Activities of Chris DAVIES
Plenary speeches (5)
The European Green Deal (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU (B9-0038/2019, B9-0039/2019)
Situation in Kashmir (debate)
Order of business
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 as regards fishing authorisations for Union vessels in United Kingdom waters and fishing operations of United Kingdom fishing vessels in Union waters PDF (159 KB) DOC (53 KB)
Institutional motions (8)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 PDF (149 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 PDF (141 KB) DOC (47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the situation of women’s rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals PDF (158 KB) DOC (55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the situation of the Rohingya PDF (156 KB) DOC (55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors PDF (159 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the situation of women's rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals PDF (159 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the situation of the Rohingya PDF (148 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors PDF (178 KB) DOC (52 KB)
Written questions (3)
Shipping pollutants and remedies: Commission response to Parliament’s demands PDF (44 KB) DOC (10 KB)
Reduction of methane emissions PDF (40 KB) DOC (18 KB)
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund assistance for redundant Thomas Cook employees PDF (46 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Amendments (781)
Amendment 4 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the 2019 special reports by the IPCC on Climate Change and Land and on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate,
Amendment 60 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the IPCC report on Oceans and the Cryosphere in September 2019 recognised the disastrous impacts climate change has on access to freshwater supplies, habitat loss, acidification, fish stocks and migratory patterns, coastal regions dependent on fishing and regions at risk from increased levels severe flooding and calls for urgent EU action to reduce and remove CO2 from the atmosphere;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the country holding the EU Presidency and the Commission to submit to the UNFCCC as soon as possible the Union’s long-term strategy to reach domestic net-zero emissions inby 2050 at the latest; stresses that in order to reach domestic net- zero GHG emissions inby 2050 in the most cost-efficient manner, and in order to avoid relying on carbon removal technologies that would entail significant risks for ecosystems, biodiversity and food security, the 2030 ambition level will need to be raised; believes it to be of the utmost importance for the Union to send a clear message during the UN Climate Summit in September 2019at COP25 that it stands ready to enhance its contribution to the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 104 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 11
11. Supports an update of the Union’s NDC with an economy-wide target of 55 % domestic GHG emission reductions by 2030 compared with 1990 levels ; calls, therefore, on EU leaderMember States to support an increase in the level of ambition of the Union’s NDC accordingly; calls also on other global economies to update their NDCs to bring about global effects;
Amendment 107 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Expects that the European Green Deal, to be put forward by the Commission in early 2020, will set out a comprehensive and ambitious strategy for achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050 at the latest including the target of 55% emissions reductions by 2030;
Amendment 163 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the EU’s budget should be coherent with its international commitments on sustainable development and with its mid- and long-term climate and energy targets and should not be counterproductive to these targets or hampering their implementation; calls therefore on the Commission to ensure climate and biodiversity proofing of EU investments and put forward, where applicable, harmonised and binding rules on clim; underlines thate and biodiversity proofing of EU investll spending under the next Multiannual Financial Framework should be compliant with the objectives of the Paris Agreements;
Amendment 172 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the importance of a just transition to a climate neutral economy and the need for an anticipatory approach to ensure a just transition for citizens and to support the most vulnerable regions and communities; stressees the importance of creatingon of a just transition fund, as one tool on the EU-level to guarantee an inclusive transition for the people and the regions most affected by decarbonisation, such as the coal mining regas well as acknowledging actors that are in the forefront of the green transitions; believes that Europe’s climate transition must be ecologically, economically and socially sustainable; calls on the Union and the Member States to put in place appropriate policies and financing in this regard, conditioned to clear, credible and enforceable short and longer term economy-wide decarbonisation commitments from the concerned Member States;
Amendment 183 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 186 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Supports the work of the coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action and encourages all governments to adopt the coalition’s commitments to align all policies and practices in the remit of finance ministries with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to adopt effective carbon pricing, as laid down in the ‘Helsinki principles’;
Amendment 211 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Acknowledges the role attributed to Carbone Capture and Storage in most 1.5°C scenarios in the IPCC 1.5°C special report and the European Commission’s Clean Planet for All communication;
Amendment 228 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Supports greater action to deliver the targets set by Member States under the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan to implement commercial-scale CCS in European energy and industrial sectors as well as developing a robust regulatory framework to aid direct removal of CO2 from the atmosphere for safe storage by 2022;
Amendment 5 #
2019/2085(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the role of the Agency in promoting the creation of the European Border and Coast Guard should in no way undermine the Agency’s core activity as the Union body responsible for organising operational coordination of fisheries control activities; therefore stresses the need to provide the Agency with adequate financial and human resources commensurate with its growing tasks;, enabling it to increase the number of inspections it undertakes and to acquire a second vessel to facilitate this task.
Amendment 6 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas it is recognized that illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing constitutes an organised crime of the seas with disastrous worldwide environmental and socio-economic impacts;
Amendment 10 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the EU is the world’s largest trader of fishery and aquaculture products in value terms, reaching a trade volume of more than EUR 2,3 billion in 2017;
Amendment 11 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas Vietnam is the fourth biggest world fish producer, followed by the European Union;
Amendment 13 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas according to EUMOFA, the EU imports cover 68% of the EU domestic consumption;
Amendment 15 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Reminds that in 2017 the European Union issued a "yellow card" to Vietnam as a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing due to its serious deficiencies in its control system; highlights that serious labour abuses in the Vietnamese fishing industry have been reported.
Amendment 17 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Highlights that trade agreements are connected with the EU IUU policy and emphasises the need to ensure a level playing field in order to avoid a situation of unfair competition between the EU and imported products which would jeopardize the competitiveness of the EU fishing industry;
Amendment 19 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. AppreciatesTakes note of the adoption by the Vietnamese Government of a new framework law for the fisheries sector and the setup of coordinated monitoring, control and enforcement structures committed to effectively tackling and deterring IUU fishing; reminds that further efforts need to be deployed by the Vietnamese authorities in order to ensure an effective implementation an enforcement of the new legal framework;
Amendment 30 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EncouraUrges the Vietnamese authorities to closely monitor the country’s fishing fleet and to implement measures to ensure the full traceability of fisheries products destined for export to the EU market;
Amendment 50 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets that Vietnam has not ratified yet the ILO Work in Fishing Convention (ILO C188)and urges the Vietnamese authorities to ratify it before the entry into force of the FTA agreement.
Amendment 59 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the CommissionExpresses strong concerns about the EU signing a FTA with Vietnam considering the country has not yet effectively tackled and implemented tools to fight IUU fishing, a necessary precondition to achieve sustainable fisheries. Calls on the Commission to suspend preferential tariffs on fisheries products until the yellow card' has been lifted, while continuing to carry out IUU audits and to make use of all the tools ats its disposal, including the ‘"red card’", should Viet Nnam fail to fulfil the conditions for sustainable fisheries.
Amendment 25 #
2013/2256(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Urges the Management Boards of those agencies that are fully or partially co-financed by fees to ensure that fee- setting is transparent and that the services by those agencies are carried out as efficiently as possible in order to offer the best possible fee-rate;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2256(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Requests that the Court of Auditors provide an evaluation on the performance and the results of the agencies in time for the review in 2016 of the multiannual financial framework with the purpose to assess where agencies can cooperate better or even merge, and to assess whether some agencies could be dissolved or continue in another institutional setting which is more cost-efficient;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2245(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 12 #
2013/2245(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Requests that the Office communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 15 #
Amendment 16 #
2013/2242(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Requests that the Institute communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2241(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 36 #
2013/2241(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Requests that the Body communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 13 #
Amendment 14 #
2013/2240(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2239(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 17 #
2013/2239(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Requests that the Authority communicate the results and impact its work has on the European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website, ;
Amendment 17 #
Amendment 18 #
2013/2238(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 15 #
Amendment 16 #
2013/2237(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the Authority communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 17 #
Amendment 18 #
2013/2236(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Requests that the Institute communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2235(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 15 #
2013/2235(DEC)
7a. Requests that the Office communicate the results and impact its work has on the European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website.
Amendment 15 #
Amendment 16 #
2013/2233(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website, ;
Amendment 14 #
Amendment 15 #
2013/2232(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2231(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 14 #
2013/2231(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2230(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 17 #
2013/2230(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website.
Amendment 13 #
Amendment 14 #
2013/2229(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Requests that the College communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accesible way, mainly through its website,;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2228(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 15 #
2013/2228(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 12 #
2013/2222(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 13 #
2013/2222(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website.
Amendment 21 #
Amendment 22 #
2013/2220(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Requests that the agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 18 #
Amendment 19 #
2013/2219(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Requests that the agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2218(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 17 #
2013/2218(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on the European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website, ;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2217(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 15 #
2013/2217(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the Foundation communicate the results and impact its work has on the European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2216(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 16 #
2013/2216(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Requests that Eurojust communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website.
Amendment 19 #
2013/2215(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 20 #
2013/2215(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 11 #
Amendment 14 #
2013/2214(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Requests that the agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2213(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 14 #
2013/2213(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 15 #
Amendment 16 #
2013/2212(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2211(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 16 #
2013/2211(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Requests that the Centre communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2210(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 13 #
2013/2210(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Requests that the Foundation communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website.
Amendment 15 #
2013/2209(DEC)
Performance
Amendment 16 #
2013/2209(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Requests that the Agency communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 15 #
Amendment 16 #
2013/2208(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Requests that the Centre communicate the results and impact its work has on European citizens in an accessible way, mainly through its website;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2200(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that Mr Neves Mates is not in a position to fruitfully cooperate with Parliament as he has not honoured his promise made to Parliament not to accept his appointment as a member of the Court of Auditors in case Parliament gave him a negative verdict; notes that this, moreover, risks harming the working relationship of the Court of Auditors with Parliament and possibly has serious negative consequences for the credibility and hence effectiveness of the Court of Auditors; urges Mr Neves Mates to therefore resign;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2197(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that the Council acted disdainfully towards Parliament by appointing a Member of the Court of Auditors, despite the fact that Parliament gave a negative opinion; urges the Council to pay attention to the opinions expressed by Parliament on the nomination of members of the Court of Auditors and to the declarations of prospective members of the Court of Auditors before they are nominated;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2196(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses that every Member must have an equal right to know how Parliament's financial affairs are managed, and therefore requires the Secretary-General to ensure that copies of all reports prepared by the Internal Audit Service are made available for private inspection by any Member, subject, if necessary, to the removal of references within them that would inappropriately identify specific individuals;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2196(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Amendment 36 #
2013/2196(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 c (new)
Paragraph 40 c (new)
40c. Reiterates its request to propose strict rules applicable to all Members for the use of the General Expenditure Allowance and to make it fully transparent; therefore requests that a system is developed by which Members have to report yearly on their use of this allowance, which will be subject to audit procedures;
Amendment 38 #
2013/2196(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 e (new)
Paragraph 40 e (new)
40e. Believes that Parliament is the only European public institution that pays an allowance intended to meet the costs of office administration into private and personal bank accounts without requiring any receipts to be kept or the auditing of the expenditure; suspects that Members would be deeply critical of any other body that so failed to supervise the use of public money; calls on the Secretary- General to propose light touch arrangements to ensure that the General Expenditure Allowance is used for the purpose intended and cannot provide a supplementary private income for Members;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2196(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 f (new)
Paragraph 40 f (new)
40f. Requests an evaluation of the daily subsistence allowance for Members concerning its amount and use, and requests that the Bureau revise this implementing measure accordingly to ensure that this allowance is used as cost- efficiently as possible;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2196(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 g (new)
Paragraph 40 g (new)
40g. Believes that the register used by Members not attending official meetings of the Parliament to indicate their presence and claim their daily subsistence allowance should be available for signing only during the normal hours of parliamentary business, namely 0900- 1830.
Amendment 41 #
2013/2196(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Notes that Protocol 6, annexed to the Treaties, on the location of the seats of the institutions, decided by common agreement of the governments of the Member States, imposes on Parliament its three working places; notes the call expressed in its resolution of 17 April 2013 on the 2011 discharge for ‘the Secretary-General and the Bureau to provide Members with up-to- date figures and information on the financial and environmental impact of the multiple seat arrangement’ that followed Parliament’s resolution of 6 February 2013 on the guidelines for the 2014 budget procedure and the report on the location of the seats of the European Institutions adopted on 20 November 2013;
Amendment 43 #
2013/2196(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Recalls that significant historical reasons motivated the seat of the Parliament to be established in its current three places of work and that the question of determination of the seat of an Union institution is the exclusive competence of the Member States; notes in this respect that any decision to change the seats arrangement of Parliament would require a change of the Treaties, a decision which would have to be taken unanimously by the Member States; recalls that with the adoption of the report on the location of the seats of the Europeans institutions, Parliament has taken its first step in invoking Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union;
Amendment 86 #
2013/2196(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Paragraph 59 a (new)
59a. Expresses concern that despite the expense of equipping Parliament with state-of-the-art studios and its employment of a large team of communications professionals, media coverage of the Parliament's work may be discouraged by the requirement that broadcasters using Parliament's studios pay satellite charges; requests the Secretary-General to assess whether a change in arrangements would promote greater coverage of parliamentary debates and discussions involving Members and to report thereafter;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
Amendment 36 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1 - Subheading 1
Heading 1 - Subheading 1
Amendment 43 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, according to the Communication from the Commission on Protection of the European Union budget86 , eight Member States are responsible for 90 % of the financial corrections in the fields under shared management; urges the Commission therefore to direct its particular attention to those countries; __________________ 86 COM(2013) 682, 26 September 2013.
Amendment 79 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1 - Subheading 4
Heading 1 - Subheading 4
Amendment 98 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Acknowledges, as the Commission over and over indicates, that around 80% of the funds are being spend under shared management; nevertheless recalls that TFUE article 317 stipulates that the Commission bears the ultimate responsibility for the implementation of the budget;
Amendment 146 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission, in its annual activity reports, to indicate how its own risk analyses have influenced the use of its own audit capacities, which countries were concerned and whether the shortcomings were remedied; calls for more direct audits of random samples taken from national granting authorities and final beneficiaries; furthermore urges the Commission to look at positive incentives vis-a-vis Member States that have low error rates for example by adjusting audit sample sizes;
Amendment 160 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the Member States which did not already introduce a voluntary Member State Declaration to do so on the basis of the management declaration as foreseen by Article 59 of the Financial Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012; urges the Commission to establish the template for the management declaration as soon as possible; reiterates in this respect the ongoing work of the interinstitutional working group on Member State Declarations which for its result is very dependent on the new content of the management declarations;
Amendment 166 #
Amendment 169 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 179 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Asks the Commission for a concise and comprehensive action plan that could also be endorsed by the new Commission in order to effectively respond to the reservations expressed in this discharge resolution;
Amendment 194 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Welcomes the fact that the Commission succeeded in rapidly imposing a significant number of financial corrections in 2012 whilst many financial corrections are in general made many years after initial disbursement of funds; is critical of the fact that the EU budget incurs additional administrative costs and losses of revenue and interest due to excessively protracted procedures, considers effective ex-ante controls a better way of protecting the Union budget than ex post financial corrections;
Amendment 209 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 a (new)
Paragraph 65 a (new)
65a. Regrets that the Commission continues to ignore Parliament's long standing request to add the individual Commissioner's signature to the annual activity reports of his/her related Directorate-General for which he/she is responsible; notes that the synthesis report is adopted by the College of Commissioners, but deems this unsatisfactory in the light of democratic accountability principles;
Amendment 79 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the European Environment Agency has estimated the minimum cost of not adapting to climate change to range from €100 billion a year in 2020 to €250 billion in 2050 for the EU as a whole;
Amendment 86 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Eurostat figures show that the EU has reduced its CO2 emissions by 16.97% between 1990 and 2011 and is on track to achieve its 2020 target in this regard; whereas more ambitious CO2 emissions reductions are necessary for the EU to stay on track for meeting its 2050 climate goals;
Amendment 95 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas research by the European Environment Agency indicates that the EU is currently on track towards meeting its binding target of 20% RES consumption in 2020, but seems to fall short of achieving the non-binding 20% energy efficiency target;
Amendment 110 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the IEA estimates tha, whilst the EU is responsible for only 11 % of the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the proportion is set to decrease in the future soccording to the IEA estimates, the European Single Market has the largest GDP of any economy in the world and significant diplomatic capacity; thatus, even if it has limited capacity in lowering global emissions by means of unilateral actions, it has a significant role to play in particular; as regards the achievement ofleveraging climate action from other economies, and particularly in the context of achieving a binding agreement in Paris in 2015 w; thereasfore, the EU therefore has to define a clear and ambitious position;
Amendment 149 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU spent EUR 573 billion on imported fossil fuels in 2011 and its dependency on energy imports is expected to grow; whereas improving energy efficiency is the most cost-efficient way to reduce Europe’s energy dependency while at the same time cushioning industry and households from rising energy bills; recalls that improving energy efficiency is the only structural approach to tackling fuel poverty;
Amendment 156 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. recalls the 2013 Energy Efficiency Market Report by the International Energy Agency that recognises energy efficiency as the ‘First Fuel’, and highlights its significant role as a supply side energy resource that is key to enhancing energy security;
Amendment 176 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas studies indicate that upgrading and developing the grids is the best way to improve the internal market, reduce energy costs and boost the competitiveness of industry;
Amendment 346 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that support schemes, if better used, could be andesigned effectively and with sufficient flexibility, can be ap propriater tool to incentivise the development and deployment of renewable energy sources (RES) and energy efficiency; sees an important role for the Commission in providing guidance in this regard;
Amendment 405 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that increased energy efficiency and energy savings will play an essential role in the decarbonisation of the energy sector; recalls that the efficient use of energy is key to economic productivity and therefore crucial for Europe's economic efficiency and competitiveness; highlights that energy efficiency and savings measures have the potential to reduce significantly Europe's reliance on imported fossil fuels and hence its trade deficit; upholds that cuts in energy consumption through energy efficiency measures result in GHG reduction and increased energy efficiency therefore allows to achieve a higher GHG reduction target at no extra cost;
Amendment 434 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Stresses that the EU's long-term energy-efficiency policy should take the reduction of energy use in buildings as a central element, given that renovation of existing buildings represents enormous cost-effective energy saving potential; stresses that the current rate and quality of building renovation needs to be substantially scaled up in order to allow the EU to significantly reduce the energy consumption of the existing building stock by 80 %, relative to 2010 levels, by 2050;
Amendment 446 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to develop better methods and tools for calculating and monitoring progress which could help to draw up a more consistent EU approach to energy efficiency; believes that more should be done to help EU industries to further reduce their energy intensity, in particular via self-generation of heat and power;
Amendment 470 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that as one of the cornerstones of the EU’'s climate and energy package, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) should be able to best fulfil one of its main functions, the reduction of GHG emissions, and respond efficiently to economic downturns and upturfluctuations; rRecalls that the main objectives of the EU ETS isare to reduce GHG emissions and not to provide investors with sufficient incentives to invest in low-carbon technologies, as these should be seen merely as a secondary objective and not as a basis for evaluating if the scheme works as intended; points out that a significant surplus of allowances within the EU ETS is leading to a much lower carbon price than originally expected; calls for an urgent structural reform of the ETS, to be completed in 2014, to deal with the current oversupply of allowances and the mechanism's inflexibility;
Amendment 480 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Reminds the Commission that the Parliament has already called for legislation to be proposed at the earliest appropriate date to modify the 1.74 % annual linear reduction requirement so as to meet the requirements of the 2050 CO2 reduction target;
Amendment 530 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Asks Member States for better cooperation and inteexchange of best practionce at EU level in order to make national measures more consistent;
Amendment 532 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Asks Member States for better cooperation and interaction at EU level in order to make national measures more consistentStresses the need for strong coordination between Member States' policies and for joint initiatives, cooperation and transparency, in view of the fact that national energy policy decisions can affect other Member States; suggests that the Commission should consider how the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) may help facilitate such common approaches;
Amendment 544 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines that CCS is complementary to the development of renewables in the transition to a low carbon economy; notes that the Commission has acknowledged the role CCS plays in both its 2050 Low Carbon Roadmap and its Energy Roadmap 2050; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make CCS an explicit part of the 2030 framework for climate and energy policies;
Amendment 554 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to examine the interactions between climate and energy objectives in order to achieve the most efficient policies at EU level, taking into consideration not only national GDP but also each Member State’s capacity; recalls that energy efficiency improvements in such areas as buildings and transport result in significant GHG savings on the non-ETS side and can therefore reduce, in the case of an overall EU-wide GHG target, the burden of emissions reduction required through the EU ETS, thus lowering decarbonisation costs for energy intensive industry;
Amendment 588 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to submit an analysis of how renewableUnderlines the need to continuously analyse how different energy sources can be developed sustainably, taking into account environmental impact, aspects related to dependency on raw materials and life cycle and, above all, how to support stable sources of renewable energy such as hydropower, biomass or geothermal powertheir resource efficient use, and life cycle aspects;
Amendment 596 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. UHighlights the important role of resource efficiency in achieving the EU's climate and energy objectives; urges the Commission and the Member States to integrate the resource efficiency agenda as comprehensively as possible into all other policiesobjectives in other key policy areas and exchange best practice;
Amendment 615 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Underlines the importance of local and regional climate and energy initiatives, as they can significantly contribute to national mitigation efforts and contribute to the further development of decentralised energy generation; encourages the Commission and Member States to remove any obstacles that hamper local and regional authorities delivering on the EU climate and energy objectives and to ensure there is an adequate financial framework in place;
Amendment 630 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of an energy strategy focused on boosting energy security and economic and industrial competitiveness in the EU, job creation, social aspects and environmental sustainability by means of measures such as increased energy efficiency and savings, the diversification of supply routes, suppliers and sources, the creation of a truly interconnected European energy market and by increasing the deployment of RES;
Amendment 649 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that, when bringing about security of supply, Member States must be able to take advantage of all of their indigenous energy resources in accordance with policies that ensure the safe and sustainable exploration, extraction and use of these resources provided they are compatible with Europe's long-term climate change goals;
Amendment 663 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that as the EU pursues its goal of energy security, emphasis needs to be shifted towards a model of energy interdependence between Member States by ensuring the swift completion of the EU internal energy market; believes furthermore that completing the EU supergrid infrastructure linking the north, south, east and west will enable the EU to make the best use of the comparative advantages of each Member State, and; highlights the big offshore wind potential of the North Sea; emphasises the importance of the North Sea offshore grid to enable a cost-effective deployment of renewables in the North Sea; acknowledges in this regard the importance of the North Sea Countries' Offshore Grid initiative and calls on the Member States and the Commission to give it more prominence and support; calls for further support for decentralised and micro-scale energy production and smart energy infrastructures in all Member States; stresses, therefore, the need for strong coordination between Member States’' policies and for joint action, solidarity and transparency in view of the fact that national energy policy decisions can affect other Member States; suggests that it would be desirable to determine whether and how the expertise and facilities of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) could be put to use in carrying out the above tasks;
Amendment 671 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls the conclusions of the 2002 European Council that set a non-binding electricity interconnection target of 10% of national installed production capacity to be achieved by 2005; stresses that the majority of Member States have not achieved this goal; believes that increased interconnection will facilitate cross- border trade and increase EU balancing capacity thereby resulting in more cost- effective integration of RES;
Amendment 672 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the Commission to include in its objectives for the 2030 framework for climate and energy a binding target, or set of targets, on electricity infrastructure interconnection based on an analysis of the comparative advantages of each Member State in the field of renewable energy and with a view to completing the EU 'supergrid' infrastructure linking North, South, East and West;
Amendment 673 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Notes the importance of aligning the pace of investments in energy infrastructure with investments in RES and other energy sources; emphasises the crucial role of energy transmission in the 2030 framework;
Amendment 674 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Stresses that European support plays a significant role in facilitating the building of cross-border energy transmission infrastructure across the EU; encourages the Commission and Member States to facilitate such cross- border investments through political and financial support, as well as discussions on incentives and regulatory regimes; highlights the need to support coherent and efficient permit granting regimes for infrastructure investments across Europe;
Amendment 683 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the lack of full implementation of internal energy market legislation and market distortions such as fossil fuel subsidies remains one of the main obstacles to completion of the single market; highlights the importance of eliminating remaining infrastructure 'bottlenecks' and instances of market failures and of ensuravoiding that noe creation of new barriers to electricity and gas market integration are createdsuch as badly designed capacity markets that discriminate against certain types of balancing resources; insists that in the future all flexibility in the energy system, whether national or European, generation or interconnection/demand response, should be rewarded in a transparent and fair manner; calls on the Commission to take market design into account in its 2030 proposals in order to improve electricity trading and develop transparent balancing and grid support services markets;
Amendment 718 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that in order to ensure security of supply there must be enough capacity to meet demandflexible balancing in peak periods and in periodsof peak demand and of (political or technological) difficulties and that excess capacity or backup must therefore be ensured and maintainedproblems and that flexibility can be effectively provided by cross-border trading and interconnection, a more efficient use of existing excess-capacity and flexible power plant, and demand side management; points out the need for storage and more grid flexibility from the grid as a response to the intermittencevariability of some sources of RES; and in order to match variable supply with flexible demand;
Amendment 743 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Asks the Commission to investigate the potential of energy storage in the EU and the various possible technologies in this area, and the various possible technologies, for energy storage in the EU; emphasises the important role that electric vehicles can play in storing excess renewable electricity and balancing energy grids in times of consumption peaks and shortages;
Amendment 810 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that the EU’'s main competitors on the global market place great emphasis on technological developments, innovation and improving industrial processes; notes also that their economies grow at a much faster pace than the EU; concludes that the EU must give priority to R&D and innovation, innovation and improving the productivity of industrial processes; recalls that the recent evidence shows that while the EU remains a marginal leader in the global clean-tech race, the US and China are rapidly closing the gap; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to step up their investments and support for green products and services;
Amendment 818 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Recognises that the renewable energy sector supports other economic sectors in Europe, such as metals, electric and electronic equipment, IT, construction, transport and financial services; regrets that there is no specific industrial policy to address the needs of this fast growing area that brings many jobs to the EU economy; calls on the Commission to develop an industrial strategy for renewable energy technologies, including stakeholders at regional and local level, and focusing on technology innovation, supply chain bottlenecks and financing;
Amendment 829 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Invites the Commission to develop a way of measuring competitiveness between the EU and its main competitors which could, for example, be based on fiscal policies, R&D, innovation, industrial energy prices, and regulatory burdens; stresses the need to factor the external costs of climate change into this new methodology, including those related to the environment, public health and ecosystems more widely;
Amendment 838 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Strongly uUnderlines that any future EU policy must address the comparative strengths and weaknesses of its economy, particularly with regard to any free trade agreement the EU signs up to, especially in light of the planned free trade agreement (TTIP) with the US where energy prices have been decreasing significantly while efforts to reduce GHG emissions are not on par with the progress already achieved in the EUtherefore supports an ambitious and coherent 2030 framework that will spur investment in innovative technologies, incentivise research and development, and thereby strengthen the EU's competitiveness;
Amendment 857 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the Commission’'s remarks that the EU climate and energy targets impact differently on each Member State and their citizens, and that this justifies differently which therefore makes it fair to continue to working on a moren equitable effort sharing basis as has been the case to date, taking into account a country’'s GDP, achievements in reducing emissions since 1990, emissions per capita, economic potential and potential for renewable energy sources and energy efficiency;
Amendment 876 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Reminds the Commission that Parliament has called for legislation to require every Member State to produce a 2050 low-carbon strategy; believes that while such nationally-determined roadmaps shall not be legally binding they are essential in order to provide investors and officials with clarity regarding the long term direction of policy and the measures that will be necessary if the goals are to be realised; expects the Commission to propose how the burden will be shared between Member States to set a date for submission of such roadmaps for the purpose of review; calls on the Commission, in the case of any roadmaps that are deemed unrealistic and if the Member State is unwilling to provide appropriate clarification, to propose such additional measures as may be necessary to ensure that the Union's CO2 reduction objectives are credible;
Amendment 878 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Expects the Commission to propose legislation requiring each Member State to produce, within the context of their long term strategy and on the basis of a harmonised framework that shall be established by the Commission, a national action plan for the achievement by 2030 of CO2 emission reductions commensurate with the EU objective of securing an overall 40% domestic reduction; requires Member States to specify within such action plans their own national targets for improvements in energy efficiency and development of renewable energy; insists that the Commission assess such action plans for consistency with the achievement of the Union's internal energy market and calls on the Commission to make such provisions as may be necessary to ensure that the achievement of national targets shall be a legal requirement within Union law;
Amendment 882 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Points out that the main trend of planned actions should focus on implementing action scenarios that take account of existing potential in Member States, prospects for the development of cost-effective and sustainable new technologies, and the global impact of implementing the proposed policy, in order to be able to propose reduction objectives for the following years;
Amendment 892 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that access to capital, even for heavy industry sectors, is often a barrier tofor investments in cleaner technologies and energy efficiency; tTherefore, asks the Commission to study the possibility of creating a fund thaties to create a fund that brings together existing and new funding streams and could help to leverageing investments, possibly financed inter alia by a share of the ETS revenues; invites the Commission to develop innovative finance instruments and give an increased role to the EIB, national public financing institutions, pension funds and insurance companies;
Amendment 894 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that access to capital, even for heavy industry sectors, is often a barrier to investment in cleaner technologies; therefore asks the Commission to study the possibility of creating a fund that could help to leverage investment, possibly financed by a share of ETS revenue, that may be used to promote the development of innovative low carbon technologies, and to support initiatives to reduce the costs and carbon emissions of energy intensive industries;
Amendment 898 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Notes that, at present, some emerging and developed countries are engaged in differentiatedvarious climate policies and investments, including also implementation of their own eEmissions trading scheme Trading Schemes; welcomes the future prospect of linking EU ETS with other carbon trading mechanisms worldwide to create a global carbon market; stresses that such a global approach will result in a level playing field for European industry and is the most comprehensive and cost-effective approach to tackling industrial GHG emissions;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas CCS is the only technology able to provide deep CO2 cuts from major industrial sectors including steel, cement, and chemicals and oil refineries, and in combination with the use of biomass for electricity generation has the potential to promote a net reduction in CO2 emissions;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas the low carbon roadmap produced by the European Cement Association in 2013 suggests that the sector could achieve an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050 with the deployment of CCS, but that in its absence the maximum that could be achieved would be 32%;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that CCS deployment is needed for the EU to meet its 2050 low- carbon aspirations at least cost; recalls that the Commission's 2050 Low-Carbon Economy Roadmap highlights CCS as an indispensable tool for the decarbonisation of industries such as steel and cement that lack other means of achieving the objective; affirms the urgent need to develop a range of full- chain CCS flagship projects; appreciates that instruments in addition to the EU ETS are needed to drive forward their development;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a 2020 target for CCS deployment that should include coal and gas power generation and a range of industrial sectors; suggests an ambition of, as a matter of urgency, to come forward with additional proposals for supporting CCS projects already at a sufficient stage of development to be capable of operation by 2020; suggests that an appropriate objective would be to havinge sufficient projects in operation and under construction jointly to capture and storequestrate 10 Mt of CO2 per annum;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that ambitious proposals for the development and commercial deployment of CCS should be included within the 2030 climate and energy framework, both to ensure policy coherence and to inform investors that electricity generating plants using unabated fossil fuels risk becoming stranded assets;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises the need for the Commission to come forward with proposals for promoting the deployment of CCS technology to reduce CO2 emissions from industrial sectors such as steel, cement and petrochemicals;
Amendment 37 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Believes that the Steel Action Plan should make specific reference to the need to develop CCS flagship projects within this sector;
Amendment 38 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Suggests that the Commission should assess the quantities of CO2 currently being separated and vented from industrial plants and gas rigs with a view to making the capture and sequestration of this a priority;
Amendment 39 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Reminds the Commission that it has identified CCS as a tool that is essential to the achievement of a competitive low carbon economy at lowest cost; emphasises the need for the Commission to start acting with new vigour, improved coordination, and single purpose to promote CCS development and overcome the obstacles that hold this back;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to propose that Member States should be required to prepare and publish national low carbon roadmaps prior to the UNFCCC conference in 2015;
Amendment 52 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that Member States have the key role in providing a transparent revenue stream, and incentives such as feed-in tariffspremia, to support the construction and operation of flagship projects while enabling operators to secure a return on their investment, and in introducing regulatory requirements such as guarantees that first-mover CCS power plants provide baseload electricity generation;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Suggests that the Commission should prepare guidance for Member States to highlight the very wide range of financial and other mechanisms that could be deployed to support and incentivise CCS development;
Amendment 64 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises that in framing the parameters for the use of such a fund account should be taken of lessons learnt from the limitations and inflexibility of the existing NER300 funding mechanism;
Amendment 75 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that longer-term CCS support should be derived principally from the production and, import and use of the fossil fuels responsible for the release of CO2; calls on the Commission to propose the introduction from 2020 of a system requiring the purchase of CCS certificates proving the storage of CO2CO2 emissions avoided in proportion to that embedded within their products and used within their processes;
Amendment 83 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Suggests that the Commission should consider how use might be made of the EU Coal and Steel Research Fund to support CCS pre-commercial demonstration in these industrial sectors;
Amendment 85 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to propose that structural funds should be available in the next programming period from 2020 to support Member States' deployment of CCS.
Amendment 86 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Appreciates the encouragement given by the Norwegian government to CCS projects within the EU and expresses the wish that in negotiating the next programming period a request be made for funding support for CCS flagship projects;
Amendment 87 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Requests that the Commission assess the benefits of adopting and developing the Ciuden CCS pilot project in Spain, which has received some €100 million support funding from EU sources, as a European test facility for capture technologies and inland CO2 storage;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Calls on the Commission to propose measures intended to ensure that financial support for CCS is provided on a basis comparative to that for other low carbon technologies in relation to the avoidance of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere;
Amendment 97 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to propose a North Sea energy infrastructure initiative to both promote the most effective use of the storage potential of sites currently being used for hydrocarbon extraction, and to enhance oil and gas recovery from existing and future pipelines; recognises the urgent need for such action as potential storage sites and infrastructure will be lost as oil and gas production comes to an end;
Amendment 101 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to clarify whether there are circumstances in which it will permit the cross-border transfer of CO2 for sequestration during the period prior to ratification of the necessary revisions of the Treaty of London;
Amendment 108 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the concern of potential CCS developers that the requirements of the CCS Directive appear one-sided, may require private companies to accept excessive and unquantifiable liability for CO2 storage despite their work being approved by a Member State's competent authority, and could pose a significant deterrent to investment;
Amendment 122 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to revise its CCS Directive guidance documents to clarify these points;
Amendment 128 #
2013/2079(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Suggests that the requirement of the CCS Directive requirement that, in the event of CO2 leakage, operators must surrender allowances does not take into account the costly remedial efforts requiredpay due regard to the fact that a CO2 storage site can be approved only if the competent authority of a Member State is satisfied that there is no significant risk of leakage or of harm to health or the environment; does not accept that in these circumstances an operator should bear full responsibility for any problems experienced unless caused by negligence or malpractice; fears that thise current obligation puts a further obstacle in the way of CCS development; calls on the Commission to propose a revision in its assessment of the CCS Directive;
Amendment 58 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) To support the achievement of the objectives of Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds7 , Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora8 , Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)9 and Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy10 , the primary objective of this Regulation should be to prevent, minimise and mitigate the adverse effects of invasive alien species on biodiversity and, ecosystem services, public health and safety, as well as to reduce their economic and social impact. __________________ 7 8 9 10OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7. OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7. 8 OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7. OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7. 9 OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19. OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19. 10 OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1. OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1.
Amendment 83 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) A large proportion of invasive alien species are introduced unintentionally into the Union. It is therefore crucial to manage the pathways of unintentional introduction. Action in this area would need to be gradual, given the relatively limited experience in this field. Action should include voluntary measures, such as the actions proposed by the International Maritime Organisation's Guidelines for the Control and Management of Ships' Biofouling, and mandatory measures and should build on the experience gained in the Union and in Member States in managing certain pathways, including measures established through the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and Sediments. Accordingly the Commission should take all appropriate steps to encourage Member States to ratify the Convention, including promoting opportunities for debate between national ministers. Notwithstanding the provisions for Member State action plans laid down in Article 11, the Commission should, by three years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation, report on Member States' implementation of the aforementioned voluntary measures and should if appropriate come forward with legislative proposals to incorporate such measures into Union law.
Amendment 120 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 3
Article 3 – point 3
(3) ‘invasive alien species of Union concern’ means invasive alien species which are alien to the territory of the Union excluding the outermost regions, or alien to one biogeographical region of the Union but native to another, whose negative impact has been deemed such as to require concerted action at the level of the Union pursuant to Article 4(2);.
Amendment 146 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) they are, having regard to found, based on available scientific evidence available, found, to be alien to the territory of the Union excluding the outermost regions, or alien to one biogeographical region of the Union but native to another;
Amendment 154 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Species included on the list referred to in paragraph 1 will be selected on the basis of criteria that take account of the extent to which the species is, or could become, invasive within the territory of the European Union, and the scale of the actual or potential impact on biodiversity or ecosystem services, and human health or economic interests.
Amendment 157 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 167 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) a description of the current distribution of the species including whether the species is already present in the Union or in neighbouring countriesas a native or alien species or in neighbouring countries and a projection of its likely future distribution;
Amendment 169 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) a description of the negative impact on biodiversity and ecosystem services, including on native species, protected sites, endangered habitats, on humanthe economy, public health and the economsafety including an assessment of the magnitude of future impact;
Amendment 171 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) a description, or estimation based on the best available scientific knowledge, of the negative impact on biodiversity and ecosystem services, including on native species, protected sites, endangered habitats, on human health and the economy including an assessment of the magnitude of future impact;
Amendment 174 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) a quantified forecast of the damage costs at Union level demonstrating the significance for the Union, so as to further justify action because the overall damage would outweigh the cost of mitigation;n assessment of the potential costs at Union level
Amendment 228 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ban any intentional release into the environment, that is the process by which an organism is placed into the environment, for any purpose, without the necessary measures to prevent its escape and spreadmay establish measures, legislative or otherwise, including any of the prohibitions set out in Article 7(1), ofn invasive alien species other than invasive alien species of Union concern for which Member States consider, on the basis of scientific evidence, that thethat they consider could have an adverse impact fromon their release and spread, even where not fully ascertained, is of significance on their national territory (‘invasive alien species of Member State concern’)national territory ('invasive alien species of Member State concern'), for the purpose of preventing their introduction or of controlling the establishment and development of populations.
Amendment 237 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, by [18 months from the entry into force of this Regulation – date to be inserted] at the latest carry out a comprehensive analysis of the pathways of unintentional introduction and spread of invasive alien species in their territory and identify the pathways which require priority action (‘'priority pathways’'), because of the volume of species or of the damage caused bypotential risk associated with the species entering the Union through them. In doing so, Member States shall in particular focus on an analysis of the pathways of introduction of invasive alien species of Union concern.
Amendment 241 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The action plan referred to in paragraph 2 shall include measures designed on the basis of an analysis of costs and benefits with at least the following, but not be limited to, measures, including as appropriate, regulatory or voluntary actions and codes of good practice to:
Amendment 246 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) regulatory measures to minimise contaminaminimise the risk of introduction byof invasive alien species as unwanted travellers in the transport of goods and commodities, and anythe movement of vehicles and equipment, including measures tackling transport of invasive alien species from third countries;
Amendment 247 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) regulatory measures to ensure appropriate checks at the Union borders, other than the official controls pursuant to Article 13;
Amendment 250 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) the measures of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and Sediments. and related IMO guidelines;
Amendment 265 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. When applying eradication measures, Member States shall ensure that the methods used are effective in achieving the complete and permanent removal of the population of the invasive alien species concerned, with due regard to human health and the environment, and ensuring that both targeted and non-targeted animals are spared any avoidable pain, distress or suffering.
Amendment 267 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Applications for derogations shall be based on sound scientific evidence and only be submitted if at least one of the following conditions are met:
Amendment 269 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) an invasive alien species of concern does not pose any significant negative cross-border effects.
Amendment 286 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take approportionriate restoration measures to assist the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed by invasive alien species of Union concern.
Amendment 288 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) measures to increase the abilcapacity of an ecosystem exposed to disturbance to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of disturbance;
Amendment 290 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18a Accountability 1. Based on the 'polluter-pays' principle, with a view to prevent and remedy ecosystem damage caused by invasive alien species, Member States shall take measures to ensure that the operator (natural or legal, private or public person), who is ascertained to be liable for intentional or negligent introduction or spread of invasive alien species of Union concern, is held accountable and contributes to meeting the cost of restoration. 2. Responsibility for restoration of the operator ascertained to be liable for intentional or negligent introduction or spread of invasive alien species shall continue until the species is effectively removed and the ecosystem is restored.
Amendment 294 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the distribution of the invasive alien species of Union concern present in their territory and marine waters including information regarding migratory or reproductive patterns;
Amendment 305 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22a Scientific sub-committee The Committee may establish a scientific sub-committee, to support it in considering scientific matters relevant to this Regulation, including but not limited to, the adoption of lists of species subject to this regulation, and actions taken pursuant to this regulation in respect of those species.
Amendment 306 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Article 5(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an undetermined period of time from the entry into force of this Regulation period of five years from [the date of entry into force of this Regulation].The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 311 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) an order requiring the natural or legal person to take remedial measures and/or contribute to meeting the costs of restoration measures.
Amendment 313 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) the economical impact of the damage caused and the principle that the polluter should pay.
Amendment 316 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By way of derogation from to Article 7(1)(c) and (f), owners of companionpet animals not kept for commercial purposes that belong to the species included on the list referred to in Article 4(1) shall be allowed to keep them until the end of the animals' natural life, provided the following conditions are met:
Amendment 320 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. For non-commercial owners who cannot ensure that the conditions set outcomply with the requirements in paragraph 1 are met, Member States shall offer to them the possibility of having their specimens taken over from them and shall give due regard to animal welfare when handling themmust remove the animals, ensuring that they are spared any avoidable pain, distress or suffering.
Amendment 326 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Keepers of a commercial stock of specimens of invasive alien species acquired before their inclusion on the list referred to in Article 4(1) shall be allowed up to two year12 months after inclusion of the species in that list to keep and transport in order to sell or hand over live specimens or reproducible parts of those species to the research or ex-situ conservation institutions referred to in Article 8, , provided that the specimens are kept and transported in contained holding and all appropriate measures are put in place to ensure that reproduction or escape are not possible, or to slaughterhumanely cull them to exhaust their stock.
Amendment 195 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) exchanged in kind, or marketed in small non-commercial quantities, between persons other than professional operators.
Amendment 265 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 10 a (new)
Article 3 – point 10 a (new)
(10a) 'Small quantities' means quantities no larger than those sufficient to sow or plant 0.25 ha of land at usual sowing or planting rates for the species concerned.
Amendment 277 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
Professional operators shall be registered in the registers referred to in Article 61 of Regulation (EC) No …/… (Office of Publication, please insert number of Regulation on protective measures against pests of plants) in accordance with the provisions of Article 62 of that Regulation, unless otherwise stated.
Amendment 292 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – point h
Article 7 – point h
(h) make available to the competent authorities, on request, any contracts with third parties concerning the production of plant reproductive material.
Amendment 305 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
For the purpose of paragraph 1, professional operators shall keep information allowing them to identify the persons to whom they have supplied plant reproductive material and the material concerned, unless that material has been supplied in retaito consumers who are not professional.
Amendment 375 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. This Title shall not apply to: - Species exclusively for ornamental use; - Plant reproductive material of Annex I species intended for ornamental uses or for use solely by non-professional users, unless a higher level of control is needed for plant health purposes. - Plant reproductive material of Annex I species intended for ornamental use or marketed in small quantities to non- professional users, such as home gardeners.
Amendment 711 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the variety has been entered in any other public or private list with an official or officially recognised description and a denominprofessional operator making material available on the market provides sufficient assurance of the identity and denomination of the variety through information provided on any other public or private list and traceability of preceding cycles of multiplication.;
Amendment 713 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
c a) the variety can be shown to be commonly known to consumers from information available in the public domain.
Amendment 7 #
2012/2323(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a study on the outcome of legislative negotiations between Parliament and the Council involving the issue of delegated and implementing acts, with a view to providing advice and best- practice guidelines for rapporteurs and others involved in future negotiations.
Amendment 3 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Habitats Directive[1], [1] Council Directive 92/43/EEC, OJ L 206, 22.07.1992, pp.7-50.
Amendment 16 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that a strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas should strive to ensure the preservation and protection of the environment, notably to achieve good environmental status, halt loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services as well as to reduce marine pollution risks;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to promote the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) objectives, notably achieving above maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for all fish stocks by 2020 at the latest and to encourage the employment of an ecosystem-based approach vis-à-vis non- EU countries;
Amendment 41 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to promote the goals of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) vis-à-vis non-EU countries bordering the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, namely to achieve or maintain good environmental status in the marine environment by the year 2020 at the latest;
Amendment 42 #
2012/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission in this regard to encourage Member States bordering the Adriatic and Ionian Seas to develop and implement Marine Strategies applying an eco-system based approach and ensuring the integration of environmental concerns into the different policies that have an impact on the marine environment, taking into account the trans-boundary effects on the quality of marine waters of neighbouring third countries;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2168(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recognises that a growing number of national parliaments are now requiring full disclosure of members' expenses, and that a growing number of Members already ensure that such information is made available to their constituents; proposes that in accord with the Parliament's commitment to transparency and openness the annual Certificates detailing reimbursements paid to each Member in accordance with the Implementing Measures for the Statute of Members be published on the Parliament's website;
Amendment 53 #
2012/2168(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Believes that the Parliament is the only European public institution that pays an allowance intended to meet the costs of office administration into private and personal bank accounts without requiring any receipts to be kept or the auditing of the expenditure; suspects that Members would be deeply critical of any other body that so failed to supervise the use of public money, and calls on the Secretary- General to propose light touch arrangements to ensure that the General Expenditure Allowance is used for the purpose intended and can not provide a supplementary private income for Members;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2168(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Emphasises that every Member must have an equal right to know how the financial affairs of the Parliament are managed, and therefore requires the Secretary-General to ensure that copies of all reports prepared by the Internal Audit Service are made available for private inspection by any Member, subject if necessary to the removal of references within them that would inappropriately identify specific individuals;
Amendment 81 #
2012/2168(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Expresses concern that, despite the expense of equipping the Parliament with state-of-the-art studios and its employment of a large team of communications professionals, media coverage of the Parliament's work may be discouraged by the requirement that broadcasters using the Parliament's studios pay satellite charges, and requests the Secretary-General to assess whether a change in arrangements would promote greater coverage of parliamentary debates and discussions involving Members and to report thereafter;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 1
Section 1 – paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 85% in the energy sector in order to realise the 2°C goal;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2
Section 1 – paragraph 2
2. Finds it regrettable that the Commission has based all decarbonisation scenarios on the assumption of global climate action and has not carried out any analysis to identify the EU's ambitions in the event that global action is delayed; also regrets that the Commission has omitted to look into a scenario based on high levels of efficiency and renewable energy, which would be the most resilient to a higher oil price in the event that global action is delayed;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3
Section 1 – paragraph 3
3. Supports the conclusion that decarbonisation of the EU by 2050 is feasible and will require high levels of investments; calls on the Commission to create clarity and stability for investors by reducing over-regulasetting clear, ambitionus and by setting a clear, technology-neutral goalinding targets for emissions reductions, efficiency and renewable energy, based on a high efficiency and renewables scenario for 2030;
Amendment 38 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 4
Section 1 – paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to propose a clear 2030 goal by setting a singlembitious target s for CO2 reduction, renewable energy and energy efficiency; reiterates the need to at the minimum meet the milestones for emission reduction stated in the low-carbon roadmap and to put forward all needed measureppropriate levels for the various targets promptly;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5
Section 1 – paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to develop sound ways of financing the energy transition, including a strengthened ETS, innovation initiatives such as Horizon 2020, an increased involvement of the European Investment Bank in the finance of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, and market-based mechanisms;
Amendment 250 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 461 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of tobacco products for smoking with a characterising flavour.
Amendment 476 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall not prohibit the use of additives which are essential for the manufacture of tobacco products for smoking, as long as the additives do not result in a product with a characterising flavour.
Amendment 799 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This tobacco product can damage your health and is addictive, but presents substantially lower risks to your health than smoking
Amendment 1020 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Member States shallmay prohibit the placing on the market of tobacco for oral use, without prejudice to Article 151 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
Amendment 1024 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Maximum limits shall be set for toxic and carcinogenic substances present in smokeless tobacco products placed on the market. The substances and required limits are as detailed in [new] Annex III.
Amendment 1027 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 b (new)
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the substances and limit values laid down in paragraph 1a and Annex III, taking into account scientific developments and internationally agreed standards, taking account of the principles of proportionality, non-discrimination and the objective of developing the internal market with a high level of health protection.
Amendment 1150 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The following nNicotine-containing products that are presented as having properties for treating or preventing disease in human beings, other than through any message specified in paragraph 3, may only be placed on the market if they were authorised pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC:
Amendment 1162 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This Directive shall not apply to nicotine containing products authorised pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC.
Amendment 1167 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 1168 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Member States shall ensure that nicotine containing products comply with European Union consumer protection, safety and other relevant legislation in force.
Amendment 1169 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 d (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. No later than 12 months from entry into force of this Directive, each Member State shall provide the Commission with a report on the measures it has taken to implement and enforce the legislation set out in [new] Annex IV as it applies to nicotine containing products and the effectiveness of those measures.
Amendment 1170 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 e (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Member States shall ensure that nicotine-containing products are not sold to persons below the national legal age for purchasing tobacco products.
Amendment 1171 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1182 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1196 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1218 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall, be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to update the nicotine quantities set out in paragraph 1 taking into account scientific developments and marketing authorisations grantey 1 April 2017, carry out a study on nicotine-containing products in consultation with relevant stakeholders and the Member States. This study will consider whether there is a need for specific legislation in regard to nicotine- containing products pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC.
Amendment 1229 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Each unit packet and any outside packaging of nicotine-containing products below the thresholds set out in paragraph 1which do not fall under the scope of Directive 2001/83/EC shall carry the following health warning:
Amendment 1233 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
This product contains nicotine which is addictive and canmay damage your health.
Amendment 1333 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) nicotine containing products below the threshold set out in Article 18(1);
Amendment 1359 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 2 a (new)
Annex 2 a (new)
ANNEX III Maximum permissible content in smokeless tobacco, toxin per unit weight dry tobacco: NNN (N-nitrosonornicotine) plus NNK (4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1- butanone): 2.0 mg/kg B(a)P (Benzo[a]Pyrene): 5.0 µg/kg
Amendment 1360 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 2 b (new)
Annex 2 b (new)
Amendment 244 #
2012/0305(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. The use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, or of mixtures that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases, with a global warming potential of 21500 or more, to service or maintain refrigeration equipment with a charge size equivalent to 540 tonnes of CO2 or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 202018. This provision shall not apply to equipment intended for applications designed to cool products to temperatures below -50°C or equipment converted to use fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential above 2150 to meet commitments under the Ozone Depleting Substances Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009).
Amendment 322 #
2012/0305(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 3 – second part
Annex III – row 3 – second part
3. Fire protection systems that contain HFC-23 any HFC listed 1 January 2015 and fire extinguishers: in Annex I
Amendment 330 #
2012/0305(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 9 a (new)
Annex III – row 9 a (new)
9a. Technical aerosols 1 January 2018
Amendment 333 #
2012/0305(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 10 a (new)
Annex III – row 10 a (new)
10a. Refrigeration equipment that 1 January 2018 contains fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential of 2150 or more
Amendment 350 #
2012/0305(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 12 a (new)
Annex III – row 12 a (new)
12a. Centrifugal chillers that contain 1 January 2020 fluorinated greenhouse gases
Amendment 352 #
2012/0305(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 12 b (new)
Annex III – row 12 b (new)
12b. Foams containing Extruded polystyrene foams 1 January 2016 fluorinated greenhouse gases Other foams (including 1 January 2020 polyurethane, polyisocyanurate and phenolic)
Amendment 141 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Projects for which the obligation to carry out assessments of the effects on the environment arises simultaneously from this Directive and other Union legislation shallmay be subject to coordinated or joint procedures fulfilling the requirements of the relevant Union legislation.
Amendment 156 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Member States shallmay appoint one authority, which shall be responsible for facilitating the development consent procedure for each project.
Amendment 158 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
In all environmental impact assessments the developer shall in the environmental report demonstrate they have had regard to any other Union legislation relevant to the proposed development for which individual assessments of environmental impact are required.
Amendment 235 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Where an environmental impact assessment must be carried out in accordance with Articles 5 to 10, the developer shall prepare an environmental report. The environmental report shall be based on the determination pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article and include the information that may reasonably be required for making informed decisions on the environmental impacts of the proposed project, taking into account current knowledge and methods of assessment, the characteristics, technical capacity and location of the project, the characteristics of the potential impact, alternatives to the proposed project and the extent to which certain matters (includnd the reasonable alternatives considered. The detailed list of information to be provided in the environmental report is specified in Annex IV. The developer shall ing the evaluation of alternatives) are more appropriately assessed at different levels including the planning level, or on the basis of other assessment requirements. The detailed list of information to be provided in the environmental report is specified in Annex IV. nvironmental report include a summary of: (a) the significant environmental impacts of the project; (b) any measures required in mitigation of the significant environmental impacts; (c) whether the appropriate mitigation is through: design, requirement and/or conditions, or legal obligation; (d) whether any significant or potential impacts will be controlled through other processes beyond the scope of the EIA.
Amendment 256 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. The competent authority, after having consulted the authorities referred to in Article 6(1) and the developer, shall determine the scope and level of detail of the information to be includmatters to be addressed by the developer in the environmental report, in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. In particular, it shall determine:
Amendment 117 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and and residues, by bacteria, algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with low risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with low estimated indirect land use change impacts and high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
Amendment 231 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
(-a) in paragraph 2, the introductory part is replaced by the following: "2. Member States shall require suppliers through the provision of low carbon fuels to reduce as gradually as possible life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy from fuel and energy supplied by up to 10% by 31 December 2020, compared with the fuel baseline standard referred to in paragraph (5b). This reduction shall consist of:"
Amendment 316 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – point p a (new)
Article 2 – point p a (new)
1a. The following point is added to Article 2: "(pa)"Low carbon fuels" means fuels that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are at least 50% reduced compared to the fuel baseline standard based on the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy from fossil fuels in 2010."
Amendment 539 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point a a (new)
Annex IX – part A – point a a (new)
(aa) Bacteria
Amendment 543 #
2012/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point c
Annex IX – part A – point c
(c) Biomassdegradable fraction of industrial waste.
Amendment 4 #
2012/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) With regard to the shortcomings of the Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 and the failures in implementation as indicated in COM(2009)0368 and the related 2010 ICES scientific advice and the lacking of integration of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC and the requirement by Member States to take the requisite measures to establish a system of strict protection for cetaceans, the Commission should no later than 31 December 2015 assess the shortcomings of Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 and make a legislative proposal for a coherent, overarching legislative framework for ensuring the effective protection of cetaceans from all threats.
Amendment 5 #
2012/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 812/2004
Article 7 – paragraph 3 (new))
Article 7 – paragraph 3 (new))
(1a) In Article 7, the following paragraph is added: "3. The Commission shall no later than 31 December 2015 review the effectiveness of the measures laid down in this Regulation and accompany this review with an overarching legislative proposal for ensuring the effective protection of cetaceans."
Amendment 72 #
2012/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a The Commission shall be encouraged to bring forward proposals to amend Article 10a(8) of Directive 2003/87/EC in order to extend the existing EU funding mechanism ('NER 300') for the development of innovative low carbon technologies, and to apply it also for developments that may reduce the costs and carbon emissions of energy intensive industries. The mechanism shall be funded from the sale of some or all of those allowances that this Decision temporarily withholds from the ETS. The financial support available shall be allocated before the end of phase 3 in 2020.
Amendment 14 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
Amendment 24 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) According to the technical analysis made for the impact assessment, the technologies to meet the target of 147 g CO2/km are available and the required reductions may be achieved at a lower cost than estimated in the previous analysis carried out previous to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011. In addition, the distance between the current average specific emissions of CO2 from new light commercial vehicles and the target has also decreased. Therefore, the feasibility of the target of 147 g CO2/km to be reached by 2020 is confirmedAs a result, the 2020 targets should be revised to 135 g CO2/km as previously put forward by the Commission in its proposal of 2009.
Amendment 31 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In line with the flagship initiative for a resource-efficient Europe and in order to continue stimulating further CO2 emission reductions in light commercial vehicles, a stable target of 105 g/km in 2025 would ensure that efforts to improve the fuel efficiency of new light commercial vehicles are continued beyond 2020.
Amendment 37 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) To enhance the competitiveness of the European automotive industry, incentive schemes such as the offsetting of eco-innovations and the award of super-credits should be used. The Commission should calculate each year to what extent the overall application of super-credits weakens the target level and if this weakening exceeds 2 grams, it should set the super-credits multipliers back to 1.
Amendment 43 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The new European driving cycle (NEDC) is scheduled to be replaced by the new test cycle WLTP in 2014. In order to ensure that Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 delivers the anticipated reduction in emissions the test procedure should be changed from 2016 to the WLTP. When the WLTP is applied in 2016 for the purposes of this Regulation, the limits set in Annex I should be adjusted to ensure comparable stringency between the test cycles.
Amendment 51 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 510/2011
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. From 2020, this Regulation sets a target of 14735 g CO2/km for the average emissions of new light commercial vehicles registered in the Union as measured in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures, and innovative technologies.
Amendment 55 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 510/2011
Article 1 – paragraph 2a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2a (new)
(1a) In Article 1, the following paragraph is added: "2a. From 2025, this Regulation sets a target of 105 g CO2/km as the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicle fleet as measured in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures and Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008."
Amendment 65 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No. 510/2011
Article 5
Article 5
(2a) Article 5 is replaced by the following: "Article 5 Super-credits 1. In calculating the average specific emissions of CO2, each new light commercial vehicle with specific emissions of CO2 of less than 50 g CO2/km shall be counted as: — 3,5 light commercial vehicles in 2014, — 3,5 light commercial vehicles in 2015, — 2,5 light commercial vehicles in 2016, — 1,5 light commercial vehicles in 2017, — 1 light commercial vehicle from 2018. For the duration of the super-credits scheme, the maximum number of new light commercial vehicles, with specific emissions of CO2 of less than 50 g CO2/km, to be taken into account in the application of the multipliers set out in the first paragraph shall not exceed 25 000 light commercial vehicles per manufacturer. 2. By 28 February of each year in respect of the preceding calendar years commencing the year of entry into force of this Regulation the Commission shall calculate if the total amount of super- credits affects the level of the target set in Article 1. If that target is weakened by more than 2 g CO2/km the multipliers set out in Article 5 and in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be set back to 1 light commercial vehicle for that year."
Amendment 67 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 510/2011
Article 5a (new)
Article 5a (new)
(2b) The following Article is inserted: "Article 5 a Speed limit devices As of 1 January 2014 and each subsequent calendar year, each manufacturer of light commercial vehicles shall equip the light commercial vehicles for which it is the manufacturer with speed limitation devices with a maximum speed of 120 km/h."
Amendment 74 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 510/2011
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
By 31 DecemberJanuary 20145, the Commission shall complete a review of the specific emissions targets, modalitiestarget, defined in Article 1(3) with the aim of defining: — subject to confirmation of its feasibility on the basis of updated impact assessment results, the modalities for reaching, by the year 2025, a long-term target of 105 g CO2 /km in a cost-effective manner, and o— ther aspects of this Regulation in order to establish the CO2 emission targets for new light commercial vehicles for the period beyond 2020. e implementation of that target, including the excess emissions premium. On the basis of such a review and its impact assessment, which includes an overall assessment of the impact on the automotive industry and the users of light commercial vehicles, the Commission shall make a proposal to amend this Regulation, in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, in a way which is as neutral as possible from the point of view of competition, and which is socially equitable and sustainable.
Amendment 89 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 510/2011
Annex I – point 1 – point c – formula
Annex I – point 1 – point c – formula
Indicative specific emissions of CO2 = 14735 + a × (M – M0)
Amendment 93 #
2012/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 510/2011
Annex I – point 1 – point ca (new)
Annex I – point 1 – point ca (new)
(5a) In point 1 of Annex I, the following point is added: "(ca) from 2025: Indicative specific emissions of CO2= 105 + a × (M – M0) Where: M = mass of the vehicle in kilograms (kg) M0= the value adopted pursuant to Article 13(2) a = equivalent to 100% slope"
Amendment 20 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The further development of the worldwide market for advanced technologies aiming at improving the efficiency of passenger cars is in line with the flagship initiative for a resource- efficient Europe under the Europe 2020 strategy, which supports the shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon economy for achieving sustainable growth. In order to further stimulate innovation in this area a long-term target for 2025 should be set in this Regulation.
Amendment 54 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Regulation requires the Commission to carry out an impact assessment in order to review the test procedures to reflect adequately the real CO2 emissions behaviour of cars. This work is proceeding through the development of a World Light Duty Test procedure (WLTP) in the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe but is not yet complete. In view of this, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 establishes emission limits for 2020 as measured according to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008. When the test procedures are amendedIn order to ensure that this Regulation delivers the anticipated reduction in emissions, the test procedure should be changed from 1 January 2016 to the WLTP. When the WLTP is applied in 2016 for the purposes of this Regulation, the limits set in Annex I should be adjusted to ensure comparable stringency for manufacturers and classes of vehicles.
Amendment 74 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(1a) In Article 1, the following paragraph is added: "From 2025, this Regulation sets a target of 70 g CO2/km as average emissions for the new car fleet as measured in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures and Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008."
Amendment 82 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(2a) In Article 3(1), point f shall be replaced by the following: "(f) 'specific emissions of CO2' means the CO2 emissions of a passenger car measured in accordance with the new World Light Duty Test Procedure (WLTP). For passenger cars which are not type-approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, "specific emissions of CO2" means the CO2 emissions measured in accordance with the same measurement procedure as specified for passenger cars in Regulation (EC) No 692/2008, or in accordance with procedures adopted by the Commission to establish the CO2 emissions for such passenger cars; for the purposes of applying this point, changes to the measurement procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and entering into force on 1 January 2016 shall apply in that year."
Amendment 85 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Article 5
Article 5
(3a) Article 5 is replaced by the following: "Article 5 Super-credits for 95g CO2 /km target 1. In calculating the average specific emissions of CO2, each new passenger car with specific emissions of CO2 of less than 35g CO2/km shall be counted as 1,3 passenger cars in the period from 2020 to 2023 and as 1 passenger car from 2024 onwards. 1a. The increase of the emissions target for each manufacturer derived from the supercredits calculation shall be capped at 2g of CO2 per kilometre. 1b. It shall not be possible to transfer part or all of any unused supercredits from one calendar year to the next."
Amendment 91 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Article 5a
Article 5a
Amendment 114 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) In Article 8(4), the third subparagraph is amended as follows: 'The register, and the notification, shall be publicly available. The information recorded by each Member State under paragraph 1 shall also be publicly available regardless of whether it is included in the register.'
Amendment 115 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 b (new)
Article 1 – point 4 b (new)
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4b) In Article 8, the following paragraph is inserted: "4a. Where as a result of the verification of the conformity of production, a Member State, in accordance with Article 12(3) of Directive 2007/46/EC, establishes that the CO2 emissions for a production vehicle deviate significantly from the approved type, that deviation shall be reported to the Commission together with the detailed data specified in Annex II to this Regulation and be published in accordance with Article 10. The specific emissions of CO2 for the vehicle type for which a deviation has been established shall be adjusted, taking into account the deviation, for the calculation of the average specific emissions of CO2 in the following calendar year. The Commission shall amend its monitoring Regulation (EU) No 1014/20101 with provisions appropriate to ensure compliance with this paragraph." _________ 1 OJ L 293, 11.11.2010, p. 15.
Amendment 118 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 c (new)
Article 1 – point 4 c (new)
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
(4c) In Article 8(5), the second subparagraph is amended as follows: 'The Commission shall consider any notifications from manufacturers and shall, by 31 October, either confirm or amend the provisional calculations under paragraph 4. Notifications from manufacturers and the confirmations or amendments by the Commission under this paragraph, and the notifications by the Commission under paragraph 6, shall be publicly available.'
Amendment 137 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 10 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 10 – point b a (new)
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
(ba) In paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is added: "With a view to ensuring that real world emissions are adequately reflected and that measured CO2 values are strictly comparable, the Commission shall, in accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, ensure that those elements in the testing procedure that have a significant influence on measured CO2 emissions are strictly defined. For the purpose of verifying that the CO2 emissions of production vehicles conform to the values of the approved type, the resistance values derived from coast down tests for setting the dynamometer shall be obtained from the vehicle for which conformity of production is being verified."
Amendment 144 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 10 – point c
Article 1 – point 10 – point c
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. By 31 DecemberJanuary 20148, the Commission shall review the specific emissions targets, modalities and other aspects of this Regulation in order to establish the CO2 emission targets for new passenger cars for the period beyond 2020with the aim of defining: — the modalities for reaching, by 2025, a long-term target of 70 g CO2/km in a cost- effective manner; and — the aspects of the implementation of that target, including the excess emissions premium. On the basis of such a review and its impact assessment, which includes an overall assessment of the impact on the car industry and its dependent industries, the Commission shall, if appropriate, make a proposal to amend this Regulation in a way which is as neutral as possible from the point of view of competition, and which is socially equitable and sustainable.
Amendment 176 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 1 – point 13 a (new)
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Annex II – part A – point 1 – point fa (new)
Annex II – part A – point 1 – point fa (new)
(13 a) In Annex II, Part A, point 1, the following point is added: „(fa) maximum net power (kW);“
Amendment 177 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 13 b (new)
Article 1 – point 13 b (new)
Regulation 2009/443/EC
Annex II – Part A – point 1 – point f b (new)
Annex II – Part A – point 1 – point f b (new)
(13b) In Annex II, Part A, point 1, the following point is added: „(fb) engine capacity (cm3).“
Amendment 193 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Fishing authorisations referred to in paragraph 1 for vessels using bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets shall expire at the latest two years after the entry into force of this Regulation. After that date, fishing authorisations targeting deep-sea species with bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets shall neither be issued nor renewed.
Amendment 216 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a General requirements on the identification of vulnerable marine ecosystems 1. Member States shall use the best scientific and technical information available, including biogeographic information, to identify where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known or likely to occur. In addition, the scientific advisory body shall undertake an assessment annually of where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known or likely to occur. 2. Where, based on the information in paragraph 1, areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known or likely to occur have been identified; Member States and the scientific advisory body shall inform the Commission in a timely manner. 3. By no later than 1 year after the entry into force of this Regulation, on the basis of the best scientific and technical information available and based on the assessments and identifications done by Member States and the scientific advisory body, the Commission shall establish a list of areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur. 4. Fishing with bottom gears shall be prohibited in the areas identified in paragraph 3. 5. Member States shall implement these closures without delay and immediately notify the Commission as well as its own vessels of the closures. The closures will be applicable to all Union vessels when these occur in Union waters or in the high seas, and to any vessel when the closure occurs in Union waters. 6. The Commission shall review the list referred to in paragraph 1 annually on the basis of advice received from the scientific advisory body. 7. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, if the Commission, based on an impact assessment and after consulting the scientific advisory body, decides that there is sufficient evidence that vulnerable marine ecosystems are not present in a particular area in the list referred to in paragraph 1, or that appropriate conservation and management measures have been adopted which ensure that significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems in that area are prevented, it may allow the area to remain open or reopen that area to fishing with bottom gears.
Amendment 239 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Any fishing authorisation issued on the basis of an application made in accordance with paragraph 1 shall specify the characteristics, type and dimensions of the bottom gear to be used and limit the fishing activities authorised to the area in which the intended fishing activity, as set out in paragraph 1(a), and the existing fishing activity, as set out in paragraph 1(b), overlap. However, the area of the intended fishing activity can be extended beyond the area of the existing fishing activity if the Member State has assessed and documented, based on best available scientific advice, that such extension would not have significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems. This assessment shall be conducted in accordance with Annex IIa and the 2008 FAO International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas and shall be made publicly available. The Commission, in consultation with the Member State and the scientific advisory body, shall review this assessment to ensure that all areas where VMEs are known or likely to occur have been identified and that the proposed mitigation and management measures are sufficient to prevent significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Amendment 247 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 258 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Fishing authorisations referred to in Article 4(1) for vessels using bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets shall expire at the latest twowithin one years after the entry into force of this Regulation. After that date, fishing authorisations targeting deep-sea species with those gears shall neither be issued nor renewed.
Amendment 272 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When allocating the fishing opportunities for deep-sea species available to them Member States shall use transparent and objective criteria that shall include, inter alia: (a) selectivity of fishing methods, gears and practices with low by-catch and low impact on the marine ecosystem, with a particular focus on most vulnerable species and vulnerable marine ecosystems; (b) record of compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy and EU environmental requirements and with respecting catch and/or fishing effort limits designated by scientific advice; (c) quality employment (d) fuel emissions and energy efficiency of the fishing operation; and (e) use of video surveillance or an equivalent electronic monitoring equipment, (f) working conditions that comply with relevant international standards, notably the 2007 ILO Work in Fishing Convention.
Amendment 294 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems 1. Where, in the course of fishing operations, a fishing vessel encounters any quantity of any vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator species listed in Annex III, it shall immediately cease fishing, or refrain from engaging in fishing in the site concerned. It shall resume operations only when it has reached an alternative site at a minimum distance of five nautical miles from the fished area when the encounter occurred. 2. The fishing vessel shall immediately report each encounter with vulnerable marine ecosystems to the competent national authorities, who in turn shall notify the Commission, without delay. 3. Member States shall close the site concerned to fishing with bottom gears. These areas shall remain closed to bottom fishing until such time as the scientific advisory body carries out an assessment of the area and concludes that no vulnerable marine ecosystems are present.
Amendment 306 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall establish a programme of observer coverage to ensure the collection of reliable, timely and accurate data on the catch and bycatch of deep-sea species, encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems and other relevant information for the effective implementation of the provisions of this regulation. Vessels using bottom trawls or botom-set gillnets with a fishing authorisation to catch deep-sea species, whether as target or by-catch shall carry 100% observer coverage. The rest of the vessels with an authorisation to catch deep-sea species shall carry 10% observer coverage.
Amendment 336 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 2 – row 1
Annex I – Section 2 – row 1
Amendment 338 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 2 – row 2
Annex I – Section 2 – row 2
Amendment 340 #
Amendment 154 #
2012/0055(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20 a (new)
(20a) 'financial guarantee' means a deposit of funds, a mortgage on a shipowner's property, or another notarised commitment to payment of funds as required by a Member State competent authority to a sufficient amount to cover the costs incurred for compliance with the end-of-life recycling provisions in this Regulation.
Amendment 181 #
2012/0055(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b (new)
Amendment 194 #
2012/0055(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Intent to recycle At least two months prior to the intended recycling, the ship owner shall notify the European list ship recycling facility of his intent. The facility shall finalise and approve the ship recycling plan and notify the relevant competent authorities. In cases where the ship owner has not maintained an up-to-date ship recycling plan or hazardous materials inventory, the ship recycling facility shall notify the competent authorities. The shipowner may then be required to make a payment in accordance with Article 5 on the financial guarantee.
Amendment 206 #
2012/0055(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) to provide the ship recycling facility with all the ship-relevant information necessary for the development of the ship recycling plan required by Article 7, or in cases where the ship owner is not in possession of such information, to inform the ship recycling facility and collaborate with them to ensure that any lacunae are adequately resolved;
Amendment 170 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) The implantation of a transponder is an invasive procedure and certain qualifications are required to carry it out. The implantation should therefore only be performed by a suitably qualified person approved by the competent authorities.
Amendment 185 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are actively marked in accordance with Article 16(1); and the alphanumeric code displayed by the transponder or tattoo is registered on an authorised database, which is accessible across Member States from a central point of access. The full, current contact details of the owner shall also be registered on this database.
Amendment 189 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 191 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 may only be granted if: (a) the animals are being moved into a Member State from a third country in compliance with Article 13; (b) the owner or authorised person declares in writing that the pet animals were kept from birth up until the date of movement without any contact with wild animals of species susceptible to rabies; and (c) it is documented that the animals' mother received a rabies vaccination before pregnancy which, as a minimum, complies with the validity requirements set out in Annex IV for at least 24 hours after the animal's birth.
Amendment 203 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the name, address and signature of the owner and of up to two previous owners if applicable;
Amendment 87 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 91 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recognising that the Convention on Biological Diversity requires Contracting Parties to 'adopt measures for ex situ conservation of components of biological diversity' (Article 9), and that these requirements formed the basis of the EC Zoos Directive (no.1999/22), zoos should therefore prioritise ex situ conservation preferably in the county of origin and predominantly for the purpose of complementing in situ measures; and adopt measures for the recovery and rehabilitation of threatened species and their reintroduction into their natural habitat. Recommends regular evaluation of the effectiveness of conservation programmes taking place within EU Member States. Recommends the European Commission to recognise the importance of individual animal welfare in conservation and trade, and calls upon all Member States to ensure that species-specific needs are always adequately provided for.
Amendment 228 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22 .Recognises the significant risk of invasive alien species from zoos, and other captive animal facilities, and through the accidental or deliberate release of wild pet animals and recommends that the Commission and Member States ensure adequate measures are taken to prevent animal escapes and restrict the private keeping of DAISIE- listed species as pets. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that measures taken prevent both the entry of new invasive alien species into the EU and the spread of currently established invasive alien species to new areas;
Amendment 248 #
2011/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls of the Commission and the EU Member States to strictly implement and enforce Multilateral Environmental Agreements, including (but not limited to) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS);
Amendment 12 #
2011/2202(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that Parliament on 16 February 2012 affirmed that the real and biggest saving could be made by having a single seat, and calls on the Secretary General to bring forward within six months a formal evaluation of the financial benefits that would be secured, with a view to presenting this to the Council of Ministers;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2202(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point i
Paragraph 24 – point i
(i) to propose arrangements to ensure that the General Expenditure allowance is transparent in all cases and that it is used for the purposes for which it is intended (paragraph 6); expects such proposals to be presented to the Committee on Budgetary Control before 2012 Parliamentary summer recess;
Amendment 48 #
2011/2202(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Insists that, in accordance with Parliament's commitment to transparency and sound financial management, the Secretary-General should ensure that copies of all reports prepared by the Internal Audit Service are made available for inspection by any Member, subject if necessary to the removal of references within them that would identify specific individuals;
Amendment 62 #
2011/2202(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Notes that the arrangements for Members to sign in order to claim attendance allowance continue to be a source of public criticism, particularly when Members sign for a day at 07.00 and immediately then depart, and recommends that the procedure be restricted other than during plenary sessions to the normal working hours of the Parliament, vis. 09.00-18.30;
Amendment 77 #
2011/2202(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. NotBelieves that, on 5 July 2010, the Bureau adopted Parliament's updated Communication Strategy integrating the project of the House of European History and that, in September 2010, an international jury examined that projects; further notes that use was not made of budget chapter 1 0 6 ‘Reserve for priority projects under development’ for this project as all the appropriations of that chapter (EUR 5 000 000) were transferred to chapter 2 1 0 ‘Computing and telecommunications’; reiterates its expectation that the cost plan contained in the Business Plan should be strictly adhered to the building of a museum is not an appropriate use of the Parliament's funds, and calls for an immediate halt to development of the House of European History and for the Secretary-General urgently to present recommendations for winding up the project at least possible cost;
Amendment 93 #
2011/2202(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Regrets that EuroparlTV cannot be considered to be a success story in view of its very low number of direct individual users (excluding viewers through partnership agreements with regional TVs) in spite of the considerable financing that it received in 2010, amounting to some EUR 9 000 000 (item 3 2 4 6); welcomes the efforts made to reduce this budget by 14 % (to EUR 8 000 000) in 2011 and in the subsequent years; calls however for a costrecognises with regret, however, that further subsidy cannot be justified and calls on the Secretary- bGenefit evaluation of Europarl TVral to present proposals to its competent committee for the closure of the operation;
Amendment 94 #
2011/2202(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Expresses concern that media coverage of Parliament's work is discouraged by the requirement that broadcasters using Parliament's studios in Brussels and Strasbourg are required to pay satellite charges, and requests the Secretary-General to bring forward costed proposals to enable such charges to be met by Parliament;
Amendment 136 #
2011/2202(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
69 a. Recognises that holders of expensive air tickets arrive at their destination at the same time as those holding cheaper ones; believes that Parliament should introduce restrictions on the use of business class tickets by Members and staff, and calls on the Secretary-General to propose a range of options for the competent committee's consideration;
Amendment 148 #
2011/2202(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)
Paragraph 73 a (new)
73a. Recognises that two-thirds of payments into the fund were made directly by Parliament rather than by individual members; reminds members of the Fund that their contributions were voluntary, and insists that Parliament should make no further financial contribution towards meeting payments or reducing the deficit of a Fund that may not have been structured satisfactorily from the outset;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas some 90 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, collectively responsible for more than 80% of global emissions, have made unilateral declarations of quantified economy-wide emission reduction objectives,
Amendment 25 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas it is in the interests of Member States to reduce their dependence on foreign energy suppliers,
Amendment 93 #
2011/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recognises the very great progress in the development of renewable sources of energy achieved by Member States since binding targets were set for 2020, and calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals for appropriately ambitious targets for 2030;
Amendment 118 #
2011/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission to give a clear indication to investors by proposing now that, from 2030, no new source of electricity generation shall be authorised that emits more than 50g CO2/Kw hour, while insisting that all means of achieving such low carbon generation (including renewable energy sources, nuclear power, use of carbon capture and storage technology, and sustainably produced biomass) shall be available to meet this requirement;
Amendment 126 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c b (new)
Paragraph 6 – point c b (new)
(cb) calls on the reserve price to be set at a level below the carbon price envisaged when the current legislation was approved but sufficient to provide reassurance to firms making long term investments;
Amendment 129 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c e (new)
Paragraph 6 – point c e (new)
(ce) stimulating demand within the ETS by proposing extensions to include emissions from fossil fuels sold from the heat and transport sectors that are not directly exposed to international competition, and from the maritime shipping sector;
Amendment 131 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c g (new)
Paragraph 6 – point c g (new)
(cg) taking steps to increase the input of relevant information and the transparency of the ETS registry to enable more effective monitoring and evaluation;
Amendment 133 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c i (new)
Paragraph 6 – point c i (new)
(ci) further improving the use of offset mechanisms, for example by limiting access to offsets that subsidise Europe’s industrial competitors;
Amendment 134 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that these measures will increase the auctioning revenue for Member States, reminds governments that there is no limit on the proportion of such money that can be spent on climate related purposes, and recommends that it be used to spur low carbon investments in industry or to encourage other means of job creation such as by reducing taxes on labour;
Amendment 136 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls for the Commission to bring forward proposals by the end of 2013 for extending to those energy intensive industries that face only minimal threat from overseas competition the requirement that allowances be purchased through auction;
Amendment 150 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on the Commission to provide Member States with guidance for the adoption of any measures intended to compensate industries proven to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage for indirect costs relating to greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 159 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for work under the Eco Design Directive to include heating equipment, boilers and insulating materials, that can facilitate reductions in energy and resource use while enabling greater recycling, as well as for the extension and development of labelling requirements that can assist consumers make informed decisions;
Amendment 177 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to introduce an indirect land use (ILUC) factor that takes full account of such disbenefits that render useless the objectives of the policy as a means of reducing CO2 emissions, and to bring forward proposals for sustainability criteria for the use of all biomass
Amendment 181 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Calls on the Commission to give guidance to industry and investors by introducing before the end of 2013 a legislative proposal for the proportion of energy that each Member State must derive from renewable sources by 2030; stresses the need for the Commission to ensure that adoption of such a target does not reduce the incentives for investment in other forms of low carbon power generation;
Amendment 182 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10f. Calls on the Commission when publishing before the end of 2012 its required report of progress being made by each Member State towards meeting their legal requirements regarding renewable energy production, together with an assessment of whether the 2020 targets will be met, to propose a programme of actions that will be undertaken in order to promote compliance by Member States not presently on course to fulfil the requirements;
Amendment 187 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for budgetary support to be consistent with the €50 billion needed from public and private sources to fully implement the SET plan;
Amendment 206 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls on the Commission to assess the effectiveness of mechanisms that can support the deployment of low carbon power generation and address in particular: a) how the anticipated shortfall in NER300 funds for the current demonstration programme will be overcome and the revised operational timetable for the projects selected; b) how knowledge of the application of CCS can be advanced to embrace gas- fired power stations and industrial installations; c) what additional funding mechanism can be introduced to enable CCS development to continue after exhaustion of these funds and during the years before use of the technology becomes commercially viable on a stand-alone basis; d) how early investment in pipeline infrastructure, which is anticipated to prove a major source of delay, will be secured, and how the Connecting Europe Facility for transport, energy and ICT will contribute to this; e) how research into the characteristics and suitability of geological storage reservoirs in Europe will be supported in order to provide better understanding of their location, capacity and security;
Amendment 207 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Calls on the Commission to propose that unspent funds for CCS projects within the European Economic Recovery Programme be reallocated towards alternative CCS demonstration projects;
Amendment 208 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Condemns as incoherent, contradictory and self-defeating the Commission's proposal to exclude Cohesion Fund support for the development and application of carbon capture and storage technology;
Amendment 210 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -13 after Subheading 8
Paragraph -13 after Subheading 8
National and sector-specific roadmaps -13. Notes that the Cancun agreement foresees that all developed countries shall develop low carbon strategies;
Amendment 214 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the adequacy of such plans with regard to contributing to the Cancun objective of holding the increase in global average temperatures below 2 deg C above pre- industrial levels;
Amendment 215 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Expects the Commission to take roadmaps fully into account when preparing policy initiatives, and also to highlight instances where industry sectors have not prepared such action plans;
Amendment 216 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that national and sector specific roadmaps are subjected to independent scrutiny to assess whether full account has been taken of the potential use of best available technology and that proposed costs accord with understood practice;
Amendment 235 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Maintains that Member States should have the widest possible means of achieving low carbon electricity generation (including renewable energy sources, nuclear power, use of carbon capture and storage technology, and sustainably produced biomass) and that none shall be excluded from the range of options available to meet the requirements;
Amendment 237 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15e. Calls on the Commission to assess the effectiveness of mechanisms that enable sound operation of the electricity market in a low carbon economy, and if necessary to make legislative proposals for better integration of cross-border electricity markets and for other measures to address the need to determine the balance and availability of generation capacity;
Amendment 254 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Commission to make proposals to include international maritime emissions in the Community reduction commitment with the aim of entry into force before the end of 2013, as agreed between Council and Parliament in the Climate and Energy Package;
Amendment 257 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 e (new)
Paragraph 17 e (new)
17e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to implement in full the legislation on aviation in the ETS;
Amendment 259 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 g (new)
Paragraph 17 g (new)
17g. Calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals to improve the fuel efficiency of heavy goods vehicles, and in its 2013 review of legislation on emissions from light commercial vehicles to take greater account of the need to improve fuel efficiency to reduce the costs to business resulting from increased fuel prices;
Amendment 261 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 i (new)
Paragraph 17 i (new)
17i. Calls on the Commission to provide purchasers of all types of passenger and freight vehicles with greater clarity about their fuel efficiency, and to bring forward long delayed proposals for reform of the Labelling Directive that should encompass all forms of sales promotion;
Amendment 262 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 j (new)
Paragraph 17 j (new)
17j. Calls on the Commission to take immediate steps to ensure that the test cycles used to evaluate emissions from new cars accurately reflect the realities of the use of such vehicles in normal driving conditions;
Amendment 264 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 l (new)
Paragraph 17 l (new)
17l. Acknowledges the efforts being made by some Member States to establish recharging/refuelling infrastructure to promote the use of electric and ultra-low carbon vehicles, and calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals to set minimum requirements in each Member State in order to establish a Europe-wide network;
Amendment 291 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recommends that the Commission should ensure that particular use is made of this funding to assist Member States with a high potential to reduce emissions well below the existing targets but that lack the capacity to make the necessary investments;
Amendment 295 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Calls on the Commission from 2013 to collate information relating to the use of funds derived from the auction of ETS allowances, and to publish annually a report comparing the extent to which each Member State makes use of such money to promote development of low carbon technologies and other means of curbing greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 297 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 g (new)
Paragraph 19 g (new)
19g. Calls on the Commission to propose that Member States provide a proportion of auctioning funds to provide additional EU funding to support innovation through the SET plan or through equivalent initiatives;
Amendment 302 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 l (new)
Paragraph 19 l (new)
19l. Calls on the Commission to publish before the end of 2013 a Communication indicating all means by which the EU Budget is used to justify financial support, directly or through Member States, to activities that contradict the objectives of its Low Carbon Roadmap;
Amendment 305 #
2011/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 o (new)
Paragraph 19 o (new)
19o. Insists that provision should be made within Common Agricultural Policy funding arrangements for reducing greenhouse gas emissions within this sector;
Amendment 45 #
2011/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 2 #
2011/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the long term aspiration should be to allow fish stocks to recover to levels that can exceed MSY and generate maximum economic yields on a sustainable and long term basis, and therefore calls on the Commission to undertake such research as is necessary and then to bring forward proposals to build on the current proposals for CFP reform and move towards a position that will be environmentally and economically more advanced;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the post-2013 CAP to pursue food objectives which encourage new forms of sustainable agricultural production which save energy, reduce the use of chemicals and exploit the potential of ecosystems more effectively; points out that it must be capable of responding to environmental challenges, such as biodiversity loss, climate change, depletion of resources, water pollution and soil erosion, etc.;
Amendment 41 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises that subsidy payments that promote unsustainable practices contradict the declared objectives of EU environment policy, and calls for the payments' regime to be adjusted to avoid such contradictions and to promote good practice;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
– having regard to its previous resolutions regarding climate change, in particular its resolution of 25 November 2010 on the climate change conference in Cancun (COP16)1 where the Parliament called for a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels,
Amendment 26 #
2011/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, according to the European Environmental Agency, in 2009 the EU's greenhouse gas emissions were 17.3% lower than in 1990,; although one third of this can be accounted for by the effects of the economic recession;
Amendment 145 #
2011/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses concern that the current lack of ambition could result in low levels of investment, and the relative stagnation of European economies compared to those of Asia;
Amendment 153 #
2011/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes the support of Eurelectric, on behalf of the European electricity industry, for the EU ETS as the main policy driver for the deployment of commercially viable low carbon technologies;
Amendment 175 #
2011/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that, in order to achieve a 30% greenhouse gas emission reduction by 2020 a high and stable carbon price is necessary to drive investment in low- carbon technology
Amendment 273 #
2011/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Notes the conclusions of the study 'A New Growth Path for Europe', commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment which suggests that raising the EU's CO2 reduction target to 30% could by 2020 increase the growth rate of the European economy by up to 0.6% per year, create up to 6 million jobs and significantly boost European investment;
Amendment 71 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
The work programmes for the implementation of the Parts I, II and III referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 2(2) shall set out the objectives pursued, the expected results, the method of implementation and their total amount, including indicative information on the amount of climate related expenditure, where appropriate. They shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action, an indicative implementation timetable, as well as a multi-annual approach and strategic orientations for the following years of implementation. They shall include for grants the priorities, the essential evaluation criteria and the maximum rate of co-financing. They shall allow for strategic top-down as well as bottom-up approaches, as appropriate, that address the objectives in innovative ways.
Amendment 81 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 2 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – point 2 – paragraph 5
In addition, a range of targeted actions will be implemented taking a strategic, top- down approach to international cooperation on the basis of common interest and mutual benefit and promoting coordination and synergies with Member States activities. This will include a mechanism for supporting joint calls and the possibility of co-funding programmes together with third countries or international organisations.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Research and innovation activities supported by Horizon 2020 should respect fundamental ethical principles. The opinions of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies should be taken into account. Research activities should also take into account Article 13 TFEU and reduce the use of animals in research and testing, with a view ultimately to replacing animal use, including through strategic development, integration and use of innovative, non-animal tools and technologies. All activities should be carried out ensuring a high level of human health protection in accordance with Article 168 TFEU.
Amendment 118 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
All the research and innovation activities carried out under Horizon 2020 shall comply with ethical principles and relevant national, Union and international legislation, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights and its Supplementary Protocols. Research activities shall also take into account Article 13 TFEU and reduce the use of animals in research and testing, with a view ultimately to replacing animal use, including through strategic development, integration and use of innovative, non-animal tools and technologies.
Amendment 1459 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
To achieve these reductions, significant investments need to be made in research, development, demonstration and market roll-out of efficient, safe and secure and reliable low- carbon energy technologies and services, including electricity storage technologies. These must go hand in hand with non- technological solutions on both the supply and demand sides. All this must be part of an integrated low-carbon policy, including mastering key enabling technologies, in particular ICT solutions and advanced manufacturing, processing and materials. The goal is to produce efficient and secure energy technologies and services that can be taken up widely on European and international markets and to establish intelligent demand-side management based on an open and transparent energy trade market and intelligent energy efficiency and security management systems.
Amendment 1504 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Activities shall focus on research, development and full scale demonstration - of innovative renewables and carbon capture and storage or usage technologies offering larger scale, lower cost, environmentally safe technologies with higher conversion efficiency and higher availability for different market and operating environments.
Amendment 1517 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Activities shall focus on research, development and full scale demonstration of new grid technologies, including storage,flexible energy storage systems along the whole electricity chain from power generation, transmission, distributions to the end-user systems and market designs to plan, monitor, control and safely operate interoperable networks in an open, decarbonised, climate resilient and competitive market, under normal and emergency conditions.
Amendment 1530 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point f – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point f – paragraph 1
Activities shall focus on the development of tools, methods and models for a robust and transparent policy support, including activities on public acceptance and engagement, user involvement, environmental impact and sustainability.
Amendment 1533 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point g a (new)
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point g a (new)
(g a) Flexible and efficient fossil fuel power plants – enabling intermittent renewables Activities shall focus on the research, development and demonstration of technologies and/or materials enabling higher flexibility and efficiency of fossil fuel power plants having to cope with the necessity to step in when intermittent renewables are not able to deliver to the system and to ensure grid stability.
Amendment 166 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The success of the Common Fisheries Policy depends on an effective system of control, cooperation, inspection and enforcement as well as on reliable complete data, both for scientific advice and for implementation and control purposes; therefore the EMFF should support these policies.
Amendment 206 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The achievement of the objectives of the CFP would also be undermined if Union financial assistance under EMFF is paid to Member States who do not strictly comply with their obligations under the CFP rules related to the public interest of conservation of marine biological resources, such as collecting data and implementing the control obligations. Moreover, without complying with those obligations there is a risk that inadmissible beneficiaries or ineligible operations are not detected by the Member States.
Amendment 224 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Investment in human capital and coastal communities is also vital to increase the competitiveness and economic performance of fishing and maritime activities. Therefore, the EMFF should support lifelong learning, vocational training, access for young people to careers in fishing, co- operation between scientists and fishermen stimulating the dissemination of knowledge, technical expertise, as well as for advisory services helping to improve the overall performance and competitiveness of operators.
Amendment 266 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
(37 a) Recognising the importance of maritime heritage the EMFF should support investments for the protection and preservation of maritime heritage and related traditional crafts;
Amendment 290 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The objective of the Common Fisheries Policy is to ensure a sustainable exploitation of fish stocks. Overcapacity has been identified as a major driver for overfishing. It is therefore paramount to adapt the Union fishing fleet to the resources available. The removal of overcapacity through public aid such as temporary or permanent cessation and scrapping schemes has proven ineffective. The EMFF will therefore support the establishment and management of systems of transferable fishing concessions aiming at the reduction of overcapacity and increased economic performance and profitability of the operators concernedneed to reduce overcapacity in order to achieve a stable and enduring balance between fishing capacity and the fishing opportunities may create a need for new professional opportunities outside the fishing activities. Therefore, the EMFF should support the diversification and job creation in fishing communities in particular by supporting business start- ups.
Amendment 370 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53 a (new)
Recital 53 a (new)
(53 a) The EMFF should support the establishment a coherent network of fish stock recovery areas, in which all fishing activities are prohibited, and which include areas important for fish productivity, in particular nursery grounds, spawning grounds and feeding grounds for fish stocks.
Amendment 419 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) Provisions should be laid down for sufficiently robust support to collect, share, manage and use of fisheries data as specified in the multiannual Union programme, in particular to support national programmes and the management and use of data for scientific analysis and CFP implementation. The support granted to Member States on the basis of the Regulation (EC) No. 861/2006 for the expenditure incurred relating to the collection, management and use of fisheries data should be continued under the EMFF pursuing the logic of a single fund.
Amendment 426 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
Recital 74
(74) It is also necessary to support the cooperation among Member States, Regions, as well as with third countries where relevant, with respect to the collection of data within the same sea basin, as well as with the relevant international scientific bodies.
Amendment 468 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).
Amendment 475 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) 'fish stock recovery area' means a clearly defined geographical area within a Member State's territorial waters in which all fishing activities are prohibited;
Amendment 532 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promoting sustainable and competitive fisheries and aquacultureensuring the long-term environmental sustainability of fishing and aquaculture activities, which is a prerequisite for their economic and social viability and contribute to the availability of food supplies;
Amendment 560 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) ensuring systematic and harmonized data collection of robust and timely biological, environmental and socio- economic data necessary for an ecosystem based management of fisheries and aquaculture;
Amendment 563 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) ensuring the compliance of fishing and aquaculture activities with the Common Fisheries Policy and Union environmental legislation, with a particular focus on strengthening control and enforcement.
Amendment 604 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) support to strengthening technological development, innovation, data collection and knowledge transfer;
Amendment 605 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) support to strengthening technological development, innovation and knowledge transfer, provided that they do not lead to a capacity increase;
Amendment 618 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) support and strengthen traditional crafts related to maritime heritage;
Amendment 619 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) preserve or maintain operational traditional vessels and shipyards that pertain to the protection of maritime heritage;
Amendment 642 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) Fostering sustainable, innovative, competitive and knowledge and ecosystem based aquaculture through the focus on the following areas:
Amendment 658 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
(a) reducminimization and where possible elimination of the impacts of fisheries on the marine environment;
Amendment 666 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
(b) protection and restoration of marine biodiversity and ecosystems including the services they provide and achievement of a good environmental status by 2020.
Amendment 672 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) support for extensive and accurate data collection;
Amendment 673 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) minimization and where possible elimination of unwanted catches
Amendment 677 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b b (new)
(bb) ensure the compliance of fishing activities with Union environmental legislation, in particular with Directive 2008/56/EC, Directive 1992/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EC.
Amendment 687 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
(aa) assessment, reduction and where possible elimination of the impacts of aquaculture activities on marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems;
Amendment 689 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) ensure that aquaculture development is compatible with the objectives of Directive 2008/56/EC.
Amendment 692 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
(a) the supply of scientific knowledge and support for the collection of data;
Amendment 723 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Applications submitted by the following operators shall not be admissible for support from the EMFF for an identified period of time:
Amendment 733 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) operators who committed other cases of non compliance with the CFP rules which seriouslyand Union environmental policy requirements which jeopardise the sustainability of the stocks concerned and the achievement of a good environmental status by 2020.
Amendment 740 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Applications submitted by operators that have committed an irregularity under the EFF or the EMFF shall not be admissible for an identified period of time.
Amendment 741 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 745 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 758 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) operations jeopardising the sustainability of marine biological resources and ecosystems;
Amendment 784 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) temporary cessation of fishing activities unless specifically provided for in this Regulation;
Amendment 805 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) Any onboard investment for vessels that operate in a fishery where a balance between the fishing capacity and fishing resources is not guaranteed.
Amendment 863 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iii a) the level of environmental sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture activities.
Amendment 886 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) where applicable, consistency of the measures under Union priorities for EMFF referred to in Article 38 (1d) of this Regulation with the Natura 2000 prioritised action frameworks referred to in Article 8(4) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC and to the achievement of a good environmental status as defined in Directive 2008/56/EC.
Amendment 896 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a demonstration of a pertinent approach integrated into the programme towards innovation, the environment, including the specific needs of Natura 2000 areas, the establishment of fish stock recovery areas and climate change mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 999 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Operations financed under this Article must be carried out in collaboration with a scientific or technical body recognised by the Member State which shall validate the results of such operations and make them publicly available.
Amendment 1013 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the provision of professional and scientific advice on the development of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture activities, with a focus on limiting and where possible eliminating the impacts of these activities on marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems.
Amendment 1028 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to foster the improved collection, promotion and transfer of knowledge between scientists and fishermen, the EMFF may support:
Amendment 1086 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) business start-ups outside, for sustainable activities related to the maritime sector, excluding fishing;
Amendment 1175 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. The support shall be granted to fishermen or owners of fishing vessels, provided that they do not lead to any increase in the capacity of the fishing vessel.
Amendment 1188 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a Temporary cessation of fishing activities 1. The EMFF may contribute to the financing of measures for temporary cessation of fishing activities: a) in the case of implementation of temporary measures to alleviate serious threat to marine biological resources pursuant to Article 13 of the Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy, b) in the case where a multiannual management plan adopted and approved under Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy or a closure of an area implemented under Article 33a of that Regulation, necessitates, based on scientific advice, a strictly time-limited reduction in available fishing opportunities. 2. The EMFF may contribute to the financing of aid measures under paragraph 1 for the temporary cessation of fishing activities for fishers and the owners of fishing vessels for a maximum duration of 6 months total per vessel during the period 2014 to 2020. 3. Support under paragraph 1 shall be granted to: (a) owners of Union fishing vessels registered as active and which have carried out fishing activities at sea for at least 120 days during the two calendar years preceding the date of submission of the application, or (b) fishermen who have worked at sea on board of a Union fishing vessel concerned by the temporary cessation for at least 120 days during the last two calendar years preceding the date of submission of the application. 4. All fishing activities carried out by the fishing vessel concerned or by the fishermen concerned shall be effectively suspended. The competent authority shall satisfy itself that the fishing vessel concerned has stopped any fishing activities during the period concerned by the temporary cessation. This information shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 1253 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to ensure efficient implementation of conservation measures under Articles 17 and 21 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy] the EMFF mayshall support:
Amendment 1277 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to reduceminimize, and where possible eliminate, the impact of fishing on the marine environment, foster the elimination of discards and facilitate the transition to exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the MSY, the EMFF may support investments in research and equipment:
Amendment 1278 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) changing of fishing gear and the related vessel modification, necessary know-how and training, provided that the new gear has demonstrably better size and species selectivity, a limited impact on the marine environment and vulnerable marine ecosystems and does not increase the ability of the fishing vessel to catch fish;
Amendment 1282 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reducminimizing and where possible eliminating unwanted catches of commercialharvested stocks or other by-catches;
Amendment 1287 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) minimizing and where possible eliminating the physical and biological impacts of fishing on the ecosystem or the sea bed.sea bed, including impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem and habitat integrity, trophic level balance and genetic variability;
Amendment 1290 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) contributing to the assessment of fish stocks.
Amendment 1319 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Operations financed under this Article must be carried out in collaboration with a scientific or technical body recognised by the national law of each Member State which shall validate the results of such operations and make them publicly available.
Amendment 1344 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the identification, selection and establishment as well as the management, restoration and monitoring of NATURA 2000 sites in accordance with Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and Council and European Parliament Directive 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, in accordance with prioritised action frameworks established pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC;
Amendment 1375 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) investments on board aimed at reducing the emission of pollutants or green-house gases and increasing energy efficiency of fishing vessels, under the condition that the investment will not lead to an increase in the fishing capacity of the fishing vessel;
Amendment 1445 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4
Article 40 – paragraph 4
4. The support referred to in paragraph 1 shall only be granted to owners of Union fishing vessels whose vessels are which operating in fisheries where it is demonstrated that there is an effective balance between fishing opportunities and fishing capacity and have carried a fishing activity for at least 60 days at sea during the two years preceding the date of submission of the application.
Amendment 1478 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 a (new)
Article 41 a (new)
Article 41 a Protection of maritime heritage 1. In order to support and promote traditional maritime crafts related to fisheries and preserve or maintain operational the vessels that pertain to the protection of the maritime heritage of a Member State, the EMFF may support: (a) training and investments for the support of traditional shipyards and traditional maritime crafts; (b) investments onboard aimed at restoring traditional wooden fishing vessels without increasing the fishing capacity of the vessel; (c) Investments for the safekeeping and maintenance of traditional fishing vessels that pertain to the protection of maritime heritage and have been decommissioned. 2. Support shall only be granted to the owners of shipyards and fishing vessels and not more than once during the programming period for the same fishing vessel. 3. Member States shall ensure that vessels receiving support under paragraph 1 (b) continue to operate.
Amendment 1686 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – title
Article 51 – title
Encouraging new sustainable aquaculture farmers
Amendment 1694 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
(-a) primarily develop the aquaculture of herbivorous species, producing food for human consumption;
Amendment 1710 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) limiting the negative impact of aquaculture enterprises on nature or biodiversity, in particular impact on wild fish stocks, interactions with predator species, the use of toxic chemicals and antibiotics, escapees, non-native species introduction and other environmental impacts linked to intensive aquaculture;
Amendment 2096 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1
Article 79 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFF shall support the collection and management and use of primary biological, technical, environmental and socioeconomic data necessary for sustainable ecosystem-based fisheries and aquaculture management, including data required to restore and maintain populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the MSY and to achieve and maintain a good environmental status by 2020 as required by Directive 2008/56/EC, as in the multiannual Union programme referred to in Article 37(5) of the [Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy].
Amendment 2100 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the management, collection and use of data for the purpose of scientific analysis and CFP implementation;
Amendment 2173 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 84 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) collection, management and dissemination of scientific advice under the CFP;
Amendment 2288 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall exercise the empowerment in full respect of the principle of proportionality and taking into account the risk that the non-compliance with the respective CFP rules constitutes a serious threats to the sustainable exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the MSY, the sustainability of the stocks concerned or the conservation of the marine environment or the achievement and maintenance of a good environmental status by 2020.
Amendment 2430 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 143 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 143 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 2443 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – part 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 12 a (new)
Annex 4 – part 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 12 a (new)
- Amount of national contribution;
Amendment 2444 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – part 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 12 b (new)
Annex 4 – part 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 12 b (new)
- Total amount of contribution (Union plus national);
Amendment 145 #
2011/0372(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. The Commission shall ensure that a coherent methodology is developed that is applicable to both the expert inventory review carried out under this Article and the review by the UNFCCC. The review defined in this Article shall focus solely on the information required under Decision No 406/2009/EC.
Amendment 146 #
2011/0372(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. When the annual expert review of inventory data relating to the year 2020X-2 has been completed pursuant to Article 20 of this Regulation, the Commission shall recalculate in accordance with the formula set out in Annex II to this Regulation, the recalculated sum of greenhouse gas emissions for each Member Statethe annual greenhouse gas emission allocation for each Member State pursuant to Article 3(2) of Decision No 406/2009/EC and in accordance with the most recent methodology used in the inventory review of year X on the emissions from year X-2.
Amendment 17 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Current scientific knowledge, based on the examination of shark catch rates, indicates that many stocks of sharks are under serious threat. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more than 25 % of all pelagic shark species, of which over 50 % are large oceanic-pelagic sharks, are threatened. In recent years, the capture, retention, transhipment, or landing of a growing number of shark species has been prohibited under Union law or in the framework of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, including of sharks whose fins are highly valuable in trade.
Amendment 18 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) Blue shark (Priconace glauca) and shortfin mako (Isuras oxyrinchus), classified by the IUCN as "near- threatened" and "vulnerable" respectively, are currently the predominant species captured by the European fleet, with blue shark accounting for circa 70 % of the total of reported shark landings. Other species, however, including hammerhead and silky sharks, are also subject to capture in EU and non-EU waters and contribute to the economic viability of fisheries.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 allows Member States to issue special fishing permits allowing processing on board, whereby shark fins can be removed from the bodies. In order to ensure the correspondence between the weight of fins and bodies, a ‘'fin-to-carcass’' ratio is established, however, following processing ope. Serious control and enforcement difficulties occur with the use of 'fin-to-carcass' ratio systems. Such systems do not eliminate the practions, fce of high-gradinsg and bodies can be landed in different ports. In such cas, due to differences in fin cutting techniques and variability of the fin size and weight of different shark species, the use of the ratio becomes ineffective and gives scope for shark finning to occury could allow finning to occur without being detected. Following processing operations, fins and bodies can be landed in different ports. Under these circumstances, the collection of data, e.g;. species identification, populations structure, underpinning scientific advice for the establishment of fisheries conservation and management measures, is hampered.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Regional Fisheries Management Organisations are increasingly addressing the issue of shark finning and their scientific bodies are showing preference for the landing of sharks with their fins naturally attached to the body. The annual Resolutions on sustainable fisheries issued by United Nations General Assembly since 2007, the 2008 IUCN's Global Policy against shark finning and the 2010 meeting of the Fish Stocks Agreement Review Conference have called upon nations to take measures to require that all sharks be landed with their fins naturally attached.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) InThe 2010-2011, as part of the required i1 Impact aAssessment exercise,conducted by the European Commission held a public consultation in order to gather information on the most appropriate manner in which Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 should be amended. The conclusion of the impact assessment is that the Regulation shconcluded that abolishing special fishing permits would, where operators are compliant, have no significant negative economic impact and, where fleets are compliant, have no significant negative social impact. That impact assessment also concluded that abolishing special fishing permits would be amendexpected sto that all sharks must be landed with their fins still attached. It is necessary and appropriate for the achievement of the basic objectivve a positive impact on shark conservation in the mid to long term; facilitate and significantly simplify control and enforcement and virtually eliminate uncertainty with regard to compliance; significantly enhance data collection. It would also simplify rules and their implementation. The impact assessment, based on the outcome of the public conservultation of shark stocks, and in view of the outcome of the public consultation,held by the European Commission in 2010-2011, and after taking into account the number of infractions reported since 2003, recommends that all sharks must be landed with their fins still attached. It is therefore necessary and appropriate to amend Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 accordingly;.
Amendment 24 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
2003/1185/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Where fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State catch, retain on -board, tranship or land sharks, the flag Member State shall, in accordance with Regulations (EC) Nº 1224/2009 establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy and (EU) Nº 404/2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the above regulation, send to the Commission, by 1 May at the latest, a comprehensive annual report on the implementation of this Regulation during the previous year. The report shall describe the monitoring of compliance with the Regulation of vessels within the RegulationEU and non-EU waters, and the enforcement measures taken by Member States in cases of non-compliance. In particular, the following information shall be provided:
Amendment 26 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
2003/1185/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
– The number and nature of cases of non- compliance detected, including a full identification of the vessel(s) involved and the penalty applied for each case of non- compliance.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0364(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
2003/1185/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 3a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – indent 3a (new)
- the total landings by species (weight/number) and by port;
Amendment 126 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Commission has committed to mainstream climate change into Union spending programmes and to direct at least 20% of the Union budget to climate-related objectives. It is important to ensure that climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as risk prevention and management are promoted in the preparation, design and implementation of projects of common interest and that priority is therefore given to electricity interconnection investments. Infrastructure investments covered by this Regulation should contribute to promoting the transition to a low-carbon and climate- and disaster-resilient economy and society and minimise support for long-term high- carbon projects which lock in fossil fuels into our energy system for several decades and undermine the EU's 2020 and 2050 climate targets.
Amendment 156 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Major investments are needed to modernise and expand Europe's energy infrastructure and to interconnect networks across borders to meet the Union's energy and climate policy objectives of competitiveness, sustainability and security of supply in a cost-effective way. Long- distance electricity highways will help significantly to overcome the variability of renewable sources of electricity by sharing and distributing those resources throughout the Union. The estimated investment needs in energy infrastructure up to 2020 amount to EUR 1 trillion, of which ca. EUR 200 billion in electricity and gas transmission and storage infrastructures considered of European relevance. Among projects of European relevance, approximately EUR 100 billion of investments is at risk of not being delivered due to obstacles related to permit granting, regulation and financing.
Amendment 161 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) An earmarking of funds for electricity infrastructure of at least 75% of the total amount for energy within the Connecting Europe Facility should be applied in order to properly reflect the different energy infrastructure investment needs; in its report to the June 2011 Energy Council, the Commission estimated a total of EUR 200 billion of investment needs in energy infrastructure of European importance up to 2020, of which EUR 140 billion is needed for high voltage electricity transmission systems, and EUR 70 billion for gas transmission pipelines.
Amendment 212 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
Amendment 226 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Some of the infrastructure projects of Union interest might need to link with and pass through neighbourhood, pre-accession and other third countries such as in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, which has substantial solar energy that could be imported into the EU via long- distance electricity connections. The Connecting Europe Facility should offer simplified means of linking and financing these infrastructures, in order to ensure coherence between internal and external instruments of the Union budget.
Amendment 318 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) enhancing Union security of supply in both the electricity and gas sectors, to be measured by the evolution of system resilience and efficiency and security of system operations as well as number of projects enabling access to domestic renewable energy sources and allowing diversification of supply sources, supplying counterparts and routes;
Amendment 322 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) contributing to sustainable development and protection of the environment, notably by fostering the integration of energy from renewable sources into the transmission network and developing carbon dioxide networks, to be measured by the transmission of renewable energy from generation to major consumption centres and storage sites, the proportion of demand response enabled and the sum of CO2 emissions prevented by the construction of the projects which benefited from the Connecting Europe Facility.
Amendment 382 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
At least 75% of the total amount allocated to the energy sector within this Regulation shall be assigned to electricity infrastructure;
Amendment 575 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 3
Article 93 – paragraph 3
Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy wishall be considered as being part of Annex II once this Directive is implemented by all Member States and the obligations directly applicable to farmers have been identified. In order to take account of those elements the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 111 for the purpose of amending the Annex II within 12 months starting at the moment the last Member State has notified the implementation of the Directive to the Commissionas from 2014.
Amendment 586 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 4
Article 93 – paragraph 4
Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides wishall be considered as being part of Annex II once this Directive is implemented by all Member States and the obligations directly applicable to farmers have been identified. In order to take account of those elements the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 111 for the purpose of amending the Annex II within 12 months starting at the moment the last Member State has notified the implementation of the Directive to the Commission, including the obligations relating to integrated pest management.as from 2014
Amendment 771 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 2 — last column
Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 2 — last column
Article 3(1), Article 3(2)(b) Article 4(1), (2) and (4), Article 5(a), (b) and (d)
Amendment 772 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 3 — last column
Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 3 — last column
Article 6 (1) and (2, (2), (3) and (4), Article 13(1)(a)
Amendment 774 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Landscape, minimum level of maintenance" — GAEC 8 a (new)
Annex II — Main Issue "Landscape, minimum level of maintenance" — GAEC 8 a (new)
GAEC 8(a) Minimum maintenance of farmland to ensure that farmland is maintained in a condition that avoids deterioration of landscape and biodiversity. Standards should include livestock stocking rates and/or appropriate grazing/mowing regimes, and maintenance of permanent crops in good vegetative conditions.
Amendment 775 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Landscape, minimum level of maintenance" — GAEC 8 b (new)
Annex II — Main Issue "Landscape, minimum level of maintenance" — GAEC 8 b (new)
Amendment 57 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The objectives of the direct payments are: - a viable food production by contributing to farm income and by limiting farm income variability - a sustainable management of natural resources and climate action by providing environmental public goods and by pursuing climate change mitigation and adaption actions - a balanced territorial development by compensating for production difficulties in areas with specific natural constraints. For each of these objectives, the Commission will define baselines, impacts, results and indicators.
Amendment 59 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
– maintaining the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation without any particular preparatory action going beyond traditional annual agricultural methods and machineries, or
Amendment 60 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
– carrying out a minimum annual activity to be established by Member States on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation;
Amendment 61 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
– carrying out a minimum annual activity to be established by Member States on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation;
Amendment 62 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the following applies: (a) the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5 % of the total receipts they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year; or (b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States in accordance with Article 4(1)(c). which are placed onto a 'negative list' decided at EU level, identifying non-active farmers. The Commission will establish objective and non-discriminatory criteria to ensure that no payment entitlement is allocated to a natural or legal person: - whose agricultural activities form only an insignificant part of its overall economic activities; or - whose principal business or company objects do not consist of exercising an agricultural activity; or - who does not bear the economic risk of the agricultural activity carried out on the land declared for the benefit of the direct payments. In addition, Member States may define additional non-discriminative criteria at their discretion to exclude applicants who are economically marginally engaged in agricultural activities, which will be approved by the Commission.
Amendment 65 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. As of claim year 20197 at the latest, all payment entitlements in a Member State or, in case of application of Article 20, in a region, shall have a uniform unit value.
Amendment 66 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish and use the national reserve in the years 2014 to 2020 to allocate payment entitlements, as a matter of priority, to young farmers who commence their agricultural activity.
Amendment 68 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) any agricultural area of the holding that is used for an agricultural activity or, where the area is used as well for non- agricultural activities, predominantly used for agricultural activities on the condition that the non-agricultural activities do not exceed a period 4 weeks in one calendar year and are not harmful for the environment; or
Amendment 23 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in installations falling under Directive 2003/87/EC, except where such a reduction is to be achieved wholly through the application of carbon capture and storage technology;
Amendment 37 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v a (new)
(v a) supporting the development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology;
Amendment 311 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) requirements that from a specified date, not withstanding the requirements of Article 15, catches by Union fishing vessels be brought and retained on board.
Amendment 339 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Without prejudice to paragraph 2a, if the persistent serious threat to marine biological resources renders permanent measures necessary, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down such permanent measures. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56.
Amendment 340 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 13 a (new)
Part 3 – article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Member State emergency measures 1. If there is evidence of a serious and unforeseen threat to the conservation of living aquatic resources, or to the marine ecosystem resulting from fishing activities, in waters falling under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of a Member State where any undue delay would result in damage that would be difficult to repair, that Member State may take emergency measures, the duration of which shall not exceed three months. 2. Member States intending to take emergency measures shall notify their intention to the Commission, the other Member States and the Regional Advisory Councils concerned by sending a draft of those measures, together with an explanatory memorandum, before adopting them. 3. The Member States and Regional Advisory Councils concerned may submit their written comments to the Commission within five working days of the date of notification. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts confirming, cancelling or amending the measure. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56. On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency related to a serious and unforeseeable threat to the conservation of living aquatic resources, or to the marine ecosystem resulting from fishing activities, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 56(2). 4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, in conjunction with Article 5 thereof, shall apply;
Amendment 353 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. All catches of the following fish stocks subject to catch limits caught during fishing activities in Union waters or by Union fishing vessels outside Union waters shall be brought and retained on board the fishing vessels and recorded and landed, except when used as live bait, , in accordance with requirements that shall be specified in multiannual plans or, in the absence of such plans, with the following timeframe:
Amendment 419 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission may adopt implementing acts, refusing to recognise a system of transferable fishing concessions established by a Member State if it believes that that system is unable to contribute to the achievement of capacity reductions necessary to meet the objective set out in Article 10(1), and in such instances may apply the financial penalties indicated in Article 50(2) unless satisfactory adjustments are made. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56.
Amendment 543 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Union financial assistance should be made conditional upon compliance by Member States and operators with the Common Fisheries Policy. Thus such financial assistance should be interrupted, suspended orand corrected in cases of non- compliance with the rules of Common Fisheries Policy by Member States and serious infringements of those rules by operators.
Amendment 766 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) ensure that all commercially exploited species are managed through catch limits and/or fishing effort.
Amendment 887 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 11
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 11
– ‘catch limit’ means a quantitative limit on landingcatches of a fish stock or group of fish stocks over a given period;
Amendment 921 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 15 a (new)
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 15 a (new)
- ‘Territorial Use Rights for Fishing’ or ‘TURFs’ means a fishing concession consisting of an exclusive and revocable user entitlement to fish in a specific area which are assigned by a Member State to an individual fisherman or a group of eligible holders;
Amendment 1021 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. In areas protected by the EU or Member States, including areas of conservation pursuant to Directive 92/43/EEC, special protection areas pursuant to Directive 79/409/EC and designated sites under the Regional Seas Conventions, fishing by vessels of any Member State shall be prohibited unless it can be shown, by means of prior assessment, that specific fishing activities are not detrimental to the conservation status of the site in question.
Amendment 1180 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Until such time as agreement is reached between the Council and the Parliament on the procedure for determining the content and application of multiannual plans no increase in fishing opportunities for the fisheries concerned shall be permitted from the date that the Commission has adopted proposals for a multiannual plan until the date of its adoption.
Amendment 1191 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the assessment of the fishing capacity in relation to that needed to achieve the general objective in Article 2(2) and a strategy with which to achieve the commitments under Article 34.
Amendment 1196 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) the assessment of the impact on the marine environment of the fishing activities and a strategy to minimise and where possible eliminate these impacts and bring them in line with levels consistent with the achievement of Articles 2 and 3.
Amendment 1221 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Multiannual plans shall comply with the objectives in Articles 2 and 3, and shall strictly adhere to scientific advice from the STECF and ICES where available, or in its absence, shall be based on the precautionary approach to fisheries management and shall take into account the limitations of the available data and assessment methods and all quantified sources of uncertainty in a scientifically valid manner.
Amendment 1231 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where multiannual plans are based on fisheries exploiting a mixture of stocks, the management shall be guided by the scientific advice relating to the most vulnerable target species in that fishery in terms of their spawning stock biomass, age and size distribution and other relevant descriptors,
Amendment 1359 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) measures for scientists and fishermen to gather data and conduct research to enhance relevant ecosystem knowledge;
Amendment 1385 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 12 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 12 – paragraph 1
1. In special areas of conservationrelation to protected areas within the meaning of Article 6 of Directive 92/43/EEC, of Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC and of Article 13(4) of Directive 2008/56/EC, fishing activities shall be conducted by Member States in such a way so as to alleviate the impact from fishing activities in such special areas of conservationthe Member State that has designated the site may take non- discriminatory measures for the purpose of complying with the aforementioned Directives, after having notified the Commission and requested an opinion from Member States affected by the measures and, where appropriate, the relevant Regional Advisory Council.
Amendment 1483 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. All catches of the following fish stocks subject to catch limits caught during fishing activities in Union waters or by Union fishing vessels outside Union waters shall be brought and retained on board the fishing vessels and recorded and landed, except when used as live bait, in EU ports or third countries' designated ports, except when used as live bait, or specified in a register of exempt species to be established and maintained by the Commission , in accordance with the following timeframe:
Amendment 1496 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1
– small pelagic fisheries and fisheries for industrial purposes (e.g. targeting mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, anchovy, argentine, sardine, sardinella, capelin, sprat, sand- eel, norway pout);
Amendment 1500 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
Amendment 1509 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) At the latest from 1 January 2015: cod, hake, sole;– demersal fisheries targeting whitefish/gadoid species (e.g. targeting cod, haddock, hake, saithe); – large pelagic fisheries (e.g. targeting tuna species, swordfish and other billfish)
Amendment 1518 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) At the latest from 1 January 2016: haddock, whiting, megrim, anglerfish, plaice, ling, saithe, pollack, lemon sole, turbot, brill, blue ling, black scabbard, roundnose grenadier, orange roughy, Greenland halibut, tusk, redfish and Mediterranean demersal stocks.all other fisheries
Amendment 1601 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 16 – paragraph 1
1. FThe Council, when fixing fishing opportunities and allocateding them to Member States shall act in accordance with Article 2, Article 9.2 and Article 10 and apply a long-term perspective. Fishing opportunities shall not exceed the recommendations of ICES and STECF and shall further ensure each Member State relative stability of fishing activities for each fish stock or fishery. The interests of each Member State shall be taken into account when new fishing opportunities are allocated.
Amendment 1974 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 1
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State may at any time allow fishing concessions to be transferable among eligible holders of such concessions within the Member State. Member States may authorize transferability in certain fisheries while prohibiting it in others. 1a. Transferable fishing concessions may be fully or partially transferred within a Member State among eligible holders of such concessions.
Amendment 1990 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Fishing concessions, whether or not transferable, shall represent a temporary right to fish in accordance with requirements and conditions that shall be determined by each Member State and shall not constitute a property right. A Member State may revoke a holder's fishing concessions if its requirements are not being met.
Amendment 1992 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. In determining requirements for the issue of fishing concessions, whether or not transferable, Member States shall seek to avoid an excessive concentration of their holding and may: (a) limit the proportion of concessions to be allocated to any one holder; (b) limit the number of concessions that can be registered on a single vessel; (c) limit or prohibit any transfer of concessions between specific segments of the fishing fleet; (d) limit or prohibit any transfer of concessions between defined geographic areas in order to protect coastal communities; (e) take steps to ensure that holders have a direct and long-term stake in the fishery; (f) reserve a proportion of fishing opportunities for distribution to new entrants;
Amendment 1993 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Member States shall ensure that all information regarding the requirements, the allocation and the holding of fishing concessions is made publicly available.
Amendment 1994 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 3 d (new)
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Prior to any allocation of fishing concessions, whether or not transferable, Member States shall publish a statement explaining how concessions shall be terminated and reallocated.
Amendment 2029 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Within 4 years of the adoption of this Regulation, Member States shall put in place measures to adjust the fishing capacity of their fleets in order to achieve an effective balance between suchtheir fishing capacity and their fishing opportunities in line with the general objectives set out in Article 2.
Amendment 2040 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. In order to implement the objective specified in paragraph 1, Member States shall conduct capacity assessments within a year of the entry into force of the Regulation and transmit the results to the Commission. Capacity assessments shall include an analysis of the total fleet capacity per fishery and fleet segment at the time of assessment, and its impacts on stocks and the wider marine ecosystem. Assessments shall be made in accordance with the Commission's guidelines for an improved analysis of the balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities. If the assessment shows a discrepancy between the national fishing capacity and their fishing opportunities, the Member States shall within a year give an account to the Commission on which measures the Member State shall conduct to reduce the fishing capacity. In the event that no such account is provided, or that such an account does not provide for specific actions to reduce capacity as required, the Member State shall be ineligible for all funding from Union sources for fishing-related activities.
Amendment 2128 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall annually submit to the Commission a summary report listing the fisheries for which it is required to collect data and indicating in each case and category whether the requirement has been met. The summary report shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 2222 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Union fishing vessels operating outside EU waters shall be equipped with CCTV cameras or equivalent to enable full documentation of fishing practices and catches.
Amendment 61 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) The use of eco-labels for fisheries products, originating from both inside and outside the Union, offers the possibility of providing clearer information about their ecological sustainability and other characteristics. To ensure that consumers are not misled it is important that the Commission should bring forward proposals for the minimum criteria for the display of eco- labels, and for the prohibition of any that do not meet the requirements.
Amendment 128 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) contributing towards the elimination of IUU fishing by applying such internal controls on members as may be necessary;
Amendment 245 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) they demonstrate transparency with regard to the details of their membership, governance and sources of funding;
Amendment 355 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. All fishery products landed, including those not complying with marketing standards, may be, under the responsibility of the Member States, distributed free of charge to philanthropic or charitable institutions established in the Union or to persons who are recognised by the legislation of the Member State concerned as being entitled to public assistanceused for bait, as well as for fishmeal, fish oil and pet food. Producer organisation members may be eligible for the reimbursement of a proportion of the value of these fishery products.
Amendment 402 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a After consulting stakeholders, the Commission shall by 1st January 2015, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report, accompanied by a proposal, for the establishment of minimum criteria for the display of eco- labels on fisheries products. The report shall examine potential minimum requirements for obtaining approval for the use of eco-labels.
Amendment 343 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. No later than 6 months after the entering into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt a regulation amending the Regulation referred to in Article 10 (4) of Directive 2003/87/EC in order to set aside allowances so as to restore scarcity to levels envisaged in the impact assessment on which basis the legislation was agreed, thus allowing the original objective of providing incentives for investments in low carbon technologies and energy efficiency measures to be met, and thereafter proposing a legislative act to enable such allowances to be eliminated;
Amendment 344 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Before the end of 2013, the Commission shall propose legislation to modify from 2020 the 1.74% annual linear reduction requirement to a value sufficient to meet the requirements of the 2050 CO2 reduction target;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the new EU control package, consisting of the IUU Regulation, the Control Regulation and the Fishing Authorisations Regulation5 , constitutes a comprehensivewide-ranging set of instruments to combat this scourge of the oceans, since it specifies the flag, coastal, port and market State responsibilities of both the EU Member States and third countries;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to publish annual assessments of the performance of each Member States in implementing the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP);
Amendment 47 #
2010/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Deplores the fact that EU subsidies have been distributed to vessels that had previously been caught fishing illegally;
Amendment 48 #
2010/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for Member States to apply severe sanctions to vessels proven to have fished illegally, including the withdrawal of fishing licences and denial of access to port facilities;
Amendment 49 #
2010/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to amend the requirements for all kinds of financial assistance so as to apply financial sanctions and the denial of funding opportunities to the owners of vessels proven to have fished illegally;
Amendment 51 #
2010/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, given the high mobility of fish stocks, fishing fleets and the capital underlying the fleets, as well as the global nature of markets for fish, IUU fishing can only be effectively fought by international cooperation; trusts that the EU’s efforts to combat IUU fishing will achieve such success that the measures may be used as an example to third countries to adopt similar practices;
Amendment 90 #
2010/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need for maximum transparency with regard to the success or failure of individual Member States in taking measures to combat IUU fishing, and advises the Commission that ‘naming and shaming’ is an important means of stimulating political action;
Amendment 91 #
2010/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Supports the efforts of the Commission to establish a public register listing the identity of ship owners that have been proven to have participated in IUU fishing; believes the register should be in line with the one managed by the Control Agency in Vigo;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 7 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Acknowledges that Member States have the legal right to insist upon the use of body scanners where they believe that this will enhance security over and above the requirements of EU legislation, or for trial purposes, and trusts that the trials now underway in Finland, France, the Netherlands, Italy and the UK will contribute information that will assist the Commission to develop Europe-wide best practice standards for regulation and codes of practice that will ensure the protection of protect personal data and safeguard human health;
Amendment 8 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that Member States and airport administrations are making growing use of body scanners in the belief that they can increase the ability of security staff to detect prohibited items, such as liquid or plastic explosive, that cannot be identified by existing metal detectors, as well as eliminating the need for passengers to undergo the discomfort and indignity of body searches;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Takes regard of the Commission’s Communication of 15 June 2010 on the Use of Security Scanners at EU airports, COM(2010)311 final, and the conclusions and recommendations therein;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 18 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that a range of body scanners using different technologies are already in operation, believes that each must be assessed on its own merits, and supports the view of the European Commission expressed in its recent Communication that a common level of protection for European citizens could be ensured by way of technical standards and operational conditions that would have to be laid down in EU legislation;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes regard of the security concern that universal use of a single technology for threat detection would render body scanners more vulnerable to circumvention, and the recommendation that security risks will be reduced through the use of a variety of technologies and screening systems;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 27 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Acknowledges that concerns exist about exposure to ionising radiation, but recognises that humans are exposed to background radiation at all times, and that travellers by air at high altitudes routinely experience particular exposure to ultra violet radiation and cosmic rays; notes the Commission’s assessment that the use of X-ray backscatter body scanners exposes travellers to no more than the equivalent of 2% of the natural radiation which they would typically experience each day, or the equivalent to a few minutes travel on a long haul flight;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the scientific consensus appears to suggest that the use of body scanners presents no risk comparable to that realised by the daily exposure of humans to natural conditions, but is concerned that this assumes that equipment will always function correctly and believes that measures must be taken to ensure that this is in fact the case;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 30 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Encourages any individual or body who can provide evidence that contradicts the current scientific consensus, that exposure to radiation from body scanners currently in use presents no health risks even for young children and pregnant women, to submit evidence to this effect for scientific peer review;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 36 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Accepts that, notwithstanding the scientific consensus that body scanners present no health risk, European Commission proposals to promote EU harmonisation with respect to their use should take into account potential uncertainties as well as the risk that equipment may sometimes be faulty, and should also address the concerns of individuals with particular fears by providing for Member States to require airport administrations to make special arrangements, when requested, for those who may regard themselves as vulnerable, including pregnant women, babies, children, people with disabilities, and people with implanted medical devices such as pacemakers or defibrillators;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 40 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Expects the Commission to ensure that any draft legislation on this matter will lay down requirements for Member States to ensure that body scanners have been properly installed, are properly operated, and are subjected to monitoring and scrutiny to ensure that they are functioning correctly at all times;
Amendment 53 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Calls on the Commission to propose without delay a legal framework on the use of body scanners at EU airports that will pay full respect to fundamental rights and address the issue of health concerns;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the national and international health authorities, including the WHO, were aware as early as May 2009 that the H1N1 influenza was nothad rapidly lost its initial high virulentce, with this moderate virulence being confirmed by the very low mortality rate observed as a result of this influenza ‘pandemic’ in comparison with the officially recognised figures for seasonal influenza,
Amendment 20 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the criteria for defining a ‘pandemic’, adopted by the WHO in 2009 and based solely on the propagationtransmission capacity of the virus while discounting the severity of the infection, distorted the meaning of the word ‘pandemic’ and triggered a false alarm worldwide, with that alarmism giving rise to inappropriate public health decisions and a disproportionate response among the public and administrations of the European Union and its Member States,
Amendment 120 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. That the ECDC be requested to assemble an expert and independent group of scientists and health care professionals are tasked with providing advice on non-pharmaceutical approaches that might be employed by Member States and the public to reduce the risk of infection or transmission and the severity of symptoms associated with infection;
Amendment 166 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses its approval of the introduction of a procedure enabling the Member States to make group purchases of anti-viral vaccines and medicinal products on a voluntary basis where the positive benefit-risk profile of their preventive/therapeutic effect is clearly demonstrated and indisputaindependently, conclusively and plausibley, in order to obtain, for a given product, advantageous rates approaching its cost price;
Amendment 169 #
2010/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Requests the development and release of an independent and comprehensive public health strategy including non-pharmaceutical approaches for the prevention and management of infectious diseases, including those caused by influenza viruses, in order to assist European citizens, health care professionals and health authorities in Member States;
Amendment 9 #
2010/2143(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Observes that current rules for the payment of the General Expenditure allowance, which state that money be paid to a personal account of the Member but do not require any proof of expenditure, have led to the creation of a division between Members, whereby some account for the expenditure in full and publish details thereof, while those who do not adopt such transparent procedures risk the accusation that a proportion of the allowance may be used to supplement their personal income; calls on the Secretary-General to propose arrangements to ensure that expenditure of the allowance is transparent in all cases and used for the purposes intended;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2143(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Observes that the arrangements for signing in Members' visitors are slow and cumbersome by comparison to those of the European Commission and those of many national parliaments where security is of equal importance, and that this results in unnecessary delays and inconvenience for visitors, Members and their assistants; invites the Secretary- General to study the practices of parliaments elsewhere and thereafter to recommend adoption of improved procedures;
Amendment 45 #
Amendment 46 #
2010/2143(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Notes that the arrangements for Members to sign in order to claim attendance allowance when Parliament is not in session continue to be a source of public criticism, particular when Members are observed to sign at 07.00 and immediately then depart from the Parliament, and recommends that the procedure for signing be restricted to the normal working hours of the Parliament;
Amendment 113 #
2010/2143(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a (new)
Paragraph 67 a (new)
67a. Stresses that costs of this project, which represents so little added value can not be justified, requests the Secretary- General to come forward by the end of 2011 with an action plan reducing the subsidy by at least half;
Amendment 81 #
2010/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recognises that the seas have become a disposal site for immense and fast-growing volumes of waste material, much of it of plastic origin, as well as of lost shipping containers; calls on the Commission to promote a European and international debate to explore means by which it can be reduced;
Amendment 106 #
2010/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 97/68/EC
Annex XIII – section 1 - point 1.4.
Annex XIII – section 1 - point 1.4.
1.4 As regards engines for use in propulsion of locomotives, during the transition period between Stage III A and Stage III B an OEM may seek permission for his engine suppliers to place on the market a maximum of 120 engines for use in propulsion of locomotives under the flexibility scheme. The OEM may also seek permission for his engine suppliers to place on the market an additional amount of maximum 20 engines to be installed in locomotives which meet the structure gauge requirements of GERT 8073 issue 2 as specified in National Technical Rules notified under Article 17.3 of Directive 200857/EC.
Amendment 8 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the good animal health and goowell-being of animals and livestock farming are of decisive importance to our society, not only in the interests of animal welfare but for the sake of public health as a whole, our economy and Europe’s competitiveness,
Amendment 22 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas our high animal welfare standards are part of the ‘brand’ both of European agricultural producers and of other facilities that keep animals, but only on condition that the rules in force are genuinely complied with,
Amendment 40 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 123 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Acknowledging that the Community regards all animals as sentient beings (Article 13 of the Treaty), recognises that the actions have thus far predominantly focused on food-producing animals, and that there is a need to bring all other categories of animals into the Action Plan 2011 - 2015;
Amendment 133 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that its above-mentioned resolution of 2006 already called for the existing action plan to be followed by a new one, and urges the Commission therefore to submit without delay an action plan for animal welfare 2011-2015 which, in the light of Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, should cover the fields below, backed by the required funding, and recognises also the need to address the protection of all animals, including pet animals and wild animals that are kept in captivity;
Amendment 202 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – introductory part
Paragraph 15 – introductory part
15. Considers furthermore that further measures and any additional individual legal acts should particularly focus onbe developed with technical and scientific advice and amongst other actions should include, but should not be restricted to, the following:
Amendment 242 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 6 a (new)
Paragraph 15 – indent 6 a (new)
– a ban on the pionioning of birds for display purposes,
Amendment 243 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 6 b (new)
Paragraph 15 – indent 6 b (new)
– housing conditions for wild animals in captivity,
Amendment 246 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 6 c (new)
Paragraph 15 – indent 6 c (new)
– a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses and travelling menageries,
Amendment 250 #
2009/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Supports the proposal made by various animal welfare organisations for the establishment of a European Network of Reference Centres for the protection and welfare of animals, in order to assist the European Union in meeting its objectives with regard to animals that are kept by people or institutions;
Amendment 32 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas, in order to be effective, the CFP should be restructured with a view to the multidisciplinary involvement of all groups directly or indirectly connected with the sector, in particular fishermen, vessel own and their representatives, vessel owners, food processors, retailers, the scientific community and politicians,
Amendment 62 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas our seas are capable of supporting greater volumes of fish than is presently the case and whereas if stocks were allowed to recover limits could be set that would allow significantly greater quantities of fish to be caught while maintaining sustainability,
Amendment 78 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
P a. whereas the Marine Stewardship Council and other certification bodies are working with growing numbers of fishermen, processors and retailers to promote sustainable fisheries,
Amendment 80 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Q a. whereas 60% of the fish consumed within the European Union is caught outside EU waters, the proportion being so great in part because the CFP has failed to maintain the levels of fish stocks necessary to meet demand from EU citizens,
Amendment 87 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
R a. whereas levels of discards are unacceptably high and in extreme cases are claimed by fishermen to amount to as much as 80% of their catch,
Amendment 150 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Believes that the discard of fish represents an unsustainable fishing practice that is unacceptable to European citizens, and insists that a reformed CFP must prohibit discards and require that all caught fish be landed,
Amendment 200 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Looks to the Commission, taking account of objective scientific assessments, to indicate for each fishery the maximum yield that is sustainable at the present level of fish stocks and the potential yield if fish stocks were allowed to recover to maximum sustainable levels;
Amendment 213 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Maintains that the exploitation of fish stocks has to be based on the principle of maximum sustainable yield, recognises that current yields are in many cases well below their potential, and accepts that in such instances a temporary reduction in fishing effort will be required in order to allow stocks to rise to levels that will permit greater quantities of fish to be caught in the long term;
Amendment 255 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to draw up a specificBelieves that certification of sustainable fishing practices and eco- labelling programme with a view to enhancingof products can increase the imagncome of fishery products and promoting consumer health, and to base it on strict monitoring and complete traceability of fisheries, as regards both catches in the wild and aquaculture productmen and raise public confidence, recognises that some good certification bodies already exist, seeks to avoid duplication and uncertainty, and calls on the Commission to explore ways of supporting best practice in the development of eco-labelling principles;
Amendment 361 #
2009/2106(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Is convinced that a strong, revitalised aquaculture sector, paying full regard to the principles of sustainability, would boost growth in related sectors and help to promote development in coastal and rural areas, with considerable benefits for consumers as well, in the form of ecologically produced nourishing, high- quality food products;
Amendment 142 #
2009/2069(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Heading before paragraph 89
Heading before paragraph 89
Amendment 150 #
2009/2069(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97 a (new)
Paragraph 97 a (new)
97a. Insists that, in accordance with Parliament's commitment to transparency and sound financial management, the Secretary-General ensure that copies of all reports prepared by the Internal Audit Service are made available for inspection by any Member, and are published on the Parliament's website, subject to the removal of any references within them that would identify specific individuals;
Amendment 178 #
2009/2069(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128a (new)
Paragraph 128a (new)
128a. Welcomes the Secretary-General's statement that Members reimbursed approximately EUR 455 000 by September 2009 in relation to the Parliamentary Assistance Allowances received; believes that it is of the utmost importance that Parliament is seen to be pursuing alleged transgressions by Members with vigour, and requests the Secretary-General to provide Members of the Committee on Budgetary Control with a quarterly statement listing all cases currently being pursued (without naming individuals), the reason why a repayment is sought, the amount in question, the date when repayment was requested, the amount repaid to date, and whether the matter has been referred to OLAF;
Amendment 184 #
2009/2069(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 134a (new)
Paragraph 134a (new)
134a. Notes that every car purchased by Parliament in 2009 had CO2 emissions that exceeded the average from new cars placed on the Union market in that year, believes that Parliament should practice what it preaches and is aware of the growing number of high-performance cars, including hybrids, now available that have emissions below the average, and insists that Parliament should not purchase any car with CO2 emissions that exceed the Union average for the latest year in which Commission figures are available;
Amendment 185 #
2009/2069(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 135
Paragraph 135
Amendment 194 #
Amendment 195 #
2009/2069(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 143 a (new)
Paragraph 143 a (new)
143a. Recognises that expensive air tickets do not provide any shorter journey times than cheap ones, but is aware that some Members choose to purchase business-full-fare or other exchangeable air tickets only because they cannot reclaim any costs incurred if they purchase much less expensive tickets but are subsequently unable to make use of them, and invites the Secretary-General to propose an arrangement whereby Members who can demonstrate that they regularly claim less than the maximum permissible price of air tickets can, on an ad hoc basis, request reimbursement for the cost of occasional unused tickets that cannot be exchanged;
Amendment 22 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In those Communications an integrated approach was proposed with a view to reaching the Community target of average emissions of 120 g CO2/km from new passenger cars registered in the Community by 2012 by focusing on mandatory reductions of emissions of CO2 to reach an objective of 130 g CO2/km for the average new car fleet by means of improvements in vehicle motor technology and a further reduction of 10 gCO2/km, or equivalent if technically necessary, by means of other technological improvements, including fuel efficiency progress in, whose installation shall be extended to other types of vehicles, including light commercial vehicles.
Amendment 27 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 relates to the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars. The Commission intends shortly to introduce proposals to update this legislation and provision should be made to extend the requirements to provide similar information about vans and light commercial vehicles.
Amendment 48 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The installation of speed limitation devices will encourage manufacturers to design vehicle engines better suited to their intended purpose, reducing fuel consumption and costs to businesses.
Amendment 56 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes CO2 emissions performance requirements for new light commercial vehicles. This Regulation sets the average CO2 emissions for new light commercial vehicles at 17560 g CO2/km, by means of improvements in vehicle technology, as measured in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures, and innovative technologies.
Amendment 60 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This regulation is part of the complementary measures stated in the community's integrated approach.
Amendment 70 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. From 2020, this Regulation sets a target of 1325 g CO2/km for the average emissions of new light commercial vehicles registered in the Community.
Amendment 78 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation shall apply to motor vehicles of category N1M2, N1 and N2, as defined in Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC with a reference mass not exceeding 2 610 kg and to vehicles to which type-approval is extended in accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 ('light commercial vehicles') which are registered in the Community for the first time and which have not previously been registered outside the Community ('new light commercial vehicles').
Amendment 145 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Speed limiters Speed limiters shall be introduced by 2015 to limit the maximum speed of newly manufactured M2, N1 and N2 vehicles, as defined in Article 2, to 110 km/hour.
Amendment 155 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 256 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
– subject to confirmation of its feasibility on the basis of updated impact assessment results, the modalities for reaching, by the year 2020, a long-term target of 1325 g CO2/km in a cost-effective manner; and
Amendment 295 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – subpoint a – line 1
Annex 1 – point 1 – subpoint a – line 1
Indicative specific emissions of CO2 = 17560 + a × (M – M0)
Amendment 298 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – subpoint b – line 2
Annex 1 – point 1 – subpoint b – line 2
Indicative specific emission of CO2 = 17560 + a × (M – M0)
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 6 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Lisbon Treaty explicitly lays down the objectives and competences of the Union in the field of climate change and, if ratified, will strengthen the European Union's role in promoting sustainable development and fighting climate change,
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 24 #
2008/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95
Paragraph 95
95. Calls on the Member States to establish a policy of soil protection by appropriate soil treatment methods, taking account of the importance of organic materials in the soil for its fertility, water retention capacity and ability to function as a carbon sink; , and to consider the possibilities of using biochar; Or. en Health
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 300 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112 a (new)
Paragraph 112 a (new)
112a. Calls on the Commission to follow up the publication of the forthcoming White Paper by reviewing how far existing EU policies and programmes are contributing to delivering effective adaptation and ensuring that sectoral adaptation proposals are mutually consistent and do not work against one another;
Amendment 301 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113
Paragraph 113
113. Stresses once more in this connection thatthat while the subsidiarity principle must be properly respected, and recognisinceg the key role of regional and local authorities, are better able to give a political response on the basis of their own experience with the effects of climate change;ction at EU level is essential to build resilience for biodiversity by reinforcing the Natura 2000 network and integrating effective adaptation measures into EU cohesion, agriculture, water marine policies;.
Amendment 466 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL a (new)
Recital AL a (new)
ALa. whereas the world's population has trebled in the past 50 years and continues to increase by more than 100 000 per day; whereas this increase in population is one of the most significant factors influencing climate change; whereas Member States and the Commission should therefore propose measures to permit a move towards the achievement of optimum population levels through entirely non- coercive measures,
Amendment 487 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BE
Recital BE
BE. whereas the costs and risks sIPPC recognises that CCS has the potentilal outweigh the economic advantages, and the effectiveness of power to assist in the major abatement of CO2 in the power sector and industrial installations; whereas the EU should promote the use of technology through the use of a financial mechanism to support the construction by 2015 of commercial demonstrations using CCS is diminishing in spite of the use of the latest technolog projects to test a wide range of technologies and thereafter by regulatory means; and whereas securing an international agreement to promote technologies that secure an abatement of the CO2 released by the burning of coal and other fossil fuels in the power sector must be a priority,
Amendment 31 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The pollution of waters and soils with pharmaceutical residues is an emerging environmental problem and an emerging public health concern. Actions to reduce the potentially harmful impacts on the European environment especially on surface water, groundwater and drinking water and public health are needed. Therefore, measures should also be taken to monitor the adverse environmental effects of medicinal products on public health or the environment. This must not lead to the withdrawal of the authorisation for drugs necessary for treating life-threatening or serious diseases.
Amendment 32 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Research must be promoted to develop more targeted drugs to avoid side effects for patients and address environmental effects.
Amendment 85 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
(ba) The following point is inserted: “(14a) Adverse environmental effect: This includes noxious effect on public health or the environment, especially in surface water, groundwater and drinking water related to the environmental appearance of pharmaceuticals or their degradation products, or mixtures of pharmaceuticals and their degradation products.”
Amendment 90 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (c a) (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point (c a) (new)
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 1 – point 28 a (new)
Article 1 – point 28 a (new)
(ca) point 28a is replaced by the following: “(28a) Risk-benefit balance: An evaluation of the positive therapeutic effects of the medicinal product in relation to the risks defined in point 28 […].”
Amendment 102 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point (i)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point (i)
(-a) a new indent ) is inserted after the second indent in point (i): “– ecotoxicological tests,”
Amendment 264 #
2008/0260(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 24 a (new)
Article 1 – point 24 a (new)
Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 119 a (new)
Article 119 a (new)
Amendment 46 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Separate collection is a precondition to ensure specific treatment and recycling of WEEE and is necessary to achieve the chosen level of protection of human health and the environment in the Community. Consumers have to actively contribute to the success of such collection and should be encouraged to return WEEE. For this purpose, convenient facilities should be set up for the return of WEEE, including public collection points, where private households should be able to return their waste at least free of charge. Distributors, municipalities and recyclers all have an important role in contributing to the success of WEEE collection and treatment and thus should be subject to the requirements of this Directive.
Amendment 48 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to attain the chosen level of protection and harmonised environmental objectives of the Community, Member States should adopt appropriate measures to minimise the disposal of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to achieve a high level of separate collection of WEEE. In order to ensure that Member States strive to set up efficient collection schemes, they should be required to achieve a high level of collection of WEEE, particularly for cooling and freezing equipment containing ozone depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases, given their high environmental impact and in view of obligations contained in Regulation (EC) 2037/2000 and Regulation (EC) 842/2006. Data included in the impact assessment shows that 65% of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market is already separately collected today, but more than half of this potentially leaks to improper treatment and illegal exports, or is treated properly but the amounts treated were not reported. This leads to losses of valuable secondary raw materials and, environmental degradation and provision of inconsistent data. To avoid this, it is necessary to set an ambitious collection target, to oblige all actors that collect WEEE to ensure its environmentally sound treatment, and to require them to report the volumes collected, handled and treated. It is of fundamental importance that Member States ensure that the Directive is effectively enforced, in particular as regards checks on used EEE shipped out of the EU.
Amendment 51 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Users of electrical and electronic equipment from private households should have the possibility of returning WEEE at least free of charge. Producers should finance at least the collection from collection facilities, and the treatment, recovery and disposal of WEEE. Member States should encourage producers to take full ownership of the WEEE collection in particular by financing the collection of WEEE throughout the whole waste chain, including from private households, in order to avoid leakage of separately collected WEEE to sub-optimal treatment and illegal exports, to create a level playing field by harmonising producer financing across the EU, to shift payment for the collection of this waste from general tax payers to the consumers of EEE in line with the polluter pays principle. In order to give maximum effect to the concept of producer responsibility, each producer should be responsible for financing the management of the waste from his own products. The producer should be able to choose to fulfil this obligation either individually or by joining a collective scheme. Each producer, or third party contracted to act on their behalf, should, when placing a product on the market, provide a financial guarantee to prevent costs for the management of WEEE from orphan products from falling on society or the remaining producers. The responsibility for the financing of the management of historical waste should be shared by all existing producers in collective financing schemes to which all producers, existing on the market when the costs occur, contribute proportionately. Collective financing schemes should not have the effect of excluding niche and low- volume producers, importers and new entrants.
Amendment 52 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Users of electrical and electronic equipment from private households should have the possibility of returning WEEE at least free of charge. Producers should finance at least the collection from collection facilities, and the treatment, recovery and disposal of WEEE. Member States should encourage producers to take full ownership of the WEEE collection in particular by financing the collection of WEEE throughout the whole waste chain, including from private households,all stakeholders handling WEEE to help achieve the aim of the Directive in order to avoid leakage of separately collected WEEE to sub-optimal treatment and illegal exports, to create a level playing field by harmonising producer financing across the EU, to shif. All WEEE collected by all participants should be counted and recorded. So that payment for the collection of this waste is shifted from general tax payers to the consumers of EEE in line with the polluter pays principle, Member States should encourage producers to treat all WEEE collected that is handed over to them free of charge by collectors of WEEE. If economic operators choose not to hand over WEEE free of charge and treat WEEE without prior agreement with a producer or producer responsibility organisation, whether there is a net cost or net credit after collection, transport and treatment, then producers shall not be required to finance any cost for this WEEE. So that proper treatment is possible, consumers have responsibility for ensuring that end- of-life EEE is taken to collection facilities. In order to give maximum effect to the concept of producer responsibility, each producer should be responsible for financing the management of the waste from his own products. The producer should be able to choose to fulfil this obligation either individually or by joining a collective scheme. Each producer should, when placing a product on the market, provide a financial guarantee to prevent costs for the management of WEEE from orphan products from falling on society or the remaining producers. The responsibility for the financing of the management of historical waste should be shared by all existing producers in collective financing schemes to which all producers, existing on the market when the costs occur, contribute proportionately. Collective financing schemes should not have the effect of excluding niche and low-volume producers, importers and new entrants.
Amendment 56 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) To reduce barriers to the operation of the internal market, administrative burdens should be reduced by standardising registration and reporting and by preventing multiple charges for multiple registrations in individual Member States. In particular, a legal domicile in each Member State should no longer be a requirement in order to be allowed to place EEE on the market; rather, the appointment of a resident agent should be sufficient. For practical enforcement of this legislation it must be possible for Member States to identify the producer that bears responsibility for the product and trace back the supply chain from the final distributor. Member States should ensure that a distributor making equipment available for the first time on a national territory from countries inside the Community (intra-community trade) either concludes an agreement with the producer or provides the registration and the financing of the management of WEEE arising from this equipment.
Amendment 71 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3 - point e a (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 3 - point e a (new)
(ea) fixed installations
Amendment 77 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - point b a (new)
Article 3 - point b a (new)
(ba) "Fixed installation" means a particular combination of several types of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, which are assembled, installed and intended to be used permanently at a pre-defined location;
Amendment 78 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - point b a (new)
Article 3 - point b a (new)
(ba) "Large scale stationary industrial tools" are machines or systems, consisting of a combination of equipment, systems, finished products and/or components, installed by professionals at a given place in industrial machinery or in an industrial building to perform a specific task;
Amendment 87 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - point k a (new)
Article 3 - point k a (new)
(ka) "Third parties" means organisations appointed by a producer or group of producers for the purpose of carrying out certain obligations of the appointing producer or group of producers.
Amendment 89 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point l
Article 3 – point l
(l) WEEE from private households’ means WEEE which comes from private households and from commercial, industrial, institutional and other sources which, because of its nature and quantity, is similar to that from private households. Waste from EEE used by both private and other and private households collected through collective and individual systems shall in any case be considered as WEEE from private households.
Amendment 91 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - point m a (new)
Article 3 - point m a (new)
(ma) "Strategic raw material" means a material of strategic importance for the EU’s competitiveness, including Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Gallium, Indium, Lithium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Niobium, Platinum Group Metals (Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium), Rare Earth Elements, Selenium, Tantalum, Titanium, Vanadium
Amendment 99 #
2008/0241(COD)
Council position
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘waste electrical and electronic equipment’ or ‘WEEE’ means electrical or electronic equipment which is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, including all components, subassemblies and consumables which are part of the product at the time of discarding or which include electrical or electronic parts essential to their function;
Amendment 105 #
2008/0241(COD)
Council position
Article 4
Article 4
Member States shall, without prejudice to the requirements of Union legislation on product design, including Directive 2009/125/EC, encourage cooperation between producers and recyclers and measures to promote the design and production of EEE, notably in view of facilitating re-use, dismantling and recovery of WEEE, its components and materials. In this context, Member States shall take appropriate measures so that producers do not prevent, through specific design features or manufacturing processes, WEEE from being re-used, unless such specific design features or manufacturing processes present overriding advantages, for example, with regard to the protection of the environment and/or safety requirements. Eco-design requirements facilitating re-use, dismantling or recovery of WEEE or the reuse of consumables which include electrical or electronic parts essential to their function, and reducing hazardous substance emissions shall be established no later than 31 December 2014 in the framework of the implementing measures adopted pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC.
Amendment 114 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4
Article 4
Member States shall, in line with Community product legislation including Directive 2005/32/EC on eco-design, encourage cooperation between producers and recyclers and measures to promote the design and production of electrical and electronic equipment notably in view of facilitating re-use, dismantling and recovery of WEEE, its components and materials. These measures shall respect the proper functioning of the internal market. In this context, Member States shall take appropriate measures so that producers do not prevent, through specific design features or manufacturing processes, WEEE from being re-used, unless such specific design features or manufacturing processes present overriding advantages, for example, with regard to the protection of the environment and/or safety requirements
Amendment 129 #
2008/0241(COD)
Council position
Article 23 – paragraphs 3 a to 3 d (new)
Article 23 – paragraphs 3 a to 3 d (new)
3a. Member States shall create a national register of acknowledged collection and treatment facilities. Only those facilities whose operators comply with the requirements set out in Article 8(3) shall be admitted to that national register. Member States shall make the contents of the register publicly available. 3b. Facility operators shall submit annual proof of their compliance with this Directive, and shall submit reports to competent authorities in accordance with paragraphs 3c and 3d in order to maintain their status as acknowledged treatment facilities. 3c. Operators of collection facilities shall submit reports annually to enable national authorities to compare the volume of collected WEEE with the volume of WEEE actually transferred to recovery or recycling facilities. WEEE shall be transferred exclusively to acknowledged recovery and treatment facilities. 3d. Operators of treatment facilities shall submit reports annually to competent authorities to enable national authorities to compare the amount of WEEE taken back from owners or acknowledged collection facilities with the amount of WEEE actually recovered, recycled or, in accordance with Article 10, exported.
Amendment 133 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 - paragraph 1
Article 7 - paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 5(1), Member States shall ensure that producers or third parties acting on their behalf achieve a minimum collection rate of 675% is achieved. The collection rate is calculated on the basis of the total weight of WEEE collected in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 in a given year in that Member State, expressed as a percentage of the average weight of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market in the two preceding years in that Member State. This collection rate shall be achieved annually and starting in 2016. From 2013 until the end of 2015, Member States shall ensure that an identically calculated minimum collection rate of 50% is achieved monthly.
Amendment 142 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 - paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 - paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. To establish that the minimum collection rate has been achieved, Member States shall ensure that information on WEEE which: contracted to act on their behalf, - has been taken to collection facilities in accordance with Article 5(2)(a), - has been taken to distributors in accordance with Article 5(2)(b), - has been separately collected and treated or exported by producers or third parties - or has been separately collected via other means is communicated to them free of charge.
Amendment 153 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 - paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 - paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. ABy 2014 a common methodology shall be established for the calculation of the total weight of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the national marketto determine the volume of WEEE generated (by weight and units) in each Member State.
Amendment 158 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 - paragraph 4
Article 7 - paragraph 4
4. By 31 December 2012 at the latest the European Parliament and the Council shall re-examine the collection rate and target date referred to in paragraph 1 also in view of setting a possible separate collection target for cooling and freezing equipmentequipment containing ozone depleting substances or global warming substances such as cooling and freezing appliances, as well as for small appliances (including toys, appliances containing batteries or accumulators), and equipment containing mercury such as fluorescent lamps, on the basis of a report of the Commission accompanied by a proposal, if appropriate.
Amendment 161 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 - paragraph 1
Article 8 - paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all separately collected WEEE undergoes treatment. The Commission shall encourage the development of harmonised standards for the collection, treatment and recycling of WEEE, in particular by tasking the European Committee for Standardisation accordingly. Reference to such harmonised standards shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities and this listing shall be updated periodically.
Amendment 166 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 - paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Treatment shall maximise the retrieval of strategic raw materials as defined in Article 3.
Amendment 169 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 - paragraph 2
Article 10 - paragraph 2
2. WEEE exported out of the Community in line with Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of waste, and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 of 29 November 2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or Annex IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply shall only count for the fulfilment of obligations and targets of Article 11 of this Directivtake place if the exporter can prove that the treatmentcovery took place under conditions that are equivalent to the requirements of this Directive, and in particular to annexes II and III.
Amendment 170 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 - paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall not permit the shipment of any item of electrical and electronic equipment intended for re-use unless it has been certified by an identified individual or corporate body to be in full working order and bears a label to this effect.
Amendment 173 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 - paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 - paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for WEEE falling under categories 1 and 10 of Annex I to Directive 20xx/xx/EC (RoHS), – 85% shall be recovered, and – 80% of components, materials and substances thereof shall be prepared for reuse and recycled;
Amendment 179 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 - paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 - paragraph 1 – point b
(b) for WEEE falling under categories 3 and 4 of Annex I to Directive 20xx/xx/EC (RoHS), – 80% shall be recovered, and – 70% of components, materials and substances thereof shall be prepared for reuse and recycled;
Amendment 181 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 - paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 - paragraph 1 – point c
(c) for WEEE falling under categories 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of Annex I to Directive 20xx/xx/EC (RoHS), – 75% shall be recovered, and – 55% of components, materials and substances thereof shall be prepared for reuse and recycled;
Amendment 184 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 - paragraph 1 – point d
Article 11 - paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for gas discharge lamps, 85% of components, materials and substances thereof shall be prepared for reuse and recycled.
Amendment 200 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 - paragraph 1
Article 12 - paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that producers provide at least for the financing of the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from private households deposited at collection facilities set up under Article 5(2). Member States, where appropriate, shall encourage produc which is handed overs to finance all the cost occurring for collection facilities for WEEE from private householdsthem free of charge.
Amendment 204 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 - paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 - paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. For products placed on the market later than 13 August 2005, each producer shall be responsible for financing the operations referred to in paragraph 1 relating to the waste from his own products. The producer can choose to fulfil this obligation either individually or by joining a collective scheme. A producer should be able to fulfil its obligation through either one or a combination of these methods.
Amendment 211 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 - paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 - paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall require producers or third parties contracted to act on their behalf to publish annually a report on the financing and costs of the systems for collection, treatment and disposal.
Amendment 214 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member Sstates shall ensure thapermit producers are allowedvoluntarily to show purchasers, at the time of sale of new products, the costs of collection, treatment and disposal in an environmentally sound way. The costs mentioned shall not exceed the actual costs incurred.
Amendment 232 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 - paragraph 5
Article 16 - paragraph 5
5. Member States shall draw up a register of producers and collect information, including substantiated estimates, on an annual basis on the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic equipment placedmade available on their markets, and WEEE collected through all routes, reused, recycled and recovered within the Member States, and on separately collected WEEE exported, by weight or, if this is not possible, by numbersby producers, third parties contracted by producers or any other WEEE actors, and on separately collected WEEE exported, moved to or received from another Member State, by weight.
Amendment 234 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
Amendment 244 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 245 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Facility operators shall submit annual proof of their adherence to the requirements of the Directive, and report in compliance with (6) and (7) in order to preserve their status as acknowledged treatment facilities.
Amendment 246 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Operators of collection facilities shall provide reports annually to enable national authorities to compare the volume of collected WEEE with the volume of WEEE actually transferred to recovery or recycling facilities. WEEE shall be exclusively transferred to acknowledged recovery and treatment facilities.
Amendment 247 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3 d (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Operators of treatment facilities shall provide reports annually to enable national authorities to compare the amount of WEEE taken back from owners or acknowledged collection facilities with the amount of WEEE actually recovered, recycled or, in accordance with Article 10, exported.
Amendment 248 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3 e (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Member States shall ensure that owners hand their WEEE over exclusively to registered and acknowledged collection, recovery and/or recycling facilities.
Amendment 268 #
2008/0241(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I B (new)
Annex I B (new)
ANNEX IB Categories of electrical and electronic equipment covered by this Directive (1) Cooling equipment (2) Display equipment (3) Lighting equipment (4) Large equipment (5) Small equipment (6) ICT equipment
Amendment 81 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The substances covered by this Directive arshould be scientifically well researched and evaluated and have beenprior to establishing restrictions and becoming subject to different measures both at Community and at national level.
Amendment 85 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The measures provided for in this Directive take into account existing international guidelines and recommendations and are based on an assessment of available scientific and technical information. The measures are necessary to achieve the chosen level of protection of human and animal health and the environment, having regard to the risks which the absence of measures would be likely to create in the Community. The measures should be kept under review and, if necessary, adjusted to take account of available technical and scientific information. In particular, the risks to human health and the environment arising from the use of substances listed in Annex XIV of Regulation (EC) n° 1907/2006 with special attention to Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD), Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) and Dibutylphthalate (DBP) should be considered as a priority.
Amendment 87 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) As soon as scientific evidence is available, and taking into account the precautionary principle, the prohibition of other hazardous substances and their substitution by more environmentally friendly alternative substances or technologies which ensure at least the same level of protection of consumers should be examined, paying. To this end, the Commission should study the negative impacts of other hazardous substances and the feasibility of their substitution, in particular at the end of life of electrical and electronic equipment, with a view to making legislative proposals to strengthen the provisions of this Directive on a regular basis. This examination should include a full impact assessment with consultation of relevant stakeholders as detailed in article 4(7). The examination should also pay attention to coherency with other Community legislation, and in particular tomaximise synergies with the work carried out under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).1 Specific account should be taken of the potential impact on SMEs.
Amendment 90 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12a (new)
Recital 12a (new)
(12a) A thorough analysis of the added value of Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS) should be carried out at the upcoming REACH review with a view to integrating the RoHS Directive into Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
Amendment 94 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Exemptions from the prohibition for certain specific materials or components should be limited in their scope, and be subject to time-limited reviews whose periods and duration would be determined on a case-by-case basis, in order to achieve a gradual phase-out of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, given that the use of those substances in such applications should become avoidable.
Amendment 114 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3 - introductory part
Article 2 - paragraph 3 - introductory part
3. TUnless specifically mentioned in Annex II, this Directive does not apply to:
Amendment 126 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c a (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c a (new)
(ca) parts of and means of transport for persons or goods;
Amendment 127 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c a (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c a (new)
(ca) means of road transport for persons or goods
Amendment 131 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c a (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c a (new)
(ca) fixed installations
Amendment 134 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c c (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c c (new)
(cc) large-scale stationary industrial tools;
Amendment 136 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c b (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c b (new)
(cb) equipment which is manufactured in the Community or imported for the purposes of research and development.
Amendment 140 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c a (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c a (new)
(ca) Spare parts for the repair, or the reuse, of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market before 1 July 2006 or for EEE which benefit from an exemption and was placed on the market before that exemption expired
Amendment 144 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c d (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 3- point c d (new)
(cd) renewable energy generation technology intended to be used in a system that is designed, assembled, and installed for permanent use at a defined location to produce energy for public, commercial and residential applications;
Amendment 145 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By 31 December 2014 at the latest, the Commission shall submit a report examining the scope of the Directive to the European Parliament and the Council, in view of a possible inclusion of the currently exempted equipment as mentioned in article 2(3) and in annexe VI;
Amendment 152 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - point b
Article 3 - point b
(b) "“manufacturer” means any natural or legal person who manufactures an EEE or who has an EEE designed or manufactured, or who markets that product under his name or trademark;
Amendment 153 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - point c a (new)
Article 3 - point c a (new)
(ca) socio-economic criteria mean impacts – other than those on human health and environment – of imposing a restriction or substitution compared to continued use of the hazardous substance. The socio- economic criteria refer to reliability of substitutes and intellectual property restrictions on substitutes;
Amendment 155 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - point p a (new)
Article 3 - point p a (new)
(pa) “large scale stationary industrial tools” are machines or systems, consisting of a combination of equipment, systems, finished products and/or components, installed by professionals at a given place in industrial machinery or in an industrial building to perform a specific task;
Amendment 164 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - point f a (new)
Article 3 - point f a (new)
(fa) 'fixed installation' means a particular combination of several types of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, which are assembled, installed and intended to be used permanently at a pre- defined location;
Amendment 168 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - point d a (new)
Article 3 - point d a (new)
(da) 'accessory' means any separate electrical unit used with the EEE to provide functionality, power or user interaction with the EEE.
Amendment 187 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 - paragraph 4 - introductory part
Article 4 - paragraph 4 - introductory part
4. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to spare parts for the repair or to the reusewarranty or to support repairs or recalibration of industrial monitoring and control instruments or to the reuse, updating of functionalities or upgrading of capacity, of the following:
Amendment 189 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 - paragraph 4 - introductory part
Article 4 - paragraph 4 - introductory part
4. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to spare parts for the repair or to the reusewarranty or to support repairs or recalibration of industrial monitoring and control instruments or to the reuse, updating of functionalities or upgrading of capacity, of the following:
Amendment 190 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 - paragraph 4 - point a a (new)
Article 4 - paragraph 4 - point a a (new)
(aa) business to business equipment whereby parts are recovered from equipment put on the market before 1 July 2006 and where the reuse of the recovered parts are traceable and verifiable, the reuse process can be audited to prescribed standards and the reuse of parts is clearly notified to the consumer. This exemption would be valid for a period of 10 years after the entry into force of the Directive.
Amendment 193 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 - paragraph 5
Article 4 - paragraph 5
5. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to active implantable medical devices. By 2020 the Commission shall review the exclusion of active implantable medical devices with a view to assess the availability of suitable safe and reliable alternatives based on scientific and technological advice and to propose inclusion.
Amendment 197 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 - paragraph 7
Article 4 - paragraph 7
7. WThen there is an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment, arising from the use of substances, and in particular the substances listed in Annex III, which needs to be addressed on a Community-wide basis, the list of prohibited Commission shall amend the list of prohibited substances in Annex IV if it is considered that the presence of a substance in WEEE poses a risk to human health or the environment that is due to its hazardous properties, that is not adequately controlled and that needs to be addressed on a Union-wide basis. The evaluation of substances for future restrictions as well as exemptions under this Directive shall: - be based on sound science, - include the impact of alternatives, and - take into account: (a) socio-economic considerations, and (b) availability and reliability of alternatives. The methodology for evaluating substance restrictions and exemptions shall take into consideration positive and negative impacts on human health and safety of substances and potential alternatives to them, related to: - all relevant life phases including end-of- life scenarios of reuse, recycling and treatment of WEEE, - uncontrolled or diffuse dispersion to the environment, and - exposure of these substances to workers and the environment. The addition of new substances into Annex IV shall be reviewed using a methodology based on the process set out in Articles 69 to 72 ofconsidered following the submission of a dossier by the Commission or a Member State and after the consultation of: -the Committee established under 18 of Directive 2006/12/EC; -the Risk Assessment Committee of the European Chemicals Agency established under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. Those measures designed to amend non essential elements of this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(2). ; - interested parties including economic operators, recyclers, treatment operators, environmental organisations and employee and consumer associations. The dossier shall make reference to any chemical safety report or risk assessment submitted under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and any relevant risk assessment submitted for the purposes of other Union Regulations or Directives.
Amendment 225 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 - paragraph 2
Article 5 - paragraph 2
2. Measures adopted in accordance with point b of paragraph 1 shall have a maximum validity period of four years and may be renewed. The Commission shall decide in due time on any application for renewal that is submitted no later than 18 months before an exemption expires. may be renewed on a case-by-case basis and shall be valid until the Commission decides to either renew or delete the exemption in the context of a time-limited review, provided an application for renewal is submitted no later than 18 months before an exemption expires. The Commission shall decide no later than six months before an exemption expires on any application for renewal that is submitted within the specified timeframes. The Commission shall decide within 12 months after receiving an application for exemption for products which are currently not included in the scope, whether or not the exemption is awarded or rejected. (a) Whenever a decision is taken to include materials and components of EEE in Annexes V and VI, it shall specify: – the specific materials and components of EEE to be included in Annexes V and VI; – if applicable, the amendment(s) to numberings in Annexes V and VI; – transitional arrangements: – the date or dates at which the exemption(s) will either be renewed or deleted (hereinafter referred to as "the review date(s)"); The Commission shall acknowledge receipt of each application for exemptions and assign a number to the application, which is to be used for all correspondence regarding the application until the review is deemed to be complete. Applications to include materials and components of EEE in Annexes V and VI shall contain the information defined in accordance with Article 6 following the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(2). b) Whenever a decision is taken to delete materials and components of EEE from Annexes V and VI it shall specify for each exemption: – the materials and components of EEE to be deleted from the Annexes V and VI and/or, where measures have the effect of limiting the scope of an existing exemption(s), the required amendments to materials and components of EEE in Annexes V and VI; – if applicable, the amendments to numberings in Annexes V and VI; – transitional arrangements: – the date(s) at which materials and components of EEE in Annexes V and VI will be deleted.
Amendment 235 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 - paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In cases where an exemption is not awarded or renewed, there shall be a minimum transition period of 12 months in order to allow the economic operator time to adapt. Where the Commission considers that more than 12 months is needed, the transition period can be extended on a case-by-case basis.
Amendment 241 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 - paragraph 3
Article 5 - paragraph 3
3. Before Annexes are amended, the Commission shall inter aliamake an impact assessment. It shall also consult producers of electrical and electronic equipment, recyclers, treatment operators, environmental organisations and employee and consumer associations.
Amendment 259 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 - paragraph 1 - indent 3
Article 6 - paragraph 1 - indent 3
- The implementation of Article 5(2), taking into account the need for legal certainty for economic operators pending a Commission Decision on renewalregarding review, latest application and expiry dates of exemptions.
Amendment 264 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 - paragraph 1 - indent 3 a (new)
Article 6 - paragraph 1 - indent 3 a (new)
- The format and content of dossiers submitted under Article 4(7).
Amendment 280 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8- paragraph 2 - point a
Article 8- paragraph 2 - point a
(a) keep the EC declaration of conformity and the technical documentation at the disposal of national surveillance authorities for ten years after the EEE has been placed on the market;
Amendment 282 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9- paragraph 3
Article 9- paragraph 3
3. Importers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the address at which they can be contacted on the EEE or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the EEE.
Amendment 285 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9- paragraph 7
Article 9- paragraph 7
7. Importers shall, for ten years after the EEE has been placed on the market, keep a copy of the EC declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities and ensure that the technical documentation can be made available to those authorities, upon request.
Amendment 288 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13- paragraph 1
Article 13- paragraph 1
1. The EC declaration of conformity shall state that the fulfilment of requirements specified in Article 4this Directive has been demonstrated.
Amendment 304 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II - point 1
Annex II - point 1
Binding list of products which fall under the Categories listed in Annex I: 1. Large household appliances, including Washing machines Clothes dryers Dish washing machines Large household appliances used for refrigeration, conservation and storage of food, such as: Large cooling appliances, Refrigerators, Freezers Large household appliances used for cooking and other processing of food, such as: Cooking, Electric stoves, Electric hot plates, Microwaves Large appliances for heating rooms, beds, seating furniture, such as: Electric heating appliances, Electric radiators, including in-, outdoor and single packaged units of heat pumps up to 12 kW. Fanning, exhaust ventilation and conditioning equipment such as: Electric fans Air conditioner appliances, including in- , outdoor and single packaged units of air conditioning appliances up to 12 kW.
Amendment 311 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III
Annex III
1. Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) 2Dinitrotoluene 2. Diaminodiphenylmethane (MDA) 3. 5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (musk xylene) 4. Alkanes, chloro (Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins) 5. Aluminosilicate RefractoryCeramic Fibres 6. Anthracene 7. Anthracene oil 8. Anthracene oil, anthracene paste 9. Anthracene oil, anthracene paste, anthracene fraction 10. Anthracene oil, anthracene paste,distn. lights 11. Anthracene oil, anthracene-low 12. Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) 13. Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) 314. Butyl benzis(tributyltin)oxide (TBTO) 15. Cobalt dichloride 16. Diarsenic pentaoxide 17. Diarsenic trioxide 18. Dibutyl phthalate (BDBP) 419. Diisobutyl phthalate (DBP) 20. Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) and all major diastereoisomers identified; 21. Lead chromate 22. Lead chromate molybdate sulphate red 23. Lead hydrogen arsenate 24. Lead sulfochromate yellow 25. Pitch, coal tar, high temp. 26. Sodium dichromate 27. Triethyl arsenate 28. Tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate 29. Zirconia Aluminosilicate Refractory Ceramic Fibres 30. Bisphenol A.
Amendment 320 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI - introductory part
Annex VI - introductory part
Amendment 322 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI - point 5
Annex VI - point 5
5 Lead in shielding, collimators and scattering control devices and grids for ionising radiation
Amendment 324 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI - point 6
Annex VI - point 6
6 Lead in X-ray test objects.ionising radiation test objects and X-ray markers
Amendment 326 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI - point 8
Annex VI - point 8
8 Radioactive cadmium isotope source for portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometers Sensors, detectors and electrodes (plus item1).
Amendment 328 #
Amendment 331 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI - point 11
Annex VI - point 11
11 Lead in alloys as a superconductor and thermal conductor in MRI and MEG
Amendment 333 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI - point 17
Annex VI - point 17
17 Lead in solders in portable emergency defibrillators- Class II portable defibrillators, - Class II patient-worn devices and portable ultrasound equipment and portable patient monitoring equipment
Amendment 334 #
2008/0240(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI - point 20a - 20w (new)
Annex VI - point 20a - 20w (new)
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 172 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The indication of the country of origin or of the place of provenance of a food should be provided whenever its absence is likely to mislead consumers as to the true country of origin or place of provenance of that product. In other cases, the provision of the indication of country of origin or place of provenance is left to the appreciation of food business operatorsagricultural raw material used in the product should be provided in the most suitable way, with a view to guaranteeing complete transparency and traceability. In all cases, the indication of country of origin or place of provenance should be provided in a manner which does not deceive the consumer and on the basis of clearly defined criteria which ensure a level playing field for the industry and improve consumers’ understanding of the information related to the country of origin or place of provenance of a food. Such criteria should not apply to indications related to the name or address of the food business operator.
Amendment 222 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) ‘place of provenance’ means any place where a food is indicated to come from, and that is not the ‘country of origin’ as determined in accordance with Articles 23 to 26 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92;
Amendment 223 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) ‘country of origin’ means the place of origin of the main agricultural raw material used in the preparation of the product.
Amendment 238 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point t a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point t a (new)
(ta) ‘Processing’ means the process whereby one (or more) agricultural raw material(s) is (are) transformed into a finished product.
Amendment 286 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the country of origin or place of provenance where failure to indicate this might mislead the consumer to a material degree as to the true country of origin or place of provenance of the food, in particular if the information accompanying the food or the label as a whole would otherwise imply that the food has a different country of origin or place of provenance; in such cases tf unprocessed agricultural products and, for processed products, the area of cultivation or rearing of the main agricultural raw material used in the processing. The indication shall be in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 35(3) and (4) and those established in accordance with Article 35(5);
Amendment 351 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1
Annex I – point 1
1. ‘’nutrition declaration’ or ‘nutrition labelling’3 means information consisting ofstating: (a) energy value; or (b) energy value and one or more of the following nutrients and their specifically mentioned components: – fat (saturates, trans fats, mono- unsaturates, polyunsaturates); – carbohydrate (sugars, polyols, starch); – salt; – fibre; – protein; – any of the vitamins or minerals listed in point 1 of Part A of Annex XIII, and present in significant amounts as defined in point 2 of Part A of Annex XIII;
Amendment 388 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – Part B – table –point 1 – right-hand-column –first paragraph
Annex VII – Part B – table –point 1 – right-hand-column –first paragraph
‘Oil’, together with - either the adjective ‘vegetableanimal’ (or ‘animal’the indication of their specific animal origin) or, as appropriate, or - an indication of their specific vegetable or animal originigin. In cases where certain vegetable oils cannot be guaranteed not to be present, the use of ‘May contain...’ is required.
Amendment 531 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1
Annex I – point 1
1. ‘nutrition declaration’ or ‘nutrition labelling’ means information consisting ofstating: (a) energy value; or (b) energy value and one or more of the following nutrients and their components: - fat, - carbohydrate, - fibre, - protein, - salt, - vitamins and minerals listed in Annex XI, Part A; point 1 and present in significant amounts as defined in Annex XI, Part A; point 2.
Amendment 586 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter V - Title
Chapter V - Title
Amendment 596 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 - paragraph 2
Article 35 - paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to labelling in accordance with specific Community legislation, paragraphs 3 and 4 shall apply where indication of the country of origin or the place of provenance of a food is voluntarily indicatedmandatory to inform consumers that a food originates or comes from the European Community or a given country or place.
Amendment 618 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Amendment 649 #
2008/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1
Annex I – point 1
1. ‘nutrition declaration’ or ‘nutrition labelling’ means information consisting ofstating: (a) energy value; or (b) energy value and one or more of the following nutrients and their components: - fat, - carbohydrate, - fibre, - protein, - salt, - vitamins and minerals listed in Annex XI, Part A; point 1 and present in significant amounts as defined in Annex XI, Part A; point 2.
Amendment 130 #
2008/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) ATransparent and non-discriminatory access to CO2 transport networks and storage sites c, irrespective of the geographical location of potential users within the European Union, should become a condition for entry into or competitive operation within the internal electricity and heat market, depending on the relative prices of carbon and CCS. It is therefore appropriate to make arrangements for potential users to obtain such access. This should be done in a manner to be determined by each Member State in consultation with the Commission, applying the objectives of fair and open access and taking into account inter alia the transport and storage capacity which is available or can reasonably be made available, as well as the proportion of its CO2 reduction obligations pursuant to international legal instruments and to Community legislation intended to meet through CO2 capture and geological storage. Member States should also establish dispute settlement mechanisms to enable expeditious settlement of disputes regarding access to CO2 transport networks and storage sitesnd the demand for cross- border transit flows of CO2.
Amendment 154 #
2008/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 - paragraph 2
Article 2 - paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to geological storage of CO2 undertaken for research, development or testing of new products and processes. It shall, however, apply to demonstration and commercial projects with a total intended storage of 100 kilotonnes or more.
Amendment 312 #
2008/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A CO2 stream shall consist overwhelmingly, and within the territory of the European Union not less than 90%, of carbon dioxide. To this end, no waste and other matter may be added for the purpose of disposing of that waste or other matter. However, a CO2 stream may contain incidental associated substances from the source, capture or injection process, and trace elements may be added to assist in monitoring and verifying CO2 migration. Concentrations of those substances shall be below levels that would adversely affect the integrity of the storage site and relevant transport infrastructure and pose a significant risk to the environment or breach the requirements of applicable Community legislation.
Amendment 385 #
2008/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) the need to ensure that adequate provisions are made to establish conditions for cross-border and transit flows of CO2 in a manner that avoids distortions of competition resulting from the geographical location of potential users within the EU.
Amendment 396 #
2008/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 30 - point - 1 (new)
Article 30 - point - 1 (new)
Directive 96/61/EC
Article 9 - paragraph 3 - subparagraphs 3 to 6
Article 9 - paragraph 3 - subparagraphs 3 to 6
In Article 9(3) of Directive 96/61/EC, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth sub- paragraphs are deleted.
Amendment 409 #
2008/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 32
Article 32
Directive 2001/80/EEC
Article 9 a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 a – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In 2012 the Commission shall make an assessment of the current state of technological progress and the latest scientific evidence, and, if this suggests that the mandatory requirements for the prohibition of the use of coal-fired power stations not equipped with carbon capture and storage facilities cannot be introduced within the timescales agreed except at disproportionate cost to one or more Member States, shall bring forward proposals for exceptional financing arrangements or for the deferment of the dates set in paragraphs 1a and 1b.
Amendment 418 #
2008/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [12 years after publication] at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
Amendment 130 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The main long-term incentive for carbon capture and storage is that allowances will not need to be surrendered for C02 which is permanently stored. In addition, to accelerate deployment of the demonstration plants, auction revenues should be used and extra allowances should be given from the new entrants reserve to 12 such facilities in the EU which have qualified in a EU- wide tender to be organised by the Commission. Access to the EU support mechanism should also be open to any third country that has ratified the future international agreement on climate change.
Amendment 285 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
The Commission shall review the linear factor no later than 202516.
Amendment 348 #
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. Revenues not used under paragraph 3, including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in paragraph 2(b), should be used: (a) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to adapt to the impacts of climate change and to fund research and development for reducing emissions and adaptation, including participation in initiatives within the framework of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan; (b) to develop renewable energies to meet the commitment of the Community to using 20% renewable energies by 2020; (c) to meet the commitment of the Community to increase energy efficiency by 20% by 2020; (d) for the capture and geological storage of greenhouse gases, in particular from power stations, including the necessary infrastructure investments for transport and storage; (e) to finance research and development in energy efficiency and clean technologies in the sectors covered by the scope of the Directive; (f) for additional measures to avoid deforestation, to promote sustainable afforestation and forest management in Europe and produce and mobilise sustainable biomass in the Community; (g) to address social aspects in lower and middle income households, for example by increasing their energy efficiency and insulation; (h) to encourage a shift to low emission forms of transport, including modal shift, and to offset the increased cost of power for electric traction in the rail sector; and (i) to cover administrative expenses of the management of the Community scheme.
Amendment 352 #
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 20109, 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. Auctions shall be designed to ensure thatThe Commission shall consult with all relevant stakeholders in advance of submitting that measure. Auctions shall be designed and conducted to ensure that: (a) the purpose of the auctions is to allocate allowances to operators and/or market intermediaries for a price determined by the market and not to achieve revenue maximisation or reach a pre-determined price; (b) sufficient liquidity is maintained in the market at all times, in particular with reference to 2013. To this end the process should be predictable in particular as regards the timing and sequencing of auctions and the volumes to be made available; (c) auctions are open to any valid account holder within the Community scheme able to provide financial assurance that bids will be honoured ; (d) operators, and in particular any small and medium size enterprises covered by the Community scheme, have fulair and equal access and any other participants do notmay participate fully; (e) participation does not impose unreasonable financial burdens on operators; (f) all participants have access to the same information at the same time; and (g) participants do not collude or otherwise act to 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 381 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The Commission shall, at the latest by 30 June 20110, adopt Community wide and fully- harmonised implementing measures for allocating the allowances referred to in paragraphs 2 to 6 and 8 in a harmonised manner.
Amendment 484 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
All investments being financed from this reserve must be accompanied by an independent engineering and financial assessment of the proposal that clearly demonstrates that new plant will produce an output that is at least 70% less CO2 intensive than similar means of producing the same output. An independent engineering assessment post commissioning of the new installation shall also be required to verify that the new plant produces at least 50% less CO2 per unit of output than any other EU plant. If the post-commission independent assessment concludes otherwise then this will be seen as non-compliance and subject to Article 16(3).
Amendment 500 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 6a (new)
Article 10a – paragraph 6a (new)
Amendment 803 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex I - point 3 - point (c) - point (iii)
Annex I - point 3 - point (c) - point (iii)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex I - table - category 3 - new paragraph 2 - column 1
Annex I - table - category 3 - new paragraph 2 - column 1
Installations for the drying or calcination of gypsum or for the production of plaster boards and other gypsum products and any substitute building products, where combustion installations with a rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW are operated.
Amendment 54 #
2008/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Whereas the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies stated in its Opinion (no. 23) on ethical aspects of animal cloning for food supply of 16 January 2008 that it ‘does not see convincing arguments to justify the production of food from clones and their offspring’. Whereas the Scientific Committee of the European Food Safety Authority concluded in its Opinion1 of 15 July 2008 that ‘the health and welfare of a significant proportion of clones … have been found to be adversely affected, often severely and with a fatal outcome’’. 1 The EFSA Journal (2008) 767, 1-49
Amendment 80 #
2008/0002(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) foods derived from cloned animals and their descendants. Before the date of entry into force of this Regulation referred to in Article 20, the Commission shall present a legislative proposal to prohibit the placing on the market in the Community of foods derived from cloned animals and their descendants. The proposal shall be forwarded to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 35 #
2007/2038(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 a (new)
Paragraph 62 a (new)
62a. Asks its President to make the internal auditor's report on parliamentary assistance allowance available to all Members, and to make it available on Parliament's website;
Amendment 19 #
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 therebetter incentives fore result in more realistic and competitively neutral targets and because dataducing the weight of vehicles than the alternative parameter onf mass is readily available. Data on the alternative utility parameter of footprint (track width times wheelbase) should, however. 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 26 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In recognition of the very high research and development and unit production costs of early generations of very low carbon vehicle technologies to be introduced into the marketplace following its entry into force, on an interim basis, this Regulation also incorporates specific provisions aimed at accelerating the introduction to the European Market of ultra low carbon vehicles at their initial stages of commercialisation.
Amendment 34 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Special purpose vehicles to which specific requirements apply for the purposes of type-approval, includingor vehicles built specifically for commercial purposes to accommodate wheelchair use inside the vehicle in accordance with Community policy to help disabled persons, should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 41 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Manufacturers' compliance with the targets under this Regulation should be assessed at the Community level. Manufacturers whose average specific emissions of CO2 exceed those permitted under this Regulation should pay an excess emissions premium in respect of each calendar year from 20125 onwards. The premium should be modulated as a function of the extent to which manufacturers fail to comply with their target. It should increase over time. In order to provide a sufficient incentive to take measures to reduce specific emissions of CO2 from passenger cars, the premium should reflect technological costs. The amounts of the excess emissions premium should be considered as revenue for the budget of the European Unionredistributed to manufacturers or, in the case of a pool, the pool manager, with average specific emissions of CO2 below the target, and in proportion to the estimated total savings made.
Amendment 66 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
Subject matter and, 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/kmof reducing CO2 emissions in the EU, including in the transport sector. The Regulations sets the average CO2 emissions for new passenger cars at 130 g CO2/kma target, for the new car fleet, of an average 125 g CO2/km as from 1 January 2015 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. The Regulation also sets a target, for the new car fleet, of average emissions of no more than 80 g CO2/km as from 1 January 2020.
Amendment 79 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. It does not apply to special purpose vehicles as defined in paragraph 5 of Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC or vehicles built specifically for commercial purposes to accommodate wheelchair use inside as defined in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007.
Amendment 97 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) '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 99 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) 'ultra low carbon vehicle' means a vehicle emitting less than 50 g CO2/km, measured in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and specified as the CO2 mass emission (combined) in the certificate of conformity.
Amendment 115 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
For the calendar year commencing 1 January 20125 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 120 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
For the calendar year commencing 1 January 2020 and each subsequent calendar year, the average specific emissions of CO2 for passenger cars will be established on the basis of the review pursuant to Article 10, but may not in any case be higher than 80 g CO2/km.
Amendment 131 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Ultra low carbon vehicles For the purposes of determining compliance by individual manufacturers of passenger cars with the specific emissions target referred to in Article 4, each ultra low carbon vehicle registered in the European Union shall contribute to the calculation of the manufacturer's average specific emissions of CO2 on a multiplier basis, to be progressively phased out between 1 January 2012 and the year beginning 1 January 2016, as laid down in Annex Ia.
Amendment 151 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. In respect of each calendar year from 20125 onwards for which a manufacturer's average specific emissions of CO2 exceed its specific emissions target in that year, the Commission shall impose an excess emissions premium on the manufacturer or, in the case of a pool, the pool manager.
Amendment 164 #
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 20125, 2095 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 calendasubsequent years, the same amount plus an additional 50% for year 2015 and subsequent calendar years, 95 eurosch and every year.
Amendment 178 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In relation to excess emissions in the calendar year 2020 and subsequent years, the Commission shall propose an excess emissions premium that shall be not less than 10% higher than the estimated marginal costs of reaching the average CO2 emissions specified in Article 1 and Annex I.
Amendment 179 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The amounts of the excess emissions premium shall be considered as revenue for the budget of the European Unionredistributed to manufacturers or, in the case of a pool, the pool manager, with average specific emissions of CO2 below the target, and in proportion to the estimated total savings made.
Amendment 190 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. An application for a derogation from the specific emissions target calculated in accordance with Annex I may be made by a manufacturer which: (a) is responsible for less than 10,000 new passenger cars registered in the Community per calendar year; and (b) is not connected to another car manufacturer or (ba) has connected undertakings, and these in total are responsible for less than 10,000 new passenger cars registered in the Community per calendar year.
Amendment 196 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) a specific emissions target consistent with its reduction potentialthe manufacturer's technical capability, fincluding the technological potential to reduce its specific emissions of CO2ancial means, and model CO2 reduction potential relative to direct competitors.
Amendment 197 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission considers that the manufacturer is eligible for a derogation under paragraph 1 and is satisfied withat the specific CO2 emissions target proposed by the manufacturer is consistent with its reduction potential, including the technological potential to reduce its specific emissions of CO2, the Commission shall grant a derogation to the manufacturer, the Commission shall grant a derogation to the manufacturer. In taking this decision the Commission shall take into account the criteria in paragraph 2(d). The derogation shall apply from 1 January of the year following the application.
Amendment 198 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. Where the Commission considers that the manufacturer is not giving effect to the programme of reduction set out in its application, the Commission may revoke the derogationimpose an excess emissions premium on the manufacturer, as set out in Article 7.
Amendment 201 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. A manufacturer may apply to the Commission to be allowed to meet an alternative target that is a 25% reduction on its average specific emissions in 2006, instead of its Annex I specific emissions target, provided that: (a) it has no connected undertakings, and is responsible for between 10,000 and 300,000 new passenger cars registered in the Community per calendar year; or (b) it has connected undertakings, and these in total are responsible for between 10,000 and 300,000 new passenger cars registered in the Community per calendar year. Connected undertakings may apply to the Commission to be allowed to meet an alternative target that is a 25% reduction on their combined average specific emissions in 2006, instead of the average of their Annex I specific emissions targets, provided that those connected undertakings, taken together with any other connected undertakings, are responsible for between 10,000 and 300,000 new passenger cars registered in the Community per calendar year.
Amendment 204 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9a 1. Eco-innovations are innovative technologies on the car that verifiably reduce CO2 emissions independently of driver behaviour but are not or only insufficiently reflected in the CO2 measurement according to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007. 2. The Committee referred to in Article 12(1) of this Regulation shall decide upon applications for eco-innovations, including the real-world CO2 reduction associated with a technology. 3. An application for an eco-innovation can be presented by manufacturers or suppliers of this technology. Applications must be substantiated by technical data on the CO2 reduction associated with a technology. Such data has to be certified by a third party. Institutions notified according to Article 41 of Directive 2007/46/EC may act as certifying third parties. 4. Eco-innovations shall be considered in the monitoring of this Regulation on the basis of credits given for their installation as standard equipment in vehicle types or versions thereof. The credit associated with a technology shall be no higher than 75% of the real-world CO2 reduction decided according to paragraph 2. The Committee referred to in Article 12(1) may furthermore limit the validity of credits over time, or decide that these credits shall be applied degressively over a certain time period.
Amendment 206 #
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 214 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 − paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 − paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By 31 December 2014, the Commission shall present a proposal for a regulation setting the average emissions level, which may not in any case be higher than 80g CO2/km, to be achieved by the new car fleet by 1 January 2020.
Amendment 229 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Article 11
From 1 January 2010, manufacturers shall ensure that labels, posters or promotional literature and material of the type referred to in articles 3, 5 and 6 of Directive 1999/94/EC indicate the extent to which the specific emissions of CO2 of the passenger car offered for sale differ from the specific emissions target for that passenger car under Annex I. A minimum of 20% of the space devoted to the promotion of new cars through the promotional literature referred to in Article 6 shall be used to provide information to consumers, in a format that shall be approved by the Commission, about the fuel economy and CO2 emissions of each vehicle.
Amendment 234 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
1. For each new passenger car, 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 = 13025 + 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 = 0.045725.30
Amendment 251 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. For each year from 1 January 2020 onwards, the formula in paragraph 1 shall be applied with the use of '80' as the average specific emission of CO2 permitted.
Amendment 256 #
2007/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
Amendment 60 #
2007/0286(COD)
Council position
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In accordance with Article 193 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, nothing in this Directive prevents Member States from maintaining or introducing more stringent protective measures, for example greenhouse gas emission requirements for installations that are covered by Annex I of Directive 2003/87/EC, provided that such measures are compatible with the Treaties and the Commission has been notified.
Amendment 62 #
2007/0286(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 76 #
2007/0286(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Large combustion plants also contribute greatly to emissions of carbon dioxide into air resulting in an increase in the concentrations of carbon dioxide in air, thus increasing global climate change and inducing many detrimental impacts and feedbacks to human and ecological systems. Such increasing concentrations are rapidly approaching or have already passed critical thresholds that will lead to substantially greater climate change and an increase in average surface temperatures well above the EU's target of less than 2° Celsius that will be beyond human abilities to manage or recover from within imaginable time-scales. The Community's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), while potentially providing a useful if slow framework for economy- wide reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, does not provide a sufficiently strong price signal to prevent new very large point sources of carbon dioxide from entering or remaining in the system and thus inflating EU emission allowance (EUA) prices. Therefore it is necessary to include provisions requiring carbon dioxide emission limit values to air in Community industrial pollution law for new installations with an electrical capacity of more than 300MW, and for these limit values to be applied to existing installations in due course.
Amendment 93 #
2007/0286(COD)
Council position
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where emissions of a greenhouse gas from an installation are specified in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC in relation to an activity carried out in that installation, the permit shall not includMember States may choose not to impose an emission limit value for direct emissions of that gas, unless necessary to ensure that no significant local pollution is caused.
Amendment 133 #
2007/0286(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10
Article 10
Amendment 328 #
2007/0286(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33a Emission Limit Value for Carbon Dioxide 1. From 1 January 2010, all permits for electricity-generating large combustion installations with a capacity of more than 300 megawatts that are granted a construction permit, or in the absence of such a procedure granted the original operating permit, on or after 1 January 2010 shall include conditions requiring compliance with an emission limit value to air of 450 grammes of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour of electrical output. 2. By 1 January 2025 all permits for electricity-generating large combustion installations with a capacity of more than 300 megawatts other than those installations covered by paragraph 1 shall include conditions requiring compliance with an emission limit value to air of 450 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour of electrical output. 3. The emission limit value referred to in paragraphs 1 & 2 shall be verified on an annual basis by the competent national authority. 4. By 30 June 2014, the Commission shall review the provisions of this Article taking into account overall progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the potential contribution of appropriate abatement techniques. The review shall consider in particular lowering the emission limit value referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, bringing forward the date referred to in paragraph 2 or introducing a phased approach, and widening the scope of application to include large combustion installations other than those in the electricity sector. On conclusion of the review, the Commission shall where appropriate bring forward proposals.
Amendment 60 #
2006/0304(COD)
Article 1 - point 4
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3d - paragraph 1
Article 3d - paragraph 1
1. In the period referred to in Article 3c(1), 100% of allowances shall be auctioned.
Amendment 63 #
2006/0304(COD)
Article 1 - point 4
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3d - paragraph 2
Article 3d - paragraph 2
2. For subsequentthe following periods, the percentage to be auctioned referred to in paragraph 1 may be increased as part of the general review of this Directiveshall be increased to 100%.