 Eurofound (2012) Effectiveness of policy measures to increase the employment participation of young people, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/htmlfiles/ef1260.htm)
Amendment 11 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 d (new)
Citation 16 d (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report of 15 January 2013 entitled Active inclusion of young people with disabilities or health problems4 __________________ 4 Eurofound (2013) Active inclusion of young people with disabilities or health problems, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/htmlfiles/ef1226.htm)
Amendment 12 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 e (new)
Citation 16 e (new)
- having regard to the Eurofound report of 29 April 2011 entitled Helping young workers during the crisis: contributions by social partners and public authorities5, __________________ 5 Eurofound (2011) Helping young workers during the crisis: contributions by social partners and public authorities, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eir o/tn1101019s/tn1101019s.pdf.pdf)
Amendment 17 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in January 2013 23,5 % of active young people were jobless, with the rates ranging from 15 % or less in Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands to over 55 % in Greece and Spain, indicating marked geographical differences;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph D a (new)
Paragraph D a (new)
Da. whereas vocational enrolment is largely gender segregated and young women are less likely than men to participate in vocational training, especially when it includes technical, mechanical or scientific disciplines,
Amendment 21 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in 2011 7.5 million young people aged 15-24 and 6.5 million aged 25- 29 were not in education, employment or training (NEETs), among them members of vulnerable groups such as young people with health problems or disabilities and single mothers, a development entailing serious social consequences such as poor or insecure future employment prospects or even mental and physical dysfunctionsus women and migrants, a development entailing serious social consequences such as social unrest, early scars such as mental and physical dysfunctions and poverty and social exclusion as the only prospect; whereas these problems are likely to increase in the near future;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph D b (new)
Paragraph D b (new)
Db. whereas Article 19 TFEU specifically empowers the EU to combat discrimination based on sex, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; whereas despite Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, young women still suffer age and gender discrimination when they enter the labour market,
Amendment 26 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Acknowledge that almost 14 million of NEETs aged under 30 corresponds to the entire population of 7 small-medium size Member States and calls all Member States to strength their efforts in re- integrating young people in to the labour market. Such efforts however should acknowledge the diversity of young people population by providing measures which take into accounts the needs of each specific group or even considering personal assessment policies.
Amendment 30 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in 2011 the economic loss due to the disengagement of young people from the labour marketeffects of the crisis over young people was estimated at EUR 153 billion, corresponding to 1.2 % of EU GDP4 ; whereas this represents a serious social and economic burden;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to adopt the Youth Guarantee Scheme as a matter of urgency; underlines that it should be universal and applicable to all young people of various education and social backgrounds up to the age of 30 and taking into account a gender perspective into all stages of the preparation, programming and implementation;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas these youth unemployment and NEETs rates can entail consequences regarding human rights violations; whereas a right-based approach is necessary in order to tackle this situation;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas young people are particularly disadvantaged during economic crises, more so than most groupdisproportionally affected during economic crises; whereas for many young people current unemployment can be expected to turn into long-term unemployment, which brings risks of social exclusion; whereas this has alarming consequences for young individuals, lowering their self-esteem, leaving their ambitions unrealised, and delaying their assumption of an independent adult life including starting a family, and consequently also for society, negatively impacting on the social, economic and demographic situation in Eur, hidden poverty and social unrest, stemming from the detachment from society and the comprehensive disaffection experienced by young people;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds the Commission and Member States their commitment with the Europe 2020 targets of 75% employment rate for both women and men, and warns that the current level of youth unemployment can leave a generation of women out of the labour market, increasing their invisibility and vulnerability;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Article 13 of the EC Treaty specifically empowers the Community to combat discrimination based on sex, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; whereas despite Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, young women still suffer age and gender discrimination when they enter the labour market;
Amendment 48 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas the International Labour Organization recommended a budget of €21 billion, equating to 0.5% of Eurozone spending, to fully implement a youth guarantee in the EU;
Amendment 49 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas working conditions, social rights, education access, housing and participation are crucial policy fields to ensure youth emancipation; whereas efforts on all policy levels must be implemented to ensure youth emancipation and the EU institutions must guarantee to all young people equal opportunities and the right to emancipate, to develop an independent and decent life;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of promoting measures to balance work and family life and to help mothers and fathers to return to the labour market, so that they do not have to give up their careers or take career breaks; calls in this context on Council to find a common position with the European Parliament on the Maternity Leave Directive; likewise calls on Member States to provide accessible, affordable and good quality care facilities, and services for children and dependent adults.
Amendment 57 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas unfortunately there is no evidence of being approaching to these goals;
Amendment 66 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas young people have the right to quality-employment according to their skills and that quality-employment is fundamental to the dignity and autonomy of Europe's youth;
Amendment 75 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's announcement that it is to allocate EUR 6 billion to the Youth Employment Initiative, but under the 2014-2020 MFF, but warns that it will not be sufficient to fully address the issue of youth unemployment, reminds that the 2012 ILO report states that 21 billion euros (0.5% of the eurozone spending) would be required to effectively implement the youth guarantee; moreover, points out that of the EUR 82 billion to be reprogrammed to combat youth unemployment only 16 billion have been used; calls for all appropriations to be coupled with better and faster programming;
Amendment 78 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the economic crisis which began in 2008 has negatively affected both demand and supply on the labour market, thus dramatically increasing uncertainty over job prospects and making it essential to address the investment from Member States in jobs creation, training and education; whereas the consequences can be an increment of social conflict and social unrest;
Amendment 79 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas productive and sustainable investments in areas such as education and training and research and development, are key for a sustainable exit for the crisis but also to consolidate the EU economy in a path of competitiveness, productivity and sustainability; whereas deficit targets should exclude investments in these areas;
Amendment 79 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States to review all their macroeconomic adjustment programs, expenditure cuts and austerity measures considering that measures such as increases in Value Added Tax rates are expected to have a negative impact on gender equality given the generally higher at-risk-of-poverty rate and the lower disposable income of women compared to men; stresses the need to implement income support schemes which should be gender mainstreamed, demands that social expenditure and tax expenditure should focus on women's financial independence as a central concern, especially if they are aiming at eradicating poverty for both women and men;
Amendment 83 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas young people account for 40% of those employed on temporary contracts, but make up just 13% of total employment and one in five young people fear losing their jobs and young people are more likely to be in precarious work
Amendment 83 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 84 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas young people in the EU are being forced to migrate to find a job opportunity: phenomenon that, if not properly guided, risks to lead to brain drain and to increased regional disparities;
Amendment 87 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the International Labour Organization recommended a budget of €21 billion, equating to 0.5% of Eurozone spending, to fully implement a youth guarantee in the EU;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. whereas youth employment measures needs to be integrated in a consistent and future and investment oriented macroeconomic strategy that create the condition for the creation of sustainable and 21st century jobs as well as an effective transition from education to employment
Amendment 89 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Deplores that the current crisis measures directed towards reduced public spending in the crisis countries have already shown a direct negative impact on youth due to cuts in education, employment creation and support services.
Amendment 90 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take a rights-based approach to youth and employment. Stresses that, particularly in times of high crisis, the qualitative aspect of decent work for young people must not be compromised and the core labour standards as well as other standards related to quality of work must be a core element;
Amendment 91 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to first assess and then put an end to such incoherent and sometimes destructive policies; stresses that public commitment to Youth Employment is needed and welcomed but looses its credibility if economic governance policies are destroying youth opportunities;
Amendment 92 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to first assess and then put an end to such incoherent and sometimes destructive policies; stresses that public commitment to Youth Employment is needed and welcomed but looses its credibility if economic governance policies are destroying youth opportunities;
Amendment 93 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to put forward a 'safeguard addition' for Member States under financial assistance so as to exempt from targets agreed on deficit reduction in the framework of their Memorandum of Understanding public expenditure directed towards achieving the EU2020 targets and Youth Employment- such as Job Creation, education and training, decent work and combating poverty – . Stresses that such "safeguard addition" must be developed in a more democratic manner than the Memorandums of Understanding;
Amendment 94 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission in cooperation with Member States with more than 25% youth unemployment in the regions to develop a 1-year relief-plan to tackle youth unemployment by the creation of jobs for at least 10% of the affected youth; stresses that no possible relief-plan can be effective without enough investment and sufficient flexibilization of the deficit targets of each Member State;
Amendment 97 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the policy measures implemented by Member States need to betaken by the European Commission and the Member States need to be coherent, rights- based and diversified and should tackle all potential obstacles in young people's pathway to sustainable employment, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups that are more likely to suffer from multiple disadvantages;
Amendment 101 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the policy measures implemented by Member States need to be diversified and should tackle all potential obstacles in young people's pathway to sustainable and decent employment, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups that are more likely to suffer from multiple disadvantages;
Amendment 125 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the disrespect shown to young people when policies affecting them were or are introduced without involving them; stresses that young people are valid competent and creative actors in defining youth-related policies and must be involved in policies affecting them and be given a voice; Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including young people and their representative organisations, training and education providers, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, local and regional authorities is essential for the successful implementation and monitoring of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employabilityparticipation in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs onf young people who are eager to participate in society, education and the labour market;
Amendment 126 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, including youth organizations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation and monitoring of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market;
Amendment 128 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, local and regional authorities, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market;
Amendment 142 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the particularly difficult situation in certain regions where the level of unemployment among young people is above 25 %; welcomes the fact that EU support for youth employment will be further boosted through the proposed EU Youth Employment Initiative, with a budget of EUR 6 billio and the potential of the proposed EU Youth Employment Initiative to boost youth employment in Europe; Consequentially considers insufficient the EUR 6 billion currently foreseen over the seven- year period 2014- 2020; and calls the Council of the EU to significantly increase the financial dotation of the initiative, also following the figures recommended by the ILO;
Amendment 145 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the particularly difficult situation in certain regions where the level of unemployment among young people is above 25 %; welcomes the fact that EU support for youth employment will be further boosted through the proposed EU Youth Employment Initiative, with a budget of EUR 6 billion over the seven- year period 2014-2020; regrets that those regions with above 25% youth unemployment are mainly found in "program countries" where austerity policies directly reduce spending on youth employment and stresses that such counteractive policies can not be remedied by EU funding of just 6 billions; moreover in those countries labour market structural reforms have destroyed conditions for young people to enter the labour market by worsening the quality and security of jobs.
Amendment 151 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that national legislation affecting youth, and in particularly national legislation based on the Employment Equality Directive (2000/78/EC), is not used to discriminate against young employees' access to social benefits; believes that much more must be done to ensure that both employees and employers are aware of their rights and obligations under this legislation;
Amendment 155 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decision of the EPSCO Council on 28 February 2013 to agree on a Council recommendation on implementing a Youth Guarantee and welcomes that Member States have taken this first step to create a Youth Guarantee; recommends extending eligibility to graduates aged underyoung people from 15- 30; stresses that the success of this measure will be highly dependent on other factors, e.g. the infrastructure and capacity of public and strengthened privatea wide range of policy driven factors, e.g. the investment in education, training and job creation, infrastructure and capacity of employment services, the availability of student places and grants, the provision of training and, apprenticeships, and the transferability and implementation of successful experiences from other Member States; stresses that the Youth Guarantee must be integrated within the broader framework of active labour marketyouth policies while ensuring high quality standards and decent work;
Amendment 163 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decision of the EPSCO Council on 28 February 2013 to agree on a Council recommendation on implementing a Youth Guarantee; recommends extending eligibility to graduates aged underp to 30; stresses that the success of this measure will be highly dependent on other factors, e.g. the infrastructure and capacity of public and strengthened private employment services, the availability of student places, the provision of training and, apprentic, including quality apprenticeships and traineeships, and the transferability and implementation of successful experiences from other Member States; stresses that the Youth Guarantee must be integrated within the broader framework of active labour market policies while ensuring high quality standards;
Amendment 168 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Informs Member States that the European Parliament intends to monitor closely all Member State activities to make the Youth Guarantee a reality and invites Youth Organisations to keep the European Parliament updated on their analysis of Member State actions;
Amendment 169 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to include Youth Guarantee progress per Member State in both the European Semester National Reports and country recommendations. Stresses the importance to address both measures fostering the Youth Guarantee and restricting success;
Amendment 170 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on National Parliaments together with Youth Organisations to hold their governments responsible for delivering on the Youth Guarantee and to ensure that serious steps are taken to ensure that each young person (unemployed or having left formal education) will within four months receive a good-quality offer of employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship;
Amendment 172 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages theCouncil, Commission and Member States to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives and third-sector organisations wishing to participate in Youth Guaranteeall actors core to deliver on the Youth Guarantee, including among others youth workers, education and training providers, local and regional authorities, labour market actors suchemes in close cooperation with public and private employment services, including through tax incentives, subsidies for fixed employment costs, and the possibility of accessing funding for on-site training, which will support enterprises in providing high-quality employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people's potential in an effective and targeted way as enterprises, cooperatives and third-sector organisations, employment services, support services and social organisations and to target the full range of measure relating to jobs, integration, education and training; stresses the importance of access to targeted funding; calls on Member States to come forward with incentives which motivate employers to offer good quality work, decent job and training options to young people;
Amendment 174 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives, local and regional authorities and third- sector organisations wishing to participate in Youth Guarantee schemes in close cooperation with public and private employment services, including through tax incentives, subsidies for fixed employment costs, and the possibility of accessing funding for on-site training, which will support enterprises in providing high-quality employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people's potential in an effective and targeted way;
Amendment 175 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to develop clear quality standards and indicators regarding the development of youth guarantee schemes as well as to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives and third-sector organisations wishing to participate in Youth Guarantee schemes in close cooperation with public and private employment services, including through tax incentives, subsidies for fixed employment costs, and the possibility of accessing funding for on-site training, which will support enterprises in providing high-quality sustainable employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people's potential in an effective and targeted way;
Amendment 180 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States in cooperation with Youth stakeholders and the European Parliament to develop a plan of action on Youth employment identifying short term, medium term and long term measures; regrets that in the current debate longterm measures are being presented as short term solutions; stresses that in the short term the focus should be on immediate crisis relief, both for those outside and inside the labour market, with a focus on securing a living income as well as options on the labour market as well as putting; an immediate end to those measures under the macroeconomic adjustment programs that further damaging Youth employment; stresses that investments in education and training, job creation, apprenticeship schemes and incentives geared towards employers are mainly medium-term but also longterm measures which need to be firmly agreed between all actors and upheld for a minimum of five years; stresses that especially constructing a system of dual education, apprenticeships, training on the job and integration of young persons into the labour market are longterm measures which need a longer term commitment then hitherto.
Amendment 185 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Invites the Commission and the Member States to foster rapprochement between the worlds of work and education so that training paths such as dual training can be designed that combine theoretical notions with practical experience, in order to equip young people with the requisite general skills and specific expertise; invites the Commission and the Member States also to invest in support for an awareness campaign on vocational training (VET) and technical and entrepreneurial studies;
Amendment 187 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on Member State to improve policies so that young people can live in economic independence; deplores the lack of affordable housing opportunities for young people especially in Southern European countries; calls on the Member states to considerably improve access to the housing market, considering that young people earn less and have difficulties in access to credit; underlines particularly the need to overcome the situation in southern and eastern European countries, where high levels of youth unemployment and low income have led to involuntary longer stay with their families;
Amendment 188 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls for better and secured internships; calls on the Commission and the Council, following the commitment given in Communication COM(2007)0498 'to propose an initiative for a European quality charter on internships', to set up a European Quality Charter on Internships setting out minimum standards for internships to ensure their educational value and avoid exploitation, taking into account that internships form part of education and must not replace actual jobs. These minimum standards should include an outline of the job description or qualifications to be acquired, a time limit on internships, a minimum allowance based on standard-of-living costs in the place where the internship is performed that comply with national traditions, insurance in the area of their work, social security benefits in line with local standards and a clear connection to the educational programme in question;
Amendment 189 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Recognises the importance of young people being able to be financially independent and calls for the Member States to ensure that all young people are individually entitled to a decent level of income that secures for them the possibility of creating an economically independent life;
Amendment 190 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls for young people to be protected from those employers – in the public and private sector – who, through work experience, apprenticeship and traineeship schemes, are able to cover their essential and basic needs at little or no cost, exploiting the willingness of young people to learn without any future prospect of becoming fully established as part of their workforce;
Amendment 191 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Urges the Member States to provide young people in traineeship, work experience or apprenticeship schemes with full workplace and social security entitlements, subsidising where appropriate a part of their contributions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to incorporate apprenticeship, traineeship and work experience schemes into the social security systems;
Amendment 192 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Calls on the European Institutions to set a good example by removing their advertisements for unpaid traineeships from their respective websites and to pay: – a minimum allowance based on standard-of-living costs of the place where the internship is performed, – social security benefits to all their interns;
Amendment 193 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Calls on the Member States to establish new inclusive and targeted labour-market policies that secure the respectful inclusion and meaningful occupation of young people, e.g. through the setting-up of inspirational networks, trainee arrangements that include financial aid enabling the trainee to relocate and live close to the place where the traineeship is held, international career centres and youth centres for individual guidance covering particularly matters such as collective organisation and knowledge of legal aspects relating to their traineeship;
Amendment 194 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to draw upStresses that young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) are at a higher risk of exclusion, and that exclusion at a young age has longterm damaging effects for the individual and society; stresses that NEETs are the core target group of the Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative, calls therefore on Member States to present in the framework of the European Semester how they will make progress on better integration of NEETs via the Youth Guarantee and other instruments; calls on the Member States to draw up, in cooperation with local and regional authorities, further specific outreach strategies targeted on NEETs, which should combine effective forms of intervention aimed at tackling early school- leaving and the reintegration of early school-leavers with strategies facilitating a smooth secure transition from education to work, and an increase in the employability ofchoices of these young people, together with the removal of the practical and logisticalboosting a long-life learning training, a good- quality social security scheme, appropriate support services and the removal of all the barriers faced by young people with more complex needs;
Amendment 195 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to draw up, in cooperation with local and regional authorities and economic and social actors, further specific outreach strategies targeted on NEETs, which should combine effective forms of intervention aimed at tackling early school-leaving and the reintegration of early school-leavers with strategies facilitating a smooth transition from education to work, and an increase in the employability of young people, together with the removal of the practical and logistical barriers faced by young people with more complex needs;
Amendment 202 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to intensify efforts to reduce early school leaving in order to achieve the goals set out in the EU 2020 Strategy of no more than 10 % of early school leavers by 2012; invites the Member States to make use of a wide range of measures to fight early school leaving and illiteracy, e.g. lowering the number of students in each class, providing assistance for pupils who cannot afford to complete their compulsory education, increasing the emphasis on practical aspects in the syllabus, introducing mentors in all schools, establishing an immediate follow- up of early school leavers; points to Finland which has succeeded in reducing the number of early school leavers by studying with them the possibility of seeking a new direction; invites the Commission to coordinate a project on best practices;
Amendment 208 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Identifies the school to work transition as a critical moment with a high risk for the individual. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve transition security, especially as regards social security, to improve advice services and support before during and after the transition; stresses that such measures have proven highly successful for smooth transition and improved labour market inclusion;
Amendment 209 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Member States to improve the provision of information and guidance services at the very early stage of their secondary education in order to help young people to make more informed decision about their future choice in education or their transition from school to work;
Amendment 210 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the establishment of the Erasmus for All Programme and the creation ofU next education and youth Programme, with a separate chapter for youth as well as a consequent separate budget allocation, together withincluding an increased support for those who are active in youth work but not necessarily in an institutionalised fashion; is of the opinion that acquiring more and different skills, also by studying, working or volunteering abroad, will promote young people's participation in society, European integration and improve their prospects on the labour market;
Amendment 218 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the European Commission to include specific measures addressed to combat youth unemployment in all its programmes, taking into account a global and integrated vision according to the emblematic initiative "Youth on the Move" in the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 219 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that young people should have the right to employment opportunities in their own community and that work needs to be done to address geographical inequalities in Europe with regards to youth opportunities;
Amendment 220 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the key role that the European Social Fund should have to combat youth unemployment, and calls on the Member States and Managing Authorities in all Operational Programmes to include measures aimed to achieve this goal;
Amendment 224 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support self-employment among young peopleRecognises the difficulties young people encounter in gaining access to finance in order to set up and develop their business; calls on the Member States to support young people in their career choices also towards self-employment as option by creating facilities and preferential conditions for starting up their own businesses, through, e.g., cutting red tape and introducing favourable tax policie; stresses that mentoring has proven a support tool for young entrepreneurs and workers;
Amendment 228 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support self-employment among young people by creating facilities and preferential conditions for starting up their own businesses, through, e.g., cutting red tape and introducing favourable tax policies as well as easing access to financial credit and efficient counselling and mentoring facilities;
Amendment 231 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes, in the context of promoting self-employment among young people, the proposed successor to the Progress Microfinance Facility included in the Programme for Social Change and Innovation for the period 2014-2020 and the commitment of the European Investment Bank in facilitating access for young people to financial support, in order to better meet demand, also among young people;
Amendment 252 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality frameworks for traineeships, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common quality standard for traineeships and work placements; stresses that active promotion and awareness-raising in respect of such programmes is needed among entrepreneurs;Endorses the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships1 and calls on the Commission and the Council to formally endorse the Quality Charter; calls on the Council and the Member States to present as a first step a Council recommendation on the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships; stresses that internships form part of education, must not replace actual jobs and must comply with certain minimum standards. Such standards must at least include an outline of the job description or qualifications to be acquired, a time limit on internships, a minimum allowance based on standard-of-living costs in the place where the internship is performed that comply with national traditions, insurance in the area of their work, social security benefits in line with local standards and a clear connection to the educational programme in question; stresses that active promotion and awareness-raising in respect of such standards is needed among entrepreneurs; calls on Member States to accompany this with high-quality frameworks for traineeships and apprenticeship, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common quality standard for traineeships, apprenticeship and work placements. __________________ 1 http://qualityinternships.eu/
Amendment 258 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality frameworks for traineeships, including measures of mobility to other countries in the European Union and all over the world, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common quality standard for traineeships and work placements; stresses that active promotion and awareness- raising in respect of such programmes is needed among entrepreneurs;
Amendment 260 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality frameworks for traineeships with clear mentions of rights and responsibilities for the interns, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common quality standard for traineeships and work placements; stresses that active promotion and awareness-raising in respect of such programmes is needed among entrepreneurs; ; It also calls on Member States to ensure that traineeships are properly remunerated according to collective agreements and minimum wage legislations;
Amendment 268 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the European Commission to develop by the end of 2013 a clear proposal for a quality framework for traineeships with precise quality criteria as indicated in the EC proposal setting a Second-stage consultation of the social partners at European level concerning a Quality Framework on Traineeships (COM(2012)0728)
Amendment 271 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the Alliance for Apprenticeship should also support European and nation, national, regional and local campaigns for changing perceptions of vocational education, and should organise a regular forum for discussions on the monitoring of the European apprenticeship strategy with all relevant European and nation, national, regional and local stakeholders; stresses that incentives should also be provided to facilitate funding for crossborder training activities enabling companies and social partner organisations to become involved in establishing dual education systems;
Amendment 272 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the Alliance for Apprenticeship should also support European and nationalCalls on the European Social Partners to continue result-oriented negotiations an Alliance for Apprenticeship; stresses that such Alliance should also support campaigns for changing perceptions of vocational education, and should organise a regular forum for discussions on the monitoring of the European apprenticeship strategy with all relevant European and national stakeholders; stresses that incentives should also be provided to facilitateaccess to funding for crossborder training activities enabling companies and social partner organisations to becommust be improved and calls on the social partners to continue their active involvedment in establishing dual education systems;
Amendment 280 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises the need of enhancing the framework of social partnership and social responsibility of companies and firms in order for them to incorporate better the Charter of Good Quality Internships and Apprenticeships as well as the Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 283 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to foster the mobility of young workersemployment opportunities for young people firstly in their territory, and complement this through facilitating the mobility of young workers to other EU countries and the rest of the world, through measures that help enhance their training and experience, and by means of further progress towards the mutual recognition of qualifications and skills and enhanced coordination of national social security systems, especially as regards pension systems, as well as by continuing to invest substantially in language learning;
Amendment 287 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to fosterensure the mobility of young workers by means of further progress towards the mutual recognition of qualifications and skills and enhanced coordination of national social security systems, especially as regards pension systemportability of pension rights and unemployment benefits, as well as by continuing to invest substantially in language learning;
Amendment 288 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States to foster the mobility of young workers by means of further progress towards the mutual recognition of qualifications and skills and enhanced coordination of national social security systems, especially as regards pension systems, as well as by continuing to invest substantially in language learningemployment opportunities for young people firstly in their territory and to create options for mobility as choice for young workers; welcomes mobility as choice but points towards possible negative consequences caused by emigration from crisis regions such as brain waste, brain drain and loss; stresses that existing rights under social security coordination and recognition of qualification are not sufficiently known and calls on the Commission to further improve the EURES advisor network and EURES projects;
Amendment 289 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to guarantee policies with measures to facilitate the return of young people to their countries of origin preventing "brain drain" and the loss of human capital.
Amendment 290 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop policies and measures to facilitate the return of young people to home countries preventing "brain drain" and the loss of human capital;
Amendment 292 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, and where necessary, to reform public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people; stresses thatCalls on Member States to continue in the process of reform and development of effective public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people as a fundamental component of any youth guarantee strategy; stresses also the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies as well as raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a career advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunities;
Amendment 293 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, good experiences with EURES especially as regards advice on rights under free movement of workers; calls on the Commission to expand wthere necessary, to reform public employment services so as to bette EURES advisor network and focus on advising citizens on their rights in the European Labour tMargket their activities and approaches on young people; points to the option of EURES to also proactively match jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a careeritizens advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunitieswith a potential to target young people also via "my first EURES job";
Amendment 294 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, and where necessary, to reform public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a career advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunities. Additionally, calls for a greater coordination between EURES and other portals and services for citizens and business (i.e.Europe Direct information points or the European Enterprise Network for SMEs), for greater efficiency and effectiveness of the services provided;
Amendment 298 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. In the absence of specific figures on youth migration flows, calls on Member States to create mechanisms of research, monitoring and evaluation of such mobility that can be transferred to EURES to better address such phenomena;
Amendment 299 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses also the importance of sensibilizing more young people on the use of the counselling offered in the framework of the Public employment services, strengthen partnerships with schools and universities as well as to work towards a better integration with the EURES network;
Amendment 301 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to properly recognise and validate informal and non- formal learning and education and acquired skills, as a form of valorising competencies requiredcompetencies, along with other vocational training or more professional or social experiences, as a form of valorising competencies, so that young people can further demonstrate their education and competence as required when seeking work on the labour market;
Amendment 321 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that young people can, if they so wish, receive effective assistance in choosing their career, finding out about their rights and managing their minimum income;
Amendment 325 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the need to invest in the creation of stable and quality greens jobs as the way to allow young people to have a decent life; furthermore it asks the Commission and the Member States to mobilise all available funds to stimulate investments particularly in green jobs with a view to combating the unacceptably high rate of youth unemployment
Amendment 326 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises that youth organisations should have a recognised role in the monitoring and, where applicable, implementation of policies and initiatives aimed at addressing youth unemployment;
Amendment 329 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to consider social parameters in equal footing to economic ones in the context of the European Semester. This is particularly important in the case of youth unemployment which require close monitoring and coordinated actions in all the Member States and at EU level
Amendment 330 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Commission to exclude investments in areas such as education, training and research and development from deficit targets, since they are key for a sustainable exit for the crisis but also to consolidate the EU economy in a path of competitiveness and sustainable productivity;
Amendment 331 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Requests the European Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to investigate the costs of the introduction of youth guarantee schemes at national and regional level. Furthermore requests the European commission to support regions and member states wishing to introduce such framework
Amendment 56 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. Whereas women and girls who are persons in prostitution, use drugs and/or are transgender are most -at-risk of STIs, including HIV, and that their SRHR needs are often neglected,
Amendment 97 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that SRHR policies must take account of specific groups and the risks linked to their identities or situation, especially minority ethnic, pregnant or lesbian, bisexual or transgender women; children and young people; LGBTI persons; persons in prostitution; prisoners; migrants; and injectable drug users;
Amendment 106 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Expresses its dissatisfaction that the Commission deleted all findings linked to SRHR (including contraception, reproductive health and sexuality) from the final version of its 2012 report 'The state of men's health in Europe';
Amendment 163 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Reminds Member States that they must ensure children and young people can enjoy their right to seek, receive and impart information related to sexuality, including sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, in an age- appropriate and gender-sensitive manner;
Amendment 180 #
2013/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the specific SRHR of people living with HIV/AIDS, with a focus on the needs of women and at-risk populations including men who have sex with men, persons in prostitution, prisoners, migrants and injectable drug users, notably by integrating access to testing and treatment and reversing the underlying socioeconomic factors contributing to the risk to women and at-risk populations of HIV/AIDS, such as gender inequality and discrimination;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the fact that the principle of universality applies to fundamental rights and equal treatment; urges the Council therefore to adopt urgently the Anti- Discrimination Directive proposal* 1 as demanded by Parliament on several occasions; Ggiven especially that women are often the victims of multiple discrimination, we need to strengthen all fundamental rights while promoting equality between men and women;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets that the number of people being trafficked to and from the EU is rising, despite the entry into force of the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive in December 2011, calls on the EU Member States to increase their efforts to curb this worrying trend by ensuring that ambitious legislations and measures to fight trafficking in human beings are developed and implemented in accordance with the Directive,
Amendment 17 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission to launch a comprehensive strategy to fight violence against women as promised in the Stockholm Action Programme and as requested by Parliament in several resolutions, reiterates the need for a legislative criminal-law instrument to be launched by the Commission in order to combat gender-based violence;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission to revise without delay Directive 2006/54/EC and to propose amendments to it in accordance with Article 32 of the Directive and on the basis of Article 157 TFEU following the detailed recommendations set out in the annex to the European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2012; notably - greater transparency of pay data - transparent work evaluation and job classification - strengthened legislation on sanctions
Amendment 37 #
2013/2024(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to monitor the differentiated impact on women and men on the indirectly affecting gender equality, including in terms of public spending, refers in this context that reduced tax revenues and possible budget cuts lead to reductions in public expenditure, with public services, such as education, training and social care likely to suffer in the medium term, as are women as users of those services,
Amendment 2 #
2013/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the under-representation of women in industry and consequently in reindustrialising Europe as well as the lack of gender specific approaches and demands on national, European and international level; consequently, and in order to implement the EU gender equality strategy at national level; Member States are required to integrate gender mainstreaming in the sense of screening of all politics to their different impacts on women and men including research and the sustainable production and consumption in close dialogue with the industry, institutions, organisations and decisions makers;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the ecological conversion of the economy and the transition to low-carbon economy will create a huge demand for workers in skilled trades or professions, refers to the fact that female workers play an important role in RISE (Renaissance of Industry for a Sustainable Europe); demands from the Council, the Commission and the Member States to make sure that female workers are not chronically underrepresented in or even excluded from training, projects and programmes on ecological transformation;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and companies to value and develop human talent, and ensure that both women and men have a sensible work/life balance, equally calls for gender balance of men and women in all parts of industry, which reflects women's roles in society, as decision-makers and as consumers;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
– having regard to the UN General Assembly resolutions of 12 December 1997 entitled ‘Crime prevention and criminal justice measures to eliminate violence against women’ (A/RES/52/86), of 18 December 2002 entitled ‘Working towards the elimination of crimes against women committed in the name of honour’ (A/RES/57/179), and of 22 December 2003 entitled ‘Elimination of domestic violence against women’ (A/RES/58/147) and of the UN General Assembly resolution of 5 March 2013 entitled "Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations" (A/RES/67/146),
Amendment 11 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, of 16th May 2012,
Amendment 12 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 b (new)
Citation 20 b (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 11 October 2007 on the murder of women (feminicide) in Mexico and Central America and the role of the European Union in fighting the phenomenon (2007/2025(INI)),
Amendment 16 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender-based violence may result in physical, sexual, emotional or psychological harm, or economic loss, to the victim; whereas gender-based violence can occur both in private and in public spheres;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2004(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to address gender discrimination in the context of multiple discrimination, to ensure the investigation of hate speech and hate crimes against women, to recognise the killing of women because of their gender as feminicide, to adopt criminal legislation prohibiting incitement to hatred on any ground including sex and gender, to ensure the rights of victims of hate crime against women;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2004(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on Member States to ensure that migrant or refugee women's rights, such as access to visa, legal residence rights and social rights, are granted individually and not dependent on their marital status or spousal relationship;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas violence against women can leave deep physical and psychological scars, damage the general health of women and girls, including their reproductive and sexual health, and in some instances results in death, also named feminicide;
Amendment 71 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the adoption of EU guidelines on Violence against Women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them is a mark ofas well as the specific chapter on the protection of women against gender-based violence in the EU Human Rights Strategic Framework and Action Plan are marking the EU’s clear political will to treat the subject of women’s rights as a priority and to take long-term action in that field; whereas coherence between the internal and external dimensions in polices concerning human rights can sometimes expose a gap between rhetoric and behaviour;
Amendment 73 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas, according to Amnesty International reports, FGM concern hundreds of thousands of women and girls in Europe; whereas the disparities between legal provisions in Member States are leading to the phenomenon of so-calledthe Parliament report (2008/2071(INI)) some 500,000 women and girls in Europe live with the consequences of FGM; whereas the disparities between Member States with regard to FGM prevention actions, protection of victims and prosecution impact on the cross -border ‘FGM tourism’ within the EU; aspects of the practice;
Amendment 76 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and Member State to legally classify gender-based violence killing of women as feminicide and develop a legal framework to end eradicate it;
Amendment 105 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take action in order to end impunity of feminicide and any kind of violence against women by enhancing access to justice of women, ending impunity of perpetrators, disaggregating data collection and supporting national capacity and assistance;
Amendment 107 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the European External Action Service to develop a detailed action plan to end any kind of violence against women, ask the EEAS to cooperate with third countries to end gender-based killing of women or feminicide;
Amendment 138 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2
Annex – Recommendation 2
- design, implement and evaluate yearly comprehensive strategies and programmes, including public education programmes and training for teachers and professionals in the recreational sector aimed at removing obstacles that prevent women and girls from enjoying their full rights and freedom out of violence and at changing the mind-set of societies; (…) - exchange expertise, experience, information and best practices through the European Union Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN) (…) - open specialised sheltersand other relevant EU platforms for professionals such as CEPOL, EUROJUST, EU Chief Medical Officers and EU Chief Nursing Officers (…) - open specialised shelters conceived as safe and empowering space for women and equip them with facilities and adequately trained staff, offering places for at least 1 woman per 10 000 inhabitants.
Amendment 1 #
Amendment 5 #
2013/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Regulation 302/2009
Article 7 paragraph 3
Article 7 paragraph 3
Bluefin tuna fishing by bait boats and trolling boats shall be permitted in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean during the period from 1 July to 31 October. Notwithstanding the previous sub- paragraph, for the years 2014 and 2015, and since it does not affect the protection of the spawning grounds, Member States may specify, in their annual national fishing plans, a different starting date for baitboats and trolling boats flying their flag and operating in the eastern Atlantic, while keeping the total duration of the open season for these fisheries in line with the provisions of the previous sub- paragraph.
Amendment 6 #
2013/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 302/2009
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Amendment 34 #
2013/0007(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 119a concerning rules on the applicability of therequirements for vessels under 10 metres in length to possess fishing authorisation to small vessels.
Amendment 54 #
2013/0007(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 58
Article 58
Amendment 59 #
2013/0007(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
(46a) in Article 92, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall apply a point system for serious infringements as referred to in Article 42(1)(a) of Regulation (EC)No 1005/2008 as well as Article 90(1) of the present regulation on the basis of which the holder of a fishing licence is assigned the appropriate number of points as a result of an infringement of the rules of the common fisheries policy."
Amendment 61 #
2013/0007(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 51 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 51 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 104 – paragraph 1
Article 104 – paragraph 1
"1. Where a Member State does not respect its obligations for the implementation of a multiannual plan, and where the Commission has evidence that the failure to respect those obligations constitutes a serious threat to the conservation of the stock concerned, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts,shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 119a concerning the provisionally closeure of the fisheries affected by those shortcomings for the Member State concerned."
Amendment 62 #
2013/0007(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 51 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 51 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 104 – paragraph 4
Article 104 – paragraph 4
"4. The Commission shall, by means of implemente empowered to adopt delegated acts ing acts,cordance with Article 119a to lift the closure after the Member State has demonstrated in writing to the satisfaction of the Commission that the fisheries can be safely exploited."
Amendment 20 #
2012/2324(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Takes into account the recent EU LGBT survey by the Fundamental Rights Agency according to which 20% of the respondents who were employed and/or looking for a job in the 12 months preceding the survey felt discriminated against and 32% of the respondents felt discriminated against in areas of life outside employment;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2324(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that some Member States do not only oppose the Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation but even institutionalise discrimination by law, thus acting in contravention of the spirit of the EU treaties;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2324(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Points out that discrimination in employment on grounds of religion or belief is widespread in many Member States, notably in education and public health, leading to unacceptable restrictions of workers' rights;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
– having regard to Rules 5.3, 29, 41, 48 and 74a of its Rules of Procedure,
Amendment 14 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the parliament's vote on 23 October 2012, which saw a majority of 78% of Members call on EU governments to revise the issue of parliament's official seat; Strasbourg;
Amendment 48 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas MEPs have repeatedly requested the Parliament's Administration procure for a Eurobarometer survey which asks European citizens for their views on Parliament's split-site arrangement;
Amendment 83 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas Members have repeatedly requested up-to-date breakdowns of the financial, environmental and social costs of the parliament's working arrangements, because the Administration has yet to produce a consistent and coherent set of figures;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges that any future decision by Parliament on its working arrangements must allow sufficient time for debate and reflection, as well as for an orderly transition; requests a study into the one- off cost of moving all parliament's activities to a single working location;
Amendment 122 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Administration to provide a comprehensive analysis of the potential savings for our budget if the parliament had only one place of work, in Brussels; asks that this analysis includes the budgetary aspects and the ancillary costs such as savings made as a result of loss of working time and efficiency;
Amendment 123 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Asks the Administration to procure that EMAS or suitable external consultants provide an analysis of the environmental aspects if the parliament held all its plenary sessions in Brussels;
Amendment 124 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Asks the Administration to procure that the parliament's Medical Service provide an analysis of the health effects of the monthly session in Strasbourg on Members, staff and assistants;
Amendment 131 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the relevant services of the European Parliament to make an assessment of the agreement between the authorities in Luxembourg and the European Parliament, on the number of staff to be present in Luxembourg, taking into account a revision of the Parliament's needs; this assessment shall include suggestions on how to renegotiate this agreement, without prejudice to the legal provisions;
Amendment 136 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on Parliament's Administration to procure for Eurobarometer or similar professional polling service to conduct a survey of EU citizens' views on the maintenance of Parliament's split site working arrangement by 1 January 2014, with specific reference to the financial, environmental and efficiency costs of this arrangement;
Amendment 100 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets that increasing labour market participation of women is absent in the Annual Growth Survey 2013 despite the fact that it is one of the EU2020 headline targets; calls on the Council to add promoting female labour market participation as a priority when adopting this year's economic policy guidance in the framework of the European Semester;
Amendment 157 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that cutbacks in public services providing childcare have a direct impact on the economic independence of women – in 2010, 28.3% of women's inactivity and part time work was explained by the lack of care services against 27.9% in 2009. In 2010, the employment rate of women with small children in the EU was 12.7% lower than that of women without children, up from 11.5% in 2008;
Amendment 163 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to review the 2006/54 Directive, especially the gender pay gap as demanded by the European Parliament in its resolution of 24 May 2012 with recommendations to the Commission on the application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph E a (new)
Paragraph E a (new)
E a. Whereas homelessness is often perceived as affecting mostly men, however, research has shown that the typical form of homelessness among women appears to be "hidden homelessness", whereas women's strategies to avoid ending up in the street by staying at family or friends are in no way appropriate solutions,
Amendment 24 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph E b (new)
Paragraph E b (new)
E b. Whereas in some Member States mass evictions have forced families and single mothers to live on the street and this situation has lead to people, including elderly women, committing suicide.
Amendment 25 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph E c (new)
Paragraph E c (new)
E c. Whereas the economic crisis and the housing market prices, reduce the capability for women to divorce or end co- habitation, limiting their freedom and making them more vulnerable to gender- based domestic violence.
Amendment 26 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the Member States should increase the number of affordable housing options and support women in achieving financial independence, by providing them with conditions more conducive to reconciling work and family life; expresses its concern about Country Specific Recommendations aimed at limiting Member States' social housing sector as well as the Commission's restrictive approach in competition policy by limiting the qualification of SSGI to social housing for socially disadvantaged persons only;
Amendment 43 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that the different facets of homelessness among women must be addressed in a holistic way and should form an integral part of all EU policy frameworks, urges the Commission and the Member States to carry out systematic gender impact assessments and monitoring of homeless women's specific situation and needs,
Amendment 55 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes Directive 2011/0062 on credit agreements relating to residential property and notes that many families with mortgages have been victims of abusive closures; calls for an exceptional steps to be taken to guarantee housing rights all over Europe; calls on Member State to ensure that the dramatic social consequences of evictions are effectively dealt with;
Amendment 58 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses the need for Member States to ensure sufficient availability of shelters for victims of violence;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Welcomes the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the Council of 31 March 2011 (2011/0062) seeking to impose restrictions on credit agreements relating to residential property and hence contain excessive household debt; calls on the Member States to prevent evicted households being forced to keep up their mortgage repayments;
Amendment 275 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Paragraph 16 f (new)
16f. Calls on Member States and local and regional authorities to implement effective incentive measures, on the basis of forecasts of housing needs, in order to combat the phenomenon of housing remaining unoccupied in the long term, particularly in problem areas, with a view to tackling property speculation and converting these properties into social housing;
Amendment 6 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
Citation 17
Amendment 10 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
Amendment 14 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
Citation 20
– having regard to the Declaration and Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) the key actions for its further implementation as well as the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 65/234 on the Follow-up to the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014 (December 2010),
Amendment 18 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 11 October 2007 on the murder of women (feminicide) in Mexico and Central America and the role of the European Union in fighting the phenomenon;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas eradicating sex selective practices is a complex process which requires a range of inter-connected approaches and methods including specialised training for medical staff to advice and prevent sex selective practices EU- and worldwide,
Amendment 38 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. Whereas the empowerment of women will be supportive in promoting the behavioural and social change needed to eradicate sex selective practices in the long term
Amendment 69 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to support and encourage all types of initiatives to increase awareness on gender-biased discrimination including gendercide, and to find effective ways to combat it, by offering guidance, assistance, appropriate policies and funding, as part of its external relations, humanitarian aid and gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 80 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on governments to eliminate democratic and legislative deficits, combat persisting obstacles discriminating against the born or unborn girl child, ensure inheritance rights for women, enforce national legislation that guarantees women equality with men before the law in all sectors of life, and provide economic, educational and political empowerment to girls and women;
Amendment 87 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports relevant reforms, continued monitoring and implementation of gender equality and non-discrimination legislation, particularly in developinglow and middle income and transition countries;
Amendment 95 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Emphasises that legislation to manage or limit sex selection must protect the right of women to have access to legitimate sexual and reproductive health technologies and services without spousal authorization., that legislation is effectively implemented and that appropriate sanctions are imposed on those breaking the law;
Amendment 109 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls the MDGs and stresses that access to education and healthcare , including sexual and reproductive health, are basic human rights; stresses the need for making special and specific reference to gendercide and sex-selection issues in dialogues and reports on the MDGs and in other experience-sharing international fora;
Amendment 114 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to identify clinics in Europe that conduct sex-selective abortions, provide with statistics and elaborate a best practices to prevent them;
Amendment 140 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Calls for the EU and its partner countries to improve, through development cooperation, the monitoring and data collection of sex ratios at birth, and to take prompt action to address possible imbalances; stresses equally that human rights clauses relating to gender discrimination should be included in international trade and cooperation agreements.
Amendment 143 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the European Union to includeensure a rights-based approach encompassing all human rights and to include a strong focus on the empowerment and the promotion, respects and fulfilment of women's and girl's rights, including their sexual and reproductive rights and gender equality as preconditions to combat gendercide as a key issue in the post-2015 development policy agenda;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a new
Citation 1 a new
- having regard to Directive 2011/95/EU on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted,
Amendment 3 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to collect gender- disaggregated data in order to have an exhaustive view of the number of female unaccompanied minorgirls and examine their specific needs in order to set up concrete measures to address those issues and to exchange best practices to improve them;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the right of unaccompanied girls to receive an adequate administrative guardianship and avoid any irregular status of the girls so as to protect children's rights; stresses that girls might become mothers and their children must also receive appropriate treatment and all legal protection by the Member States;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that the first challenge is to overcome the invisibility under which unaccompanied girls are living; stresses that invisibility highly correlates with and reinforces social exclusion, risk of social exclusion and vulnerability suffered by these girls, who are victims of a triple discrimination for being legally irregular, underage and girls-women;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Member States, associations and NGOs to make use of the successor of the Daphne III programme aimed at preventing and combating violence against children, young people and women; invites them to develop specific programmes to eradicate violence and discrimination against unaccompanied girls;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that gender-based violence and being a victim of trafficking in human beings may bare relevant to a claim for asylum;
Amendment 17 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Member States to ensure that services for unaccompanied girls are based on a prior personal assessment considering the different situation and condition of each girl, including the place of origin, family strategy, personal network and relations, migration path, labour market situation, family obligations, access to social services in the country of arrival; underlines that with those specifications, Member States and Guardianship services should be able to determine the profile of the girls and set up particular policies; stresses that particular profiles should be considered for unaccompanied girls from Sub- Saharan countries who are victims of sexual violence (rape, forced pregnancy, violence), unaccompanied girls from Eastern Europe, victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation, Roma girls, who are sent out begging or are involved in minor crimes or those girls who migrated to meet relatives whom they do not know;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Commission to gather best practices in reception and inclusion measures among Member States to ensure appropriate care and assistance to unaccompanied girls., calls on the Member States should also take into accto guarantee access to adequate healthcare for all children withount conditions of the return to the country of origin for unaccompanied minors and should take the necessary provisions to ensure minimum standards of safety for their return; discrimination, irrespective of their legal or other status and incorporate mandatory professional interpretation and intercultural mediation support; stresses that girls particularly, and also boys, should, as far as possible, be provided with doctors of the same sex when this is their preferred option; underlines that specific attention should be devoted to the emotional problems and the mental health situation of separated, asylum-seeking children; calls on Member States to develop specific health and physiological programs for unaccompanied girls who are victims of female genital mutilation or any other kind of sexual violence.
Amendment 21 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States to ensure the right of girls to education and prevent them from double stigmatization;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the differences in conditions of detention within the Member States and invites the Commission and the Member States to reflec, supports minimum standards which set out that unaccompanied minors should be provided with shelter and not kept oin harmonisation in this fielddetention;
Amendment 42 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Invites the Commission to pay special attention to the situation of unaccompanied girls coming from North African countries; Member States in South and from Eastern Europe are facing a significant influx as a result of the events of the Arab Spring and must thus obtain the necessary support from the EU to properly deal with this situatio, paying special attention to unaccompanied Roma girls and include this topic in bilateral talks with the countries of origin;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2008/56/EC and the obligation for EU Member States to take the necessary measures to achieve or maintain good environmental status in the marine environment by the year 2020 at the latest,
Amendment 8 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 17 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission communication of 3 December 2012 as an important step towards the adoption of a legislative frameworkn action plan that will foster closer cooperation between the countries and regions along the shores of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, with a view to ensuring that fishing is carried out in a responsible manner and is economically viable for coastal communities;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that the expansion of aquaculture activities must not jeopardize the achievement of good environmental status under Directive 2008/56/EC and shall be carried out in full compliance with all relevant Union environmental legislation;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 31 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 38 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to establish an ongoing dialogue with the non-EU countries of the Adriatic-Ionian sea basin, with a view to concluding bilateral or multilateral agreements providing for the adoption and implementwhich contribute to the harmonisation of the sameexisting fishing rules for all of the regional fleets and the use of the same fishing gears by all of those fleetsand to achieving the objectives of the EU Common Fisheries Policy in the Mediterranean;
Amendment 45 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 49 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to include in the future legislative proposal on maritime spatial planning provisions requiring Member States to make an inventory of the environmental and tourism protection rules in force on their national territory and, in respect of areas not subject to restrictions, to adopt marine and coastal development plans covering all of the various activities pursued in the sector and including plans for the management of marine and coastal areas that will make it easier for aquaculture undertakings to gain access to the space they require in order to set up farms;
Amendment 158 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Amendment 1 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Article 24 of the Treaty on European Union,
Amendment 2 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union,
Amendment 16 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the application of article 24 should go hand in hand with respect for article 2 and 3 of the TEU to fully respect the values of the Union and ensure that the armed forces are not used, or threatened to be used, inside EU Member States to fight peaceful and democratic political movements.
Amendment 3 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the Council conclusions "Innovative approaches for chronic diseases in public health and healthcare systems" of 7 December 2010
Amendment 4 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
– having regard to the Belgian Presidency's report of 23 November 2010 on the gender pay gap
Amendment 5 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 18 October 2006 on breast cancer in the enlarged European Union,
Amendment 7 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
– having regard to its report of 8 February 2011 on the face of female poverty in the European Union
Amendment 16 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas elderly women are particularly vulnerable to climate change related health impacts, whereas the majority of European studies have shown that women are more at risk, in both relative and absolute terms following studies from the heat-wave in France in 2003 (which caused approximately 15 000 deaths in France and mostly affected old women,
Amendment 17 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in 2010 the employment rate among women aged between 55 and 64 was 38.6% , compared with 54.5% for men in that age group, whereas following EU targets 75% of the population aged 20-64 should to be employed by 2020
Amendment 18 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas women earn less than men (the average gender pay gap in the EU is 17.5%),; whereas the gender pay between 55-64 years of age is more than 30% in some Member States and up to 48% for 65 and more years of age
Amendment 24 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas in some Member States, where indictors for measuring the gender pension gap has been already been developed, women at the age of 65 receive an individual pension that is almost 60% lower than that of men of the same age, whereas an EU-indicator for measuring the gender pension gap is urgently needed;
Amendment 27 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in Europe 23.9% of the population aged between 50 and 64 are at risk of poverty, the exact percentages being 25.9% for women compared with 21.7% of men; whereas figures in the European Union are ranging from 39% and 49% in some countries and climbs to 51% in one EU country,
Amendment 29 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas older migrant women are often suffering from poor socio-economic situations and face difficulties to benefit from social protection measures and access to national healthcare systems, which can affect their living standards and health status
Amendment 66 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
Amendment 71 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas many women use oral contraceptives while they are of fertile age and then move on to hormone replacement therapy during the menopause;; whereas 75% of menopausal women experience some problems or discomfort, but only 10-20% seek medical help, whereas hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is still surrounded by controversy
Amendment 73 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y a (new)
Recital Y a (new)
Ya. whereas according to the World Health Organization (WHO), between four and six per cent of older people have experienced some form of abuse in their own homes, ranging from physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, to financial exploitation, neglect, and abandonment
Amendment 74 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y b (new)
Recital Y b (new)
Yb. whereas dementia is more common in people over 65 years, it affects about one person in 20 over 65, one in five over 80, and one in three over 90 years, whereas generally, prevalence is higher among old women than among old men
Amendment 89 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that climate change affects health directly through e.g. changing weather patterns (more intense and frequent extreme events) and indirectly through changes in water, air, food quality and quantity, ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and infrastructure, calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to increase all its efforts to stop climate change and to move towards an healthier and ecological transformation of society
Amendment 120 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to publish a study on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on older women, in particular with regard to their access to preventive and curative healthcare
Amendment 154 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes with concern EU research results published in April 2011 showing that some 28% of women aged 60 years or older have been mistreated in the last 12 month
Amendment 157 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include the fight against all forms of elder abuse in all contexts in the work priority of the new rights and Justice Programme
Amendment 160 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to include elder abuse as a research topic in the Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Diseases to measure its prevalence and impact on people with dementia
Amendment 173 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Endorses the WHO ‘'gender challenge’', implying as it does a need for better assessment of the risk factors affecting women's health; welcomes in this context recommendations by WHO to build "age- friendly" environments and increase opportunities for older women to contribute productively to society including intersectoral collaboration to identify and promote actions outside the health sector that can enhance health outcomes for women;
Amendment 285 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)
Paragraph 53 a (new)
53 a. Recalls the European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2010 on the situation in Western Sahara; urges Morocco and the Polisario Front to continue negotiation for a peaceful and long-lasting solution of the Western Sahara conflict and reiterates the rights of the Sahrawi people to self determination which should be decided through a democratic referendum, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions; condemns the ongoing violation of the human rights of the Sahrawi people; calls for the release of the Sahrawi political prisoners; welcomes the statements by 11 countries during the 13 th session of the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations raising concerns on the situation in Western Sahara;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995
Amendment 5 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regards to its resolution of 3 September 2008 on how marketing and advertising affect equality between women and men
Amendment 6 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 18 March 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women
Amendment 8 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas significant manifestations of sexualisation of girls impact adversely on their psychophysical development of girls, distort peer relationships and weaken the ability to build healthy relationships, reduce self- esteem and cause a series of psychologically based eating disorders, lead to self-objectification, restrict choice of professional aspirations, and increase the probability of aggressive behaviour towards girls;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas healthy sexuality and a life free from violence are fundamental human rights for all girls and women, and should be protected and promoted in order to achieve equality between girls/women and boys/men, which is a core principle of the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the transformation of teenage stars into sex symbols in order to increase their chance of success in show business leads to establishing a conviction among girls that being sexually attractive causes others to perceive such a person as being more matureand available are key criteria of value and success;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas degrading the value of women and presenting their image in a manner derogatory to their dignity, being a manifestation of sexualisation, contribute to an increase in violence against women, and to the intensification of sexist attitudes and outlooks, which in the long term lead to discrimination against women as employees,in all areas of society, including in educational and work settings, where it leads to sexual harassment and to undervaluing their work and achievements;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in television programmes, computer games and musical video clips there is an increasingly noticeable tendency to present provocatively dressed women, in sexual poses, and the lyrics of songs for young people contain sexually suggestive content, which often promotes violence against women and girls;
Amendment 40 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas sexualisation consists of an instrumental approach to a person by perceiving that person as an object for sexual use disregarding the person's dignity and personality traits, with the person's worth being measured in terms of the level of sexual attractiveness and sexual availability; sexualisation also involves the imposition of the sexuality of adult persons on girls, who are emotionally, psychologically and physically unprepared for this at their particular stage of development; sexualisation not being the normal, healthy, biological development of the sexuality of a person, conditioned by the individual process of development and taking place at the appropriate time for each particular individual;
Amendment 46 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that a series of integrated actions based on the respect for human rights, equality between women/girls and men/boys and women's rights, must be taken in order to broaden the horizons and develop the outlooks of small girls and boys in relation to their guiding values, by means of deliberate strategies to protect children from the process of sexualisation and objectification and to create new tools and spaces where young persons will be able to develop and discover their sexuality at an appropriate time and in their own way;
Amendment 64 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that a particular effort is called for to make parents, carers and teachers aware that computer games, music videos, internet websites are full of sexualising content, that children using them manifest increased levels of aggression, that sexual violence patterns are perpetuated and that the objectification of women increases exponentially;
Amendment 67 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a wide dissemination of ratings under the Pan-European Game Information system (PEGI), which allows parents to check the content of computer games and adapt them to a child's age, and calls for an expansion of the ratings under that system to cover sexualising content, such ratings must be elaborated in cooperation with women's and girls' organisations;
Amendment 79 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends the introduction into school curricula, in cooperation with parents and under their control, of a subject entitled: ‘Preparation for family life with elements of sexual educationemotional and sexual life’, which will prepare young girls and boys to develop healthy, respectful and emotionally satisfying relationships;
Amendment 89 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for appropriate preparation of teachers and trainers in both formal and informal education through essential training in the area of gender equality between women/girls and men/boys, detection of and reaction to various types of abuse connected therewith and to sexual violence;
Amendment 112 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages Member States to draw on good practices and solutions devised for example in the United Kingdom and to ensure by appropriate legal measures, that parents' organisations' and women's and girls' organisations views on child welfare are taken into account where binding standards in the advertising industry are concerned;
Amendment 116 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop guidelines for video games industries and music industries to launch on the basis of these guidelines a proposal for regulatory measures in form of a 'Code of Conduct' in order to prohibit sexualisation in content, in particular for products targeting children and young people,
Amendment 119 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member Stats to establish independent regulation bodies with the aim to control the media and advertising industry and the mandate to impose effective sanction on companies and individuals promoting the sexualisation of girls,
Amendment 123 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages Member States to establish cooperation with manufacturers of goods intended for children, including clothing, make-up and toys, in order to develop a code of best practice that provides for child welfare and promotes high ethical standards, such codes of best practices must be elaborated in consultation with women's organisations, ;
Amendment 126 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to take into account, in the programmes being developed in respect of gender equality between women and men and non-discrimination, of the impact of sexualising content on the psychology and development of girls, and in the context of society as a whole, of the entrenchment of discriminatory stereotypes as a consequence of this phenomenon;
Amendment 133 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in combating sexualisation not only by compiling the necessary data, promoting good practices and organising information campaigns, but also by providing financial support for actions taken in the Member States, in particular to women's organisations fighting against sexualisation and violence against women and girls;
Amendment 134 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Points out that the Commission's first proposal on Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services originally also covered discrimination in the media, calls on the Commission to cover in its revision education and media as well;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the fact that, although the animal welfare agenda has been advanced through specific pieces of legislation, there are still too many areas where no specific EU legislation exists, such as on the welfare of dairy cows, beef cattle, ducks, geese, rabbits and farmed fish;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Regrets that the Commission has failed to make reference to, and to ensure coherence with, other policy areas that intersect with animal welfare, such as the 7th Environmental Action Programme, green public procurement, the EU's Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, the 8th Research Framework Programme and the Invasive Alien Species Strategy;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the ever-increasing number of petitions from European citizens from all the Member States asking for the regulations on animal protection and welfare to be tightened up in order to fill the existing loopholes; welcomes the Commission's objective of considering the feasibility of introducing a simplified EU legislative framework with animal welfare principles for all animals kept in the context of an economic activity including where appropriate pet animals;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, in their petitions, European citizens strongly protest against bullfights and other spectacles that cause stress or injury to and/or kill animals; calls for an immediate cessation of EU funding of the fighting bull breeding industry and renovation of bullrings, and a firm rejection of the attempts to recognize bullfighting and other cruel spectacles as e.g. "El Toro de la Vega" as a part of Europe's intangible cultural heritage;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the EU's dog and cat population is estimated at around one hundred million animals and that no EU legislation exists on pet animal welfare; calls on the Commission, therefore, in recognition of the 2010 Council Conclusions on the Welfare of Cats and Dogs, to promote the welfare of pet animals by ensuring minimum standards for their treatment and protection and a compulsory registration and microchipping system;
Amendment 16 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to intensify its proceedings in cases of non-fulfilment of the obligations established in Council Directive 1999/22/ECand Member States to take the necessary measures to ensure the implementation of Council Directive 1999/22/EC relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos that include tighter controls and proceedings in cases of non-fulfilment of the obligations, initiatives that ensure all relevant stakeholders responsible for providing and assessing an animal's needs are appropriately trained and qualified, particularly in relationg to the keeping of wild animals in zooswild animal species in captivity, and effective use and engagement of species-specific enrichment programmes to guarantee appropriate mental and physical stimulation to prevent harm;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to ensure more effective implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and urges the Commission to introduce legislation to restrict live animal transport time to 8 hours in the EU, as called for in the recently adopted Parliamentary declaration and by over 1 million signatories to a petition on this issue;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for better information ofor consumers about the methods of animal slaughter and production of animal products or animal by-products and their impact on the welfare of animals in the form of transparent and adequate labelling and package leaflets; in particular believes that meat and dairy products should be labelled to show the farming method;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission to develop a strategy to improve the welfare of dairy cows and in particular to counter the growing industrialisation of EU dairy farming;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the Commission's willintention to include animal welfare in bilateral trade agreements orand cooperation forums and iturges that any such provisions should be made binding under the dispute settlement mechanisms of Free Trade Agreements; welcomes also the Commission's intention to examine how animal welfare can be better integrated in the framework of the European neighbourhood policy;
Amendment 29 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for anRe-iterates the existing legal obligation to use non- animal alternative methods as far as possible and wherever scientifically available in order to reduce to a minimum experiments which involve severe and prolonged suffering for animals. and calls on the Commission to use the system of controls of Member State inspections described in Article 35 of EU Directive 2010/63 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes to inform and guide activities necessary to ensure consistent application of requirements relating to project evaluation, including rules concerning classification of the severity of procedures, and ensure robust implementation of requirements relating to the replacement, reduction and refinement of animal procedures
Amendment 31 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission to augment duties concerning coordination and promotion of the development and use of alternatives to animal procedures in the areas of basic and applied research and regulatory testing, as described in Annex VII of Directive 2010/63, by actively supporting relevant strategy-setting and research functions of the EU Reference Laboratory (the Joint Research Centre) to identify priority areas for replacement of animal research techniques;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 7 September 2010 on developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy,
Amendment 3 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 17 June 2010 on gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis,
Amendment 50 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Points out that the ecological conversion of the economy and the transition to a low-carbon economy will create a huge demand for skilled workers; refers to the fact that female workers are strongly under-represented in the renewable sector and especially in science and technology-intensive jobs; urges the Council, the Commission and Member States to ensure that female workers are included more in training projects and programmes on ecological transformation, i.e. in the renewable sector, science and technology-intensive jobs; calls on Member States to encourage women in local entrepreneurial initiatives in these fields by facilitating access, through dissemination of data and training workshops;
Amendment 63 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out that the greening of the economy has come to be regarded as a means for stimulating economic development, particularly in the context of the Economic Crisis and the EU 2020 Strategy, underlines that 'green jobs' have the potential to become a key growth segment of the future European labour market, insists that a gender perspective is crucial to avoid exacerbating inequalities;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme "Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows" and repealing Council Decision 2004/904/EC,
Amendment 12 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the right to international protection is a fundamental right enshrined in international and Union law which is complemented by a series of additional rights and principles, such as the principle of non-refoulement, the right to dignity, the prohibition of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment, protection of women from violence and all froms of discrimination, the right to an effective remedy and the right to private and family life;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the principle of solidarity and responsibility-sharing is enshrined in the Treaties, and that an effective solidarity framework includes, at the least, the duty on the part of the EU institutions and agencies and the Member States to cooperate in order to find ways to give effect to this principle; Asserts that solidarity is not limited to Member States‘ relations with each other, but is also aimed at asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection;
Amendment 32 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of collecting, analysing and putting in perspective reliable, accurate, comprehensive, comparable and up-to-date statistical data, in order to monitor and evaluate measures and acquire a sound understanding of asylum-related issues. All statistical data where possible should be broken down by gender;
Amendment 43 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on EASO, taking into account both its duties and its limited budget, resources and experience, to optimise its available resources by engaging in close dialogue and cooperation with international organisations and civil society with a view to exchanging information and pooling knowledge in the field of asylum, collecting data, exchanging best practices, developing comprehensive guidelines on gender - related issues in asylum, developing training and creating pools of experts, case workers and interpreters who could be mobilised at short notice to provide assistance; further recommends EASO to ensure a broad representation of organisations participating in the consultative forum;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note of the recommendation of the Commission and Council regarding inter-agency cooperation between EASO and Frontex, and stresses that the full and swift implementation of Frontex's Fundamental Rights Strategy is a sine qua non for any such cooperation in the context of international protection, including appointing a Human Rights Officer, setting up the consultative forum with civil society, and inviting international organisations to participate in its activities as human rights observer; emphasises that any cooperation must be viewed in the context of increasing protection standards for asylum seekers; stresses that border measures should be applied in a protection-sensitive manner;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Reaffirms the crucial role of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) in providing advice, expertise and guidance for dealing with mixed migration flows;
Amendment 61 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the home affairs policy dialogues with individual Member States on their use of the funds preceding multiannual programming; recommends reinforcing the partnership principle by including civil society, local and regional authorities ands well as relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 71 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the importance of financial responsibility-sharing in the field of asylum, and recommends creating a well- resourced mechanism to compensate Member States receiving higher numbers of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection, in either absolute or proportional terms, and to help those with less developed asylum systems; considers that further research is required to identify and quantify the real costs of hosting and processing asylum claims. All indicators in the research where possible possible should be broken down by gender;
Amendment 84 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to performing a comprehensive evaluation of the Dublin system in 2014, reviewing its legal, economic, social and human rights effects, and, in particular, effects on the situation of women - asylum seekers;
Amendment 91 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Stresses that under international law, anyone has the right to apply for asylum in any country that has signed the 1951 Convention and to remain there until the authorities have assessed their claim, whereas there is nothing in international law to say that refugees must claim asylum in the first country they reach. On the contrary, asylum seekers should be allowed to choose in which country to apply for asylum based on family, language, culture, or community ties with that country;
Amendment 117 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Underlines that EU resettlement and intra-EU relocation schemes are complementary measures aimed at reinforcing the protection of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection while showing both intra- and extra-EU solidarity;
Amendment 127 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Believes that special attention should be paid to assessing whether relocation efforts are undermined by the transfer of asylum seekers under the Dublin Regulation;
Amendment 132 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Notes that climate change will become the biggest driver for population displacement in the coming years, due to sudden or gradual alterations in the natural environment related to sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and drought and water scarcity and is concerned with the growing link between climate change and conflict; emphasises the need to address the issue of climate refugees in the context of EU relocation and resettlement schemes as well;
Amendment 155 #
2012/2032(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Notes that restrictive visa regimes and enhanced border controls can have adverse effects on access to international protection in preventing persons in need from reaching the EU and reiterates the need to apply measures in a protection-sensitive manner; recalls the obligation of search- and rescue in the open sea and the prohibition of push backs at the EU external borders;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the re-evaluation of the accession criteria should take into account the possibility of internal enlargement inside the EU;
Amendment 234 #
2012/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission to prepare an accession roadmap for possible new Member States emerging from inside the EU;
Amendment 1 #
2012/0219B(NLE)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. CDeclines to consents to conclusion of the agreement;
Amendment 4 #
2012/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) With regard to the shortcomings of the Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 and the failures in implementation as indicated in COM(2009)0368 and the related 2010 ICES scientific advice and the lacking of integration of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC and the requirement by Member States to take the requisite measures to establish a system of strict protection for cetaceans, the Commission should no later than 31 December 2015 assess the shortcomings of Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 and make a legislative proposal for a coherent, overarching legislative framework for ensuring the effective protection of cetaceans from all threats.
Amendment 5 #
2012/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 812/2004
Article 7 – paragraph 3 (new))
Article 7 – paragraph 3 (new))
(1a) In Article 7, the following paragraph is added: "3. The Commission shall no later than 31 December 2015 review the effectiveness of the measures laid down in this Regulation and accompany this review with an overarching legislative proposal for ensuring the effective protection of cetaceans."
Amendment 97 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Union notes in particular paragraphs 83(a) of UNGA Resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 119(a) and 120 of UNGA Resolution 64/72 calling on flag States to not authorize bottom fishing activities until these resolutions have been fully implemented, including the requirement to assess, on the basis of the best available scientific information, whether individual bottom fishing activities would have significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Amendment 102 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The capacity of vessels with deep-sea fishing permits has been limited since 2002 to the aggregate capacity of all the vessels that caught more than 10 tonnes of any mixture of deep sea species in any of the years 1998, 1999 or 2000. The Commission evaluation concluded that this capacity ceiling had no substantial positive effect. Given the past experience and the lack of accurate data in many deep sea fisheries, it is inadequate to manage these fisheries by means of effort limits only.
Amendment 111 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Deep-sea fishing with bottom trawls carry the highest risk for vulnerable marine ecosystems among the different gears used and reports the highest rates of undesired catch of deep-sea species. Bottom trawls should therefore be permanently prohibited from the targeting of deep-sea species. . EU Council Regulation 1568/2005 already prohibits bottom trawling and gillnetting below 200 meters around the Azores, Canarias and Madeira. EU Regulation 1343/2011 prohibits the use of towed dredges and trawl nets at depths beyond 1,000 meters in the Mediterranean Sea. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources has prohibited the use of bottom trawling and gillnetting in all the high seas areas of its regulatory area.
Amendment 119 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Bottom-set gillnets are currently restricted in entering deep-sea fisheries by Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011. In view of the high rates of undesired catch when they were deployed unsustainably in deep waters, and in view of the ecological impact of lost and abandoned gear, this gear should also be permanently prohibited from the targeting of deep-sea species. NEAFC Recommendation 3/2006 also prohibits bottom gillnetting below 200 meters in its regulatory area.
Amendment 131 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Vessels targeting deep-sea species with other bottom gear should not extend their range of operation according to their authorisation within Union watersfrom that in the period 2009-2011, unless such expansion can be assessed as not carrying a significant risk of negative impact on vulnerable marine ecosystems. Impact assessments carried out to that effect must conform to the requirements referred to in paragraph 47 of the 2008 FAO Guidelines for the Management of Deep Sea Fisheries.
Amendment 138 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Given the mixed nature of most deep sea fisheries, fishing opportunities for deep sea fishing should be established in a way that ensures the long term conservation of the most vulnerable species caught in the fisheries involved.
Amendment 140 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Scientific advice further indicates that fishing effort limits are an appropriate instrumentGiven the lack of accurate data in most deep sea fisheries and the mixed nature of most of them, fishing effort limits should only be used in combination with catch limits for fixing fishing opportunities for deep-sea fisheries. In view of the large variety of gears and fishing patterns present in deep-sea fisheries, and the need to develop accompanying measures tackling the environmentally weak points of the fisheries individually, fishing effort limits should only replace catch limits when it can be ensured that they arneed to be adapted to specific fisheries.
Amendment 141 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
Amendment 143 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Holders of a fishing authorisation allowing for the catch of deep-sea species should lose their authorisation as far as the catching of deep-sea species is concerned if they do not comply with relevant management and conservation measures as well as with the reporting requirements of this regulation, in particular those related to the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Amendment 144 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) While there has been progress in the implementation of the relevant provisions of UNGA Resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 by NEAFC, such provisions have not been fully implemented yet. Assessments carried out by ICES of NEAFC conservation and management measures have identified areas of concern. In addition, NEAFC has failed to implement some ICES recommendations, including the closure of several areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems had been identified. It is therefore necessary that the Union ensures that the objectives of the new common fisheries policy and the provisions of UNGA resolutions relevant to deep sea fisheries are fully implemented and are not limited to the implementation of NEAFC conservation and management measures.
Amendment 145 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU to modify the conditions under which fishing activities are considered as deep sea fishing, in order to take into account varying exploitation patterns by the Member States and new scientific information on the stock structure and distribution of deep sea species as well as on areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known or likely to occur. The same powers should be granted to the Commission to modify the conditions for landing and transhipment allowances for vessels not holding a deep sea fishing authorisation where this is necessary to take into account varying exploitation patterns in the Member States, to review bottom fisheries impact assessments required under this regulation, and to specify measures accompanying annual effort limits if Member States fail to take them or if the measures they adopt are deemed not to be compatible with the objectives of this regulation or insufficient in respect of the aims indicated in this regulation.
Amendment 147 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU, which may be necessary to amend or supplement non-essential elements of this Regulation in cases of absence or insufficiency of the accompanying measures adopted by the Member States and linked to annual effort limits, when these areplace used in combination with catch limits.
Amendment 148 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to ensure the sustainable management and exploitation of deep-sea specfisheries while minimising the impact of deep-sea fishing activities on the marine environment;
Amendment 150 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to prevent significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems and ensure the long-term conservation of deep sea fish stocks;
Amendment 151 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) to implement the provisions of United Nations General Assembly resolutions relevant to the protection of deep sea ecosystems, in particular Resolutions 61/105 and 64/72.
Amendment 155 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) international waters of the CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2Regulatory Area and
Amendment 165 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) ‘'most vulnerable species’' means the deep-sea species indicatthat qualify as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered under the IUCN Red List criteria, rare species or species which a scientific advisory body has determined as highly susceptible to depletion or for which the scientific advisory body has recommended minimal or zero by catch. All those species shall be included in the third column ‘'Most vulnerable (x)’' of the table in Annex I. All species of deep-sea sharks shall fall under this category";
Amendment 173 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
(ja) 'precautionary approach to fisheries management', means an approach which follows the requirements of Article 6 of the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, according to which the absence of adequate scientific information should not justify postponing or failing to take management measures to conserve target species, associated or dependent species and non- target species and their environment
Amendment 178 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall review the list of deep-sea species in annex I, including the designation of most vulnerable species, every two years. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 20, to amend the list based on new available scientific information from Member States, from the scientific advisory body and from other relevant sources of information, including the IUCN Red List Assessments.
Amendment 189 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the vessel's master records in the logbook a percentage of deep-sea species equal or superior to 10% of the overall catch weight in theduring any fishing day concerned., or fishing activities which lead to catches and retention on board of more than 10 tonnes of deep-sea species each calendar year, or
Amendment 191 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the vessel deploys bottom gear at depths equal to or below 200 metres.
Amendment 193 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Fishing authorisations referred to in paragraph 1 for vessels using bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets shall expire at the latest two years after the entry into force of this Regulation. After that date, fishing authorisations targeting deep-sea species with bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets shall neither be issued nor renewed.
Amendment 197 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 3, fishing vessels may catch, retain on board, tranship or land any quantity of deep-sea species without a fishing authorisation, if that quantity is below a threshold set at 100 kg of any mixture of deep-sea species per fishing trip. All such catches of deep sea species shall be duly recorded in the vessel's logbook.
Amendment 199 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
The aggregate fishing capacity measured in gross tonnage and in kilowatt of all fishing vessels holding a fishing authorisation issued by a Member State, allowing the catch of deep-sea species, whether as target or by-catch species, shall at no time exceed the aggregate fishing capacity of vessels of that Member State which have landed 10 tonnes or more of deep-sea species during any of the two calendar years preceding the entry into force of this Regulation, whichever year provides the higher figurethe period 2009-2011.
Amendment 201 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that in conducting the annual capacity assessments called for in Article x of Council and Parliament Regulation (EU) No xxx/2013 of xxx 2013 on the common fisheries policy the impact of their fleets on deep sea stocks not subject to catch limits is duly taken into account. The capacity assessments for all fleets subject to a special fishing authorisation granted under Articles 4(1) and 4(3) of this regulation shall clearly indicate whether fishing mortality exerted by these fleets on stocks included in Annex I of this regulation is in line with recommended mortality levels for those stocks according to the best available scientific advice.
Amendment 204 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Where the capacity assessments referred to in article 1a indicate the fishing mortality on deep sea stocks is above recommended levels, the Member State concerned shall prepare and include in the report an action plan for the affected fleet segment in order to ensure that the fishing mortality exerted on the stocks concerned is consistent with the objectives of article 10 of this regulation.
Amendment 206 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Each application for a fishing authorisation allowing for the catch of deep-sea species whether as target or by- catch species, and for its renewal shall be accompanied by a fishing plan containing a description of the area where it is intended to conduct fishing activities, the type of gears, the depth range at which the activities will be deployed, and of the individual species targeted, as detailed in Article 7(1).
Amendment 209 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Fishing authorisations shall be renewed annually. Two years after the entry into force of this Regulation, fishing authorisations for vessels using bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets shall not be issued nor renewed.
Amendment 210 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
From 1 January 2015 no fishing authorisation granted following Articles 4(1) and 4(3) of this regulation shall be issued for deep sea species in an area where either a Member State or a scientific advisory body has not conducted an impact assessment in accordance with the criteria laid down in Annex IIa to this Regulation which has concluded that such activities are not likely to have significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems. The impact assessments should be made publicly available.
Amendment 211 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
The impact assessments referred to in paragraph 1b shall be reviewed by a scientific advisory body. The Commission can make, or require to make, adjustments or improvements to the assessment based on any recommendations of the scientific advisory body. The Commission shall also review all assessments to take into account individual, collective and cumulative impacts, and make or require adjustments or improvements to the individual impact assessments.
Amendment 212 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 d (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 d (new)
For the purposes of the implementation of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1b, the Member States and the scientific advisory body shall rely on the best scientific and technical information available concerning the location of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the areas in which the fishing vessels concerned intend to operate. That information shall include, where available, scientific data on the basis of which the likelihood of occurrence of such ecosystems can be estimated. The assessment process shall include appropriate elements of independent scientific peer review.
Amendment 213 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 e (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 e (new)
Council Regulation (EC) No 734/2008
Article 4, paragraph 4
Article 4, paragraph 4
The competent authorities shall apply precautionary criteria in the conduct of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1b. In case of doubt as to whether the adverse impacts are significant or not, they shall consider that the likely adverse impacts resulting from the scientific advice provided are significant.
Amendment 215 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Amendment 217 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 b (new)
Article 6 b (new)
Article 6b Move-on rule 1. Member States shall require that vessels flying their flag which, in the course of fishing operations, encounter evidence of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs), immediately report the encounter, including the location, and the type of ecosystem in question, to the relevant authorities of the Member State. The Member State shall immediately inform the Commission of the encounter and the Commission shall inform all Member States of the area of the encounter and the management measures established in respect of the area consistent with this Article. 2. The presence of any vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator species bought up in the fishing gear shall constitute evidence of an encounter with a vulnerable marine ecosystem. 3. Following the encounter of a vulnerable marine ecosystem by a Union fishing vessel, a scientific body shall assess the area in a timely manner to determine whether VMEs are present or likely to occur in the area. Based on the outcome of the assessment, appropriate management measures shall be established to prevent significant adverse impacts on VMEs from bottom fishing in the area, including restrictions on the use of fixed as well as towed gears if warranted. 4. When the encounter with VMEs has been reported by a vessel using towed gears, an immediate cessation of bottom fishing in the area of the encounter shall be established. The area shall be subsequently closed to bottom fishing with towed gear by all vessels until an assessment following paragraph 3 has been carried out. 5. Vessels using towed gears shall carry 100% observer coverage to monitor and collect information on VME encounters, the catch and bycatch of deep-sea species, and other information necessary to ensure the effective implementation of this Regulation. Fixed gear vessels shall carry 10% observer coverage. 6. The Commission shall be empowered to establish rules on the extent of the area around the encounter to be assessed or on the extent of the area where fishing activities must cease consistent with paragraphs 3 and 4 of this article by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 20.
Amendment 218 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In addition to the requirements set out in Article 6, each application for a fishing authorisation for targeted deep sea fisheries, as referred to in Article 4(1) bellow 200 meters, that allows the use of bottom gears in Union waters as referred to in Article 2(a), shall be accompanied by a publicly available detailed fishing plan specifying:
Amendment 225 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the locations, if any, of activities in the deep-sea métier during the last three full calendar yearsperiod 2009 - 2011. Those location(s) shall be defined by coordinates in accordance with the World Geodetic System of 1984 and they shall circumscribe the fishing activities as closely as possible.
Amendment 228 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the targeted species;
Amendment 231 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) the type of gears and the depth at which they will be deployed, and
Amendment 232 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(bc) the configuration of the bathymetric profile of the seabed in the intended fishing grounds, where this information is not already available to the competent authorities of the Flag State concerned
Amendment 233 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Prior to granting an application Member States shall verify through the VMS record of such vessels that the information submitted following paragraph 1(b) is accurate. If the information provided under paragraph 1(b) does not match that in the VMS record the application shall not be granted.
Amendment 235 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The special fishing permit provided for in Articles 4(1) and 4(3) shall make it explicit that fishing activities carried out under it must conform to the fishing plan submitted in accordance with paragraph 1 at all times.
Amendment 236 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Where circumstances beyond the control of the person responsible for the vessel's operations necessitate an alteration of the submitted plans, the person responsible for the vessel's operations shall inform the competent authorities without delay, indicating the modifications intended to the original plan. The competent authorities shall examine such alterations and shall not authorise them if they entail a relocation of the activities to areas where vulnerable marine ecosystem occur or are likely to occur.
Amendment 237 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 d (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Failure to conform to the fishing plan provided for in paragraph 1 in circumstances other than those specified in paragraph 1c of this Article shall entail the withdrawal by the flag State of the special fishing permit issued to the fishing vessel concerned
Amendment 239 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Any fishing authorisation issued on the basis of an application made in accordance with paragraph 1 shall specify the characteristics, type and dimensions of the bottom gear to be used and limit the fishing activities authorised to the area in which the intended fishing activity, as set out in paragraph 1(a), and the existing fishing activity, as set out in paragraph 1(b), overlap. However, the area of the intended fishing activity can be extended beyond the area of the existing fishing activity if the Member State has assessed and documented, based on best available scientific advice, that such extension would not have significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems. This assessment shall be conducted in accordance with Annex IIa and the 2008 FAO International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas and shall be made publicly available. The Commission, in consultation with the Member State and the scientific advisory body, shall review this assessment to ensure that all areas where VMEs are known or likely to occur have been identified and that the proposed mitigation and management measures are sufficient to prevent significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Amendment 247 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 249 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title
Article 9 – title
Expiry of deep-sea fishing authorisations targeting deep-sea species for vessels using bottom trawls or bottom- set gillnets
Amendment 257 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Fishing authorisations referred to in Article 4(1) for vessels using bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets bellow 200 meters shall expire at the latest two years after the entry into force of this Regulation. After that date, fishing authorisations targeting deep-sea species with those gears shall neither be issued nor renewed.
Amendment 262 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Fishing opportunities shall be fixed at a rate of exploitation of the deep-sea species concerned that is consistent withensures that populations of deep-sea species are maintained or restored above levels which can produce maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 265 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Where, based on best scientific information available, it is not possible to identify exploitation rates consistent with maximum sustainable yieldparagraph 1, the fishing opportunities shall be fixed as follows:
Amendment 266 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) where the best scientific information available identifies exploitation rates corresponding to the precautionary approach to fisheries managementwhich ensure with high probability that the stocks concerned will be kept above safe biological limits, the fishing opportunities for the relevant fishing management period may not be fixed higher than those rates;
Amendment 270 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) where the best scientific information available does not identify exploitation rates corresponding to the precautionary approach to fisheries managementwhich ensure with high probability that the stocks concerned will be kept above safe biological limits due to lack of sufficient data concerning a certain stock or species, no fishing opportunities may be allocated for the fisheries concerned.
Amendment 271 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Fishing opportunities set for deep sea species shall take into account the probable composition of the catch in these fisheries and shall ensure the long term sustainability of all harvested species.
Amendment 272 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When allocating the fishing opportunities for deep-sea species available to them Member States shall use transparent and objective criteria that shall include, inter alia: (a) selectivity of fishing methods, gears and practices with low by-catch and low impact on the marine ecosystem, with a particular focus on most vulnerable species and vulnerable marine ecosystems; (b) record of compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy and EU environmental requirements and with respecting catch and/or fishing effort limits designated by scientific advice; (c) quality employment (d) fuel emissions and energy efficiency of the fishing operation; and (e) use of video surveillance or an equivalent electronic monitoring equipment, (f) working conditions that comply with relevant international standards, notably the 2007 ILO Work in Fishing Convention.
Amendment 274 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Obligation to land all catches 1. By way derogation of Article 15 of Council and Parliament Regulation (EU) No xxx/2013 of xxx 2013 on the common fisheries policy all catches of fish and non-fish species, irrespective of whether they are subject to catch limits or not, made by a fishing vessel holding an authorisation to catch deep-sea species granted under Articles 4(1) or 4(3) of this regulation shall be brought and retained on board, recorded in the logbook and landed. The de minimis provisions will not apply to such vessels.
Amendment 275 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – section 2 – title
Chapter 3 – section 2 – title
Amendment 276 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Fishing opportunities by means of fishing effort limits only
Amendment 277 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Council, acting in accordance with the Treaty, may decide to switch from the fixing of annual fishing opportunities forset effort limits in deep- sea specfisheries in terms of both fishing effort limits and catch limits to the fixing of only fishing effort limits for specific fisheriesorder to ensure that annual catch limits established for deep- sea species are fully complied with.
Amendment 279 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the fishing effort levels for each deep-sea métier that shall be used as a baseline for any adjustments required in order to follow the principles set out in Article 10 shall be the fishing effort levels assessed, based on scientific information, as consistent with the catches made by the relevant deep-sea métiers during the previous two calendar yearsrates of exploitation established in accordance with article 10.
Amendment 282 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Fishing effort limits set for deep sea species shall take into account the probable composition of the catch in these fisheries and shall ensure the long term sustainability of all harvested species.
Amendment 283 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the specific deep-sea métier to which the fishing effort limit applies by reference to the regulated gear, the species targetedtype and amount of gear, the species and specific stocks targeted, the depth, and the ICES zones or CECAF areas within which the allowed effort may be deployed; and
Amendment 284 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the fishing effort unit or combination of units to be used for management.
Amendment 285 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) methods and protocols for the monitoring and reporting of effort levels during a management period.
Amendment 287 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Where annual fishing effort limits have replaced catch limits in accordance with Article 11(1), Member States shall maintain or put in place, in respect of their flagged vessels the following accompanying measures:
Amendment 288 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) measures to avoid an increase of the overall catching capacity of the vessels concerned by the effort limits established following article 11.
Amendment 289 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) measures to avoid an increase in by- catchesprevent by-catches in deep sea fisheries, of most vulnerable species in particular; and
Amendment 290 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) conditions for effective discard prevention. Those conditions shall aim at lanavoiding all fish taken on board, unless this would be contrary to the rules in forthe catch of unwanted species in the first place uander the Common Fisheries Policy require the landing of all fish taken on board.
Amendment 291 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall assess the effectiveness of the accompanying measures adopted by Member States upon their adoption, as well as annually thereof.
Amendment 293 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) if the Member State concerned does not notify to the Commission any measures adopted pursuant to Article 12 within three months after the date of entry into force of the fishing effort limitsis regulation.
Amendment 306 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall establish a programme of observer coverage to ensure the collection of reliable, timely and accurate data on the catch and bycatch of deep-sea species, encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems and other relevant information for the effective implementation of the provisions of this regulation. Vessels using bottom trawls or botom-set gillnets with a fishing authorisation to catch deep-sea species, whether as target or by-catch shall carry 100% observer coverage. The rest of the vessels with an authorisation to catch deep-sea species shall carry 10% observer coverage.
Amendment 312 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19a Observers 1. Member States shall establish a programme of observer coverage to collect relevant, timely and accurate data on the catch and by-catch of deep-sea species, encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems and other relevant information to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of this regulation. Vessels using bottom trawls and bottom gillnets holding a fishing permit provided for in Article 4 shall carry 100% observer coverage. Vessels using other gears shall carry 10% observer coverage. 2. The observer shall: (a) record independently, in the same format as that used in the vessel's logbook, the catch information prescribed in Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 1993 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy; (b) record any instances of alteration of the fishing plan as referred to in Article 7(1); (c) document any unforeseen encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems referred to in Article 6b, including the gathering of information that may be of use in relation to the protection of the site; (d) record depths at which gear is deployed; (e) present a report to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned within 20 days following the termination of the observation period. A copy of this report shall be sent to the Commission, within 30 days following receipt of a written request. 3. The observer shall not be any of the following: (a) a relative of the master of the vessel or other officer serving on the vessel to which the observer is assigned; (b) an employee of the master of the vessel to which he is assigned; (c) an employee of the master's representative; (d) an employee of a company controlled by the master or his representative; (e) a relative of the master's representative.
Amendment 1 #
2011/2294(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A
Paragraph A
A. whereas over 60 % of university graduates are women, but the majority of senior positions in universities (e.g. postdoctoral positions and professorships) are still held by men; whereas only 13 % of institutions in the higher education sector were headed by women and only 9 % of universities had a female head of staff and therefore considerably less influence with regard to research decision-making,
Amendment 2 #
2011/2294(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
A a. whereas 35% of all jobs in the EU will require high-level qualifications by 2020, whereas only 26% of the workforce currently has a higher education qualification,
Amendment 6 #
2011/2294(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph B
Paragraph B
B. whereas there is a disturbingly low proportion of women on decision-making boards relating to research, with the lowest numbers beinghereas only 25% Members of the European Research Council (ECR) are female, whereas since its start in 2007 1700 projects have been selected to receive found in Estonia, Poland, Cyprus, Slovakia and the Czech Republic;g from the ERC, representing some 2.5 Billion Euro in grants, whereas almost 90% of these grants went to male candidates,
Amendment 10 #
2011/2294(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on universities, the EU institutions and the Member States to encourage young women to study subjects in which women are still underrepresented, especially science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and to inform themwhich provide the basis for high-level low-carbon skills, stresses that stereotypes affecting these professions have to be addressed e.g. by informing especially young women about their possibilities of becoming researchers and the opportunities available in the research field, including applied research, as that should liberate untapped talent;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2294(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CPoints out that sharing between women and men of domestic and family responsibilities is a sine qua non for the advancement and achievement of equality beween women and men, calls on universities and higher education colleges to recognise that womenmale and female learners may have specific responsibilities outside of learning, for example, caring for young children or elderly relatives;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2294(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it necessary to review the criteria for promotion to senior research- oriented positions (e.g. professorships) in order to include a strong gender perspective and address the lack of women in these posts, and to recognise that women are far more likely than their male counterparts to take career breaks in order to have a family;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2294(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that higher education should give tools to women to enable them to achieve better positions in the private sector and develop their entrepreneurial skills,Encourages universities, higher education and research institutes to adopt and enforce equality strategies in their organisations and to conduct gender impact evaluation in their decision making process, recalls that these institutions are likewise required to ensure equal treatment of and equal opportunities for women and men at work and education, stresses that with thuis promoting growth and jobs in the EU; insists, therefore, that women should beaim in view measures should be adopted to prevent any kind of discrimination in order to enable women to achieve better positions in the private and public sector; encourageds women to participate actively in university/private sector partnerships, e.g. through start-ups or spin- offs;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2294(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Reiterates the Commission's announcement from 1 March 2011 to propose European legislation in 2012 including binding targets for increasing representation of each sex to a minimum of 40%, if companies do not increase the proportions of women on their decision- making bodies voluntarily by 5 % a year reaching, reaching 30% female representation by 2015 and 40% female representation by 2020;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2294(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up programmes of coaching and supporting young women scientists in participating in research programmes and grant applications in order to help them to stay in academia and research;
Amendment 45 #
2011/2294(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Criticises that the Commission's agenda for the modernisation of Europe's higher education systems is gender blind and gender mainstreaming basically non existent;
Amendment 71 #
2011/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Requests the Commission to submit to Parliament on the basis of Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a legislative proposal on the revision of the existing legislation relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women,
Amendment 22 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the Commission proposes the DAPHNE III programme, the gender equality and non-discrimination sections of the PROGRESS Programme, and the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme to be streamlined into "Rights and Citizenship" Programme in the 2014-2020 financial period; whereas combating violence against women is not mentioned among the objectives of the Commission's proposal; whereas the proposed budget of the new programme is smaller than those of the current programmes; whereas the proposal does not guarantee the predictability of funding for its objectives;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Has noted with great interest the programme's successes and its popularity as well as the few problems it has encountered, as set out in the ‘Report on the interim evaluation of the ’Daphne III programme 2007–2013' and the preparatory studies used in its conception6 , and as reported by the recipients of the DAPHNE grants;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Wishes to see the programme's objectives, in particular combating violence against women, retained in the 20134–2020 period among the objectives of the new Rights and Citizenship Programme, its funding held at least at a level comparable to that of the earliercurrent programmes and its profile within the new- generation programme remain high, bearing in mind its successes and its popularity and the recent EU commitments to fight violence against women;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 3 a (new)
– easing the administrative burden and solving the problems in the financial management that have prevented many NGOs from proposing DAPHNE projects, especially regarding co-funding,
Amendment 60 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. HopeDemands that in the future it willshould still be possible for a large number of small NGOs to be involved in partnerships of associations, as they often play a majorcrucial role in identifying less well-known, taboo or new problems and in finding innovative ways to tackle them;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas fiscal federalism inside Member States has been a great economic success when applied, with a relevant increase in tax self-responsibility both for the regions involved and the central government, and so the possibility to extend this policy to other regions in Europe should therefore be thoroughly studied;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that taxation is still a matter for national and in some cases regional sovereignty, and that the different structures of theses regions and Member States' (MS) tax systems should therefore be respected; notes that Treaty changes would be necessary in order for decision- making on tax policies to be transferred from the national to the EU level;
Amendment 58 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that MS with high deficits will have to increase tax revenues through higher taxes, pursue expenditure reductions, fight against tax fraud and increase public savings;
Amendment 63 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that fiscal federalism is the best tool in order to achieve self- responsibility in the tax management at regional level and so entails a higher economic efficiency;
Amendment 65 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Believes that excessive deficits at the regional level are sometimes related to a lack of relation between tax revenue and tax expenditure, that at the same time impede the creation of the necessary environment to build a self-sustaining growth model;
Amendment 79 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to put forward proposals on corporate taxation, green and consumption taxation, avoidance of tax fraud, good governance and double taxation;
Amendment 137 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Acknowledges the fact that fiscal federalism gives incentives to regions to be responsible for their own resources and so can be a useful tool in order to fight against tax fraud;
Amendment 139 #
2011/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – introductory part
Paragraph 28 – introductory part
28. Calls on MS and regional authorities to
Amendment 111 #
2011/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes that Croatia’s accession will necessitate a change to the Treaty to make Croatian an official language of the European Union; calls on the Member States to accept Catalan as an official language of the EU, given that it is the 13th most spoken language in Europe, with more than 10 million speakers;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the Recommendation by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity (CM/Rec(2010)5) and the recommendation and resolution (Recommendation 1915 and Resolution 1728) by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the same topic,
Amendment 2 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas violence and/or discrimination against women cannot be justified on any political, religious or cultural grounds;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the term violence against women is to be understood as any act of gender-based violence, which results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively promote non- discrimination on grounds of sex, race and ethnic origin and on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in its foreign policy including through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR);
Amendment 14 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the ‘Toolkit’ adopted by the Council’s working party on human rights in 2010 helping the EU institutions, EU countries, Delegations and others react proactively when the human rights of LGBT people are violated, calls on the Commission to address the structural causes leading to such violations;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is deeply concerned about the raise of gender based violence in many parts of the world, as one of the symptoms of the worldwide crisis, and especially about the increasing number of feminicide (the homicides of women and girls) in Mexico and other countries of Central and South America, which take place in a context of generalized violence and structural discrimination; strongly condemns all kinds of gender based violence and the aberrant crime of feminicide and the prevailing impunity for these crimes, which further pretexts and encourages the murderers;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to establish clear responsibilities within the EEAS and to coordinate relevant actions of EU Delegations with those of Member States’ Embassies in the countries at stake to convert the Declaration of the High Representative Catherine Ashton on feminicide into concrete policies allocated with sufficient resources, likewise calls on the Commission to provide political and financial support to the work of the Inter- American System of Human Rights in the issue of feminicide and contribute to the implementation of its sentences;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Support the Latin American States to fulfil their obligation of due diligence in the prevention, attention, investigation, legal prosecution, sanction and reparation of feminicide; calls on the Commission to regularly raise the topic within political dialogues, and in particular the existing human rights dialogues, and offer cooperation in the search of remedies to eliminate violence against women and feminicide in the context of the bi- regional partnership;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to make the issue of women’s rights central to the negotiations with candidate countries, and recalls that Turkey isthese countries are required to achieve visible and concrete results in the application of the principle of equality and respect for women’s rights;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address violence against women and the gender-related dimension of human rights violations internationally, in particular in the context of the bi-lateral association and international trade agreements in force and those under negotiation;
Amendment 38 #
2011/2185(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights, notably through easy access to contraception and abortion, points out that the right to reproductive health is an integral element of human rights, underlines that reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health including the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence (WHO definition);
Amendment 3 #
2011/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas discrimination based on sex or gender negatively affects transgender people, and whereas the policies and activities of the European Parliament, the European Commission and several Member States in the field of gender equality increasingly include gender identity,
Amendment 15 #
2011/2151(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes the view that Parliament’s gender mainstreaming work should also include gender identity, and assess how policies and activities impact transgender people; calls on the Commission to consider gender identity in all activities and policies in the field of gender equality;
Amendment 269 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on Member States to adopt the national legislative framework to address discriminations experienced by LGBT people and same-sex couples on grounds of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and urges them to guarantee effective implementation of the existing EU legal framework and CJEU case-law; 1; __________________ 1 Case C-147/08, Jürgen Römer v Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; Case C- 267/06; Tadao Maruko v Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen
Amendment 270 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Welcomes the Commission proposals on jurisdiction and applicable law for the property effects of marriages and registered partnerships; considers however that the choice of two different instruments 1 and of a separate approach for registered partnerships and marriages are unjustified; considers that the same choices of jurisdiction and applicable law should apply in both cases; __________________ 1 COM(2011)127 final and COM(2011)126 final.
Amendment 276 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on Member States who have adopted legislation on same-sex partnerships to recognise provisions with similar effects adopted by other Member States; recalls Member States’ obligation to fully implement Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, including for same-sex couples and their children;
Amendment 277 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to come up with a proposal for the full mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents across the EU, including legal gender recognition, marriages and registered partnerships, in order to reduce discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for citizens who exercise their right to free movement;
Amendment 280 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Deplores that transgender people are still considered mentally ill in a number of Member States; calls on Member States to introduce or review legal gender recognition procedures on the model of Argentina and review conditions (including forced sterilisation) set for legal gender recognition; calls on the Commission and the World Health Organisation to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders and to ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11);
Amendment 282 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Welcomes the new set of asylum rules introduced in the Qualification Directive which include gender identity as a ground of persecution; maintains that the asylum package must remain coherent and include sexual orientation and gender identity in the Asylum Procedure Directive;
Amendment 284 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. Calls on Member States to ensure access to employment and goods and services without discrimination on grounds of gender identity, in line with EU law1; __________________ 1 Directive 206/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast); Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services.
Amendment 286 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)
Paragraph 26 f (new)
26f. Welcomes the launch of a FRA survey that will gather comparable data on the experience of LGBT people in the European Union and Croatia;
Amendment 287 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 g (new)
Paragraph 26 g (new)
26g. Calls on the Commission to use the results of this survey to prepare an EU Roadmap for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, with a view to adoption by 2014;
Amendment 288 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 h (new)
Paragraph 26 h (new)
26h. Calls on Member States to ensure the effective protection of participants in LGBT public events, including pride marches, and to ensure these events can take place lawfully;
Amendment 289 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 i (new)
Paragraph 26 i (new)
26i. Calls on Member States to fully transpose Directive 2003/86/EC of the Council on the right to family reunification, without any discrimination on the grounds of sex or sexual orientation; recalls that, according to European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence, same-sex couples fall under the scope of family life1; __________________ 1 Schalk and Kopf v Austria, Application No. 30141/04, ECHR
Amendment 35 #
2011/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 4 #
2011/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph B
Paragraph B
B. whereas, in many developing countries, women'’s property righsecured access to land and other property rights like inheritance and access to savings and credits are not legally enforceable or socially recognised,
Amendment 9 #
2011/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. whereas women'’s rights tosecured access to land and other property rights in developing countries are being violated through the increasing incidence of large- scale land acquisition for commercial or strategic purposes such as agricultural productivity, food security, and energy and bio-fuel production,
Amendment 13 #
2011/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate sufficient financial resources, in their development assistance, for closing the gender gap in secured access to land and other property rights and ownership, including through the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women under the law;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the strengthening of policies to increase women's’s equal access to propertysavings, credit and insurance in developing countries needs to be accompanied by the requisite financial support mechanisms (such as savings, credit and insurance) and by the empowerment of women and NGOs, which includes improving women'’s legal and financial literacy, increasing the dissemination and accessibility of information, and establishing supporting legal services;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission and the Member States, in their development assistance policies, to take account of large-scale land acquisition processes, with a view to protecting women and children from impoverishment and famine and to address the issue of large- scale land acquisition by foreign investors, which is affecting local farmers and which has a devastating impact on women and children;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give particular consideration to women's property rightempower women in their rights and access to land, inheritance, access to credits and savings in post-conflict situations.
Amendment 18 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The implementation of Horizon 2020 should respond to the evolving opportunities and needs from citizens, society, policy, science and technology, industry, policies and society. As such, t. The agendas should be set in close liaison with all relevant stakeholders from all sectors concerned, and sincluding representatives of the scientific community, male and female researchers, the public sector, civil society organisations and SMEs. Sufficient flexibility should be allowed for new developments. EBalanced external advice should be sought on a continuous basis during Horizon 2020, also making use of relevant structures such as European Technology Platforms, Joint Programming Initiatives and the European Innovation Partnerships, ensuring however, that conflicts of interests are avoided.
Amendment 26 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Research and innovation activities supported by Horizon 2020 should respect fundamental ethical principleand fundamental human rights. The opinions of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies should be taken into account as well as the opinion of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality. Research activities should also take into account Article 13 TFEU and reduce the use of animals in research and testing, with a view ultimately to replacing animal use. All activities should be carried out ensuring a high level of human health protection in accordance with Article 168 TFEU.
Amendment 29 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) It is important to ensure sound financial management of Horizon 2020 and its implementation in the most effective and user-friendly manner possible, while also ensuring legal certainty and the accessibility of the programme to all participants. The Member States and the Commission must ensure that the gender perspective and equality between women and men are integrated into activities and all phases of preparation, programming, implementation, monitoring and evaluation with methods of the gender budgeting assessment. It is necessary to ensure compliance with Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2012 [new financial regulation] and with the requirements of simplification and better regulation.
Amendment 35 #
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 from a wide variety of sectors and backgrounds (including civil society representatives), set up by the Commission; dialogue structures created under international science and technology agreements; forward looking activities; targeted public consultations; and transparent and interactive processes that ensure responsible research and innovation is supportimplemented. In particular, activities to promote the balanced representation of men and women in research teams and an adequate integration of sex and gender analysis in research content are included.
Amendment 37 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The gender dimension in research and innovation is important to address as an integral part of proposals to ensure the highest level of scientific quality. Horizon 2020 shall ensure that the gender dimension is properly considered in research and innovation content at all stages of the process, from priority setting, to definition of calls and proposals, to evaluation and monitoring programs and projects, to negotiations and agreements.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Horizon 2020 shall ensure gender equality and the effective promotion of the gender equality and the gender dimension in research and innovation content as well as gender balance in all programmes, in evaluation committees, in expert and advisory groups and in any decision making body existing or created for its implementation.
Amendment 65 #
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 and indicators on cross-cutting topics such as gender, sustainability and climate change, including information on the amount of climate related expenditure.
Amendment 69 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Not later than end 2017, and taking into account the ex-post evaluation of the Seventh Framework Programme to be completed by the end of 2015 and the review of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the Commission shall carry out, with the assistance of independent experts, an interim evaluation of Horizon 2020, its specific programme, including the European Research Council, and the activities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, on the achievements (at the level of results and progress towards impacts) of the objectives of Horizon 2020 and continued relevance of all the measures, the efficiency and use of resources, the scope for further simplification, and Union added value. That evaluation shall also take into consideration aspects relating to access to funding opportunities for participants in all regions, for SMEs and for promoting gender balance and integrating the gender dimension in research and innovation content. That evaluation shall additionally take into account the contribution of the measures to the Union priorities of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and results on the long- term impact of the predecessor measures.
Amendment 74 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The performance indicators for the general objectives 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. Gender indicators shall be added as performance indicators, using for example existing tools as She Figures, Statistics and Indicators on Gender Equality in Science. She Figures has become a relevant and recognized source of indicators and should be published biannually.
Amendment 76 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 7 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) The European Research Council (ERC) shall provide attractive and flexible funding to enable talented and creative individual researchers and their teams, irrespective of their sex, to pursue the most promising avenues at the frontier of science, on the basis of Union- wide competition.
Amendment 78 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 7 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) Future and emerging technologies shall support collaborative research and user- driven, gender-sensitive technology and innovation in order to extend Europe's capacity for advanced and paradigm- changing innovation. It shall foster scientific collaboration across disciplines on radically new, high-risk ideas and accelerate development of the most promising emerging areas of science and technology as well as the Union wide structuring of the corresponding scientific communities.
Amendment 81 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 7 – point c
Annex I – 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 to best prepare them to face current and future societal challenges. Mobility programmes will ensure effective equal opportunities between men and women and include specific measures to remove obstacles to the mobility of female researchers.
Amendment 84 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 9
Annex I – paragraph 9
The activities are inherently forward- looking, building skills in the long term, focusing on the next generation of science, technology, researchers and innovations and providing support for emerging talent from across the whole of the Union and associated countries, as well as worldwide, with a view to increasing the participation of female research talents. In view of their science-driven nature and largely ‘'bottom- up’', investigator-driven funding arrangements, the European scientific community will play a strong role in determining the avenues of research followed under the programme.
Amendment 87 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 14 – point e
Annex I – paragraph 14 – point e
(e) Climate action, resource efficiency and including gender aspects of climate change, environment, resource efficiency and conservation, sustainable use of raw materials;
Amendment 88 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 14 – point f
Annex I – paragraph 14 – point f
(f) IEqual, inclusive, innovative and secure societies.
Amendment 89 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 16
Annex I – paragraph 16
Social sciences and humanities shall be an integral part of the activities to address all the challenges. In addition, the underpinning development of these disciplines shall be supported under the specific objective ‘IEqual, inclusive, innovative and secure societies’'. Likewise, a focus on gender and gender equality will be integrated in all challenges. ‘Support will also focus on providing a strong evidence base for policy making at international, Union, national and regional levels. Given the global nature of many of the challenges, strategic cooperation with third countries shall be an integral part of each challenge. In addition, cross-cutting support for international cooperation shall be provided under the specific objective ‘I'Equal, inclusive, innovative and secure societies’'.
Amendment 92 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 17
Annex I – paragraph 17
The specific objective ‘I'Equal, inclusive, innovative and secure societies’ also includes an activity to close the research and innovation divide with specific measures to unlock excellence in less developed regions of the Union.
Amendment 94 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 6
Annex I – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 6
Furthermore, these factors compound Europe's relative unattractiveness in the global competition for scientific talent. The ability of the US system to offer more resources per researcher and better career prospects explains how it continues to attract the best male and female researchers from across the world, including tens of thousands from the Union. Additionally, while 60 % of European university graduates are women, only 18 % of grade A researchers are women, as compared to a 27 % in the US. The low number of women who are able to pursue scientific careers is a dramatic waste, a loss of talent, and a hindrance for the excellence of European research. Therefore a quota system is necessary to attain gender equality.
Amendment 95 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – section 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 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. The ECR will ensure gender bias is properly tackled in evaluation procedures.
Amendment 99 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 6
Annex I – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 6
If Europe is to match its competitors in research and innovation, it must entice more young women and men to embark on research careers and provide highly attractive opportunities and environments for research and innovation. The most talented individuals, from Europe and elsewhere, should see Europe as a pre- eminent place to work. Gender equality, high-quality and reliable employment and working conditions plus recognition are crucial aspects that must be secured in a consistent way across the whole of Europe. Mobility programs shall include specific measures targeted to remove barriers to women's mobility and ensure effective equal opportunities for men and women.
Amendment 102 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Annex I – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
The goal is, by leveraging additional funds, to increase the numerical and structural impact of Marie Curie actions and to foster excellence at national level in researchers' training, mobility and career development. Special attention should be given to gender equality and structural change.
Amendment 104 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point e – paragraph 1
Annex I – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point e – paragraph 1
The goals are to monitor progress, identify gaps in the Marie Curie Actions and to increase their impact. In this context, indicators, broken down by gender, shall be developed and data related to researchers' mobility, skills and careers, as well as gender equality, analysed, seeking synergies and close coordination with the policy support actions on researchers, their employers and funders carried out under the specific objective ' Inclusive, innovative and secure societies‘. The activity shall further aim at raising awareness of the importance and attractiveness of a research career and at disseminating research and innovation results emanating from work supported by Marie Curie actions.
Amendment 105 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 2 – point 1 – paragraph 8
Annex I – section 2 – point 1 – paragraph 8
The approach shall include both agenda- driven activities and more open artegrate sex and gender analysis into engineering innovation. Proper consideration of gender and sex analysis may leasd to promote innovative projects and breakthrough solutions. Emphasis shanew products, processes, infrastructure, or services. It will lead to design that promotes human well -be on R&D, large-scale pilots and demonstration activiting, including gender equality, and to the identification of new markets and business opportunities by developing technologies, test bedshat meet the needs of a complex and ldiving labs,erse user groups. Being blind to 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 investmentential differences of sex and gender may result in missed business opportunities, with certain groups of people being left out or poorly accommodated; treating women and men as homogeneous groups ignores differences between women and men; over-emphasizing differences between women and men can cause engineers to overlook significant common features between women and men; designing stereotypes may result in unpopular products.
Amendment 106 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 2 – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – section 2 – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.2 – paragraph 1
ICT underpins innovation and competitiveness across a broad range of private and public markets and sectors, and enables scientific progress in all disciplines. Over the next decade, the transformative impact of digital technologies, ICT components, infrastructures and services will be increasingly visible in all areas of life. Unlimited computing, communication and data storage resources will be available to every citizen on the globe. Vast amounts of information and data will be generated by sensors, machines and information- enhanced products, making action at a distance a commonplace, enabling global deployment of business processes and sustainable production sites and bringing a wide range of services and applications. Many critical commercial and public services and all key processes of knowledge production in science, learning, business and the public sector will be provided through ICT. ICT will provide the critical infrastructure for production and business processes, communication and transactions. ICT will also be indispensable in contributing to key societal challenges, as well as societal processes such as community formation, consumer behaviour, and public governance and gender equality, for example by means of social media.
Amendment 108 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Annex I – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Significant sex and gender differences exist in health and wellbeing which need to be properly addressed. Demographic processes have significant gender dimensions, particularly ageing, with women accounting for most of the elderly population and most of the care-givers. Other important aspects of the demographic change, such as changing lifestyles, new family structures and low birth-rates, need proper consideration of gender analysis.
Amendment 111 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point b – paragraph 2
Annex I – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point b – paragraph 2
The focus of activities shall be to reduce congestion, improve accessibility and match user needs by promoting integrated door-to-door transport and logistics; to enhance inter-modality and the deployment of smart planning and management solutions; and to drastically reduce the occurrence of accidents and the impact of security threats. Research should take the socio-economic and gender differences in transport patterns into account.
Amendment 113 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Annex I – section 3 – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Climate change and its impacts are by no means gender neutral. Due to gendered roles, women's impact on the environment is not the same as men's, and their access to resources and ways to cope and adapt is severely affected by discrimination in terms of income, access to resources, political power, education and household responsibility. Women's and men's lifestyles, behaviour and consumption are often different and they leave a different environmental footprint. Climate change affects women and men throughout the world. The IPCC, the UN climate panel, has concluded that "climate change impacts will be differently distributed among different regions, generations, age classes, income groups, occupations, and genders".
Amendment 114 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 5 – point 5.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex I – section 3 – point 5 – point 5.3 – point a – paragraph 1
The aim is to develop and assess innovative, cost-effective and sustainable adaptation and mitigation measures, targeting both CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gases, and underlining both technological and non-technological green solutions, through the generation of evidence for informed, early and effective action and the networking of the required competences. Activities shall focus on: improving the understanding of climate change and the provision of reliable climate projections; assessing impacts, vulnerabilities and developing innovative cost-effective adaptation and risk prevention measures; supporting mitigation policies. Research shall take issues of gender and gender equality in relation to adaption policies into account.
Amendment 117 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 6 – title
Annex I – section 3 – point 6 – title
6. EQUAL, INCLUSIVE, INNOVATIVE AND SECURE SOCIETIES
Amendment 120 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Annex I – section 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) promote gender equality across Europe.
Amendment 124 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 5 – point 3 – point b – paragraph 1
Annex I – section 5 – point 3 – point b – paragraph 1
The EIT's strategy and activities shall be driven by a focus on societal challenges that are of utmost relevance to the future, such as climate change, considering their gender dimension, or sustainable energy. By addressing key societal challenges in a comprehensive way, the EIT will promote inter- and multi- disciplinary approaches and help focus the research efforts of the partners in the KICs.
Amendment 126 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 5 – point 3 – point c – paragraph 1
Annex I – section 5 – point 3 – point c – paragraph 1
The EIT shall fully integrate education and training at all stages of careers and develop new and innovative curricula to reflect the need for new profiles engendered by complex societal and economic challenges. This is why, more than any other instrument of Horizon 2020, the EIT will hold a major responsibility in systematically targeting young female talents to bring the waste of those talents to an end in the European Research Area. In the same way it shall envisage education and training in a gender- sensitive way as the renewal of tomorrow's scientific and entrepreneurial landscape will start at the education stage and through training. Finally, it shall integrate the gender dimension in new curricula as way to ensure the efficiency and quality of training and education as well as its innovative dimension. To this end, the EIT will play a key role in encouraging recognition of new degrees and diplomas in Member States.
Amendment 190 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) It is paramount to better integrate environmental concerns into the CFP which should deliver on the objectives and targets of the Union's environmental policy and the Europe 2020 Strategy. The CFP is aimed at an exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains fish stocks atbove levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield, not later than 2015. The CFP shall implement the precautionary and eco- system approaches to fisheries management. Consequently the EMFF should contribute to the protection of the marine environment as set out in the Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).
Amendment 199 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The achievement of the objectives of the CFP would be undermined if Union financial assistance under EMFF is disbursed to operators who, ex-ante, do not comply with requirements related to the public interest of conservation of marine biological resources. Therefore only operators should be admissible who, within a particular period of time before lodging an application for aid, were not involved in the operation, management or ownership of fishing vessels included in the Union IUU vessel list as set out in Article 40(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999, andnor in the operation, management or ownership of fishing vessels flagged to countries identified as non-cooperating third countries as set out in Article 33 of the Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008. Equally, only those operators should be admissible who have not committed a serious infringement under Article 42 of the Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 or Article 90(1) of the Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006. or other cases of non- compliance with CFP rules which particularly jeopardise the sustainability of the stocks concerned and constitute a serious threats to the sustainable exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the Maximum Sustainable Yield (hereinafter MSY).
Amendment 201 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The consequences laid down for the failure to fulfil the eligibility conditions should apply in case of infringements of the CFP rules by the beneficiaries. In order to determine the amount of ineligible expenditure, the gravityseverity, extent, duration and re-occurrence of the non compliance by the beneficiary with CFP rules, the economic advantage derived from the non- compliance with CFP rules or the importance of the EMFF contribution to the economic activity of the beneficiary should be taken into account.
Amendment 205 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The achievement of the objectives of the CFP would also be undermined if Union financial assistance under EMFF is paid to Member States who do not comply with their obligations under the CFP rules related to the public interest of conservation of marine biological resources, such as ensuring a balance between the fishing capacity of their fleets and available fishing opportunities, collecting data and implementing the control obligations. Moreover, without complying with those obligations there is a risk that inadmissible beneficiaries or ineligible operations are not detected by the Member States.
Amendment 218 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to increase the sustainability, competitiveness and economic performance of fishing activities it is vital to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship. Therefore the EMFF should prioritise support for innovative operations and business development which improve the environmental performance of the fishing and aquaculture sector.
Amendment 264 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) As a result of the establishment of sysFishing opportunities should be allocated in a manner which promotems of transferable fishing concessions envisaged in Article 27 of the [CFP Regulation] and in orresponsible fishing and ensures that those operators who fish in the least environmentally damaging way and provider to support Member States in the implementation of these new systems, the greatest benefits for society are encouraged. The EMFF should grant support in the creation and functioning of innovative systerms of capacity building and exchange of best pto allocate preferential access to fishing opportunities to the most environmentally and socially sustainable operacticeons.
Amendment 269 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
Amendment 291 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The objective of the Common Fisheries Policy is to ensure a sustainable exploitation of fish stocks. Overcapacity has been identified as a major driver for overfishing. It is therefore paramount to adapt the Union fishing fleet to the resources available. TAs noted in the Green Paper, despite considerable sums of money spent over many years, the removal of overcapacity through public aid such as temporary or permanent cessation and scrapping schemes has proven ineffective. The EMFF will therefore support the establishment and management of systems of transferable fishing concessions aiming at the reduction of overcapacity and increased economic performance and profitability of the operators concerned and the EU fleets are still not of an appropriate size and composition for the resources available. EMFF funds must be used to support fishers and vessels that fish in the most environmentally and socially sustainable way.
Amendment 297 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 306 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41 a) Mitigation of the impacts of climate change in coastal and marine ecosystems is of critical importance. The EMFF should support investments to reduce the contribution of the fishing sector to emissions of greenhouse gases as well as projects aimed at protecting and restoring seagrass beds and coastal wetlands which are major carbon sinks.
Amendment 310 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42 a) In order to minimize the impact of fishing on marine ecosystems, the EMFF should support the establishment, management, monitoring and control of a coherent network of fish stock recovery areas.
Amendment 330 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
Amendment 332 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) In line with the Commission's Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture, the CFP objectives and Europe 2020 Strategy, the EMFF should support the environmentally, economically and socially sustainable development of the aquaculture industry, with a particular focus in promoting eco innovation, reducing dependence on fish meal and oil, improving the welfare of farmed organisms and promoting organic and closed system aquaculture.
Amendment 334 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46 a (new)
Recital 46 a (new)
(46 a) Due to the potential impact on wild marine populations of escapes of farmed animals from aquaculture sites, the EMFF should by not provide incentives for the farming of exotic species or genetically modified organisms.
Amendment 357 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) Conscious of the need to identify the most suitable areas for developing aquaculture, taking into account access to waters and space and that coastal spatial planning should ensure the conservation of coastal ecosystems, in particular the achievement of good environmental status under the MSFD, the EMFF should support national authorities in making their strategic choices at national level.
Amendment 362 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Investment in human capital is also vital to increase the competitiveness and economic performance of aquaculture activities. Therefore, the EMFF should support lifelong learning and networking stimulating the dissemination of knowledge as well as advisory services helping to improve the overall environmental performance and competitiveness of operators.
Amendment 369 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Conscious of the importance of consumer protection, the EMFF should ensure adequate support to farmers in order to prevent and mitigate the risk for public and animal health that aquaculture rearing may generate, particularly through programmes designed at reducing the dependence of aquaculture activities of veterinary products.
Amendment 372 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
Amendment 389 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) In order to ensure the viability of fisheries and aquaculture in a highly competitive market, it is necessary to lay down provisions granting support for the implementation of the [Regulation (EU) No on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products] as well as for marketing and processing activities carried by operators to maximise the value of fisheries and aquaculture products. Particular attention should be paid to the promotion of operations which integrate producing, processing and marketing activities of the supply chain. In order to adapt to the new discard ban policy, the EMFF should also support the processing of unwanted catches.
Amendment 399 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Priority should be given to producer organisations and associations of producer organisations by granting them support. The compensation for storage aid and aid for production and marketing plans should gradually be phased out as the importance of this particular kind of support has lost its interest in the light of the evolving structure of the Union market for this kind of products and the growing importance of strong producer's organisations.
Amendment 459 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 101 a (new)
Recital 101 a (new)
(101 a) It is particularly important to ensure that ex-ante conditionalities concerning the administrative capacity to comply with the data requirements for fisheries management and the implementation of a Union control inspection and enforcement system are respected.
Amendment 467 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) and the Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP), including the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
Amendment 476 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) 'fish stock recovery area' means a geographically defined sea area in which all fishing activities are prohibited, in order to improve the exploitation and conservation of living aquatic resources or the protection of marine ecosystems, as referred to in Regulation No [Regulation laying down Common Provisions];
Amendment 486 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 6 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) 'fishing capacity' means the ability of a vessel to catch fish, measured in terms of vessel characteristics, including a vessel's tonnage in GT (Gross Tonnage), its power in kW (Kilowatt) as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86, as well as the character and size of its fishing gears and any other parameter that affects its ability to catch fish;
Amendment 503 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 13
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 13
Amendment 533 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promoting sustainable and competitive fisheries and aquaculturfisheries and aquaculture activities which are environmentally sustainable, economically viable and socially responsible;
Amendment 557 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) fostering the implementation, and the achievement of the objectives, of the CFP.
Amendment 575 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) promotion of economic growwealth, social inclusion, creation of jobs and supporting labour mobility in coastal and inland communities depending on fishing and aquaculture;
Amendment 589 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
(b) diversification of fisheries activities into other sectors of maritime economy and growth ofthe maritime economy, including mitigation of climate change.
Amendment 601 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
(2) Fostering sustainable innovative, competitive and knowledge based fisheries through the focus on the following areas:
Amendment 608 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) reducing the negative impacts of fishing on animal welfare;
Amendment 639 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) Fostering sustainable innovative, competitive and knowledge based aquaculture through the focus on the following areas:
Amendment 664 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) ensuring a balance between fishing capacity and available fishing opportunities;
Amendment 665 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a b (new)
(ab) minimisation of unwanted catches;
Amendment 684 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
(a) enhancement of ecosystems related to aquaculture and promotion of resource efficient aquaculturepromotion of resource efficient aquaculture, including the reduction of dependence on fish feed and oil and use of chemicals and antibiotics;
Amendment 716 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
In addition to the principles enounced in Article 4 of the [Regulation (EU) No […] laying down Common Provisions], the Commission and the Member States shall ensure coordination and complementarity between support from the EMFF and from other Union policies and financial instruments, including the Regulation (EC) No [establishing the Framework Programme for Environment and Climate Change Action (LIFE Framework Programme)] and those in the framework of the Union's external action. Coordination between assistance from the EMFF and LIFE Framework Programme shall be achieved in particular, by promoting the funding of activities that complement integrated projects funded under LIFE Framework Programme, as well as by promoting the use of solutions, methods and approaches validated under LIFE Framework Programme, especially under the biodiversity priority area.
Amendment 727 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) operators involved in the operation, management or ownership of fishing vessels flagged to countries identified as non-cooperating third countries as set out in Article 33 of the Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008;
Amendment 744 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the identification of the period of time referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 which shall be proportionate to the seriousness or to the repetitionverity, extent, duration and re-occurrence of the infringement or non-compliance;
Amendment 754 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Suspension of payments In cases of operators being under investigation of having committed an infringement described in Article 12 paragraph 1, any payments under the EMFF to the operators concerned shall be suspended. Should an operator be found to have committed an infringement under Article 12 paragraph 1, the application of the operators concerned shall be considered inadmissible.
Amendment 756 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) operations increasing the fishing capacity or the ability to catch fish of the vessel;
Amendment 769 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) construction of new fishing vessels, decommissioning, export or importation of fishing vessels;
Amendment 773 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) investments on board of vessels for which the flag Member State has not demonstrated a balance between the fleet capacity and the available fishing opportunities, as required under [Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy];
Amendment 774 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) storage aid;
Amendment 775 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) investments on board for vessels belonging to a fleet segment for which the capacity report, referred to in article 34.1 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy], has not demonstrated that there is a sustainable balance between fishing opportunities and fleet capacity.
Amendment 795 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) experimentalnew and exploratory fishing;
Amendment 814 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. EUR 4 535A maximum of EUR 3 964 000 000 of the resources referred to in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to the sustainable development of fisheries, aquaculture and fisheries areas under Chapters I, II and III of Title V.
Amendment 818 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. A minimum of EUR 477690 000 000 of the resources referred to in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to control and enforcement measures referred to in Article 78.
Amendment 820 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. A minimum of EUR 358716 000 000 of the resources referred to in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to measures on data collection referred to in Article 79.
Amendment 832 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Amendment 873 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall draw up a single operational programme to implement the Union priorities referred to in article 6 of this Regulation to be co- financed by the EMFF.
Amendment 884 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) where applicable, consistency of the measures under Union priorities for EMFF referred to in Article 38(1)d of this Regulation and the prioritised action frameworks for Natura 2000 in Article 8(4) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC and the achievement of good environmental status under Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
Amendment 895 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a demonstration of a pertinent approach integrated into the programme towards innovation, thconservation of the marine environment, including the specific needs of Natura 2000 areas, and the achievement of Good Environmental Status, the establishment of a coherent network of fish stock recovery areas and climate change mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 899 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) an assessment of the balance between fishing capacity and available fishing opportunities as required under [Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy];
Amendment 901 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) description of selection criteria for projects, giving priority to projects that are designed to reduce the environmental impact of fishing and aquaculture activities;
Amendment 907 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) description of selection criteria for local development strategies under Chapter III of Title V ; , giving priority to projects that are designed to reduce the environmental impact of fishing and aquaculture activities;
Amendment 939 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point o – point i – indent 3
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point o – point i – indent 3
– an evaluation of the effects of the fishing sector on the ecosystem. to allow comparisons among types of fishing activities and fleet segments according to the requirements of [Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy]
Amendment 949 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall approve the operational programme by means of implementing act when it is satisfied the requirements of Paragraph 1 have been met. Once approved the operational programmes shall be in the public domain.
Amendment 990 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. In order to stimulate innovation in fisheries, the EMFF may support projects aiming at developing or introducing new or substantially improved products compared to the state of art, new or improved processes, new or improved management and organisation systems, provided they contribute to more sustainable fishing practices.
Amendment 1003 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to promote more sustainable fisheries and improve the overall performance and competitiveness of operators, the EMFF may support:
Amendment 1007 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) the provision of professional advice on development of more sustainable fishing practies;
Amendment 1038 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Activities referred to in paragraph 1(b) may cover data collection activities, joint research projects, studies, dissemination of knowledge and best practices.
Amendment 1079 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to foster entrepreneureship and facilitate diversification and job creation outside fishing, the EMFF may support::
Amendment 1085 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) business start-ups outside fishing for fishermen with at least 7 years of professional fishing activity;
Amendment 1105 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) diversification of the income of fishermen through the development of complementary activities outside fishing.
Amendment 1127 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to small scale coastal fishermen owning a Union fishing vessel registered as active and which have carried out fishing activities at sea at least 6180 days during the two years preceding the date of submission of the application. The fishing licence associated with the fishing vessel shall be permanently withdrawn and the national fleet reference levels reduced accordingly.
Amendment 1128 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Support under paragraph 1(c) shall be granted only to fishermen provided that the complementary activities outside fishing relate to the core fishing business, such as angling tourism, restaurants, fishing environmental services or educational activities on fishing.
Amendment 1166 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. In order to improve working conditions on board for fishermen the EMFF may support investments on board or in individual equipments providing that these investments go beyond standards required under national or Union law and do not increase the capacity of the fishing vessel..
Amendment 1187 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a Temporary cessation of fishing activities in the event of environmental disasters 1. The EMFF may contribute to the financing of measures for the temporary cessation of fishing activities in the event of an environmental disaster such as oil spills, toxic chemical spills or radioactive leaks. Contributions to the financing of aid measures under paragraph 1 may be made for fisheres and the owners of fishing vessels for a maximum duration of 6 months. The period may be extended for a further 6 months. All fishing activities carried out by the fishing vessel concerned or by the fishermen concerned shall be effectively suspended. The competent authority shall satisfy itself that the fishing vessel concerned has stopped any fishing activities during the period concerned by the temporary cessation.
Amendment 1208 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Article 34 – title
Support to systems of transferable fishing concessionallocation of fishing opportunities of the CFP
Amendment 1215 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to establish or modify systems of transferable fishing concessionallocation of fishing opportunities under Article 27 of the [Regulation on the CFP], the EMFF may support:
Amendment 1220 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the design and development of technical and administrative means necessary for the creation orand functioning of a transferable fishing concessionsinovative systems to allocate preferential access to fishing opportunities to the most environmentally and socially syustemainable operations;
Amendment 1226 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) stakeholder participation in designing and developing transferable fishing concessions systemssystems referred to in paragraph 1(a);
Amendment 1231 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the monitoring and evaluation of transferable fishing concessions systemssystems referred to in paragraph 1(a);
Amendment 1237 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the management of transferable concessions systemssystems referred to in paragraph 1(a).
Amendment 1243 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Support under paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c) shall only be granted to public authorities. Support under paragraph 1 (d) of this Article shall be granted to public authorities legal or natural persons or groups of natural persons or recognized producer organizations involved in collective management of pooled transferable fishing concessions in accordance with Article 28(4) of the Regulation on Common Fisheries.
Amendment 1257 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) initiatives undertaken by Member States to cooperate and implement common measures to achieve objectives and targets agreed under multiannual plans established pursuant to Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy];
Amendment 1259 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) the establishement of a coherent network of fish stock recovery areas pursuant Article 7a of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy];
Amendment 1260 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) stakeholder participation in designing and implementing multiannual plans established pursuant to Articles 9, 10 and 11 and conservation measures in the meaning of Articles 17 and 21 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy]
Amendment 1281 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reducing unwanted catches of commercial stockor unauthorised catches of harvested and regulated species or other by-catches;
Amendment 1285 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) reducing and where possible eliminating the physical and biological impacts of fishing on the ecosystem or the sea bed.
Amendment 1288 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) reducing the negative impacts of fishing activities on animal welfare;
Amendment 1292 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) protecting gear and catches from mammals and birds protected by the Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora or Council and European Parliament Directive 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, provided that it does not undermine the selectivity of the fishing gear and that all appropriate measures are introduced to avoid physical damage to the predators.
Amendment 1314 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. In order to contribute to the elimination of discards and by-catches and facilitate the transition to exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the MSY, the EMFF may support projects aiming at developing or introducing new technical or organisational knowledge reducing impacts of fishing activities on the environment or achieving a more sustainable use of marine biological resources, including reduction of damage to the marine habitat and improving the selectivity of fishing operations in order to achieve a more sustainable use of marine biological resources, based on the precautionary approach and an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management. The EMFF may support projects aiming at developing or introducing new techniques to reduce the negative impacts of fishing on animal welfare.
Amendment 1330 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to stimulate the participation of fishermen and other stakeholders in the protection and restoration of marine biodiversity and ecosystems including the services they provide in the framework of sustainable fishing activities, the EMFF may support the following operations:
Amendment 1343 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) management, restoration and monitoring of fish stock recovery areas in accordance with [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy], marine protected areas in view of the implementation of the spatial protection measures referred to in Article 13(4) of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2008/56/EC and NATURA 2000 sites in accordance with Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and Council and European Parliament Directive 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, in accordance with prioritised action frameworks established pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC;
Amendment 1354 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the participation in other actions aimed at maintaining and enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services, such as the restoration of specific marine and coastal habitats in support of sustainable fish stocks., consistent with the precautionary approach and an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management;
Amendment 1359 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) environmental awareness involving fishermen on protection and restoration of marine biodiversity.
Amendment 1372 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) investments on board aimed at reducing the emission of pollutants or green-house gases and increasing energy efficiency of fishing vessels without increasing fishing power;
Amendment 1382 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) protection and restoration of seagrass beds and coastal wetlands which are carbon sinks of critical importance to mitigate climate change;
Amendment 1384 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) substitution of high energy consuming fishing gears to lower energy consuming ones, provided that changes do not result in an increase in the fishing capacity of the fishing unit and that the substituted fishing gear is confiscated and destroyed;
Amendment 1385 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(b c) independent evaluations and audits of the energy footprint of fish products in the market place in order to allow consumers to differentiate fish products coming from fishing methods which are less energy intensive.
Amendment 1397 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. Support shall not contribute to the replacement or modernisation of main or ancillary engines nor serve to increase their power. Support shall only be granted to owners of fishing vessels and not more than once during the programming period for the same fishing vessel.
Amendment 1413 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – title
Article 40 – title
Product quality and use of unwanted catches
Amendment 1426 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1443 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4
Article 40 – paragraph 4
4. The support referred to in paragraph 1 shall only be granted to owners of Union fishing vessels whose vessels are which have carried out a fishing activity for at least 60 days at sea during the two years preceding the date of submission of the application.
Amendment 1460 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. In order to facilitate the use of unwanted catches tThe EMFF may support investments in fishing ports and landing sites which enable to make the best use of unwanted catches of commercial stocks and which valorise under-used components of the fish caught, in line with Article 15 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy] and Article 8(b) of the [in order to facilitate control and traceability of fishery and aquaculture products, as defined in Article 58 of Council Regulation (EUC) No on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products].1224/2009
Amendment 1479 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42
Article 42
Amendment 1517 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Support under this Chapter shall contribute to achieving the Union priorities identified in Article 6(23) and (45).
Amendment 1534 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 2
2. Where operations consist ofSupport shall be limited to investments in equipment or infrastructure ensuring compliance with requirewhich has demonstrably lower impact on the environments, on the environment,r better performance with respect to human or animal health, hygiene or animal welfare under Union law, and entering into force after 2014, may be granted until the date on which the standards become mandatory for the enterpristhan the requirements under Union law. Support under the EMFF shall not be granted to aquaculture operations using exotic species or genetically modified organisms. Support under the EMFF shall not be granted to any intensive aquaculture operation in marine protected areas, fish stock recovery areas or Natura 2000 sites.
Amendment 1542 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) introducing new technical or organisational knowledge in aquaculture farms which reduces their impact on the environment, reduces dependence on fish meal and oil, improves the welfare of farmed organisms or fosters a more sustainable use of resources in aquaculture;
Amendment 1560 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46
Article 46
Amendment 1610 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1625 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to improve the overall performance and competitiveness of aquaculture farms, the EMFF may support:
Amendment 1626 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the setting up management, relief and advisory services for aquaculture farms which contribute to reducing the environmental impact of the operations;
Amendment 1628 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the provision of farm advisory services of technical, scientific, legal or economic nature. which contribute to reducing the environmental impact of the operations;
Amendment 1631 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 1655 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) lifelong learning, dissemination of scientific knowledge and innovative practices and acquisition of new professional skills in aquaculture which contribute to reducing the environmental impact of the operations;
Amendment 1668 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to contribute to the development of thereducing the environmental impact of aquaculture sites and infrastructures, the EMFF may support:
Amendment 1672 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) identification and mapping of areas where intensive aquaculture activities should be excluded to maintain their role in ecosystem functioning such as nursery grounds, coastal spawning areas, marine protected areas, Natura 2000 sites or fish stock recovery areas
Amendment 1674 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) improvement of infrastructudentification and mapping of most suitable areas of aquaculture areas including through land consolidation, energy supply or water managementfor developing aquaculture with low environmental impact, and where applicable, taking into account maritime spatial planning processes;
Amendment 1678 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) non-lethal action taken and implemented by competent authorities under of Article 9(1) ofaiming at mitigating conflicts with wild species protected under Directive 2009/147/EC or Article 16(1) of Directive 92/43/EC with the aim of preventing serious damage[m1] s to aquaculture [m1]Public funds should only be used for non-lethal activities.
Amendment 1684 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51
Article 51
Amendment 1708 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) allowing for a substantial reduction of impact of aquaculture enterprises on water usage and quality, in particular through reducing the amount of chemicals, antibiotics and other medicines or water used or improving the output water quality, including through the deployment of multi- trophic aquaculture systems;
Amendment 1711 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the purchase of thenon-lethal equipment protecting aquaculture farms from wild predators benefitting from protection under Council and European Parliament Directive 2009/147/EEC and Council Directive 92/43/EC;
Amendment 1722 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Amendment 1723 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) conversion of operations farming carnivorous species into the farming of herbivorous species which do not rely for feeding on fresh, wild, marine or freshwater fish, fishmeal or fish oil products
Amendment 1729 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2
Article 53 – paragraph 2
2. Support shall only be granted to beneficiaries who commit themselves for a minimum of 35 years to participate in the EMAS or for a minimum of 5 years to comply with the requirements of organic production.
Amendment 1737 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) extensive and semi-intensive aquaculture methods compatible with specific environmental needs and subject to specific management requirements resulting from the designation of NATURA 2000 areas in accordance with Council Directive 92/43/EEC and Council and European Parliament Directive 2009/147/EC;
Amendment 1770 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) increasing the availability of veterinary mitiatives aimed at rediucines for its use in aquaculture and promoting appropriate use of such medicines through the commissioning of pharmaceutical studies and the dissemination and exchange of informationg the dependence of aquaculture on veterinary medicines in aquaculture.
Amendment 1778 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57
Article 57
Aquaculture stock insurance 1. In order to safeguard the income of aquaculture producers the EMFF may support the contribution to an aquaculture stock insurance which shall cover the losses due to: (a) natural disasters; (b) adverse climatic events; (c) sudden water quality changes; (d) diseases in aquaculture or destruction of production facilities. 2. The occurrence of an adverse climatic event or the outbreak of disease in aquaculture shall be formally recognised as such by the Member State concerned. Member States may, where appropriate, establish in advance criteria on the basis of which such formal recognition shall be deemed to be granted. 3. Support shall only be granted for aquaculture stock insurance contracts which cover economic losses under paragraph 1 exceeding 30% of the average annual production of the aquaculture farmer.rticle 57 deleted
Amendment 1918 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70
Article 70
Amendment 1951 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 1954 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) products obtained using methods with low impact on the environment or organic aquaculture products as defined in Council Regulation(EC) No 834/2007 on organic production or in closed systems.
Amendment 1962 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) certification and promotion including of sustainable fishery and aquaculture products and of environmentally friendly processing methods;
Amendment 1982 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 2004 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 2055 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFF may support the compensation regime introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 791/2007 for the additional costs incurred by the operators in the fishing, farming and marketing of certain fishery and aquaculture products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, French Guiana, and Réunion.
Amendment 2057 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3
Article 73 – paragraph 3
3. When establishing the list and the quantities referred to in paragraph 2, Member States shall take into account all the relevant factors, in particular the need to ensure that the compensation is fully compatible with the rules of the CFP, in particular the need to ensure that fishing capacity of the fleets concerned is commensurate with available fishing opportunities.
Amendment 2177 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 a (new)
Article 84 a (new)
Article 84 a Conservation measures In order to ensure efficient implementation of conservation measures under Articles 17 and 21 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy] the EMFF may support initiatives undertaken by Member States to cooperate and implement common measures to achieve objectives and targets agreed under multiannual plans established pursuant to Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy];
Amendment 2183 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) funding of research vessel conducting scientific research programmes in areas outside of the EU where the EU is operating under fisheries agreements;
Amendment 2204 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 94 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 2205 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 2228 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 2280 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 1
Article 105 – paragraph 1
1. The beneficiary shall continue to comply with the admissibility conditions referred to in Article 12(1), after submitting the application and during the whole period of implementation of the operation and, for certain types of operation, also for an identified period of time after the last payment.
Amendment 2287 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall exercise the empowerment in full respect of the principle of proportionality and taking into account the risk that the non-compliance with the respective CFP rules constitutes a serious threats to the sustainable exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the MSY, the sustainability of the stocks concerned or the conservation of the marine environment, based on the precautionary approach and an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management.
Amendment 2345 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 116 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
If recovery has not taken place within fourtwo years of the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where recovery is taken in the national courts, the financial consequences of non-recovery shall be borne by the Member State concerned, without prejudice to the requirement that the Member State concerned must pursue recovery procedures in compliance with Article 115.
Amendment 2346 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 3
Article 117 – paragraph 3
3. For the cases of financial corrections applied on expenditure directly linked to the non-compliance with Article 105, the Member States shall decide the amount of a correction taking into account the gravity of the non compliance by the beneficiary with CFP rules, the gravity of the damage to the ecosystem, fish stocks or the marine environment, the economic advantage derived from the non-compliance with CFP rules or the importance of the EMFF contribution to the economic activity of the beneficiary.
Amendment 2347 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 3
Article 117 – paragraph 3
3. For the cases of financial corrections applied on expenditure directly linked to the non-compliance with Article 105, the Member States shall decide the amount of a correction taking into account the gravityseverity, extent, duration and re- occurrence of the non compliance by the beneficiary with CFP rules, the economic advantage derived from the non- compliance with CFP rules or the importance of the EMFF contribution to the economic activity of the beneficiary.
Amendment 2351 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 119 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the Member State has failed to submit the required reports on fleet capacity and its relationship with the available resources required under [Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy]
Amendment 2352 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 119 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) where Member States failed to fulfil their obligations to collect and transmit data and/or their obligation to achieve a balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities as referred to in article 34.1 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy].
Amendment 2398 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 128 – paragraph 3
Article 128 – paragraph 3
3. For the cases under paragraph 1(b) in case of non compliance with Article 105, and paragraph 1(d), the Commission shall base its financial corrections only on the expenditure directly linked to the non- compliance with CFP rules. The Commission shall decide the amount of a correction taking into account the gravity of the damage to the ecosystem, fish stocks or the marine environment, the gravity of the non compliance by the Member State or the beneficiary with CFP rules, the economic advantage derived from the non- compliance with CFP rules or the importance of the EMFF contribution to the economic activity of the beneficiary.
Amendment 14 #
2011/0369(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Commission Action Plan on the Stockholm Programme envisages the preparation of a strategy to combat violence against women, domestic violence and female genital mutilation to be followed up by an EU action plan.
Amendment 24 #
2011/0369(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) to combat gender based violence, i.e. violence that is directed against a person because of his or her gender, gender identity or gender expression of affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately.
Amendment 17 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Current scientific knowledge, based on the examination of shark catch rates, indicates that many stocks of sharks are under serious threat. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more than 25 % of all pelagic shark species, of which over 50 % are large oceanic-pelagic sharks, are threatened. In recent years, the capture, retention, transhipment, or landing of a growing number of shark species has been prohibited under Union law or in the framework of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, including of sharks whose fins are highly valuable in trade.
Amendment 18 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) Blue shark (Priconace glauca) and shortfin mako (Isuras oxyrinchus), classified by the IUCN as "near- threatened" and "vulnerable" respectively, are currently the predominant species captured by the European fleet, with blue shark accounting for circa 70 % of the total of reported shark landings. Other species, however, including hammerhead and silky sharks, are also subject to capture in EU and non-EU waters and contribute to the economic viability of fisheries.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 allows Member States to issue special fishing permits allowing processing on board, whereby shark fins can be removed from the bodies. In order to ensure the correspondence between the weight of fins and bodies, a ‘'fin-to-carcass’' ratio is established, however, following processing ope. Serious control and enforcement difficulties occur with the use of 'fin-to-carcass' ratio systems. Such systems do not eliminate the practions, fce of high-gradinsg and bodies can be landed in different ports. In such cas, due to differences in fin cutting techniques and variability of the fin size and weight of different shark species, the use of the ratio becomes ineffective and gives scope for shark finning to occury could allow finning to occur without being detected. Following processing operations, fins and bodies can be landed in different ports. Under these circumstances, the collection of data, e.g;. species identification, populations structure, underpinning scientific advice for the establishment of fisheries conservation and management measures, is hampered.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Regional Fisheries Management Organisations are increasingly addressing the issue of shark finning and their scientific bodies are showing preference for the landing of sharks with their fins naturally attached to the body. The annual Resolutions on sustainable fisheries issued by United Nations General Assembly since 2007, the 2008 IUCN's Global Policy against shark finning and the 2010 meeting of the Fish Stocks Agreement Review Conference have called upon nations to take measures to require that all sharks be landed with their fins naturally attached.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) InThe 2010-2011, as part of the required i1 Impact aAssessment exercise,conducted by the European Commission held a public consultation in order to gather information on the most appropriate manner in which Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 should be amended. The conclusion of the impact assessment is that the Regulation shconcluded that abolishing special fishing permits would, where operators are compliant, have no significant negative economic impact and, where fleets are compliant, have no significant negative social impact. That impact assessment also concluded that abolishing special fishing permits would be amendexpected sto that all sharks must be landed with their fins still attached. It is necessary and appropriate for the achievement of the basic objectivve a positive impact on shark conservation in the mid to long term; facilitate and significantly simplify control and enforcement and virtually eliminate uncertainty with regard to compliance; significantly enhance data collection. It would also simplify rules and their implementation. The impact assessment, based on the outcome of the public conservultation of shark stocks, and in view of the outcome of the public consultation,held by the European Commission in 2010-2011, and after taking into account the number of infractions reported since 2003, recommends that all sharks must be landed with their fins still attached. It is therefore necessary and appropriate to amend Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 accordingly;.
Amendment 24 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
2003/1185/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Where fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State catch, retain on -board, tranship or land sharks, the flag Member State shall, in accordance with Regulations (EC) Nº 1224/2009 establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy and (EU) Nº 404/2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the above regulation, send to the Commission, by 1 May at the latest, a comprehensive annual report on the implementation of this Regulation during the previous year. The report shall describe the monitoring of compliance with the Regulation of vessels within the RegulationEU and non-EU waters, and the enforcement measures taken by Member States in cases of non-compliance. In particular, the following information shall be provided:
Amendment 26 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
2003/1185/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
– The number and nature of cases of non- compliance detected, including a full identification of the vessel(s) involved and the penalty applied for each case of non- compliance.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
2003/1185/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 3a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 3a (new)
- the total landings by species (weight/number) and by port;
Amendment 29 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In its resolution of 2 February 2012 on the Daphne Programme: achievements and future prospects (1), the European Parliament regretted that combating violence against children, young persons and women was not expressly referred to as a specific objective of the Commission's proposal for this Regulation, considered it essential to see the objectives of Daphne III, in particular that of combating violence against women, to be retained in the Programme, and maintained that the funding of the Programme should be increased compared to that of the Daphne III and that the profile of Daphne III should remain high, in particular by introducing a specific subheading which contains the name "Daphne".
Amendment 50 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) To ensure success, increased earmarked financing should be ensured for projects which defend women's rights and which promote equality between men and women, including actions to combat violence against women. Financing should be divided equally on an annual basis in order to ensure the continuity of the objectives and actions being pursued.
Amendment 70 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to promote women's rights and gender equality
Amendment 73 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) to prevent and combat violence against women, children, and young people, gender-based violence and violence in close relationships;
Amendment 97 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. An increased level of financial aid shall be ensured for each of the specific objectives of this Regulation targeted in Article 4(1), compared to the financing provided for in the framework of the programmes referred to in Article 13 for the period 2007 to 2013. In order to ensure continuity of the objectives and actions pursued through the Programme, the annual levels of financing for each area shall not differ substantially, unless there are objective reasons, which shall be duly documented and communicated well in advance.
Amendment 102 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Appropriate and fair distribution of financial support between different areas covered by this Regulation shall be ensured, while taking into account the level of funding allocated to the programmes referred to in Article 13 for the period 2007 to 2013. When deciding on the allocation of funds to those areas in its annual work programmes, the Commission shall take into consideration the need to increase funding for the specific objectives referred to in Article 4(1)(da) and (db).
Amendment 425 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with the multi-level governance approach, the partners representing the different territorial levels in accordance with the institutional structure of the Member States shall be involved by Member States in all stages of the preparation of Partnership Contracts and progress reports and in all stages of the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes. The partners shall participate in the monitoring committees for programmes.
Amendment 509 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) eEnhancing institutional capacity and an efficient and participative public administration and promoting capacity building for social partners, non- governmental organisations, regional and local authorities and other stakeholders, in particular the partners referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [CPR...].
Amendment 768 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Each programme shall set out the actions taken to involve the partners referred to in Article 5 at all stages of the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the programme, in accordance with the European Code of Conduct referred to in Article 5, including a list of the partners involved, how they have been selected, their responsibilites and the views they expressed regarding the content of the programme and regarding the implementation of the partnership principle;
Amendment 770 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Part 2 – article 24 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Each programme shall set out evidence that the competent regional and local authorities and the population on whose territory the programme is carried out have been closely involved into the preparation and approval of the programme, their opinions regarding the content of the programmes have been duly considered and a substantiated justification is provided for in cases where the programme is submitted despite serious concerns raised by one or more of the concerned regional, local authorities or the civil society of this territory.
Amendment 1249 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point a
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) eligible population, regional prosperity, national prosperity, net adjusted disposable income per inhabitant, and unemployment rate for less developed regions and transition regions;
Amendment 1260 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) eligible population, regional prosperity, unemployment rate, employment rate, educational levelducational level, net adjusted disposable income per inhabitant, social fragility, demographic vulnerability and population density for more developed regions;
Amendment 1656 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State shall designate, for each operational programme, a national, regional or local public authority or body as managing authority. The same public authority or body may be designated as a managing authority for more than one operational programme. In those States with sufficient administrative organisation, when a representative proportion of the funds involved in an operational programme is managed by a regional authority, this authority shall be designated as managing authority.
Amendment 1662 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State shall designate, for each operational programme, a national, regional or local public authority or body as a certifying authority, without prejudice to pParagraph 3. The same certifying authority may be designated for more than one operational programme. In those States with sufficient administrative organisation, when a representative proportion of the funds involved in an operational programme is managed by a regional authority, this authority shall be designated as certifying authority.
Amendment 1663 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 113 – paragraph 4
4. The Member State shall designate, for each operational programme, a national, regional or local public authority or body, functionally independent from the managing authority and the certifying authority, as audit authority. The same audit authority may be designated for more than one operational programme. In those States with sufficient administrative organisation, when a representative proportion of the funds involved in an operational programme is managed by a regional authority, this authority shall be designated as audit authority.
Amendment 67 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) A Council Directive has been proposed on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation1. __________________ 1 COM(2008)0426.
Amendment 68 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) In order to guarantee the full respect of Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, stating that "Any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation shall be prohibited", the proposed Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation should also include the field of linguistic discrimination.
Amendment 230 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
Amendment 234 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should not constitute an impediment to the obligation of the Union to sustainably manage the exploitation of marine resources.
Amendment 260 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) At the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002, the Union and its Member States committed to act against the continued decline of many fish stocks. Therefore, the Union should improve its Common Fisheries Policy to ensure that as a matter of priority exploitation levels of marine biological resources stocks are restored and maintained at levels above those capable of producing maximum sustainable yields from the populations of harvested stocks by 2015. Where less scientific information is available, this may require applying proxies to maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 266 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The concept of Maximum Sustainable Yield as enshrined in UNCLOS has been a legally binding fisheries management target on the Union since its ratification in 1998.
Amendment 267 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) Adopting fishing mortality rates below those necessary to maintain fish stocks at levels above those capable of producing the MSY is the only way of ensuring that the fishing industry becomes economically viable in the long term without reliance upon public aid.
Amendment 297 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Unnecessary suffering of marine wildlife, including fish, sharks, turtles, seabirds and marine mammals must be avoided, therefore improved catching and slaughtering methods should be developed.
Amendment 345 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) In order to create incentives for improving fishing selectivity, total allowable catches should not be increased to include quantities that would otherwise be discarded.
Amendment 348 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 b (new)
Recital 18 b (new)
(18 b) In order to create incentives for improving fishing selectivity, total allowable catches should not be increased to include quantities that would otherwise be discarded.
Amendment 372 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In view of the precarious economic state of the fishing industry and the dependence of certain coastal communities on fishing activities, it is necessary to ensure the relative stability of fishing activities by allocating fishing opportunities among Member States, based on a predictable share of stocks for each Member State, taking into account their compliance with the provisions of the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 410 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A system of transferable fishing concessions for the majority of managed stocks under the Common Fisheries Policy should be implemented no later than 31 December 2013 for all vessels of 12 meters' length or over and all other vessels fishing with towed gears. Member States may exclude vessels up to 12 meters' length other than vessels using towed gear from transferable fishing concessions. Such a system should contribute to industry-induced fleet reductions and improved economic performance while at the same time creating legally secure and exclusive transferable fishing concession of a Member State's annual fishing opportunities. Since ccess to the fishery should be based on environmental and social criteria as a means of promoting responsible fishing which would serve to ensure that those operators who fish in the least environmentally damargine biological resources are a common good, transferable fishing concessions should only establish user entitlements to a Member State's part of annual fishing opportunities which may be recalled according to established rulesg way and provide the greatest benefits for society are encouraged.
Amendment 420 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
Amendment 433 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 456 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) For Union fishing vessels not operating under a system of transferable fishing concessions, sSpecific measures mayshould be taken to align the number of Union fishing vessels with available resources. Such measures should set compulsory maximum fleet capacity ceilings and establish national entry/exit schemes in relation to decommissioning funding granted under the European Fisheries Fund.
Amendment 476 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Member States should manage and make available to end-users of scientific- data the collected data, on the basis of a multi-annual Union program. Member States should also cooperate with each other to coordinate data collection activities. Where relevant, Member States should also cooperate with third countries within the same sea basin regarding data collection.
Amendment 490 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Sustainable fisheries agreements concluded with third countries should ensure that Union fishing activities in third country waters are based on the best available scientific advice, ensuring a sustainable exploitation of the marine biological resources while respecting the principle in the UNCLOS of surplus. Those agreements, which provide for access rights in exchange for a financial contribution from the Union, should contribute to the establishment of a high quality governance framework to ensure in particular efficient monitoring, control and surveillance measures.
Amendment 573 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
Amendment 604 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 1
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Common Fisheries Policy shall ensure that fishing and aquaculture activitiesIn order to achieve the objectives of the Treaty and to provide long-term sustainable environmental, economic and social conditions and contribute to the availability of food supplies, the Common Fisheries Policy shall ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities are environmentally sustainable in the long term.
Amendment 632 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
2. To this end, the Common Fisheries Policy shall apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and shall aim to ensure, with high probability and by 2015, that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 650 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Common Fisheries Policy shall implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management to ensure that the impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are limited. minimised and do not contribute to the degradation of the marine environment.
Amendment 676 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For the purpose of achieving the general objectives set out in Article 2, the Common Fisheries Policy shall in particularalso:
Amendment 678 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) ensure that fishing capacity is quantitatively and qualitatively assessed and managed so that the fleets' ability to catch fish is commensurate with the available resources;
Amendment 689 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) eliminate unwanted and unauthorised catches of commercial and non- commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landed without creating new markets or expanding existing ones;
Amendment 699 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) contribute to the achievement and maintenance of good environmental status as set out in Article 1(l) of Directive 2008/56EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive);
Amendment 712 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities withinnvironmentally and socially sustainable fishing activities, based on equitable and transparent criteria, to foster an economically viable and competitive fishing industry;
Amendment 726 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) promote the development ofensure that Union aquaculture activities toare environmentally sustainable and contribute to food security and employment in coastal and rural areas;
Amendment 730 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) ensure systematic and harmonised data collection and management;
Amendment 732 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 752 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 756 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 782 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Subject to the above and to the extent possible, the Common Fisheries Policy shall also seek to: (a) create conditions that contribute to a fair standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities; (b) take into account the interests of consumers; (c) develop techniques to improve animal welfare, including the minimisation of unnecessary animal suffering in both capture fisheries and aquaculture.
Amendment 798 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) establishment of measures in accordance withthat follow the best available scientific advice, consistent with the precautionary approach;
Amendment 821 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) consistence with the integrated maritime policy, and with other Union policies in particular environment and development policies.
Amendment 827 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) transparency and access to information in accordance with the Aarhus Convention, including for the external dimension.
Amendment 837 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– ‘fishing vessel’ means any vessel equipped for commercial fishing of marine biological resources and related activities;
Amendment 849 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 6
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 6
– ‘'maximum sustainable yield’' means the maximum average catch that may be taken from a fish stock indefinitely, for a given selectivity;
Amendment 866 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
– ‘'precautionary approach to fisheries management’' means an approach according to which decision-making shall be more cautious, by taking uncertainties into account, especially when information is unreliable or inadequate, and that the absence of adequate scientific information should not justify postponing or failing to take management measures to conserve target species, associated or dependent species and non- target species and their environment;
Amendment 876 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
– ‘'ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management’' means an approach ensuring that benefits from living aquatic resources are high while the direct and indirect impdecision-making considers the impacts of fishing, other human activities and environmental factors of fishing operations on marine ecosystems are low and not detrimental to the future functioning, diversity and integrity of those ecosystemn target stocks and all other species belonging to the same ecosystem or associated with or dependent upon the target stocks, ensuring that the collective pressure of such activities is kept within levels compatible with the achievement of good environmental status;
Amendment 911 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 14 a (new)
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 14 a (new)
- 'small pelagic species' means mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, anchovy, argentine, sardinella;
Amendment 914 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 14 b (new)
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 14 b (new)
- ‘large pelagic species’ means bluefin tuna, swordfish, albacore tuna, bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, other billfish;
Amendment 916 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 14 c (new)
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 14 c (new)
- ‘species for industrial purposes’ means capelin, sandeel, Norway pout;
Amendment 936 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 18
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 18
– ‘'individual fishing opportunities’' means annual fishing opportunities allocated to holders of transferable fishing concessionsa fishing licence in a Member State on the basis of the proportion of fishing opportunities pertaining to that Member State;
Amendment 943 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 19
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 19
– ‘'fishing capacity’' means a vessel's tonnage in GT (Gross Tonnage) and, its power in kW (Kilowatt) as definednd its gear type as defined respectively in Articles 4 and 5 and Annex XI of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/8635 , the amount of gear deployed and any other parameter that affects its ability to catch fish;
Amendment 970 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 28
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 28
– ‘surplus of allowable catch’ means that part of the allowable catch which a coastal State does not have the capacity to harvest as defined in UNCLOS Article 62, based on the obligations of UNCLOS Article 61;
Amendment 988 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 32
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 32
– ‘'sustainable fisheries agreements’' mean international agreements concluded with another state for the purpose of obtaining access to resources or waters that aim to restore or maintain fish stocks at levels above those capable of producing maximum sustainable yield in exchange for financial compensation from the Union.;
Amendment 997 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 32 a (new)
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 32 a (new)
– 'good environmental status' means as defined in Directive 2008/56/EC Art 9.3
Amendment 1019 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In the waters up to 12 nautical miles from baselines under their sovereignty or jurisdiction, Member States shall be authorised from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 to restrict fishing to fishing vessels that traditionally fish in those waters from ports on the adjacent coast, without prejudice to the arrangements for Union fishing vessels flying the flag of other Member States under existing neighbourhood relations between Member States and the arrangements contained in Annex I, fixing for each Member State the geographical zones within the coastal bands of other Member States where fishing activities are pursued and the species concerned. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 1025 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the waters up to 100 nautical miles from the baselines of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, the Member States concerned may from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 restrict fishing to vessels registered in the ports of those islands. Such restrictions shall not apply to Union vessels that traditionally fish in those waters, in so far as those vessels do not exceed the fishing effort traditionally exerted. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 1033 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1039 #
Amendment 1040 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article -7 (new)
Part 3 – article -7 (new)
Article -7 Conservation measures The Union shall adopt measures for the conservation of marine biological resources, as outlined in Articles 7 and 8. They shall be incorporated in the multiannual management plans as outlined in Articles 9 through 11 inclusive.
Amendment 1046 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1056 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) establishing targets for the sustainable exploitation of stocks in accordance with the objectives set in Art 2.2;
Amendment 1062 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) adopting measures for the purpose of adapting the number of fishing vessels and/or types of fishing vessels and/or the amount and type of gear deployed to available fishing opportunities;
Amendment 1076 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) establishing incentives, including those of an economic nature or enhanced access to resources, to promote more selective or low impact fishing;
Amendment 1100 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point h
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) conducting pilot projects on alternative types of fishing management techniques that increase selectivity or minimise the impact of fishing activies on the marine environment.
Amendment 1127 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) prohibitions or restrictions of the use of certain fishing gears in certain areas or seasons;
Amendment 1144 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) requirements for fishing vessels to cease operating in an area for a defined minimum period in order to protect a temporary aggregation of a vulnerable marine resourceincluding spawning aggregations;
Amendment 1157 #
Amendment 1168 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual management plans providing for levels of fishing mortality and other conservation measures to maintain or restore fish stocks above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield shall be established as a priority. Plans for all regulated stocks and fisheries shall be adopted within three years of the entry into force of the present regulation.
Amendment 1184 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the basis for fixing fishing opportunities for the fish stocks concerned on the basis of predefined conservation reference points; and while respecting scientific advice;
Amendment 1193 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) measures to improve the selectivity of fishing gears and practices so as to reduce catches of unwanted and unauthorised fish and other species;
Amendment 1197 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) measures to maintain age and sex structures of fish stocks capable of ensuring their full reproductive potential;
Amendment 1199 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b c (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b c (new)
(bc) measures to reduce the impact of fishing activities on the marine environment, including the benthic zone;
Amendment 1200 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b d (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b d (new)
(bd) measures to reduce the impact of fishing activities on the marine environment, including the benthic zone;
Amendment 1201 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b e (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b e (new)
(be) measures for the disposal on shore of catches retained under the provisions of Article 15;
Amendment 1202 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b f (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b f (new)
(bf) measures for the restoration and maintenance of good environmental status; and
Amendment 1203 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b g (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b g (new)
(bg) measures to ensure compliance with the provisions of the multiannual management plan.
Amendment 1227 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55, to set fishing opportunities at zero for those stocks for which multiannual management plans have not been adopted by the date set out in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1256 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans shall provide for adaptations of the fishing mortality rate, resulting by 2015 in a fishing mortality rate that shall, with high probability, restores and maintains all stocks above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield by 2015.
Amendment 1265 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Multiannual plans shall aim to eliminate unwanted and unauthorized catches of commercial and non- commercial species.
Amendment 1294 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) spawning stock biomass, and/or
Amendment 1296 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
(iia) selectivity of the fishing gear and/or
Amendment 1306 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) clear time frames to reach all of the quantifiable targets;
Amendment 1311 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) provisions to systematically reduce fishing opportunities when the quality or quantity of data available from the fishery decline;
Amendment 1321 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) technical measures including measures concerning the eliminata comprehensive set of technical measures designed to eliminate unwanted and unauthorised catches of commercial and non-commercial species within a periond of unwanted catchesthree years from the date of entry into force of the multiannual plan;
Amendment 1408 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of evidence of a serious threat to the conservation of marine biological resources, or to the marine eco- system and requiring immediate action, the Commission, upon a reasoned request of a Member State or on its own initiative, mayshall decide on temporary measures to alleviatremove the threat.
Amendment 1434 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Technical measures frameworks to ensure the protection of the marine environment, including marine biological resources, and the reduction of the impact of fishing activities on fish stocks and on marine eco-systemther species shall be established and incorporated into new and, within three years, existing multiannual plans. Technical measures frameworks shall:
Amendment 1450 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reducminimise and progressively eliminate catches of undersized individuals from fish stocks;
Amendment 1454 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) reduce catches of unwanted marine organisms;minimise and progressively eliminate catches of unwanted and unauthorized marine organisms including seabirds
Amendment 1459 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) mitigatnimise the impact of fishing gear on the ecosystem and the marine environment, with particular regard to the protection of biologically sensitive stocks and habitats.
Amendment 1497 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1
– mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, anchovy, argentine, sardinella, capelinsmall pelagic species;
Amendment 1502 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
– bluefin tuna, swordfish, albacore tuna, bigeye tuna, other billfish.large pelagic species; and
Amendment 1504 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 a (new)
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 a (new)
– species used for industrial purposes.
Amendment 1511 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) At the latest from 1 January 2015: cod, hake, sole;all other species.
Amendment 1515 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1530 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Species for which scientific evidence demonstrates high survival rates, bearing in mind the specifics of the fishing operation (gear, depth), shall be exempted from the provisions of paragraph 1. The Commission shall be authorised to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55, to determine such a list of species.
Amendment 1546 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Minimum conservation reference sizes based on the best available scientific advice concerning the size at maturity shall be established for the fish stocks set out in paragraph 1. The sale of catches of such fish stocks below the minimum conservation reference size shall be restricted for reduction to fish meal and oil or pet food only.
Amendment 1562 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Proceeds from sales of all landings resulting from the obligation included in paragraph 1 shall go in their entirety to a fund managed by the Member State in which the landings occur to be used for control and surveillance and the collection of scientific and fishery-related data.
Amendment 1578 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The European Fisheries Control Agency shall coordinate the impementation of the obligation to land all catches through Joint Deployment Plans.
Amendment 1597 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Fishing opportunities allocated to Member States shall ensure each Member State relative stability of fishing activities for each fish stock or fishery. The interests of eachBeginning from 1 January 2015, fishing opportunities allocated to Member States shall be taken into account when new fishing opportunities are allocatedcompliance with the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 1615 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 16 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Fishing opportunities shall comply winot exceed the quantities recommended by scientific advice as necessary to achieve the quantifiable targets, time frames and margins established in accordance with Article 9(2) and 11(b), (c) and (h).
Amendment 1630 #
Amendment 1644 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 1
1. In a multiannual plan established pursuant to Articles 9, 10 and 11 Member States may be authorised, following the procedures outlined in the present article, to adopt measures, in accordance with that multiannual plan, which specify the conservation measures applicable to vessels flying their flag in relation to stocks in Union waters for which they have been allocated fishing opportunities.
Amendment 1647 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For fisheries conducted entirely within the waters under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of a single Member State, the Member concerned State shall create one or more committees including all relevent stakeholders which shall be consulted concerning the measures to be adopted. If the Member State intends to deviate in any way from the advice it receives from that committee it shall publish an assessment outlining in detail its reasons for deviating from the advice.
Amendment 1653 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) are compatible with the objectives set out in Articles 2 and 3 and the principles of good governance set out in Article 4;
Amendment 1657 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) meet the objectives and quantifiable targets set out in a multiannual plan effectively with a high probability and within the time frame specified; and
Amendment 1668 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States adopting conservation measures pursuant to Article 17(1) shall notify the Commission, other interested Member States and relevant Advisory Councils of such measures. In cases where the Member State fails to adopt such conservation measures within three months of the adoption of the multiannual management plan, the Commission shall be empowered to act under the provisions of Article 20.
Amendment 1673 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. For fisheries conducted within the waters under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of two or more Member States, the Member States concerned shall cooperate in order to develop a joint recommendation for the conservation measures to be adopted. Each Member State shall create one or more committees including all relevent stakeholders which shall be consulted concerning the measures to be adopted. If the Member State intends to deviate in any way from the advice it receives from its national committee in the joint recommendation for conservation measures, it shall publish an assessment outlining in detail its reasons for deviating from the advice.
Amendment 1676 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. The Member States shall ensure that the joint recommendation for conservation measures developed pursuant to paragraph 5: (a) are compatible with the objectives set out in Articles 2 and 3 and the principles of good governance set out in Article 4; (b) are compatible with the scope and objectives of the multiannual plan; (c) meet the objectives and quantifiable targets set out in a multiannual plan effectively with a high probability and within the time frame specified; and (d) are no less stringent than those existing in Union legislation.
Amendment 1679 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 d (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. If all concerned Member States agree to a single joint recommendation for management measures, then the Commission shall, after verifying that the provisions of paragraph 7 are met, adopt the joint recommendation by delegated act in accordance with Article 55. Where all relevent Member States do not agree on a single joint recommendation within a period of three months of the adoption of the multiannual management plan, the Commission shall be empowered to act under the provisions of Article 20. The Commission may in addition submit a proposal under the ordinary legislative procedure.
Amendment 1681 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 e (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. The Commission may at any time assess the compatibility and effectiveness of conservation measures adopted by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1.
Amendment 1683 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 f (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Detailed rules for the application of this article shall be adopted based on a proposal by the Commission.
Amendment 1685 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 18
Part 3 – article 18
Amendment 1691 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 19
Part 3 – article 19
Amendment 1781 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 25 – title
Part 3 – article 25 – title
Member States' measures applicable solely to fishing vessels flying their flag
Amendment 1784 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 3 – article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) apply solely to fishing vessels flying the flag of that Member State or, in the case of fishing activities which are not conducted by a fishing vessel, to legal or natural persons established in the territory;
Amendment 1795 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 26 a (new)
Part 3 – article 26 a (new)
Amendment 1796 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 26 b (new)
Part 3 – article 26 b (new)
Article 26 b Member State emergency measures 1. If there is evidence of a serious and unforeseen threat to the conservation of living aquatic resources, or to the marine ecosystem resulting from fishing activities, in waters falling under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of a Member State where any undue delay would result in damage that would be difficult to repair, that Member State may take emergency measures, the duration of which shall not exceed three months. 2. Where emergency measures to be adopted by a Member State are liable to affect fishing vessels of other Member States, such measures shall be adopted only after consulting the Commission, the relevant Member States and relevant Advisory Councils on a draft of the measures accompanied by an explanatory memorandum.
Amendment 1797 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 26 c (new)
Part 3 – article 26 c (new)
Article 26 c Member State Territorial Management Units 1. Member States may establish territorial management units (TMU) for fisheries in their territorial waters. Such units shall comprise a geographically delimited fishing area where Member States assign, to individual fishermen or a group of eligible holders, revocable, exclusive and non-transferable user entitlements to fish. 2. Member States adopting systems of TMUs shall inform the Commission. 3. Member States with coastal waters in the Mediterranean Sea shall establish TMUs for their Mediterranean fisheries by 2015 at the latest. In Mediterranean waters individual TMUs or groups of them, as appropriate, shall constitute the fishery unit addressed by multiannual plans according to Article 9. 4. If the Commission considers that the network of territorial management units of a Member State in the Mediterranean Sea is insufficient to achieve the requirements of paragraph 1 it shall request the Member State to make the necessary changes. If, within one year of receipt of the Commission's request, the Member State has not adapted its network, the Commission shall be empowered, by means of delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 55, to adopt additional measures to this end.
Amendment 1803 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – title
Part 4 – article 27 – title
Establishment of systems of transferable fishing concessionfor allocation of fishing opportunities
Amendment 1811 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall establish a system of transferable fishing concessions no later than 31 December 2013 fordecide, for vessels flying its flag, on the method of allocating the fishing opportunities assigned to that Member State in accordance with Community law. It shall inform the Commission of the allocation method.
Amendment 1822 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1832 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1840 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 2
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1857 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – title
Part 4 – article 28 – title
Allocation of transferable fishing concessionfishing opportunities
Amendment 1858 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 1
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1865 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 2
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall allocate transferable fishing concessionfishing opportunities on the basis of equitable, transparent criteriaand objective environmental and social criteria as provided for in Article 36 bis, for each stock or group of stocks for which fishing opportunities are allocated in accordance with Article 16, excluding fishing opportunities obtained under sustainable fisheries agreements.
Amendment 1869 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 3
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1877 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 4
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Transferable fishing concessionFishing opportunities may only be allocated by a Member State to an owner of a fishing vessel flying the flag of that Member State, or to legal or natural persons for the purpose of being used on such a vessel. Transferable fishing concessions may be pooled together for collective management by legal or natural persons or recognized producer organisations. Member States may limit eligibility for receiving transferable fishing concessions on the basis of transparent and objective criteriaits flag.
Amendment 1879 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. When allocating fishing opportunities, a Member State may provide incentives to fishing vessels deploying selective fishing gear that eliminates unwanted by-catch or using fishing techniques with reduced environmental impact, inter alia reduced energy consumption or habitat damage within the fishing opportunities assigned to that Member State.
Amendment 1886 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5
5. Where Member States may limit the period of validitydevelop new systems of transferable fishing concessions to a period of at least 15 years, for the purpose of reallocating such concessions. Where Member States have not, they shall limited their period of validity of the transferable fishing concessions, they may recall such concessions with a notice of at least 15 years.
Amendment 1889 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Under no circumstances shall systems of transferable fishing concessions apply outside Union waters.
Amendment 1898 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 6
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 6
6. Member States may recall transferable fishing concessions with a shorter noticefishing opportunities in the event of an established serious infringement committed by the holder of the concessions. Such recalls shall be operated in a manner which gives full effect to the Common Fisheries Policy, the proportionality principle and, whenever necessary, with immediate effect.
Amendment 1904 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 7
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 7
7. Notwithstanding paragraph 5 and 6, Member States may recall transferable fishing concessionMember States may recall and reallocate fishing opportunities that have not been used on a fishing vessel for a period of three consecutive years.
Amendment 1907 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Fishing vessels shall undertake fishing activities only when in possession of sufficient individual fishing opportunities to cover all their potential catch.
Amendment 1908 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Member States may set fees for the use of individual fishing opportunities to contribute to fisheries management- related costs.
Amendment 1909 #
Amendment 1912 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 29
Part 4 – article 29
Amendment 1957 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 30 – title
Part 4 – article 30 – title
Register of transferable fishing concessions and individual fishing opportunities
Amendment 1961 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 30 – paragraph 1
Part 4 – article 30 – paragraph 1
Member States shall establish and maintain a register of transferable fishing concessions and individualfishing opportunities. Systems existing prior to 1 January 2013 shall be included in such a register. The register shall include the name and address of the holder and, where relevant, the purchase price of the fishing opportunitiesy. It shall be in the public domain.
Amendment 1964 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31
Part 4 – article 31
Amendment 1968 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31
Part 4 – article 31
Amendment 1995 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 32
Part 4 – article 32
Amendment 2000 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 32
Part 4 – article 32
Amendment 2010 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 33
Part 4 – article 33
Amendment 2012 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 33
Part 4 – article 33
Allocation of fishing opportunities not subject to a system of transferable fishing 1. Each Member State shall decide how fishing opportunities assigned to it in accordance with Article 16, and which are not subject to a system of transferable fishing concessions, may be allocated to vessels flying its flag. It shall inform the Commission of the allocation method.rticle 33 deleted concessions
Amendment 2025 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article -34 a (new)
Part 5 – article -34 a (new)
Article -34 a Measurement of fishing capacity 1. Fishing fleets of the Member States shall be measured in terms of their ability to catch fish. To this end, by 30 June 2013 the Commission shall submit a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council to amend Council Regulation (EEC) 2930/1986 to define capacity according to the following characteristics: a) length overall b) breadth c) gross tonnage d) engine power e) gear type f) gear dimension (including number of units deployed) g) any other measurable characteristic that affects a vessel's ability to catch fish 2. Member States shall submit to the Commission verified data for their fleets according to the vessel characteristics included in paragraph 1 by 31 December 2013. Failure to do so shall result in a suspension of their fishing opportunities. 3. By 30 June 2014 the Commission shall publish a detailed inventory of the capacity of the current fishing fleets of each Member State. The Commission shall base this document on information furnished by the Member States as well as other information available to it, including, inter alia, scientific institutes, Regional Fisheries Management Organisations and others. This inventory shall constitute the basis for revised fishing capacity ceilings for each Member State in Annex II. 4. By 30 June 2014 the Member States shall submit to the Commission and publish an evaluation of the appropriate capacity of each segment of the fleets flying their flag, given the resources available to it. 5. The Commission shall verify the evaluations submitted by the Member States prior to their approval.
Amendment 2031 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place measures to adjust the fishing capacity of their fleetBy 31 December 2014 Member States shall adopt a detailed programme for any necessary adjustment of the fishing capacity of their fleets in terms of vessel number and characteristics in order to achieve an effective balance between such fishing capacity and their fishing opportunities. Such adjustment shall be achieved by 31 December 2015.
Amendment 2056 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Failure by Member States to adapt their fleets by the date specified in paragraph 1 will result in a suspension of the fishing opportunities of the fleet segments concerned.
Amendment 2058 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerning the re-calculation of the fishing capacity ceilings as referred to in Article 33 a paragraph 3.
Amendment 2059 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Union vessels shall require a valid engine certificate, issued in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, in order to be issued with a fishing licence or authorisation.
Amendment 2061 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 35 – title
Part 5 – article 35 – title
Amendment 2066 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 1
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State fleets shall be subject to fishing capacity ceilings as set out in Annex IImanage entries into their fleets and exits from their fleets in such a way that the entry into the fleet of new capacity into the fleet without public aid is compensated by the previous withdrawal without public aid of at least the same amount of capacity.
Amendment 2071 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 2
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2079 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 3
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2093 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 36 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 5 – article 36 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The following information shall be in the public domain: (a) vessel name, Community Fishing Vessel Register number and physical characteristics; (b) licences and authorisations held by vessels; (c) name and address of vessel owner.
Amendment 2095 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 a (new) – article 36 a new
Part 5 a (new) – article 36 a new
PART V a CRITERIA FOR ALLOCATION OF ACCESS TO FISHERIES Article 36 a Access criteria When allocating access to fisheries, Member States shall use transparent, quantifiable, equitable and verifiable criteria and grant priority access to environmentally and socially sustainable fishing practices. Criteria shall take account inter alia of: - the impact on the marine environment, - selectivity of the gear or fishing practice, - energy consumption and emissions, - employment provided, - working conditions, - quality of product, - contribution to the local economy, - history of compliance of the operator. Preference shall be given for fisheries for human consumption Every three years, Member States shall conduct a performance evaluation of all individual operators using vessels flying their flag. Performance data shall be incorporated in a data base accessible to the Commission, the Control Agency, and third countries upon request.
Amendment 2110 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the level of fishing, its temporal and spatial patterns and the impact that fishing activities have on the marine biological resources and, on the marine eco-systems, and the achievement of good environmental status and
Amendment 2165 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – title -1 – article 38 a (new)
Part 7 – title -1 – article 38 a (new)
Article 38 a External policy The external dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy shall be coherent with the Union's environment, development and trade policies. It shall follow the same principles and promote the same standards for fisheries management as applied in EU waters.
Amendment 2182 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 39 – paragraph 2
Part 7 – article 39 – paragraph 2
2. The positions of the Union in international organisations dealing with fisheries and RFMOs shall be based on best practice and the best available scientific advice and the precautionary and ecosystem-based approaches to ensure that fishery resources are maintained above or restored above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 2190 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 39 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 7 – article 39 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Union shall actively promote the conduct of independent performance reviews of RFMOs and the full and prompt implementation of their recommendations.
Amendment 2191 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 39 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Part 7 – article 39 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. The Union shall actively support the development of equitable and transparent allocation mechanisms of fishing opportunities.
Amendment 2195 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 40 – paragraph 1
Part 7 – article 40 – paragraph 1
The Union, assisted by the European Fisheries Control Agency, shall cooperate with third countries and international organisations dealing with fisheries, including RFMOs, to strengthen compliance with measures adopted by such international organisations. Member States shall ensure compliance of their operators with the measures referred to in the previous paragraph. In cases of non-compliance, Council Regulation 1005/2008 shall apply.
Amendment 2201 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 1
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 1
1. Sustainable Fisheries Agreements with third countries shall establish a legal, economic and environmental governance framework for fishing activities carried out by Union fishing vessels in third country waters in accordance with relevant measures adopted by international organizations including RFMOs. Such frameworks may include: a) development and support for the necessary scientific and research institutions; b) monitoring, control and surveillance capabilities; and c) other capacity building items pertaining to the development of a sustainable fisheries policy of the third country.
Amendment 2215 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2
2. Union fishing vessels shall only catch surplus of the allowable catch determined by the third country as referred to in Article 62(2) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and identified on the basis of the best available scientific advice and relevant information exchanged between the Union and the third country concerned about the total fishing effort on the affected stocks by all fleets, in order to ensure that fishery resources remain above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield. Special consideration shall be given to the nutritional needs of the populations in the coastal State and of the land-locked States in the region and sub-region in accordance with Articles 69 and 70 of UNCLOS.
Amendment 2224 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Sustainable Fisheries Agreements shall provide that fishing authorisations for stocks in the third country shall only be granted to fishing vessels that have been flagged in the EU during the 24 months preceding the request for a fishing authorisation.
Amendment 2228 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. No Union fishing vessels shall operate in a third country with which the Union has negotiated a Sustainable Fisheries Agreement outside the provisions of that Agreement.
Amendment 2230 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Respect for democratic principles and human rights, as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, and for the principle of the rule of law, shall constitute an essential element of Sustainable Fisheries Agreements.
Amendment 2231 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 d (new)
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Independent evaluations shall be conducted of the impact of each protocol prior to the adoption of the mandate for negotiations for succeeding protocols and shall include information on catches and fishing activities. Such evaluations shall be in the public domain.
Amendment 2236 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support part of the cost of access to the fisheries resources in third country waters with the beneficiaries of the access to the fishery paying a progressively greater share of the costs;
Amendment 2248 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – title 2 a – article 42 a (new)
Part 7 – title 2 a – article 42 a (new)
TITLE II a OTHER ARRANGEMENTS Article 42 a Union fishing activities outside Sustainable Fisheries Agreements Member States shall obtain information on the existence of any arrangements between nationals of a Member State and a third country, allowing fishing vessels flying their flag to engage in fishing activities in waters under the jurisdiction or sovereignty of a third country and shall inform the Commission thereof by submission of a list of the vessels concerned and the details of the arrangement and activities.
Amendment 2249 #
Amendment 2252 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – title
Part 8 – article 43 – title
Amendment 2258 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. With a view to promotingconserving the marine environment, promoting environmental sustainability and contributing to food security, growth and employment, non-binding Union strategic guidelines on common priorities, conditions and targets for the development of aquaculture activities shall be established by the Commission by 2013. Such strategic guidelines shall take account of the relative starting positions and different circumstances throughout the Union, shall form the basis for multiannual national strategic plans and shall aim at:
Amendment 2259 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) reducing the environmental impact of aquaculture activities so as to contribute to the achievement of good environmental status;
Amendment 2260 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) encouraging the use of non- carnivorous species and reducing the use of fishery products as fish feed;
Amendment 2270 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improving the competitiveness of the aquaculture industry and supporting its development and innovation;
Amendment 2273 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) encouragingsuring that economic activity does not contribute to the degradation of the marine environment;
Amendment 2280 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 2307 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 2
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall establish a multiannual national strategic plan for the development of aquaculture activities on their territory by 2014 in conformity with the Union strategic guidelines.
Amendment 2311 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 3
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 3
3. The multiannual national strategic plan shall include the Member State's objectives and the measures and timelines required to achieve them.
Amendment 2314 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 4 – point a
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 4 – point a
Amendment 2322 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 4 – point b
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 2415 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – article 46 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 10 – article 46 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The implementation of the Union fisheries control system shall be sustained by an effective cooperation and coordination between Member States, the Commission and the European Fisheries Control Agency at a regional level to implement the principles included in paragraph 2. The European Fisheries Control Agency shall be the control regulation body designated for the exchange of data in electronic form and enhanced maritime surveillance capacity in order the monitor fishing activities. In case of serious threat to the conservation of marine biological resources, the European Fisheries Control Agency shall set up an emergency unit upon request by the Commission.
Amendment 2416 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – article 46 a (new)
Part 10 – article 46 a (new)
Amendment 2452 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 11 – article 51 – paragraph 2
Part 11 – article 51 – paragraph 2
2. Serious infringements by operators of the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy shall result in temporary or permanent bans on access to the Union financial assistance and/or the application of financial reductions. Such measures shall be dissuasive, effective and proportionate to the nature, extent, duration and repetition of serious infringements.
Amendment 2454 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 11 – article 51 – paragraph 3
Part 11 – article 51 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that Union financial assistance is granted only if no sanctions for serious infringements have been imposed to the concerned operator within a period of 15 years prior to the date of application for Union financial assistance.
Amendment 2507 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – article 54 – paragraph 1
Part 12 – article 54 – paragraph 1
1. Advisory Councils shall be composed of organizations representing the fisheries operators and other interest groupall stakeholders affected by the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 2539 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 14 – article 57 – paragraph 4
Part 14 – article 57 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2542 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 14 – article 58
Part 14 – article 58
Amendment 2545 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 14 – article 58 a (new)
Part 14 – article 58 a (new)
Article 58 a Review 1. Every 5 years, the Commission shall review the provisions of Part I and present proposals to the European Parliament and the Council to incorporate progress and best practices in fisheries management. 2. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the operation of the Common Fisheries Policy before the end of 2022.
Amendment 10 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In 2010 the Commission adopted a strategy for promoting equality between women and men in Europe aiming in particular to make better use of women's potential, thereby contributing to the EU's overall economic and social goals. The under-representation of women in the energy sector and the lack of gender specific approaches and demands can be observed on national, European and international level; consequently, and in order to implement the EU gender equality strategy at national level; Member States are required to integrate this strategy in the sense of screening of all politics to their different impacts on women and men including research on energy and the sustainable production and consumption of energy in close dialogue with the energy related industry, institutions, organisations and decisions makers.
Amendment 108 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The resolution of the European Parliament of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women1 proposes a strategy to combat violence against women, domestic violence and female genital mutilation as a basis for future legislative criminal-law instruments against gender-based violence, including a framework to fight violence against women (policy, prevention, protection, prosecution, provision and partnership) to be followed up by an EU action plan. _____________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA-PROV(2011)0127.
Amendment 114 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Crime is as an offence against society as well as a violation of the individual rights of victims. As such, victims should be treated with all due respect to their human rights, recognised and treated in a respectful, sensitive and professional manner in all contacts with any public authority, victim support service or restorative justice service taking into account their personal situation and immediate needs, age, gender, disability without discrimination of any kind, based on any ground such as age, gender, sex, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or other opinion, legal status, nationality, membership of national minority, property, birth, gender identity and gender expression, sexual orientation, migration and residence status, state of health (including HIV and AIDS) and level of maturity, and fully respecting their physical, mental and moral integrity. They should be protected from secondary and repeat victimisation and intimidation, should receive appropriate support to facilitate their recovery and should be provided with sufficient access to justice.
Amendment 117 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) This Directive respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular it seeks to promote the right to dignity, life, physical and mental integrity, private and family lifethe right to non-discrimination, the right to respect for private and family life, the principle of gender equality, right to property, and the rights of the child, the elderly and persons with disabilities, and the right to a fair trial.
Amendment 145 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Support, whether provided by governmental or non-governmental organisations, should be made available from the moment a crime takes place as well as throughout criminal proceedings and after such proceedings in accordance with the needs of the victim. Support should be provided through a variety of means, without excessive formalities and through a sufficient geographical distribution to allow all victims the opportunity to access such services. Children and certain groups of victims such as victims of sexual violence, gender, race hate, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, criminal violation of human rights at hands of state agents or other bias crimes or victims of terrorismmass victimisation may require specialist support services due to the particular characteristics of the crime they have fallen victim to. Member States should provide the necessary resources for the support, assistance and protection of victims.
Amendment 151 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In order to respond to the specific needs of women victims of gender-based violence, specific support structures are essential. Those structures should be built upon the experience and expertise of the women’s shelter movement, and should reinforce their capacity to develop further their victim support activities.
Amendment 152 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Although the provision of support should not be dependent on a victim making a complaint of an offence to a competent authority such as the police, such authorities are often best placed to inform victims of the possibility of support. Member States are therefore encouraged to establish appropriate conditions to enable the referral of victims to victim support services, including by ensuring that data protection requirements can be adhered to. In cases of specific types of crimes, such as gender-based violence, referral should be made directly to specialised victim support services in order to avoid stress caused by repeat referral.
Amendment 158 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Restorative justice services, including for example victim-offender mediation, family group conferencing and sentencing circles, can be of great benefit to the victim, but require safeguards to prevent any further. In order to prevent secondary victimisation. S such services should thereforehave to be conducted in a competent manner and should have as a primary consideration the interests and needs of the victim, repairing the harm done to the victim and avoiding further harm. Factors such as power imbalances, and the age, maturity or intellectual capacity of the victim, which could limit or reduce the victim’s ability to make an informed choice or could prejudice a positive outcome for the victim, should be taken into consideration in referring a case to and in conducting a restorative process. Whilst private proceedings should in general be confidential, unless agreed otherwise by the parties, factors such as threats made during the process may be considered as requiring disclosure in the public interest. Considering the potential benefits of restorative justice, victims should have the possibility to take advantage of such services to the widest extend possible
Amendment 167 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Gender-based violence refers to violence that is directed against a person because of his or her gender. It is a form of violence that affects women disproportionately and it may be interrelated but is not limited to cases of violence in close relationships, sexual violence (including sexual assault and sexual harassment), sexual trafficking and slavery, intimate relationship violence and other harmful practices such as forced marriages and female genital mutilation. Homophobic and transphobic attacks have also been defined as a form of gender-based violence. Research shows that one-fifth to one-quarter of all women have experienced physical violence at least once during their adult lives and more than one-tenth have suffered sexual violence involving the use of force. It is therefore crucial to criminalise all forms of gender-based violence and provide victims with specific prevention and protection measures, and remedies. Women victims of gender-based violence and their children also require special attention and protection because of a high risk of repeat victimisation with this type of crime and due to the severe trauma such a crime causes because it is committed by a person the victim should be able to trust and also because victims cannot rely on support by the partner in overcoming the trauma.
Amendment 178 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Beyond these categories, but again based on personal characteristics and the crime, any person could be vulnerable and could have specific needs. Only through individual assessments, carried out at the earliest opportunity by those in a position to make recommendations on protection measures, can such vulnerabilities be effectively identified. The assessment should in particular take into account age, gender and gender identity and gender expression, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, state of health, disability, legal status, communication difficulties, relationship to or dependence on the suspected or accused person, previous experience of crime, the type or nature of the crime such as organised crime, terrorism, or bias crimes and whether the victim is a foreign victim. Victims of terrorism require particular attention in any assessment given the varying nature of such acts ranging from mass acts of terrorism to targeted terrorism against individualsorture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, violation of human rights at the hands of state agents or bias crimes and whether the victim is a foreign victim.
Amendment 244 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) ‘gender-based violence’ means violence against a woman which is directed against her because she is a woman, or that affects women disproportionally, or violence that is directed against a person because of his or her gender or gender identity.
Amendment 248 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point g b (new)
Article 2 – point g b (new)
(gb)’violence in close relationships’ means violence that is committed against a victim by a person who is a current or former spouse or partner or other family member of the victim. Women are affected disproportionally by this type of violence.
Amendment 266 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – point j a (new)
(ja) how and under which conditions they can obtain protection measures.
Amendment 280 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that victims are offered the opportunity to be notified when the person, without unnecessary delay, when the person arrested, remanded in custody, prosecuted or sentenced for offences concerning them is released from or has escaped detention. Victims shall receive this information where they have expressed such a wish. also be informed of any measures taken for the protection of victims such as restraining orders or no- contact orders. Member States shall ensure that victims are provided with effective support and assistance when receiving that information.
Amendment 314 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that victims and their family members, in accordance with their needs, have access to free of charge, confidential victim support services acting independently and in the interest of the victim from the moment the victims suffer harm, during the criminal proceedings and after their conclusion and regardless of where the crime took place.
Amendment 328 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall promotensure the setting up or development of specialist support services, including women's shelters, specialist support services for victims of gender-based violence, victims of violence in close relationships and their family members, in addition to general victim support services.
Amendment 361 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) discussions in mediation or other restorative justice processes that are not conducted in public are confidential and are not subsequently disclosed, except if the accused commits acts which are subject to criminal or other sanctions during the process, or with the agreement of the parties or as required by national law due to an overriding public interest.
Amendment 364 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) victims should have the right to a support person in all restorative justice processes.
Amendment 371 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Restorative justice measures should not be applied in cases of severe or repeat violation of the physical, sexual, or psychological integrity of the victim.
Amendment 404 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1, shall in particular include procedures for the physical protection of victims and their family members, measures to ensure that contact between offenders and victims may be avoided within premises whsuch as emergency barring orders, protection and restraining orders, measures to ensure that contact between offenders and victims and their family members can be avoided from the time of reporting, during and aftere criminal proceedings are conductedand other legal proceedings, and measures to ensure that the risk of psychological or emotional harm to victims during questioning or when testifying is minimised and their safety and dignity are secured.
Amendment 448 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 457 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – title
Article 19 – title
Right to avoidance of contact between victim and offenderalleged person
Amendment 461 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19
Article 19
Member States shall progressively establish the necessary conditions to enable avoidance of contact between victims and alleged person, accused or suspected persons in any venue where victims may have personal contact with public authorities due to their being a victim and in particular venues where criminal proceedings are conducted. This right shall not be in detriment of the rights of the alleged person.
Amendment 463 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall, in the case of gender-based violence, respect the rights of victims not to be interviewed by the perpetrator in court.
Amendment 502 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Professional staff that come into contact with victims and have the opportunity to be involved in a process that begins to repair the harm caused to victims and Member States shall ensure that police, prosecutors and, court staff receive both general and specialist, lawyers and any other officials likely to come into contact with victims, receive the necessary support and training to a level appropriate to their contact with victims to sensitise them to the needs of victims and to deal with them in an impartial, respectful and, professional manner, and empowering manner, and to contribute to begin to repair harm and rebuild trust.
Amendment 535 #
2011/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27
Article 27
Member States shall communicate to the European Commission data related to the application of national procedures on victims of crime by [two years after the date of adop, including at least the number of reported crimes, gender and age of victims and alleged perpetrators, nationality of the victims, the relationship of the perpetrator to the victim, the number, type or nature of the reported crimes, the attrition]s at the latestnd the number of convictions, the protective measures issued, and the type of services that victims were referred to by ...*.
Amendment 65 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly condemns the continued use of sexual violence against women as a tactic of war; points in this respect the continuously dramatic situation in Congo; recalls that the mass gang rape that took place from 30 July to 4 August 2010 in the eastern Congo mining district, that at least 8 300 rapes were reported in 2009 in eastern Congo and that at least 1 244 women reported being raped in the first quarter of 2010, which is an average of 14 rapes per day; points out that this situation remains unchanged in 2011; urges both EU missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo – EUPOL RD Congo and EUSEC RD Congo – to make the fight against sexual violence and the participation of women the main priorities in the context of the effort to reform the Congolese security sector.
Amendment 103 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points to the need to establish a code of conduct for EU personnel serving in military and civil missions which makes it clear that sexual exploitation constitutes unjustifiable and criminal behaviour
Amendment 104 #
2011/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for the establishment of adequate public complaint procedures in the context of CSDP missions, which would particularly assist the reporting of sexual and gender-based violence; calls on the HR/VC to include a detailed report on women, peace and security in the six- monthly evaluation of CSDP missions, recalls that CSDP missions are one of the most important tools of the EU for demonstrating its commitment to the objectives of UNSC Resolutions 1820 and 1325 in crisis-affected countries and regions,
Amendment 19 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas violence against women, in all its forms, is one of the most widespread human rights violations,
Amendment 20 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas violence against women is a structural phenomenon, the cause of which is a direct result of gender inequality; whereas violence against women is a widespread problem in every country and every social class,
Amendment 21 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas women who have experienced gender-based violence are at greater risk of problems such as chronic pain, disability, miscarriage and somatic disorders; whereas psychological and emotional secondary disorders of abuse are often manifested in higher levels of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, substance abuse, eating disorders and psychiatric disorders,
Amendment 39 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas women's personal income and paid employment remains key to their economic autonomy and to greater equality between women and men in society as a whole,
Amendment 40 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas economic stress often leads to more frequent, more violent and more dangerous abuse; whereas studies have shown that violence against women intensifies when men experience displacement and dispossession as a result of the economic crisis,
Amendment 94 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
– mechanisms to facilitate access to free legal aid enabling victims to assert their rights throughout the Union,
Amendment 95 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 7 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 7 b (new)
– guarantee of rights to assistance and support for all victims of violence regardless of the victim's nationality, and protection of female victims whose legal status might depend on their partner,
Amendment 106 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Member States to recognise sexual violence and rape against women, including within marriage and intimate informal relationships and/or where committed by male relatives, as a crime in cases where the victim did not give consent, and to ensure that such offenses result in automatic prosecution and reject any reference to cultural, traditional or religious practices or traditions as a mitigating factor in cases of violence against women including so-called 'crimes of honour' and female genital mutilation;
Amendment 183 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the EU and its Member Stats to establish a legal framework guaranteeing immigrant women the right to hold their own passport and residence permit and making it possible to hold a person criminally responsible for taking these documents away;
Amendment 186 #
2010/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address violence against women and the gender-related dimension of human rights violations internationally, in particular in the context of the bi-lateral association and international trade agreements in force and those under negotiation;
Amendment 9 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that care policies and the provision of care services are intrinsically related to the achievement of equality between women and men, underlines that the lack of affordable, accessible and high quality care services in most European Union countries and the fact that care work is not equally shared between women and men which have a direct negative impact on women’s ability to participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the competent regional authorities to promote an SME culture in order to prevent a ‘brain drain’ of young people from rural areas to urban areas, especially young women with good university and professional trainingCouncil, the Commission, the Member States and the competent regional authorities to financially increase innovative measures for women in rural areas, calls on the Commission to set up LEADER networking projects for an exchange of experiences and best practice;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the competent regional authorities to put in place measures to enable people to reconcile work and family life, by giving them the opportunity to choose freely between genuine, equivaleCouncil and the Member States to renew and fulfil their commitments related to the Barcelona targets for the provision of accessible, affordable and high quality child care and to develop new targets for the care of dependent persons, also calls on the Member States and competent regional authorities to take into alternatives, with a view to increasing the birth rateccount flexible working hours for parents (as a result of free choice) and flexible times for children's care institutions, to help both women and men to combine work and family life more successfully;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Eurostat to include in the regional human develop ment index (HDI) factors relating to unpaid invisible work performed by women in the absence of established regional social infrastructureasures to visualise childcare and care for dependents, broken down by gender;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Refers to the huge imbalance between men and women in sharing of domestic and family responsibilities, leading mainly women to opt for flexible working arrangements or even give up work altogether, with an impact on women's career development, on the continuing wage gap between women and men and on the accumulation of pension rights;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks Eurostat to develop indicators to measure and value women's and men's involvement in voluntary activities in order to show what women and men contribute to social cohesion, by region;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to propose specific initiatives within the context of the European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity 2012 dedicated to the activities of older women, in order to enhance their contribution to social and territorial cohesion; emphasisunderlines that the principle of solidarity between generations is one of the structural keys tones of regional social cohesion and the European social model the European social model, demands that in order to maintain this principle, an active approach must be taken by public authorities at various levels to be involved in guaranteeing high-quality social services of general interest;
Amendment 5 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines also that the EU accession to the ECHR will imply a competence of the ECtHR on all aspects of EU law and legislation, in particular in the field of Justice and Home Affairs, including its external dimension;
Amendment 9 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that EU accession to the ECHR will provide the Union’s citizens with an additional mechanism for enforcing theirhuman rights, namely the possibility of lodging a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in relation to an act or failure to act by an EU institution or a Member State implementing EU law and falling at the same time within the remit of the ECHR. Stresses, however, that this does not alter the present system of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), and that the requirement that all domestic judicial remedies should have been exhausted will remain the condition for the eligibility of any application. Reminds that a complaint in certain cases may relate to acts performed or producing effect outside the Union's territory;
Amendment 14 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 1
Paragraph 7 – indent 1
- the fact that the scope of the accession should be precisely defined in the mandate; the EU should also accede, at the least, to all those Additional Protocols to the ECHR which complement the rights enshrined in the ECHR and which have already been ratified by all the EU Member States, thus forming part of the EU’s human rights corpus. Furthermore, the accession to the revised European Social Charter shouldare already enshrined by EU law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and so applicable to the EU. In consequence, the accession to the revised European Social Charter and other relevant Council of Europe human rights treaties must be taken into consideration;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas much attention has been focused on the male-dominated construction and car industry, in contrast to thethe first wave of the crisis hit mostly the male-dominated financial sector as well as the construction and car industries, this way gaining more attention, however the second wave of the crisis equally negatively affected the mostly female-dominated retailing, general services sector and tourism sectors; whereas it is urgent; therefore it is necessary to address the gender dimension of the impact of and solution to the economic and social crisis in national and European recovery plans,
Amendment 2 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas mainstream economists have pointed out that the credit crunch, which started the recession, was quite literally a man-made disaster; whereas responses at state and international level – none of which awere not sufficiently gender-sensitinclusive – have also been decided upon mainly by men; whereas it is important that women, who are generally better qualified than men, be fully included in the decision-making process in the political, economic and financial spheres as well as social partners agreements,
Amendment 3 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, according to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working conditions, women spend three times as much time as men on caring for children, dealing with domestic issues and looking after dependent relatives, whereas the sharing of family and domestic duties between men and women, not least by developing the use of parental leave and paternity leave, is a precondition for promoting and achieving gender equality; and whereas not counting periods of maternity and parental leave towards aggregate working times is discriminatory and places women in a worse situation on the labour market,
Amendment 4 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in times of economic recession particularly, people who are already at risk of falling into poverty become even more vulnerable, the majority of whom are women, become even more vulnerable, especially female migrant workers and those belonging to a minority group; whereas efforts and complete solutions to eradicate poverty as agreed upon by the Lisbon European Council as long ago as 2000 have become a matter of urgency; whereas special attention should be paid to protecting those groups facing multiple disadvantages, especially the Roma, and to ensure their inclusion into society,
Amendment 5 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas quality full-time employment with quality jobs is the bestrights is a safeguard against poverty and social exclusion; whereas it is crucial to design and implement policies as well as springboard to financial and psychological independence; whereas by addressing universal access to quality public services, it is crucial to design and implement policies, that respond to the needs of women and men respectively, including access to affordable and, accessible and quality care services, that respond to the needs of women and men respectively for children, the elderly and other dependents,
Amendment 6 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas domestic violence, which mainly affects women, is a widespread problem in every country and every social class; whereas studies have shown that violence against women intensifies when men experience displacement and dispossession as a result of the economic crisis; whereas economic stress often leads to more frequent, more violent and more dangerous abuse; whereas the cost of domestic violence to the EU is in the region of EUR 16 million per annum,
Amendment 7 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. DeploNotes with regrest the fact that policy responses to the crisis, including recovery packages, have failed to acknowledge, analyse and rectify the gender impact of the crisis; criticiseregrets the fact that gender mainstreaming in the post-Lisbon strategy is basically non-existent;, calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to integrate a gender chapter on gender equality with specific targets into the employment and macro-economic guidelines and the EU 2020 Strategy, and to introduce gender budgeting in all policies;,
Amendment 8 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to develop affordable, accessible and quality care services for children and other dependants, in line with the European targets; underlines the fact that, and to ensure that the availability of those services is compatible with women and men’s full-time working schedules; urges the Commission and the Member States to fully capitalise on the potential of the Structural Funds and of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development forand to facilitate the access to the financing of quality services should be fully utilised; urges the Commission to propose a directive on paternity, adoption and filial leave;
Amendment 9 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the European institutions and, the Member States and the local and regional authorities to take effective steps, notably through legislation, to encourage gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility, including on boards of directors, and in local, regional, national and European public institutions, administrations and organisations which should set an example; therefore calls for binding targets to ensure the equal representation of women and men;
Amendment 10 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. UNotes that, in the light of the EU 2020 Strategy, the 'green economy' is crucial, underlines the fact that ‘green jobs’ have the potential to become a key growth segment of the future European labour market, that today more than 20 million jobs in the European Union can be considered as ‘green’ and that recent evidence shows that jobs in the renewable energy sector alone have a potential to double to 2.8 million by 2020;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Encourages the European Institute for Gender Equality to undertake an gender impact analysis of the gender impact of the economiceconomic and financial crisis; considers that this impact assessment should be performed with the aid of precise indicators taking account of the specific context of the crisis and; calls on the other European institutions, such as the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, to addresspropose responses to gender issues in their ongoing work;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women accounted for 59% of first-degree graduates at universities in 2006, whereas women’s share of PhDs decreases to 43% and is lowest at full professor level, whereas only 15% of grade A full professors are women,
Amendment 24 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas women outnumber men in business, management and law faculties, however they are in the minority in corporate and political positions or responsibility, whereas few women have IT, engineering or physics degrees and women are consequently under-represented in the private sector, which is crucial in economic recovery,
Amendment 26 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the gender pay gap across the 27 EU has remained very high over the past 35 years since Directive 75/117/EEC was implemented, raising up to 18% on average in 2010 in the EU and in some Member States up to 30%, whereas the gap is greater in the private sector than in the public reflecting ongoing inequalities in the labour market, which in practice mainly affect women,
Amendment 66 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission to submit a legislative proposal on the revision of the existing legislation relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women Directive 75/117/EEC as already requested by the Parliament in 2008, welcomes the Commission’s recent initiative on improving the provisions on sanctions in case of a breach of the right to equal pay, to ensure that they are dissuasive and proportional (for instance, higher sanctions in case of repeated offence);
Amendment 90 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to set up a European "Wise Women Committee" that critically evaluates the reform initiatives following the EU2020 and G-20 Global Plan for Recovery and Reform and its gender implications, reiterates its demand to make gender mainstreaming mandatory for the design of all future fiscal consolidation measures, all new financial initiatives and policy proposals;
Amendment 144 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to create a European Think- Tank on Gender and Financial governance with a mandate to work on alternative knowledge and models of financial governance that serve society best in terms of overall welfare, equity and fairness;
Amendment 11 #
2009/2000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point d
Paragraph 1 − point d
(d) to foster the debate initiated by the Secretary General about the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle, so as to achieve renewed consensus on and a more operational approach to this cornerstone of the UN doctrine whilst resisting attempts to reduce its scope,
Amendment 13 #
2009/2000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point e
Paragraph 1 − point e
(e) to ensure that the preventive and "last resort" character of R2P is adequately emphasised in the above debate and that adequate attention is paid to helping vulnerable and unstable countries develop the capacity to shoulder such responsibility,
Amendment 21 #
2009/2000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 − point l a (new)
(la) to insist that all UN members ratify the statutes of the International Criminal Court, starting with the members of the Security Council and in view of this year's review conference of the ICC to actively support efforts to achieve an agreement on the still outstanding definition of the crime of aggression and the conditions under which the Court could exercise its jurisdiction, as foreseen in Article 5.2 of the Rome statutes,
Amendment 22 #
2009/2000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point q
Paragraph 1 − point q
(q) to take a lead in the current debate on global governance, including economic and financial governance, with a view to strengthening the mandates and improving the practices of the IMF and the World Bank, while at the same time re- vitalisingfully support the work of the UN- Commission on macro-economic coordination and the reform of the global financial governance led by former World Bank President Joseph Stiglitz, with a view to integrate the IMF and the World Bank more fully into UN policy coherence, for example through their reporting to a new UN Economic Security Council or a structurally reformed ECOSOC,
Amendment 28 #
2009/2000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point t
Paragraph 1 − point t
(t) to promote conditions for a successful 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) notably by endorsing and promoting the Model Nuclear Weapons Convention and the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol, to achieve consensus around the proposed Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty, to strive for the adoption by the Conference on Disarmament of a substantive programme of work in order to make this body operational and, finally, to engage multilaterally and bilaterally with UN Member States in order to relaunch the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,
Amendment 65 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) As part of the measures to regulate stocks of bluefin tuna, improve the quality and reliability of statistical data and in order to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal fishing, the ICCAT has adopted at its annual meeting in Marrakesh (MoroccoRecife (Brazil), on 2415 November 20089, the Recommendation 089-121 amending Recommendation 078-102 on an ICCAT bluefin tuna catch documentation programme. Since this Recommendation will enter into force on 17 June 20109, it needs to be implemented by the Community.
Amendment 68 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in respect of the transposition of new conservation measures adopted by ICCAT, thus updating and supplementing the annexes to this Regulation.
Amendment 76 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 1
Article 3 - paragraph 1
1. Member States shall require a completed bluefin tuna catch document (hereinafter referred to as "catch document") for each bluefin tuna landed or transhipped at its ports, delivered to, and harvested from its farms.
Amendment 78 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 3 - paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Farm Member States shall ensure that bluefin tuna are harvested from farms in the year in which they were caught, or before the beginning of the purse seiners fishing season if harvested in the following year. Where harvesting operations are not completed within that period, farm Member States shall complete and transmit an annual carry- over declaration to the Commission within 10 days of the end of that period. Such declaration shall include: - quantities (expressed in kg) and number of fish intended to be carried over, - year of catch, - size composition, - flag Member State or CPC, ICCAT number and name of the catching vessel, - references of the catch document corresponding to the catches carried over, - name and ICCAT number of the fattening facility, - cage number, and - information on harvested quantities (expressed in kg), when completed. The Commission shall forward the declarations to the ICCAT Secretariat within 5 days.
Amendment 83 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 - paragraph 2
Article 5 - paragraph 2
2. A summary of implementation of the tagging programme shall be submitted to the Commission by the concerned Member States. The Commission shall forward the summaries to the ICCAT Secretariat without delay.
Amendment 87 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 - paragraph 1
Article 12 - paragraph 1
Amendment 89 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 - paragraph 2
Article 12 - paragraph 2
Amendment 91 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12a Exercise of the delegation 1. The powers to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 12 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 5 years following the entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission shall make a report in respect of the delegated powers at the latest 6 months before the end of the 5 year period. The delegation of powers shall be automatically extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council revokes it in accordance with Article 12b. 2. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 3. The powers to adopt delegated acts are conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 12b and 12c.
Amendment 92 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b (new)
Amendment 93 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 c (new)
Article 12 c (new)
Article 12c Objections to delegated acts 1. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act within a period of two months from the date of notification. At the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council this period shall be extended by two months. 2. If, on expiry of that period, neither the European Parliament nor the Council has objected to the delegated act it shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and shall enter into force at the date stated therein. 3. If the European Parliament or the Council objects to a delegated act, it shall not enter into force. The institution which objects shall state the reasons for objecting to the delegated act.
Amendment 123 #
2009/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III a (new)
Annex III a (new)
Amendment 29 #
2009/0112(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 - paragraph 2
Article 5 - paragraph 2
2. Where, due to lack of sufficiently accurate and representative information, the STECF is not able to give an advice on the current biomass, the TAC and quotas shall be as follows: (a) where STECF advises that the catches of anchovy should be reduced to the lowest possible level, the TAC and quotas shall be set at zero; (b) in all other cases the TAC and quotas shall correspond to a reduction of 25% compared to the TAC and quotas applicable for the previous fishing season; (b) in all other cases the TAC and quotas shall correspond to the level of tonnes applicable for the previous fishing season.
Amendment 5 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for continued maximum vigilance as regards respect for the human rights clauses in the agreements signed by the EU and its third-country partners, and for such clauses to be included systematically in future agreements; points out that the human rights clause, by virtue of being an essential element, should apply to all the provisions of the agreement; reiterates its call for this clause to be systematically accompanied by a genuine enforcement mechanism;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the report shows that the EU, despite the inquiries undertaken in some Member States, has not carried out an evaluation of Member States' practices in relation to the anti-terrorism policies followed by the US Administration under the Bush presidency; considers it essential to clarify the role of Member States implicated in cases of extraordinary rendition and urges, once again, full and complete compliance with international standards in the fight against terrorism;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that the EU considerably weakens its capacity to promote respect for human rights every time it puts security or trade priorities ahead of respect for human rights;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates its request to the Commission to encourage European Union Member States, and third countries with which there are ongoing negotiations for future accession or for strengthening relations, to sign up to, and ratify, all core United Nations and Council of Europe human rights conventions and the optional protocols thereto and to cooperate with international human rights procedures and mechanisms; draws the attention of European Union Member States to, in particular, the need to ratify the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and As of November 2008. Members of their Families, which none of the Member States has ratified to date1; 1 calls specifically for a framework agreement to be concluded between the European Union and UNHCR with a view to promoting the ratification and implementation of United Nations conventions by all Member States;
Amendment 48 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Considers that necessary measures should be taken to ensure that human rights issues are followed in a more systematic way by the EU missions, for instance by appointing human rights focal points and including guidelines on human rights and their implementation in EU mission staff training programmes;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the ongoing elaboration of new guidelines aimed at the establishment of a comprehensive strategy for strengthening EU action to enhance women's security, especially in conflict- affected countries; is looking forward to receiving those guidelines as soon as they are adopted, and underlines tunderlines the importance of involving Parliament in drafting new guidelines and calls, in this regard, for a mechanism to be established importance of involving Parliament in drafting new guidelinesn future for consultation with Parliament both when the new guidelines are being drawn up and when they are being assessed and revised;
Amendment 54 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Draws attention, nonetheless, to the existing gaps in the development of the Union's policies and actions for the human rights of women; finds these gaps reflected in the Council's report insofar as when assessing various specific areas it fails to go into detail; suggests that the Council should appoint an EU special envoy for women’s rights to strengthen its action in this area;
Amendment 70 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
69a. Welcomes the establishment in 2006 by the ODIHR of a focal point for human rights defenders for the purpose of monitoring the human rights situation in all OSCE countries; urges the European Union institutions to strengthen their support for human rights defenders by creating a focal point in the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission with a view to improving the follow-up of individual cases and coordination with other international and European organisations;
Amendment 71 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 b (new)
Paragraph 69 b (new)
69b. Welcomes the 2008 revised version of the EU Guidelines on human rights defenders; highlights the inclusion of provisions aimed at improving the support given to, and the protection of, human rights defenders by EU missions, such as local strategies for the implementation of the guidelines, local working groups on human rights and the organisation of meetings at least once a year between human rights defenders and diplomats; welcomes at the same time the inclusion of the possibility of issuing emergency visas and facilitating temporary shelter in the EU Member States as measures to provide swift assistance and protection to human rights defenders in danger in third countries;
Amendment 72 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70
Paragraph 70
70. Once again calls on the Council and the Member States to consider in concrete terms the matter of emergency visas for human rights defenders by including a clear reference to the specific situation of human rights defenders in the new Common Code on Visas, thereby creating a specific and accelerated visa procedure which could draw on the experience of the Irish and Spanish governments in this matter; notes the discussion concerning the issuing of visas for the temporary relocation of human rights defenders who are at immediate risk or in need of respite, and calls on COHOM to take further steps; considers that the confidentiality of European Union demarches in favour of human rights defenders is sometimes useful but asks that, despite that confidentiality, European Union local staff should always confidentially inform NGOs on the ground about such demarchystematically and confidentially provide all information concerning those demarches to the NGOs on the ground, to the human rights defenders and/or their families;
Amendment 79 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. ONotes the revised version of the guidelines, adopted under the French Presidency, on human rights dialogues with third countries; once again calls on the Council and the Commission to initiate a comprehensive evaluation of those guidelines on human rights dialogues and, based on an in-depth evaluation of each dialogue and the results obtained and, to that end, to develop clear indicators for the impact of each dialogue and criteria for the initiation, cessation and resumption of dialogues; emphasises the need to continue the informal interinstitutional meetings before and after each dialogue with a view to increasing the exchange of information between institutions and, if necessary, improving coordination; points out, in this regard, that the adoption of human rights strategies on a country-by-country basis will help to improve the coherence of EU policy on human rights;
Amendment 82 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Regrets China's postponement of the ninth China-EU summit on the grounds of the Dalai Lama's visit to Europe; emphasises the need for a radical intensification of the European Union- China human rights dialogue; expresses its disquiet at the serious human rights violations in China and stresses that, despite promises made by the regime before the Olympic Games in August 2008, the situation on the ground regarding human rights has not improved; notes that, despite repeated assurances by the Chinese government of its intention to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratification is still pending; refers to its resolution of 17 January 2008 on the arrest of the Chinese dissident Hu Jia, who has been awarded the 2008 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought; calls on the Chinese government to release Hu Jia immediately and to lift the house arrest on his wife Zeng Jinyan and his daughter; condemns the wave of repression against signatories of the ‘Charter 08’, a document calling for democratic reforms in China and demanding the release of Liu Xiaobo, a dissident who has been detained since 9 December 2008; remains concerned about many aspects of Chinese legislation, including the State Secrets system, preventing the transparency necessary for the development of good governance and a system in which the rule of law prevails; in this context, deplores the systematic punishment of lawyers who try to make the Chinese legal system function in accordance with China's own laws and the rights of its citizens;
Amendment 83 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Regrets the lack of results from the European Union-Russia consultations on human rights; regrets that the Russian authorities declined to participate in any of the round-table meetings held to prepare for the consultations which involved domestic and international NGOs; notes that during the consultations the European Union raised human rights concerns with a particular focus on freedom of expression and assembly, the functioning of civil society, minority rights, combating racism and xenophobia and the rights of children and women, as well as the international human rights obligations of both the EU and Russia; however, regrets that the European Union has not succeeded in bringing about any change of policy in Russia, particularly with regard to impunity and the independence of the judiciary, the treatment of human rights defenders and political prisoners including Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the independence of the media and freedom of expression, the treatment of ethnic and religious minorities, respect for the rule of law and human rights protection in the armed forces, discrimination based on sexual orientation as well as other issues; refers to its resolution of 19 June 2008 on the EU- Russia Summit of 26-27 June 2008 in Khanty-Mansiysk ; expresses once again its concerns at the deteriorating situation of human rights defenders and the difficulties faced by NGOs with regard to their registration and in carrying out their activities; reiterates its concerns about the Anti-Extremism Law, which could affect the free flow of information and could lead the Russian authorities to further restrict the right to free expression of independent journalists and political opponents; is strongly concerned about the recent murder of Stanislas Markelov and Anastasia Baburova and urges that killers of human rights defenders be brought to justice; expresses further concern, in line with the Amnesty International Report of 2008, as to the ongoing failure of the Office of the Prosecutor to respect the right of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his associate Platon Lebedev to a fair trial in accordance with international standards, and joins the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in calling on the Russian authorities to "use all available legal means" to secure the release of Igor Sutiagin and Valentin Danilov; welcomes the release of Mikhail Trepashkin; deeply regrets that the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) election monitoring mission covering the Russian presidential election of March 2008 had to be cancelled due to the restrictions and limitations imposed by the Russian authorities on the election monitoring mission;
Amendment 86 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
79. UrgNotes the Council and the Commission to set up human rights subcommittees with all neighbourhood countries, and in particular with Israel, as part of the negotiations on an upgrading of the bilateral relations, and as expressed by both parties as a result of the Association Council on 16 June 2008; welcomes the first meeting of theexistence of human rights subcommittees involving countries on the southern shore of the Mediterranean (Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Authority) in the context of the European Neighbourhood Policy and calls on the Council and the Commission to set up human rights subcommittees with the Palestinian Authority on 2 December 2008; reiterates all neighbourhood countries; welcomes the consultation witsh call for parliamentarians to be associated with the preparations for meetings of such subcommittees and to be informed of their outcome; points out once again that, as in the case of Tunisia, the subcommittees' sessions might focus on establishing the durability of the subcommittee concerned and fostering trust and confidence amongst the partners; points outivil society, both before and after, by the Commission delegation in the country concerned and by the Commission’s relevant departments in Brussels; questions, however, the effectiveness and coherence of the methodology used, and, in particular, of the criteria for evaluating the discussions held in these subcommittees; believes that these subcommittee dealing with Morocco should eventually move towards a results- oriented phase, with the establishment of concrete benchmarks and indicators of progress, as well as the possibility of raising individual cases;s should allow the human rights issues included in the action plan to be specifically followed up but stresses that discussions on human rights should certainly not be confined to these subcommittees, and emphasises the importance of coordination with other subcommittees dealing with human rights- related issues, such as migration; highlights the need to include these issues in the political dialogue up to the highest level so as to increase the coherence of the EU's policy in this field and reduce discrepancies in statements on the human rights situation given by both sides to the press; is convinced that the European Neighbourhood Policy as designed and structured (action plan, follow-up report and subcommittees) could give real leverage for promoting human rights if the European Union showed a genuine political will to ensuring respect for the primacy of human rights in a coherent, systematic and wide-ranging manner; believes, therefore, that respect for human rights and democratic principles must be a pre- condition for strengthening relations between the Union and a third country; in the context of concluding a framework agreement with Libya, welcomes the opening of the negotiations and calls on the Council and the Commission to give due attention to dialogue and cooperation on human rights;
Amendment 90 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. Recognises the second round of the EU-Uzbekistan human rights dialogue, which took place on 5 June 2008; notes the seminar on media freedom, held in Tashkent on 2 and 3 October 2008; however, considers that the seminar failed to achieve its aim of providing an open discussion on the human rights violations and freedom of the media in Uzbekistan, as was originally intended; notes the continuing absence of an independent international inquiry into the Andijan massacre and the lack of any improvement in the human rights situation in Uzbekistan; welcomes the release of two human rights defenders, Dilmurod Mukhiddinov and Mamarajab Nazarov; urges the Uzbek authorities to release all human rights defenders and other political prisoners; reiterates its deep concern at the imprisonment of Salijon Abdurakhmanov, an independent journalist, and Agzam Turgunov, a human rights activist; welcomeregrets the Council's Conclusions of 13 October 2008 on Uzbekistan; urges the Uzbek authorities to accept the accreditation of the new Country Director of Human Rights Watch and to allow that organisation to operate without hindrance; asks Uzbekistan to cooperate fully and effectively with the UN Special Rapporteurs on torture and on freedom of expression and to revoke restrictions on the registration and operation of NGOs in Uzbekistan; notes that the Council has decided not to renew the travel restrictions applying to certain individuals referred to in Common Position 2007/734/CFSP1, which had been suspended in accordance with the Council's conclusions of 15-16 October 2007 and 29 April 2008; welcomes the fact that the Council has however decided to renew, for a period of 12 months, the arms embargo imposed in Common Position 2007/734/CFSP; invites the Council and the Commission to review the overall human rights situation in Uzbekistan; reiterates its call for the immediate release of political prisoners2; 1 Council Common Position 2007/734/CFSP of 13 November 2007 concerning restrictive measures against Uzbekistan (OJ L 295, 14.11.2007, p. 34. 2 In particular: Nosim Isakov, Norboi Kholjigitov, Abdusattor Irzaev, Habibulla Okpulatov, Azam Formonov, Alisher Karamatov and Rasul Khudainasarov.notes the declaration by the EU Presidency of 17 December 2008 on individual cases; Or. fr
Amendment 91 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Welcomes the fact that the European Union and Turkmenistan held the first round of the human rights dialogue in July 2008; welcomes the raising of concerns about the human rights situation in Turkmenistan, particularly regarding freedom of opinion and assembly, the independence of the judiciary and the functioning of civil society; refers to its resolution of 20 February 2008 on an EU Strategy for Central Asia1 and reiterates that Turkmenistan must make progress in key areas in order for the EU to conclude the Interim Agreement, inter alia by allowing the International Committee of the Red Cross free and unfettered access, by reforming the education system in accordance with international standards, by unconditionally releasing all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, by abolishing all government impediments to travel, and by allowing all NGOs and human rights bodies to operate freely in the country and authorising access to them for all United Nations bodies;
Amendment 99 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 108
Paragraph 108
108. Calls on the Commissionuncil and the Councilmmission to ensure the coherence of ESC rights in the EU's development, external trade and human rights policies, and, to that end, to set up an inter-service working group on ESC rights including the European Economic and Social Committee; points out, in that respect, that the human rights and democracy clause should be more explicitly worded in terms of its scope, on the basis of both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;
Amendment 103 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115
Paragraph 115
115. Reminds Parliament's delegations visiting third countries that they should systematically include in the agenda of their visits to third countries an interparliamean interparliamentary debate on the human rights situation, as well as meetings with human rights defenders, in order to learn first-hand about the human rights situation in the countary debate on the human rights situaconcerned and to provide them, where appropriate, with international visibility and protection;
Amendment 104 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115 a (new)
Paragraph 115 a (new)
Amendment 105 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115 b (new)
Paragraph 115 b (new)
115b. Believes that a single, strengthened ‘human rights’ body in Parliament would be able to promote a coherent, effective, systematic and cross-cutting human rights policy within Parliament and vis-à-vis the Council and the Commission, particularly with regard to the foreign policy aspects of the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 108 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas efforts must be made to focus greater attention on respect for basic human rights, in particular political rights, in the negotiation and implementation of bilateral or regional trade agreements, even those concluded with important trading partners,
Amendment 110 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
– having regard to the second report of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights entitled “Human Rights Defenders in the OSCE Region: Challenges and Good Practices” of 15 December 2008,
Amendment 111 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30
Citation 30
– having regard to the European Union 1 Texts adopted, P6_TA(2009)0025. Guidelines on promoting compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL)1, on children and armed conflict and on human rights defenders, as well as on the death penalty, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, human rights dialogues with third countries and on promotion and protection of the rights of the child and on violence against women and the fight against all forms of discrimination against women,
Amendment 6 #
2008/2289(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas at the same time the economic and social gap has widened, the trade balance has reversed and is now firmly in the European Union’s favour, European direct investment is heavily focused on a few sectors, with few links to local economies and creating few jobs, and there is an urgent need to develop jobs and encourage small and medium- sized enterprises,
Amendment 7 #
2008/2289(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the analysis of the reasons for the crisis and the problems of structural weakness and lack of security prevailing in the country are set out in the European Union’s Country Strategy Paper 2007-2013 on Mexico,
Amendment 8 #
2008/2289(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Amendment 9 #
2008/2289(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas the many recommendations made by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Mexico have still not been implemented,
Amendment 10 #
2008/2289(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G e (new)
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas the human rights and democracy clause, as an integral part of the Association Agreement, must not just be a principle, but must also be an instrument and must be applied by both parties,
Amendment 11 #
2008/2289(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G f (new)
Recital G f (new)
Gf. whereas non-profit civil society organisations are calling for the creation of mechanisms and bodies so that they can be formally included in the bilateral relations,
Amendment 20 #
2008/2289(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 − point c a (new)
ca) calls for the EU-Mexico Strategic Partnership to focus on the problems that have been accumulating and intensifying since the Association Agreement entered into force, beginning with programmes to fight impunity and the violation of human rights, with a strong gender component, in order to build up an independent judicial system;
Amendment 31 #
2008/2289(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 − point g a (new)
ga) suggests setting up a Joint Advisory Committee and a Social Observatory to give non-profit civil society organisations a formal and structured chance to assess the impacts of measures in the context of the Strategic Partnership in social, human rights, environmental and economic aspects and to make appropriate recommendations;
Amendment 33 #
2008/2289(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point h a (new)
Paragraph 1 − point h a (new)
ha) regrets that the EU has used the EU- Mexico Global Agreement as a stepping stone to enter the US market, thus further contributing to the destruction of the industrial fabric of Mexico, and considers that it is necessary to reverse the negative effects of the EU-Mexico Global Agreement, particularly on small businesses and decent jobs; therefore calls for the internal industrial fabric to be reconstructed as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 39 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 33 #
2008/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Strongly reiterates its call that through the European Security Strategy and the European Security and Defence Policy all guarantees should be provided to ensure the successful implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 in furthering women's equal participation in all matters and decisions concerning peace and security and categorizing the systematic use of sexual violence against women in conflict situations as a war crime against humanity; regrets that progress on gender equality in ESDP operations is made far too slow;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas respect for, and the promotion and safeguarding of, the universality of human rights is part of the European Union’s ethical and legal acquis and one of the cornerstones of European unity and integrity,
Amendment 4 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the United Nations and the UNHRC potentially constitute one of thconstitute the only worldwide organisations best able to deal comprehensively with the human rights issues and challenges facing mankind today,
Amendment 6 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the decision on establishment of the UNHRC has been generally welcomed as an initiative to rectify the shortcomings of the UNCHRenhance the place of human rights within intergovernmental debates by setting up a quasi-standing body,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the fact that EU Member States constitute a numerical minority within the UNHRC compared to the fact that the African and Asian regional groups together represent 55% of the States within that body poses a serious challenge to the integration of EU positions in the work of the UNHRC, which poses a serious challenge to the integration of EU positions in the work of the UNHRC and therefore forces the EU to build cross-regional alliances with a view to promoting the human rights agenda,
Amendment 12 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 16 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the UNHRC has the potential to develop into a valuable framework for the European Union's multilateral human rights efforts; regrets the fact that, during the first two years of its activities, the new body has not achieved substantial progress in improving the United Nations' human rights recddressed efficiently key situations concerning human rights violations around the world;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the fact that the procedure for elections to the UNHRC has made it possible to exclude from the UNHRC major human rights violators such as Iran and Belarus ; regrets, nevertheless, that not all geographic groups have organised genuine procedures for elections concerning accession to the UNHRC; regrets that the system of voluntary pledges has had very disparate and inadequate results, enabling governments to shy away from their international human rights obligations; in this regard, is deeply concerned by the instrumental use of so-called commitments by some members and therefore reaffirms that full cooperation with Special Procedures should remain the bottom-line criterion for acceding to the UNHRC;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the growing division of the UNHRC into regional blocs; considers that this "bloc mentality" undermines its ability to deal effectively, impartially and objectively with human rights violations around the world; considers that this "bloc mentality" could be the real cause of the politicisation and selectivity of the UNHRC; looking ahead to the 2011 review, stresses that, if the situation does not improve, serious consideration should be given to opening up the UNHRC to universal membership, as in the case of the Third Committee of the General Assembly;
Amendment 27 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises that a number of delegations in Geneva are insufficiently equipped to pursue human rights negotiations adequately and thus rely on group leaders to formulate their position; nevertheless, notes that this trend has been efficiently counterbalanced with regard to several key issues such as the code of conduct for Special Procedures and the situation in Darfur, notably within the Asian and African groups; emphasises at the same time that the positions adopted jointly by the EU together with the acceding countries have greatly contributed to the bloc mentality by forcing the other members to adopt the same attitude;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Acknowledges that the broad membership of the Council and the participation of many observer states ensures that virtually all countries are involved in the Council's debates; wonders, however, whether this broad participation is not undermining the body's effectiveness in terms of its ability to take decisions in response most serious situations and most important challenges as regards the protection of human rights in today's world;
Amendment 29 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Considers, looking ahead to the 2011 review, that the possibility of opening up the UNHRC to universal membership could be explored, while a smaller composition could prove to be beneficial; recalls, in this connection, that the task of the Third Committee of the United Nations General is to pass on within this body, which includes all UN member states, the main concerns of the Human Rights Council; considers that this body can also offset the Council's shortcomings, just as the General Assembly does with regard to the decisions of the Security Council, which is an important element of complementarity between the UNHCR and the Third Committee; calls on the EU to reiterate its commitment to supporting the UNHRC and improving its effectiveness, as a unique platform specialising in universal human rights and a specific forum dealing with human rights within the UN system;
Amendment 30 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses strong concern at the fact that the principle of the universality of human rights isinternationally recognised human rights norms and fundamental freedoms are being increasingly undermined, as illustrated in particular by the attempts on the part of certain countries to introduce limits to well-recognised human rights, such as freedom of expression, or to interpret human rights against a cultural or traditional background; calls on the EU to remain vigilant vis-à-vis these attempts and to strongly defend the principles of the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights;
Amendment 33 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 35 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes the introduction of conditions for the suspension of the country mandate of Burundi; recognises the importance of defining an exit strategy for each of these country procedures, but stresses that they should be based on the realisation of fully-fledged human rights action plans;
Amendment 39 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the fact that the UPR has provided an incentive to many States to commit themselves to reporting to treaty bodies, ratifyimplementing their international obligations, following up on the conclusions and recommendations of Treaty bodies and Special Procedures, presenting overview reports to Treaty bodies, responding to outstanding requests for the invitation of Special procedures and ratifying outstanding treaties and even adopting national legislation aimed at ensuring compliance with obligations stemming from treaties to which they have signed up;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Deplores the lack of focus on economic, social and cultural rights as well as the rights of minorities during the UPR process and calls for increased attention to be given to these rights during the coming sessions, in line with the principle of the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Denounces the use of political alliances to shield certain States from scrutiny rather than to critically assess human rights conditions and protections, which seriously undermines the very purpose of the UPR; notes that this practice reached a dangerous level in the review of Tunisia, which appeared to be an orchestratedcontained declarations significantly contradicting independent expercise in filibusterts' findings;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Takes note ofWelcomes the EU's decision not to coordinate efforts in respect of the UPR process by agreeing on a list of questions to be asked or undertaking any common analysis ofmake joint interventions in the country reviews but to ensure the complementarity of interventions so that the broad spectrum of issues may be raised; stresses in theis reports in anspect the EU's attempts to break down the “bloc mentality” at the UNHRC by raising questions on each other's record;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Expresses concern that, in several cases, the final report of the UPR and the interactive dialogue during the review did not reflect the information contained in the summary documents or even in the concluding remarks contradicting independent experts' findings, thus depriving the review process of its significapertinence, and that the recommendations put forward in the reports of the Working Group are too vague and lack any operational substance; calls the members of the UPR Working Group to provide measurable, concrete, realistic and victim- oriented recommendations in its future reviews, based on information established by independent monitoring mechanisms or NGOs;
Amendment 46 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Regrets the non-binding character of UPR recommendations, which stems from the right that the UPR affords States to decide which recommendations they can accept; notes that in some cases, such as thatpromote the implementation of international human rights obligations, as seen in the case of Sri Lanka, where the percentage of accepted recommendations was low; considers, however, that not all recommendations may be valuable or in line with international human rights obligations; therefore considers that this illustrates the fact that the UPR may prove not to be the most useful instrument in suchcertain cases, and highlights the importance of grounding the UPR process in the work of independent monitoring mechanisms and findings by NGOs while maintaining UNCHR country mandates;
Amendment 50 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the retention of the practice of the participation of human rights NGOs in the debates and hopes that this participation will be improved and strengthened in the future; reiterates its call for a reform of the UN Committee on NGOs, so as to ensure the effective participation of independent NGOs, and points out that recommendations for accreditation must be made by independent experts on the basis of the work and contributions of NGOs;
Amendment 56 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Encourages the efforts of the OHCHR to strengthen its presence on the ground through the opening of regional offices; in this respect, welcomes the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the OHCHR and the Kyrgyz authorities on the opening of an OHCHR regional office in Bishkek; reiterates its appreciation of the crucial work done by the office in support of Treaty bodies and Special Procedures;
Amendment 57 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Expresses its appreciation of the work of Ms Louise Arbour as head of the OHCHR, together with the commitment and integrity that she has shown, and expresses its hopeis confident that her successor, Ms Navanethem Pillay, will engage with similar enthusiasm and live up to the challenges of the post;
Amendment 59 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Recognises the commitments made by the EU to addressing country situations in theUNHRC; nevertheless regrets the lack of initiative and tangible results in responding adequately to the situation in the Palestinian Occupied Territories;
Amendment 61 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Takes noteWelcomes the fact that the EU Member States participating in the UNHRC are split into two regional groupings, namely the Western European States group and the Eastern European States group; notes that the EU opposes the presentation of “clean slates” by regions, which results, effectively, in EU Member States competing between themselves for election to the UNHRC;
Amendment 65 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Welcomes the increasing trend whereby EU Member States intervene in the debates in addition to the EU Presidency; calls on EU Member States to reinforce the EU’s message by putting across "one message, but with many voices"; encourages EU Member States to further develop cross-regional initiatives as a useful way of counteracting bloc policies;
Amendment 76 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Amendment 80 #
2008/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Reaffirms the need for a clear vision, political agenda and long-term strategy as regards the functioning of the UNHRC as well as the activities of EU Member States within that body, especially as regards the review of the HRC to be undertaken in 2011; considers that this strategy should include clear benchmarks; in this respect, calls on the EU to: – reaffirm and strongly defend the principles of the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights; – ensure that the ability of the UNHRC to address country situations, including through country mandates, is preserved and reinforced; – do its utmost to strengthen, notably through comprehensive and fully-fledged human rights action plans associated with these mechanisms; – ensure the independence and effectiveness of Special Procedures in general; –, and work towards further improvement of the efficiency of the UPR procesthe realisation of the obligation to cooperate with Special Procedures for members of the UNHRC; – work towards the grounding of the UPR process in the work of independent mechanisms and NGOs; – reaffirm the UNHRC's specific role as a universthe principal and legitimate international human rights forum and its complementarity vis-à-vis other UN bodies; – safeguard the independence of the OHCHR; – reinforce its external coalition-building strategy, notably through cross-regional initiatives; – further address its internal/external human rights credibility, notably throughTreaty ratification;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2198(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Council to appoint a European Envoy for Women’s Rights who would strengthen the EU’s commitment to the empowerment of women in foreign and development policy;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2198(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that whilst a breakthrough has been made with the appointment of Gender advisers in ESDP operation, the main challenges are still the lack of a concrete EU gender policy – particularly a policy tailored to address security aspects, a lack of gender understanding and gender awareness and/or an unwillingness to consider its importance, and a lack of pre-deployment on gender;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2198(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that rape and sexual violence are used as a weapon of war; stresses that they should be punished as war crimes and crimes against humanity; calls for more support programmes for victims;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2198(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 7 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Council to appoint a European Envoy for Women's Rights who would strengthen the EU's commitment to the empowerment of women in foreign and development policy;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2198(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is convinced that ESDP mission planning should take into account the inclusion of local women’s organisations in the peace process, to build on the specific contribution which they can make and to recognise the particular ways in which women are affected by conflict;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2198(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 17 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that a great deal of effort is currently being made to mainstream a gender-sensitive approach into the security and defence culture of the ESDP, inter alia by developing the quantitative dimension of gender mainstreaming in that policy (e.g. through questionnaires, the development of check-lists, counting the number of men and women in ESDP operations, etc); however, stresses the need to develop the qualitative conceptual framework required in order to understand the socio-economic context in which ESDP missions are deployed (i.e. areas of conflict) and gender-sensitive concerns in the implementation of operations/programmes;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Is convinced that ESDP mission planning should take account of the inclusion of local women's organisations in the peace process, so as to build on the specific contribution which they can make and to recognise the particular ways in which women are affected by conflicts;
Amendment 19 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses that, currently, quotas are an indispensable means of ensuring gender equality in peace and security missions, in decision-making in national and international reconstruction processes, and of guaranteeing the political presence of women at the negotiating table; calls for measures to ensure that at least 40% of the people involved in the whole peace process are women, and considers that this ratio should apply to mediation, peace-keeping, peace-making, peace-building and conflict prevention, including information and observation tasks, and peace negotiation;
Amendment 20 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of gender- sensitive budgeting; points out that gender should be developed as a thematic issue in major funding instruments, and that specific activity targets should be identified, e.g. early warning, peace negotiations, aid distribution, support to victims, health provision, access to justice, political empowerment, reconstruction, elections, access to trade, governance, land ownership, reproductive rights and health care;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned at the lack of basic human rights such as freedom of expression and religious belief; calls on China to respect minority rights, e.g. those of Tibetans and Uighurs; calls on China to abolish the death penalty and the offence of "threatening public security"; asks China to allow unrestricted internet access; while noting some progress, believes that, overall, the cause of human rights in China is not advancing; deplores the fact that the intensification of economic and trade relations between the EU and China did not go hand in hand with any substantial progress as regards the human rights dialogue;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
Amendment 3 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation (new)
Citation (new)
Amendment 4 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Lisbon Strategy aims to ensure that 60% of women able to work are in employment; whereas efforts relating to the demographic challenge seek to promote higher birth rates to meet future requirements; whereas these two public policies target the same pivotal population group of women aged between 18 and 49, who are viewed both as workers and as mothers carrying life and bringing children into the world as well as taking care of the elderly; whereas the different policies now need to be built not just around the professional performance of workers but also around their role in society as human beinggender equality and work/life balance remains central to the debate on demographic change, recognising the diversity of 21st century family patterns,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas gaps between women and men persist in all other aspects of work quality, for instance reconciling professional and private life, and whereas the employment rate for women with dependent children is only 62,4 %, compared with 91,4 % for men, whereas 76,5 % of part-time workers are women,
Amendment 23 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 35 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 45 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 50 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 54 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 57 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 97 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Eurostat to develop measures to highlight the value of invisible work in the field of inter-generational solidarity and its contribution to the Union's GDP and, for this purpose, to work closely with the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Office (ILO)visualise childcare and care for dependents, broken down by gender ;
Amendment 100 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to conduct an awareness-raising campaign and introduce pilot projects to facilitate the balanced participation of women and men in professional and family life;
Amendment 101 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to launch a new directive concerning specific rights and safeguards in relation to reconciliation of working and family life where there are dependent family members (children, elderly and disabled people), also calls on the Member States to consider flexible working hours for parents (as a result of free choice) and flexible times for children's care institutions, to help both women and men to combine work and family life more successfully;
Amendment 119 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Refers to the growing number of teenage mothers and in this context to UK studies revealing that girls as young as 13 are making their "career choice" by deciding to have children, since they see parenting as preferable to working in a "dead-end job";
Amendment 131 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that women's income remains the key to their economic autonomy and to greater equality between women and men in society as a whole;
Amendment 134 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Points out that pension schemes in Member States still leave many women with only derived rights based on their husband's employment record, with the consequence that the majority of older people living in poverty are women;
Amendment 135 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Calls on the Member States to address the structural factors contributing to inequality in pension schemes including the organisation of care and combining family and work life, inequalities in the labour market, the gender pay gap and direct discrimination in second and third pillar pensions;
Amendment 136 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States to review their tax systems and set tax rates based on individual rights and consequently demands the individualisation of pension rights as well as social security system rights;
Amendment 139 #
2008/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the Member States to re- evaluate and reform their tax and benefit systems in order to facilitate the return of women to the workforce, underlines priority to be given to the abolishment of discriminatory tax systems, for example the "Ehegattensplitting";
Amendment 8 #
2008/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Criticises the Commission for not taking gender mainstreaming adequately into account in its White Paper "Together for health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that gender mainstreaming helps to identify and to clarify the differences between women and men, boys and girls, and demonstrates how these differences affect health status, access to, and interaction with, the health care system;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out that patients’ gender is the crucial factor in how doctors/healthcare personnel understand symptoms, make diagnoses and provide treatment - even when women’s and men’s symptoms are exactly the same and no biomedical facts justify any discrepancy;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a more prominent role to be given to the question of solidarity, which implies support for those women and men, girls and boys who suffer from a poor health condition or a handicap; calls on the Commission to propose further action on this in its health strategy;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines the fact that health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the need to raise awareness about the environmental factors which influence women's and men's, girls' and boys' health, such as air pollution, dangerous chemicals and toxic pesticides; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take environmental factors better into account in their health and overall policy strategies so as to ensure a high level of health protection;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2115(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the fact that there are vulnerable groups, such as pregnant and nursing women, children and adolescent girls, whose health is specifically at risk from hazardous environmental factors; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure a high level of protection of these vulnerable groups in their health and overall policy strategies;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the 2009 Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,
Amendment 43 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) believes that the upcoming effects of climate change will make natural disasters, affecting millions of people, ever more frequent in the coming years, and that the New Orleans and Burma experiences indicate that more has to be done on the international and national level to prepare governments for efficient disaster management; calls on the Council to support the creation of a disaster counselling unit at UN level, possibly under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross – as a neutral body –, in order to offer systematic screening and advice to governments on effective disaster preparedness,
Amendment 45 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point o b (new) (plus new heading)
Paragraph 1 – point o b (new) (plus new heading)
The EU and the UN Millennium Development Goals (ob) deeply concerned that the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals will be made even more difficult by the current dramatic food crisis, in which rising prices are rendering staple foods inaccessible for the poor in many developing countries, and by the impact of climate change – the costs of adaptation and mitigation being estimated by UN experts at between USD 50 and 100 billion per year, reminds the Member States of their commitments to significantly increase financing for official development aid (ODA) step by step in order to reach 0.56% of the collective gross national income by 2010, so that the EU as a whole reaches 0.7% in 2015,
Amendment 46 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point o c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o c (new)
(oc) deeply worried by the fact that, instead, the EU Member States have reduced official development aid in 2007 compared to 2006, calls on the Council and Member States to place the achievement of the MDGs and the increase in the financing needed to attain them at the core of their priorities at the UN,
Amendment 47 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point o d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o d (new)
(od) recalls that the Court of First Instance of the European Communities and the Council of Europe have found that the UN system of blacklists imposing targeted sanctions on certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism (originating with Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999) and Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)) violates the fundamental principles of human rights and the rule of law; calls particularly on those Member States of the European Union which are permanent or non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council to fight for a substantial improvement of the sanctions system in order to bring it into line with the obligations imposed by the United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UNCCPR), in particular by means of the introduction of an appeal mechanism,
Amendment 55 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) calls on all EU Member States to remain engaged in the preparations for the 2009 Durban Review Conference and ensure that the Conference provides the opportunity for all stakeholders to renew their determination and commitments to fight racism, racial and caste discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and to adopt concrete benchmarks in view of the eradication of racism,
Amendment 92 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point -y b (new) (plus new heading)
Paragraph 1 – point -y b (new) (plus new heading)
The EU and UN activities in the field of security (-yb) believes that the EU should launch a debate within the UN prior to the ICC review conference with a view to achieving an agreement on the still outstanding definition of the crime of aggression and the conditions under which the Court could exercise its jurisdiction, as provided for in Article 5(2) of the Rome Statute,
Amendment 100 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) is concerned byabout the stalemate in disarmament-related talks and negotiations, particularly with regard to cluster bombs, depleted uranium munitions and the arms trade; urges the Council to bring these talks back onto the UN agenda on such issues as nuclear testing and biological weapons; nevertheless recognises that the 63rd UN session offers the EU an excellent opportunity to show leadership in promoting the conclusion of international treaties such as that banning cluster munitions, the Arms Trade Treaty and an international treaty imposing a global ban on (depleted) uranium weapons; urges the Council to make use of this year’s 40th anniversary of the Non-Proliferation Treaty to start to work hard towards the conclusion of the International Treaty banning nuclear weapons as proposed by a group of Nobel prize-winners and world leaders; last but not least, reminds the EU and the UN that they must continue to work hard for the strengthening of the UN programme on small arms and light weapons and for the expansion and strengthening of the Ottawa Treaty banning landmines,
Amendment 2 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion)
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas around 2% of citizens of working age currently live and work in a Member State other than their own; whereas some 48% of all EU migrants are women, Or. . en
Amendment 5 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the Commission will examine whether Regulation (EC) No 883/20041, its implementing Regulation2, and related administrative practices need adapting to take account of changing patterns of worker mobility; calls on the Commission also to take into account the rights of cohabiting or lesbian couples, and former spouses of workers who have no similar social entitlements; __________ 1 Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 1). 2 COM 2006(0016)
Amendment 6 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that gender mainstreaming is not adequately taken into account in the Commission's Action Plan, underlines that the worker, seen primarily as male, is the primary concern, criticises that items which would aid the independent and free movement of female workers such as childcare provision are not on the priority agenda;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that there are no binding measures for the equal representation of women and men in the European Commission; calls for a system of nomination of commissioners whereby Member States would propose a woman and a man as nominee Commissioners in 2009 and the President would choose among them with a view to achieving a gender balance;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls, consequently, for a dual approach that complements gender mainstreaming in practice, i.e. positive actions as well as clear and binding targets and measures;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ba. whereas women's participation in the labour market is still largely characterised by a high and increasing share of part- time work up to 74.9 % in the Netherlands and 31.4% in the EU-27 in 2007 compared to only 7.8% for men,
Amendment 17 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas there is a risk of 'enforced' part-time work, particularly for women, a choice often forced on them by a lack of affordable childcare facilities,
Amendment 32 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and Council to create a clear legal basis for combating all forms of violence against women, including trafficking, and to take a decision on the full communitarisation of a European policy to combat trafficking in human beings and on the related topics of immigration and asylum, and specifically on a right to asylum on the ground of gender-based repression and persecution;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is concerned about women's disadvantaged labour market which implies that they accumulate fewer individual rights to pensions and other social welfare payments especially in systems where entitlement is closely based on an individual's record of employment contributions or earnings;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Refers to the fact that equal treatment does not apply to all social security systems; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that occupational pension schemes in particular are not discriminatory against women and that they do not reinforce existing patterns that already put women at a disadvantage in terms of benefits and contributions;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 89/552/ECC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities,
Amendment 25 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas gender discrimination in the media is still widespread, whereas gender stereotyping advertising and media can be considered part of this discrimination,
Amendment 26 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas in 1996 the Swedish Government introduced a ban on all advertising aimed at children below the age of twelve and also banned any advertisements from being aired before or after any programmes aimed at children below this age,
Amendment 68 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the report by the British Government’s Equalities Office “Women not for sale” reveals that British local newspapers receive £44 million a year from advertisements offering sexual services from women,
Amendment 82 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that stereotyping is utilised in marketing directed at both adults and children, stresses that stereotypes in advertising on children’s television programs are a special problem because of their potential impact on gender socialization and, subsequently, children’s views of themselves, family members and the outside world;
Amendment 93 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention in particular to the need to eliminate messages conveying gender stereotypes from textbooks, toys, TV games and, TV advertising, Internet and the new information and communications technologies (ICTs);
Amendment 111 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to ensure by appropriate means that marketing and advertising guarantee respect for human dignity and that the integrity of the person are neither directly nor indirectly discriminatory nor contain any incitement to hatred based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, and shall not contain material which, judged in its context, sanctions, promotes or glamorises violence against women;
Amendment 119 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission and the EU-Member States to develop a 'Code of Conduct' for advertising in which marketing communications respect the principle of equality between men and women and in which sex stereotyping and any exploitation or demeaning of men and women are avoided;
Amendment 120 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Reminds the Commission that Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services originally in the Commission's first proposal also covered discrimination in the media; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts against this discrimination and to launch on the basis of the 'Code of Conduct' proposals for regulatory measures;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
- having regard to the study by the European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs, on "undeclared work in the an enlarged union an analysis of undeclared work: an in-depth study of specific items (March 2004),
Amendment 5 #
2008/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Refers to the fact that working conditions of women in undeclared work are, overall, less favourable than those of men; points out that women who do undeclared work are mostly active in sectors with traditionally "female tasks", informally employed women are found in the service sector (personal services, care), in the hotel and restaurant business, health, education and commercial cleaning;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to service voucher schemes in Belgium, Germany and France, whereby households can buy household services at a lower price but still ensure that social security contributions and taxes are paid through the voucher;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. Whereas the Lisbon European Council in 2000 agreed to eradicate child poverty in Europe by 2010,
Amendment 6 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
Recital B (new)
B. Whereas the Nice European Council in 2000 called on the Member States to ensure a follow-up to the 1992 recommendation on minimum guaranteed resources to be provided by social protection systems,
Amendment 7 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C (new)
Recital C (new)
C. Whereas the risk of poverty in Europe is significantly higher for the unemployed, single-parent households (mainly headed by women), older people living alone (also especially women) and families with several dependants,
Amendment 8 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
D. Whereas in the absence of all social transfers, the poverty risk in the EU especially for women would increase from 16% to 40%, or 25% excluding pension payments,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E (new)
Recital E (new)
E. Whereas women’s shorter, slower and less well-paid careers also have an impact on their risk of falling into poverty, especially for the over 65s (21% or 5 points more than men),
Amendment 13 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a more pragmatic political and institutional approach to combating extreme poverty, which does not mix the policies on equality between men and women, the fight againstpolicy to combat poverty and discrimination and promote active participation, but which clearly and fully promotes each goal in its own right, including that of partnership with families and with the poorest people;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the persistent trend towards feminisation of poverty in European societies today demonstrates that the current framework of social protection systems, and the wide range of EU social, economic and employment policies are not designed to meet women's needs and differences in women's work; underlines that women's poverty and social exclusion in Europe requires specific, multiple and gendered policy responses;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Advocates the use of the Open Method of Coordination for social protection and social inclusion; calls on the Commission, the Social Protection Committee and the Member States to set up specific gender equality objectives and targets to combat poverty and social exclusion, including a set of policy actions to support groups of women which face a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion, such as non- traditional and one-parent families, migrant women, refugee and ethnic minority women, older women and disabled women;
Amendment 19 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Amendment 31 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its call to Eurostat to develop indicators to measure the success of these policies, in close cooperation with associations experienced in fighting extreme-poverty and, particularly, with the poorest people themselves, along the lines of the ‘interaction of knowledge’ programmes; also calls on Eurostat and academic researchers to undertake studies to highlight the fact that the family, and the natural solidarity network between the generations, is the best safeguard against extreme poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 37 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 39 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that 20 million people, especially women, in the EU are affected by in-work poverty, i.e. 6% of the total population and 36% of the working population are at in-work poverty risk; calls on the Member States to agree upon minimum wage legislation as an integral element of active inclusion;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. States that adequate minimum income schemes are a fundamental prerequisite for an EU based on social justice and equal opportunities for all; calls on the Member States to ensure that an adequate minimum income is provided for periods out of or in between jobs, with particular attention to groups of women that have additional responsibilities;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop an Open Method of Coordination in the field of care services in order to formulate recommendations on how to meet the need for provision of care services in Europe (i.e. the organising and financing of care for children and other dependent persons), including setting precise targets and indicators with the aim of providing childcare facilities for 90% of children from birth until mandatory school age across the EU and a sufficient level of care provision for other dependent persons by 2015; underlines that all services should meet the criteria of affordability, accessibility and good quality so that bringing up children and caring for dependents is not any longer especially for women a 'poverty risk';
Amendment 2 #
2008/2020(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that in certain situations profiling constitutes a legitimate tool for law enforcement and border control; believeinsists, however, that, i on the absence ofbasis of Article 13of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights adequate legal restrictions and safeguards as regards the use of data on ethnicity, race, religion, nationality and political affiliation, there is a considerable risk that profiling may lead to must exclude discriminatory practices;
Amendment 36 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Common Fisheries Policy covers the conservation, management and exploitation of living aquatic resources, so that all types of activities that exploit such resources are treated on an equal basis, whether they be commercial or non- commercial. It would be discriminatory to subject commercial fisheries to strict controls and limits while largely exempting non-commercial fisheries.
Amendment 53 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point 6
Article 4 – point 6
(6) "Official" means a person authorised by a national or regional authority, the Commission or the Community Fisheries Control Agency to carry out an inspection;
Amendment 54 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point 6 a (new)
Article 4 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) "Serious infringement" means those activities listed in Article 42, paragraph 1 of COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1005/2008
Amendment 69 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall control the activities carried out by any natural or legal person within the scope of the Common Fisheries Policy on their territory and within waters subject to their sovereignty or jurisdiction, in particular fishing, aquaculture activities, transhipments, transfer of fish to cages or aquaculture installations including fattening installations, landing, import, transport, marketing and storage of fishery products.
Amendment 73 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The flag Member State shall suspend temporarily the fishing licence of a vessel which is subject to temporary immobilisation decided by that Member State and which has had its fishing authorisation suspended in accordance with Article 45 paragraph 1 d)oint 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008.
Amendment 74 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The flag Member State shall withdraw permanently the fishing licence-of a vessel which is the subject of a capacity adjustment measure referred to in Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 or which has had its fishing authorisation withdrawn in accordance with article 45 (1) (d)point 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008.
Amendment 83 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In the event of a technical problem or malfunction of the satellite monitoring device installed on board the fishing vessel, the vessel shall proceed to a port within 48 hours in order to repair the device. The vessel shall not leave port until the equipment has been repaired or replaced.
Amendment 84 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
If a Community fishing vessel operates in the waters of a third country or in areas of the high sea where the fishing resources are managed by an international organisation and if the agreement with that third country or the applicable rules of that international organisation so provide, or if the authorities of the third country so request, those data shall also be made available to that country or organisation.
Amendment 89 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6 - point a
Article 9 – paragraph 6 - point a
a) operate exclusively within the territorial seas of the flag Member State orand
Amendment 92 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall use the Automatic Identification System data for the purpose of cross-checking with other available data in accordance with Articles 102 and 103. For that purpose Member States shall ensure that data from the Automatic Identification System for fishing vessels flying their flag are available to their national fisheries control authorities. Member States shall ensure the regular monitoring of the accuracy of those data and shall act promptly whenever data are found to be inaccurate. The data shall be made available upon request to the Commission or to a body designated by it.
Amendment 98 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to specific rules, the masters of Community fishing vessels exceeding 10 meters length overall shall keep a logbook of their operations, indicating specifically all quantities greater than 15 kg of live-weight equivalent of each species caught and kept on board, the date and the relevant geographical area, expressed by reference to a sub-area and division or sub-division, or where applicable statistical rectangle in which catch limits apply pursuant to Community legislation, of these catches and the type of gear used. For catches made in third-country waters, the information shall be broken down by third country and stock by reference to the smallest statistical zone defined for the fishery concerned. Catches made on the high seas shall be recorded by reference to the smallest statistical zone defined by the International Convention governing the catch location and by species or group of species for all the stocks in the fishery concerned. The quantities of each species discarded at sea shall also be recorded in the logbook. The accuracy of the data recorded in the logbook shall be the responsibility of the master.
Amendment 109 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The master of a Community fishing vessel exceeding 10 meters length overall shall record by electronic means fisheries logbook information and shall send it by electronic means to the competent authority of the flag Member State at least once a day. This electronic logbook shall replace the requirement for a logbook under Article 14(1).
Amendment 113 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) operate exclusively within the territorial seas of the flag Member State, orand
Amendment 116 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may decide not to exempt any vessels from the requirements specified in Article 14.
Amendment 120 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
1. Without prejudice to specific provisions contained in multiannual plans, masters of Community fishing vessels or their representatives having species on board which are subject to catch or effort limits shall notify the competent authorities of the Member State whose port or landing facilities they wish to use at least 4 hours before the estimated time of arrival at the port, unless the competent authorities have given permission for an earlier entry, of the following information:
Amendment 121 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) dates of the fishing trip and the areas in which the catches were taken; the area shall be to the same level of detail as under Article 14(1).
Amendment 126 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
1. The masters, or their representatives, of both the transhipping and the receiving vessel shall submit a transhipment declaration, as soon as possible andby electronic means prior to the transhipment operation when the transhipment operation takes place outside Community waters, and when the transhipment operation takes place in a Community port, not later than 24 hours after transhipment,
Amendment 128 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. The transhipment declaration shall indicate the quantity of fishery products by species that has been transhipped, the date and place of each catch, the names of the vessels involved and the ports of transhipment and destination. Masters of both the vessels involved shall be held responsible for the accuracy of such declarations. The area shall be to the same level of detail as under Article 14(1).
Amendment 130 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Amendment 138 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 4 – point a
a) operate exclusively within the territorial seas of the flag Member State, orand
Amendment 152 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – -1 (new)
Article 29 – -1 (new)
-1. The Commission shall present to the Council European and the European Parliament, by 31 December 2010, a proposal for a new instrument for the management of Community fishing capacity.
Amendment 156 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The Council mayshall decide, when adopting a multiannual plan, on an appropriate threshold amount applicable to the live weight of species subject to a multiannual plan, above which a vessel shall be required to land its catches in a designated port.
Amendment 158 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 34 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 160 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
1. The master of a fishing vessel shall record all discards above 15 kg of live weight equivalents in volume per trip and shall communicate, where possible by electronic means, this information without delay to its competent authorities.
Amendment 162 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42
Article 42
For vessels fitted with Vessel Monitoring System, Member States shall verify systematically that the information received at the Fisheries Monitoring Centre corresponds to activities recorded in the logbook by using Vessel Monitoring System data and where available to the data from observers. Such cross-checks shall be recorded in computer-readable format and kept for a period of threen years.
Amendment 194 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3
Article 48 – paragraph 3
3. Where a minimum size has been fixed for a given species, oOperators responsible for selling, stocking or transporting must be able to prove the geographical origin of the products expressed by reference to a sub-area and division or sub-division, or where applicable statistical rectangle in which catch limits apply pursuant to Community legislationto the same level of detail as under Article 14(1).
Amendment 195 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2 d a (new)
Article 50 – paragraph 2 d a (new)
da) the area of capture, to the same level of detail as under Article 14(1).
Amendment 196 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51
Article 51
Member States shall ensure that the information provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2065/2001 of 22 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards informing consumer about fishery and aquaculture products shall be available at each stage of marketing of the species concerned. The catch area referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2065/2001 shall referbe to the sub-area and division or sub- division or, where applicable, to the statistical rectangle in which catch limits apply pursuant to Community lawame level of detail as under Article 14(1).
Amendment 200 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – point e
Article 55 – point e
e) the relevant name or FAO alpha code of each species and its geographical origin expressed by reference to a sub-area and division or sub-division in which catch limits apply pursuant to Community legislationto the same level of detail as under Article 14(1);
Amendment 201 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – point e a (new)
Article 55 – point e a (new)
ea) the quantity of each species in kilograms live weight;
Amendment 202 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point c
c) the relevant name or FAO alpha code of each species and its geographical area of origin expressed by reference to a sub- area and division or sub-division, or where applicable statistical rectangle in which catch limits apply pursuant to Community legislationexpressed to the same level of detail as under Article 14(1);
Amendment 203 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 4 – point (b)
Article 58 – paragraph 4 – point (b)
b) the name and Community fleet register number of the fishing vessel that has landed the products;
Amendment 204 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 58 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 205 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 63 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. The Commission shall present to the Council European and the European Parliament, by 31 December 2010, a proposal for a regulation specifying which fisheries shall be required to have observer schemes.
Amendment 208 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64
Article 64
Surveillance reports drawn up by persons authorised by national, regional and Community authorities to carry out surveillance shall constitute admissible evidence in administrative or judicial proceedings of any Member State. For establishing facts they shall be treated equally to surveillance reports of officials of the Member State where the administrative or judicial proceedings take place. Appropriate follow-up action shall be taken on the basis of those reports.
Amendment 210 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68
Article 68
Inspection reports drawn up by persons authorised by national, regional and Community authorities to carry out inspections shall constitute admissible evidence in the administrative or judicial proceedings of any Member State. In the establishment of facts they shall be treated equally to inspection reports of officials of the Member State where the administrative or judicial proceedings take place and appropriate follow-up action mayshall be taken on the basis of those reports.
Amendment 218 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78
Article 78
The inspecting Member State may also transfer prosecution of the infringement to the competent authorities of the flag Member State or the Member State of registration or the Member State of which the offender is a citizen so long as this is done, with the agreement of the latter Member State and on condition that the transfer is more likely to achieve the result referred to in Article 81(2).
Amendment 228 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 1
Article 84 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall apply a penalty point system on the basis of which the holder of a fishing authorisation receives appropriate penalty points as a result of an serious infringement against the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 230 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2
Article 84 – paragraph 2
2. When a natural person has committed or a legal person is held liable for an serious infringement of the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, the appropriate number of points shall be assigned to the holder of the fishing authorisation as a result of the serious infringement. The holder of the fishing authorisation shall be entitled to review proceedings in accordance with national law.
Amendment 231 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 84 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The holder of the fishing authorisation shall not be eligible for any national or Community aid as long as the points remain on the record.
Amendment 234 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 4
Article 84 – paragraph 4
Amendment 237 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 5
Article 84 – paragraph 5
5. If the holder of a suspended fishing authorisation does not commit, within three years from the date of the last serious infringement, another serious infringement, all points on the fishing authorisation shall be deleted.
Amendment 240 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 7
Article 84 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall also establish a penalty point system under which the ship- owner, the master and the officers of a vessel receive appropriate penalty points as a result of an serious infringement against the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy committed by them.
Amendment 242 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 84 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The Commission shall, by 31 December 2010, propose a similar system of penalty points to apply to those involved in the purchase, processing and selling of fisheries products.
Amendment 244 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 3
Article 85 – paragraph 3
3. Where a Member State requests information from another Member State in relation to the prosecution of an infringement, that other Member State shall provide the relevant information on the fishing vessels and persons in question without delay.
Amendment 282 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 101 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 101 – paragraph 2 – point g
g) prohibition for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Member State concerned to fish in waters under the jurisdiction of other Member States or of a third country, or on the high seas;
Amendment 285 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 1
Article 105 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and the Commission shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the data collected and received within the framework of this Regulation shall be treated in a confidential manner and shall respect all rules on professional and commercial secrecy of data, consistent with all applicable provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Directive 95/46/EC.
Amendment 286 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Data on catches made by the fleets of each Member State shall be in the public domain as of the end of March of the calendar year following the year of capture. Public data shall be aggregated by species, by stock and by gear type.
Amendment 287 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 107 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
aa) the names and fleet registration numbers of vessels flying their flag, the fishing licences and all fishing authorisations issued to the vessels and their owners;
Amendment 288 #
2008/0216(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 3
Article 108 – paragraph 3
3. For the secure part of its website, each Member State shall provide remote access to the Commission and the body designated by it. The Member State shall grant access to Commission officials based on electronic certificates generated by the Commission or the body designated by it. Third countries shall be provided information included in paragraphs 1(b), 1(d) and 1(f) for Community vessels that apply for licences to fish in their waters. The information shall be provided upon a request from the third country and without delay, once the third country agrees on the confidentiality of the information.
Amendment 67 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to a continuous period of maternity leave of at least 1824 weeks allocated before and/or after confinement.
Amendment 109 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Directive 92/85/EEC
Recital 14
Recital 14
-1a. Recital 14 is replaced by the following: "Whereas the vulnerability of pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity leave of at least 24 continuous weeks, allocated before and/or after confinement, and renders necessary the compulsory nature of maternity leave of at least 8 weeks allocated [...] after confinement;"
Amendment 117 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 — point c
Article 1 – point 3 — point c
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The allowance referred to in point 2(b) shall be deemed adequate if it guarantees income equivalent to the last monthly salary or an average monthly salary, subject to any ceiling aid down under national legislation. Such a ceiling may. The allowance must not be lower than the allowance received by workers within the meaning of Article 2 in the event of a break in activity on grounds connected with the worker's state of health. The Member States may lay down the period over which this average monthly salary is calculated.
Amendment 118 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to a continuous period of maternity leave of at least 1824 weeks allocated before and/or after confinement.
Amendment 30 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Article 5
Without prejudice to the specific conditions for access to certain activities which apply equally to both sexes, Member States shall undertake steps to grant both spouses/life-partners an equal legal status recognising their joint ownership and take the measures necessary to ensure that the conditions for the establishment of a company between spouses or life partners, when recognised by national law, are not more restrictive than the conditions for the establishment of a company with other persons.
Amendment 32 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6
Article 6
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that assisting spouses can, at their request,and life partners have mandatory social protection cover with the possibility at their request of opting out on a voluntary basis and that they benefit from at least an equal level of protection as self- employed workers under the same conditions applicable to self-employed workers.
Amendment 37 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 1
Article 7 — paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that female self- employed workers and assisting spouses can, at their request, be entitled to the same period of maternity leave as provided for in Directive 92/85/EEC and any subsequent legislation amending that Directive. Member States shall ensure that the mandatory period of leave laid down in such legislation is granted, at their request, to self employed workers and assisting spouses or life partners.
Amendment 41 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 3
Article 7 — paragraph 3
3. The allowance referred to in paragraph 2 shall be deemed adequate if it guarantees income at least equivalent to that which the person concerned would receive in the event of a break in her activities on grounds connected with her state of healthof the most recent declared earnings or, if not applicable, any equivalent allowance established by national law, subject to any ceiling laid down under national legislation.
Amendment 42 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 4
Article 7 — paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that female self- employed workers and assisting spouses have access as far as possible to services supplying temporary replacements or to any existing national social services, as an alternativein addition to the allowance referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 44 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 — paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that self employed workers and assisting spouses or life partners are entitled to parental leave measures including paternity leave.
Amendment 11 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) This directive aims to establish a general framework for provision of safe, high quality and efficient cross-border healthcare in the Community and to ensure patients mobility and freedom to provide healthcare and high level of protection of health, whilsprovide rules for the reimbursement of the costs of healthcare received in another Member State for patients who choose to go to another Member State for the purpose of receiving healthcare there and to enable cooperation between Member States in relation to health technology assessment, centres of reference and e-health, whilst fully respecting national competence in organising and delivering healthcare, in accordance with the principles of universal access, solidarity, affordability, equal territorial accessibility and democratic control. It fully respectings the responsibilities of the Member States forin the field of healthcare according to the Treaty including the definition of social security benefits related to health and the organisation and delivery of healthcare and medical care and social security benefits in particular for sickness.
Amendment 12 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) For the purpose of this Directive, the concept of ‘cross-border healthcare’ covers the following modes of supply of healthcare: – Use of healthcare abroad (i.e.: a patient moving to a healthcare provider in another Member State for treatment); this is what is referred to as ‘patient mobility’; – Cross-border provision of healthcare (i.e.: delivery of service from the territory of one Member State into the territory of another); such as telemedicine services, remote diagnosis and prescription, laboratory services; – Permanent presence of a healthcare provider (i.e.: establishment of a healthcare provider in another Member State); and, – Temporary presence of persons (i.e.: mobility of health professionals, for example moving temporarily to the Member State of the patient to provide services)use of healthcare in a Member State other than the Member State of residence by patients who choose to travel to another Member State for the purpose of receiving healthcare there.
Amendment 18 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive establishes a general framework for the provision of safeprovides rules for reimbursement of the costs of healthcare received in another Member State for patients who choose to go to another Member State for the purpose of receiving healthcare there and enables cooperation between Member States in relation to health technology assessment, centres of reference and e-health, whigh quality and efficient cross-border healthcarelst fully respecting national competence in organising and delivering healthcare, in accordance with the principles of universal access, solidarity, affordability, equal territorial accessibility and democratic control.
Amendment 33 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Prior authorisation shall in any case be granted when the patient is in need of medical treatment normally provided for by the social security system of the Member State of affiliation and the treatment cannot be provided in the Member State of residence, within a time limit which is medically justifiable, as established by Regulation No 1408/71 and Regulation No 883/2004.
Amendment 34 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Member State of treatment may take appropriate measures to address the inflow of patients and to prevent it from undermining, or being likely to undermine, the planning and rationalisation carried out in the hospital sector to avoid hospital overcapacity, imbalance in the supply of hospital care and logistical and financial wastage, the maintenance of a balanced medical and hospital service open to all, or the maintenance of treatment capacity or medical competence on the territory of the Member State concerned. The Member State of treatment shall refrain from discriminating with regard to nationality and shall ensure that the measures restricting free movement shall be limited to what is necessary and proportionate. The Member State of treatment shall notify these measures to the Commission.
Amendment 36 #
2008/0142(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 − paragraph 1
Article 10 − paragraph 1
1. The Member States of affiliation shall ensure that there are mechanisms in place to provide patients on request with information on receiving healthcare in another Member State, and the terms and conditions that would apply, inter alia, whenever harm is caused as a. In information about cross-border care, a clear distinction shall be made between the rights which patients have by virtue of this Directive and rights arising from resgult of healthcare received in another Member Stateations on the coordination of social security schemes as referred to in Article 3(1)(f).
Amendment 95 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Article 4 - paragraph 1 - introductory part
1. In order to guarantee compliance with the principle of equal treatment in relation to persons with disabilities, in which connection 'disability' is to be understood as it is defined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and includes persons with chronic diseases:
Amendment 9 #
2007/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Council to expand, in its future Human Rights reports, the overviewassessment of the human rights protection system within the EU, enabling the citizens and residents of the Union to observe developments in this field, which would evidence the Union's equal involvement in the protection of human rights both inside and outside its borders so as to prevent any double standards;
Amendment 12 #
2007/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the EU institutions and the Members States to implement the recommendations in its resolution of 14 February 2007 on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners1, which are aimed at unravelling the role of the Members States in the illegal practice of extraordinary renditions and ensuring that the Union will notand the Member States will no longer be involved in similar breaches of human rights in future;
Amendment 15 #
2007/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the EU to adopt a more holistic and integrated approach in addressing torture and not to regard it as an isolated issue; calls on the EU to take into consideration a wide spectrum of possible measures aimed at fighting torture, including prevention, assistance to victims, as well as the fight against impunity; also calls on the Member States to allocate sufficient resources for the support and rehabilitation of torture victims;
Amendment 17 #
2007/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to appoint an EU Special Envoy for Women’s Rights in charge of defending women's rights both inside and outside the EU; the Special Envoy should also be in charge of strengthening the EU’s commitment to the empowerment of women in EU foreign and development policy, and would promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by focusing on equality between men and women worldwide, on reducing maternal mortality and on fighting poverty;
Amendment 18 #
2007/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that empowering women by ensuring full access to sexual and reproductive health information, services and supplies would put them in a better position to negotiate safe sex and protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS;
Amendment 10 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
Amendment 11 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (new)
– having regard to the Declaration of the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe adopted at the European Conference on Sex Work, Human Rights, Labour and Migration held on 15-17 October 2005 in Brussels,
Amendment 12 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 c (new)
Citation 17 c (new)
– having regard to Council Directive 2004/83 of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted,
Amendment 13 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 d (new)
Citation 17 d (new)
– having regard Council of Europe Resolution 1579 (2007) entitled 'Prostitution - Which stance to take?',
Amendment 14 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 e (new)
Citation 17 e (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 17 January 2006 on strategies to prevent the trafficking of women and children who are vulnerable to sexual exploitation1
Amendment 15 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 f (new)
Citation 17 f (new)
Amendment 16 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 g (new)
Citation 17 g (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 15 March 2006 on forced prostitution in the context of world sports events 1
Amendment 17 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 h (new)
Citation 17 h (new)
– having regard to the World Health Organization's Sex Work Toolkit for targeted HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Sex Work Settings,
Amendment 37 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, for sexual as well as other forms of exploitation, is one the most egregious violations of human rights, and whereas trafficking in human beings is growing globally as a result of the increase in organised crime and its profitability,
Amendment 46 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 49 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 54 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 58 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 65 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 72 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas men who have ever paid for sex are significantly more likely to have contracted a sexually transmitted infectionthe widely held assumption that prostitutes were the main group affected by HIV/AIDS, or rather the main risk group, has not been substantiated by scientific evidence,
Amendment 79 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 86 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 92 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the term “violence against women” is to be understood as any act of gender-based violence, which results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life,
Amendment 93 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas the term sex worker has gained popularity over prostitute because those involved consider it less stigmatising and say that the reference to work better describes their experience,
Amendment 94 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Recital O c (new)
Amendment 101 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Defines violence against women as 'any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life' in accordance with the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1993;
Amendment 102 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Determines gender-based violence to be physical, sexual or psychological violence occurring within the family and in the wider community, including beatings, the sexual abuse of children, dowry-related violence, rape, female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women, non-spousal violence and violence related to exploitation, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women, forced prostitution, and violence perpetrated or condoned by the State;
Amendment 103 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Calls on the Commission and the Council to create a clear legal basis for combating all forms of violence against women and to take a decision on the full communitarisation of a European policy;
Amendment 104 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Calls on the EU Member States and all other States to address the structural problems involved (poverty, political instability/war, gender inequality, unequal opportunities, lack of education and training), including in prostitutes' countries of origin, as the case may be, to prevent people from being 'forced' into prostitution by circumstances;
Amendment 105 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Underlines the fact that child prostitution can never be voluntary, as children do not have the capacity to 'consent' to prostitution; urges the Member States to prohibit child prostitution (under the age of 21) and to combat as energetically as possible other forms of forced prostitution; urgently demands a zero-tolerance approach based on prevention, the protection of victims and the prosecution of clients;
Amendment 106 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 f (new)
Paragraph -1 f (new)
-1f. Recommends the decriminalisation of all aspects of adult prostitution resulting from individual decision, and therefore calls for special provisions to prevent the abuse and stigmatisation of prostitutes;
Amendment 107 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 g (new)
Paragraph -1 g (new)
-1g. Calls on the Member States to formulate an explicit policy on prostitution in order to avoid double standards and policies which force prostitutes underground or under the influence of pimps, which only makes prostitutes more vulnerable instead of empowering them;
Amendment 108 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 h (new)
Paragraph -1 h (new)
Amendment 109 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 i (new)
Paragraph -1 i (new)
-1i. Calls on the Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings;
Amendment 112 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 116 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that women who have experienced gender-based violence are at greater risk of problems such as chronic pain, disability, miscarriage and somatic disorders; points out that the psychological and emotional secondary disorders (sequelae) of abuse often manifest themselves in higher levels of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, substance abuse, eating disorders and psychiatric disorders;
Amendment 120 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Identifies violence towards prostituted women as a major health problem in prostitutionboth a rights-based approach and a holistic perspective on the part of policy makers and public health institutions to sex work as crucial for improving the health of prostitutes and sex workers;
Amendment 122 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that social, legal, interpersonal and epidemiological factors create the conditions in which HIV and STDs rapidly spread; calls for an effective targeted response in order to promote safer behaviour, to improve access to effective health and social services and to address the underlying structural and occupational dimensions of vulnerability;
Amendment 133 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 139 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 142 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 150 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that the purchasers of prostitutes' services who refuse to wear a condom - and even pay extra money not to - are at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), most importantly HIV/AIDSe role played in HIV transmission by clients and third parties by targeting the whole sex work setting, including clients and third parties, rather than only sex workers;
Amendment 157 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers it essential for risk- reducing practices to avoid discrimination against people engaged in prostitution by ensuring their active participation in prevention efforts;
Amendment 165 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that the health effects of the sex industry are not something that can be isolated within the sex industry, but also affect the wider community. P, calls on the purchasers of prostituted women's' services who refuse to wear a condom are spreading STDs, most importantly HIV/AIDS, in their sexual encounters outside the sex industryto follow safer sex practices and to use a condom in order to avoid STDs and HIV/AIDS;
Amendment 170 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 173 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 175 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Refers to the report by the German Government on the impact of the Prostitution Act, pointing out that recent scientific evidence shows that prostitutes are not the main group affected by HIV/AIDS;
Amendment 181 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges Member States to investigate the specific health risks which prostituted womens are exposed to - regardless of the legal status of the sex industry;
Amendment 184 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the fact that working conditions can be highly exploitative, leaving individual sex workers with limited power over their lives; vulnerability is highest where sex workers are isolated from mainstream society and where they lack internal solidarity and their own social support networks;
Amendment 190 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges Member States where prostitution is legal or regulated to implement the same legal framework on safety in the workplace as in other areas of the labour market for prostitutes/sex workers so that standard employment laws can be applied to protect them from abuse and exploitation;
Amendment 192 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to refrain from criminalising and penalising prostitutes and to develop programmes to assist prostitutes/sex workers to leave the profession should they so wish;
Amendment 200 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. UrgesCalls on the Member States to examine how and why prostituted women become prostitutes, since several studies indicate that a considerable proportion have been sexually abused and/or raped as childrenthe working conditions of sex workers;
Amendment 210 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 2 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the percentage of women in the top grades of academia rarely exceeds 20% and men are three times more likely than women to obtain professorships or their equivalent,
Amendment 7 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas highly gifted and talented girls are often not recognised as such, and therefore cannot realise their full potential in science and education; whereas the promotion of highly gifted girls is an important element in reaching the goal of 700,000 additional researchers as part of the Lisbon strategy,
Amendment 11 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 12 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 34 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages universities, research institutes and private businesses to adopt and enforce equality strategies in their organisations and to conduct gender impact evaluation in their decision making processes,;
Amendment 40 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Criticises the unambitious and insufficient EU target of 25% of women in leading positions in public sector research;, reminds the Commission and the Member States that gender parity means at least 40% women;
Amendment 53 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for positive actions to be taken to encourage female researchers and for further development of support and mentoring schemes, as well as targeted promotion policies with the goal of reaching gender parity; notes that simple measures like a sentence encouraging women in particular to apply has shown very positive results; however, also notes that measures such as obligatory targets for women researchers and professors are essential to achieve gender balance for women in science,
Amendment 58 #
2007/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up programmes of coaching and supporting young women scientists in participating in research programmes and grant applications in order to help them to stay in academia and research;