9 Amendments of Sajjad KARIM related to 2011/0401(COD)
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Research and innovation often builds on the capacity of scientists, research institutions, businesses and citizens to access, share and use scientific information. To increase the circulation and exploitation of knowledge, sustainable access to scientific publications, already embraced in the Seventh Framework Programme, should be a general principle for scientific publications which receive public funding from Horizon 2020. Furthermore, Horizon 2020 should experiment with online open access to scientific data produced or collected by publicly funded research aiming at open access to such data becoming the general rule by 2020. Where appropriate, the costs of publishing may be covered by the Horizon 2020 budget.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Research and innovation activities supported by Horizon 2020 should respect fundamental ethical principles. The opinions of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies should be taken into account. 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 and with Article 35 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in order to facilitate the realisation of the right of everyone to access preventive health care and the right to benefit from medical treatment under the conditions established by national laws and practices.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) Research which may not be patentable but which may provide benefits to society with respect to obligations under the Treaty and Charter of Fundamental Rights should not be excluded without due consideration from funding under this Regulation; in particular, progress made as a result of research activities in the health sector could reduce escalating health care costs across Europe.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The European Commission does not explicitly solicit the use of human embryonic stem cells. The use of human stem cells, be they adult or embryonic, if any, depends on the judgement of the scientists in view of the objectives they want to achieve and is subject to stringent Ethics Review. No project involving the use of human embryonic stem cells should be funded that does not obtain the necessary approvals fromunder the law of the Member States concerned. No activity should be funded that is forbidden in all Member States. No activity should be funded in a Member State where such activity is forbidden.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) Under FP7, each project proposing to use human embryonic stem cells must have successfully passed a scientific evaluation during which the necessity of using such stem cells to achieve the scientific objectives is assessed by independent scientific experts. This should continue under Horizon 2020.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In research projects where human beings are involved as subjects or end- users, Horizon 2020 shall ensure that all participants and societal groups are treated equally.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Open Access With a view to enhancing the exploitation and dissemination of results and thereby boosting European innovation, sustainable open access to publications resulting from research funded by Horizon 2020 shall be encouraged, whilst taking care to ensure that European scientists are able to publish in the most highly regarded journals and other fora. Open access to scientific data produced or collected in research funded by Horizon 2020 may be promoted. Where publications resulting from Horizon 2020 are to be published in an open access, free-to-read format, the cost of publication shall be covered by the Horizon 2020 budget.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) research activities intended to create human embryos solely for the purpose of research or for the purpose of stem cell procurement, including by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) actions which bring together results from a range of projects, including those that may be funded from other sources, to provide user-friendly databases and reports that summarise key findings and, where relevant, their communication and dissemination to the scientific community and the general public;