Activities of Jens HOLM
Plenary speeches (79)
Protection of animals at the time of killing (debate)
Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare (debate)
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2007 discharge: EU general budget - Council (debate)
Term of protection of copyright and related rights (debate)
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Explanations of vote (continuation)
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2050: The future begins today − Recommendations for the EU's future integrated policy on climate change (debate)
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Animal transport (debate)
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Dangerous substances and preparations (dichloromethane) (debate)
Fibromyalgia (written declaration): see Minutes
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Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system (debate)
Emission performance standards for new passenger cars (debate)
EMU10: The first 10 years of Economic and Monetary Union and future challenges (debate)
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White Paper on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity-related health issues (debate)
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International Tropical Timber Agreement 2006 - International Tropical Timber Agreement 2006 (debate)
Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures - Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (amendment of Directives 76/768/EEC, 88/378/EEC, 1999/13/EC, 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2004/42/EC) - Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004) (debate)
Trade in services (debate)
Amendment of Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (debate)
Environmental quality standards in the field of water policy (debate)
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Scientific facts of climate change: findings and recommendations for decision-making (debate)
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Protection of the environment through criminal law (debate)
Trade in raw materials and commodities (debate)
Trade in raw materials and commodities (debate)
Green Paper on market-based instruments for environment and related policy purposes (debate)
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European strategies on biological diversity (COP 9) and biosafety (COP-MOP 4) (debate)
Question Time (Council)
The Green Paper on 'Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action' (debate)
Situation in Chad (debate)
Sustainable agriculture and biogas: review of EU legislation (debate)
Statistics on plant protection products (debate)
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Scientific cooperation with Africa (debate)
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Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (debate)
Trade and Climate Change (debate)
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Council's strategy for the Bali Conference on Climate Change (COP 13 and COP/MOP 3) (debate)
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Tobacco smoke: policy options at EU level (debate)
Secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers involving member states of the Council of Europe (reports Fava and Marty) (debate)
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The banning of exports and the safe storage of metallic mercury (debate)
Definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks (debate)
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Negotiation of an EU-Central America Association Agreement - Negotiation of an EU-Andean Community Association Agreement (debate)
Transportation and illegal detention of prisoners (debate)
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Type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions and access to vehicle repair information (debate)
European Chemicals Agency – Amendment of Directive 67/548/EEC on dangerous substances (debate)
2006 annual report on the Euro Area (debate)
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Restrictions on the marketing and use of perfluorooctane sulfonates (debate)
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The protection and welfare of animals 2006-2010 (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Trade in raw materials and commodities PDF (171 KB) DOC (90 KB)
Opinions (3)
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing
OPINION Trade and Climate Change
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the banning of exports and the safe storage of metallic mercury
Written declarations (2)
Amendments (236)
Amendment 72 #
2008/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to propose reviews of all relevant legislation by the end of 2009 to fully implement the principle "no data, no market" by demanding test-based assessment and approval of materials in near-market-use stage for all applications of nanomaterials in consumer products or in products leading to discharges to the environment;
Amendment 75 #
2008/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to create an inventory of the types and uses of nanomaterials before and after their placing on the EU market and make it publicly available;
Amendment 91 #
2008/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to prioritise funding and research on environmental and human health aspects of nanomaterials;
Amendment 96 #
2008/2208(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 22 #
2008/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to review their priorities at multilateral level by promoting the removal, to give more importance to the interests of SMEs, at multilateral level in negotiations ofn tariff and non-tariff barriers and to foster international trade through appropriate measures to simplify and harmonise standards;
Amendment 27 #
2008/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. SupportsCalls on the Commission's efforts to provide the EU with a global strategy covering all external aspects of European competitiveness and helping to ensure that the Lisbon Strategy objectives are fully achieved, but notes with regret the absence of any specific initiatives in favour of SMEs; calls on the Commission and the Council to remedy this shortcoming without delay and to set ambitious and, at the same time, realistic objectives and to replace its competitiveness driven "Global Europe Strategy" by an external trade policy strategy which ensures fair international economic and trade relations and which includes specific initiatives in favour of SMEs and a commitment to make the necessary means and resources available;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit themselves with renewed vigour to preventing and combating counterfeiting by means of appropriate internal policies and international initiatives, at both multilateral (e.g. the ACTA Agreement) and bilateral (new economic cooperation agreements with third countries) level, taking due account of the impact of counterfeiting on SMEs;
Amendment 59 #
2008/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that opening up markets, especially in emergingfacilitating access to markets for SMEs can countries, to European SMEs meansbute to creating new jobs and defending existing jobs, safeguarding and exchanging know- how and specific features of European industry and giving EU countries a guarantee ofnd their partners a basis for solid and lasting economic growth;
Amendment 78 #
2008/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Takes the view that the Commission should refrain from concluding free-trade agreements or other trade agreements that are not favourable to the European economy as a whole and to SMEs in particular or that do not provide for trade concessions at similar level, exceptsustainable economic, social and ecological development within the EU as well as in partner countries; insists on the principles of special and differentiated treatment and less than reciprocal market opening in the cases of developing countries;
Amendment 90 #
2008/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 51 #
2008/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses that the recent years of high economic growth in China have not benefited all segments of the Chinese population and that the social gap between the rich and the poor has never been as significant as now; believes that a fairer distribution of the wealth is necessary to enable socially sustainable development in China;
Amendment 56 #
2008/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Urges China to ratify key International Labour Organisation Conventions, in particular Convention No 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which China has signed but not yet ratified;
Amendment 59 #
2008/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on European businesses operating in China to apply best practices in corporate social responsibility with regard to workers and the environment; urges these European companies to sign global framework agreements which would entail a common base of rules regarding wages, working time and protection for the workers encompassing working places and sub contractors related to the specific company;
Amendment 61 #
2008/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Urges European businesses operating in China to refrain from any action or protest which would risk diluting proposals for labour market legislation or social protection anticipated by the Chinese government for the benefit of Chinese workers and the environment;
Amendment 64 #
2008/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses that the new EU-China Partnership and Cooperation Agreement should aim to establish free and fair trade and should also includbased on the enforceablement of clauses on human rights, environmental, sustainable development and social issues;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Estimates that the recent sudden soar in prices – in addition to speculation and bad crops - can be primarily explained by the growing demand for food by developing countries on world markets and the additional demand triggered by biofuels; which is causing significant problems for poorer segments of the population both within Europe and even more so in poor countries around the world;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is fully aware of the fact that public support for agricultural production is necessary, especially when small scale local production is encouraged and taking into account that the agricultural sector is generating different public goods; recalls the need to design a support scheme which in no way causes negative effects in poor countries,
Amendment 17 #
2008/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that EU external action should not undermine efforts to ensure food security in poor countries, nor the appropriate policy space which must exist as a necessary precondition,
Amendment 23 #
2008/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the EU must remain a main food supplier worldwide and guarantee its food security by maintaining the fundamental principles of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP):guarantee its food security by adhering to the principles of stable prices, increased productivity by technological progress and better crops, and flexible buffer stocks to react to crises akin to those being faced today; recalls the urgent need to make agricultural production in Europe ecologically and socially sustainable;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls its abovementioned resolution of 21 May 2008, and in particular the fact that all efforts to curb emissions should aim at staying well below the objective of limiting global temperature increases to below 2°C, inasmuch as a level of warming of that magnitude would already heavily impact on our society and individual lifestyles and would also entail significant changes in ecosystems and water resources; is deeply concerned about the fact that, as indicated by many recent scientific reports, climate change is both more rapid and more serious in terms of its adverse effects than was previously thought; consequently, calls on the Commission to closely monitor and analyse the latest scientific findings with a view to assessing, in particular, whether the EU 2°C target would still achieve the aim of avoiding dangerous climate change;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas human society is facing a dual challenge as regards threats to the earth's life-supporting system, namely climate change and the overuse and destruction of many of the most important ecosystems; whereas there are many interlinkages between the climate system and ecosystems – in particular the capacity of oceans and terrestrial ecosystems to sequester carbon – and whereas climate change can only be addressed effectively within the context of healthy ecosystems,
Amendment 3 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls in particular the essential objectives in combating climate change and stresses the importance of setting a clear, in accordance with the recommendations contained in the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and as included in the Bali road- map, of setting, for the EU and the other industrialised countries as a group, a medium-term target of a 20%-35-40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, ands well as a long-term reduction target of 50%-at least 80% by 2050, in order to achieve a 50% probabilitycompared to 1990, maintaining the focus ofn restricting the increase in average global temperature to 2°C over pre-industrial levels; and thus achieving a 50% probability of meeting this objective;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls its position of [date of adoption in plenary] within the framework of the legislative procedures on the "climate and energy package";
Amendment 5 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas it is examining, together with the Council, proposals for legislation aimed at delivering the EU climate commitments,
Amendment 7 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Agrees that the development, application and export of modern environmental technologies makes a contribution to fulfilling the Lisbon Strategy and meeting the EU’s Kyoto targets and other climate objectives, thus enabling environmental targets and economic growth to be realised; emphasises, in this context, that tackling climate change will lead to societal changes that will help to create new jobs and industries, combat dependency on imports of fossil fuels and provide social benefits for citizens; is convinced, moreover, that climate change can only be successfully combated if citizens are fully engaged in the process and are protected during the period of transition to a carbon-neutral economy;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the available funding for adaptation measuresmitigation and adaptation efforts are both of paramount importance; whereas industrialised countries have a historical responsibility for climate change; whereas developing countries have contributed little to climate change and yet are the most affected by it; whereas the available funding to combat climate change in developing countries is quite inadequate and should be substantially increased, International Dimension: Post-2012Or. en
Amendment 9 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the new climate change agreement should come into being under the auspices of the UN and on the principle of a ‘sharedcommon but differentiated responsibility’, with the countries of the industrialised world mtaking a clear contribution to emission reductthe lead in reducing their domestic emissions while the developing countries also commit themselves to climate measures within the limits of their capabilit, in accordance with the Bali Action Plan, to taking nationally appropriate mitigation actions in the context of sustainable development, supported and enabled, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner by technology, financing and capacity- building from industrialised countries;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to incorporate the requirements of emission reductions, and measures to adapt to the consequences of climate change, into development aid programmes, and/or to refer to these requirements in the decision-making processes of international development aid agencies, thus involving the private sector and, public authorities and non-governmental organisations in the countries or regions concerned by way of partnerships; stresses that additional resources need to be mobilised to help developing countries to tackle the climate change challenge and that emerging initiatives in this context must be formally linked to the UNFCCC process and to achieving the Millennium Development Goals; welcomes the EU’s launching of a Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) to support adaptation to climate change in poor developing countries that are most vulnerable to climate change and recalls in this regard its resolution of 21 October 20081; Or. en Energy
Amendment 11 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that Europe needs a forward- looking strategic energy and external energy policy, common energy policy, both within the EU and in external relations, to ensure a high level of security of energy supply meeting the conditions of sustainability, resource efficiency and climate neutrality, and that questions regarding the transport and storage of energy under the umbrella term ‘energy infrastructure’ must be answered alongside the question of the availability of energy;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure: – the development of, and investment in, a European energy transport infrastructure (including the so-called supergrid) needed to ensure diversity for the EU in terms of energy sources; – ongoing research and development of pilot projects related to ICT-linked technology, decentralised production and other new technological developments;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on politicianthe EU, the Member States and the business community: – to invest in infrastructure, networks and grids for the generation of solar power for hydrogen production, andproduction, transport and storage of solar energy and hydrogen; – to offer third countries, by way of energy partnerships, programmes for the creation of the necessary institutions, infrastructures and training programmes for locally based experts and network access for their own needs;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the considerable potential of the use of sustainable biomass for energy production with a view to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and calls for a European strategy for the exploitation of biomass forsustainable biomass for production of electricity and gas, heating and cooling; BiofuelsOr. en
Amendment 15 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that thecertain production-types of biofuels is partly to blame for increased food prices, but that abandoning biofuels can resolve neither the problem of hunger in the world nor the issue of climate-compatible mobility; can have an impact on food prices, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and notes at the same time that biofuels must be produced responsibly and through a verifiably sustainable process;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Suggests that the Commission rethink the notion of a fixed quota for biofuels and instead develop flexible scenariopolicies which take account not only of the growing worldwide need for agricultural land for food and feedstuffs but also of the question of the need to import biofuels into the EU, with a view to meeting the requireof the complex nature of biofuels production, including life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions and assessments of individual mobility and goods transport in futureall relevant indirect effects;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers it essential to involve the developing countries in a long-term strategy for the development and production of biofuels, in order to examine the possibility of their economic planning and profitability, to secure availability and production of food, to answer the question of their environmental sustainability, and not least to permit social developments and lasting increase in earnings; Energy efficiency, as well as to ensure that developing countries receive the training needed in order to be in a position to meet the EU sustainability criteria; Or. en
Amendment 18 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to reconsider the non-binding nature of the 20% goal for energy efficiency by 2020 and if necessary to propose to the Council that this target be made bindingpropose a binding goal of 20% in energy efficiency by 2020 and to accompany that proposal with concrete interim reduction targets;
Amendment 19 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls on the relevant local authorities and professional associations in the Member States to establish the criterion of energy efficiency criteria, guidelines and national legislation or administrative decisions for new buildings as a leitmotiv for architects and building engineers, with building regulations for the energy efficiency of new buildings as a possible first step in this directionnd major renovation works;
Amendment 20 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Amendment 21 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Welcomes the creation and the extension within the EU, as well as to the neighbourhood countries, of the Trans- European NetworksTransport Networks (TEN-T) and calls for the priority projects, in particular those which are most climate- friendly, to be completed as soon as possible, since these are vitally important for freight transport logistics and a sustainable European transport policy; Agriculture and livestock breedingOr. en
Amendment 22 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 a (new)
Paragraph 84 a (new)
84a. Recognises that the cultivation of cereals and soya as feed for livestock is responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions; recalls the report entitled “Livestock’s Long Shadow” issued by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in November 2006, which states that the livestock industry is responsible for 18% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions; considers that a switch from intensive livestock production to extensive sustainable systems should be encouraged while total meat consumption also needs to be reduced in particular in industrialised countries;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
Paragraph 85
85. Calls for feed rations in dairy and meat production to be reviewed, and where necessary improved, with a view tothe aim of achieving a reduction in methane formation in the rumen of ruminants without restricting productivity; ; calls for any feeding and breeding measures in the livestock sector to be subject to an animal health and welfare impact assessment and for such measures not to be introduced if there are any adverse effects on the animals concerned; Or. en Soil protection
Amendment 25 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116
Paragraph 116
116. Notes that possible measures may include collection and evaluation of relevant data on the effects of climate change on human health, improving preparedness for natural disasters, public health services and emergency planning, support for measures to promote health in all sectors, and measures to increase awareness, particularly public information about new types of dangers to health, warnings and specific tips on avoiding exposure, with special reference to insect- borne diseases and heat waves;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital CA
Recital CA
CA. whereas many of the effects of climate change on health as reported for instance by the WHO may be kept at bay by preparing and strengthening health systems, and by appropriate preventive measures, with particular attention being paid to the spread of tropical diseases, and by public information campaigns addressing especially vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, newborn babies, children and elderly people, Or. en Advanced technologies
Amendment 27 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125
Paragraph 125
125. Calls for the establishment of a European Climate Fund and/or corresponding funds in the Member States, to be financed by the proceeds of ETS auctions, and regards this as a way of creating a capital stock to fund a future climate policy, given that there are limits on how far one can plan now for the individual measures of that policy and the investment and solidarity they will require; Or. en 2050 - The future begins today
Amendment 28 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 146 a (new)
Paragraph 146 a (new)
Amendment 29 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the task of preserving creationnature and humanity is passed on from one generation to the next,
Amendment 15 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls in particular the essential objectives in combating climate change and stresses the importance of setting a clear medium-term target of a 20%-340% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, and a long-term reduction target of 570%- 890% by 2050, in order to achieve a 50% probability of restricting the increase in average global temperature to 2°C over pre-industrial levels;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to incorporate the requirements of emission reductions, and measures to adapt to the consequences of climate change, into development aid programmes, and/or to refer to these requirements in the decision-making processes of international development aid agencies, thus involving the private sector and public authorities in the countries or regions concerned by way of partnership; stresses that funding for adaptation should be in addition to the present level of aid and should not involve merely switching resources;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the WTO negotiation rounds and the post-2010 process, to pursue coordinated negotiation strategies in the field of trade and environment policy in order to send its negotiating partners a credibprovide part of the solution in fighting climate change by imple message about Europe's climate targets and the instruments developed to achieve them and dispel concerns about trade barriers or other disadvantages to trade relations with third countries that have no binding climate objnting trade and investment policies that create economic incentives designed to meet climate change policy objectives; stresses that the EU may need to use these rules to create economic disincentives for climate- unfriendly activity; points out that the EU's negotiating partners will thereby recteives, and to imp a credible ment the reciprocity principle in the interest of combating climate change at a global levelssage about Europe's climate targets and the instruments developed to achieve them;
Amendment 53 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure that the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) acts in accordance with provisions of GATT, allowing their members to take measures, including precautionary measures to protect human health and to conserve exhaustible natural resources with a view to preventing environmental dumping of products originating from countries that do not ratify the post-Kyoto protocol;
Amendment 89 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the considerable potential of the use of biomass for energy production with a view to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and calls for a European strategy for the sustainable exploitation of biomass for heating and cooling;
Amendment 93 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 116 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up research and development of second-generation biofuels, and to supply them with the necessary funding and to link them to fixed development goals for the cultivation and use of biomass;
Amendment 122 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to reconsider the non-binding nature of the 20% goal for energy efficiency by 2020 and if necessary to propose to the Council that this target be made binding by means of clear measures in each relevant sector which set concrete targets;
Amendment 157 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls for all modes of transport to be fully involved in the internalisation of their external costs, taking into account in this regard the fact that, due to a global division of labour, the current trading system produces a very high input of transport of similar products that could be easily produced locally;
Amendment 169 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Welcomes the creation and extension of the Trans-European Rail Networks and calls for the priority projects to be completed as soon as possible, since these are vitally important for freight transport logistics and a sustainable European transport policy;
Amendment 202 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Calls on the tourist industry, together with local authorities and economic associations, to work on integrated strategies with a view to reducing emissions and improving the energy efficiency of the sector – particularly as regards transport and accommodation – and to plan measures to promote ecotourism and to protect tourist sites from extreme weather conditions;
Amendment 230 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Takes the view that creating next- generation technologies and making possible the necessary increase in scale requires considerable financial support for long-term research and developmenttime limited funding for new entrants for demonstration projects;
Amendment 243 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83
Paragraph 83
Amendment 249 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 a (new)
Paragraph 84 a (new)
84a. Is concerned that a growing part of the earth’s resources are used for livestock rearing recalls the FAO report “Livestock’s Long Shadow” of November 2006, which estimates that the meat industry and livestock rearing contribute 18% of the world’s total GHG emissions; stresses the need for a reduction in meat consumption;
Amendment 250 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
Paragraph 85
85. Calls for feed rations in dairy and meat production to be reviewed, and where necessary improved, with a view tothe aim of achieving a reduction in methane formation in the rumen of ruminants, without restricting productivhilst reducing meat consumption, which according to FAO forecasts, is predicted to double by 2050,; considers that citizens should be made more aware of the fact that a reduction in the production and consumption of meat and dairy products would decrease greenhouse gas emissions as well as reduce risks of certain cancers, heart disease and obesity;
Amendment 261 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
Paragraph 89
89. Considers that a compensation scheme must to some extent include CDM projects; calls, in the context of a global CO2 market, for those countries that still have large areas of natural forest to be given particular economic incentives to preserve its commercialenable them to preserve their value; suggests that we look at whether it makes sense in this connection, to focus solely on tropical rainforests;
Amendment 287 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104
104. Recognises that the hierarchy of waste forms a leitmotiv in European waste policy; points out, however, that from the point of view of combating climate change the rigid application of this hierarchy is not necessarily helpful;
Amendment 294 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109
Paragraph 109
Amendment 368 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 144 a (new)
Paragraph 144 a (new)
144a. Considers that citizens should be made more aware of the fact that a reduction in the production and consumption of meat and dairy products would decrease greenhouse gas emissions as well as reduce risks of certain cancers, heart disease and obesity;
Amendment 405 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas it will not be possible to overcome climate change solely by emissions reductions in each individual sector, but there will be a need for a systematic approach to the problem in order to seek cross-sectoral political solutions and to achieve changes to production and consumption and trade patterns throughout society by coherent legislation,
Amendment 433 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
Amendment 437 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Amendment 482 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BB
Recital BB
BB. whereas the idea underlying the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI), namely the dissemination of modern and efficient technologies, should be reinforcedwork in reality; whereas CDM/JI should be limited to high-quality projects which provide documented additional reductions in greenhouse gas emissions,
Amendment 497 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BI
Recital BI
BI. whereas the widespread cultivation of feedstuffs for livestock production contributes substantially to the total greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, and whereas it should therefore be reduced accordingly,
Amendment 500 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BL
Recital BL
BL. whereas forests are very valuable for the biosphere and yet have no market price as a whole in spite ofs a whole for their many functions in the global eco-system,
Amendment 552 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital CV
Recital CV
CV. whereas climate change is a global environmental problem whose causes are structural in naturedecisive for the survival of the planet,
Amendment 1 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is the most competitive actor regarding trade in services; whereas the Union is the world's largest exporter and the biggest service provider with more than 28% of the world total export and its transnational undertakings therefore hasve a strong interest in ensuring that new markets for goods, services and investments are opened,
Amendment 3 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, in view of its economic weight, the EU has a particular responsibility to ensure that international trade facilitates the harmonious development of the various sectors of the economy, that the liberalisation of services does not hamper development, or destroy any sectors of the local economy or public services and that the poorest sectors of the population are not excluded from financial services as a result of the liberalisation thereof,
Amendment 17 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the multilateral trading system, embodied in the World Trade Organization (WTO), remains the most should guarantee an effective legal framework for achieving fair and equitable trade on a global basis, by developing appropriate rules and ensuring compliance with those rules,
Amendment 18 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the liberalisation of services had the following results: - the poorest or most isolated sections of the population have been deprived of essential services, the latter having been reserved for the more affluent, - national and regional service providers have gone into liquidation, - capital from the sale of services has been exported instead of being reinvested into the region providing the service,
Amendment 19 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas GATS is and must be the multilateral framework for the liberalisation and deregulation of trade in services; whereas this does not prohibit states and notably the EU from negotiating agreements which have further reaching schedules of specific commitments,
Amendment 22 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Article V of the GATS requires substantial liberalisation of services, thereby preventing the selective liberalisation of sectors genuinely needing foreign investment; taking the view in addition that the provision authorising greater flexibility for developing countries is not being implemented to a sufficient degree by the EU,
Amendment 38 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the high level of external competitiveness of European services providers; calls on the Commission to pursue, in trade negotiations, both the progressive and reciprocal liberalisation of services and and those operating in certain emerging countries; considers that suitable regulation of services is essential for ensuring that it is possible to choose the type of society desired for all; calls on the Commission to pursue, in trade negotiations, a policy of increased transparency and predictability of rules and regulations, in order that citizens and entrepreneurs of developing countries can have access to a wider range of services, some of which may be provided by highly competitive European services providers;
Amendment 41 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that public services are essential for the functioning of democracy; considers that the EU must refrain from encouraging competition between essential services such as those providing access to water, health, education or energy, which inevitably leads to their privatisation;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Commission must take the different Member State interests and those of the developing countries, together with economic inequalities between individuals, into account when negotiating commitment schedules;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced, that services constitute the backbone of every economy; reiterates that for this reason the greatest prudence on the part of the European Union regarding liberalisation of services is therefore important not only for developed countries, but particularly for developing countries;
Amendment 49 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges states' sovereignty and thus their right to regulate in all areas of services, including particular in the area of public services, irrespective of whether commitments have been undertaken in the framework of the GATS, provided that any such regulations are made in conformity with Article VI of GATS on Domestic Regulation; believes that service markets require clear, non-discriminatory regulations to operate efficiently;
Amendment 53 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that, in order to ensure favourable results, liberalisation of a new services sector, particularly in the developing countries, must in every case: - be accompanied by new regulations and supervision and implementation mechanisms, so as to contain the impact on the population and the environment and limit any abuses of a dominant position or concentration; - be phased in and accompanied by the necessary ancillary measures; - be limited to services whose liberalisation is considered necessary and which cannot be supplied by local or regional providers;
Amendment 59 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Suggests that the efficiency gains that could be obtained thanks to opening markets to services competition would allow less developed countries to provide services in areas that would otherwise be out of reach for the state due to its limited resources; considers that in this reg, regarding the developing countries and in particular the least advanced opening up the services markets could jeopardise opportunities for them to develop their own services industry; considers that essential public services must be guaranteed by strengthening the countries concerned, particularly by resolving their external debt problem, given that they alone arde as much emphasis should be placed on government failure as is put on market failureble to provide such services for poor, marginalised and isolated populations;
Amendment 64 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the need for rules and standards to govern liberalisationin the services and other sectors; encourages compliance with environmental, social and quality standards in a reasonable and objective manner, without constituting unnecessary barriers to tradeobjectives;
Amendment 75 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages a quickbalanced and equitable resolution on the package of modalities on negotiations on agriculture and on Non- Agricultural Market Access (NAMA), so as to move ontogether with the negotiations on GATS; underlines the importance of WTO members presenting substantial offers; regrets that this has so far not been the case for most members seeking to improve WTO and GATS rules in the light of favourable and unfavourable past experience; regrets that this has so far not been the case for most members and calls on the EU, in view of its economic importance, to initiate ambitious measures in this area;
Amendment 79 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 85 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a.Is concerned at the fact that free trade agreements, such as that negotiated by the EU with the CARIFORUM countries: - do not allow countries to select a limited number of services sectors for negotiation purposes, since Article V of the GATS requiring substantial liberalisation and the EU does not authorise sufficient use of the flexibility offered to developing countries, - have a regulatory framework which seeks above all to protect investors rather than ensuring access to quality services in the recipient countries, thereby limiting the partnership arrangements now negotiated by the European Union, - limit the possibility for these countries to regulate capital movements, - contain an MFN clause, which does not allow these developing countries to sign more advanced agreements with other countries of the south; calls on the Commission to remedy these problems in the course of negotiations, including those currently underway;
Amendment 100 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that no WTO member has yet made any commitments on the water distribution sector; recall, which is nonetheless, that any state is free to do so should it consider itself unable to provide the service which its citizens need; stresses that should a such commitment be made it does not prohibit the state from setting levels of quality, safety, ply to be expected, given that this is an essential service, the provision of which cannot be made subject to market forces or profit maximisation, since it must be accessible to all, riceh or other policy objectives as they see fit, and the same regulations would apply to foreign suppliers as to local supplierspoor, near or far, something which only a public service can guarantee;
Amendment 107 #
2008/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that opening up the market in financial services in developing countries offers citizens and entrepreneurs access to funds in order to create local jobs and alleviate poverty since they are no longer forced to rely on state monopolies or institutions with links to ruling elithas frequently resulted in the poorest sectors being deprived of access to the necessary credit for the development of their farms or enterprises;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, according to IPCC AR4, global emissions of carbon dioxide grew by about 80% between 1970 and 2004 and these increases are due primarily to the use of fossil fuels,
Amendment 38 #
2008/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the scientific consensus as expressed in IPCC AR4 leads to the conclusion that the level of global GHG emissions must be at least halved by 2050 to avoid serious risks; whereas this target has been endorsed by the EU Heads of State and Heads of Government at the meeting of the G8 at Heiligendamm; whereas it will be increasingly difficult to achieve this target if global GHG emissions continue to rise until 2020 and beyond; whereas nearly all Member States are making good or even excellent progress in their efforts to comply with their individual EU burden- sharing targets, thus raising the likelihood that the EU will reach its Kyoto target by 2012; whereas, nevertheless, after 2012 Member States will have to reduce GHG emissions in a more ambitious way if they are to meet the targets adopted at the above-mentioned European Council on 8-9 March 2007 and to halve their GHG emissions by 2050,
Amendment 47 #
2008/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas, according to IPCC AR4, global GHG emissions due to human activities have grown since pre- industrial times, with an increase of 70% between 1970 and 2004 and a significant increase of 24% since 1990; whereas many natural systems on all continents and in most oceans are already affected by regional climate change through rising temperatures and other meteorological phenomena such as changing rain and wind patterns,
Amendment 72 #
2008/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regards the science of climate change as settled and reiterates its commitment to the EU's strategic objective of limiting the global average temperature increase to not more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, which, according to IPCC AR4, will require industrialised countries to reduce their GHG emissions by 25%-40% below 1990 levels by 2020; believes, notwithstanding this, that all efforts to curb emissions should in fact aim at staying well below the 2°C target, as such a level of warming would already heavily impact on our society and individual lifestyles, and would also entail significant changes in ecosystems and water resources;
Amendment 53 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) It is evident that pressure on natural forest resources and the demand for timber and timber products are often too high and that the Community needs to reduce its impact on forest ecosystems regardless of where their effects occur.
Amendment 92 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
Subject matter Subject matter and objectives This Regulation lays down the obligations of operators who place or make available timber and timber products on the market. Operators shall ensure that only legally harvested timber and timber products are made available on the market. Operators who place timber and timber products on the market shall use a due diligence system. In implementing this Regulation, Member States shall regard as an infringement the placing and the making available on the market of any timber and timber products that have been harvested, taken, sold, traded or possessed in contravention of the applicable legislation, if attempted or committed with intent, recklessly or as a result of serious negligence. The provisions of this Regulation are aimed at: a) supporting and stimulating the implementation of sustainable forest management and creating strong deterrents to the illegal harvesting of timber and timber products; b) contributing to the implementation of applicable legislation, existing and planned international standards, and international commitments, principles and recommendations including those concerning mitigation of climate change, reduction of biodiversity loss, alleviation of poverty, reduction of desertification and the protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples, local and forest-dependent communities.
Amendment 131 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 –point b – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 –point b – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The placing and making available on the market of timber and timber products from conflict areas should be considered by the operators as high risk under this Regulation.
Amendment 132 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The placing and making available on the market of timber and timber products harvested in contravention of land tenure and the resource users rights of indigenous people shall be prohibited. Where legal proceedings are pending, operators shall suspend sourcing timber and timber products from those areas.
Amendment 143 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Labelling Member States shall ensure that within two years of the entry into force of this Regulation all timber and timber products placed and made available on the market are labelled in accordance with the provisions of Article 3.
Amendment 144 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 b (new)
Article 4 b (new)
Amendment 182 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Where serious infringements are suspected of having taken place, Member States shall start a full investigation and apply immediate enforcement measures.
Amendment 186 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Immediate enforcement measures 1. Where a natural person is suspected of having committed, or is caught in the act while committing an infringement, or a legal person is suspected of being held liable for such an infringement, Member States shall start a full investigation of the infringement and, in conformity with their national law and depending on the gravity of the infringement, take immediate enforcement measures such as in particular; (a) immediate cessation of commercial activity (b) the re-routing to port of shipments, or the temporary immobilisation or re- routing of the transport vehicle to another location for inspection; (c) the temporary immobilisation or confiscation of any transport or supply vehicle or machinery used in the operation concerned; (d) the seizure of timber and timber products; (e) the suspension of the authorisation to place timber and timber products on the market 2. The enforcement measures shall be of such nature as to prevent the continuation of the infringement concerned and to allow the competent authorities to complete its investigation.
Amendment 194 #
2008/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
Article 13
The Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulationwithin the meaning of Article 1 and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commis, which may include criminal or administrative penalties such as the temporary prohibition from marketing timber and timber products. Fines should be proportionate and determined taking into account the tax losses and environmental and economic damage occasioned by 31 December 20XX and shall notify it without delay ofan infringement in accordance with Article 1, and shall be at least X times the value of the timber or timber products obtained by the infringement. Without prejudice to other provisions laid down in Community law, pertaining to public funds, Member States shall not grant any spubsequent amendment affecting themlic aid under national aid regimes or under Community funds to operators convicted of an infringement in accordance with Article 1. The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by 31 December 20XX and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 28 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has adopted two opinions on the welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing of certain species of animals, namely on the Welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing the main commercial species of animals, in 2004 and on the welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing applied to commercially farmed deer, goats, rabbits, ostriches, ducks, geese and quail, in 2006. In 2001 the Scientific Committee on the Animal Health and Animal Welfare (SCAHAW) adopted a report on The Welfare of Animals Kept for Fur Production which included a review of the killing methods used in fur factory farms. Community legislation in this area should be updated to take into account those scientific opinions. Recommendations to phase out the use of carbon dioxide for pigs and poultry, as well as to phase out the use of waterbath stunners for poultry were not included in the proposal because the impact assessment revealed that they were not economically viable at present in the EU. Furthermore other recommendations should not be part of this Regulation because they refer to technical parameters that should be part of implementing measures or codes of good practices. Recommendations on farm fish were not included in the proposal because there was a need for further scientific opinion and economic evaluation in this field.
Amendment 31 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Depending on how they are used during the slaughtering or killing process, some stunning methods can lead to death while avoiding pain and minimising distress or suffering for the animals. Consequently, it is not necessary to make a distinction between reversible and non- reversible methods of stunning.
Amendment 33 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Personnel with several years of experience may be presumed to have a certain level of expertise. A transitional period of no more than one year regarding the certificate of competence requirements should therefore be provided for in this Regulation with regards to such personnel.
Amendment 35 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Guidelines are necessary to provide operators and the competent authorities with specific information on the construction, layout and equipment of slaughterhouses and fur factory farms in order to ensure a high level of protection for animals, while maintaining a level playing field for operators. It is therefore necessary that the Community authorises the Commission for adopting such guidelines.
Amendment 36 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Science and technical progress are regularly made with regard to the handling and restraining of animals at slaughterhouses and fur factory farms. It is therefore important that the Community authorises the Commission for amending the requirements applicable to the handling and restraining of animals before slaughterkilling while keeping a uniform and high level of protection for animals.
Amendment 37 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Guidelines are necessary to provide operators and competent authorities with specific information on the handling and restraining of animals before slaughterkilling in order to ensure a high level of protection for the animals, while maintaining a level playing field for operators. It is therefore necessary that the Community authorises the Commission for adopting such guidelines.
Amendment 41 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point m
Article 2 – point m
(m) “fur animals” means animals of the mammal species primarily reared for the production of fur such as minks, polecats, foxes, raccoons, coypuraccoon dogs, coypu, rabbits and chinchillas;
Amendment 46 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) the killing of fur animals The adoption of this amendment requires the deletion of Art. 7(3) of the Commission proposal.
Amendment 47 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the maximum throughput for each slaughter line and fur factory farm;
Amendment 50 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Operators of fur farms shall notify the competent authority in advance when animals are to be killed to enable monitoring to take place.
Amendment 51 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Operators of fur farms shall notify the competent authority in advance when animals are to be killed to enable monitoring to take place.
Amendment 54 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Until 31 December 2018, Article 11(1) shall only apply to new slaughterhouses or for any new construction, or layout or equipment covered by the rules set out in Annex II, which have not entered into operation before the date of [application/entry into force] of this Regulation.
Amendment 55 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Until 31 December 2014, Member States may provide for certificates of competence, as referred to in Article 18, to be issued withoutfollowing a simplified examination to persons demonstrating relevant uninterrupted professional experience of at least [ten] years.
Amendment 57 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 2 – row 2
Annex I – table 2 – row 2
No Name Description Category of animals Key parameters Specific requirements of Chapter II of this Annex 2 Head-to- Exposure of the body to a current generating at the All species except lambs , Minimum current (A or mA). Point 3. Back same time a generalised epileptic form on the EEG or piglets of less than Minimum voltage (V). electrical (stunning) and the fibrillation or the stopping of the 5 kg live weight and , cattle, Maximum frequency (Hz). Point 4 for foxes and killing heart (killing). cattle. and fur animals. Minimum time of exposure. chinchillas. Frequency of calibration of the equipment Optimisation of the current flow. Prevention of electrical shocks before stunning.
Amendment 58 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – chapter II – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4.2 and 4.3
Annex I – chapter II – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4.2 and 4.3
Amendment 59 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – chapter II – paragraph 8
Annex I – chapter II – paragraph 8
Amendment 60 #
2008/0180(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – chapter II – paragraph 9
Annex I – chapter II – paragraph 9
Amendment 23 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) To eliminate the present fragmentation of the internal market and to meet the animal welfare concerns of European citizens and taking into account nature conservation issues, there is a need to provide for harmonised rules while taking into account animal welfarbased on these considerations. A ban on placing seal products on the market is appropriate to thatese effects.
Amendment 25 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital -1 (new)
Recital -1 (new)
The European Parliament called on the Commission to propose a total import ban on seal products, under point 70 of its Resolution of 12 October 2006 on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006 – 20101, 1 OJ C 308E, 16.12.2006, p. 170.
Amendment 26 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
This Regulation establishes harmonised rules concerning the placing on the market and the import in, transit through, or export from, the European Community of seal products and meets animal welfare concerns while taking into account nature conservation issues.
Amendment 26 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital -1 a (new)
Recital -1 a (new)
On 26 September 2006 the European Parliament adopted a Written Declaration on banning seal products in the European Union1, 1 Texts adopted, P6_TA(2006)0369.
Amendment 27 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital -1 b (new)
Recital -1 b (new)
In Recommendation 1776 of 17 November 2006, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe invited its Member States, inter alia, to: a) ban all cruel hunting methods which do not guarantee the instantaneous death, without suffering, of the animals, prohibiting the stunning of animals with instruments such as hakapiks, bludgeons and guns; and b) promote initiatives aimed at prohibiting the import and marketing of seal-derived products,
Amendment 28 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Seals are sentient animals that can experience pain, distress, fear and other forms of suffering.
Amendment 29 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The hunting of seals has led to expressions of serious concerns by members of the public, governments as well as the European Parliament sensitive to animal welfare considerations since there are indications that seals may not be killed and skinned without causing avoidable pain, distress and other forms of suffering. The European Food Safety Authority concluded, in its scientific opinion on the Animal Welfare aspects of the killing and skinning of seals, that it is possible to kill seals rapidly and effectively without causing them avoidableseals killed and skinned in commercial hunts consistently suffer pain or, distress, whilst also reporting that in practice, effective and humane killing does not always happen and other forms of suffering.
Amendment 31 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The various prohibitions provided for by this Regulation should respond to the animal welfare concerns expressed by members of the public as to the placing on the Community market, including further to imports from third countries, of seal products obtained from seals that might not have been killed and skinned without causing avoidable pain, distress and other forms of suffering.
Amendment 33 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) It is appropriate, however, to provide for the possibility ofa limited derogations from the general ban on the placing on the market and the import in, or export from, the Community of seal products insofar as the appropriate conditions based on animal welfare considerations are met. To that effect, criteria should be provided for the compliance with which should ensure that seals are killed and skinned without causing avoidable pain, distress and other forms of suffering. Any such derogation should be granted at Community level so that uniform conditions apply throughout the Community with respect to the trade specifically allowed under those derogations and the smooth functioning of the internal market is preservedfor seal products derived from hunts conducted by Inuit communities.
Amendment 35 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Appropriate requirements should be provided for ensuring that the derogations to trade prohibitions for Inuit seal products can be properly enforced under this Regulation. To that effect, provisions should be made relating to certification schemes as well as on labelling and marking. Certification schemes should ensure that seal products are certified as coming from seals which have been killed and skinned in accordance with the appropriate requirements, which are effectively enforced, and whose object is to ensure that seals are killed and skinned without causing avoidable pain, distress and any other form of suffering.
Amendment 37 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 39 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
This Regulation establishes harmonised rules concerning the banning of the placing on the market and the import in, transit through, or export from, the European Community of seal products, except for all seal products derived from hunts conducted by Inuit communities.
Amendment 41 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. 'seal' means specimens of Pinnipeds belonging to the species listed in Annex I;
Amendment 42 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. 'seal product' means allny products, either processed or unprocessed, derivinged or obtained from seals, including meat, oil, blubber, and raw fur skins and fur skins, tanned or dressed, including fur skins assembled in plates, crosses and similar forms as well as articles made from seal fur skins; with the exception of seal products derived from hunts conducted by Inuit communities.
Amendment 44 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. 'import' means any entry of goods into the customs territory of the Community, with the exception of imports that: (i) are of an occasional nature, and (ii) consist exclusively of goods for the personal use of the travellers or their families; the nature and quantity of such goods should not be such as might indicate they are being imported for commercial reasons.
Amendment 47 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Article 11
1. Member States shall send every fivwithin two years of the entry into force of this Regulation and thereafter every three years to the Commission a report outlining the actions taken to enforce this Regulation. 2. On the basis of the reports referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation within twelve months of the end of the five-yeareach reporting period concerned.
Amendment 48 #
2008/0160(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Articles 3 and 4 shall apply from [6 months after the date of entry into force of the Regulation unless the implementing measures referred to in Articles 3(3), 5(5), 6(2) and 7(2) are not in force on that date, in which case they shall apply on the day following the entry into force of those implementing measuresis Regulation].
Amendment 162 #
2008/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authority may, by way of derogation from Sections 1 and 2, authorise , under conditions which ensure the control of risks to public and animal health, the collection and/or use of:
Amendment 163 #
2008/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27a Measures for the implementation of this Article may be adopted by the Member State, with notification to the European Commission, in order to exclude the collection of material from Categories 1, 2 and 3 in certain areas of the Natura 2000 network or other areas in which, for reasons of conservation of endangered and protected species, or protected necrophagous birds, such measures are needed in order to comply with Directives 79/409/EEC and 92/43/EEC. Such exclusion shall be allowed under specified conditions for the prevention of risks to public health and animal health. These derogations shall not affect Decision 2005/830/CE and derogations provided for in Article 27(2).
Amendment 164 #
2008/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority may authorise, by way of derogation from Sections 1 and 2, and in accordance with conditions laid down pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, the feeding of the Category 1 material referred to in Article 11(b)(ii) to zoo animals and to endangered or protected species ofand necrophagous bird species living in their natural habitat.
Amendment 169 #
2008/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point b – (ii)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point b – (ii)
(ii) the measures which are necessary to ensure that access of other species to the material fed is being preventedspecified conditions for the prevention of risks to public health and animal health.
Amendment 171 #
2008/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by burial of dead pet animals and equidae;
Amendment 316 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 - paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In some countries a very high percentage of meat is derived from animals that have not been stunned prior to slaughter. This information shall be communicated to the consumer.
Amendment 105 #
2008/0018(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The general and specific chemical requirements in this Directive should aim at protecting the health of children from dangerous substances in toys, while environmental concerns presented by toys are addressed in horizontal environmental legislation applying also to toys, in particular in Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste 1,to electrical and electronic toys, in Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment2, and in Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment3,. In addition, environmental issues concerning waste are regulated in Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste, those concerning packaging are regulated in Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste4, and those concerning batteries and accumulators are regulated in Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC5. 1 OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 9. 2 OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 19. 3 OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 24. 4 OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10. 5 OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p. 1.
Amendment 107 #
2008/0018(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) In particular power should be conferred on the Commission in order to adapt the chemical requirements in certain well defined cases and grant exemptions from the prohibition of CMR substances in certain cases as well as, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the wording of the specific warnings for certain categories of toys. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive and/ or to supplement this Directive by the addition of, inter alia by supplementing it with new non- essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Amendment 127 #
2008/0018(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this RegulationDirective, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 46 (2).
Amendment 130 #
2008/0018(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2
Amendment 135 #
2008/0018(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 3
Annex II – Part III – point 3
3. Without prejudice to the application of the restrictions under the first sentence of point 2, the use in toys of substances that are classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR) according to Directive 67/548/EEC in individual concentrations equal to or greater than the relevant concentrations established for the classification of preparations containing the substances in accordance with the provisions of Directive 1999/45/EC shall be prohibited, except i, of substances classified as endocrine disrupters and of substances classified as persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) shall be prohibited. The presence of traces of these substances are contained in components of toys or micro-structurally distinct parts of toys that are not accessible to any physical contact by childrenshall be allowed provided that such presence is technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice.
Amendment 138 #
2008/0018(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 4
Annex II – Part III – point 4
Amendment 140 #
2008/0018(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 5
Annex II – Part III – point 5
Amendment 144 #
2008/0018(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 7
Annex II – Part III – point 7
7. Toys shall not contain the following allergenic fragrances: (1) Alanroot (Inula helenium) (2) Allylisothiocyanate (3) Benzyl cyanide (4) 4 tert-Butylphenol (5) Chenopodium oil (6) Cyclamen alcohol (7) Diethyl maleate (8) Dihydrocoumarin (9) 2,4-Dihydroxy-3-methylbenzaldehyde (10) 3,7-Dimethyl-2-octen-1-ol (6,7- Dihydrogeraniol) (11) 4,6-Dimethyl-8-tert-butylcoumarin (12) Dimethyl citraconate (13) 7,11-Dimethyl-4,6,10-dodecatrien-3- one (14) 6,10-Dimethyl-3,5,9-undecatrien-2- one (15) Diphenylamine (16) Ethyl acrylate (17) Fig leaf, fresh and preparations (18) trans-2-Heptenal (19) trans-2-Hexenal diethyl acetal (20) trans-2-Hexenal dimethyl acetal (21) Hydroabietyl alcohol (22) 4-Ethoxy-phenol (23) 6-lsopropyl-2-decahydronaphthalenol (24) 7-Methoxycoumarin (25) 4-Methoxyphenol (26) 4-(p-Methoxyphenyl)-3-butene-2-one (27) 1-(p-Methoxyphenyl)-1-penten-3-one (28) Methyl trans-2-butenoate (29) 6-Methylcoumarin (30) 7-Methylcoumarin (31) 5-Methyl-2,3-hexanedione (32) Costus root oil (Saussurea lappa Clarke) (33) 7-Ethoxy-4-methylcoumarin (34) Hexahydrocoumarin (35) Peru balsam (Myroxylonpereirae Klotzsch) (36) 2-Pentylidene-cyclohexanone (37) 3,6,10-Trimethyl-3,5,9-undecatrien- 2-one (38) Verbana oil (Lippia citriodora Kunth). However, the presence of traces of these substances shall be allowed provided that such presence is technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice. In addition the following allergenic fragrances shall be listed if added to toys, as such, at concentrations exceeding 0,01 % by weight: (1) Amyl cinnamal (2) Amylcinnamyl alcohol (3) Anisyl alcohol (4) Benzyl alcohol (5) Benzyl benzoate (6) Benzyl cinnamate (7) Benzyl salicylate (8) Cinnamal (9) Cinnamyl alcohol (10) Citral (11) Citronellol (12) Coumarin (13) Eugenol (14) Farnesol (15) Geraniol (16) Hexyl cinnamaldehyde (17) Hydroxy-citronellal (18) Hydroxy- methylpentylcyclohexenecarboxaldehyde (19) Isoeugenol (20) Lilial (referred to in the Cosmetics Directive in entry 83 as: 2-(4-tert- Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (21) d-Limonene (22) Linalool (23) Methyl heptine carbonate (24) 3-methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2- cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one (25) Oakmoss extracts (26) Treemoss extracts.
Amendment 152 #
2008/0018(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 8 – table and paragraph 2
Annex II – Part III – point 8 – table and paragraph 2
Amendment 82 #
2008/0014(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. The Community shall, by 2020, limit its domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% compared to 1990 levels. Greenhouse gas emissions from sources not covered under Directive 2003/87/EC should undertake one third of the emission reduction effort required to meet this target, using 2005 emissions as the baseline. The corresponding greenhouse gas emission limits and amounts in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per Member State for sources not covered under Directive 2003/87/EC, shall be calculated by the Commission.
Amendment 87 #
2008/0014(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Until a future international agreement on climate change has been concluded by the Community leading to emission reductions exceeding those required pursuant to this Article, eEach Member State shall, by 2020, limit its domestic greenhouse gas emissions from sources not covered under Directive 2003/87/EC at a minimum by the percentage set for that Member State in the Annex to this Decision in relation to its emissions in the year 2005.
Amendment 93 #
2008/0014(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. No credits from project activities may be used for the implementation of obligations under this article, unless at least an overall 40% reduction in the Community’s domestic greenhouse gas emissions is guaranteed.
Amendment 155 #
2008/0014(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Amendment 42 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was approved on behalf of the European Community by Council Decision 94/69/EC of 15 December 1993 concerning the conclusion of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. In order to meet that objective, the overall global annual mean surface temperature increase should not exceed 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment (IPCC) report shows that, in order to reach that objective, global emissions of greenhouse gases must peak by 2020. Recent scientific findings show that atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide must be reduced to below 350 parts per million, which means a Community greenhouse gas emission reduction target of 60% by 2030. This implies the increasing of efforts by the Community and the quick involvement of developed countries and encouraging the participation of developing countries in the emission reduction process.
Amendment 48 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to contribute to achieving those long- term objectives, it is appropriate to set out a predictable path according to which the emissions of installations covered by the Community scheme should be reduced. To achieve cost-effectively the commitment of the Community to at least a 240% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels, emission allowances allocated in respect of those installations should be 21% below adjusted accordingly with the sectors covered by the Community scheme undertaking two-their 2005ds of the emission levels by 2020reduction effort, with verified emissions in 2005 being the year from which effort is determined.
Amendment 54 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to enhance the certainty and predictability of the Community scheme, provisions should be specified to increase the level of contribution of the Community scheme to achieving an overall reduction of more than 240%, in particular in view of the objective of the European Council for a 30% reduction by 2020 twith a view to reaching what is considered scientifically necessary to avoid dangerous climate change.
Amendment 78 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Community-wide quantity of allowances should decrease in a linear manner calculated from the mid-point of the period 2008 to 2012, ensuring that the emissions trading system delivers gradual and predictable reductions of emissions over time. The annual decrease of allowances should be equal to 1.74% of thequantity should decrease by a linear factor compared to the average annual total quantity of allowances issued by Member States pursuant to Commission Decisions on Member States' national allocation plans for the period 2008 to 2012, so that the Community scheme contributes cost- effectively to achieving the commitment of the Community to an overall reduction in emissions of at least 240% by 2020.
Amendment 82 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This contribution is equivalent to a reduction of emissions in 2020 in the Community scheme of 2140% below reported 2005 levels1990 levels by 2020, with the sectors covered by the Community scheme undertaking two- thirds of this emission reduction effort and verified emissions in 2005 being the year from which effort is determined, including the effect of the increased scope from the period 2005 to 2007 to the period 2008 to 2012 and the 2005 emission figures for the trading sector used for the assessment of the Bulgarian and Romanian national allocation plan for the period 2008 to 2012, leading to an issue of a maximum of 1 720 million allowances in the year 2020. Exact quantities of emissions will be calculated once Member States have issued allowances pursuant to Commission Decisions on their national allocation plans for the period 2008 to 2012, as the approval of allocations to some installations was contingent upon their emissions having been substantiated and verified. Once the issue of allowances for the period 2008 to 2012 has taken place, the Commission will publish the Community-wide quantity. Adjustments should be made to the Community-wide quantity in relation to installations which are included in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012 or from 2013 onwards.
Amendment 92 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) This Directive should not prevent any Member State from maintaining or establishing other complementary and parallel policies or measures that address the total impact of the sectors covered by the Community scheme.
Amendment 98 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Given the considerable efforts of combating climate change and of adapting to its inevitable effects, it is appropriate that at least 20% of the proceeds from the auctioning of allowances should be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to adapt to the impacts of climate change, to fund research and development for reducing emissions and adaptation, to develop renewable energies to meet the EU’s commitment to using 20% renewable energies by 2020, to meet the commitment of the Community to increase energy efficiency by 20% by 2020, for the capture and geological storage of greenhouse gases, to contribute to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund, for measures to avoid deforestation and facilitate adaptation in developing countries, and for addressing social aspects such as possible increases in electricity prices in lower and middle income households. This proportion is significantly below the expected net revenues for public authorities from auctioning, taking into account potentially reduced income from corporate taxes. In addition, proceeds from auctioning of allowances should be used to cover administrative expenses of the management of the Community scheme. Provisions should be included on monitoring the use of funds from auctioning for these purposes. Such notification does not release Member States from the obligation laid down in Article 88(3) of the Treaty, to notify certain national measures. The Directive does not prejudice the outcome of any future State aid procedures that may be undertaken in accordance with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty.
Amendment 104 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) To ensure an appropriate balance between actions within the EU to combat climate change and adapt to its effects and those undertaken in third countries, 50% of the proceeds from the auctioning of allowances should be invested within the EU and the remainder in developing countries, so as to take account of their greater vulnerability to climate change, their more limited resources to respond to it and industrialised countries’ historic responsibility for this problem.
Amendment 105 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) In order to promote an equitable and cost effective distribution of projects in third countries and the dissemination of best practice concerning all activities mentioned in recital 15, mechanisms should be set up to ensure effective information sharing regarding projects undertaken by different Member States.
Amendment 113 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Consequently, full auctioning should be the rule from 2013 onwards for the power sector, taking into account their ability to pass on the increased cost of CO2, and no free allocation should be given for carbon capture and storage as the incentive for this arises from allowances not being required to be surrendered in respect of emissions which are stored. Electricity generators may receive free allowances for heat produced through high efficiency cogeneration as defined by Directive 2004/8/EC in the event that such heat produced by installations in other sectors were to be given free allocations, in order to avoid distortions of competition.
Amendment 133 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 139 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 169 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Community will continue to take the lead in the negotiation of an ambitious international agreement that will achieve the objective of limiting global temperature increase to 2°C and is encouraged by the progress made in Bali towards this objective. In the event that other developed countries and other major emitters of greenhouse gases do not participate in this international agreement, this could lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions in third countries where industry would not be subject to comparable carbon constraints (“carbon leakage”), and at the same time could put certain energy- intensive sectors and sub-sectors in the Community which are subject to international competition at an economic disadvantage. This could undermine the environmental integrity and benefit of actions by the Community. To address the risk of carbon leakage, the Community will allocate allowances free of charge up to 100%take appropriate action with regard to sectors or sub-sectors meeting the relevant criteria. The definition of these sectors and sub-sectors and the measures required will be subject to re-assessment to ensure that action is taken where necessary and to avoid overcompensation. For those specific sectors or sub-sectors where it can be duly substantiated that the risk of carbon leakage cannot be prevented otherwise, where electricity constitutes a high proportion of production costs and is produced efficiently, the action taken may take into account the electricity consumption in the production process, without changing the total quantity of allowances.
Amendment 186 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should therefore review the situation by June 2011 at the latest, consult with all relevant social partners, and, in the light of the outcome of the international negotiations, submit a report accompanied by any appropriate proposals. In this context, the Commission should identify which energy intensive industry sectors or sub-sectors are likely to be subject to carbon leakage not later than 30 June 2010. It should base its analysis on the assessment of the inability to pass on the cost of required allowances in product prices without significant loss of market share to installations outside the Community not taking comparable action to reduce emissions. EFor energy-intensive industries which are determined to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage could receive a higher amount of free allocation or, an effective carbon equalisation system could be introduced with a view to putting installations from the Community which are at significant risk of carbon leakage and those from third countries on a comparable footing. Such a system could apply requirements to importers that would be no less favourable than those applicable to installations within the EU, for example by requiring the surrender of allowances. Any action taken would need to be in conformity with the principles of the UNFCCC, in particular the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, taking into account the particular situation of Least Developed Countries. It would also need to be in conformity with the international obligations of the Community including the WTO agreement.
Amendment 195 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to provide predictability, operators should be given certainty about their potential after 2012 to use CERs and ERUs up toup to 50% of the remainder of the level which they were allowed to use in the period 2008 to 2012, from project types which are Gold Standard certified and were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012. As carry-over by Member States of CERs and ERUs held by operators between commitments periods under international agreements (‘banking’ of CERs and ERUs) cannot take place before 2015, and only if Member States choose to allow the banking of those CERs and ERUs within the context of limited rights to bank such credits, this certainty should be given by requiring Member States to allow operators to exchange such CERs and ERUs issued in respect of emission reductions before 2012 for allowances valid from 2013 onwards. However, as Member States should not be obliged to accept CERs and ERUs which it is not certain they will be able to use towards their existing international commitments, this requirement should not extend beyond 31 December 2014. Operators should be given the same certainty concerning such CERs issued from projects that have been established before 2013 in respect of emission reductions from 2013 onwards.
Amendment 211 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) [As regards the approach to allocation, aviation should be treated as other industries which receive transitional free allocation rather than as electricity generators. This means that 80% of allowances should be allocated for free in 2013, and thereafter the free allocation to aviation should decrease each year by equal amounts resulting in no free allocation in 2020electricity generators. The Community and its Member States should continue to seek to reach an agreement on global measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and review the situation of this sector as part of the next review of the Community scheme.]
Amendment 263 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 c – paragraph 2
Article 3 c – paragraph 2
Amendment 266 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 d – paragraph 2
Article 3 d – paragraph 2
(2b) Article 3d(2) is replaced by the following: "2. From 1 January 2013, as regards auctioning aviation shall be treated in an identical manner to electricity generators."
Amendment 272 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 9
Article 9
The Community-wide quantity of allowances issued each year starting in 2013 shall decrease in a linear manner beginning from the mid-point of the period 2008 to 2012. The quantity shall decrease by a linear factor of 1.74% compared to the average annual total quantity of allowances issued by Member States in accordance with the Commission Decisions on their national allocation plans for the period 2008 to 2012. The linear factor shall correspond to meeting a Community wide greenhouse gas emission reduction target of a minimum of 40% below 1990 by 2020, with the sectors covered by the Community scheme undertaking two- thirds of this emission reduction effort, Verified emissions in 2005 shall be the year from which effort is determined. The Commission shall publish the linear factor by 30 June 2010. The Commission shall, by 30 June 2010, publish the absolute quantity of allowances for 2013, based on the total quantities of allowances issued by the Member States in accordance with the Commission Decisions on their national allocation plans for the period 2008 to 2012. The Commission shall review the linear factor no later than 202515 in order to ensure that the EU is acting in conformity with sustainable emission levels according to latest scientific findings.
Amendment 296 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 1
Article 10 - paragraph 1
1. From 2013 onwards, Member States shall auction all allowances which are not allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a.
Amendment 318 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - introduction
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - introduction
3. At least 20% of tThe revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in point (b) thereof, should shall be used for the following:
Amendment 345 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 - paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The allocation of funds for the purposes listed in paragraph 3 should ensure a broad balance between spending within the Union and spending in developing countries.
Amendment 350 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 4
Article 10 - paragraph 4
4. Member States shall include information on the use of revenues for each of these purposes and the geographical distribution of the use of revenues in their reports submitted under Decision No 280/2004/EC.
Amendment 360 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 5
Article 10 - paragraph 5
5. By 31 December 2010, the Commission shall adopt a Regulation on timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning to ensure that it is conducted in an open, transparent and non- discriminatory manner that minimises the scope for speculation. Auctions shall be designed to ensure that operators, and in particular any small and medium size enterprises covered by the Community scheme, have full access and any other participants do not undermine the operation of the auction. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article [23(3)].
Amendment 363 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a
Article 10a
Amendment 593 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 8
Article 1 - point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b - introduction
Article 10b - introduction
Amendment 603 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 8
Article 1 - point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b - indent 1
Article 10b - indent 1
Amendment 604 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 8
Article 1 - point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b - indent 2
Article 10b - indent 2
– inclusion in the Community scheme of importers of products produced by the sectors or sub-sectors determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article 10a.
Amendment 605 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 8
Article 1 - point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b - indent 2 a (new)
Article 10b - indent 2 a (new)
– imposing a border tax adjustment to offset the effective subsidy being received by firms manufacturing in developed countries that are outside the UNFCCC.
Amendment 615 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11 - paragraph 1
Article 11 - paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall publish and submit to the Commission, by 30 September 2011, the list of installations covered by this Directive in its territory and any free allocation to each installation in its territory calculated in accordance with the rules referred to in Article 10a(1).
Amendment 620 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11 - paragraph 2
Article 11 - paragraph 2
2. By 28 February of each year, the competent authorities shall issue the quantity of allowances that are to be distributed for that year, calculated in accordance with Articles 10 and 10a. An installation which ceases to operate shall receive no further free allowances.
Amendment 625 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a
Article 11a
Use of CERs and only Gold Standard certified CERUs from project activities in the Community scheme before the entry into force of a future international agreement on climate changein case no future international agreement on climate change comes into force before the end of 2012 Wherever referred to in this Directive, CERs shall only be allowed if they apply the methodologies and standards consistent with those developed by the Gold Standard Foundation. 2. Operators may request the competent authority, to the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to them by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, to issue allowances to them valid from 2013 onwards in exchange for CERs and only Gold Standard certified CERUs issued in respect of emission reductions up until 2012 from project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012. The amount of allowances issued, including allowances issued under paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, may not exceed 50% of the volume of the external credits as referred to above that have not been used up. Until 31 December 2014, the competent authority shall make such an exchange on request. 3. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, competent authorities shall allow operators to exchange only Gold Standard certified CERs from projects that were established before 2013 issued in respect of emission reductions from 2013 onwards for allowances valid from 2013 onwards. The amount of allowances issued, including allowances issued under paragraphs 2, 4 and 5, may not exceed 50% of the volume of the external credits as referred to above that have not been used up. The first subparagraph shall apply for all Gold Standard certified project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012. 4. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, competent authorities shall allow operators to exchange only Gold Standard certified CERs issued in respect of emission reductions from 2013 onwards for allowances from new projects started from 2013 onwards in Least Developed Countries. The first subparagraph shall apply to CERs for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012, until those countries have ratified an agreement with the Community or until 2020, whichever is the earlier. The amount of allowances issued, including allowances issued under paragraphs 2, 3 and 5, may not exceed 50% of the volume of the external credits as referred to above that have not been used up. 5. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up and in the event that the conclusion of an international agreement on climate change is delayed, credits from projects or other emission reducing activities may be used in the Community scheme in accordance with agreements concluded with third countries, specifying levels of use. In accordance with such agreements, operators shall be able to use credits from project activities in those third countries, as long as they are Gold Standard certified, to comply with their obligations under the Community scheme. The amount of allowances issued, including allowances issued under paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, may not exceed 50% of the external credits as referred to above that have not been used up. 6. Any agreements referred to in paragraph 5 shall provide for the use of Gold Standard certified credits in the Community scheme from renewable energy or energy efficiency technologies which promote technological transfer, sustainable development. Any such agreement may also provide for the use of credits from projects where the baseline used is below the level of free allocation under the measures referred to in Article 10a or below the levels required by Community legislation. 7. Once an international agreement on climate change has been reached, only Gold Standard certified CERs from third countries which have ratified that agreement shall be accepted in the Community scheme." , up to 10% of the additional reduction effort taking place in accordance with Articles 9 and 28.
Amendment 677 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 10 a (new)
Article 1 - point 10 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 12 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 - paragraph 2 a (new)
In Article 12 the following paragraph 2a is inserted: "2a. In the event that Community measures to incentivise the reduction of releases of nitrogen oxides from aircraft carrying out an aviation activity listed in Annex I, which avoid perverse technological trade-offs between CO2 and NOx emission reductions and ensure equivalent climate protection, are not in place by 1 January 2012, the amount of carbon dioxide which an allowance (other than an aviation emissions allowance) or a CER or ERU permits an aircraft operator to emit shall be divided by an impact factor of 2. The Commission shall vary the impact factor if appropriate based on scientific evidence, acting in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article [23(3)].”
Amendment 695 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 19
Article 1 - point 19
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 24 a
Article 24 a
Amendment 740 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 21
Article 1 - point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 - paragraphs 1 to 3
Article 28 - paragraphs 1 to 3
1. Upon the conclusion by the Community of an international agreement on climate change leading, by 2020, to mandatory reductions of greenhouse gas emissions exceeding the minimum reduction levels agreed upon by the European Councilunder Article 9, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article shall apply. 2. From the year following the conclusion of the international agreement referred to in paragraph 1, the linear factor shall increase so that the Community quantity of allowances in 2020 is lower than that established pursuant to Article 9, by a quantity of allowances equivalent to the overall reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by the Community below 240% to which the international agreement commits the Community, multiplied by the share of overall greenhouse gas emission reductions in 2020 which the Community scheme is contributing pursuant to Articles 9 and 9a. 3. Operators may use CERs, ERUs or other credits approved in accordance with paragraph 4 from third countries which have concluded the international agreement, up to half10% of the reduction taking place in accordance with paragraph 2.
Amendment 27 #
2008/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Amendment 75 #
2008/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that price volatility on the international commodity markets mostly benefits players in the developed world - investors, speculators and importers - who have the information skills and market power to take advantage of quick market adjustments;
Amendment 83 #
2008/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that the extraction, gathering and production of raw materials and commodities should be done in accordance with the principle of sustainability, which respects the natural processes of the ecosystems instead of altering them;
Amendment 84 #
2008/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Acknowledges that increased prices of agricultural food products and commodities can have negative effects on food security and actual access to food in developing countries;
Amendment 90 #
2008/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to develop a public monitoring and review mechanism of the activities of EU companies in the sectors of raw materials and commodities in developing countries, with the participation of relevant stakeholders and civil society;
Amendment 91 #
2008/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses that supermarkets as well as agricultural trading and processing corporations must not abuse their buying power in relation to their suppliers; urgently calls for international cooperation and concrete measures which can counteract global market concentration and oligopolistic behaviour;
Amendment 32 #
2007/2265(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the representatives of ASEAN countries to pay particular attention to the consequences of the agreement on the small-scale farmers of the region and ensure that family and sustainable agriculture will be reinforced and not weakened;
Amendment 40 #
2007/2265(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that aspects of the agreement affecting public procurement, services and investments should recognise the varying level of development of ASEAN members and respect the right of all participants to regulate public services, particularly those relating to basic needs;
Amendment 1 #
2007/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EIB pursues a ‘zero- tolerance’ policy towards fraud and corruption, and welcomes the rise in the number of investigations and the increased cooperation with OLAF; calls upon the EIB, before approving the Anti-Fraud Policy and Procedures, to include measures leading to: i) an administrative debarment mechanism for companies found guilty of corruption by the Bank and other Multilateral Development Bands (MDBs), ii) a whistleblower protection policy, and iii) a review of the existing procurement guidelines;
Amendment 4 #
2007/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the existence of a complaints office to receive and deal with external complaints, as well as of an appeals mechanism for complaints received via the European Ombudsman; welcomes and actively supports dialogue between the European Ombudsman and the EIB; calls on the EIB to consequently review its internal grievance mechanism and issue new appeal mechanism guidelines extended to all EIB financed operations;
Amendment 5 #
2007/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the EIB’s desire for transparency in the framework of its disclosure policy, and the large amount of information that it makes available to the general public; encourages the EIB to develop the activities of its ‘Operations Evaluation’ department, which carries out an ex post evaluation of a representative sample of projects and programmes; calls on the EIB to extend its strive for transparency to the global loans it is providing and to disclose the final beneficiaries of global loans lent through financial intermediaries;
Amendment 10 #
2007/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the inclusion of promoting reliable, competitive, sustainable energy in the main features of the Bank’s programme of activities; calls on the EIB to inform Parliament by the end of 2008 on a comprehensive plan for investing in renewable energy sources including reporting on the amount of money lent and the list of projects supported;
Amendment 12 #
2007/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the fact that sustainable development remains a fundamental requirement for the EIB; in particular, congratulates the EIB on its excellent results in terms of loan activity for environmental protection and social and economic cohesion; urges the EIB to give the same priority also to its external lending activities and to apply EU environmental standards as binding standards in its evaluation of project proposals outside the EU; calls on the EIB to ensure coherence of its external lending activities, in particular on the African continent with the European Consensus on Development2 and the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals, and asks the EIB to ensure that it engages actively with civil society, inter alia via consultation procedures;
Amendment 15 #
2007/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its encouragement to the EIB to give priority to funding trans-European networks, including cross-border infrastructure that enables national networks to be interconnected, which is an essential element in developing a market economy centred upon social cohesion; calls on the EIB, with regard to the funding of Trans-European Networks (TENs), to give priority to infrastructure or transport projects with a lower or negative carbon footprint and to inform the European Parliament of the total emissions saved yearly, by the end of 2009;
Amendment 20 #
2007/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the EIB to operate in line with the principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, which was endorsed on 2March 2005, particularly in delivering effective aid, enhancing mutual accountability, and adopting measurable development indicators in coherence with the UN Millenium Development Goals;
Amendment 84 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Asks the Commission to act accordingly in order to instil social and environmental considerations into the reform of antidumping rules during the WTO negotiations, based on the international fundamental social and environmental standards that already exist;
Amendment 140 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to increase the transparency and predictability of the procedure of TDI investigations in the EU, to accelerate and simplify procedures, as well as to facilitate the accessibility of TDIs for SMEs, as they constitute the majority of the European industrial sector;
Amendment 164 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Urges the Commission to guarantee that the process of decision-making in TDI investigations is based on transparent and objective standards;
Amendment 178 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Calls for real and strong involvement of the European Parliament, in order to improve the credibility and transparency of the trade defence policy in general and of TDIs in particular;
Amendment 198 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Stresses that, given that TDIs are a concept developed within the WTO mandate, it can hardly be advisable to engage in a process of unilateral revision of such instruments: reciprocity, as well as parallel steps towards their revision, on a multilateral level, namely on the part of the major EU trading partners, should be a precondition for this initiative; recalls that for the time being TDIs are the sole instruments in international trade law to address unfair trading practices;
Amendment 201 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Asks the Council to demonstrate solidarity when dealing with TDIs, in order to guarantee that European industry and its workers are effectively protected when confronted with unfair competition;
Amendment 15 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Communications proposed an integrated approach with a view to reaching the Community target of 120 g CO2/km by 2012 and announced that the Commission would propose a legislative framework to achieve the Community objective byA legislative framework focusing on mandatory reductions of emissions of CO2 is needed to reach the objectiveCommunity target of 1320 g CO2/km by 2012 for the average new car fleet by means of improvements in vehicle motor technology. Consistent with the approach under the voluntary commitments adopted by the manufacturers, this covers those elements that are taken into account in the measurement of the CO2 emissions of passenger cars in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information. A further reduction of 10 g CO2/km, or equivalent if technically necessary, will be delivered by other technological improvements and by an increased use of biofuels. In addition, consumer behaviour has an aeffect on overall emissions from passenger cars and therefore consumers should be provided with information regarding whether new passenger cars meet the emission targets set under this Regulation.
Amendment 20 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to maintain the diversity of the car market and its ability to cater for different consumer needs, CO2 targets for passenger cars should be defined as a function of the utility of the cars on a linear basis. To describe this utility, massfootprint (track width times wheelbase) is the most appropriate parameter, because it provides a satisfactory correlation with present emissions and would therefore result in more realistic and competitively neutral targets and because data on mass is readily available. Data on the alternative utility parameter of footprint (track width times wheelbase) should, howeverbetter incentives for vehicle downsizing than the alternative parameter mass. Data on the parameter of footprint should, in any case, be collected in order to facilitate longer-term evaluations of the utility-based approach. In the establishment of the targets, the projected evolution of new cars' mass and footprint until 2012 should be taken into account, and potential incentives to increase vehicle mass or footprint just in order to benefit from a consequential increase of the CO2 reduction target should be avoided. Therefore, the possible future autonomous mass increase evolution as well as the possible future autonomous footprint increase evolution of vehicles produced by the manufacturers and sold on the EU market should be taken into account when defining the targets for 2012. Finally, differentiation of targets should encourage emissions reductions to be made in all categories of cars while recognising that larger emission reductions can be made for heavier cars.
Amendment 58 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
Subject matter and objectives Subject matter, objectives and targets This Regulation establishes CO2 emission performance requirements for new passenger cars in order to ensure proper functioning of the internal market and achieve the EU's overall objective that the average new car fleet should achieve CO2 emissions of 120 g CO2/km. The Regulation sets the average CO2 emissions for new passenger cars at 130 g CO2/kmof reducing CO2 emissions in the EU, including in the transport sector. The Regulation sets a target, for the new car fleet, of an average 120 g CO2/km as from 1 January 2012, 80 g CO2/km as from 1 January 2020 and 60 g CO2/km as from 1 January 2025 by means of improvement in vehicle motor technology as measured in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures. This Regulation will be complemented by additional measures corresponding to 10 g/km as part of the Community's integrated approach.
Amendment 85 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 10 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 10 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'footprint' means the track width multiplied by the wheelbase as stated in the certificate of conformity and defined in sections 2.1 and 2.3 of Annex I to Directive 2007/46/EC;
Amendment 113 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
For the calendar year commencing 1 January 2012 and each subsequent calendar year, each manufacturer of passenger cars shall ensure that its average specific emissions of CO2 do not exceed its specific emissions target determined in accordance with Annex I or, where a manufacturer is granted a derogation under Article 9, in accordance with that derogation.
Amendment 170 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The excess emissions premium shall be: (a) in relation to excess emissions in the calendar year 2012, 20 euros; (b) in relation to excess emissions in the calendar year 2013, 35 euros; and (c) in relation to excess emissions in the calendar year 2014, 60 euros; and (d) in relation to excess emissions in the calendar year 2015 and subsequent calendar years, 95and subsequent years, shall be 150 euros.
Amendment 189 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 205 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By 31 December 2009, at the latest, the Commission shall present a proposal to include light duty commercial vehicles as defined in Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC in this Regulation, setting the average emissions level to 175 g CO2/km as from 1 January 2012 and not more than 160 g CO2/km as from 1 January 2015.
Amendment 208 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 − paragraph 2 – subparagraphs 1 and 2
Article 10 − paragraph 2 – subparagraphs 1 and 2
2. In 2010, the Commission shall assess, on the basis of data reported under Decision 1753/2000/EC, whether between 2006 and 2009 there has been a change in the massfootprint of new passenger cars greater or less than 0. If there has been a change in the massfootprint of new passenger cars, the figure for the autonomous massfootprint increase in Annex I shall be amended to be the average of the annual changes in the massfootprint between the calendar year 2006 to 2009.
Amendment 237 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
1. For each new passenger car registered in the Community in the year commencing 1 January 2012, the permitted specific emissions of CO2, measured in grams per kilometre, shall be determined in accordance with the following formula: Permitted specific emissions of CO2 = 1320 + a × (MF – MF0) Where: MF = massfootprint of the vehicle in kilogramsquare meters (kgm2) MF0 = 1289.03.91 × f f = (1 + AMFI)6 Autonomous massfootprint increase (AMFI) = 0 % a = 0.045715.56
Amendment 252 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. For each year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive, the formula in paragraph 1 shall be applied by replacing “for each year from 2012 to 2019 inclusive” with “for each year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive”, and “120” with “80”.
Amendment 255 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. For each year from 2025 onwards, the formula in paragraph 1 shall be applied by replacing “for each year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive” with “for each year from 2025 onwards”, and “80” with “60”.
Amendment 92 #
2007/0121(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 19 - paragraph 3
Article 19 - paragraph 3
3. The hazard pictogram relevant for each specific classification is set out in the tables indicating the label elements required for each hazard class in parts 2, 3 and 4 of Annex I.
Amendment 96 #
2007/0121(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 23
Article 23
Where a substance or mixture is classified in accordance with part 5 of Annex I the following shall apply: (a) a hazard pictogram shall not be included on the label; (b) the signal words, hazard statements and precautionary statlabelling elements shall be placed in the supplemental information section as referred to in Article 27.
Amendment 144 #
2007/0121(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex I - part 3.1. - paragraph 3.1.2.1. - subparagraph 1a (new)
Annex I - part 3.1. - paragraph 3.1.2.1. - subparagraph 1a (new)
Not later than ...*, the Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 53, amend this part of the Annex to include acute toxicity Category 5. ______ * Six months after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 156 #
2007/0121(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex I - paragraph 5.1a (new)
Annex I - paragraph 5.1a (new)
Amendment 48 #
2006/0304(COD)
Recital 17
(17) In order to avoid distortions of competition, a harmonised allocation methodology should be specified for determining the total quantity of allowances to be issued and for distributing allowances to aircraft operators. A proportion of allowances will be allocated by auction in accordance with rules to be developed by the Commission. From 2013 onwards, all allowances will be auctioned. A special reserve of allowances should be set aside to ensure access to the market for new aircraft operators and to assist aircraft operators which increase sharply the number of tonne-kilometres that they perform. Aircraft operators that cease operations should continue to be issued with allowances until the end of the period for which free allowances have already been allocated. Or. en (amendments 75 and 87 adopted at first reading)
Amendment 52 #
2006/0304(COD)
Recital 19
(19) Aviation contributes to the overall climate change impact of human activities and the environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft can be mitigated through measures to tackle. The proceeds from the auctioning of allowances should be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change in the EU and third countries, especially in developing countries, and to fund research and development for mitigation and adaptation. Decisions on national public expenditure are a matter for Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity. Without prejudice to that positionThe proceeds of auctioning should in particular be used to fund contributions to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund, and measures to avoid deforestation. In order to reduce to some extent the burden on citizens, revenues generated from theby auctioning of allowances, or an equivalent amount where required by overriding budgetary principles of the Member States, such as unity and universality,should also be used to lower taxes and charges imposed on environment-friendly transport such as rail and bus. They should also be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to adapt to the impacts of climate change cover the Member States’ justified costs in administering the EU and third countries, to fund research and development for mitigation and adaptation and to cover the cost of administering the scheme. This could include measures to encourage environmentally-friendly transport. The proceeds of auctioning should in particular be used to fund contributions to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund, and measures to avoid deforestation and facilitate adaptis Directive. Member States may also use those revenues to mitigate or even eliminate any accessibility and competitiveness problems arising for the outermost regions and problems for public service obligations in developing countries. The provisconnection with the implementations of this Directive relating to the use of revenues should not prejudge any decision on the use to be made of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances in the broader context of the general review of Directive 2003/87/EC. . Member States should inform the Commission of measures taken in this connection. Or. en (amendment 14 adopted at first reading)
Amendment 54 #
2006/0304(COD)
Recital 33 a (new)
Amendment 57 #
2006/0304(COD)
Article 1 - point 4
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3c - paragraph 2
Article 3c - paragraph 2
2. For the period referred to in Article 11(2) beginning on 1 January 2013, and, in the absence of any amendments following the review referred to in Article 30(4), for each subsequent period, the total quantity of aviation allowances to be allocated to aircraft operators shall be equivalent to 100% of the historical aviationissued each year shall decrease in a linear manner corresponding to the overall reduction target applicable to the emissions multiplicovered by the number of years in the period. Emissions Trading Scheme in reference to the annual value established under paragraph 1. Or. en (amendment 13 and 61 adopted at first reading)
Amendment 62 #
2006/0304(COD)
Article 1 - point 4
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3d - paragraph 2
Article 3d - paragraph 2
2. For subsequent periods, the percentage to be auctioned referred to in paragraph 1 may be increased as part of the general review of this Directive. all allowances shall be auctioned. Or. en (amendments 75 and 87 adopted at first reading)
Amendment 67 #
2006/0304(COD)
Article 1 - point 4
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3e - paragraph 1
Article 3e - paragraph 1
1. For eachthe period referred to in Article 3c(1), each aircraft operator may apply for an allocation of allowances that are to be allocated free of charge. An application may be made by submitting to the competent authority in the administering Member State verified tonne-kilometre data for the aviation activities listed in Annex I performed by that aircraft operator for the monitoring year. For the purposes of this Article, the monitoring year shall be the calendar year ending 24 months before the start of the period to which it relates in accordance with Annexes IV and V or, in relation to the period referred to in Article 3c(1), 2010. Any application shall be made at least 21 months before the start of the period to which it relates or, in relation to the period referred to in Article 3c(1), by 31 March 2011. in relation to the period referred to in Article 3c(1), 2010. Any application shall be made by 31 March 2011. Or. en (amendments 75 and 87 adopted at first reading)
Amendment 68 #
2006/0304(COD)
Article 1 - point 4
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3e - paragraph 3 - point (d)
Article 3e - paragraph 3 - point (d)
(d) the number of allowances to be allocated free of charge in thate period referred to in Article 3c(1) by subtracting the number of allowances referred to in points (b) and (c) from the total quantity of allowances decided upon under point (a); and Or. en (amendments 75 and 87 adopted at first reading)