Activities of Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Barbara MATERA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Recital Z

Z. whereas several European funds and programmes can be used for projects countering and preventing radicalisation; whereas the EU budget up to 2020 allocates EUR 314 million for anti- radicalisation projects; whereas there is noa need for a continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of those programmes;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AF

AF. whereas Daesh’s sophisticated web communication strategy of marketing terrorism by glorifying it also offers alternative social and cultural opportunities to followers and design copied from the global ‘youth culture’ such as online gaming, and thus has a strong appeal to ~~minors~~children and young people;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital AI

AI. whereas although major progress has been made with regard to removal of online terrorist content, there is a need to scale up the companies’ engagement; whereas the removals are often not complete nor timely or permanent, removing the content from one website but leaving it on another belonging to the same company~~; whereas effective and comprehensive~~ or allowing the account to remain live and/or reappear after it has posted content in violation of a company’s terms of service; whereas effective, comprehensive and transparent reporting by companies has to be improved;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital AL

AL. whereas retention of data is an essential part of the investigative process; whereas police ~~and~~, judicial authorities and intelligence services usually rely heavily on communications data to successfully proceed with their casework; whereas in order for interoperability of information systems to reach its full potential, harmonised data retention regimes across the EU are vital; whereas the necessity of an appropriate data retention regime when it comes to the fight against terrorism was consistently raised during the work of the TERR Committee;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital BG

BG. whereas several EU instruments such as Decision 2005/671/JHA, the CT Directive and the Europol regulation require Member States to share information on terrorism with the relevant agencies; whereas increased information sharing with Europol and Eurojust on a regular basis and in a timely and systematic manner, including contextual information, facilitates their work in detecting links between cases and providing an overview of challenges and best practice related to investigations, prosecutions and convictions for terrorist offences; whereas information shared with Eurojust has increased over the past years, but differences continue to exist between the Member States in relation to the amount, type and scope of the information shared, which may result in fragmented information available1a; __________________ 1a While only 14 terrorism cases were referred to Eurojust in 2014, the number of cases dealt by Eurojust from 2014-2018 reached 263 with a total of 61 coordination meetings in 75 terrorism cases, 2 coordination centres and 14 cases with JITs supported by Eurojust

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital BJ

BJ. whereas joint investigation teams (JITs) facilitate the coordination of investigations and prosecutions in cases with a cross-border dimension and allow for real-time exchange of information/evidence; whereas the practical benefits resulting from the use of JITs include improved information exchange, exchange of best practices, enhanced collection of evidence and mutual recognition of the actions carried out by the parties; whereas JITs require appropriate funding to work effectively;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital BS

BS. whereas battlefield evidence is often essential to identify potential foreign terrorist fighters and needs to be included in the relevant databases in order to reach border guards in real time and to be shared with investigators and prosecutors for investigations and prosecutions;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital CB

CB. whereas the Commission Comprehensive Assessment of EU Security Policy and the evaluation study of Directive 2008/114/EC indicate that: the threat to critical infrastructures is likely to continue to rise, that there is a need to enhance preparation and response capabilities and to revise Directive 2008/114/EC, and that there is an interest in targeting transport infrastructures; whereas a better framework is needed to improve rail security and to address the issue of protection of public areas of transport infrastructures, such as airports ~~and~~, ports and maritime transport, as well as railway stations;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. stresses that terrorism is a cross- border crime that needs a Common European response; Reiterates that while Member States remain first in line to pre~~spond to~~vent and pre~~vent~~spond to threats, a clear need exists to fully recognise the Security Union’s role in supporting them, providing common solutions and adding value;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Barbara MATERA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that~~, at this stage,~~ the EU and the Member States should i~~mprove cooperation through~~ncrease their cooperation by strengthening existing European agencies and cooperation channels among Member States’ security and justice institutions;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recommends to the Member States that they ~~start building~~provide appropriate structures ~~to respond to child returnees~~, building on existing child protection systems, to respond to child returnees and to children and young people at risk of radicalisation, and in particular the development of expertise, including that of experienced professionals, in the areas of trauma, extremism, child development, ~~education and risk~~ assessment ~~and~~ tailored to the local and national context, as well as clear legal and organisational structures for dealing with this alarming phenomenon and ensure the de-radicalisation and re-integration of child returnees; thus recommends to develop and finance programmes for the disengagement of already radicalised children and young people;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Barbara MATERA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Member States to ~~encourage and tolerate only~~recognise ‘practices of Islam’ that are in full accordance with EU values; welcomes the initiatives by moderate Muslim religious communities throughout Europe to counter the dangerous narratives from within their communities; stresses the need to increase dialogue and cooperation with religious communities and local authorities to prevent radicalisation;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Emphasises the importance of teaching non-discrimination, religious tolerance and promoting social inclusion for all children, in accordance with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Brando BENIFEI, Barbara MATERA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Member States to consider establishing binding procedures for schools for tackling the challenge of radicalised pupils, ~~and to offer~~offering prevention and de-radicalisation programmes and training for teachers with regard to this in order to intervene at a early stage; stresses the need for involvement of law enforcement and justice bodies in the process of addressing ~~radicalisation~~most serious cases of radicalisation and for an increased cooperation between them and schools, local authorities and religious communities;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Urges Member States to introduce a licensing system for chaplains accessing prisons, and calls on the Council, with support from the Commission, to draw up guidelines on this based on best practices; calls on Member States to regularly evaluate and monitor the chaplains having access to prisons;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)

73 a. Welcomes the adoption of the recent reforms taken to strengthen the EU external borders at the EU level, including the adoption of the Entry and Exit System, the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) and the reform of the Schengen information system (SIS); calls on the Member States to fully implement these measures;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Barbara MATERA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76

76. Encourages the Commission to continue negotiations with third countries on return and readmission and to evaluate whether the Return Directive (Directive 2008/115/EC) provides an adequate legal framework for the return of irregular migrants who ~~pose as asylum seekers but in fact have~~are not in need of international protection and abuse the asylum system to enter the EU, with terrorist motives and are a clear risk to public security;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 130

130. Stresses that notification to victim’s families should be delivered by specifically trained professionals in a dignified, humane and appropriate way, ensuring that the media do not reveal their identities without their prior consent, and that particular attention and priority should be given towhen handling ~~minors~~children;

2018/09/13
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 136

136. ~~Calls for~~Stresses that CT measures must be adopted in respect of fundamental rights and in a clear legal framework; calls on the Member States and the EU institutions~~, when adopting and applying CT measures,~~ to find the right balance between the different fundamental rights involved; considers in this respect that, while privacy is a fundamental right, the first priority should lie in protecting people’s fundamental rights to life and security;

2018/09/13
Committee: TERR

2018/0331(COD)

Rachida DATI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) In order to cover those online hosting services where terrorist content is disseminated, this Regulation should apply to information society services which store information provided by a recipient of the service at his or her request and in making the information and material stored available to th~~ird parties, irrespective of whether this activity is of a mere technical, automatic and passive nature~~e public. By way of example such providers of information society services include social media platforms, video streaming services, video, image and audio sharing services, file sharing and other cloud services excluding cloud IT infrastructure service providers, to the extent they make the information available to th~~ird parties~~e public and websites where users can make comments or post reviews. The Regulation should also apply to hosting service providers established outside the Union but offering services within the Union, since a significant proportion of hosting service providers exposed to terrorist content on their services are established in third countries. This should ensure that all companies operating in the Digital Single Market comply with the same requirements, irrespective of their country of establishment. The determination as to whether a service provider offers services in the Union requires an assessment whether the service provider enables legal or natural persons in one or more Member States to use its services. However, the mere accessibility of a service provider’s website or of an email address and of other contact details in one or more Member States taken in isolation should not be a sufficient condition for the application of this Regulation.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) The procedure and obligations resulting from legal orders requesting hosting service providers to remove terrorist content or disable access to it, following an assessment by the competent authorities, should be harmonised. Member States should remain free as to the choice of the competent authorities allowing them to designate administrative, law enforcement or judicial authorities with that task. Given the speed at which terrorist content is disseminated across online services, this provision imposes obligations on hosting service providers to ensure that terrorist content identified in the removal order is removed or access to it is disabled within one hour from receiving the removal order. Respecting this one hour delay is crucial to avoid a widespread dissemination of such content. It is for the hosting service providers to decide whether to remove the content in question or disable access to the content for users in the Union.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Rachida DATI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) The procedure and obligations resulting from legal orders requesting hosting service providers to remove terrorist content or disable access to it, following an assessment by the competent authorities, should be harmonised. Member States should ~~remain free as to the choice of the competent authorities allowing them to designate administrative, law enforcement or judicial~~designate a single competent authorit~~ies~~y with that task. Given the speed at which terrorist content is disseminated across online services, this provision imposes obligations on hosting service providers to ensure that terrorist content identified in the removal order is removed or access to it is disabled within one hour from receiving the removal order. It is for the hosting service providers to decide whether to remove the content in question or disable access to the content for users in the Union.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) Referrals by the competent authorities or Europol constitute an effective and swift means of making hosting service providers aware of specific content on their services. This mechanism of alerting hosting service providers to information that may be considered terrorist content, for the provider’s voluntary consideration of the compatibility its own terms and conditions, should remain available and continue to be developed, in addition to removal orders. It is important that hosting service providers assess such referrals as a matter of priority and provide swift feedback about action taken. The ultimate decision about whether or not to remove the content because it is not compatible with their terms and conditions remains with the hosting service provider. In implementing this Regulation related to referrals, Europol’s mandate as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/79413 remains unaffected. _________________ 13Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53).

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Rachida DATI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Given the scale and speed necessary for effectively identifying and removing terrorist content, proportionate proactive measures, including by using automated means in certain cases, are an essential element in tackling terrorist content online. With a view to reducing the accessibility of terrorist content on their services, hosting service providers should assess whether it is appropriate to take proactive measures depending on the risks and level of exposure to terrorist content as well as to the effects on the rights of third parties and the public interest of information. Consequently, based on cooperation and exchange of best practice, hosting service providers should determine what appropriate, effective and proportionate proactive measure should be put in place. This requirement should not imply a general monitoring obligation. In the context of this assessment, the absence of removal orders and referrals addressed to a hosting provider, is an indication of a low level of exposure to terrorist content.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Rachida DATI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) In order to ensure that hosting service providers exposed to terrorist content take appropriate measures to prevent the misuse of their services, the competent authorities should request hosting service providers having received a removal order, which has become final, to report on the proactive measures taken. These could consist of measures to prevent the re-upload of terrorist content, removed or access to it disabled as a result of a removal order or referrals they received, checking against publicly or privately-held tools containing known terrorist content. They may also employ the use of reliable technical tools to identify new terrorist content, either using those available on the market or those developed by the hosting service provider. The service provider should report on the specific proactive measures in place in order to allow the competent authority to judge whether the measures are effective and proportionate and whether, if automated means are used, the hosting service provider has the necessary abilities for human oversight and verification. In assessing the effectiveness and proportionality of the measures, competent authorities should take into account relevant parameters including the number of removal orders and referrals issued to the provider, their size and economic capacity and the impact of its service in disseminating terrorist content (for example, taking into account the number of users in the Union).

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Rachida DATI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) Following the request, the competent authority should enter into a dialogue with the hosting service provider about the necessary proactive measures to be put in place. If necessary, the competent authority should impose the adoption of appropriate, effective and proportionate proactive measures where it considers that the measures taken are insufficient to meet the risks taking into consideration the economic and technical capacity of the platform. A decision to impose such specific proactive measures should not, in principle, lead to the imposition of a general obligation to monitor, as provided in Article 15(1) of Directive 2000/31/EC. Considering the particularly grave risks associated with the dissemination of terrorist content, the decisions adopted by the competent authorities on the basis of this Regulation could derogate from the approach established in Article 15(1) of Directive 2000/31/EC, as regards certain specific, targeted measures, the adoption of which is necessary for overriding public security reasons. Before adopting such decisions, the competent authority should strike a fair balance between the public interest objectives and the fundamental rights involved, in particular, the freedom of expression and information and the freedom to conduct a business, and provide appropriate justification.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Eva MAYDELL, Antanas GUOGA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. This Regulation lays down uniform rules to address and prevent the misuse of hosting services for the dissemination of terrorist content online. It lays down in particular:

2019/01/28
Committee: IMCO

2018/0331(COD)

Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) rules on duties of care to be applied by hosting service providers in order to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content through their services and ensure, where necessary, ~~its swift removal~~to ensure the expeditious removal of terrorist content;;

2019/01/28
Committee: IMCO

2018/0331(COD)

Rachida DATI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) Transparency of hosting service providers' policies in relation to terrorist content is essential to enhance their accountability towards their users and to reinforce trust of citizens in the Digital Single Market. Hosting service providers should publish annual transparency reports containing meaningful information about action taken in relation to the detection, identification and removal of terrorist content, and promote exchange of best practice to efficiently tackle terrorist content.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. This Regulation shall not have the effect of modifying the obligation to respect fundamental rights and fundamental legal principles as enshrined in Article 6 of the Treaty on the European Union.

2019/01/28
Committee: IMCO

2018/0331(COD)

Rachida DATI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) To facilitate the swift exchanges between competent authorities as well as with hosting service providers, and to avoid duplication of effort, Member States ~~may make~~are encouraged to use of tools developed by Europol, such as the current Internet Referral Management application (IRMa) or successor tools. Europol should be provided with the necessary financial and human resources to develop these tools to support Member States in the implementation of this Regulation, and to improve them with a view to enhance the standardisation of referrals and strengthen the coordination of removal orders at EU level while continuing to provide expert support and advice to both the Member States and the hosting service providers.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Rachida DATI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)

(37 a) Member States should communicate the competent authorities designated under this Regulation to the Commission, which should publish online a compilation of the competent authorities per Member State. The online registry should be easily accessible to facilitate the swift verification of the authenticity of removal orders by the hosting service providers.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38

(38) Penalties are necessary to ensure the effective implementation by hosting service providers of the obligations pursuant to this Regulation. Member States should adopt rules on penalties, including, where appropriate, fining guidelines to ensure the proportionality of penalties depending on the size and means of the host service provider. Particularly severe penalties shall be ascertained in the event that the hosting service provider systematically fails to remove terrorist content or disable access to it within one hour from receipt of a removal order. Non- compliance in individual cases could be sanctioned while respecting the principles of ne bis in idem and of proportionality and ensuring that such sanctions take account of systematic failure. In order to ensure legal certainty, the regulation should set out to what extent the relevant obligations can be subject to penalties. Penalties for non-compliance with Article 6 should only be adopted in relation to obligations arising from a request to report pursuant to Article 6(2) or a decision imposing additional proactive measures pursuant to Article 6(4). When determining whether or not financial penalties should be imposed, due account should be taken of the financial resources of the provider. Member States shall ensure that penalties do not encourage the removal of content which is not terrorist content.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. This Regulation shall not have the effect of modifying the obligation to respect fundamental rights and fundamental legal principles as enshrined in Article 6 of the Treaty on the European Union.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Rachida DATI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. This Regulation shall apply in respect of freedom of expression and according to the Member State’s Constitutions.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0331(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2

2. By [six months after the entry into force of this Regulation] at the latest Member States shall notify the Commission of the competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1. The Commission shall set up an online register listing all these competent authorities. The Commission shall publish the notification and any modifications of it in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2019/02/25
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) That European return policy should be based on common standards, for persons to be returned in a humane manner and with full respect for their fundamental rights and dignity, as well as international law, including the UN Convention of the rights of the Child, refugee protection and other human rights obligations. Clear, transparent and fair rules need to be established to provide for an effective return policy which serves as a deterrent to irregular migration and ensures coherence with and contributes to the integrity of the Common European Asylum System and the legal migration system.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) The need for Union and bilateral readmission agreements with third countries to facilitate the return process is underlined. International cooperation with countries of origin at all stages of the return process is a prerequisite to achieving sustainable and effective return.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) It is recognised that it is legitimate for Member States to return illegally staying third-country nationals, provided that fair and efficient asylum systems are in place which fully respect the principle of non-refoulement, international law and Union law.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) To reinforce the effectiveness of the return procedure, clear responsibilities for third-country nationals should be established, and in particular the obligation to cooperate with the authorities at all stages of the return procedure, including by providing the information and elements that are necessary in order to assess their individual situation or remaining present and available at all stages of the return procedure.. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that third-country nationals are informed of the consequences of not complying with those obligations, in relation to the determination of the risk of absconding, the granting of a period for voluntary departure and the possibility to impose detention, and in relation to the access to programmes providing logistical, financial and other material or in-kind assistance. Member States should ensure that the consequences of non-complying are not excessive or disproportionate. The obligation to cooperate should not affect children.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21

(21) The necessary legal aid should be made available , upon request, to those who lack sufficient resources. National legislation should establish a list of instances where legal aid is to be considered necessary. Member States should ensure that children receive legal aid and information on their rights and procedures by qualified child protection authorities in a child-friendly manner and in a language that children understand.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27

(27) The use of detention for the purpose of removal should be a measure of last resort and subject to the principle of proportionality with regard to the means used and objectives pursued. Detention is justified only to prepare the return or carry out the removal process and if the application of less coercive measures would not be sufficient. Member States should develop alternatives to detention, such as community-based facilities for families with children and ensure that unaccompanied minors are not detained.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9

9. ‘vulnerable persons’ means minors, unaccompanied minors, disabled people, elderly people, pregnant women, single parents with minor children and persons who have been subjected to torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence and exploitation.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

When adopting a return decision and implementing this Directive, Member States shall take due account of:

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the best interests of the child in all cases where children are affected;

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a

~~(a) lack of documentation proving the identity;~~deleted

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b

~~(b) lack of residence, fixed abode or reliable address;~~deleted

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c

~~(c) lack of financial resources;~~deleted

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) illegal entry into the territory of the Member States;~~deleted

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

The existence of a risk of absconding shall be determined on the basis of an overall individual assessment of the specific circumstances of the ~~individual~~ case, taking into account the objective criteria referred to in paragraph 1.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall inform the third-country nationals ~~about the~~in a clear manner about the return procedure and consequences of not complying with the obligation referred to in paragraph 1.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Member States shall ensure that the consequences of non-complying are proportionate and not excessive and that they are not imposed on children.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

A return decision shall provide for an appropriate period for voluntary departure of up to thirty days, without prejudice to the exception referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4. Member States may provide in their national legislation that such a period shall be granted only following an application by the third-country national concerned. In such a case, Member States shall inform the third-country nationals concerned of the possibility of submitting such an application and clearly inform about the procedure.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. Member States shall not grant a period for voluntary departure, after an individual assessment, in following cases:

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. A period of voluntary departure may be granted by authorities, after an individual assessment, in cases where the third country national is in detention pending a return decision.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)

(aa) completion of schooling for children;

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA, Caterina CHINNICI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. Before deciding to issue a return decision in respect of an unaccompanied minor, Member States shall carry out a best interests assessment, taking into account the specific circumstances of the child, to identify durable solutions for the child. If a return decision is issued based on a best interests assessment, assistance by appropriate bodies other than the authorities enforcing return shall be granted with due consideration being given to the best interests of the child.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. Before removing an unaccompanied minor from the territory of a Member State, the authorities of that Member State shall be satisfied that he or she will be returned to a member of his or her family, a nominated guardian or adequate reception facilities in the State of return. Authorities shall ensure that there is a handover from child protection authorities of the Member States to child protection authorities of the State of return.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Unaccompanied minors shall be assisted and represented by a qualified guardian throughout the whole return procedure.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

In other cases return decisions may be accompanied by an entry ban based on an individual assessment of the case. In cases involving children and in cases of voluntary departure, return decisions shall not be accompanied by an entry ban.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD

Proposal for a directive
Article 20

Detention of minors and families 1. families with minors shall only be detained as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time. 2. Families detained pending removal shall be provided with separate accommodation guaranteeing adequate privacy. 3. possibility to engage in leisure activities, including play and recreational activities appropriate to their age, and shall have, depending on the length of their stay, access to education. 4. far as possible be provided with accommodation in institutions provided with personnel and facilities which take into account the needs of persons of their age. 5. be a primary consideration in the context of the detention of minors pending removArticle 20 deleted Unaccompanied minors and Minors in detention shall have the Unaccompanied minors shall as The best interests of the child shal.l

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tokia SAÏFI, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 a (new)

Article 20 a Unaccompanied minors shall not be detained. Families with children shall be placed in alternative facilities, such as non-custodial community-based facilities. Minors shall not be separated from their parents during the procedure, unless it is in their best interest.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) Member States should give preference to voluntary return. In order to promote voluntary return, Member States should envisage incentives such as preferential treatment in the form of enhanced return assistance should be envisaged for the voluntary return of persons. This kind of voluntary return is in the interests of both returnees and the authorities in terms of its cost- effectiveness. The principle of best interests of the child must bethe primary consideration in all actions or decisions concerning children in migration, including returns. These efforts should also take full account of the right of the child to express his or her views.

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37

(37) As challenges in the area of migration are constantly evolving, there is a need to adapt the allocation of funding to the changes in migration flows. To respond to pressing needs and changes in policy and Union priorities, and to steer funding towards actions with a high level of Union added value, part of the funding will be periodically allocated to specific actions, Union actions, emergency assistance, resettlement, the support of vulnerable groups including children and to provide additional support for Member States contributing to solidarity and responsibility efforts via a thematic facility.

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) to contribute to countering irregular migration and ensuring effectiveness of return and readmission in third countries., putting in place a child-rights based compliant mechanism if the return is in the best interest of the child;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)

(h a) the number of vulnerable persons assisted through the programme, including children;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 5

5. For initial allocation the reference figures shall be the latest annual statistical data produced by the Commission (Eurostat) covering the preceding three calendar years on the basis of data provided by Member States on the date of the applicability of this Regulation in accordance with Union law. Data on children in migration should be disaggregated by age and sex, by specific vulnerabilities and by asylum status. For the mid- term review, the reference figures shall be the latest annual statistical data produced by the Commission (Eurostat) covering the preceding three calendar years available at the time of the mid-term review in 2024 on the basis of data provided by Member States in accordance with Union law. Where Member States have not supplied the Commission (Eurostat) with the statistics concerned, they shall provide provisional data as soon as possible.

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point d

(d) enhancing solidarity and cooperation with third countries affected by migratory flows, including through resettlement and other legal avenues towith prioritisation of vulnerable groups such as children and adolescents facing protection risks in the Union as well as partnership and cooperation with third countries for the purpose of managing migration.

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point a

(a) supporting the development and implementation of policies promoting legal migration and the implementation of the Union legal migration acquis, ensuring effective protection of children in migration;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point a

(a) the establishment and development of national strategies in asylum, legal migration, integration, return and irregular migration;, which include all measures listed in the EC Communication on the Protection of Children in Migration of 12 April 2017 (COM(2017) 211

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point c

(c) the development, monitoring and evaluation of policies and procedures with a specific focus on child safeguarding policies, including on collection and exchange of disaggregated information and data, development and application of common statistical tools, methods and indicators for measuring progress and assessing policy developments;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point e

(e) assistance and support services consistent with the status and the needs of the person concerned, in particular the vulnerable groups including a timely assignment of guardians to all unaccompanied children;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point f

(f) actions aimed at enhancing awareness of asylum, integration, legal migration and return policies with specific attention to vulnerable groups, including children, among stakeholders and the general public;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point c

(c) identifying applicants with special procedural or reception needs; in particular, child applicants by providing them with specialised support immediately upon arrival;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point d

(d) establishing or improving community-based reception accommodation infrastructure, including the possible joint use of such facilities by more than one Member State;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point d a (new)

(d a) alternative forms of care for unaccompanied children and children with families, in line with international standards and integrated into existing national child protection systems;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point h

(h) enhancing capacities of third countries to improve the protection of persons in need of protection, including through supporting the development of child protection mechanisms in third countries, by promoting new initiatives to build stronger child protection systems, ensuring that children are protected in all areas from violence, abuses and neglect;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point i

(i) establishing, developing and improving effective alternatives to detention, in particular in relation to unaccompanied ~~minors and families~~children and children with families in compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point a

(a) infrastructure for reception or detention, including the possible joint use of such facilities by more than one Member State; Detention for children shall be used as a measure of last resort in line with existing EU law, for the shortest time possible and never in prison accommodation;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point b

(b) introduction, development and improvement of effective alternative measures to detention, in particular in relation to unaccompanied ~~minors~~children and families;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point e

(e) preparation of return, including measures leading to the issuing of return decisions, the identification of third- country nationals, best interests assessments of children, the issuing of travel documents and family tracing and family reunification;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point g

(g) return assistance and child rights- based compliant mechanisms, in particular assisted voluntary return and information about assisted voluntary return programmes, including by providing specific guidance for children in returns procedures;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0248(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point j

(j) facilities and services in third countries ensuring appropriate temporary accommodation and reception upon arrival~~, including~~; Alternative forms of care should be provided for unaccompanied ~~minors~~children and other vulnerable groups in line with international standards, as well as integrated into existing national child protection systems;

2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) The regulatory measures proposed can be effective, in reducing fatalities, decreasing the number of road accidents and mitigating injuries and damage, only if they gain the acceptance of users. Therefore, vehicle manufacturers should do their utmost to ensure that the systems and features provided for in this Regulation are developed in such a way so as to support the driver, ensure the user acceptance and their likeliness of being used. To this end, the functioning of those systems and features and their limitations should also be explained in a clear and consumer-friendly manner in the motor vehicle’s user instructions.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 3

(3) ‘~~intelligent speed assistance’~~speed limit information system’ (meaning ‘intelligent speed assistance’ in a way of informing about the current speed limit) means a system to aid the driver in observing the appropriate speed for the road environment by providing ~~haptic feedback through the accelerator pedal with~~ speed limit information obtained through observation of road signs and signals, based on infrastructure signals or electronic map data, or both, made available in- vehicle;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 11

(11) ‘lane-keeping system’ means a system monitoring the position of the vehicle with respect to the lane boundary and issuing a warning or applying a torque to the steering ~~wheel~~system, or pressure to the brakes, at least when a lane departure occurs or is about to occur ~~and a collision may be imminent~~;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Vehicles of categories M1 and N1 shall be equipped with an accurate tyre pressure monitoring system capable of giving an in-vehicle warning to the driver when a loss of pressure occurs in a tyre, in the interests of optimum fuel consumption and road safety, over a wide range of road and environmental conditions.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2

~~2. Tyre pressure monitoring systems shall be designed to avoid resetting or recalibration at a low tyre pressure.~~deleted

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~intelligent speed assistance~~speed limit information system;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. ~~Intelligent speed assistance~~Speed limit information systems shall have the following minimum specifications:

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) it shall be ~~possible for the driver to feel through the accelerator pedal that the applicable speed limit is reached or exceeded~~able to indicate the current speed limit at any time in the vehicle;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) it shall ~~not~~ be possible for the driver to switch off ~~or supress~~ the system;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) where a cruise control system or a speed limiter is engaged, the ~~intellig~~current speed ~~assistance system must automatically adapt to any lower speed limit~~limit can be adapted by the driver.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a

(a) it shall be possible to switch off systems ~~only one at a time, and only at standstill with the parking brake engaged, by a complex sequence of actions to be carried out by the driver~~;

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5

5. Vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 shall be designed and constructed so as to enhance the direct visibility of vulnerable road users from the driver seat. This should be done for new types of cabs only.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)

The detailed rules with regard to the requirements laid down in paragraphs 2 to 4 of this Article shall be laid down and published at least 12 months before the relevant dates specified in Annex II. The detailed rules with regard to the requirements laid down in paragraph 5 of this Article shall be laid down and published at least 36 months before the relevant dates specified in Annex II.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Philippe JUVIN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. However, the requirements relating to the systems and other items listed in points (a) to (e) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to fully autonomous vehicles.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0145(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 a (new)

Article 16a Review and Reporting 1. By ... [four years after the date of application of this Regulation] and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall submit an evaluation report to the European Parliament and to the Council, on the achievements of safety measures and systems, including their penetration rates. The Commission shall evaluate whether these measures and systems operate in accordance with this Regulation. Where appropriate, that report shall be accompanied by recommendations, including a legislative proposal to amend the requirements as regards general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users.

2018/12/17
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) Online intermediation services and online search engines, as well as the ~~commercial~~ transactions facilitated by those services, have an intrinsic cross- border potential and are of particular importance for the proper functioning of the Union’s internal market in today’s economy. The potentially unfair and harmful trading practices of certain providers of those services in respect of business users and corporate website users hamper the full realisation of that potential and negatively affect the proper functioning of the internal market. In addition, the full realisation of that potential is hampered, and the proper functioning of the internal market is negatively affected, by diverging laws of certain Member States which, with a varying degree of effectiveness, regulate those services, while other Member States are considering adopting such laws.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) Examples of online intermediation services covered by this Regulation should consequently include online e-commerce market places, including collaborative ones on which business users are active, online software applications services ~~and~~, online social media services and voice assistance services. However, this Regulation should not apply to online advertising serving tools or online advertising exchanges which are not provided with the aim of facilitating the initiation of direct transactions and which do not involve a contractual relationship with consumers. This Regulation should also not apply to online payment services, since they do not themselves meet the applicable requirements but are rather inherently auxiliary to the transaction for the supply of goods and services to the consumers concerned.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

(b) the~~y allow~~ir primary purpose is to enable business users to offer goods or services to consumers, ~~with a view to facilitating the~~by initiating of direct transactions between ~~those~~ business users and consumers~~, irrespective~~ on the online portal of wthe~~re those transactions are ultimately concluded;~~ provider of the online intermediation services in question or by direct link to that of the business user;

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8

(8) ‘ranking’ means the relative prominence in search results given to the goods or services offered to consumers by business users through online intermediation services, or to websites indexed for consumers by online search engines, as presented, organised or communicated to those consumers by the providers of online intermediation services or by providers of online search engines, respectively, irrespective of the technological means used for such presentation, organisation or communication;

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10

(10) ‘terms and conditions’ means all terms, conditions, and clauses ~~and other information~~, irrespective of their name or form, which govern the contractual relationship between the provider of online intermediation services and their business users and are unilaterally determined by the provider of online intermediation services.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Providers of online intermediation services and online search engines shall ensure that their terms and conditions:

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. The statement of reasons referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain a reference to the ~~specific facts or circumstances that led to the decision of the provider of online intermediation services, as well as a reference to the applicable objectiv~~applicable ground or grounds for that decision referred to in Article 3(1)(c).

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Providers of online intermediation services shall set out ~~in their terms and conditions~~ the main parameters determining ranking ~~and the reasons for the relative importance of those main parameters as opposed to other paramet~~by providing a description easily available to business users.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

3. The descriptions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be sufficient to enable the business users or corporate website users to obtain an ~~adequate~~ understanding of whether~~, and if so how and to what extent,~~ the ranking mechanism takes account of the following:

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. Providers of online intermediation services and providers of online search engines shall, when complying with the requirements of this Article~~, not be required to disclose any trade secrets as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/943.~~

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. (a) not be required to disclose any trade secrets as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/943 nor any other business sensitive information, disclosure of which could undermine the provider’s competitive advantage; (b) nor be required to disclose any information that would be likely to facilitate either the manipulation of results or the deception of consumers.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Providers of online intermediation services, operating systems or search engine services shall include in their terms and conditions a description of any differentiated treatment which they give, or may give, in relation to, on the one hand, goods or services offered to consumers through those online intermediation services by either that provider itself or any business users which that provider controls and, on the other hand, other business users.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Philippe JUVIN, Jiří POSPÍŠIL, Othmar KARAS, Carlos COELHO, Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. Providers of online intermediation services and providers of online search engines shall include in their terms and conditions a description of the technical and contractual access, or absence thereof, of business users or corporate website users to any personal data or other data, or both, which business users or corporate website users or consumers provide for the use of the online intermediation services or online search engines concerned or which are generated through the provision of those services.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Philippe JUVIN, Jiří POSPÍŠIL, Carlos COELHO, Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Through the description referred to in paragraph 1, providers of online intermediation services or online search engines shall adequately inform business users at least of the following:

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Philippe JUVIN, Jiří POSPÍŠIL, Carlos COELHO, Andreas SCHWAB, Sabine VERHEYEN, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) whether the provider of online intermediation services and the provider of online search engines has access to personal data or other data, or both, which business users or corporate website users or consumers provide for the use of those services or which are generated through the provision of those services, and if so, to which categories of such data and under what conditions;

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Providers of online intermediation services shall ~~annually establish and make easily available to the public information on the functioning and effectiveness of their internal complaint-handling system.~~provide an easily available description of the main types of problems businesses may face when using the online intermediation service. That information shall include the total number of complaints lodged, the main types of complaints and the average time period needed to process the complaints. Providers of online intermediation services shall, when complying with the requirements of this paragraph, not be required to disclose any trade secrets as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/943 or any information where a legal or confidentiality obligation, does not allow them to do so or any information that may lead to consumer harm

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Providers of online intermediation services ~~shall~~may identify in their terms and conditions one or more mediators with which they are willing to engage to attempt to reach an agreement with business users on the settlement, out of court, of any disputes between the provider and the business user arising in relation to the provision of the online intermediation services concerned, ~~including complaints~~ that could not be resolved by means of the internal complaint-handling system referred to in Article 9.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0112(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3

3. Providers of online intermediation services and business users shall engage in good faith in any attempt to reach an agreement through the mediation of any of the mediators which they identified in accordance with paragraph 1, with a view to reaching an agreement on the settlement of the dispute.

2018/10/08
Committee: IMCO

2018/0090(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26

(26) Directive 2011/83/EU should also not apply to situations where the trader only collects metadata, such as the IP address, browsing history or other information collected and transmitted for instance by cookies~~, except where this situation is considered a contract under national law~~. It should also not apply to situations where the consumer, without having concluded a contract with the trader, is exposed to advertisements exclusively in order to gain access to digital content or a service including digital services. However, ~~Member States should remain free to extend the application of the rules of Directive 2011/83/EU to such situations or~~this does not preclude to otherwise regulate such situations which are excluded from the scope of ~~that~~ Directive 2011/83/EU through Union law.

2018/10/01
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -5 (new)

(-5) In Article 7, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. With respect to off-premises contracts, the trader shall give the information provided for in Article 6(1) to the consumer on ~~paper or, if the consumer agrees, on another~~a durable medium. That information shall be legible and in plain, intelligible language. ~~(http://www.at4am.ep.parl.union.eu/at4am/ameditor.html?documentID=23770&locale=en#st~~” Or. en v!lCnt=1&langISO0=en&crCnt=1&crID0=96674)

2018/10/01
Committee: IMCO

2018/0090(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -5 (new)

Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2

(-5) In Article 7, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. The trader shall provide the consumer with a copy of the signed contract o~~r the confirmation of the contract on paper or, if the consumer agrees, on another~~n a durable medium, including, where applicable, the confirmation of the consumer’s prior express consent and acknowledgement in accordance with point (m) of Article 16. ~~(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32011L0083&from=EN)~~” Or. en

2018/10/01
Committee: IMCO

2018/0090(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10

Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) ~~where appropriate,~~ the intentional or negligent character of the infringement;

2018/10/01
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) In 2010, the Commission-led High Level Forum endorsed a set of principles of good practice in vertical relations in the food supply chain agreed by business organisations representing all links in the food supply chain, including farmers. These principles became the basis for the Supply Chain Initiative, launched in 2013.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) A majority of all Member States, but not all of them, have specific national rules that protect suppliers against unfair trading practices occurring in business-to- business relationships in the food supply chain. ~~Where reliance on contract law or self-regulatory initiatives is possible, fear of retaliation against a complainant limits the practical value of these forms of~~Fear of retaliation against a complainant is often invoked as an issue in seeking redress. Certain Member States, which have specific rules on unfair trading practices in place, therefore entrust administrative authorities with their enforcement. However, Member States’ unfair trading practices rules - to the extent they exist - are characterised by significant divergence.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) A minimum Union standard of protection against certain manifestly unfair trading practices should be introduced to reduce the occurrence of such practices and to contribute to ensuring a fair standard of living for agricultural producers. It should benefit all agricultural producers or any natural or legal person that supplies food products, including producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, provided that all those persons meet the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises set out in the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC12. Those micro, small or medium suppliers are particularly vulnerable to unfair trading practices and least able to weather them without negative effects on their economic viability. As the financial pressure on small and medium- sized enterprises caused by unfair trading practices often passes through the chain and reaches agricultural producers, rules on unfair trading practices should also protect small and medium-sized intermediary suppliers at the stages downstream of primary production. Protection of intermediary suppliers should also avoid unintended consequences (notably in terms of unduly raising prices) of trade diversion away from agricultural producers and their associations, who produce processed products, to non-protected suppliers. __________________ 12 OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) The enforcement authorities of the Member States should have the necessary powers that enable them to effectively gather any factual information by way of information requests. They should have the power to order the termination of a prohibited practice, where applicable. The existence of a deterrent, such as the power to impose ~~fines and the publication of investigation results, can encourage behavioural change and pre-litigation solutions between the parties and~~penalties, should therefore be part of the powers of the enforcement authorities. Penalties should be proportionate and non-discriminatory. The Commission and the enforcement authorities of the Member States should cooperate closely so as to ensure a common approach with respect to the application of the rules set out in this Directive. In particular, the enforcement authorities should provide each other mutual assistance, for example by sharing information and assisting in investigations which have a cross-border dimension.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)

(15a) National authorities should encourage operators to make use of established mediation services where available and facilitate dialogue among stakeholders as a means of improving the governance of the food supply chain.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17

(17) The rules laid down in this Directive should not impair the possibility for the Member States to maintain existing rules that are further-reaching or to adopt such rules in the future, subject to the limits of Union law applicable to the functioning of the internal market. The rules should be subject to a pre- notification procedure and would apply alongside voluntary governance measures.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) a supplier pays for the wastage of food products that occurs on the buyer's premises and that is not caused by the negligence or fault of the supplier.~~deleted

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Member States shall ensure that the following trading practices are prohibited, if they are not agreed ~~in clear and unambiguous terms at the conclusion of the supply agreement~~by the parties:

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)

(da) a supplier pays for the wastage of food products that occur on the buyer's premises and that is not caused by the negligence or fault of the supplier.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. A supplier shall make use of established mediation services where available. If this is inappropriate or does not resolve the issue, the supplier shall address a complaint to the enforcement authority of the Member State in which the buyer suspected to have engaged in a prohibited trading practice is established.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3

3. The enforcement authority shall ensure, if so requested by the complainant, the confidentiality of the identity of the complainant and any other information, in respect of which the complainant considers disclosure harmful to his interests. The complainant shall identify such information in a possible request for confidentiality. Throughout the procedure, the authorities shall guarantee the confidentiality of the process and of any sensitive information, while protecting the procedural rights of the defendant.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. WThe enforcement authority shall ensure that the complaint has substance and merit and that the complainant has provided concrete and demonstrable evidence; where the enforcement authority considers that there are insufficient grounds for acting on a complaint, it shall inform the complainant about the reasons.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) to impose a pe~~cuniary fine~~nalty on the author of the infringement. The ~~fine~~penalty shall be effective, proportionate to the harm caused and dissuasive taking into account the nature, duration and gravity of the infringement. Enforcement authorities shall seek the termination of the practice;

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. The Commission shall involve all relevant stakeholders in discussions of the application of this Directive, with a view to facilitating dialogue and exchange of good practice.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1

Member States may provide for rules designed to combat unfair trading practices going beyond those set out in Articles 3, 5, 6 and 7, provided that such national rules are compatible with the rules on the functioning of the internal market, including the free movement of goods and services and the freedom of establishment, non-discrimination and access to impartial and independent judicial review.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Any new national rules going beyond the provisions of this Directive shall be notified to the Commission three months ahead of their application pending consideration by the Commission under the procedure set out in Articles 5 and 6 of Directive (EU) 2015/1535.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Member State authorities shall engage in discussion with all relevant stakeholders, including consumer organisations, on the functioning of the supply chain in their Member State and the effectiveness of their actions in meeting the objectives of this Directive.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0082(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3

3. ~~Six~~18 months after the date of transposition of this Directive, the Commission shall present an intermediary report on the state of its transposition and implementation to the European Parliament and to the Council as well as to the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

2018/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) A European Labour Authority (the ‘Authority’) should be established in order to help strengthen fairness and trust in the Single Market. To that effect, the Authority should support the Member States and the Commission in strengthening access to information for individuals and employers about their rights and obligations in cross- border labour mobility situations as well as access to relevant services, support compliance and cooperation between the Member States to ensure the effective application of the Union law in these areas, ~~and mediate and facilitate a solution in case of cross-border disputes or labour market disruptions.~~

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) To increase Member States' capacity to tackle irregularities with a cross-border dimension in relation to Union law within its scope, the Authority should support the national authorities in carrying out concerted and joint inspections, including by facilitating the implementation of the inspections in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 2014/67/EU. These should take place at the request of Member States or upon their agreement to the Authority's suggestion. The Authority should provide strategic, logistical, and technical support to Member States participating in the concerted or joint inspections in full respect of confidentiality requirements. Inspections should be carried out in agreement with the Member States concerned and take place fully within the legal framework of national law of Member States concerned, which should follow up on the outcomes of the concerted and joint inspections according to national law.deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The Authority should provide a platform for resolving disputes between Member States in relation to the application of Union law that falls within its scope. It should build on dialogue and conciliation mechanisms that are currently in place in the area of social security coordination, which are valued by Member States60 and their importance is recognised by the Court of Justice61 . Member States should be able to refer cases to the Authority for mediation according to standard procedures put in place for this purpose. The Authority should only deal with disputes between Member States, while individuals and employers facing difficulties with exercising their Union rights should continue to have at their disposal the national and Union services dedicated to dealing with such cases, such as the SOLVIT network to which the Authority should refer such cases. The SOLVIT network should also be able to refer to the Authority for its consideration cases in which the problem cannot be solved due to differences between national administrations. __________________ 60 Council, Partial general approach of 26 October 2017 on the proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 13645/1/17. 61 Case C-236/88 EU:C:1990:303, paragraph 17; Case C-202/97 EU:C:2000:75, paragraphs 57-58; Case C-178/97 EU:C:2000:169, paragraphs 44- 45; Case C-2/05 EU:C:2006:69, paragraphs 28-29; Case C-12/14 EU:C:2016:135, paragraphs 39-41; Case C-359/16 EU:C:2018:63, paragraphs 44- 45.deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b

~~(b) support cooperation between Member States in the cross-border enforcement of relevant Union law, including facilitating joint inspections;~~deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c

~~(c) mediate and facilitate a solution in cases of cross-border disputes between national authorities or labour market disruptions.~~deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f

~~(f) mediate in disputes between Member States' authorities on the application of relevant Union law, in accordance with Article 13;~~deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d

~~(d) facilitate cross-border enforcement procedures of penalties and fines;~~deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10

Arrangements for concerted and joint 1. inspection ('the joint inspection agreement') between the participating Member States and the Authority shall set out the conditions for carrying out such an exercise. The joint inspection agreement may include provisions which enable joint inspections, once agreed and planned, to take place at short notice. The Authority shall establish a model agreement. 2. and their follow-up shall be carried out in accordance with the national law of the Member States concerned. 3. logistical and technical support, which may include translation and interpretation services, to Member States carrying out concerted or joint inspections. 4. participate in a concerted or joint inspection with the prior agreement of the Member State on whose territory they will be providing their assistance to the inspection. 5. concerted or joint inspection shall report back to the Authority on the outcomes within their respective Member States and on the overall operational running of the concerted or joint inspection. 6. joint inspections shall be included in quarterly reports to be submitted to the Management Board. A yearly report on the inspections supported by the Authority shall be included in the Authority's annual activity report. 7. the course of concerted or joint inspections, or in the course of any of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities in the application of Union law, including beyond the scope of its competences, it shall report those suspected irregularities to the Commission and authorities in the Member State concerned, where appropriate.ticle 10 deleted inspections An agreement for setting up a joint Concerted and joint inspections The Authority shall provide Staff of the Authority may National authorities carrying out a Information on concerted and In the event that the Authority, in

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. An agreement for setting up a joint inspection ('the joint inspection agreement') between the participating Member States and the Authority shall set out the conditions for carrying out such an exercise. The joint inspection agreement may include provisions which enable joint inspections, once agreed and planned, to take place at short notice. The Authority shall establish a model agreement.deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2

~~2. Concerted and joint inspections and their follow-up shall be carried out in accordance with the national law of the Member States concern~~deleted.

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3

~~3. The Authority shall provide logistical and technical support, which may include translation and interpretation services, to Member States carrying out concerted or joint inspections.~~deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4

~~4. Staff of the Authority may participate in a concerted or joint inspection with the prior agreement of the Member State on whose territory they will be providing their assistance to the inspection.~~deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5

5. National authorities carrying out a concerted or joint inspection shall report back to the Authority on the outcomes within their respective Member States and on the overall operational running of the concerted or joint inspection.deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6

6. Information on concerted and joint inspections shall be included in quarterly reports to be submitted to the Management Board. A yearly report on the inspections supported by the Authority shall be included in the Authority's annual activity report.deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7

7. In the event that the Authority, in the course of concerted or joint inspections, or in the course of any of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities in the application of Union law, including beyond the scope of its competences, it shall report those suspected irregularities to the Commission and authorities in the Member State concerned, where appropriate.deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

~~1. In the event of disputes between Member States regarding the application or interpretation of Union law in areas covered by this Regulation, the Authority may perform a mediation role.~~deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2

2. Upon request of one of the Member States concerned by a dispute, the Authority shall launch a mediation procedure before its Mediation Board set up for this purpose in accordance with Article 17(2). The Authority may also launch a mediation procedure on its own initiative before the Mediation Board, including on the basis of a referral from SOLVIT, subject to the agreement of all Member States concerned by that dispute.deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3

3. When presenting a case for mediation by the Authority, Member States shall ensure that all personal data related to that case is anonymised and the Authority shall not process the personal data of individuals concerned by the case at any point in the course of the mediation procedure.deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4

~~4. Cases in which there are ongoing court proceedings at national or Union level shall not be admissible for mediation by the Authority.~~deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5

5. Within three months of the conclusion of the mediation by the Authority, the Member States concerned shall report to the Authority on measures they have taken in order to follow-up on it or on the reasons for not taking action in the event that they did not follow-up.deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2018/0064(COD)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6

~~6. The Authority shall report to the Commission on a quarterly basis about the outcomes of the mediation cases it handles.~~deleted

2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL

2017/2137(DEC)

Dennis de JONG, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23c. Acknowledges that, according to the Court, the costs of the geographic dispersion of Parliament amount to EUR 114 million per year and notes the finding, in its resolution of 20 November 2013 on the location of the seats of the Union’s Institutions, that 78 % of all missions by Parliament staff coming under the Staff Regulations arise as a direct result of the fact that Parliament’s services are geographically dispersed; recalls that the estimate of the environmental impact of that dispersal is between 11 000 to 19 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; calls on the Council to find a solution for this waste of taxpayers money;

2018/03/02
Committee: CONT

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the influx of migrants into Europe is continuing; whereas many of these migrants place their lives in the hands of traffickers and criminals; whereas , according to UNHCR data, 27% of the migrants arriving in Europe via the Mediterranean are children; whereas , according to the ~~IOM, 23% of these children stated that they~~UNICEF-IOM report “Harrowing Journeys”, about a quarter of the adolescents surveyed on the Central Mediterranean Route had never been to school;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. Whereas women and children are at higher risk of being trafficked, exploited and sexually abused at the hands of the traffickers and therefore the need for Member States to build and strengthen child protection systems to prevent and respond to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of children, in line with the commitments of the Valletta Action Plan

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas , as the Council of Europe has stated, the phenomenon of online hate speech requires further analysis and action with a view to regulating and finding new ways of combating rhetoric of this kind; whereas child sexual abuse and exploitation online is an evolving phenomenon and new forms of crime, such as revenge pornography, have arisen on the Internet and need to be addressed with concrete measures by the Member States;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Strongly condemns the upsurge in the trafficking of human beings in Africa and towards Europe, the perpetrators of which – including official and governmental players – should be ~~made to feel the full force of the law~~held accountable, brought to justice and convicted; Calls for zero tolerance against smugglers and traffickers of human beings; calls on all Member States to adopt child friendly procedures to facilitate the granting of residency permits for victims of trafficking in accordance with the Anti-Trafficking Directive;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Takes the view that the existing legal channels should be available for migration, including from Africa, but not for all the men and women hoping to come to Europe; takes the view that the best way to protect the rights of persons who cannot legally enter Europe would be to bring about the rapid and robust development of Africa, which Eurfor migration should be fully enforced by Member States, including for persons coming from Africa in accordance with the criteria set by the EU migration law; takes the view that in order to address the root causes of illegal migrants the EU and its Member States should step up their involvement on the African continent by promoting economic and human development, strengthening resilience of vulnerable people ~~could promote by stepping up its involvement on the African continent~~and address fragility, with particular attention to the protection and empowerment of women, children and youth;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses the imperative need for persons of Islamic faith and culture, including those who have already been living here for a long time, to be integrated as effectively as possible into European society; stresses that integration of this kind will be the best way to tackledifferent religious background to be integrated as effectively as possible into European society and calls on Member States to facilitate access to regular education and other social services for all refugees and migrant children in order to help their integration in European societies; stresses that integration is key to prevent Islamic radicalisation in Europe;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses the need for measures to be taken as a matter of priority in all the Member States to give immigrant children access to education, language learning, healthcare, good living conditions and the opportunity to be reunited with their family and, when unaccompanied or separated, to have a guardian;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that integration is best achieved through schooling for young people and education in European citizenship for older people, that the EU should therefore promote a ~~policy~~ reception and integration policy in all the Member States, and that it is unacceptable that certain Member States should claim that the migration phenomenon is not their concern;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Points out that social networks and the anonymity guaranteed by many different media platforms encourage many forms of expression of hatred, from jihadist preaching to anti-Islam speech, and calls for this phenomenon to be curbed through closer monitoring and the identification and prosecution of the authors of statements or words incompatible with European ~~culture and law~~values;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on Member States to respect the values and principles of the EU and the rule of law;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Barbara MATERA, Julie WARD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Calls on the Member States to ensure effective access to justice for all children, whether as suspects, perpetrators, victims or parties to proceedings;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2083(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Barbara MATERA, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Silvia COSTA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Julie WARD, Lara COMI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses the urgent need to increase the capacities of developing countries and cooperation between the EU and Africa in the field of security and in combating organised crime ~~and~~, trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants, with particular regards to children, who are vulnerable to sexual exploitation and abuse;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Barbara MATERA, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Silvia COSTA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Julie WARD, Lara COMI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Emphasises the importance of maximizing budgetary resources and mobilizing new sources of development financing to help African countries meet Sustainable Development Goals and the objectives of Agenda 2063;underlines the need to ensure efficient and transparent management of government budgets and strengthen public financial management systems, particularly to adequately invest in social sectors, especially for children and youth;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Silvia COSTA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Julie WARD, Lara COMI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses also the importance of high-quality education at all levels, and the need for young people to be connected to global realities and to ~~have skills which meet the needs of the market, by promoting and supporting vocational training~~acquire the necessary skills to match the current and future labour market needs, by strengthening Africa's educational and vocational learning system, including through curricula reforms and access to technology;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Barbara MATERA, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Silvia COSTA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Julie WARD, Lara COMI, Damiano ZOFFOLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Considers it important to support African countries in establishing effective health systems; in particular underlines the need to train an additional one million more skilled health professionals than it is set to on current trends to meet the minimum WHO standard by 2030;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Barbara MATERA, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Silvia COSTA, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Julie WARD, Lara COMI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Underlines the importance to protect children and women from violence and exploitation, especially as regards child marriage and harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, and to enhance access to reproductive health services for women and girls;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2073(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI, Pascal ARIMONT, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas services account for 71% of the GDP and 68% of total employment, the full potential of the Single Market in services still remains unfulfilled;

2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO

2017/2073(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Underlines that the number of cybercrime offences referred to Eurojust has increased by 30 %; Calls for sufficient funding and posts to be made available to the European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust) to allow the agency to cope with its increasing workload, as well as to develop and strengthen further its support to national cybercrime prosecutors in cross-border cases, including via the recently established European Judicial Cybercrime Network;

2017/06/09
Committee: LIBE

1. Directive 2002/58/EC is repealed with effect from ~~25 May 2018.~~[XXX]

2017/07/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/0003(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

It shall apply ~~from 25 May 2018~~18 months following the entry into forces.

2017/07/14
Committee: LIBE

2016/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)

- having regard to the European Parliament Resolution of 12 September 2017 on EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;

2017/12/13
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Member States to ~~clearly condemn~~ensure zero tolerance against gender- based violence;

2017/12/13
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2329(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Marijana PETIR, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there is still a systematic underreporting of incidences or perpetrators of domestic violence in the EU, particularly in cases involving minorities, LGBT persons, antisemitic offences, child sexual abuse and gender- based violence;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas victims are all too often unexpectedly informed of the release of an offender through media or other external factors, instead of being informed by competent authorities;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Angelika MLINAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. Whereas in a considerable number of cases the victim is also the most important witness in the trial and needs to be protected from possible retaliatory or threatening behaviour from the offender; therefore the need for security should be extended to include prevention of repeat or secondary victimisation;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Angelika MLINAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. Whereas victims and family members are not sufficiently informed about their rights when a crime has occurred in a Member State other than where the victim resides; Whereas different definitions of the concept of 'victim' exist across Member States where national legislations extend coverage to differing degrees, e.g. to family members;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Silvia COSTA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Brando BENIFEI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Carlos COELHO, Gérard DEPREZ, Lara COMI, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Tokia SAÏFI, Louis MICHEL, Julie WARD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the ratification and full implementation of the Istanbul Convention provides a coherent European legal framework to prevent and combat violence against women and to protect the victims;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 2

- the fact that clear information is often not provided in more than one language, making it de facto difficult for victims to seek protection abroad in another Member State;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Angelika MLINAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Notes that Article 4 on the Right to receive specific information in simple and accessible language without unnecessary delay from the first contact with a competent authority is one of the strengths of the Directive, as it helps to enable victims to exercise their rights to available support and protection as set out in the Directive;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls that one of the most important objectives of the Victims’ Rights Directive wais to improve the position of victims of crime across the EU and to place the victim at the centre of the criminal justice system;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the individual assessment of ~~minors~~children and of child victims of human trafficking, child sexual abuse and exploitation; recalls that child victims shall be always considered to have specific protection needs due to their vulnerability as foreseen in art.22 par 4 of the Directive;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights the fact that individual assessments are crucial as they help the victim realise that he or she has certain rights, and the right to make decisions, in the proceedings they are involved in and, if a child, the right to have access to the specific procedural safeguards that would apply to them from the very beginning of the legal proceedings;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Angelika MLINAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Calls on the Member States to provide specific training for persons responsible for assisting victims of terrorist acts, as well as granting the necessary resources to that effect;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Reminds the Member States of the requirement to provide translation and interpretation services free of charge, noting that lack of information in other languages may constitutes an obstacle for the effective protection of the victim and a form of discrimination against the victim;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Member States to exchange best practices on establishing mechanisms to encourage and facilitate for victims to report the crimes they have suffered; Calls on the Member States to step up specific measures to protect more effectively child victims of child sexual abuse by also improving the role of national helplines, given that self- reporting of children is limited;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to counteract the judicial and practical flaws in the implementation of this directive by a proper interplay of the various EU victim- protection instruments, such as Directive 2011/99/EU of 31 December 2011 on the European Protection Order, Directive 2011/36/ EU of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, Directive 2011/93/EU of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and Directive 2014/42/EU of 3 April 2014 on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime; calls on the Member States to implement these important instruments, including the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and girls, with coherence in order to ensure that victims in Europe fully enjoy their rights;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Member States to put in place measures to ensure that written and oral communications comply with simple language standards taking in consideration vulnerable groups such as children and people with disabilities, so that victims can be kept informed in an adequate and targeted manner before, during and after criminal proceedings;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Angelika MLINAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Calls on Member States to ensure that where the exercise of rights is bound by time limitation periods, delays resulting from translation and interpretation difficulties shall betaken into account;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the seven Member States that have not yet done so to consider stalking a criminal offense on the basis of the relevant provisions in the directive on the right to protection of privacy, the right to protection ~~and, in particular~~, the right to avoid contact with the offender and as called for under art.34 of the Istanbul Convention to prevent and combat violence against women and girls;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35 a. Calls on all Member States and the EU to ratify and fully enforce the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention to prevent and combat violence against women and girls and protect victims;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. Calls on the Commission to submit a legal act to support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender-based violence;

2018/03/09
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/2313(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Carlos COELHO, Julie WARD, Marlene MIZZI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Miriam DALLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates its concern about the continued fragmentation into four different legal systems; stresses the need to strengthen judicial independence, including from political pressure, and to fight corruption in the judiciary; urges the rapid adoption of the action plan for the implementation of the 2014-2018 justice sector reform; calls for full implementation of the laws on protection of children and effective access to justice for children; welcomes the adoption of the law on free legal aid at state level and the introduction by the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of guidelines on prevention of conflict of interest, the drafting of integrity plans and disciplinary measures; notes the important role of the Structured Dialogue on Justice in addressing the shortcomings in the BiH judiciary;

2017/01/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2313(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Julie WARD, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Carlos COELHO, Brando BENIFEI, Marlene MIZZI, Damiano ZOFFOLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls for efforts to further develop the regulatory framework on migration and asylum, enhance coordination among key institutions, build the capacity of professionals to provide on-spot support services to migrants and refugees, including child-friendly services;

2017/01/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2313(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Carlos COELHO, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Marlene MIZZI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Miriam DALLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for boosting efforts to combat radicalisation and further measures to identify, prevent and disrupt the flow of foreign fighters, including by close cooperation with relevant services of the Member States and countries in the region; calls for the introduction of programmes ~~on de-radicalisation and preventing youth radicalisation~~to build social cohesion amongst children and youth, and provide constructive opportunities for youth engagement in their communities;

2017/01/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2313(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Carlos COELHO, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Julie WARD, Marlene MIZZI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Miriam DALLI, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Deems it essential to enhance public participation in decision-making and to better engage citizens – including youth - in the EU accession process; notes that civil society is fragmented, institutionally and financially weak; calls for better cooperation mechanisms between government and civil society organisations, including the developing of a strategic framework for cooperation;

2017/01/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2313(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Hilde VAUTMANS, Carlos COELHO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Marlene MIZZI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Miriam DALLI, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Underlines the need for a substantial improvement in the strategic, legal, institutional and policy frameworks on the observance of human rights; calls for the adoption of a countrywide strategy on human rights and non-discrimination; is concerned about continued discrimination against ~~person~~children and adults with disabilities in the fields of employment, education and access to health care; calls for developing a comprehensive and integrated approach to the social inclusion of Roma; calls for better targeting of social assistance in order to reach the most vulnerable population; welcomes the fact that some governments and parliaments have begun discussing LGBTI rights and drawing up specific measures for their protection; welcomes changes to the BiH anti-discrimination law extending the listed grounds for discrimination to age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity;

2017/01/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2313(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Carlos COELHO, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Julie WARD, Marlene MIZZI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Calls for efforts to further strengthen the child protection systems in order to prevent and address violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation against children; recommends increased allocation of resources for prevention and further enhancing community- government coordination in protecting children; calls for the implementation of the BiH Action Plan on Children 2015- 18; calls on BiH authorities at federal level and in the the Republika Srpska to facilitate the work of the Human Rights Ombudsman and to ensure better cooperation amongst all child rights monitoring bodies across the country;

2017/01/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2313(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Carlos COELHO, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Julie WARD, Marlene MIZZI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Miriam DALLI, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls for efforts to promote gender equality and increase the participation of women in political life and employment, to improve their socio- economic situation and to strengthen women’s ~~rights on the whole~~and girls' rights; underlines the importance of enhancing completion rate of primary and secondary schools by girls, particularly Roma girls; calls on the BiH authorities to combat early and forced marriages for girls below the age of 18;

2017/01/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2313(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Carlos COELHO, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Julie WARD, Marlene MIZZI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Remains concerned by the continued fragmentation, segregation, inefficiency and complexity of the education system; calls for countrywide common core curricula and better coordination between the different levels of education governance; continues to be concerned about the persistently high school-drop-out rates of Roma pupils; regrets that only 13% of children and 2% of Roma children have access to pre- school education, and only 40% of Roma children complete primary education; regrets the slow progress in addressing and resolving the issue of ‘two schools under one roof’, mono-ethnic schools, and other forms of segregation and discrimination in schools;

2017/01/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2312(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the new justice reform strategy 2017-2020 and its action plan, as well as the increased budgetary means for implementation; calls for any shortcomings in the functioning of the judicial system to be further addressed, including lack of independence from other branches of power, selective justice, limited accountability, ineffective oversight mechanisms, corruption, ~~the overall length of judicial proceedings and enforcements~~inequitable access to justice for children, women in vulnerable situations and ethnic minorities, the overall length of judicial proceedings and enforcements; reiterates that a reform of the criminal justice system should aim at holding offenders accountable and promoting, particularly for juveniles, their rehabilitation and reintegration, while ensuring the protection of rights of victims and witnesses of crime;

2017/01/11
Committee: AFET

2016/2312(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the competent authorities to continue improving the climate of inclusion and tolerance for all minorities in the country, including by enhancing the role of the State Committee on Minorities; as regards Roma and Egyptians, calls for continued efforts in improving their access to employment, education, health, social housing and legal aid; is concerned that, despite improvements, the inclusion of Roma children in the education system remains the lowest in the region and that school segregation remains a reality;

2017/01/11
Committee: AFET

2016/2312(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls for additional efforts to improve gender equality, protection of children, other vulnerable groups, and to improve institutional mechanisms for child protection; reiterates its call for the full implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention);

2017/01/11
Committee: AFET

2016/2312(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Emphasises the importance of strengthening social dialogue, the capacities of social partners, and enforcement mechanisms for social rights; urges the government to modernise the education system with a view to building a more inclusive society, reducing inequalities and discrimination and better equipping young people with skills and knowledge in line with labour market needs; emphasises the importance of IPA (Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance) support dedicated to education, employment and social policies;

2017/01/11
Committee: AFET

2016/2312(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Michela GIUFFRIDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes that the number of unfounded asylum applications lodged by Albanians in EU Member States has increased again; urges the government to intensify awareness-raising and prevention efforts in this regard; and to address push factors linked to structural shortcomings in social protection policies, education and health policies;

2017/01/11
Committee: AFET

2016/2308(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Michael GAHLER, Nedzhmi ALI, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16

— having regard to the fact that respect for the rule of law, including, in particular, the separation of powers, democracy, freedom of expression, human rights, the rights of minorities and religious freedom, freedom of association and peaceful protest, are at the core of the ~~negotiat~~accession process,

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2308(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Michael GAHLER, Artis PABRIKS, Tunne KELAM

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

- having regard to the Russian involvement in Syria, including support of the Syrian military's use of chemical weapons, which further destabilises the country and increases the number of refugees seeking protection in Turkey and the EU,

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2308(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nedzhmi ALI, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the strategic importance of good EU-Turkey relations for both sides; recognises that both Turkey and the EU have gone through their own internal transformation processes since the accession negotiations were opened in 2004; regrets that the accession instruments have not been used to the fullest extent and that, over the years, Turkey’'s ~~full integration into the EU~~EU- membership has lost ~~public~~ support oin ~~both sides~~the Council; remains committed to cooperating and maintaining an open dialogue with the Turkish Government, in order to address common challenges; recommends that the Council urgently invite the Turkish Government to a summit to discuss the ~~obvious crisis in~~current EU-Turkey relations ~~that we are faced with~~;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2308(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Nedzhmi ALI, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to suspend the accession talks with Turkey if the constitutional package is implemented unchanged;~~deleted

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2308(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Michael GAHLER, Urmas PAET, Ivo VAJGL, Tunne KELAM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Expresses its serious concern at the continuously deteriorating situation in south-east Turkey, especially in the areas where curfews were imposed, where some 2 000 people were reportedly killed in the context of security operations and an estimated half a million people became displaced in the period from July 2015 to December 2016; notes that local prosecutors have consistently refused to open investigations into the reported killings; is convinced that only a fair political settlement of the Kurdish question can bring sustainable stability and prosperity both to the area and to Turkey as a whole; therefore calls on both sides to lay down their weapons and return to the negotiation table; notes that a series of laws have created an atmosphere of ‘systematic impunity’ for the security forces; regrets the decision of the Turkish Parliament to waive the immunity of a large number of MPs unconstitutionally, paving the way for the arrests of opposition politicians;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2308(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS, Nedzhmi ALI, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to take into account the latest developments in Turkey when conducting the mid-term review of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds in 2017~~, and to suspend all pre-accession funds if Turkey no longer sufficiently complies with the EU’s Copenhagen criteria~~; calls on the Commission to use those funds to support Turkish civil society and to invest more in people-to-people exchange programmes, such as Erasmus+ for students;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2308(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Michael GAHLER, Alojz PETERLE, Artis PABRIKS, Urmas PAET, Ivo VAJGL, Tunne KELAM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Condemns in the strongest terms all terrorist attacks carried out in Turkey, and stands firmly by Turkey’s population in our joint fight against terrorism; welcomes the close bilateral relations between EU Member States and Turkey in the field of anti-terrorism cooperation, including on ‘foreign fighters’; underlines that strong cooperation between Europol and Turkish law enforcement authorities is key to effectively combat terrorism; reiterates its condemnation of the return to violence by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been on the EU’s list of terrorist organisations since 2002; invites the Member States to enforce legislation banning the use of signs and symbols of organisations which are on that list;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2308(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Michael GAHLER, Artis PABRIKS, Urmas PAET, Nedzhmi ALI, Ivo VAJGL, Tunne KELAM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Commends the engagement by the Turkish Government and the hospitality shown by the population in hosting around 3 million refugees; notes the EU-Turkey statement on migration, and urges the Member States to initiate the voluntary resettlement scheme for the most vulnerable refugees in Turkey; calls on the Commission to ensure long-term investment in both refugees and their host communities in Turkey; encourages the Turkish Government to grant work permits to all Syrian refugees; calls on ~~Ankara to keep up its~~Turkey and the EU to keep up their coordinated patrolling efforts in the Aegean and to implement fully the bilateral readmission agreements signed with Bulgaria and Greece;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Roberta METSOLA, Inese VAIDERE, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Reminds that the digital divide represented by the connectivity gap between rural and metropolitan areas needs to be closed since the EU cannot afford to miss opportunities to connect rural areas, that are largely behind in the light of the results of the EC's Digital Economy & Society Index (DESI) - broadband is available to 71% of European homes but only to 28% in rural areas, mobile broadband (4G and others) is available to 86% of European homes but only to 36% in rural areas;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Inese VAIDERE, Roberta METSOLA, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Welcomes EC's intention to work with the MS's and industry towards the voluntary establishment of a common timetable for the launch of early 5G networks by the end of 2018, followed by the launch of fully commercial 5G services in Europe by the end of 2020;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Eva MAYDELL, Carlos COELHO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Inese VAIDERE, Roberta METSOLA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Welcomes the Connecting Europe Broadband Fund, a fund for broadband infrastructure open to participation of National Promotional Banks and Institutions and of private investors, which will be a step further to bring infrastructure investments to underserved less populated and rural and remote areas;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Inese VAIDERE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Calls on the Commission to assess the National Broadband Plans to identify gaps, and to formulate country-specific recommendations for further action;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Inese VAIDERE, Roberta METSOLA, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Calls on the European Commission to ensure, maintain and develop financing for the 5G Action Plan at the proper level within the horizon of the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2020-2027;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Inese VAIDERE, Roberta METSOLA, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Underlines the still unimaginable opportunities of cloud technologies, big data and the Internet of Things offer for being a driver of growth and jobs and to improving the lives of every citizen – provided that reliable connectivity reaches everyplace;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL, Carlos COELHO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Inese VAIDERE, Roberta METSOLA, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Recalls that 5G will enable new high-quality services, connect new industries and ultimately improve the customer experience for increasingly sophisticated and demanding digital users;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Inese VAIDERE, Roberta METSOLA, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Insists not only in the urgency of accelerating investments on research and innovation on 5G technology but also on the development of more efficient ways to bring swiftly the results of research and innovation to the marketplace;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Inese VAIDERE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Considers that the Union should establish and make available 5G skills development curricula in partnership with the EIT Digital to avoid digital divide and exclusion;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Inese VAIDERE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Believes that a bottom-up system should be promoted and each sector should work out its own roadmap for standardisation, relying on industry-led processes, with a strong will to reach common standards which could have the capacity to become worldwide standards;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Inese VAIDERE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7 c. Looks forward to a truly converging network environment, where wired and wireless communications use a common infrastructure, driving the society forward to an enhanced network society, such as in the case of driverless cars, e-commerce, e-working, e- Agriculture and Farming - the motto for technological agriculture in the 21st century being "produce more with less";

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Inese VAIDERE, Roberta METSOLA, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Notes the need to strongly engage with all stakeholders, from the EU institutions to the Member States, from the private sector to civil society, in order to develop a common and shared vision underpinned by the idea that digital technologies and communications have the potential to create a better life for all, e.g. at present healthcare costs are rocketing and European population is ageing: technology has the potential to help restructure our healthcare model from treatment to prevention;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2305(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Inese VAIDERE, Roberta METSOLA, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Recommends that the Commission should establish an annual progress review and recommendations reporting on the 5G Action Plan, and inform Parliament of the results;

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/2228(INI)

Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lars ADAKTUSSON, Bendt BENDTSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes with concern the increase in the stationing of Russian military forces in the region, the building and reopening of bases and the creation of an Arctic military district of Russia;

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

2016/2228(INI)

Christofer FJELLNER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lars ADAKTUSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the ~~importance of engaging Russia in Arctic cooperation and the~~ need to further assert EU strategic interests towards Russia ~~by the use of selective engagement and to seek progress on issues of common concern where there is ground for global solutions to common challenges and threats; urges that this~~ and urges that these issue bs are included in the EU strategy on the Arctic;

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, György HÖLVÉNYI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Marijana PETIR

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the Special Report by the European Court of Auditors entitled ‘Combating Food Waste: an opportunity for the EU to improve the resource-efficiency of the food supply chain’ of 10 November 2016,

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Bart STAES, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ivica TOLIĆ, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Ivo BELET, Carolina PUNSET, Mihai ŢURCANU, Carlos ZORRINHO, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the European Court of Auditors report "Combating Food Waste: an opportunity for the EU to improve the resource-efficiency of the food supply chain" (2016)1a , _________________ 1a http://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocIt em.aspx?did=40302.

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Bart STAES, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ivica TOLIĆ, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Carolina PUNSET, Mihai ŢURCANU, Carlos ZORRINHO, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Angélique DELAHAYE, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas according to the World Food Programme (WFP) 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy and active life; whereas poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) or approximately 3.1 million of deaths in children under the age of five; whereas one in six children in the world are underweight and one in four is stunted; whereas it is therefore not only an economic and environmental but also a moral obligation to reduce food waste1a ; _________________ 1a https://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats.

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Bart STAES, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Ivica TOLIĆ, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Ivo BELET, Carolina PUNSET, Mihai ŢURCANU, Carlos ZORRINHO, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Angélique DELAHAYE, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3 is aimed at halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels by 2030 and reducing food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses; whereas the UN estimates that world population will increase from 7.3 billion people today to 9.7 billion in 20501a ; whereas reducing food waste is an essential step in reducing world hunger and a necessity to feed an ever growing world population; _________________ 1a http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/n ews/population/2015-report.html

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Bart STAES, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ivica TOLIĆ, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Carolina PUNSET, Mihai ŢURCANU, Carlos ZORRINHO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas reducing food waste can improve the economic situation for households without lowering the standard of living;

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, György HÖLVÉNYI, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivo BELET, Giovanni LA VIA, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas food is lost or wasted at all steps of the ~~supply~~food chain, including production, processing, transport, storage, retail, marketing and consumption ~~chain~~; whereas estimates from the FUSIONS project indicate that the sectors contributing the most to food waste within the EU are households ~~and processing~~, accounting for up to 53 %, and processing, accounting for up to 19 %10; _________________ 10 FUSIONS, Estimates of European food waste levels, March 2016.

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Bart STAES, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Ivica TOLIĆ, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Carolina PUNSET, Mihai ŢURCANU, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas food is lost or wasted at all steps of the supply and consumption chain; whereas estimates from the FUSIONS project indicate that the sectors contributing the most to food waste within the EU are households and processing10 ; whereas food waste in developing countries mainly occurs due to infrastructure and technological limitations; _________________ 10 FUSIONS, Estimates of European food waste levels, March 2016.

2017/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2016/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. considers important to strengthen the funds for child helplines in order to prevent and protect missing children

2016/08/25
Committee: LIBE

2016/2047(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 b (new)

60 b. stresses that the Parliament and the Council, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget, must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as requested by the large majority of this Parliament in several resolutions;

2016/10/04
Committee: BUDG

2016/2031(INI)

Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas Turkey has been implementing an ~~ever~~ increasing number of tariff and non-tariff barriers over time;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Artis PABRIKS, Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv

(iv) the current structure of the ~~Ankara agreement should be considered inadequ~~Customs Union is outdated in terms of the evolution of the EU’s trade policy, in that: (a) it does not consider specific issues such as sustainable development, protection of social rights and labour, gender equality, protection of food safety and health, sanitary-phytosanitary measures (SPS), SMEs or the protection of foreign investments; (b) it does not take account of the specific role of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments; (c) the provisions concerning the settlement of disputes reflect the political nature of the agreement;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Artis PABRIKS, Daniel CASPARY, Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point vi

(vi) the entire negotiating process should be based on the principles of transparency and full access to the proceedings where appropriate without undermining European interests in the negotiations;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Artis PABRIKS, Daniel CASPARY, Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i

(i) a prerequisite for the modernisation of the Customs Union is that Turkey ~~shoul~~before the start of the negotiations should commit to progressively abolish existing barriers to trade that do not comply with the Customs Union and refrain from adopting any protectionist or restrictive measures in the future, such as the unilateral imposition of customs duties and non-tariff barriers on goods produced in the EU, including goods released for free circulation, or government policies to reduce imports;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iv

(iv) the liberalisation of agricultural products should be conditional upon reform of Turkish legislation on grants and export subsidies in order to avoid distortionary effects on the CAP system. Special consideration should be given to the impact on small-scale farmers regarding those categories of product that are vulnerable to competitiondone after careful assessment on the effects to the EU agricultural markets;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vi

(vi) owing to its importance and impact, the services sector should be liberalised on the basis of stringent transparency criteria, ~~full~~ reciprocity, non-discrimination and legislative harmonisation, with the exclusion of ~~audiovisual services and services of general economic interest~~services supplied in the exercise of governmental authority and services carried out neither on a commercial basis nor in competition with one or more economic operators;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Artis PABRIKS, Daniel CASPARY, Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vii

(vii) in areas such as the digital economy, telecommunications, postal services and financial services, attention should be paid to aspects relating to the free flow of data while providing adequate data protection; in the transport sector, the current quota system should be maintained;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point viii

(viii) ~~rigorous procedures should be established~~commitments in Mode 4 should be achieved including procedures regarding the entry and residence of professionals;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2031(INI)

Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ix

(ix) the new EU-Turkey trade framework should lay down specific provisions for the protection of investments including a dispute settlement mechanism;

2017/03/02
Committee: INTA

2016/2019(BUD)

Richard ASHWORTH, Ashley FOX, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Ulrike LUNACEK, Dennis de JONG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Recalls the its resolution of 20 November 2013 on the location of the seats of the European Union’s Institutions1, which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion of the Parliament to be between EUR 156 million and EUR 204 million and equivalent to 10% of the Parliament's budget; emphasises that the report also estimates the environmental impact of the geographic dispersion to be between 11,000 to 19,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; reiterates the negative public perception caused by this dispersion; calls therefore for a roadmap to a single seat; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0498.

2016/03/15
Committee: BUDG

2016/2010(INI)

Lara COMI, Giovanni LA VIA, Alessandra MUSSOLINI, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the evolving postal sector, including the growth of e-commerce and e-substitution, and to respond where necessary to ensure the sustainability of the USO, including by promoting flexible implementation of Postal Services Directive at local level;

2016/03/22
Committee: IMCO

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the proposed EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and calls for the EU and the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible to protect, prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and domestic violence; reminds Member States that the EU accession does not exonerate them to sign, ratify and enforce the Istanbul Convention and urges them to do so;

2016/07/19
Committee: FEMM

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Mariya GABRIEL, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Considers that violence against women, such as honour killing, forced marriage, trafficking, female genital mutilation, domestic violence are serious violations of human rights that should be criminalised and punished and never be justified by religious or cultural tradition.

2016/07/19
Committee: FEMM

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Mariya GABRIEL, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Considers that all those living in Europe, regardless of their original culture and tradition, should respect the law and women’s rights and dignity;

2016/07/19
Committee: FEMM

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Mariya GABRIEL, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Strongly condemns the frequent acts of harassment and rape in public places in Europe and considers that every women and girl should feel safe from any form of sexual harassment in any public place in Europe; calls on Member States to take the necessary measures to ensure that these acts are properly sanctioned, that the perpetrators are brought to justice and that appropriate protection is provided to victims;

2016/07/19
Committee: FEMM

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Mariya GABRIEL, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Stresses that in order to effectively combat gender-based violence, a change of attitude towards women and girls is necessary; they are too often represented in subordinate roles and violence against them is too often tolerated or undermined; calls on Member States to do more to combat gender based stereotypes and discrimination against women and girls;

2016/07/19
Committee: FEMM

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Mariya GABRIEL, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings as well as well Directive 2011/92/EU on combating child sexual abuse and exploitation in order to prevent women and girls from trafficking, violence and sexual exploitation;

2016/07/19
Committee: FEMM

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Mariya GABRIEL, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Member States to fully implement Directive 2012/29/EU on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime and Directive 2011/99/EU on the European order to ensure appropriate protection and assistance to women and girls victims of violence.

2016/07/19
Committee: FEMM

2016/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against LGBTI people; calls ~~for further action to push for the harmonisation of criminal law across the EU in order to combat homophobia, biphobia and transphobia;~~on the Council to re-launch negotiations on the anti-discrimination Directive ‘Equal Treatment Directive’ 1a as soon as possible to combat discrimination, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia across the EU ; __________________ 1aDirective on Equal Treatment regardless of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation

2016/07/19
Committee: FEMM

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Barbara MATERA, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Michał BONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to take all the necessary measures to ensure the protection of women and girls migrants and asylum seekers, such as safe spaces for women and children, separate sanitary facilities, legal counselling and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe abortions;

2016/07/19
Committee: FEMM

2016/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights that improvements are still needed to combat violence against women, and calls on the Member States and the EU to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention following the launch of the procedure by the Commission in March 2016; reminds Member States that the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exonerate them to sign, ratify and enforce the Istanbul Convention and urges them to do so;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Barbara MATERA, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Roberta METSOLA, Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Considers that violence against women, such as honour killing, forced marriage, trafficking, female genital mutilation, domestic violence are serious violations of human rights that should be criminalised and punished and never be justified by religious or cultural tradition;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Barbara MATERA, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Roberta METSOLA, Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Strongly condemns the frequent acts of harassment and rape in public places in Europe and considers that every women and girl should feel safe from any form of sexual harassment in any public place in Europe; calls on Member States to take the necessary measures to ensure that these acts are properly sanctioned, that the perpetrators are brought to justice and that appropriate protection is provided to victims;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Barbara MATERA, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges Member States to lead more targeted awareness-raising campaigns, to prevent and protect victims of violence and to protect their rights without delay in line with the Victims’ Rights Directive; calls on the Member states to fully implement Directive 2011/99/EU on the European order to ensure appropriate protection and assistance to women and girls victims of violence, as well as Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings in order to prevent women and girls from trafficking, violence and sexual exploitation;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Barbara MATERA, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses that in order to effectively combat gender-based violence, a change of attitude towards women and girls is necessary; they are too often represented in subordinate roles and violence against them is too often tolerated or undermined; calls on Member States to do more to combat gender based stereotypes and discrimination against women and girls;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Barbara MATERA, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Roberta METSOLA, Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Highlights that no cultural, religious, national or ethnic background can justify any form of gender-based violence and that EU and national authorities should strengthen their cooperation; considers that all those living in Europe, regardless of their original culture and tradition, should respect the law and women's rights and dignity;

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Silvia COSTA, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Barbara MATERA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Jean LAMBERT, Miriam DALLI, Julie WARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Condemns any forms of discrimination against children and calls on the Commission and Member States to make a united action to eradicate discrimination against children; In particular, calls on the Member States and the Commission to explicitly consider children as a priority when programming and implementing regional and cohesion policies, such as the European disability strategy, the EU framework for national Roma integration strategies and the EU's equality and non-discrimination policy; reiterates the importance of protecting and promoting equal access to health care, dignified accommodation and education for Roma children;

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Silvia COSTA, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Barbara MATERA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Jean LAMBERT, Miriam DALLI, Julie WARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Calls on the Member States to uphold their obligations and combat any form of violence against children, such as physical and sexual abuse, forced marriages, child labour, sexual exploitation, honour killing, FGM and child soldiers; stresses on the importance of including formal provisions to prohibit and sanction corporal punishment against children;

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Silvia COSTA, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Barbara MATERA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Jean LAMBERT, Miriam DALLI, Julie WARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure coordination within its different services with a view to effectively mainstreaming children's rights in all EU legislative proposals, policies and financial decisions; reiterates its call on the Commission to present a new European Strategy for the Rights of the Child;

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Silvia COSTA, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Barbara MATERA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Jean LAMBERT, Miriam DALLI, Julie WARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls for child-friendly juvenile justice systems in which children understand their rights and their role when they are involved as victims, witnesses or alleged offenders; calls for the adoption of special measures in both criminal and civil proceedings to protect children from unnecessary stress and repeated victimisation;, taking into account the Directive 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children suspected or accused in criminal proceedings

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Silvia COSTA, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Barbara MATERA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Jean LAMBERT, Miriam DALLI, Julie WARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls for the 116 emergency hotline to be accessible EU-wide 24/7 for children and for the use of anonymised chat lines on Internet, as these are much more convenient for children in stress and should be set up as a unified system in the EU using official and minority languages; calls on Member States to support the European common number 116111 dedicated to child helplines, by strengthening hotlines and chatlines capacities and European network and by allocating sufficient funds

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Silvia COSTA, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Barbara MATERA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jean LAMBERT, Miriam DALLI, Julie WARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Considers that children's personal data online must be duly protected and that children need to be informed in a child-friendly manner about the risks and consequences of using their personal data online; stresses that online profiling of children should be prohibited; calls on the industry to take their shared responsibility and refrain from addressing misleading and aggressive advertising towards children;

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Silvia COSTA, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Barbara MATERA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Jean LAMBERT, Miriam DALLI, Julie WARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for a code of conduct on protecting children’s rights online and offline in cyber space, ~~and~~ recalls that in the fight against cybercrime by law enforcement authorities special attention needs to be paid to crimes against children; calls on the Member States to increase their police and judicial cooperation cross border to prevent and combat cybercrime;

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Silvia COSTA, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Barbara MATERA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Miriam DALLI, Julie WARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Calls on Member States to fully implement Directive 2011/93/EU on combating sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography; calls on the law- enforcement authorities, both at national and EU-level to invest in new technologies to fight crimes in the dark web and deep web; stresses that Eurojust and Europol must be given appropriate resources to improve the identification of victims, to fight organized networks of sexual abusers and to accelerate the detection, analysis and referral of child abuse material on- and offline;

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/2009(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Silvia COSTA, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Barbara MATERA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Miriam DALLI, Julie WARD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. ~~Highlights that the announcement by~~Urges the Member States to take immediate action in response to the Europol Report that at least 10 000 unaccompanied children went missing in the EU in 2015 ~~has clearly shown that~~; calls on Member States and European agencies ~~have~~ to step up their ~~efforts urgently in terms of~~ cross-border cooperation, information exchanges and joint investigations ~~and operations~~ in order to fight child trafficking ~~in human beings; notes that appointing~~, sexual abuse and other forms of exploitation and to protect children; calls on Member States to expedite the appointment of qualified guardians to unaccompanied children ~~is an important safeguard to~~and ensure th~~eir~~at the best interest~~s; calls for registration and the use of convenient and dependable identification tools for children of all ages until~~ of the child is always taken into account; calls on Member States to register and identify with finger prints children in a child- friendly way to ensure that they enter the ~~inclus~~national pro~~ces~~tection systems in order to prevent their disappearance; recommends to reinforce existing tools for missing children including the European hotlines for missing children;

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0409(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Silvia COSTA, Lara COMI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) SIS should contain alerts on missing persons to ensure their protection or to prevent threats to public security. Issuing an alert in SIS for children at risk of abduction (i.e. in order to prevent a future harm that has not yet taken place as in the case of children who are at risk of parental abduction) should be limited, therefore it is appropriate to provide for strict and appropriate safeguards. In cases of children, these alerts and the corresponding procedures should serve the best interests of the child having regard to Article 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989. Law enforcement authorities' decisions on the follow up to an alert related to a child shall be taken in cooperation with child protection authorities and the national hotline for missing children shall be informed. In case of missing unaccompanied minors the purpose for competent authorities to access the data inserted in SIS shall be to protect children and their best interest;

2017/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2016/0409(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Silvia COSTA, Lara COMI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52

(52) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Regulation seeks to ensure a safe environment for all persons residing on the territory of the European Union and special protection for children who could be victim of trafficking or parental abduction while fully respecting the protection of personal data. Facial images, fingerprints, palm prints and DNA of children shall be collected, stored, retrieved and used only for the purpose of the protection of the child and her/his best interest

2017/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2016/0409(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Silvia COSTA, Lara COMI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)

(c a) missing children, including: (i) Runaways (ii) Missing children in the context of migration (iii) Abductions by a third person (iv) Lost, injured or otherwise missing children

2017/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2016/0409(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Silvia COSTA, Lara COMI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3

3. PAn alert on a child referred to in paragraph 2(ad) shall ~~apply in particular to children and to persons who have to be interned following a decision by a competent authority.~~be entered at the request of the competent authorities of the Member State. The competent child protection authorities, including the national 116 000 hotline and, in case of missing unaccompanied children, the guardian, shall be informed;

2017/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2016/0409(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Silvia COSTA, Lara COMI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall ensure that the data entered in SIS indicate which of the categories referred to in paragraph 2 the missing person falls into. Further, Member States shall also ensure that the data entered in SIS indicate which type of missing or vulnerable person case is involved. The rules on the categorisation of the types of cases and the entering of such data shall be laid down and developed by means of implementing measures in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 72(2)An alert on a child referred to in paragraph 2(d) needs to indicate to which category of missing child the alert falls into.

2017/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2016/0409(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Silvia COSTA, Lara COMI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1

1. Where a person as referred to in Article 32 is located, the competent authorities shall, subject to paragraph 2, communicate his or her whereabouts to the Member State issuing the alert. In the case of missing children or children who need to be placed under protection the executing Member State shall consult immediately ~~the issuing Member State~~child protection authorities and the national 116 000 hotline for missing children in order to agree without delay on the measures to be taken in order to safeguard the best interest of the child. The competent authorities may, in the cases referred to in Article 32(2)(a), (c) and (cd), move the person to a safe place ~~in order to prevent him or her from continuing his journey, if so authorised by national law.~~ . If the alert concerns a child, the decision on the safe place shall take in consideration the vulnerability of the child and his or her best interest.

2017/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) Cross-border trade and cross-border investment in certain ~~business and construction~~construction and business services are particularly low showing a potential for better integration of services markets with significant negative repercussions for the remaining part of the economy. This underperformance leads to situations where the potential for more growth and jobs in the Single Market has not been fully exploited.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) In so doing, this Regulation specifically targets ~~business and construction~~construction and business service sectors included in scope of Directive …[ESC Directive]… which face some of the most stringent regulatory and administrative barriers to cross-border expansion and consequently have an unexploited potential for internal market integration.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Procedures for issuing, updating, suspending or revoking a European services e-card should make use of documents only in exceptional circumstances, when more detailed information is absolutely essential. In any case, all of such documents should be used ~~and accepted~~ in simple form.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31

(31) In order to ensure uniform implementation of this Regulation in relation to the presentation of the description of liabilities according to Article 11, implementing powers to adopt rules on the standardiszed presentation format of that statement should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

This Regulation does not affect the matters mentioned in Article 1(2) to (7) of Directive 2006/123/EC. It shall not have any impact on the regulatory requirements for the provision of services that are in place at national level, such as rules concerning social protection, consumer rights, health and safety or the environment. It does therefore not introduce the country of origin principle.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1

1. "information on the good repute of a provider" means information as referred to in Article 33 (1) of Directive 2006/123/EC - provided that this means only completed procedures;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14

14. "home Member State" means the Member State toin wh~~ich a provider addressed the application for a European services e-car~~ose territory the provider of the service concerned is established;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)

19a. ‘insurance intermediary’ means any natural or legal person, other than an insurance or reinsurance undertaking or their employees and other than an ancillary insurance intermediary, who, for remuneration, takes up or pursues the activity of insurance distribution in accordance with Article 2(1) of Directive EU 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b

(b) statistical identification code of the service activit~~y, the host Member State, the type of European services e-card envisaged~~ies that the applicant envisages to provide, the host Member State where the applicant intends to provide services, the type of European services e-card envisaged, specifying whether the applicant intends to make use of a reserved title while establishing in the host Member State, as appropriate;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point c a (new)

(ca) indication whether pre-approval as an economic operator active in public procurement in accordance with Article 64 of Directive 2014/24/EU or Article 46 of Directive 2009/81/EC is envisaged;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point g

(g) information on any existing professional ~~indemn~~liability insurance of the provider in relation to professional liability in the territory of the home Member State, including information on the cover for activities carried out in the territory of other Member States, as appropriate;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall provide to the Commission with all information on the procedural steps related to requirements imposed on providers for the provision of services through a branch, agency or office and for temporary cross-border provision of service activities falling under Directive …[ESC Directive]……….., necessary for the development of the standard application forms, describing the information and documents the presentation of which is required under national law of the provider in relation to all applicable requirements, through IMI by [9 months after entry into force of this Regulation] to the extent that the information was not contained in the notification of the requirement itself already submitted under Articles 15(7) and 39(5) of Directive 2006/123/EC. The procedural steps mentioned in the preceding subparagraph shall include those regarding registration in the official lists of approved economic operators in accordance with Article 64 of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 46 of Directive 2009/81/EC, as appropriate.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The insurance ~~distributor~~undertaking or the body appointed by a Member State to provide compulsory insurance shall provide the certificate to the ~~applicant upon reques~~insurance distributor or to the applicant upon request. The insurance intermediary shall hand the certificate over to the applicant.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Providers who are natural persons and apply for or already hold a European services e-card may submit a declaration in advance in relation to their own professional qualifications in an electronic platform connected to IMI under the same conditions as prescribed by paragraph 1 of Article 6 in relation to their workers.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Regarding declarations in advance in relation to the professional qualifications of the provider, the proof of nationality, the details of insurance cover, the attestations referred to in points (b) ~~and d)~~ of Article 7(2) of Directive 2005/36/EC and the means of proof referred to in point (d) of that Article shall be replaced by the completed application form for a European services e- card, communicated to the host Member State in accordance with Article 11 of Directive ... [ESC Directive]~~……..~~, proving legal establishment of the provider.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better law-making of 13 April 2016.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1

By 360 months after entry into force of this Regulation and at the latest every five years thereafter, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Regulation and submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report on its performance, including an analysis of the impact on administrative burden incurred upon by service providers active across borders. This report shall also include an assessment of any practical experience relevant to cooperation between coordinating authorities. This report shall contain an assessment of the appropriateness of introducing a European services e-card for other service activities. It shall contain an evaluation of Directive …….[ESC Directive]… in line with its Article 21.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0403(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)

The Commission shall, as part of the review, assess whether and how to introduce a harmonised multilingual format for the insurance certificate as referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation. If the outcome of the assessment deems a standardised multilingual format for the insurance certificate appropriate, the Commission shall adopt rules accordingly.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Title 1

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the legal and operational framework of the European services e-card introduced by Regulation ....[ESC Regulation].... ~~(Text with EEA relevance)~~ and for the coordination of provisions concerning the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide certain services

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 50(1), 53(1) and 62 thereof,

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) Cross-border trade and cross-border investment in certain ~~business and construction~~construction and business services are particularly low showing a potential for better integration of services markets with significant negative repercussions for the remaining part of the economy. This underperformance leads to situations where the potential for more growth and jobs in the Single Market has not been fully exploited.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) In order to make it easier to take up and pursue service activities, this Directive builds upon Directive 2006/123/EC but does in no way amend its rules. The scope of this Directive is even more limited compared to the scope laid down in the Services Directive. It specifically targets ~~business and construction~~construction and business service sectors, where many obstacles to cross-border activities still remain. In addition, cross- border trade and investment in construction and several business services are low and both sectors have seen weak productivity growth over the last decade.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)

(7 a) Other service sectors suffer from a similarly low level of cross-border trade and cross-border investment, do not have sector-specific legislation to allow their cross-border expansion and are important for business because of their role as service recipients.However, it is important to give time to the Commission to adapt the IMI to this Directive and to the Member States to adopt measures to implement the European services e- card.Therefore, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of extending the scope of this Directive to those other sectors at later stage under specific conditions.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26

(26) A coordinating authority of the host Member State should provide clarity as to which requirements apply to the incoming service provider, considering the latter is already established in another Member State. The coordinating authority of the host Member State should ensure the provider knows which requirements govern performance of services in the host Member States, including those applicable once it obtains the European services e- card. The information on the requirements should be included in the application forms. For establishment, i.e., provision of services through branches, agencies or offices, the identification of applicable requirements by the coordinating authority of the host Member State fulfils a different purpose: it lists the requirements the compliance of which the incoming service provider is required to prove before the e- card can be issued.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 a (new)

(28 a) In the assessment of an application for a European services e- card, as specified in Article 12 and Article 13, the host Member State should not duplicate requirements and controls which are equivalent or essentially comparable as regards their purpose to which the provider is already subject in the home Member State.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1

This Directive lays down the legal and operational framework for the European services e-card introduced by Regulation ……[ESC Regulation]…….. and coordinates provisions concerning the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide certain services.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1

1. TChapters II and III of this Directive appl~~ies~~y to the services ~~listed in the~~within the meaning of Annex I. Chapter IIIa of this Directive applies to the services within the meaning of Annex Ia.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

This Directive does not affect the matters mentioned in Article 1(2) to (7) of Directive 2006/123/EC. It shall not have any impact on the regulatory requirements for the provision of services that are in place at national level, such as rules concerning social protection, consumer rights, health and safety or the environment. It does therefore not introduce the country of origin principle.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

It shall not apply to the activities and fields mentioned in Article 2(2) and (3) of Directive 2006/123/EC or to information society services.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

This Directive shall be without prejudice to the rights of workers, the obligations of service providers and related controls in Member States laid down in Directives 96/71/EC and 2014/67/EU, as well as in relation to posting of workers who are third country nationals from another Member State.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1

1. "home Member State" means the Member State toin wh~~ich a provider addressed the application for a European services e-car~~ose territory the provider of the service concerned is established;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

1 a. 'European services e-card' means an electronic certificate, resulting from a harmonised procedure, proving that its holder is a service provider legally established in the home Member State, entitled, in that territory, to provide the service activities in question, as well as proving that its holder is entitled to perform activity in the territory of the host Member State, without establishing there or through a branch, agency or office located therein, as the case may be, and to continue such provision, for as long as it remains valid.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antanas GUOGA, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)

3 a. “professional qualification requirements” means requirements of professional qualifications as defined in point (b) of Article 3(1) of Directive 2005/36/EC;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)

3 b. "corporate control" means control as defined in Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) 139/2004;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)

3 c. "corporate designation" means a specific name or part of a name, including an ending designation, used to designate a corporate body.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. A European services e-card for temporary cross-border service provision is an electronic certification, resulting from a harmonised procedure, that stipulates the right of its holder to start provision of services, without establishing, in the host Member State, and to continue such provision, for as long as it remains valid. A host Member State shall not impose any prior authorisation scheme, prior notification scheme or an establishment requirement on the holder of a previously issued European services e- card for temporary cross-border provision of services as a condition for such provision of services in its territory. These schemes shall include registration in the official lists of approved economic operators in accordance with Article 64 of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 46 of Directive 2009/81/EC, as appropriate.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2

2. A European services e-card for secondary establishment is an electronic certification, resulting from a harmonised procedure, that stipulates the right of its holder to start provision of services in the host Member State through a branch, agency or office located in the territory of this Member State, and to continue such provision, for as long as it remains valid. A host Member State shall not impose any prior authorisation scheme or prior notification scheme on the holder of a previously issued European services e-card for establishment as a condition for establishment in its territory through a branch, agency or office located in its territory. These schemes shall include registration in the official lists of approved economic operators, in accordance with Article 64 of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 46 of Directive 2009/81/EC, as appropriate.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antanas GUOGA, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3

3. A host Member State shall refrain from imposing on holders of a previously issued European services e-card requirements other than those referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 the compliance of which has been or is deemed to have been verified under Artnot impose any authorisation scheme or notification scheme on a holder of a European services e-card, once service provision in its territory has started, which duplicates equivalent or essentially comparable controls to which the provider was subject as part of the procedure for issuing the European servicles ~~11 to 13~~e-card.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5

5. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 are without prejudice to reporting obligations imposed on the holder of a European services e-card or the performance of checks, inspections or investigations from competent authorities during the provision of the service, in compliance with EU law. During the checks, authorities competent for inspections or investigations shall take into account the European services e– card as a proof of completion of the requirements foreseen in a European services e–card.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

A European services e-card for establishment shall be valid, as regards the service activities covered by that e-card, throughout the territory of the host Member State through one or more branches, agencies or offices located in the territory of this Member State except where an authorisation for each additional branch, agency or office is based on the provisions justified in accordance with Article 10(4) of Directive 2006/123/EC. In case an authorisation as referred to in the second subparagraph is required under the national law of the host Member State, an additional European services e-card may be requested in order for its holder to obtain the right to start provision of services in the host Member State through the additional branch, agency or office in question.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. Providers of service activities for which a European professional card for establishment has been introduced, in accordance with Directive 2005/36/EC, shall not be eligible for a European services e-card for ~~establishment. Those providers shall be eligible for a European services e-card~~that purpose except as regards requirements and provisions referenced in the second subparagraph of Article 4a(5) of Directive 2005/36 EC.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1

In assessing applications for the European services e-card, Member States shall ~~retain~~have the right to invoke those overriding reasons of public interests recognised under Directive 2006/123/EC, in particular Article 16 thereof, or other acts of EU law.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

The coordinating authority of the home Member State shall within ~~one~~two weeks of having received an application for a European services e-card:

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) verify whether European services e- cards issued in relation to other home Member States for the same provider and service activityies have been revoked or cancelled, or that cancelation has been requested to allow replacement of those e- cards by the European services e-card to which the application refers to;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. The coordinating authority of the home Member State shall, upon completion of the tasks referred to in paragraph 1, communicate without delay the application to the coordinating authority of the host Member State, with information to the applicant. This communication shall constitute proof of establishment of the applicant in the territory of its home Member State, entitled, in that territory, to provide the service activities to which the application refers.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antanas GUOGA, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Within two weeks from receiving the application the coordinating authority of the host Member State shall examine it and inform the applicant and the coordinating authority of the home Member State of any requirements applicable to temporary cross-border provisions under the legislation of the host Member State with the exception of those referred to in Article 5(4). ~~In line with the rights of Member States as referred to in Article 10, t~~The application form shall include the information about abovementioned requirements. The coordinating authority of the host Member State may, alternatively and within the same time- limit, decide to object to the issue of the European services e-card by the coordinating authority of the home Member State ~~where it demonstrates that~~ in accordance withe applica~~tion of a prior authorisation scheme, prior notification scheme or requirements to the applicant is justified for one of thos~~ble Union law. In this case, the coordinating authority of the host Member State shall specify the applicable legislation and why the decision is necessary and appropriate for the purpose of safeguarding the overriding reasons of ~~public~~general interest ~~set out in Article 16 of Directive 2006/123/EC or is admissible~~invoked and how the decision does not go beyond what is necessary to attain that purpose, in accordance with ~~other acts of EU~~Union law.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antanas GUOGA, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The host Member State shall take due account in that assessment of the requirements that the applicant already meets in its home Member States. For the purpose of that assessment and within the above-mentioned time-limit, the coordinating authority of the host Member State shall be allowed to request necessary clarifications or necessary additional information from the home Member State or the applicant which is not yet contained in the application. In that case, the time limit referred to in this paragraph is suspended until the requested necessary clarification or necessary additional information is supplied. If the host Member State finds that the requirements already met by the applicant in its home Member State sufficiently fulfil the purpose of the requirement imposed by the host Member State, the host Member State cannot object the European services e-card. The procedure for requesting clarifications or additional information will be laid down by way of the delegated acts referenced in paragraph 4.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. ~~Taking into account the rights of Member States as referred to in Article 10, i~~If the coordinating authority of the host Member State does not react within the time-limit referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, that time limit shall automatically be extended by two additional weeks ~~and t~~. The electronic platform where the application for a European services e-card has been submitted shall issue an alert to the coordinating authority of the host Member State to the effect that failure to react shall imply that there is no objection to the issue of the European services e-card to the applicant.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antanas GUOGA, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

If the host Member State does not object in accordance with paragraph 1, the coordinating authority of the home Member State shall issue the European services e-card without delay upon expiration of the extended time-limit resulting from the application of paragraph 2. In the absence of any objection under the second subparagraph of paragraph 1Member States shall ensure that, upon reception of the information mentioned in the first and second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the coordinating authority of the home Member State issues, without delay, the European Services Card. In the absence of any objection by the coordinating authority of the host Member State and failing a decision by the coordinating authority of the home Member State upon expiration of the extended time-limit resulting from the application of paragraph 2, the European services e-card shall be deemed to have been issued by the home Member State in the terms communicated to the host Member State in accordance with Article 11(2).

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

In the context of a procedure for issuing a European services e-card for establishment in the form of a branch, agency or office, the coordinating authority of the host Member State shall, within four weeks from receiving the application, ~~identify which,~~examine ift any, prior authorisation scheme or prior notification scheme as referred to in Article 5(2) is applicable, in compliance with EU law, to such establishment. If such a prior authorisation scheme or prior notification scheme has been identified, the host Member State shall also identify the conditions which the applicant is required to comply with, with the exception of those referred to in Article 5(5). The host Member State shall indicate why the application of such a prior authorisation scheme or prior notification scheme is necessary and proportionate for the pursuance of overriding reasons of public interestd determine whether compliance with requirements imposed under a prior authorisation scheme or prior notification scheme under its national law, is required. The host Member State shall take due account in that assessment of the requirements that the applicant already meets in its home Member State. The requirements mentioned in this paragraph shall not result in the need for reincorporation or corporate restructuring of the service provider in its home Member State, or in the need for cessation of activities legally pursued by the applicant in the territory of the home Member State.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

TUpon deciding to impose requirements under its national law in accordance with the preceding subparagraphs, the host Member State shall immediately inform the applicant and the coordinating authority of the home Member State of the prior authorisation or prior notification scheme in question, ~~the~~listing its conditions which the applicant is required to comply with and of the necessity and proportionality thereof, in accordance with Union law.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Upon receipt of the ~~react~~decision byof the coordinating authority of the host Member State to ~~the application~~impose requirements under its national law in accordance with paragraph 1, the applicant shall be allowed to provide proof of compliance with the conditions identified ~~by the coordinating authority of the host Member State under the paragraph 1~~therein.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antanas GUOGA, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4

Upon receipt of the observations of the applicant or, where no observations have been made, upon expiration of the time- limit to present those observations, the coordinating authority of the host Member State shall decide, within one week, whether to issue the European services e- card or reject the application for the European services e-card. The declaration of intention of rejection of the application and the decision to reject the application, notified to the holder of the European services e-card through the electronic platform where the standard form for application is made available, shall be fully reasoned, detailing which of the conditions identified in accordance with paragraph 1 have been deemed not complied with by the applicant and the reasons therefore.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antanas GUOGA, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Where the coordinating authority of the host Member State intends to reject the application in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Article, the coordinating authority of the host Member State shall inform the applicant and the coordinating authority of the home Member State, and state its reasons. The applicant shall have two weeks to submit its observations.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. Coordinating authorities in the home Member State shall not require providers to provide information ~~and~~including documents which are available to those authorities in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article or Article 14(32) of Regulation ….[ESC Regulation]….. when applying for a European services e-card or to prove compliance, in the context of a European services e-card for establishment, with conditions identified by the coordinating authority of the host Member State in accordance with Article 13(1).

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2

2. The coordinating authority in the home Member State shall obtain the information ~~and~~including documents required for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 which are available to other authorities in the home Member State or originate from those authorities, in accordance with the rules on the protection of personal data as provided for in Directive 95/46/EC, Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 and national legislation.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point i

(i) made use of information orincluding documents in the context of the procedure to issue the e-card which have been ascertained to be fraudulent, inaccurate or falsified by a final decision of either home or host Member State, not subject to appeal under the applicable national law;

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point vi

(vi) is no longer legally established in the home Member State, for any other reason.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

A Member State which detects a reason to trigger the suspension or revocation of a European services e-card, in accordance with Articles 15 or 16, occurring in its territory shall communicate via IMI to the holder of the European services e-card in question the motivation therefore and shall give it the opportunity to be heard. The preceding subparagraph shall not apply in case of a measure put in place in accordance with Article 18 of Directive 2006/123/EC.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Once a Member State concludes on the need to suspend or revoke a European services e-card it shall do so without delay, in case its coordinating authority is the issuing authority of the e-card in question, or it shall communicate without delay to the issuing coordinating authority its conclusion on the need to suspend or revoke the European services e-card in question, including by application of a measure put in place in accordance with Article 18 of Directive 2006/123/EC.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

The notification mentioned in Article 35(6) of Directive 2006/123/EC shall constitute the communication referred to in the first subparagraph, as appropriate. The issuing coordinating authority which receives the communication of a conclusion on the need to suspend or revoke the European services e-card from another Member State shall immediately suspend or revoke the European services e- card in question, as appropriate.

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Chapter 3 a (new)

CHAPTER IIIa COORDINATION OF PROVISIONS CONCERNING FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT AND THE PROVISION OF SERVICES LISTED IN ANNEX Ia Article 17a Legal form requirements Member States shall allow providers of services listed in Annex II to form companies and establish, in their respective territories, in accordance with any of the types listed in Annex II of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 for their respective territories. Article 17b Corporate control and management requirements 1.Member States shall ensure that providers of services listed in Annex II formed as a legal person and established in their territory are not subject to any of the following requirements: a) more than a simple majority stake giving corporate control must be held by natural persons subject to professional qualification requirements or by legal persons subject to other requirements specific to the service activities concerned and related to professional qualifications; or b) more than a simple majority of the members in each of its management bodies and supervisory bodies are made subject to professional qualification requirements. Member States shall ensure that no other requirements specific to the service activities concerned are imposed on holders of a stake or members of management or supervisory bodies in a provider of services listed in Annex II, with the exception of authorisation or notification schemes meant to control the requirements introduced in accordance with the preceding subparagraph. 2.Member States may, within the simple majority stake giving corporate control referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1, require that the registered corporate purpose of a legal person holding a corporate stake in a provider established in their territory for the provision of services listed in Annex II includes the provision of the services in question. 3.Member States shall ensure that no requirements specific to the service activities concerned other than the requirements referred to in paragraph 2 are imposed regarding legal persons holders of a stake in a provider of services listed in Annex II. However, requirements may be imposed on providers of services listed in Annex II regarding the use of a particular corporate designation in case the service activities in question may be provided by legal persons not subject to such requirements. Article 17c Multidisciplinary activities 1. Member States shall ensure that architectural, engineering and construction services listed in Annex II may be exercised by a legal person jointly or in partnership. This shall apply without prejudice to requirements for the prevention of conflicts of interests in the context of and with consideration for a certain service provision in particular. 2.Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may, in accordance with Article 25 of Directive 2006/123/EC, ban the joint exercise of architectural, engineering and construction services by providers of architectural or engineering services making use of a particular corporate designation in case the provision of the service activities in question, without exception, is admissible to providers not subject to requirements the compliance of which allows for the use of that same designation

2017/12/01
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – title

Services to which Chapters II and III of this Directive appl~~ies~~y

2017/12/04
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section N – Division 82 – Group 82.4 (new)

Group 82.4. Registration of a branch, agency, office

2017/12/04
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section N – Division 82 – Group 82.5 (new)

82.5 VAT registration

2017/12/04
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section N – Division 82 – Group 82.6 (new)

82.6 Registration for social security purposes

2017/12/04
Committee: IMCO

2016/0402(COD)

Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mihai ŢURCANU

Proposal for a directive
Annex I a (new)

ANNEX Ia Services to which Chapter IIIa of this Directive applies Service activities included in the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev.2) under: - Section F Construction Division 41 Construction of buildings Group 41.1 Development of building projects Group 41.2 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings Division 42 Civil engineering Group 42.1 Construction of roads and railways Group 42.2 Construction of utility projects Group 42.9 Construction of other civil engineering projects Division 43 Specialised construction activities, with the exclusion of installation, servicing, maintenance, repair, checking for leaks or decommissioning of equipment that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases or whose functioning relies upon those gases for which certification or attestation is required under Articles 3(4) and 10 of Regulation (EU) 517/2014, by natural persons holding a certificate or a training attestation in accordance with Article 10 of that Regulation or by undertakings that hold the relevant certificates or attestations in accordance with that same Article 10 or undertakings that employ persons holding a certificate or a training attestation in accordance with that same Article 10 Group 43.1 Demolition and site preparation Group 43.2 Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities Group 43.3 Building completion and finishing Group 43.9 Other specialised construction activities - Section M Professional, scientific and technical activities Division 69 Legal and accounting activities Group 69.2 Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities apart from statutory auditing as defined in paragraph 1 of Directive 2006/43/EC. Tax consultancy activities are also excluded from Annex II. Tax consultancy activities include the preparation of personal and business income tax returns, advisory activities and representation on behalf of clients before tax authorities and other tax consultancy services. Division 71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis Group 71.1 Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy Architectural activities primarily consisting of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings and other physical structures. A service performed by a natural person making use of evidence of formal qualifications listed in part 7 of Annex V of Directive 2005/36/EC shall be considered an architectural service; Engineering activities and related technical consultancy primarily consisting of: – planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings and other physical structures; – planning, designing, overseeing and analysing the structure of buildings and other physical structures with consideration for its strength, stiffness, and stability;– designing, analysing and maintaining mechanical systems by applying principles of engineering, physics and materials science; – dealing with electricity, electronics and electromagnetism by applying principles of engineering and physics.

2017/12/04
Committee: IMCO

2016/0398(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) Member States shall not be required to notify measures that are necessary in order to implement binding Union Acts where there is no scope for divergence between Member States. Also, the obligation to notify does not apply when the draft measure consists only of the repeal of authorization schemes or requirements.

2017/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/0398(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14

(14) Where following the consultation the Commission still has concerns about the compliance with Directive 2006/123/EC of the notified draft measure, it may alert the notifying Member State, giving it the opportunity to bring its draft measure into conformity with EU law. That alert should include an explanation of the legal concerns identified by the Commission or other Member States. Reception of such an alert entails that the notifying Member State shall not adopt the notified measure for three months.

2017/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/0398(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17

(17) Interested third parties should be given access to notifications sent by Member States in order to make them aware of planned authorisation schemes or certain requirements related to services in markets in which they actually or potentially operate and to enable them to provide comments thereon. The possibility for third parties to comment on the notifications made by the Member States should be facilitated by the Commission.

2017/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/0398(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Eva MAYDELL

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Draft measures necessary for the implementation of binding Union Acts shall not be covered by a notification obligation. Member States shall also not be obliged to notify draft measures which solely include the repeal of authorisation schemes or requirements.

2017/09/07
Committee: IMCO

2016/0357A(COD)

Barbara KUDRYCKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. Applicants shall lodge an application by filling in the online application form via the dedicated public website or via the mobile app for web devices sufficiently in advance of any intended travel and in any cases 24 hours before the intended travel;.

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point h

~~(h) education (level and field);~~deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Barbara KUDRYCKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. The applicant shall choose the level and field of education, the current occupation and the job title from a predetermined list. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 78 to lay down these predetermined lists.deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part

~~In particular, t~~The ETIAS Central System shall verify:

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Barbara KUDRYCKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. The ETIAS Central System shall add a reference to any hit obtained to the application file.

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5

5. The invitation shall be notified to the applicant at least 5 days before the scheduled interview by the ETIAS National Unit of the Member and shall be notified to the contact e-mail address recorded in the application file.

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Barbara KUDRYCKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – point c

~~(c) education level;~~deleted

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The ETIAS National Unit of the responsible Member State may request, in accordance with the [SIS directive], that an alert for specific, [inquiry] or discreet check is created in SIS. Such alert may also be created upon the request of a consulted Member State.

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Barbara KUDRYCKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. A travel authorization shall not preclude any actions regarding an alert on the SIS.

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) information on the procedure to be followed for an appeal, including at least the national law applicable to the appeal, the competent authority, any procedural requirements and the time limit for lodging an appeal.

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Barbara KUDRYCKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) information on the procedure to be followed for an appeal, including at least the national law applicable to the appeal, the competent authority, any procedural requirements and the time limit for lodging an appeal.

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0357A(COD)

Barbara KUDRYCKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3

3. [Directive (EU) 2016/680] shall apply to the processing of personal data by Member States designated authorities for the purposes of Article 1(2).

2017/10/04
Committee: LIBE

2016/0308(COD)

Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS, Sandra KALNIETE, Daniel CASPARY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4 a) In order to prevent fraud, the Commission should monitor the application of the autonomous trade measures by the customs authorities in cooperation with the Member States.

2017/02/07
Committee: INTA

2016/0308(COD)

Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS, Sandra KALNIETE, Daniel CASPARY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. This Regulation shall apply to products manufactured in, or exported from the territory of Ukraine as recognised by the Union.

2017/02/07
Committee: INTA

2016/0308(COD)

Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Daniel CASPARY, Sandra KALNIETE

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex II – table 1 – row 2

Common wheat, spelt 1001 99 00, 1101 00 15, 1101 00 90, 1102 90 1010 000 and meslin, flour, 90, 1103 11 90 1103 20 60 tons/year groats, meal and pellets

2017/02/13
Committee: INTA

2016/0308(COD)

Christofer FJELLNER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Daniel CASPARY, Sandra KALNIETE

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 1 – row 3

Maize, other than seed, 1005 90 00, 1102 20, 1103 13, 1103 20 40, 65700 000 t flour, groats, meal, 1104 23 ons/year pellets and grains

2017/02/13
Committee: INTA

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

The determining authority shall provide a minor with~~e opportunity of~~ a personal interview, including where an application is made on his or her own behalf in accordance with Article 31(6) and Article 32(1), unless this is manifestly not in the best interests of the child. In that case, the determining authority shall give reasons for the decision not to provide a minor with ~~the opportunity of~~ a personal interview.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI

Any such personal interview shall be conducted ~~by a person who~~in language they understand, in a child-sensitive and context- appropriate manner. The person conducting the personal interview shall hasve the necessary knowledge of the rights and special needs of minors and it shall ~~be conducted in a child-sensitive and context-appropriate manner.~~not wear military or law enforcement uniform

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

The responsible authorities shall, as soon as possible and not later than five ~~working~~ days from the moment ~~when~~ an unaccompanied minor ~~mak~~arrives ain ~~application~~the Member State, appoint a person or an organisation as a guardian.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

The guardian shall perform his or her duties in accordance with the principle of the best interests of the child, shall have the necessary ~~expertise, and shall not have a verified record of child-related crimes or offences~~qualifications and expertise and receive regular and appropriate training, and shall not have a verified criminal record, with particular regard to any of child-related crimes or offences. After his or her appointment, the guardian's criminal record shall be regularly reviewed by the competent authorities to identify potential incompatibilities with his or her role.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

The responsible authorities shall ~~not~~ place a guardian in charge of a ~~disproportiona~~n adequate and limited number of unaccompanied minors at the same time, which would render him or her to ensure he or she is unable to perform his or her tasks effectively."

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall appoint entities or persons responsible for the performance of guardians' tasks and for supervising and monitoring at regular intervals that guardians perform their tasks in a satisfactory manner. Those entities or persons shall review complaints lodged by unaccompanied minors against their guardian. Unaccompanied minors shall be informed, in a child-friendly manner and in a language that they understand, about who these entities or persons are and which are the grievance mechanisms in place to report complaints against their guardians in confidence and safety.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. Medical examinations may be used, as a measure of last resort, to determine the age of unaccompanied minors within the framework of the examination of an application where, following statements by the applicant or other relevant indications including a psychosocial assessment, there are grounds for serious doubts as to whether or not the applicant is under the age of 18 and other approaches, such as attempts to gather documentary evidence, and other age assessment procedures that Member States may have decided to undertake have failed to determine the age of the applicant. Where the result of the medical examination is not conclusive, or includes an age-range below 18 years, Member States shall assume that the applicant is a minor.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3

3. Any medical examination shall be performed with full respect for the individual’'s dignity, shall be the least invasive examination and shall be carried out by independent, trained and qualified medical professionals who are familiar with the applicant's ethnic and cultural background and in cooperation with a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in child rights, psychology and development, thereby allowing for the most reliable result possible.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4

4. Where medical examinations are used to determine the age of unaccompanied minors, the determining authority shall ensure that unaccompanied minors are informed, prior to the examination of their application for international protection, and in a language that they understand ~~or are reasonably meant to understand~~and a child-friendly and age appropriate manner, of the possibility that their age be determined by medical examination. This shall include information on the method of examination and possible consequences which the result of the medical examination may have for the examination of the application, as well as on the possibility and consequences of a refusal on the part of the unaccompanied minor, or of his or her guardian, to undergo the medical examination.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 8

8. Where the adult responsible for the accompanied minor does not make an application for himself or herself, the accompanied minor shall be clearly informed of the possibility and procedure for lodging an application in his or her own name at the time of the making of his or her application. and given an effective opportunity to do so within the ten working days provided for in Article 28(1) if he or she has the legal capacity to act in procedures according to the national law of the Member State concerned. Where the minor does not have the legal capacity to act in procedures according to the national law of the Member State concerned, the determining authority shall act on behalf of the minor, with due regard to his or her views

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 9

9. Where the adult responsible for the accompanied minor does not lodge an application on behalf of the minor within the ten working days provided for in Article 28(1), the minor shall be informed of the possibility and the procedure to lodge his or her application in his or her own name and given an effective opportunity to do so within a further ten working-day period starting from the ~~expiry of the first ten working- day perio~~moment the minor is informed if he or she has the legal capacity to act in procedures according to the national law of the Member State concerned. Where the minor does not lodge his or her application in his or her own name within these further ten working days, the application shall be rejected as abandoned in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39. Where the minor does not have the legal capacity to act in procedures according to the national law of the Member State concerned, the determining authority shall act on behalf of the minor, with due regard to his or her views.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2

2. In the case of an unaccompanied minor, the ten working-day period for the lodging the application provided for in Article 28(1) shall only start to run from the moment a guardian of the unaccompanied minor is appointed and has met with him or her. Where his or her guardian does not lodge an application on behalf of the unaccompanied minor within those ten working days, the determining authority shall lodge an application on behalf of the unaccompanied minor ~~if, on the basis of an individual assessment of his or her personal situation, it is of the opinion that the minor may need international protection~~.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) all relevant, accurate and up-to-date information relating to the situation prevailing in the country of origin of the applicant at the time of taking a decision on the application, including laws and regulations of the country of origin and the manner in which they are applied, as well as any other relevant information obtained from the European Union Agency for Asylum, from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and relevant international human rights and child- focused organisations, or from other sources;

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The implicit withdrawal procedure shall not apply to minors.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5

5. The accelerated examination procedure may be applied to unaccompanied minors only where: (a) the applicant comes from a third country considered to be a safe country of origin in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 47; (b) the applicant may for serious reasons be considered to be a danger to the national security or public order of the Member State, or the applicant has been forcibly expelled for serious reasons of public security or public order under national law.deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. The accelerated examination procedure shall not apply to minors

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. The border procedure shall not apply to minors.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 5

5. The border procedure may be applied to unaccompanied minors, in accordance with Articles 8 to 11 of Directive (EU) No XXX/XXX (Reception Conditions Directive) only where: (a) the applicant comes from a third country considered to be a safe country of origin in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 47; (b) the applicant may for serious reasons be considered to be a danger to the national security or public order of the Member State, or the applicant has been forcibly expelled for serious reasons of public security or public order under national law; (c) there are reasonable grounds to consider that a third country is a safe third country for the applicant in accordance with the conditions of Article 45; (d) the applicant has misled the authorities by presenting false information or documents or by withholding relevant information or documents with respect to his or her identity or nationality that could have had a negative impact on the decision. Point (d) shall only be applied where there are serious grounds for considering that the applicant is attempting to conceal relevant elements which would likely lead to a decision refusing to grant international protection and provided that the applicant has been given an effective opportunity to provide substantiated justifications for his actions.deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 4

4. As regards unaccompanied minors, the concept of first country of asylum ~~may only be applie~~shall not apply, unless it is in his or her best interests and where the authorities of Member States have first received from the authorities of the third country in question the assurance that the unaccompanied minor will be taken in charge by those authorities and that he or she shall immediately benefit from one of the forms of protection referred to in paragraph 1.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 5

5. As regards unaccompanied minors, the concept of safe third country may only be applied taking into consideration his or her best interests and where the authorities of the Member States have ~~first~~ received from the authorities of the third country in question ~~confirmation~~assurance that the unaccompanied minor ~~shall be taken in charge by those authorities~~will not face serious harm, discrimination or persecution and that he or she shall immediately have access to ~~one of~~ the forms of protection referred to in paragraph 1~~(e)~~.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Barbara MATERA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Lara COMI, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2

2. The assessment of whether a third country may be designated as a safe country of origin in accordance with this Regulation shall be based on a range of sources of information, including in particular information from Member States, the European Union Agency for Asylum, the European External Action Service, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Council of Europe as well as other relevant organisations, including child-focused organisations, and shall take into account the common analysis of the country of origin information referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (EU Asylum Agency).

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) a decision establishing that they are over 18 years of age.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0223(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) where Union level country of origin information and common analysis of country of origin information as referred in Articles 8 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XX [Regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum] indicate a significant change in the country of origin which is relevant for the protection needs of the applicant, taking into account the level of integration of the applicant and the establishment of ties within the host country;

2017/03/27
Committee: LIBE

2016/0223(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) This article shall not apply to unaccompanied minors, unless it is in their best interests and that it is determined that he or she will not be exposed to serious harm upon return to the third country of origin.

2017/03/27
Committee: LIBE

2016/0223(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. When the applicant is a minor, the exclusion clauses referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply only it the minors had reached the national age limit for criminal responsibility under national law, and in any case, applicant minors shall receive the same procedural safeguards as the national minors. The assessment of the exclusion grounds shall take into account the rules and principles that address the special status, rights and protection afforded to children under international and national law at all stages of the asylum procedure; it shall also weight the gravity of the offence against the risk of serious harm to which he or she would be exposed upon return to the third country of origin.

2017/03/27
Committee: LIBE

2016/0223(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

As soon as possible after international protection is granted and win any case no later thian five ~~working days at the l~~days from the moment when an unaccompanied minor arrives in the Member Statest, as outlined in Article 22(1) of Regulation EU no xxx/xxx[Procedures regulation], competent authorities shall take the necessary measures to ensure the representation of unaccompanied minors by a qualified legal guardian or, where necessary, by an organisation responsible for the care and well-being of minors, or by any other appropriate representation including that based on legislation or court order.

2017/03/27
Committee: LIBE

2016/0223(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Alessandra MUSSOLINI, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. In Article 4 of Directive 2003/109/EU, the following paragraph 3 a is inserted: This procedure shall not apply to unaccompanied minors.

2017/03/27
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Bodil VALERO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Member States shall apply this Directive to all unaccompanied minors from third countries from the moment of their arrival to the moment of their qualification as a refugee or grant of subsidiary protection under Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation], or the grant of some other form of humanitarian protection, or their transfer to a third country, in accordance with their best interests, under national law.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Minors shall not be detained ~~only as a measure of last resort and after it having been established that other less coercive alternative measure~~; Member States shall instead accommodate minors can~~not be applied effectively. Such detention shall be for the shortest period of time and all efforts shall be made to release the detained minors and place them in accommodation suitable for minors~~d families with minors in non- custodial, community-based placements while their immigration status is processed.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

~~Unaccompanied minors shall be detained only in exceptional circumstances. All efforts shall be made to release the detained unaccompanied minor as soon as possible.~~deleted

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

~~Unaccompanied minors shall never be detained in prison accommodation.~~deleted

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4

~~Where unaccompanied minors are detained, Member States shall ensure that they are accommodated separately from adults.~~deleted

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4

~~4. Detained families shall be provided with separate accommodation guaranteeing adequate privacy.~~deleted

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Bodil VALERO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall grant to minor children of applicants and to applicants who are minors access to the education system under ~~similar~~the same conditions as their own nationals for ~~so long as an expulsion measure against them or their parents is not actually enforced. Such education may be provided in accommodation centres~~the entire duration of their presence in the territory of the Member State. Such education may be provided in accommodation centres, as a temporary measure until access to national education systems is ensured.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Bodil VALERO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Access to the education system shall not be postponed for more than ~~thre~~one months from the date on which the application for international protection was lodged by or on behalf of the minor.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Bodil VALERO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall ensure that that standard of living is met in the specific situation of applicants with special reception needs, such as minors, as well as in relation to the situation of persons who are in detention.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Bodil VALERO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Member States shall provide separate sanitary facilities for female applicants and safe place in reception centres for them and their children.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 17a – paragraph 3

3. Pending the transfer under Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] of a minor to the Member State responsible, Member States shall provide him or her with access to suitable educational activitiesThis article shall not apply to unaccompanied minors. When the applicants concerned are parents of minors, Member States may derogate from this article taking into account the best interests of the child, as this provision restricts access to education, equal treatment and material reception conditions such as housing, food and clothing.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Bodil VALERO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States shall ensure that minor children of applicants and applicants who are minors receive the same access to health care as their own national minors.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Hilde VAUTMANS, Bodil VALERO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1

1. The best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration for Member States when implementing the provisions of this Directive that ~~involve~~may affect minors. Member States shall ensure a standard of living adequate for the minor’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Bodil VALERO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) safety and security considerations, in particular where there is a risk of the minor being a victim of violence and exploitation, including human trafficking;

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 6

6. Those working with minors, including with unaccompanied minors, shall not have a verified ~~record of~~criminal record, especially with regard to any child- related crimes or offenses and shall receive continuous and appropriate training concerning the rights and needs of unaccompanied minors, including concerning any applicable child safeguarding standards, and shall be bound by the confidentiality rules provided for in national law, in relation to any information they obtain in the course of their work.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall as soon as possible and no later than five ~~working~~ days from the moment when an unaccompanied minor ~~makes an application for international protection~~arrives in the Member State take measures to ensure that a guardian represents and assists the unaccompanied minor to enable him or her to benefit from the rights and comply with the obligations provided for in this Directive. The guardian appointed in accordance with Article [22] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation] may perform those tasks. The unaccompanied minor shall be informed immediately of the appointment of the guardian. Where an organisation is appointed as guardian, it shall designate a person responsible for carrying out the duties of guardian in respect of the unaccompanied minor, in accordance with this Directive. The guardian shall be qualified and perform his or her duties in accordance with the principle of the best interests of the child, as prescribed in Article 22 (2), shall have the necessary expertise to that end and shall not have a verified ~~record of~~criminal record, especially with regard to any child- related crimes or offences. In order to ensure the minor’s well-being and social development referred to in Article 22 (2)(b), the person acting as guardian shall be changed only when necessary. Appointed guardians' criminal record shall be regularly reviewed by competent authorities to identify potential incompatibilities with their role. Organisations or individuals whose interests conflict or could potentially conflict with those of the unaccompanied minor shall not be appointed as guardians.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Bodil VALERO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

Member States shall provide unaccompanied minors upon their arrival with: (a) immediate access to health care and education under the same conditions as their own national minors (b) all the necessary information about their rights, procedures and protection opportunities in a child- friendly manner and in a language they understand. To this end, the European Asylum Support Office shall assist Member States in producing reception material to inform children.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Julie WARD, Luigi MORGANO, Bodil VALERO, Brando BENIFEI, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that authorities and other organisations implementing this Directive have received the necessary training with respect to the needs of both male and female applicants, as well as children. To that end, Member States shall integrate the European asylum curriculum developed by the European Union Agency for Asylum into the training of their personnel in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum] and take into consideration the information material published by the European Asylum Support Office, such as the EASO Tool for Identification of persons with special needs.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) Beneficiaries of international protection as defined in Article 2(a) of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council34 have a wide set of rights including labour market access in the Member State having granted them protection. In order to further promote social inclusion of these persons and enhance their labour market opportunities across the Union, those who are highly skilled should be entitled to apply for an EU Blue Card. They should be subject to the same rules as any other third- country national falling within the scope of this Directive, while holding the statuses of beneficiary of international protection and EU Blue Card holder in parallel. However, for reasons of legal clarity and coherence, the provisions on equal treatment and family reunification of this Directive should not apply to this group of EU Blue Card holders in the Member State which granted them international protection. Those rights should remain regulated under the asylum acquis and, where applicable, Council Directive 2003/86/EC35 . _________________ 34 Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast) (OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 9). ~~35Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification (OJ L 251, 3.10.2003, p. 12).~~

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) This Directive should not apply to categories of third-country nationals to whom a particular scheme under Union law, with specific entry conditions and sets of rights, applies when the inclusion of those categories in this Directive would go against the rationale of the particular scheme, create unnecessary legal complexity or entail a risk of abuses. This Directive should not apply to third-country nationals who apply to reside in a Member State as researchers in order to carry out a research project, as they fall within the scope of Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 which introduces a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research. However, once admitted under Directive (EU) 2016/801, legally residing researchers should be entitled to apply for an EU Blue Card under this Directive for other purposes than those covered under Directive (EU) 2016/801 without having to leave the territory of the EU. _________________ 37 Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing (OJ L 132, 21.05.2016, p. 21).

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13

(13) It is necessary to provide for a flexible demand-driven admission system based on objective criteria, such as a work contract or a binding job offer of at least 6 months, an optional salary threshold adaptable by the Member States to the situation in its labour market and higher professional and educational qualifications and skills.

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) In order to ensure a sufficient level of harmonisation in the admission conditions throughout the Union, both minimum and maximum factors for calculating the salary threshold should be determined. by Member States that have chosen to introduce such a threshould ~~fix their thre~~. Those Member States should fix it in accordance with the situation and organisation of their respective labour markets and their general immigration policies.

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16

(16) A lower salary threshold should be laid down for specific professions where it is considered by the Member State concerned that there is a particular lack of available workforce and where such professions belong to major group 1 or 2 of the ISCO (“International Standard Classification of Occupation”) classification.deleted

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17

(17) A lower salary threshold should also be laid down to benefit third-country nationals during a certain period after their graduation. This period should be granted each time that the third-country national reaches a level of education relevant for the purposes of this Directive, namely levels 6, 7 or 8 of ISCED 2011, or levels 6, 7 or 8 of EQF, according to the national law of the Member State concerned. It should apply whenever the third-country national applies for an initial or renewed EU Blue Card within three years from the date of obtaining the qualifications and in addition, when that third-country national applies for a first renewal of the EU Blue Card and the initial EU Blue Card was issued for a period shorter than 24 months. After these grace periods – which may run in parallel – have elapsed the young professionals can be reasonably expected to have gained sufficient professional experience in order to fulfil the regular salary threshold.deleted

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30

(30) A simplified procedure for employers which have been recognised for that purpose should be provided~~, optional for Member States~~. The status of recognised employer should bring specific facilitation in terms of procedures and admission conditions – amounting to a simplified procedure – under this Directive and Member States should include sufficient safeguards against abuse. Where the status of recognised employer is withdrawn during the period of validity of an EU Blue Card issued under the simplified procedure, regular admission conditions should apply upon renewing that EU Blue Card, unless the third-country national concerned is employed by another recognised employer.

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34

(34) PEducational and professional qualifications and skills acquired by a third-country national in another Member State should be recognised in the same way as those of Union citizens. Qualifications acquired in a third country should be taken into account in accordance with Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council42 . Where a third- country national is applying for an EU Blue Card to practice an unregulated profession, Member States should avoid excessive formal requirements and full recognition procedures regarding qualifications, wherever sufficient evidence can be otherwise obtained. _________________ 42 Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22).

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Mariya GABRIEL, Jeroen LENAERS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35

(35) The rights acquired by a beneficiary of international protection as an EU Blue Card holder should be without prejudice to rights enjoyed by the person concerned under Directive 2011/95/EU and under the Geneva Convention in the Member State which granted the protection status. ~~In that Member State, in order to avoid situations of conflicting rules, the provisions on equal treatment and family reunification of this Directive should not apply.~~ Persons who are beneficiaries of international protection in one Member State and EU Blue Card holders in another should enjoy the same rights including equality of treatment with nationals of the Member State of residence as any other EU Blue Card holders in the latter Member State. When the Blue card expires beneficiaries of international protection should not lose their status in accordance to Directive 2011/95/EU in the Member States which granted the protection status.

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall ~~not issue any other permit than~~give preference for the issue of an EU Blue Card to third-country nationals for the purpose of highly skilled employment.

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2

2. In addition to the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, the gross annual salary resulting from the monthly or annual salary specified in the work contract or binding job offer shall not be inferior to the salary threshold set and published for that purpose by the Member States. The salary threshold set by the Member States shall be at least 1.0 times but not higher than 1.4 times the average gross annual salary in the Member State concerned.deleted

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, and for employment in professions which are in particular need of third-country national workers and which belong to major groups 1 and 2 of ISCO, the salary threshold shall be 80 percent of the salary threshold set by the Member State concerned in accordance with paragraph 2.deleted

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

By way of derogation from paragraph 2, as regards third-country nationals who have obtained a higher education qualification not more than three years before submitting the application for an EU Blue Card, the salary threshold shall be 80 percent of the salary threshold set by the Member State concerned in accordance with paragraph 2. The period of three years shall reapply after the attainment of each level of higher education qualifications.deleted

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

In circumstances where their labour market ~~situation undergoes serious disturbances such a~~experiences a high level of unemployment in a given occupation or sector, which may be limited to a particular part of their territory, Member States may check whether the concerned vacancy could not be filled by national or Union workforce, by third- country nationals lawfully resident in that Member State and already forming part of its labour market by virtue of Union or national law, or by EU long-term residents wishing to move to that Member State for highly skilled employment in accordance with Chapter III of Directive 2003/109/EC.

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1

The level of fees required by Member States for the processing of applications in accordance with this Directive shall not be disproportionate or excessive in a way that would hinder the fulfilment of its objectives.

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States ~~may decide to~~shall provide for recognition procedures for employers in accordance with their national law or administrative practice for the purpose of applying simplified procedures for obtaining an EU Blue Card.

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

~~Where a~~ Member State ~~decides to provide for recognition procedures, it~~s shall provide clear and transparent information to the employers concerned about, among others, the conditions and criteria for approval, the period of validity of the recognition and the consequences of non- compliance with the conditions, including possible withdrawal and non-renewal, as well as any sanction applicable.

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2

Before a family member is granted access to employment, Member States may check whether the concerned vacancy could not be filled by national or Union workforce, by third-country nationals lawfully resident in that Member State and already forming part of its labour market by virtue of Union or national law, or by EU long- term residents wishing to move to that Member State for employment in accordance with Chapter III of Directive 2003/109/EC.deleted

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0176(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Adam SZEJNFELD

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 7

7. This Article shall apply to EU Blue Card holders who are beneficiaries of international protection ~~only~~both when they move to reside in a Member State other than the Member State which granted them international protection or if they stay in that Member State which granted international protection.

2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)

(24a) If a trader accepts a means of payment within credit transfers or direct debit, the trader is prohibited from discriminating against customers for reasons related to the nationality, place of residence or place of establishment of the customer within the Union by refusing certain commercial transactions within the same means of payment accepted. A trader accepting credit transfers or direct debits is under no obligation to accept the payment if this requires entering into a new or modified contract with a payment service provider.

2017/02/16
Committee: IMCO

2016/0151(COD)

Caterina CHINNICI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Brando BENIFEI, Traian UNGUREANU, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Monika HOHLMEIER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)

(9a) The consumption of linear TV channels in Europe remains prominent in comparison to other media services, as demonstrated by the study "Linear and on-demand audiovisual media services in Europe 2015", published by the European Audiovisual Observatory in June 2016, which shows an overall good condition of linear TV in Europe, with the number of available linear TV channels in 2015 increasing on average of 46% compared to 2009;

2016/12/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/0151(COD)

Caterina CHINNICI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Brando BENIFEI, Traian UNGUREANU, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Monika HOHLMEIER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 b (new)

(9b) There has been a slight decrease in Europe of the fruition by young people of linear TV channels, as demonstrated by the study " Measurement of Fragmented Audiovisual Audiences", published by the European Audiovisual Observatory in November 2015, which shows in 2014 an average decrease in the European Union of only 4% of young people aged 12-34, compared to 2011;

2016/12/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/0151(COD)

Caterina CHINNICI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Monika HOHLMEIER, Traian UNGUREANU, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 c (new)

(9c) A ban for television broadcasts by broadcasters under their jurisdiction for programmes which might seriously impair the physical, mental or moral development of minors and technical measures in the case of on-demand services have been adopted by all Member States, as demonstrated by the study "Analysis of the implementation of the provisions contained in the AVMSD concerning the protection of minors", published by the European Audiovisual Observatory in November 2015;

2016/12/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/0151(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) Certain widely recognised nutritional guidelines exist at national and international level, such as the WHO Regional Office for Europe's nutrient profile model, in order to differentiate foods on the basis of their nutritional composition in the context of foods television advertising to children. Member States should be encouraged to ensure that self-and co-regulatory codes of conduct, such as the ones developed in the framework of the Commission's Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, are used to effectively reduce the exposure of children and minors to audiovisual commercial communications regarding foods and beverages that are high in salt, sugars or fat or that otherwise do not fit these national or international nutritional guidelines.

2016/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2016/0151(COD)

Luigi MORGANO, Caterina CHINNICI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Silvia COSTA, Miriam DALLI, Roberta METSOLA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Barbara MATERA, Gérard DEPREZ, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) In order to ~~remove~~ensure a high level of consumer protection and public health while removing barriers to the free circulation of cross-border services within the Union, it is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of self- and co-regulatory measures ~~aiming, in particular, at protecting consumers or public health~~. Effective monitoring and reporting mechanisms should be put in place. When well enforced and monitored, codes of conduct at Union level ~~might b~~are a good means of ensuring a ~~more~~ coherent and effective approach. They should be of assistance to the national regulatory authorities in the drafting of their national codes of conduct and help improve coherence in implementing Directive 2010/13/EU.

2016/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2016/0151(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

- having regard to the study on "Linear and on-demand audiovisual media services in Europe 2015", published by the European Audiovisual Observatory in June 2016,

2016/10/27
Committee: CULT

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Traian UNGUREANU, Michał BONI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i a (new)

(ia) Take into account significant incidents of violence against women and domestic violence when determining custody and visitation rights; the rights and needs of child witnesses should be also taken into account when providing protection and support services to victims;

2017/05/11
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/0062(NLE)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Traian UNGUREANU, Michał BONI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement Directive 2011/99/EU on European Protection order, Regulation (EU) on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matter and Directive 2012/29/EU on protection of victims as well as Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in Human being and Directive 2011/92/EU on preventing and combating child sexual abuse and exploitation;

2017/05/11
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. The Member States shall ensure that the market surveillance authorities and the type-approval authorities can properly perform the tasks foreseen by this regulation. To this end, they shall in particular equip them with the resources necessary for that purpose.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Dariusz ROSATI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Sufficient and effective market surveillance is key to ensure that products put on the market effectively comply with legislation in terms of safety and environmental protection. Although funding is key, budget for the market surveillance activities should not impose extra costs on consumers.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos COELHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)

The Commission shall guarantee a unified implementation and enforcement of the rules across the single market.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos COELHO, Philippe JUVIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

A manufacturer who considers that a vehicle, system, component, separate technical unit, or part or equipment that has been placed on the market or entered into service is not in conformity with this Regulation or that the type approval has been granted on the basis incorrect data, shall immediately take the appropriate measures necessary to bring that vehicle, system, component, separate technical unit, part or equipment into conformity, to withdraw it from the market or to recall it, as appropriate. These corrective measures shall be provided free of charge for the vehicle owner.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4

4. In order to verify that a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit conforms to the approved type, the approval authority that has granted the EU type-approval shall carry out checks or tests required for EU type-approval, on samples taken at the premises of the manufacturer, including production facilities. The checks shall be carried out frequently without paralyzing the system and at random intervals.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Philippe JUVIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) where the production of vehicles in conformity with the approved type of vehicle is permanently discontinued ~~on a voluntary basis;~~; the production of a vehicle shall be considered permanently discontinued when no vehicle of the type concerned was produced over a period of two years.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2016/0014(COD)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Roberta METSOLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 3

3. The amounts of administrative fines shall be ~~considered as revenue~~administrated by the Member States and used for the gbene~~ral budget of the European Union~~fit of consumers negatively affected by the infringement.

2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to be disruptive in the implementation of the single market legislation; stresses the great potential of labour intense sectors such as retail and hospitality industry for job creation, integration and tackling youth unemployment;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Considers that the Monti report from 2010 "A new strategy for the single market" should be fully implemented and taken into account during the work on the Single Market Strategy;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for the protection of geographical indications for non- agricultural products in the EU;~~deleted

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Underlines that the retail and wholesale sector is the largest business sector in Europe; considers that reducing unnecessary regulatory administrative and practical barriers to retail businesses a priority;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Welcomes the intention in the strategy to create a compliance culture and a continued zero tolerance to infringements of single market regulation; calls on the Commission and Members States to explore whether the Commission powers under the infringement procedures should not be aligned with those it has under competition policy;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Emphasises that it is necessary to reinforce the Solvit network and to improve awareness of the network and its role in solving interpretation problems relating to the single market; calls on the Commission to strengthen its efforts in helping Member States to solve the most problematic cases;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Dariusz ROSATI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Commission to clarify how the proposed market information tools would work and the legal base for such tools;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that regulatory differences between Member States regarding differing labelling requirements create unnecessary obstacles to the activities of suppliers of goods; calls on the Commission to consider introducing a mandatory scheme for the provision of key information for furniture, established at EU level; considers that such an initiative would be beneficial for consumers, industries and trade operators, ensuring transparency, adequate recognition of European products and harmonised rules for operators in the single market;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Supports the Commission proposal to introduce a services passport to help service providers demonstrate that they satisfy the requirements applicable to them in the Member State where they wish to provide their service on a temporary basis; considers that this initiative should be aimed at reducing administrative burden for service providers and simplifying the procedures applicable to cross-border service provision; underlines however that a services passport could be superfluous if the Services Directive would be properly implemented and enforced;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Highlights the fact that inefficient delivery services, especially as regards the final mile delivery, constitute important barrier to selling across borders in the EU; stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving single market; calls on the Commission to come up with a comprehensive action plan for parcel delivery and define goals to be realised on this market by the end of 2020; calls on the Commission to put more emphasis on dismantling barriers operators encounter in cross-border delivery;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that discrimination against consumers and entrepreneurs on the basis of nationality or place of residence, in both online and offline environments, is not acceptable within the single market; considers however that an obligation for companies to sell to the whole EU is not feasible;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls on the Commission to submit, as a matter of priority, a legislative proposal to address geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination by market operators; calls on the Commission to lay down effective criteria for assessing the unjustified character of geo-blocking; stresses that any such proposal must respect the basic principle of freedom of trade;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2354(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to analyse unnecessary restrictions to retail establishment in the single market that are not justified by overriding reasons relating to the public interest, bringing forward proposals to overcome these problems where necessary, and report on that in Spring 2017;

2016/02/26
Committee: IMCO

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the Commission and the Member States to ensure that human rights ~~and~~, gender equality and the fight of trafficking in HB remain at the heart of the EU’s development policies and partnerships with third countries;

2016/03/30
Committee: FEMM

2015/2340(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the economic and social empowerment of women and ~~minority group~~girls would reduce their vulnerability to becoming victims, and calls on the Commission to continue its targeted action on mainstreaming gender equality in all development operations and ensuring that ~~gender equal~~ity remains on the agenda during political dialogue with third countries;

2016/03/30
Committee: FEMM

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Insists on the ~~need for the EU~~Member States to enhance police and judicial cooperation ~~between Member States~~on a European level and with third countries in the investigation and prosecution of trafficking in human beings (THB), in particular via Europol and Eurojust, including information sharing, participation in Joint Investigation Teams and in combating recruitment of people for THB through the internet and other digital means; considers that he announcement that at least 10 000 children went missing over the last months has clearly shown that Member States and European Agencies urgently have to step up their efforts in terms of cross-border cooperation, information exchange and joint investigations and operations in order to be able to tackle trafficking in human beings;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls upon the European Union and Member States to provide their law enforcement and police agencies with the necessary staff and resources for the agencies to be able to receive information also from families or other sources, to exchange this information with the relevant European and national authorities and to properly treat and analyse this information;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Reminds that trafficking children often lead to cases of sexual abuse, forced to prostitution, forced labour or illegal organ harvesting and trafficking in combination with murder of the children; urges the responsible Member States' and European authorities to strengthen cooperation during investigative operations to prevent those crimes in cooperation with each other and with third countries;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that law enforcement personnel, including agencies such as Frontex and Europol, are provided with adequate training into be able to deal with cases of THB, with an emphasis on the special needs of trafficked women, children and other vulnerable groups and on how to provide incentives and adequate protection for victims of THB and for others to report traffickers;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the EAAS to exchange best practices with third countries, firstly, on training of police authorities and aid workers to understand how to most adequately approach victims, and secondly, on applying the principle of individual assessment of victims to determine their specific needs, help and protection;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that children and disabled people should be considered as vulnerable victims of human trafficking; victims of human trafficking may develop disabilities due to abuse at the hands of their trafficker, while alternatively, an individual who has a disability may be targeted by a trafficker due to that vulnerability;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Member States to enhance cooperation with third countries in order to combat all form of trafficking in Human beings and with particular attention to the gender dimension of trafficking in HB to specifically combat child marriage, sexual exploitation of women and girls and sex-tourism;

2016/03/30
Committee: FEMM

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that sex tourism—that is, the practice of traveling or vacationing for the purpose of having sex—is a billion dollar industry that further encourages the sexual exploitation of women and girls;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Highlights that trafficking of human beings fuels organized crime groups that usually participate in many other illegal activities, including drug and weapons trafficking and money laundering while at the same time it burdens public health systems, erodes government authority, encourages widespread corruption, and threatens the security of vulnerable populations;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that trafficked people are victims of serious crime and should benefit from ~~protection~~assistance and support regardless of their willingness to cooperate with the law enforcement authorities; c~~onsiders it essential that, after conducting a comprehensive risk assessment on the viability of the return of a~~alls on the Member States to issue a residence permit for victims of THB, a residence permit should be granted to those victims and their families whose safety upon return to their country of origin might not be guaranteed; calls on the Commission to review Directive 2004/81/EC, including by raising the minimum validation ccording to Directive 2004/81/EC and fully apply articles 12 to 16 of Directive 2011/36/EU to ensure protection for victims of trafficking in criminal proceedings, including for child victimes of ~~a residence permit~~trafficking and unaccompanied minors; stresses that any return must always be consistent with the principle of non-refoulement;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that victims, often from third countries, rarely understand the culture and language of the country into which they have been trafficked; they therefore experience another layer of psychological stress and frustration;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to ensure that victims of THB and their family members have access to ~~free~~ legal aid and counselling, including in criminal, and civil ~~or migration~~ proceedings; underlines the need for a special and focused THB approach and protection for vulnerable groups such as ~~refugees,~~ people with disabilities and children, including unaccompanied minors from third countries.

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Member States to increase cooperation with third countries to prevent and combat trafficking in Human beings; calls in particular to assist third countries in adopting legislation criminalising THB and combating the culture of impunity;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the EU and on the Member States to support international organisations and NGOs in promoting raising awareness and information campaigns to alert potential victims of trafficking in HB in third countries;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the EU and the Member States to keep the fight of trafficking in Human beings, which is a serious breach of human rights, as a priority in their external relations and dialogue with third countries;

2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE

2015/2340(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls for strengthening national guardianship systems for children in Europe, as part of the EU's anti- trafficking strategy which recognises the vital role guardians play in protecting children from harm;

2016/03/14
Committee: AFET

2015/2340(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Considers that early identification and protection of children victims of trafficking and unaccompanied children at risk of trafficking in the context of the current asylum and migration processes is imperative since the identification of victims of child trafficking is crucial to prosecuting traffickers and providing child victims with age appropriate protection and assistance;

2016/03/14
Committee: AFET

2015/2325(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the treatment of women and girls seeking asylum across Member States ~~is inconsistent~~differs hugely, and very significant shortcomings remain;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported instances of violence and abuse, including sexual violence, against refugee women and children, ~~particularly~~throughout their journey and including in overcrowded reception centres in the EU;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that, to improve the security and safety of women ~~refugees,~~and girls refugees, Member States should use all safe and legal routes to the EU ~~must be made~~ available for receiving those fleeing conflict and persecution; stresses in particular that more Member States should participate to the EU Resettlement Programmes; believes that legislation and policies relating to irregular migration should n~~ever~~ot prevent access to EU asylum procedures;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to ~~amend Regulation (EC) 862/2007 on Community~~thoroughly gather statistics on migration and international protection with a view to adding more gender disaggregated data categories, particularly in relation to stages in the asylum process after an initial decision has been made;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Not~~Welcomes the Commission’'s proposal to establish a common EU list of safe countries of origin; demands that all appropriate steps be taken to ensure that this approach is consistent with the principle of non-refoulement and that the rights of women, children and other vulnerable groups are not undermined; calls for gender differentiation to be applied; believes that claims based on fear of gender-based violence or discrimination should ~~never~~, in principle, not be subject to accelerated asylum procedures bearing in mind that member states should apply the European asylum laws;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Member States to ~~give reasons for positive asylum decisions in order to~~ make available useful data on ~~the consideration given to~~cases of gender- based violence and to provide transparency ~~about the Convention grounds on which asylum claims have been granted~~;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Member states to fully implement Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims and Directive 2012/29/EU on establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Stresses that women and girls are particularly vulnerable to exploitation by smugglers; calls therefore on Member States to increase their police and judicial cooperation, including with Europol, Frontex, Eurojust and EASO to effectively combat smuggling and trafficking of migrants;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Strongly condemns the use of sexual violence against women as a weapon of war; considers that special attention should be given to migrant women and girls abused in conflicts by ensuring access to medical and psychological support;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Stresses that the needs of vulnerable people such as women victims of violence and girls, in particular unaccompanied girls, should be prioritised in the reception procedures;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that many women asylum seekers and refugees have experienced extreme violence and that detention may exacerbate their trauma; calls for an immediate end, in all Member States, to the detention of girls because of their status of migrant and stresses that the need of pregnant women seeking asylum and ~~the detention of~~ survivors of rape and sexual violence are more appropriately accommodated in tailored facilities;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the urgent need for independent investigations into all allegations of ~~abus~~sexual abuse and gender based violence at places of immigration detention and for access to be granted to journalists;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges all Member States to ~~reduce maximum~~keep limits to the duration of detention ~~prior to removal to below~~to the limit stipulated in the Return Directive; considers that prolonged detention disproportionately harms vulnerable groups;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Member States to develop and implement specific measures to facilitate labour market participation of women refugees and asylum seekers, including language classes, lifelong learning and training; stresses the importance of widening access to ~~higher~~ education for women and girls refugees; calls for robust and transparent procedures for recognising qualifications obtained abroad;

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2325(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Believes that mutual recognition of positive asylum decisions would enable better opportunities for jobs, integration and family reunification;~~deleted

2015/12/16
Committee: FEMM

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Points out that ~~the ac~~EU institutions ofin the ~~institu~~ir actions and EUtheir policies have to ~~be based on participatory democracy, thus~~ ensur~~ing~~e compliance with the principles of full transparency, by sharing, and informing citizens accurately and in good time;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that privacy and data protection should be respected while ensuring transparency

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that it is the duty of the institutions to carry o~~n a continuing~~ut regularly an open, and transparent dialogue with civil society so as to enable citizens to b~~ring scrutiny directly to bear on the different stages of decision-taking – allowing them to become more~~ecome more informed and actively involved in the ~~decision-making~~EU democratic process – and ~~on the legitimacy and effec~~exercise public scrutiny; recalls that transparency enhances citivzen~~ess of governance~~s' trust in the EU and mincreasures t~~aken~~he legitimacy of the EU Institutions;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that in order to bring about a legitimate, accountable democratic political system complying with the rule of law, citizens must have the right to know a~~bout, and scrutinise, the actions of their representatives, the decision-making process,~~nd hold accountable their representatives for their actions and the way in which public money is a~~pportion~~llocated and spent~~, and the ensuing outcomes~~;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Deplores the fact that it is still difficult for citizens to gain access to information held by EU institutions, the reason being that there is no effective citizen-oriented interinstitutional policy based on complete transparency, communication, and direct democracy; urges the institutions to take a proactive attitude by disclosing; urges the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to further develop a more proactive approach on transparency by making publicly accessible as many of their documents as possible in as simple and accessible a way ~~as possible for the public, having documents translated into all of the EU official languag~~, including on their internet websites, and e~~stablish~~nsuring proper ~~information access arrangements allowing~~access for the needs of people with disabilities;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that a more proactive approach helps ensuring effective transparency as well as preventing unnecessary legal disputes, which might cause unnecessary costs and burdens for both the Institutions and the citizens;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges all the institutions, pending its desired revision, to fully apply Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 ~~in the proper manner~~; calls on the Council in particular to revise its rules, with a view to ~~ensuring that all discussions,~~increase transparency on its documents, and i~~nformation are made public,~~ts meetings and to produce ~~transcripts~~information of its public meetings;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

~~8. Notes that the Treaty of Lisbon has done away with the reference to safeguarding the efficiency of legislative decision-taking;~~deleted

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Deplores th~~e failur~~at little progress has been made to implement Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 as regards the obligation for the institutions to keep complete registers of documents; calls ~~for a European policy on registers to be established~~on the EU institutions to establish registers of documents if not done yet and ~~for~~to implement~~ing~~ measures to standardise the classification and presentation of the institutions’ documents;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that transparent law-making is of the utmost importance to citizens; calls on the institutions ~~actively to circulat~~to make available documents forming part of, or related to, legislative procedures ~~and to improve communication with persons who might wish to obtain them~~; considers in particular that the EU institutions should~~, by default,~~ make as many documents as possible accessible to the public via atheir websites and consider using YouEurope as single publicly accessible ~~common~~EU portal ~~making for ease of~~to facilitate consultation;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the Ombudsman’s inquiry into ‘trilogues’, the established practice by which most EU legislation is adopted; ~~urges the Ombudsman to make full use of her powers of investigation under the Treaties;~~

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Monika HOHLMEIER, Alessandra MUSSOLINI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Points out that the use of trilogues ~~is not consistent with~~has become an effective way to reach consensus between the co-legislators and to speed up the legislative procedure laid down in the Treaty ~~and~~; notes that conciliation committees ~~may~~can therefore be used only at third reading as a last resort;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Alessandra MUSSOLINI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Deplores the fact that citizens have no power to supervise trilogue negotiations; expresses concern at the abuses to which this legislative practice might lead, in particular as regards the role of lobbies and possible disparities in the treatment of persons seeking to keep abreast with developments in European legislCalls on the EU institutions to increase transparency on informal trilogues by increasing reporting in the competent parliamentary committee, which are web-streamed and public, on the state of play of trilogue negotiations;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Alessandra MUSSOLINI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the institutions involved to ensure in future that negotiations will be transparent and, to that end, to allow meetings to be held in public and webstreamed and to arrange for agendas, minutes, and the main issues discussed to be published;deleted

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Also calls on Parliament and the Council~~Encourages MEPs and Council's representatives to follow the Commission practice, as established by ~~the~~its decision of 25 November 2014, byto publish~~ing~~ information about ~~contact~~meetings between ~~lobbyists and Members of Parliament, their office~~them, their staff , and ~~their advis~~stakeholders, and ~~between lobbyists and Member State representatives working at the Council~~civil society;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Points out that, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and in order to guarantee full democratic and transparent parliamentary control, access should likewise be granted in a user - friendly way to documents produced when powers are delegated (delegated acts), since these make up a substantial portion of European legislation; ~~considers it disappointing that no register of delegated acts has yet been established and calls on the Commission to set one up without delay;~~

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that international agreements have binding force and an impact on EU legislation and points to the need for negotiations to be transparent throughout the entire process, implying that the institutions should be obliged to publish the negotiating brief conferred on the Commission; considers it regrettable that nthat documents related to them should be public in principle, without prejudice to legoitimat~~ions are secret and citizens have no access to information, but only to documents communicated to the press,~~e exceptions and without undermining the necessary thrus giving rise to speculation and misconceptions about the negotiations; maintains that the public should be given access to all of the parties’ relevant negotiating documents, in keeping with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001t between the parties concerned in order to achieve effective negotiations;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Points out to the Commission that it is required to inform Parliament fully and immediately at every stage while negotiations are taking place; welcomes that MEPs have access to relevant negotiations documents within the European Parliament;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Points out that transparency strengthens, and helps to give effect to, the principle of good administration, as set out in Article 41 of the Charter and Article 298 TFEU; calls, therefore, fothe EU institutions to ensure that their internal administrative procedures ~~to be laid down in order to~~ achieve that aim;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the EU institutions to draw up common rules governing the conduct of administrative procedures and the procedures for presenting, classifying, declassifying, registering, and disclosing administrative documents;deleted

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Maintains~~Calls on Member States to ensure that information about negotiations on national and regional operational programmes has to be made fully accessible and genuinely transparent;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Reiterates that full transparency of public expenditure in the EU is crucial to ensure accountability and to fight corruption;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2287(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Traian UNGUREANU, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to ~~tighten up its supervision in order to make managing authoriti~~monitor that Member States comply with the information and reporting obligations set out in Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and, if necessary, to impose the penalties applicable for non-fulfilment of those obligations;

2015/12/02
Committee: LIBE

2015/2258(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Julie WARD, Silvia COSTA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

– having regard to the study of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights of December 2015 on ‘Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU’,

2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that necessary measures must be taken to ensure that education institutes are empowered to implement measures of reasonable accommodation to make education more physically accessible, as well as implement measures so that inclusive education becomes such which facilitates the process of the learner to attain his or her full potential; recommends that European Schools implement a non-rejection policy on the grounds of disability and ensure inclusive, quality education for all students with disabilities;

2016/02/26
Committee: CULT

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls for the implementation of effective measures that address violence and bullying within the educational system as research shows that most measures at the level of Member States fail to recognise and address the particular risk of children with disabilities. Notes that schools play a crucial role in promoting social inclusion, and stresses the need of a proper mechanisms that enables inclusion in mainstream schools and which could also ensure that educators teachers are properly prepared and trained to recognise and react to violence against children with disabilities;

2016/02/26
Committee: CULT

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls for education systems to refrain from creating environments that label learners, such as banding and streaming, as this negatively affects students with disabilities especially those with learning difficulties;

2016/02/26
Committee: CULT

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Recalls that children with disabilities and their families must be supported through measures of early intervention, adequate social assistance and appropriate community-based services;

2016/02/26
Committee: CULT

2015/2258(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Calls on the Commission to adopt effective measures to prevent violence against children with disabilities, targeting families, communities, professionals and institutions. Notes with concern that society's lack of awareness, general discriminatory views based on prejudice, lack of interaction between people with and without disabilities can all contribute to violence again children with disabilities;

2016/02/26
Committee: CULT

2015/2258(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Theresa GRIFFIN, Silvia COSTA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Calls on the Commission to mainstream a women and girls with disabilities perspective in its forthcoming gender equality strategy, policies and programmes so as a gender perspective in its disability strategies to promote gender equality and empowerment of women with disabilities, to ensure disability inclusive education and development and to strengthen the meaningful participation of women with disabilities in the disability dialogue;

2016/02/26
Committee: CULT

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of discrimination, including multiple and intersectional discrimination based on disability, with special regard to women and children with disabilities and to those whose disabilities change over time; recommends that all disability strategies include special provisions to address and mainstream the rights of children with disabilities; invites Member States and the Commission to address violence against children with disabilities through an integrated approach, setting out specialised measures and accessible support services within child protection systems;

2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/2258(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Julie WARD, Silvia COSTA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses on the need to increase support and specific provisions for persons with disabilities in humanitarian settings, in particular children, and calls on the European Commission to map down investments and funding in support of persons with disabilities in emergencies, including gender and age disaggregated data;

2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/2258(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Julie WARD, Silvia COSTA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Underlines the importance of achieving all disability related Sustainable Development Goals, in particular regarding Goal 4 on ensuring inclusive, equitable quality education and the need to increase the number of schools with access to adapted infrastructure and materials for students with disabilities and to invest in teacher competencies for inclusive education and participation of children in school and the community;

2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/2258(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Julie WARD, Silvia COSTA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Commission to include in the next Agenda on the Rights of the Child a comprehensive rights-based strategy for boys and girls with disabilities and safeguards to protect their rights;

2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/2258(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Julie WARD, Silvia COSTA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to ensure that boys and girls with disabilities and their representative organisations be consulted in all matters affecting them - with appropriate assistance provided, according to their disability and age;

2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/2258(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Julie WARD, Silvia COSTA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned that the European Structural and Investment Funds are being misused to foster institutionalisation, and calls on the Member States and the Commission to strengthen their monitoring in line with the CRPD and in consultation with disability organisations; calls on the European Commission and Member States to take necessary measures, including through the use of ESI Funds and other relevant European Union funds, to develop support services in local communities for boys and girls with disabilities and their families, foster deinstitutionalisation and prevent new institutionalisation, and promote social inclusion and access to inclusive quality education for boys and girls with disabilities;

2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/2258(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Julie WARD, Silvia COSTA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to prevent or alleviate poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion among persons with disabilities and their families, with special regard to children with disabilities, in the context of a European Pillar of Social Rights;

2016/04/06
Committee: EMPL

2015/2233(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point i

i. to ensure the highest level of transparency in the negotiations, in particular by allowing access to documents and by organising a consultation with Parliament and ~~civil society~~relevant stakeholders throughout the process;

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Lara COMI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point ii

ii. to ensure that ~~before considering the removal of barriers, the agreement seeks to create a level playing field in the services sector,~~the agreement will be as comprehensive as possible and has as ~~its~~ main objective to ~~highlight and maintain the high level of protection of consumers, wo~~open up the markerst and ~~the environment enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)~~remove obstacles to free trade in services;

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Axel VOSS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas TiSA is an opportunity for the EU to consolidate its position as the world leader in the field, with 24 % of global trade in services;

2015/10/19
Committee: LIBE

2015/2233(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Axel VOSS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas non-tariff barriers, which on average represent more than 50 % of the cost of cross-border services, disproportionately affect small and medium-sized enterprises, which often lack the human and financial resources necessary to overcome those obstacles; whereas the elimination of unnecessary barriers would facilitate their internationalisation;

2015/10/19
Committee: LIBE

2015/2233(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Andreas SCHWAB, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii

iii. to ensure that the TiSA ~~provides reciprocal access, notwithstanding~~respects the right of countries to adopt regulations which are ~~duly~~ justified on public policy grounds;

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Axel VOSS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to ensure that the agreement guarantees full respect for EU fundamental rights standards ~~through the inclusion of a legally binding and suspensive human rights clause as a standard part of EU trade agreements with third countries~~;

2015/10/19
Committee: LIBE

2015/2233(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) to incorporate, a~~s a key priority, a comprehensive and unambiguous~~ horizontal self-standing provision, based on Article XIV of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), that ~~fully~~ exempts the existing and future EU legal framework for the protection of personal data from the agreement~~, without any condition that it must be consistent with other parts of the TiSA,~~ and to ensure that the agreement does not preclude the enforcement of exceptions for the supply of services which are justifiable under the relevant World Trade Organisation rules (Articles XIV and XIV~~bis~~a of the GATS);

2015/10/19
Committee: LIBE

2015/2233(INI)

b) regarding the protection of ~~public services and~~ services of general interest

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monika HOHLMEIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) to ~~oppose~~stress that the provisions with regard to the protection of personal data in the US draft TiSA chapter on e-commerce should be improved in order to meet the EU standards on data protection;

2015/10/19
Committee: LIBE

2015/2233(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Lara COMI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point i

i. to ensure that the negotiations ~~maintain and strengthen~~consider the fundamental role played by public services and services of general interest in the European Union~~, which provide an essential safety net for citizens and contribute to social cohesion, growth and employment~~;

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point i

i. to ensure that the negotiations maintain and strengthen the fundamental role played by public services and services of general interest in the European Union, which provide an essential safety net for citizens and contribute to social cohesion, growth and employmentdo not undermine the fundamental role of services of general interest in the European Union;

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point i a (new)

ia. to facilitate more active participation of EU businesses, including SMEs, in public procurement globally, as this can contribute to stimulating private-sector innovation and to the emergence of new, high-growth, innovative companies and sectors; to stress that this possibility must not undermine the capacity of EU governments to maintain their public services;

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is concerned that the impact of TiSA might be gender biased; calls for the introduction of gender-sensitive flanking measures to deal with possible negative outcomes for women from the implementation of TiSA;deleted

2015/10/21
Committee: FEMM

2015/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point ii

ii. to maintain the Member States’ freedom to regulate ~~those~~ services ~~at all levels and to provide, commission and fund public servic~~of general interest in compliance with the Treaties;

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Axel VOSS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

(fa) to welcome the substantial push for transparency vis-à-vis the public since the 2014 European elections, including the publication of EU market access offers and the mandate granted by the Council;

2015/10/19
Committee: LIBE

2015/2233(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point ii a (new)

iia. to underline that the public procurement must be part of any final comprehensive agreement given that it represents a substantial part of the EU’s and other trading partners’ economies and therefore is a key economic interest for the EU;

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB, Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point ii

ii. to ensure that the ne~~gotiations comply with the new directives on public procurement and concessions, in particular as regards the definition of public-public cooperation, exclusions and SME acces~~w public procurement and concession directives are complied with in the negotiations, in particular as regards the definition of public-public cooperation, exclusions, SMEs access and the award criteria on best value rather than lowest price, the possibility for contracting authorities to cooperate and form intercommunalities, and the thresholds below which the procurement is not subject to EU or international rules;

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iv

iv. to ensure that transparent and effective measures are put in place to protect consumers against fraudulent online commercial practices; most importantly, to ensure that consumers will be protected at home, when they travel, when they shop online and will benefit from easy access to dispute resolution mechanisms and effective resolution of dispute;

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point d - point i

~~i. to ensure that the regulated professions are excluded from the agreement;~~deleted

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2233(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point d - point ii

~~ii. to maintain the exclusion of audio- visual and cultural services;~~deleted

2015/10/19
Committee: IMCO

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and to the European Parliament resolution of 27 November 2014 on the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to the Council conclusions of 5 December 2014 on the promotion and protection of children's rights,

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas in 2014 an estimated 230 million children currently living in countries and areas affected by armed conflicts are exposed to extreme violence, trauma, forcibly recruited and deliberately targeted by violent groups;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes that 132 human rights country strategies (HRCS) have been endorsed by the Political and Security Committee, following concerted efforts by the EU Delegations, EU institutions and Member States; reiterates its support for the objective of the HRCS, which is to tailor the EU’s action in each country to its specific situation and needs; calls for further improvement in cooperation between EU Delegations, Member States’ embassies and EU institutions in drawing up and implementing the HRCS; notes that 86 EU Delegations have recognised children's rights as a priority and welcomes the inclusion of children rights in the human rights dialogues;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Strongly underlines the importance of systematically assessing the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights, including the implementation of the EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child, by using well-defined benchmarks; considers that, in order to ensure proper implementation of the Guidelines, further measures aimed at raising awareness of their content among EEAS and EU Delegation staff must be taken;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Deplores the fact that the proper implementation of legal frameworks for the protection of minorities remains a challenge, as stated in the Commission’s Enlargement Strategy for 2014-2015; invites the enlargement countries to step up their efforts to forge a culture of acceptance of minorities through, for example, improved inclusion of minorities in the education system with a special focus on Roma children;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Reiterates its full support for the EU’s strong engagement in promoting the advancement of human rights and democratic principles through cooperation with the structures of the United Nations and its specialised agencies, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, in line with Articles 21 and 220 TEU; welcomes therefore the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68

68. Recalls that the 2014 Sakharov Prize was awarded to Dr Denis Mukwege for his strong engagement with victims of sexual violence and continuous promotion of women’s rights; strongly condemns all forms of abuse and violence against women and girls, including female genital mutilation, child marriage and other forms of harmful traditional practices;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Caterina CHINNICI, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 c (new)

69c. Strongly condemns the continued use of rape against women and girls as a weapon of war; stresses that more needs to be done to ensure respect of international law and access to health and psychological care for women and girls abused in conflicts; calls on the EU, the Member States, international organisations, and civil society to increase cooperation to raise awareness and combat impunity;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72

72. Welcomes the Council conclusions on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, adopted in December 2014, and calls for the EU to continue supporting partner countries in combatting all forms of violence against children and reinforcing their capacities to protect children’s rights; welcomes the global roll-out in 2014 of the EU-UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit reaffirming the EU's commitment to mainstream children's rights in all sectors and policies;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73

73. Reiterates its request for the Commission to propose a comprehensive Child Rights Strategy and Action Plan for the next five years, supporting the EU’s efforts to promote children’s rights, namely by contributing to ensuring children’s access to water, sanitation, healthcare and education, as well as by eliminating child labour and assisting children in armed conflicts; commends the "Children No Soldiers" campaign and calls on the EU and Member States to step up their support in order to reach the target of ending the recruitment and use of children in conflicts by government armed forces by 2016.

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2229(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Sofia RIBEIRO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gérard DEPREZ, Jean LAMBERT, Kinga GÁL, Silvia COSTA, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Julie WARD, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 b (new)

73 b. Underlines that children are particularly vulnerable in the current refugee and migrant crisis and especially when unaccompanied and that conflicts and instability have uprooted millions of children across several countries around Europe; calls on the Member States to take into account the best interest of the child in all procedures and ensure protection for children and particularly access to safe water, food, health care and education;

2015/10/16
Committee: AFET

2015/2210(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the single market remains fragmented and the great potential for growth, innovation and jobs largely untapped; calls on the Commission and the Member States to honour their commitments and to safeguard the revival of the single market as one of the Union’s main priorities; reiterates that the European Semester should embrace the objectives of an overarching, long-term EU strategy for growth and jobs looking to 2020 and beyond;

2015/09/14
Committee: IMCO

2015/2210(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to put forward proposals for classifying the single market as a specific pillar of the European Semester, including dedicated guidelines and country-specific recommendations (CSRs) thereon; asks the Commission to enhance the linkage between the pillars; recalls that good economic governance and the impact thereof can be effective only if the ones implementing and applying the rules are adequately involved;

2015/09/14
Committee: IMCO

2015/2210(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Supports the emphasis in 2015's CSRs on the importance of removing unjustified restrictions and barriers to entry in the key sectors; requests furthermore the Member States concerned to give those recommendations their utmost consideration and to remove, with urgent priority, these obstacles to the growth of the Single Market;

2015/09/14
Committee: IMCO

2015/2161(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

2015/09/25
Committee: IMCO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission Communication 'Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors',[1]and the European Parliament Resolution of 12 September 2013 on the situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU [1] COM 82010)0213 def Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors (2010-2014)

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Carlos COELHO, Frank ENGEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 a (new)

- having regard the eighth biannual report on the functioning of the Schengen area adopted on 15 December 2015;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Alessandra MUSSOLINI, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 43 a (new)

- having regard to the study for the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality entitled "Reception of Female Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the EU" detailing the risks female refugees undergo,

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Mariya GABRIEL, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Alessandra MUSSOLINI, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that, regardless of legal status, decisions to detain should take into account oif ~~past histories of~~women have undergone trauma including experiences of sexual violence~~, and that the needs of pregnant women are more appropriately accommodated in tailored facilitie~~ or FGM; considers that pregnant women in particular and single mothers should receive a treatment that takes into account their condition; stresses that girls should never be detained because of their status of migrants;

2015/09/10
Committee: FEMM

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Mariya GABRIEL, Milan ZVER, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Encourages the UNHCR, EASO and Member States to ensure that the highest possible standards are in place for recruitment and that training which promotes a gender-based approach is provided for all staff.

2015/09/10
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Believes that the preferences of the applicant should, as much as practically possible, be taken into account when carrying out relocation; recognises that this is one way of discouraging secondary movements and encouraging applicants themselves to accept relocation decisions, but that it should not stop the relocation process; further recalls that the best interest of the child must be a primary consideration should always guide any decision on relocation involving children;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Heinz K. BECKER, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Observe~~Considers, furthermore, that resettlement through the auspices of UNHCR is ~~a well-established humanitarian programme, and is a useful tool for managing orderly arrivals of persons in~~the best existing legal and safe way for persons in need of international protection to reach orderly the Member State territories; deplores that the offer of quotas for resettlement by all Member States is totally insufficient to meet the needs of ~~international protection onto~~even the most vulnerable refugees; deplores that according to UNHCR procedures for resettling refugees are too long; Calls on all Member States t~~erritori~~o participate to resettlement programmes and to speed up procedures;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Heinz K. BECKER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Believes that the asylum systems of some ~~frontline~~ Member States are already clearly overburdened and that the Temporary Protection Directive should – under its own logic – have been triggered; calls, in any case, for a clear definition of ‘mass influx’ to be established upon revision of this directive; understands that such a revision of the Temporary Protection Directive can form part of the review of the Dublin system;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Heinz K. BECKER, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Recalls that, under Article 15 of the Reception Conditions Directive, Member States are to determine the conditions for granting access to their labour markets for applicants for international protection, provided that such access is effective and is in accordance with the timeframe laid down in Paragraph 1 of that Article; stresses that access to labour market for asylum seekers and refugees is key to successful integration and for the refugees and asylum seekers to be able to support themselves rather than being dependent on subsidies; understands that, per Article 15(2) for reasons of labour market policies, Member States may give priority to Union citizens and nationals of states parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and to legally resident third-country nationals;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Encourages the Member States to seek to keep families together, which will assist integration prospects in the long-term as the focus can be directed towards the establishment of a new life instead of concerns towards family members that are still in insecure situations; urges Member States to take all measures necessary to prevent the separation of a child from his/her parents;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Barbara MATERA, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Heinz K. BECKER, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85 a (new)

85a. Recognises that Turkey is receiving with dignity over 2.5 million of refugees providing status of international protection according to international standards, access to health care and access to education for children currently funded by Turkey; welcomes also the recent opening up of the labour market in Turkey for refugees; stresses however that, despite these commendable efforts, there is a urgent need of further funding to cope with the needs of refugees , including to ensure access to school for refugee children;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85 a (new)

85a. Welcomes the commitments taken at the Valletta summit which recognise the need to give hope and opportunities to young people, and to protect children from violence and abuse;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86

86. Recalls that the Union has intensified its external cooperation with third countries in migration and asylum in order to respond adequately to the current refugee crisis, and has launched new cooperation initiatives, such as the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan; emphasises, in that respect, the need for all parties to fulfil their commitments deriving from the Joint Action Plan, including addressing the root causes leading to the massive influx of Syrians, stepping up cooperation for the support of Syrians under temporary protection and their host communities in Turkey, and for Turkey to fulfil its commitments to prevent irregular migration flows from its territory to the Union; considers that more cooperation and support is necessary for search and rescue operations in the Aegean sea, including between Greece and Turkey; Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to speed up the disbursement of 3 billion euros to support refugees in Turkey;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86 a (new)

86a. Welcomes that Turkey’s authorities and the UNHCR in Turkey are harmonising their data base of registration of refugees in one single registration system; considers it urgent to look at technical ways to make that data base interoperable and compatible with the European data base for the registration of asylum seekers, Eurodac; stresses that it is also important that once refugees leave Turkey to go to Europe, they should be de-registered from the Turkish data base;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Heinz K. BECKER, Barbara MATERA, Jaromír ŠTĚTINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 94 a (new)

94a. Deplores that the UNHCR appeal to increase funding has been ignored by Member States and that WFP had to reduce their nutrition ratio to 80% because of reductions of funds; calls on the Member States and the EU to increase funding to the UN agencies and their partner NGOs in third countries;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Heinz K. BECKER, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110

110. Notes that even if the existing EU legislative framework regulating the access of third- country nationals to work in the Union is rather fragmented, as it focuses on specific categories of workers rather than on regulating, generally, all migrant workers; , it still provides a useful set of common rules for the admission of third country nationals in the EU for the purpose of work; calls therefore on the Member States to implement all existing legislation on legal migration to avoid fragmentation and ensure legal certainty,

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 7 February 2013 with recommendations to the Commission on the governance of the Single Market1, and to the Commission's follow-up thereon adopted on 8 May 2013, __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0054.

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas digital innovation is faster than politics and entrepreneurs are driving the digital agenda; whereas it is of key importance to provide future proof rules that are digital by default;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that ~~the deadlines involved in the subsidiarity mechanism are too short to ensure that~~ parliaments must always have adequate time to consider ~~in detail~~ aspects of implementation or other practical matters; considers, therefore, that parliaments should be afforded more time to respond; considers, as well, that a stronger ‘red card' procedure should be introduced, allowing proposals to be rejected on grounds of lack of conformity with subsidiarityhighlights the need to strengthen dialogue with national parliaments in the legislative process ex-ante and ex-post;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that, where the need for European regulation can be demonstrated, the institutions should jointly undertake to ensure that the principle of proportionality~~, as well as the principles of~~ is reflected in the drafting of the relevant legislation; furthermore believes that the process should aim at simplicity, transparency, coherence and respect for fundamental rights~~, are reflected in the drafting of the relevant legislation;~~ ;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that single market legislation should be ~~to the benefit of~~nefit citizens, competitiveness, innovation and growth, and views effective impact assessments as an important tool for informing policymakers on how best to design regulation to achieve these aims and their single market objectives;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that in order to be effective as tools, impact assessments should be prepared on the basis of strong evidence; believes that careful consideration of scientific advice should form part of the impact assessment process and, in particular, substantiate how or why policy choices have been made in preparatory phases, which will assist the political process; furthermore considers that impact assessments must take into account the digital revolution and the need for future proof legislation;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Points out that the impact assessment accompanying a proposal should be seen as a ‘'living document' that is kept up to date and that corresponds to the choices made by the co-legislators at the various stages of negotiations before the final political decision is taken; points out however that it is important that this does not lead to a lengthier and more complex legislative processes;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Considers it necessary to empower a body, shared among all three institutions, to conduct independent scrutiny of impact assessments, taking inspiration from experiences in the Member States, including the Netherlands; believes that such a body could be composed of a group of independent experts and include representatives from each of the institutions;deleted

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Believes that wide and proper balanced consultation is essential~~, particularly with regard to informal groupings, such as expert groups involved in standardisation activities; considers the proper balancing of these groups,~~ in the legislative process; considers the publication of documents and evidence, and the invitation to all stakeholders to contribute effectively to the development of policy in this area, to be an important driver for innovation and the strengthening of the single market, particularly with regard to the Digital Single Market agenda;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Considers consultation to be an ongoing process rather than an occasional exercise; reiterates, in this regard, its calls on the Commission to consider the establishment of a European Stakeholder Forum on better regulation and less bureaucracy;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Believes that full and proper implementation of single market legislation to be fundamental ~~if the benefits of the single market are to be fully felt~~and that clear indicators should be used; expresses concern over the fact that targets for implementation are not always met;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Believes ~~that the analysis should also undertake~~stronger measures are needed to identify and correct instances of gold- plating, which p~~resent similar~~oses challenges for ~~people~~citizens and businesses seeking to understand and apply law originating at EU level;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Considers the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and online dispute resolution (ODR) to be key tools for improving the single market for goods and services; highlights that they will allow consumers and traders to solve their disputes without going to court in a cost- effective and simple way; encourages the Commission and Member States to raise the awareness of these important tools;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that services such as SOLVIT and SOLVIT plus represent a useful, low-cost alternatives to legal action; notes that the present take-up of these services is very low, in particular by the business community; calls on the Commission, in order to resolve this problem, to improve further awareness about these tools, while examining whether the outcomes and responses from those tools are adequate for users;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Highlights the important role of the Commission's "EU Sweeps" monitoring tool specially with regards to a well- functioning digital single market;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Considers digital platforms such as Points of Single Contact, IMI and ISA2 important to improve the functioning of the Single Market by facilitating cross- border information exchange between authorities in Member States;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to undertake infringement proceedings where evidence exists to demonstrate a failure of implementation and where reasonable efforts to solve problems through tools such as ADR, ODR, EU Pilot or SOLVIT have failed; ~~considers that while action should be taken in all applicable cases, the Commission could further prioritise action to tackle those infringements that are most significant in economic terms;~~

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Notes that legislation, once adopted, remains largely static and that incentives to respond to, and repeal, outdated legislation are often lacking, while consumer issues and market problems rise and fall as conditions change; cConsiders, ~~therefore,~~ that sunset clauses ~~should~~may be used more often, whereby the institutions could commit to keep legislation up to date and in place only where necessary; views safeguards as a necessary means of ensuring that essential legislation does not lapse;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Considers also that improving single market regulation does not mean removing all regulation~~, but rather~~ or diminishing consumers or workers' rights, but rather diminishing bureaucracy and delivering a competitive regulatory environment that supports employment and enterprise within Europe;

2015/06/10
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that, where the need for European single market regulation can be demonstrated, the institutions should jointly undertake to ensure that the principle of proportionality, ais ~~well as the principles of~~reflected in the drafting of the relevant legislation; believes, furthermore, that the process should aim at simplicity, transparency, coherence and respect for fundamental rights~~, are reflected in the drafting of the relevant legislation~~;

2015/09/04
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. CRegrets that around 40% of draft impact assessments examined by the EC Impact Assessment Board 2010-2014 were considered to be of insufficient quality and were sent back for improvements; considers that in order to be effective as tools, impact assessments should be prepared on the basis of strong evidence; believes that careful consideration of scientific advice should form part of the impact assessment process and, in particular, substantiate how or why policy choices have been made in preparatory phases, which will assist the political process; furthermore considers that impact assessments must take into account the digital revolution and the need for future proof legislation;

2015/09/04
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Points out that no clear guidance is given whether potential impacts from REFIT proposals should be quantified or not; highlights the need for REFIT proposals to become more targeted by quantifying the potential benefits and cost savings in each proposal;

2015/09/04
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Reiterates the need to introduce the single market as a separate pillar in the European Semester process; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the European Parliament plays an active role through scrutinising the process;

2015/09/04
Committee: IMCO

2015/2089(INI)

Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that services such as SOLVIT and SOLVIT plus represent as useful, low-cost alternatives to legal action; notes that only 4 % of consumers and companies are aware of the tools and that the present take-up of these services is very low~~, in particular by the business community~~; calls on the Commission, and Member States in order to resolve this problem, to improve further awareness about these tools, while examining whether the outcomes and responses from those tools are adequate for users;

2015/09/04
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Roberta METSOLA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Welcomes the recent step by the Supply Chain Initiative that enables SMEs and micro-enterprises to join under a simplified procedure; points out that the number of SMEs registered has steadily increased and that they are now more numerous than larger entities;

2015/09/18
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Roberta METSOLA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Acknowledges, nonetheless, that voluntary and self-regulatory schemes are not enough to put an end to UTPs once and for all, owing to the lack of effective enforcement mechanisms;~~deleted

2015/09/18
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Roberta METSOLA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges the Commission to submit specific proposals for EU legislation banning UTPs in the food supply chain that will enable markets to operate as they should and fair and transparent relations to be maintained between food producers, suppliers and distributors;deleted

2015/09/18
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Roberta METSOLA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Suggests that work should begin on EU rules on the establishment or recognition of national public agencies with responsibility for enforcing laws to combat unfair practices in the food supply chain; takes the view that public agencies of this kind should be empowered to conduct investigations on their own initiative and on the basis of informal information and complaints dealt with on a confidential basis (thus overcoming the fear factor), as well as to impose penalties;deleted

2015/09/18
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Believes strongly that a single, clear, precise and binding definition of UTPs s~~Acknowledges and supports the principles of good practises in the vertical relationships called for in the European Parliament report on a more fair and efficient retail market which was agreed on by all relevant stakehould ~~be drawn up, so as to allow effective rules to be laid dow~~ers and includes clear and precise definitions of UTPs so as to allow proper action to be taken with a view to combating such practices;

2015/09/18
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls for due account to be taken, when drafting ~~rul~~measures in this area, of the specific features of each market and the legal requirements obtaining on it, the different situations and approaches in individual Member States, the degree of consolidation or fragmentation of individual markets, and other significant factors; takes the view that such ~~regulatory~~ efforts should ensure that there is relatively broad discretion to tailor the measures to be taken to the specific features of each market and should be based on the general principle of improving enforcement by involving ~~the~~ relevant public ~~agencies~~bodies and the national platforms of the Supply Chain Initiative;

2015/09/18
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Roberta METSOLA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Calls on~~Supports the Commission ~~to assess~~s ongoing assessment of the voluntary and self- regulatory schemes put in place to date and the effectiveness of the regulatory action taken at national and EU level; calls for an assessment of the likely impact of the various types of EU regulatory action that have been proposed, with due account being taken of all the possible implications for the various stakeholders and for consumer welfareon the Commission to speed up its process and put a deadline by January 2016;

2015/09/18
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Roberta METSOLA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the Commission to come up with concrete proposals on a way forward based on their assessment of the voluntary and self-regulatory schemes;

2015/09/18
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to the report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on unfair business-to- business trading practises in the food supply chain (COM (2016) 32),

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas unfair trading practices (UTPs) are a problem attested to by all entities in the food supply chain and by many national competition authorities; whereas the Commission's report of 29 January 2016 on unfair business-to-business trading practices in the food supply chain confirms that those practices can occur at every stage of the food supply chain; whereas the Commission and Parliament have repeatedly drawn attention to the problem of UTPs;

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the report by the Commission on unfair business-to- business trading practices in the food supply chain, as well as the long-expected accompanying study on the monitoring of the implementation of principles of good practices in vertical relationship in the food supply chain;

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the setting up and development of the Supply Chain Initiative, which has resulted in the adoption of a set of principles of good practice in B2B relations in the food supply chain and a comprehensive voluntary framework for the implementation of those principles which only in the second year of operation already numbers over one thousand participating companies from across the entire EU and mainly SMEs; believes that efforts to promote fair trading practices in the food supply chain can make a real impact;

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the ~~regulatory~~targeted action taken by some Member States, which have introduced provisions supplementing national competition law, broadened the scope of application of the directives on UTPs by extending their provisions to cover B2B relations, and set up independent enforcement ~~agenc~~bodies;

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Endorses the Commission’s view that UTPs arise as a result of a lack of balance in commercial relationships and a worrying increase in the bargaining power of larger entities, which gives them a dominant position on the market that allows them to impose unfavourable contractual terms on weaker trading partners and to make use of unfair practices that grossly deviate from good commercial conduct and are contrary to the principles of good faith and fair dealing; condemns practices that exploit imbalances in bargaining power between economic operators and have an adverse effect on freedom to contract;

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Acknowledges, nonetheless, that voluntary and self-regulatory schemes ~~are not enough to put an end to UTPs once and for all, owing to the lack of effective enforcement mechanisms;~~ require independent and effective enforcement mechanisms, as well as appropriate and impartial governance structures, in order to put an end to UTPs once and for all;

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Urges the Commission to follow-up its recommendations from its report of 29 January 2016 on unfair business-to- business trading practices in the food supply chain, to increase the credibility and effectiveness of the Supply Chain Initiative (SCI) by requiring the relevant stakeholders to: a. improve awareness of the SCI, especially among SMEs, b. ensure the impartiality of the SCI's governance structure, c. allow alleged victims of UTPs to complain confidentially, and d. grant investigatory and sanctioning power to independent bodies;

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Urge~~Supports the Commission ~~to submit specific proposals for EU legislation banning UTPs in the food supply chain that will enable markets to oper~~'s efforts in assessing the effectiveness and credibility of available mechanisms for the enforcement of rules against UTPs in Member States; agrees with the Commission thate a~~s they should and fair and transparent relations to be maintained between food producers, suppliers and distributor~~t this stage, there is no added value of a specific harmonized regulatory approach at EU level, given the fact that the large majority of Member States have introduced regulatory measures and public enforcement mechanisms;

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Calls for due account to be taken, when drafting rules in this area,~~Notes that, in adopting measures to counter unfair trading practices within the food supply chain, due account must be taken of the specific features of each market and the legal requirements obtaining on it, the different situations and approaches in individual Member States, the degree of consolidation or fragmentation of individual markets, and other significant factors; takes the view that ~~such regulatory efforts should~~it is necessary to ensure that there is relatively broad discretion to tailor the measures to be taken to the specific features of each market and should be based on the general principle of improving enforcement by involving the relevant public agencies and/or competent national bodies and platforms;

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2065(INI)

Robert ROCHEFORT, Dennis de JONG, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to ~~assess~~continue to assess closely the effectiveness of the voluntary and self-regulatory schemes put in place ~~to date and the effectiveness~~and of the regulatory action taken at national and EU level; calls for an assessment of the likely impact of the various types of EU regulatory action that have been proposed, with due account being taken of all the possible implications for the various stakeholders and for consumer welfarelevel to combat unfair trading practices; expects the results of the review to be communicated before 2019, focusing in particular on the creation of national platforms and follow-up to the recommendations made in the report of 29 January 2016 (COM (2016) 32) by the various stakeholders, particularly the SCIs;

2016/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Frank ENGEL, Barbara MATERA, Traian UNGUREANU, Kinga GÁL, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a number of instruments already exist in Europe to address the radicalisation ~~of European citizens~~ and whereas the European Union and its Member States should ~~show they are making~~make full use of these;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Barbara MATERA, Traian UNGUREANU, Kinga GÁL, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas it is essential that fundamental rights and civil liberties be respected in all measures undertaken by the Member States and the European Union; whereas the security of European citizens is not incompatible with guaranteeing their freedoms; whereas, indeed, these two principles are two sides of the same coin;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Barbara MATERA, Kinga GÁL, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to publish guidelines based on best practices on measures to be implemented in Europe'san prisons aimed at preventing Europeans from becoming radicalised; recommends that the Member States segregate radicalised inmates within their prisons in order to prevent radicalism from being imposed through intimidation on other inmatesradicalisation of prisoners; believes that the Member States should consider the isolation of radicalised inmates within their prisons in order to prevent and to contain radicalisation in those institutions;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Frank ENGEL, Barbara MATERA, Traian UNGUREANU, Kinga GÁL, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Supports the establishment of specialised ~~European~~ training for prison staff, including by CEPOL, in order to teach them to detect and prevent radical behaviour; stresses the importance of appropriately training and recruiting prison chaplains so that they can not only adequately meet prisoners' cultural needs in prisons, but also counter radical discourse;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Frank ENGEL, Barbara MATERA, Kinga GÁL, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that the internet ~~play~~is used as a significant ~~role in~~platform for fuelling the radicalisation ~~of European citizens~~and fundamentalism, as it facilitates the rapid, large-scale distribution of hate messages and praise for terrorism; expresses concern at the impact that such messages praising terrorism have on young people, who are particularly vulnerable; calls for a dialogue to be launched at European level with ~~the~~ internet ~~gian~~companies, hotlines and experts with a view to preventing the online distribution of hate messages and to eradicating them swiftly;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Barbara MATERA, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Feel~~Believes that the internet ~~giants should be made aware of their responsibilities so that they~~industry should take their shared responsibility in deleteing illegal content as quickly as possible; believes that the Member States should plan for the possibility of bringing criminal prosecutions against digital actors who do not take action in response to the spread of illicit messages or messages praising terrorism on their internet platforms; believes that refusal or failure to cooperate on the part of internet platforms which allow such messages to circulate should be considered an act of complicity with praising terrorism and should consequently be punished, in respect of freedom of expression;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Frank ENGEL, Barbara MATERA, Traian UNGUREANU, Kinga GÁL, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Feels, however,~~Stresses that the internet is an effective platform for spreading discourse o~~pposed to hate speech and praise for terrorism~~f respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms and opposed to violence; calls on the digital ~~giant~~platforms to cooperate with the Member States in order to ~~take part in the spread of prevention messages calling for the development of critical thinking and for a process of deradicalisation~~identify innovative legal ways for countering praise of terrorism and hate speech, thereby making online radicalisation more difficult;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. States that the internet giants, through internet referencing, have the power to promote radicalisation prevention messages aimed at countering messages that praise terrorism; feels that it is thus their duty to highlight messages that oppose hate speech and praise for terrorism, thereby making online radicalisation more difficult;deleted

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Frank ENGEL, Barbara MATERA, Traian UNGUREANU, Kinga GÁL, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Supports the introduction of measures enabling all internet users to easily and quickly flag illegal content circulating on the internet and on social media networks ~~easily and quickly~~and to report it to competent authorities, including through hotlines, while respecting basic freedoms and freedom of expression;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Frank ENGEL, Barbara MATERA, Traian UNGUREANU, Kinga GÁL, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Feels that every~~Encourages Member State ~~should~~s to set up a special unit tasked with flagging ~~illicit content~~hate speech and praise and recruitment for terrorism on the internet and with facilitating the detection and removal of content that does not conform to the host internet platform's charter and rules; proposes that such units could cooperate with ~~a European unit responsible for dealing with flagging~~the EU-anti terrorism coordinator and the European Counter-Terrorism Centre within Europol;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Frank ENGEL, Barbara MATERA, Kinga GÁL, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that it is vital to engage in dialogue with the various religious communities in order to help reach a better understanding of the phenomenon of radicalisation; draws the Member States' attention to the issue of training religious leaders in order to prevent preachers of hate from appearing in places of worship in Europe, and also of training prison chaplains, particularly when they are around prisoners deemed to be radicalisedand to prevent radicalisation; stresses the important role that religious communities can play in countering fundamentalism, hate speech and terrorism propaganda;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Barbara MATERA, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses the importance of identifying the root causes of radicalisation, that are not always religious; calls on the Member States to work for more effective integration policies, to ensure a better inclusion in the labour market for young people, and to promote a culture of tolerance and respect among different communities and freedom of religion.

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Frank ENGEL, Barbara MATERA, Traian UNGUREANU, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Reiterates its belief that the European Union must step up its external border controls as a matter of urgency; stresses that it will be impossible to effectively track ~~the departures or arrivals of European citizens unless~~entry and exit in the EU unless Member States implement the mandatory and systematic controls ~~are introduced~~foreseen on the European Union's external borders; calls on the Member States to make a good use of existing instruments such as SIS and VIS, including in reference to stolen, lost and falsified passports; states that, to this end, one of the European Union's priorities must be ~~reforming~~to better enforce the Schengen Code;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Carlos COELHO, Frank ENGEL, Barbara MATERA, Traian UNGUREANU, Kinga GÁL, Alessandra MUSSOLINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on Member States to share good practices in regard to exit checks on radicalised EU citizens and how to manage the return of citizens who have taken part in terrorist activities in conflict ~~theatre~~s abroad; supports in particular the possibility of Member States confiscating the passports of EU citizens planning to join terrorist organisations, according to their National Constitutions;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2063(INI)

Rachida DATI, Traian UNGUREANU, Csaba SÓGOR, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Brice HORTEFEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Underlines that money laundering, tax evasion and other fiscal crimes are in some cases major sources of terrorism funding which threaten our internal security, therefore tracking and combating crimes affecting the financial interests must be a priority;

2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE

2015/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that access to education is key to girls' and women's empowerment. Stresses that education in emergency situations helps to prevent the early marriage of girls, sexual and gender-based violence, prostitution and human trafficking; welcomes the international efforts in the framework of the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict;

2015/09/29
Committee: FEMM

2015/2051(INI)

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Strongly condemns the continued use of rape against women and girls as a weapon of war; stresses that more needs to be done to ensure respect of international law and access to health and psychological care for women and girls abused in conflicts; calls on the EU, the Member States, international organisations, civil society to increase cooperation to raise awareness and combat impunity;

2015/09/29
Committee: FEMM

2015/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Encourages MEPs and Council´s representatives to voluntarily publish information about their meetings with stakeholders, as is the practice of the Commission,

2015/12/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2041(INI)

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the need to improve the transparency of legislative negotiations, ~~including trialogues.~~nevertheless stresses that trialogues proved to be an effective instrument for reaching a consensus among the legislative bodies; suggests therefore that their transparency should be increased by reporting in the competent parliamentary committee on the developments of the state of play of the trilogue negotiations;

2015/12/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2041(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. It also stresses the importance of allowing adequate time between the achievement of a final agreement in trilogues and the vote of confirmation in the competent committee, so that Members of the competent committee are able to read the text and discuss it within their political groups before the final vote in committee;

2015/12/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas comprehensive and balanced trade agreements may have a positive impact on women’s employment rate, contributing to growth and social cohesion;

2015/10/23
Committee: FEMM

2015/2038(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates its strong support for the ~~practice of including~~inclusion of human rights aspects in the EU’s international trade agreements, including through, where appropriate, legally binding ~~human rights~~ clauses, with particular emphasis on women’s rights~~, in the EU’s international trade agreements~~;

2015/10/23
Committee: FEMM

2015/2038(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that EU trade policy ~~must ensure that states’ capacity to regulate and~~should incentivise third country partners to protect women’s rights, the environment, consumer rights and workers’ rights ~~is not undermined, and make sure that~~, but should also promote EU corporations’ and investors ~~are held accountable to people and governments for their~~’ responsibility as regards their impact on human rights, gender equality, social, environmental and development ~~impacts~~.

2015/10/23
Committee: FEMM

2015/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that to strengthen European defence, technological innovation and make substantial savings we need to build economy of scale and have a common European market for defence procurement; stresses that internal market rules should be used to their full potential to counteract the ongoing fragmentation of the European defence and securtity sector; urges the Member States to remove national rules that are hindering the internal market for defence procurement and correctly implement and enforce Directive 2009/81/EC, concerning procurement in the fields of defence and sensitive security, and Directive 2009/43/EC, concerning the transfer of defence-related products; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary assistance to that end;

2015/04/01
Committee: IMCO

2015/2037(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the Commission to step up its efforts to achieve a level playing field in European defence markets, limiting the use of justified exclusions to a strict minimum; therefore ask the Commission to present a proposal for harmonisation of export control regulation at European level;

2015/04/01
Committee: IMCO

2015/2037(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Mariya GABRIEL, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Underlines that cooperation between strategic partners is essential for European security of supply and hence encourages the Commission and Members States to take defence procurement into account when negotiating international trade agreements;

2015/04/01
Committee: IMCO

2015/2012(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses that in order to create substantial savings the need for a road map to a single seat of the Parliament must be addressed;

2015/03/20
Committee: BUDG

2015/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas digitalisation has an enormous impact on the labour market by changing value chains and creating new job opportunities and more flexible working patterns; whereas ~~women, in particular, face possible negative consequences such as the erosion of workers’ ri~~opportunities for flexible and teleworking work arrangements broughts a~~nd working time boundaries as well as boundaries of professional and non- professional responsibilities, increasing low-paid and less secure types of employment and~~bout by digitalisation may serve as a an effective tool for better reconciliation of professional and domestic duties for both women and men; whereas these flexible working arrangement and digital technologies which facilitate work from home could also contribut~~ing~~e to the ~~challenge of maintaining a work-life balanc~~inclusion into the labour market of disadvantaged groups of women, such as women with disabilities or with caring duties which require presence at home;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Mariya GABRIEL, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas improving digital skills and IT-literacy among women and boosting inclusion of women into the ICT which is one of the highest paying sectors could contribute to their financial empowerment and independence resulting in the reduction of the total gender wage gap;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Mariya GABRIEL, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas~~, in the~~ digitalis~~ed labour market, responsibility is increasingly shifted away from the company to the individu~~ation offers new opportunities for entrepreneurship for women, including small scale digital entrepreneurship which in many cases does not require significant initial, c~~hang~~apital as well as enterprises pursued withing the ~~terms~~framework of social sec~~urity membership of the self-employed and freelancers; whereas digitalisation often uncouples the p~~onomy which enhance social inclusion; whereas there is need to support female digital entrepreneurship as women constitute only 19 per cent of entrepreneurs in this sector; whereas digitalisation of the labour market is likely to increase micro entrepreneurship, self-employment and freelance of work ~~from the enterprise, challenging~~which in cases of multiple individual contracts within various companies and institutions may render the monitoring of the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same workplace, which is of utmost importance for a truly equal society, more challenging;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the entry of more women into the ICT sector would boost a market in which labour shortages are foreseen and in which an equal participation of women would lead to a gain of around EUR 9 billion for EU GDP each year; whereas in the existing ~~male-dominated workforce leads to many women leaving the ICT sector within a few years of complet~~realities women remain heavily underrepresented in ICT degrees where they constitute only around 20 per cent of graduates ing the~~ir university degree~~ field;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas sexism and gender stereotyping is a burden for economic development and the competitiveness of the EU, further widening the already strong ~~digital~~ gender gap in participation of women in the field of ICT, media and information society;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ICT, like any technology, can be used and abused to threaten women, their rights and freedoms, and ultimately their empowerment, such as in the case of cyber-bullying, cyber-stalking, trafficking of human beings through the internet, hate speech, incitement to hatred, discrimination and violation of fundamental rights; whereas anonymity the Internet contributes to the proliferation of these forms of violence against women; whereas such new challenges and risks need to be identified and addressed appropriately by policymakers as well as by enterprises, companies and civil society organisations, while providing room for information exchange on the internet;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas new communication and information technologies are abused to create channels and platforms which also facilitate the expansion of prostitution, also involving minors; whereas universal accessibility and easiness of using these new digital channels as well as anonymity they offer could also contribute to widening of the spectrum of potential actors involved, in particular among the most vulnerable groups in terms of sexual abuse, such as teenage girls; whereas there is a need for relevant law enforcement professionals to recognize the transformations in the way prostitution is carried out through the digital medium as well as to monitor relevant Internet platforms from this perspective, when there is a justified reason for suspecting a crime; whereas there is also a need to raise awareness among relevant education professionals about these new forms of digital threats in order to safeguard minors;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas social awareness about digital forms of violence both among the general public and the relevant professionals, such as law enforcement agents and teachers, remains insufficient to ensure adequate prevention, monitoring and assistance for victims; whereas different forms of online violence are not yet fully reflected in the criminal law as well as modes and procedures of prosecution in all member states; whereas there is a need for a recognition at the EU-level of the potentially transborder nature of the abuse and violence on the Internet;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

H c. whereas low participation of women and girls in ICT related education and later in employment is a result of a complex interplay of gender stereotyping that starts at early stages of life and education and continues to professional career; whereas factors limiting women and girls from participating in the ICT education and employment include: lifelong stereotyping, segregation into "typically female and male" activities, hobbies and toys that starts at the earliest levels of education, a relative lack of female role models in the ICT sector as well as the limited visibility of women in this sector especially in leadership positions;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made as well as share best practices in this area;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support life-long learning as well as training and schemes which prepare for a better adaptation or potential change of career path according to the growing demand for e-skills in many different sectors with a special regard to women over 55 in order to safeguard them from the exclusion from the labour market;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Encourages Member States to introduce age appropriate ICT education at early stages with a particular focus on inspiring girls to develop interest and talent in the digital field and to safeguard them from constraining and negative stereotypes as well as segregation of activities and toys whereby digital-related themes are associated with "natural predispositions of boys" which discourage girls to advance their e-skills;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Commission, within the scope of the Digital Single Market Strategy, and more specifically with regard to the reference to building an inclusive e- society, to increase the visibility of women in technology by ~~starting an endowed professorship for women in ICT,~~ setting up a pilot project on a European online university specifically focused on ICT and technical engineering and introducing a tailored scholarship programme for women in the area of ICT and new media;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence against women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia; urges policymakers to address these issues properly taking into account the challenges related to online anonymity and potential transborder nature of such crimes and abuses;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider the changed realities of women and girls, on account of digitalisation, in the implementation of future EU data protection legislation; emphasises that data controllers may only use sensitive data for limited purposes ~~and may under no circumstances further share such data~~;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for the EU institutions, agencies and bodies, as well as the Member States and their law enforcement agencies, to cooperate and concretely coordinate their actions to counter the use of ICT to commit crimes related to trafficking in human beings, cyber-harassment and cyber- stalking as they are often transborder in nature and a European-level coordination is vital for persecuting these crimes; calls on the Member States to review and potentially revise their criminal law to ensure that new forms of digital violence are clearly defined and recognized as well as that appropriate modes of persecution are in place; calls for the EU Cybersecurity Strategy and the Europol Cybercrime Centre to cover these issues; calls on the Commission to promote training and capacity-building for victim support in digital matters, for police and judicial authorities, as well as psychological support during court cases related to the issue;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2007(INI)

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Calls on the Member States to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and calls on the European Commission to initiate the necessary steps for the accession of the European Union to the Convention, as outlined in the recently issued EC Roadmap on EU Accession to the Istanbul Convention; stresses that ratification of the Council of Europe Convention is instrumental to eradication of violence against women, including digital forms of violence since it introduces harmonized legal definitions and modes of prosecution of crimes that are facilitated by the new communication technologies, such as trafficking in human beings and stalking;

2015/12/18
Committee: FEMM

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas ~~the~~ resources available to the EU for its action as a ‘'global player' until 2020 within the multiannual financial framework only amount to 6 % of the total budget and cover all related programmes, including development and cooperation assistance; whereas the importance of domestic resources mobilization should be translated directly into increased investment in human development;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Sofia RIBEIRO, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes in the continued value of its initially stated objective of creating an area of prosperity, stability and good neighbourliness, based on the founding values and principles of the Union, through a deep structural transformation in the neighbouring countries; stresses therefore the need to go back to basics and bring this objective back to the top of the agenda;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that respect for the universal fundamental values of human rights, rule of law and democracy on which the EU is founded must remain at the core of the revised policy; underlines the importance of promoting the rights of children, youth and gender equality to build inclusive, prosperous and stable societies in the EU neighbourhood;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the renewed policy must be more strategic, with a real political vision, and politically driven; calls for special envoys to be appointed for the East and the South, with the task of politically coordinating the revised policy and monitor progress in the partnership and the situation of women's and children's rights;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that local ownership, accountability and inclusiveness should be key aspects of the new approach so as to ensure that the benefits of the ENP reach all levels of society throughout the country;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to focus on sectors identified together with its partners, in which progress and universal added value can be achieved, and to gradually expand cooperation based on progress and ambitions, in particular to contribute to economic growth and human development with a focus on the new generations;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the continuous need to focus on strengthening and consolidating democracy, the rule of law, the independence of the justice system, ~~respect for minorities~~justice for children, respect for minorities, children's rights, gender equality and diversity; highlights that capacity-building in national institutions, including their national assemblies, together with support for civil society, pro- democracy groups and political parties, will enhance political dialogue and pluralism; underlines the importance of developing systems to promote youth participation;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes that security and stability are basic concerns in the neighbourhood and that current developments in the region call for a strong security and peacebuilding component in the ENP, which has regrettably been missing to date; underlines the importance of investing in education to build long-term prospects for stability in the regions concerned by the European Neighbourhood Policy;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Underlines the need for an overarching political strategy to restore the European political order while ensuring full compliance with international law and commitments, as laid down in the Helsinki Final Act of 1975, based on respect for human rights, minority rights and fundamental freedoms, independence, sovereignty and the territorial integrity of states, and peaceful resolution of conflicts; notes that the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as the biggest regional organisation responsible for security, can play an important role in this regard, within the framework of the United Nations;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Emphasises the need to build strong partnerships with neighbouring countries; stresses the importance of ensuring that the ENP is part of the EU's broader external policy and of taking into account the other strategic players that have influence on the neighbourhood – the ‘'neighbours of neighbours' – as well as relevant UN agencies, international and regional organisations;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the EU to take advantage of the expertise of the regional organisations to which the neighbours belong, such as the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the African Union, relevant Regional Offices of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, which are important fora in which to engage partners in carrying out reforms, to address concerns on human rights and to foster democratisation;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for the EU to explore and identify, together with its partners, priorities for integration in different policy fields, such as economic and human development, social protection, conflict and disaster prevention, infrastructure and regional development, water, the environment, competition policies, SMEs, migration, security, energy and energy efficiency, with the aim of creating an area of prosperity, stability and good neighbourliness;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Notes that high unemployment, social exclusion and poverty, in particular amongst children and young people, combined with the low political participation of women and new generations, are root causes of instability, and demands engagement beyond the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs);

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Takes the view that the parliamentary dimension of the policy needs to be reinforced by enhancing the effectiveness of the interparliamentary meetings and parliamentary assemblies; welcomes, in this context, the new approach that Parliament has adopted to parliamentary democracy support; underlines the role played by Parliaments in ENP countries in holding governments accountable;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/2002(INI)

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Gérard DEPREZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Nicola CAPUTO, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Gabriel MATO, Julie WARD, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Sofia RIBEIRO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Emphasises that for the ENP to be a successful policy, it should also ensure that there is ownership by the Member States; calls on the Commission, therefore, to reinforce policy coordination and joint programming of financial assistance, and to provide mechanisms to foster consultation between the Member States, EU structures, and neighbouring countries and other stakeholders, including UN agencies;

2015/05/13
Committee: AFET

2015/0314(NLE)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Roberta METSOLA, Jaromír ŠTĚTINA

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Reject~~Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2016/04/15
Committee: LIBE

2015/0314(NLE)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Roberta METSOLA

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to ~~withdraw its proposal~~consider proposing a relocation programme for the benefit of Sweden to other EU member states;

2016/04/15
Committee: LIBE

2015/0314(NLE)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Monika HOHLMEIER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Barbara MATERA, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5

(5) Sweden faces an emergency situation characterised by a sudden inflow of nationals of third countries in its territory due to a sharp shift of migratory flows. On 8 December Sweden formally requested the suspension of its obligations under Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and (EU) 2015/1601., having to face both challenges of being a country of first arrival and final destination;

2016/04/15
Committee: LIBE

2015/0314(NLE)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Monika HOHLMEIER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Barbara MATERA, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9

(9) Sweden has in 2015 by far the highest number of applicants for international protection per capita in the EU (11 503 applicants per million inhabitants). and as for March 2016 Sweden has received a total of 170.104 applicants, of which 73.331 are children, 36.181 being unaccompanied minors;

2016/04/15
Committee: LIBE

2015/0314(NLE)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Monika HOHLMEIER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Barbara MATERA, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10

(10) Sweden is also facing a difficult situation because of the significant recent increase in the number of unaccompanied minors, with one out of four applicants claiming to be ~~an unaccompanied minor.~~unaccompanied minors, who have special needs and require additional resources in order to provide access to health care, dignified accommodation and education according to EU asylum rules;

2016/04/15
Committee: LIBE

2015/0314(NLE)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Monika HOHLMEIER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Barbara MATERA, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11

(11) The above situation has put a very significant strain on the Swedish asylum system, with serious practical consequences on the ground as regards the reception conditions and ability of the asylum system to deal with these applications. In order to help alleviate the significant pressure that Sweden is confronted with and to enable it to continue to receive refugees with dignity, the obligations of Sweden as a Member State of relocation under Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and 2015/1601 should be suspended for the period of one year.

2016/04/15
Committee: LIBE

2015/0314(NLE)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) The suspension is without prejudice to Sweden continuing to receive refugees;

2016/04/15
Committee: LIBE

2015/0314(NLE)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Monika HOHLMEIER, Roberta METSOLA, Barbara MATERA

Proposal for a decision
Article 3

In order to support Sweden to better cope with the exceptional and disproportionate pressure on its asylum and migration systems, specific support shall be provided, as appropriate, to Sweden through relevant activities coordinated by EASO, including with deployment of hotspots if needed, and, if required, by other relevant Agencies

2016/04/15
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) European integrated external border management is a ~~shared~~ responsibility of the ~~European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the~~ national authorities responsible for border management, including coast guards to the extent that they carry out border control tasks complemented by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. While Member States retain the primary responsibility for the management of their section of the external borders in their interest and in the interest of all Member States which have abolished internal border control, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency should ensure the application of Union measures relating to the management of the external borders by reinforcing, assessing and coordinating the actions of Member States which implement those measures.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)

(16a) Europol has affirmed that there are more than ten thousands children missing after their arrival in Europe. The European Border and Coast Guard should work closely with Europol on the fight against trafficking in human beings as well as on the issue of missing children.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) In cases where a Member State does not take the necessary corrective action in line with the vulnerability assessment or in the event of disproportionate migratory pressure at the external borders, rendering the control at the external border ineffective to an extent which risks putting in jeopardy the functioning of the Schengen area, a unified, rapid and effective response should be delivered at Union level. For this purpose, and to ensure better coordination at Union level, the Commission should identify the measures to be implemented by the Member State involved and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and ~~require the Member State concerned to cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of those measures.~~ propose it to the Council, that should adopt these measures with a qualified majority vote. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should then determine the actions to be taken for the practical execution of the measures indicated in the Co~~mmission~~uncil’s decision, and an operational plan should be drawn up with the Member State concerned.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) On 8 October 2015, the European Council called for enlarging the mandate of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union to assist Member States in ensuring the effective return of illegally staying third-country nationals, including by providing assistance to Member States in organising return operations ~~on its own initiative~~ and enhancing its role regarding the acquisition of travel documents, in respect of fundamental rights. For this purpose, the European Council called for the establishment of a Return Office within the European Border and Coast Guard Agency which should be tasked with the coordination of the Agency’s activities in the field of return.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Carlos COELHO, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Barbara MATERA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Silvia COSTA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should establish pools of forced return monitors, forced return experts and return specialists made available by Member States, who should be deployed during return operations and that should form part of tailor-made European Return Intervention Teams deployed in return interventions. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should provide them with the necessary training. Specific training for Officials dealing with minors should be provided as well.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should develop specific training tools and it should provide training at Union level for national instructors of border guards and additional training and seminars related to control at external borders and return of third-country nationals illegally staying on the territory of Member States for officers of the competent national bodies. While developing training tools and providing trainings, special attention should be given to training on children’s rights. The Agency should be authorised to organise training activities in cooperation with Member States and third countries on their territory.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Effective implementation of an integrated management of the external borders necessitates regular, swift and reliable exchange of information among the Member States regarding the management of the external borders, irregular immigration and return. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should develop and operate information systems ~~facilitating such exchange~~, including with neighbouring third countries, facilitating such exchange, mutual recognition and interoperability in accordance with Union data protection legislation.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g

(g) use of state-of-the-art technology including large-scale information systems and a timely exchange of data from all relevant data bases;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. The European Border and Coast Guard shall implement the European integrated external border management as a ~~shared~~ responsibility ~~of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and of~~ the national authorities responsible for border management, including coast guards to the extent that they carry out border control tasks, together with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3

3. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency shall ~~be responsible for~~participate to the management of the external borders in the cases foreseen in this Regulation, in particular where the necessary corrective measures based on the vulnerability assessment a~~re not taken or in the event of disproportionate migratory pressure~~nd the Schengen evaluation mechanism are not taken, rendering the control of the external borders ineffective to such an extent that it risks putting in jeopardy the functioning of the Schengen area.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Carlos COELHO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point o

(o) develop and operate, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/200140 and Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA, information systems that enable swift and reliable exchanges of information between Member States and with neighbouring third countries, regarding emerging risks at the management of the external borders, irregular immigration and return, in close cooperation with the Commission, Union agencies, bodies and offices as well as the European Migration Network established by Council Decision 2008/381/EC;41 __________________ 40 Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1). 41 Council Decision 2008/381/EC of 14 May 2008 establishing a European Migration Network (OJ L 131, 21.5.2008, p. 7).

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2

2. The Agency shall prepare general and tailored risk analyses and submit it to the Council ~~and~~, the Commission and the European Parliament.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Carlos COELHO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3

3. The risk analysis prepared by the Agency shall cover all aspects relevant to the European integrated border management, within its mandate, in particular border control, return, asylum, irregular secondary movements of third- country nationals within the Union, the prevention of cross-border crime including facilitation of irregular immigration, trafficking in human being and terrorism, as well as the situation in neighbouring third countries with a view to developing a pre-warning mechanism which analyses the migratory flows towards the Union.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Carlos COELHO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5

5. The Executive Director shall, on the basis of the vulnerability assessment, the Schengen evaluation mechanism, in particular any recommendations adopted, and the Agency's risk analysis, adopt a decision setting out the necessary corrective measures to be taken by the Member State concerned, including by using resources under the Union financial instruments. The decision of the Executive Director shall be binding on the Member State and shall lay down the time-limit within which the measures are to be taken.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Carlos COELHO, Barbara MATERA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Silvia COSTA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5

5. The objectives of a joint operation or rapid border intervention may be achieved as part of a multipurpose operation which may involve the rescue of persons in distress at sea or other coast guard functions, the fight against migrant smuggling or trafficking in human beings, drug trafficking control operations, and migration management including identification, registration, debriefing and return in cooperation with Europol.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2

2. The Executive Director, in coordination with other relevant Union Agencies, shall assess the request for assistance of a Member State and the assessment of its needs for the purpose of defining a comprehensive reinforcement package consisting of various activities coordinated by the relevant Union Agencies to be agreed upon by the Member State concerned. Teams shall include child protection experts when children are involved.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Carlos COELHO, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Barbara MATERA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Silvia COSTA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) the provision of information to persons in clear need of international protection or to applicants or potential applicants for relocation, giving particular attention to children;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Barbara MATERA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Silvia COSTA, Jean LAMBERT, Timothy KIRKHOPE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. The Agency, in cooperation with the European Asylum Support Office, the Fundamental Rights Agency and other relevant Union Agencies and under the coordination of the Commission, shall ensure the compliance of these activities with the Common European Asylum System and fundamental rights. This includes the provision of shelter, hygienic conditions and facilities respecting women and children's needs in the hotspot areas.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Carlos COELHO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Where a Member State does not take the necessary corrective measures in accordance with a decision of the Management Board referred to in Article 12(6) or in the event of disproportionate migratory pressure at the external border, rendering the control of the external borders ineffective to such an extent that it risks putting in jeopardy the functioning of the Schengen area, the Commission, after consulting the Agency, may adopt a decision by means of an implementing act, the Commission, after consulting the Agency, and taking into account the Schengen Evaluation Mechanism, may present to the Council a proposal for a decision, identifying the measures to be implemented by the Agency and requiring the Member State concerned to cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of those measures. ~~Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 79(2)~~Such decision shall be adopted by the Council by qualified majority, immediately following the receipt of the Commission proposal.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Carlos COELHO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

The European Parliament shall be kept informed without delay, in particular it shall be transmitted the proposal of the Commission and Decision of the Council referred in paragraph 1.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency relating to the functioning of the Schengen area, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 79(5).deleted

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) assist in organiseing return interventions.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3

3. The Executive Director shall, within two working days from the date of adoption of the Co~~mmission~~uncil's decision, ~~and on the advice of the Supervisory Board,~~ determine the actions needed to be taken for the practical execution of the measures identified in the Co~~mmission~~uncil decision, including the technical equipment as well as the number and profiles of the border guards and other relevant staff needed to meet the objectives of that decision.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5

5. The Agency shall, without delay and in any case within three working days from establishment of the operational plan, deploy the necessary technical equipment and staff from the rapid reserve pool referred to in Article 19(5) for the practical execution of the measures set out in the Co~~mmission~~uncil's decision. Additional technical equipment and European Border and Coast Guard Teams shall be deployed as necessary at a second stage and in any case within five working days from the deployment of the rapid reserve pool.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6

6. The Member State concerned shall comply with the Co~~mmission~~uncil's decision and for that purpose it shall immediately cooperate with the Agency and take the necessary action to facilitate the implementation of that decision and the practical execution of the measures set out in that decision and in the operational plan agreed upon with the Executive Director.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Carlos COELHO, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Barbara MATERA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Silvia COSTA, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. The Return Office shall be responsible for carrying out the return- related activities of the Agency, in accordance with the respect of fundamental rights and general principles of Union law as well as international law, including refugee protection ~~and~~, human rights obligations and children rights. The Return Office shall, in particular:

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1

1. The European Border and Coast Guard shall guarantee the protection of fundamental rights in the performance of its tasks under this Regulation in accordance with relevant Union law, in particular the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, relevant international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and obligations related to access to international protection, in particular the principle of non-refoulement. For that purpose, the Agency shall draw up and further develop and implement a Fundamental Rights Strategy, with particular attention to children's rights so as to ensure that the best interests of the child is respected in all operations.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Carlos COELHO, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Barbara MATERA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Silvia COSTA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3

3. The European Border and Coast Guard shall, in the performance of its tasks, take into account the special needs of children, in particular unaccompanied minors and children with disabilities, victims of trafficking in human beings, persons in need of medical assistance, persons in need of international protection, persons in distress at sea and other persons in a particularly vulnerable situation.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Carlos COELHO, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Barbara MATERA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Silvia COSTA, Jean LAMBERT, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1

1. The Agency shall draw up and further develop a Code of Conduct applicable to all border control operations coordinated by the Agency. The Code of Conduct shall lay down procedures intended to guarantee the principles of the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights with particular focus on children, unaccompanied minors and persons in a vulnerable situation, as well as on persons seeking international protection, applicable to all persons participating in the activities of the Agency.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Carlos COELHO, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Barbara MATERA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Silvia COSTA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1

1. The Agency shall, in cooperation with the appropriate training entities of the Member States, develop specific training tools, including child specific measures when children are involved, and provide border guards and other relevant staff who are members of the European Border and Coast Guard Teams with advanced training relevant to their tasks and powers. Experts from the staff of the Agency shall conduct regular exercises with those border guards in accordance with the advanced training and exercise schedule referred to in the annual work programme of the Agency.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1

For the purpose of this Regulation, the host Member State shall authorise members of the teams to consult its national and European databases the consultation of which is necessary for border checks, border surveillance and return and ensure that they are provided with an access to these databases in an efficient and effective manner. The members of the teams shall consult only those data which are required for performing their tasks and exercising their powers. The host Member State shall, in advance of the deployment of the members of the teams, inform the Agency of the national and European databases which may be consulted. The Agency shall make this information available to all Member States participating in the deployment.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Carlos COELHO, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Barbara MATERA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Silvia COSTA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean LAMBERT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. In order to fulfil its task of ensuring a high level of internal security mentioned in Article 1, the Agency shall have access to the relevant databases such as the Schengen Information System (SIS), the Visa Information System (VIS), Eurodac and the future system of Smart Borders, while applying European laws governing data protection and data security.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2

The Agency shall ensure that the standardized complaint form is available in most common languages, and that it shall be made available on the Agency’s website and in hardcopy during all activities of the Agency. Special information tailored to children shall be provided in a clear and child-friendly way to facilitate their access to the complaints mechanism. Complaints shall be considered by the Fundamental Rights Officer even when they are not submitted in the standardized complaint form.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0281(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the distribution, or otherwise making available by any means, including the internet, of a message to the public, with the intent to incite, including glorifying, the commission of one of the offences listed in points (a) to (ha) of Article 3(2), where such conduct, whether ~~or not~~ directly or indirectly advocating the commission of terrorist offences, causes a clear and substantial danger that one or more such offences may be committed, is punishable as a criminal offence when committed intentionally.

2016/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2015/0275(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) Definitions of municipal waste, construction and demolition waste, food waste, the final recycling process, and backfilling need to be included in Directive 2008/98/EC so that the scope of these concepts is clarified.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2015/0275(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) Member States should put in place adequate incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy, in particular, by means of financial incentives aimed at achieving the waste prevention and recycling objectives of this Directive, such as landfill and incineration charges, pay as you throw schemes, extended producer responsibility schemes, food donation schemes and incentives for local authorities.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2015/0275(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) Member States should take measures to promote prevention of food waste in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015, and in particular its target of halving food waste by 2030. These measures should aim to prevent food waste in primary production, in processing and manufacturing, in retail and other distribution of food, in restaurants, publicly procured food and food services as well as in households. Having regard to the environmental and economic benefits of preventing food waste, Member States should establish specific food waste prevention measures, including extensive information activities on the difference between best-before and use-by dates, and should measure progress in food waste reduction. To facilitate exchange of good practice across the EU both between Member States and between food business operators, uniform methodologies for such measurement should be established. Reporting on food waste levels should take place on a biennial basis. Member States should through national measures encourage actors within the food supply chain to donate and distribute unsold and unused food products to charity organizations without compromising food safety.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2015/0275(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) The Commission should revise Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 with regard to the date labelling of fresh eggs taking into account the assessment of the European Food Safety Authority to eliminate unnecessary food waste.

2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2015/0275(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Barbara MATERA, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Reiterates its commitment to initiating an ordinary treaty revision procedure under Article 48 TEU with a view to proposing the changes to Article 341 TEU and Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament to decide on the location of its seat and its internal organisation;

2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Strongly condemns the continued use of sexual violence against women as a weapon of war; stresses that more needs to be done to ensure respect of international law, protection of victims, access to medical and psychological support for women and girls abused in conflicts;

2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3

3. When deciding on the granting or the rejection of ~~the application~~ measures for prefser~~red to in paragraph 2~~vation of a trade secret and assessing ~~its~~ proportionality, the competent judicial authorities shall take into account the legitimate interests of the parties and, where appropriate of third parties, and any potential harm for either of the parties, and where appropriate third parties, resulting from the granting or rejection of such application.

2015/02/06
Committee: IMCO

Petri SARVAMAA, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA, Sari ESSAYAH, Anne E. JENSEN, Hannu TAKKULA, Christofer FJELLNER, Anna IBRISAGIC, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Alf SVENSSON, Nils TORVALDS, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Bendt BENDTSEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a

Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 2

(a) The word ‘national’ is deleted from points (a) and (b) of paragraph 12.

2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN

2013/0105(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Hannu TAKKULA, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA, Sari ESSAYAH, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Christofer FJELLNER, Anna IBRISAGIC, Jim HIGGINS, Alf SVENSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Bendt BENDTSEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Transport operations shall be considered to not significantly affect international competition in the transport sector if they take place on the territory of a Member State or, for a cross-border operation, between ~~only two~~ neighbouring Member States who have ~~both~~ adopted measures ~~taken in application of this paragraph, and if~~under this, and if , as regards dimensions, one of the conditions under (a) and (b) is fulfilled:

2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN

2013/0105(COD)

Petri SARVAMAA, Hannu TAKKULA, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA, Sari ESSAYAH, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Anna IBRISAGIC, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Christofer FJELLNER, Alf SVENSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Bendt BENDTSEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)

Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)

(5a) The following paragraph 7a. is added to Article 4: 7a. Neighbouring Member States that on a permanent basis since Directive 96/53/EC entered into force allow road transport of goods with vehicles or vehicle combinations with weights and/or dimensions deviating from Annex 1 as provided in Article 4.1 a) and 4.2 a) and, as regards dimensions, in compliance with Article 4 (4) with the addition, as regards cross boarder operations, of deviations from Annex 1 point 1.3, may allow cross boarder operations between them with such vehicles and combinations. Such Member States and neighbouring Member States where longer, heavier or higher vehicles are provisionally allowed may likewise allow cross boarder operations between them on mutual agreement. The Member States will notify the Commission on this procedure.

2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN

2013/0081(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33

(33) In order to allow third-country national students to better cover part of the cost of their studies, they should be given increased access to the labour market under the conditions set out in this Directive~~, meaning a minimum of 20 hours per week~~. The principle of access for students to the labour market should be a general rule. However, in exceptional circumstances Member States should be able to take into account the situation of their national labour markets, although this must not risk entirely negating the right to work.

2013/09/11
Committee: LIBE

2013/0081(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35

(35) The provisions of this Directive are without prejudice to the competence of the Member States to ~~regulate the volumes of~~decide on the number of authorisations to grant for admission of third-country nationals for the purpose of work, depending on their national labour market.

2013/09/11
Committee: LIBE

2013/0081(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36

(36) To make the Union more attractive for third-country national researchers, students, pupils, trainees, volunteers and au pairs, it is important to ensure their fair treatment in accordance with Article 79 of the Treaty. These groups are entitled to equal treatment with nationals of the host Member State under Directive 2011/98/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State. More favourable rights to equal treatment with nationals of the host Member State as regards branches of social security as defined in Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security schemes should be maintained for third-country national researchers, in addition to the rights granted under Directive 2011/98/EU. Currently the latter foresees a possibility for Member States to limit equal treatment with regard to branches of social security, including family benefits, and this possibility of limitation could affect researchers. In addition, independently on whether Union or national law of the host Member State gives third-country national students, school pupils, volunteers, unremunerated trainees and au- pairs access to the labour market, they should enjoy equal treatment rights with nationals of the host Member State as regards access to goods and services and the supply of goods and services made available to the public.

2013/09/11
Committee: LIBE

2013/0081(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – point c

(c) produce an agreement between the au- pair and the host family defining his/her rights and obligations, including specifications about the pocket money to be received and adequate arrangements ~~allowing him/her to at~~on the hours dedicatend ~~courses, and~~to the participation into day-to-day family duties, allowing him/her to attend courses.

2013/09/11
Committee: LIBE

2013/0081(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2

2. Students, school pupils, volunteers, unremunerated trainees and au pairs, irrespective of whether they are allowed to work in accordance with Union or national law, shall be entitled to equal treatment in relation to access to goods and services and the supply of goods and services made available to the public, except procedures for obtaining housing as provided for by national law.

2013/09/11
Committee: LIBE

2013/0081(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3

3. Each Member State shall determine the maximum number of hours per week or days or months per year allowed for such an activity, which shall not be less than 20 hours per week, or the equivalent in days or months per year.deleted

2013/09/11
Committee: LIBE

2013/0081(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 31

Member States may require applicants to pay fees for the processing of applications in accordance with this Directive. The amount of such fees shall not ~~endang~~be excessive or disproportionate in a way that would hinder the fulfilment of its objectives.

2013/09/11
Committee: LIBE

2013/0000(BUD)

Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Göran FÄRM, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ashley FOX, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Bart STAES, Diane DODDS, Ulrike LUNACEK, Krzysztof LISEK, Marisa MATIAS, Lara COMI, Isabelle DURANT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Recalls the plenary decision for the Council to present a roadmap by June 2013 on the multiple seats of the EP and expects both the Committees concerned, 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; suggests the EP's own impact assessment services examine this question also with respect to the impact of the EP's presence or partial presence on the respective communities and regions and present an assessment by June 2013 in order for these findings to be considered for the next MFF;

2013/01/10
Committee: BUDG

2012/2870(RSP)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Alf SVENSSON, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

– having regard to the fact that Turkey has still not implemented, for the seventh consecutive year, the provisions stemming from the EC-Turkey Association Agreement and the Additional Protocol thereto, and that the EU Council conclusions of 26 April 2004 on Cyprus have still not been implemented,

2013/02/12
Committee: AFET

2012/2870(RSP)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Council decision to invite the Commission to take steps towards visa liberalisation ~~as a gradual and long term perspective~~, in parallel with the signature of the readmission agreement; urges Turkey to sign and implement the readmission agreement without further delay and to ensure that, until this agreement enters into force, existing bilateral agreements are fully implemented; recalls that Turkey is one of the key transit countries for illegal migration to the EU and underlines the need to intensify cooperation with the EU on migration management, the fight against human trafficking and border controls; stresses once again the importance of facilitating access to the EU for business people, academics, students and representatives of civil society from Turkey; supports the efforts of the Commission and the Member States to implement the visa code, harmonise and simplify visa requirements and create visa facilitating centres in Turkey; Reminds the Member States of their commitments under the association agreement in line with the Soysal Ruling of the European Court of Justice of 19 February 2009;

2013/02/12
Committee: AFET

2012/2870(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Sir Graham WATSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Commends~~Notes the commitment of the Constitution Conciliation Committee ~~for its commitment to~~towards the drafting of a new Constitution and for the inclusive process of consultation of civil society, which reflected the diversity of Turkish society; ~~encourages the Committee to continue its work~~is concerned, nevertheless, at the apparent lack of progress made by the Committee so far; encourages the Committee to review its working methods with the aim of reaching genuine consensus based on compromise, and to tackle in a collegial way, and in line with the values of the EU, key issues such as (i) the separation of power and an adequate system of checks and balances, (ii) relations between the State, society and religion, (iii) an inclusive system of governance securing the basic rights of all citizens and (iv) an inclusive concept of citizenship;

2013/02/12
Committee: AFET

2012/2870(RSP)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Alf SVENSSON, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the Law on the protection of family and prevention of violence against women; commends the National Action Plan to combat Violence against Women (2012-2015) and stresses the need to enforce it effectively nationwide; calls on the Ministry for Family and Social Policies to continue its efforts to increase the number and quality of shelters for women and minors in danger; stresses the importance to provide women who have been victims of violence with concrete alternatives and self-sustainment prospects; urges Turkey to continue to step up its preventive efforts at all levels in the fight against ‘honour killings’, domestic violence and the phenomenon of forced marriages and child brides; calls on the Ministry to continue to actively promote women's participation in the labour market, which remains low, in politics and at senior level in the administration and the private sector~~, if necessary by foreseeing reserved quotas~~;

2013/02/12
Committee: AFET

2012/2308(INI)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Helga TRÜPEL, Ulrike LUNACEK, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas Parliament's estimates for 2014 put the overall budget at EUR 1 808 144 206, with costs directly related to the geographic dispersion estimated at ~~EUR 180 000 000~~between EUR 169 million and EUR 204 million;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Helga TRÜPEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas since the beginning of the current legislature, both individual committees and the plenary have made several specific requests to the European Parliament's administration to provide comprehensive, detailed and reliable estimates of the additional costs relating to each of the three places of work;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Jan MULDER, Nils TORVALDS, George LYON, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Helga TRÜPEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas, the numbers provided by the Secretary-General's report to the Bureau of September 2002 are the last overall cost estimates available;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Göran FÄRM, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Helga TRÜPEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the 2002 Secretary-General's estimate was confirmed by the joint working group report of the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets on Parliament's budget for 2012, when complementing the EUR 148 million estimate by the EUR 25 million of annual amortisation cost for the Strasbourg buildings that need to be taken into account since the purchase of named buildings;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK, Bart STAES, Esther DE LANGE, Oldřich VLASÁK, Diane DODDS, Judith A. MERKIES, Dan JØRGENSEN, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

– having regard to Rules 5.3, 29, 41, 48 and 74a of its Rules of Procedure,

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Göran FÄRM, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Helga TRÜPEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

~~1 Economic impact of the presence of the~~Ba. whereas the European Parliament's economic impact on the city and region of Strasbourg is low in comparison with other European bodies with permanent staff there, contributing some 223 jobs compared to the almost 3000 permanent employees of the Council of Europe an ~~Institutions in Strasbourg, CityConsult Médiascopie EDR Group, January 2011.~~d a further 4000 employees associated with Eurocorps, the European Court for Human Rights, Arte and diplomats, which translates into some 17million Euro gains from the seat of the EP at Strasbourg and some 400 million Euro for the other bodies1 that contribute regularly and permanently to the local economy;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK, Bart STAES, Esther DE LANGE, Oldřich VLASÁK, Diane DODDS, Judith A. MERKIES, Dan JØRGENSEN, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

– having regard to the parliament's vote on 23 October 2012, which saw a majority of 78% of Members call on EU governments to revise the issue of parliament's official seat; Strasbourg;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Helga TRÜPEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas a reply given to the EP Budgetary Control Committee in preparation for the EP discharge for 2011 does not provide estimates on the potential savings, but only a partial estimate of the additional costs of the Strasbourg seat; whereas this EUR 55 million estimate does not include many budget lines that were included in previous and following estimates, namely the cost of data processing, equipment and movable property, travel expenses of political groups as well as any potential savings connected to time lost travelling (totalling EUR 68 million); whereas this estimate provides lower numbers on several budget lines than both previous and following estimates without providing any justification (totalling EUR 25 million);

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Helga TRÜPEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas none of these estimates includes the additional costs of the European Parliament's geographic dispersion on the other European Union institutions, in particular the European Commission and Council, EU member states' representations, journalists and civil society representatives;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Helga TRÜPEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas ¾ of members believe that the EP should find significant structural savings and these could be found in re- evaluating the EP's geographical dispersion of places of work, illustrated by a breakdown of the costs of Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg set out in a transparent and credible format to standards expected from a major public body;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas the historical reasons for the European bodies permanently seated in Strasbourg are well-known in respect e.g. the European Court for Human Rights and the Council of Europe, and while the European Assembly /Parliament for convenience initially used the latter's Chamber, the choice of Brussels as the seat of the European Commission and of NATO reflect the EU's aspirations for a continent progressively united in prosperity and security;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas situating the co-legislators of the EU in a single place does not undermine the tradition of polycentrism in the EU but bears significant efficiency and transparency gains for EU citizens;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)

Cf. whereas, in many Member States, parliament's seat is laid down either in the Constitution or by law and whereas the European Parliament is a co-legislator of European law and can call for changes of the European treaties under article 48 of the Lisbon Treaty;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital C g (new)

Cg. whereas during the European Year of Citizens it is appropriate to show that their voice is not only heard but that their directly elected representatives are taking action on their behalf in order to end the monthly travel between the EP's places of work;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital C h (new)

Ch. whereas the European institutions must do everything to further European political integration and bridge the perceived distance from citizens by tackling a major structural issue of the institutions and promoting European understanding, transparency, accountability and coherence by having the EU's decision making bodies in one place;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Angelika WERTHMANN, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Recital C i (new)

Ci. whereas 6% of the EU budget is intended for administrative purposes and that the European Union, with a relatively small operating budget for 500 million inhabitants, must set an example in these times of crisis by streamlining its own budgetary impact as much as possible without prejudice to the proper functioning of the European Parliament, adding that the efficiency gains of having a single seat near the co-legislator cannot be ignored;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anne E. JENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Dan JØRGENSEN, Bart STAES, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Isabelle DURANT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that while the seats of the European Institutions are enshrined in the Treaties, so is article 48, which allows for a proposal for treaty change;

2013/07/17
Committee: BUDG

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mário DAVID, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Göran FÄRM, Judith A. MERKIES, Krzysztof LISEK, Dan JØRGENSEN, Lara COMI, Diane DODDS, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Bart STAES, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)

Ca. whereas MEPs have repeatedly requested the Parliament's Administration procure for a Eurobarometer survey which asks European citizens for their views on Parliament's split-site arrangement;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Esther DE LANGE, Oldřich VLASÁK, Diane DODDS, Judith A. MERKIES, Dan JØRGENSEN, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Ulrike LUNACEK, Krzysztof LISEK, Bart STAES

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas Members have repeatedly requested up-to-date breakdowns of the financial, environmental and social costs of the parliament's working arrangements, because the Administration has yet to produce a consistent and coherent set of figures;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mário DAVID

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Asks the Administration to provide a comprehensive analysis of the potential savings for our budget if the Parliament had only one place of work, in Brussels; asks that this analysis includes the budgetary aspects and the ancillary costs such as savings made as a result of loss of working time and efficiency;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Dan JØRGENSEN, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Ulrike LUNACEK, Krzysztof LISEK, Bart STAES, Diane DODDS, Judith A. MERKIES, Oldřich VLASÁK, Esther DE LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges that any future decision by Parliament on its working arrangements must allow sufficient time for debate and reflection, as well as for an orderly transition; requests a study into the one- off cost of moving all parliament's activities to a single working location;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Esther DE LANGE, Oldřich VLASÁK, Judith A. MERKIES, Diane DODDS, Bart STAES, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Dan JØRGENSEN, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Asks the Administration to provide a comprehensive analysis of the potential savings for our budget if the parliament had only one place of work, in Brussels; asks that this analysis includes the budgetary aspects and the ancillary costs such as savings made as a result of loss of working time and efficiency;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Lara COMI, Mário DAVID, Dan JØRGENSEN, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Esther DE LANGE, Oldřich VLASÁK, Judith A. MERKIES, Diane DODDS, Bart STAES, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Ulrike LUNACEK, Krzysztof LISEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Asks the Administration to procure that EMAS or suitable external consultants provide an analysis of the environmental aspects if the parliament held all its plenary sessions in Brussels;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Oldřich VLASÁK, Esther DE LANGE, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Ulrike LUNACEK, Krzysztof LISEK, Diane DODDS, Judith A. MERKIES, Bart STAES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Asks the Administration to procure that the parliament's Medical Service provide an analysis of the health effects of the monthly session in Strasbourg on Members, staff and assistants;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mário DAVID, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Göran FÄRM, Judith A. MERKIES, Krzysztof LISEK, Dan JØRGENSEN, Lara COMI, Diane DODDS, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Bart STAES, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the relevant services of the European Parliament to make an assessment of the agreement between the authorities in Luxembourg and the European Parliament, on the number of staff to be present in Luxembourg, taking into account a revision of the Parliament's needs; this assessment shall include suggestions on how to renegotiate this agreement, without prejudice to the legal provisions;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mário DAVID, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Göran FÄRM, Judith A. MERKIES, Krzysztof LISEK, Dan JØRGENSEN, Lara COMI, Diane DODDS, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Bart STAES, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on Parliament's Administration to procure for Eurobarometer or similar professional polling service to conduct a survey of EU citizens' views on the maintenance of Parliament's split site working arrangement by 1 January 2014, with specific reference to the financial, environmental and efficiency costs of this arrangement;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2306(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes, in this context, the efforts made by stakeholders in the food supply chain to agree on principles of good practice in B2B relations and on implementing measures, in respect of free and fair competition; calls on the Commission to remain engaged and committed to monitor the implementation of these principles, as will the Parliament through its yearly Retail Roundtable;

2012/11/28
Committee: IMCO

2012/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the adoption by the Commission of an action plan on unaccompanied minors~~; deplores, however, the fact that the Commission's approach is not based more on protecting the fundamental rights of such minors~~ and of the Mid- term report on the implementation of the Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors' (COM(2012)0554;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Deplores the fragmentation of the European provisions concerning unaccompanied minors ~~and~~; urges the Commission to compile a manual drawing together these various legal ~~bases~~acts in order to facilitate the correct application by Member States; considers that EASO should be involved in compiling this manual;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Kinga GÁL, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Roberta METSOLA, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Deplores the lack of reliable official data on unaccompanied minors; calls on the Member States and the European Union to establish a coordinated method for gathering ~~information in each Member State, by means of platforms bringing together all parties involved in the problem of unaccompanied minors, and to draw up a list of national contact points~~and sharing information, and to make better use of the existing tools available to collect statistics data at the European level, such as Fronted and EASO;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the European Union and Member States ought to step up their cooperation with third countries of origin and transit concerning ~~the problem of~~ unaccompanied minors, preventing their arrival, combating trafficking, irregular immigration, restoration of family ties, return and readmission, including in the context of the regular dialogues conducted between the European Union and these States and the European External Action Service (EEAS);

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recalls the important role of civil society in the readmissions of unaccompanied minors in third countries; calls thus on Member States to increase cooperation also with local and international non governmental partners in the Country of origin in order to ensure safe returns for children.

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Kinga GÁL, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that combating trafficking in human beings is a necessary first step, as minors are particularly confronted with the risks of trafficking and exploitation ~~and because~~; underlines the importance of prevention by strengthening police and judiciary cooperation between Member States. Calls on the Member States to effectively implement Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims and Directive 2011/92/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography; considers also that action should be taken in third countries to tackle the root causes of trafficking;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Kinga GÁL, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Is concerned about the situation of many unaccompanied minors who live in hiding in the EU and who are particularly vulnerable to exploitation and abuse; calls on Member States' authorities and civil society organisations to work together and take all the necessary measures to ensure their protection and dignity.

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission to draw up ~~binding~~ strategic guidelines for ~~use by all~~ Member States, ~~which should draw inspiration from their best practices, take the form of common minimum standards and detail each stage in the pro~~building on the follow-up of the Action plan and on best practicess, from the arrival of a minor in European territory until an appropriate solution has been found for him;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Kinga GÁL, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that each Member State has a responsibility to identify unaccompanied minors; calls on Member States to direct them immediately to specialist services which must, on the one hand, assess the individual circumstances and needs of each minor and, on the other hand, provide them with all the information they need, in a language and form they can understand; calls on Member States to share best practices on child friendly tools to clarify to the children the procedures and their rights;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Roberta METSOLA, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Deplores the unsuitable and intrusive nature of the medical techniques used to ascertain age in some Member States; recommends that the Commission ~~establish a common method~~include in the strategic guidelines best practices for ascertaining age, consisting of a multidisciplinary assessment, performed by independent, trained practitioners, and with minors always being given the benefit of the doubt; considers that it should be possible to appeal against the results of this assessment; welcomes the work of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) on this subject, which should be taken as a basis for dealing with all minors;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Roberta METSOLA, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on Member States, as soon as a minor arrives within their territory and until a lasting solution has been found, to appoint a person responsible for accompanying, assisting and representing him in all procedures; calls furthermore for this person to have specific training in the problems associated with unaccompanied minors and to act completely independently; calls on the Commission to ~~establish common standard~~include in the strategic guidelines best practices concerning the mandate, functions, qualifications and skills of this person;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – introductory part

16. CIn order to ensure consistency and equal standards in the protection of unaccompanied minors within the EU, calls on Member States to give unaccompanied minors, irrespective of their status and under the same conditions as children who are nationals of the host country:

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the progress which has been made in asylum ~~legislation; recalls, however, that unaccompanied minors should always be exempted from expedited procedures and from procedures at the border; recalls also that the State responsible for~~package concerning unaccompanied minors; calls on Member States to make the necessary legislative and a~~sylum application by an unaccompanied m~~dministrative reforms in or ~~should always be the State of the most recent asylum application~~der to implement it effectively;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Kinga GÁL, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Underlines that any decision concerning unaccompanied minors should be on the basis of an individual assessment and in respect of the best interest of the child;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Condemns the very precarious circumstances with which these minors are suddenly confronted when they reach the age of majority; calls on Member States to share best practices and institute procedures for assisting these minors in their transition to adulthood; welcomes the work of the Council of Europe on this subject and calls on the Commission to ~~propose common standard~~include in its strategic guidelines best practices for the planning of ‘individualised life projects’ for, and with, the minor;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses firmly that the ultimate aim, once an unaccompanied minor has arrived in European territory, must be to seek an appropriate solution for him, which respects his best interests; recalls that efforts to achieve this must always begin with an examination of the possibilities of family reunification; calls on Member States to improve cooperation on family tracing and share best practices;

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2263(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Roberta ANGELILLI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Roberta METSOLA, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose~~include in its strategic guidelines a common reference framework outlining a series of conditions to be met before a minor can be returned, respecting the overriding interests of the child; reiterates in the strongest terms that no decision to return a minor may be taken if it endangers the minor's life, security or fundamental rights or those of his or her family, and that the individual circumstances of each minor must be taken into account; calls on Member States to establish ~~monitoring~~cooperation arrangements ~~to ensure the protection of minors after their return, in cooperation with countries of origin and transit;~~with countries of origin and transit and with international and local NGOs in order to ensure the protection of minors after their return.

2013/05/13
Committee: LIBE

2012/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2011 on a more efficient and fairer retail market1,

2012/11/14
Committee: IMCO

2012/2260(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Constance LE GRIP

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the Commission's commitment to a zero-tolerance policy for non-compliance with the Services Directive should be strongly supported;

2012/11/14
Committee: IMCO

2012/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas ~~the~~each Member States should transpose every directives in a consistent manner and adopt all new provisions relating to a Union legislative act ~~jointly~~in full and at the same time, in order to ensure that the national transposition of that act reflects the compromise reached at Union level;

2012/11/14
Committee: IMCO

2012/2260(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Constance LE GRIP

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

Pa. whereas Member States should exchange information among themselves and with the Commission in order to identify ex-ante incorrect transposition and prevent fragmentation;

2012/11/14
Committee: IMCO

2012/2260(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital AA

AA. whereas the Commission proposes to target its activities towards specific key areas and instruments; whereas however a stronger focus on a limited number of instruments and actions is necessary in order to achieve tangible improvements in the application of Single Market rules; whereas the digital Single Market, the energy sector ~~and~~, public procurement and increased mobility for citizens and professionals figure among the most important key areas; whereas such key areas and instruments could be reviewed on an annual basis so that the current developments in the Member States and decision-making processes between the Union's institutions, and in particular the economically relevant areas based on a scientific evaluation for the Single Market are duly reflected and taken into account;

2012/11/14
Committee: IMCO

2012/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Annex - recommendation 4 - indent 2 - point a

(a) Submit to the Commission draft transposition measures, where Member States or the Commission consider it appropriate, in order to ensure also ex- ante assessment of proper transposition and to secure conformity and rapid implementation;

2012/11/14
Committee: IMCO

2012/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to use a ~~broad~~clear definition of disasters and attacks, also taking into account cyber terrorism, and emergencies emanating from ~~sudden migration flows or from~~ serious incidents happening outside the Union with a direct and substantial impact on a Member State;

2012/10/03
Committee: LIBE

2012/2144(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Othmar KARAS, Lara COMI, Małgorzata HANDZLIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. encourages also the gradual opening up of the internal market for services in the welfare sector;

2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is concerned at the growing number of discrimination cases reported by consumers; urges Member States to properly enforce Article 20(2) of the Services Directive and calls on businesses to refrain from unjustified discriminatory practices on grounds of nationality or place of residence; points out, however, that any obligation to sell is against the fundamental principle of freedom of contract; welcomes therefore the Commission's ongoing work on a guidance report on non-discrimination, striking the right balance for the benefit of consumers and businesses;

2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO

2012/2144(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Othmar KARAS, Constance LE GRIP, Lara COMI, Małgorzata HANDZLIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that the diversity of national standards is causing fragmentation; encourages the development of voluntary European standards for services to improve cross-border comparability and trade;

2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO

2012/2144(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Othmar KARAS, Constance LE GRIP, Lara COMI, Małgorzata HANDZLIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Encourages broader use of the IMI- system between Member States to check cross-border compliance with requirements, and of European Consumer Centres as well as SOLVIT to help business and consumers with conflicting rules and non-compliance; underlines, to this effect, the importance of ensuring full access of associated partners to the SOLIVT-network at a technical level;

2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO

2012/2144(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Othmar KARAS, Małgorzata HANDZLIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly supports the Commission's zero tolerance policy; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure full enforcement of existing rules, in dialogue with Member States; calls for fast-track infringement procedures to be applied and completed no later than 18 months, whenever breaches of the directive are identified;

2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas e-commerce is very useful for all consumers, including those with disabilities, and those living in rural and remote areas;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas fragmentation of the digital single market jeopardizes the rights of consumers, given the absence of common rules; whereas ~~most web sites are not suitable for cross-border shoppers and consumers and a legislative initiative is required to establish a comprehensive plan for redress, including mechanisms such as~~the revised Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), a ~~system of o~~nd the Regulation on Online dispute resolution (ODR) ~~and collective redres~~will soon enter into force and provide useful tools for consumers, in particular for cross-border transactions;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas consumers are dissatisfied with financial services due to the bad advice they receive and ignorance of their rights; whereas there is a need for arbiters who are independent of companies and, in the case of financial institutions, for (national / European) Central Bank inspectors that act as arbiters;deleted

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Calls for consumers to be able to exercise their rights easimply and effectively in basic areas ~~relating to~~, including food, health, energy, financial and digital services, ~~pharmaceuticals and medical devices;~~ access to broadband, data protection, transport, and telecommunication;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)

Enhancing knowledge (1) Welcomes the Commission's willingness to cooperate with traders and intermediaries to promote corporate social responsibility initiatives, which promote consumer safety; notes that the Commission should be in a constant dialogue with the private sector so that initiatives are accepted and applied in reality;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)

(3) Parliament believes that it is necessary to promote e-platforms such as the European Enterprise Support Network and the website Your Europe, which contribute to the development of the European Single Market and provide important information for consumers and SMEs;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)

Improving implementation, stepping up enforcement and securing redress (1) Insists that the Commission should continue to attentively monitor how legislation that supports the development of the single market is applied; calls on the Commission to take the necessary legal action against those Member States who infringe and do not implement or enforce single market legislation, in line with the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point 2 (new)

(2) Calls on the Commission to focus special attention on consumer protection on the issue of short-term loans, as it is the most vulnerable people in times of crisis who use these financial products without fully realizing their obligations and risks as a credit taker;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that educating consumers reduces their risks vis-à-vis dangerous products, speculative financial products and misleading advertising; whereas there is the need to avoid information overload and instead reduce knowledge deficits and improve consumer awareness through reliable, clear, comparable and targeted information, and that such education and empowerment of consumers needs to be ongoing~~, from school onwards~~;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Robert ROCHEFORT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that market information must be reliable, clear and comparable, and that binding commercial guarantees need to be adopted that ensure the administration of justice in cases where intermediaries become insolvent; emphasises the need to prosecute unfair commercial practices and unfair contract terms or mass market manipulation such as occurred in the Libor and/or Euribor markets; highlights the need to protect consumers ‘trapped’ by a financial product, and those with mortgages who, for reasons not attributable to the consumer, are at risk of being evicted from their homes;deleted

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for ~~the application of the precautionary principle~~adequate consumer protection and product safety in the markets for consumer goods produced using nanotechnology or genetically modified organisms;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights the need to provide better protection of the rights of vulnerable consumer groups such as children and the elderly~~, particularly with regard to transport~~;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that the current financial and economic crisis is weakening the position of consumers in the markets, making them more and more vulnerable, and that increasing job insecurity, unemployment rates and the loss of purchasing power are widening inequalities within each country and between countries with negative effects on consumer profiles; emphasises the need to facilitate the right of access to a basic payment account and to ban financial products that are complex and risky for the average consumer;deleted

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that the quickening process of business concentration affects both the production and marketing of goods and services, and suggests that consumers should hold at least 20% of democratically elected posts on the management boards of large companies, including those in the financial sector;deleted

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that redress mechanisms, such as alternative dispute resolution (ADR), ~~collective dispute resolution~~ or online dispute resolution, must be fast, accessible and effective; stresses that ADR procedures should be resolved within a maximum of 90 days, and that unemployed consumers should, either individually or through a consumer association, have access to free income- based legal aid for court proceedingshighlights that an effective access to justice in cross- border disputes should not be hampered by the difficulties arising from the cross- border nature of a dispute or the lack of resources and therefore calls for further improvements in the application of Council Directive 2003/8/EC of 27 January 2003;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Emphasises the need to promote responsible and sustainable consumption, in line with the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, and to make markets fully accessible to consumers from the perspective of a ~~social Europe~~highly competitive social market economy Union based on solidarity;

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Draws attention to the fact the next Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014 -2020 will have to incorporate the Consumer Agenda and provide it with proper funding;~~deleted

2013/01/25
Committee: IMCO

2012/2092(BUD)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ashley FOX, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Bart STAES, Diane DODDS, Ulrike LUNACEK, Dan JØRGENSEN, Krzysztof LISEK, Judith A. MERKIES, Marisa MATIAS, Lara COMI, Isabelle DURANT, Oldřich VLASÁK, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Mário DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraphs 77 a, b, c, d, e, f, g (new)

Working arrangements of the Parliament 77a. Believes that, like every directly elected parliament, the Parliament should have the right to decide on its own seat and working place arrangements; 77b. Declares therefore that the Parliament's seat and places of work for Members and officials should be decided upon by the Parliament itself; 77c. Urges the two arms of the budgetary authority (the Council and the Parliament), in order to make financial savings and promote a more sustainable climate- and environment friendly solution, to raise the issue of a single seat and Parliament's working places for Members and officials in the upcoming negotiations on the next MFF for 2014- 2020; 77d. Urges the Member States to revise the issue of the Parliament's seat and working places in the next revision of the Treaty by amending protocol 6; 77e. Calls in the meantime on the Council and the Parliament to start elaborating a road-map towards a single seat and a more efficient use of the Parliament's working places, taking into account specific up to date figures detailing the cost of each place of work and working conditions for staff, as well as economic, societal and environmental factors - to be presented in a report by 30 June 2013; 77f. Believes that, as the most viable place for Parliament's seat would be Brussels, co-located alongside Council, Commission and the EEAS, such a road- map should also include a reasonable solution for Strasbourg and Luxemburg so as to avoid, to the extent possible, any loss of jobs and income for citizens and local and regional authorities in those places of work; such a solution could preferably entail locating other institutions permanently to Strasbourg and Luxemburg that could make full use of the Parliament's buildings; 77g. Suggests that the agreement between the authorities in Luxembourg and the Parliament, on the number of staff to be present in Luxembourg, should be revised taking into account a revision of the Parliament's needs;

2012/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2012/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the protection of minors in the digital world must be addressed at ~~both~~ regulatory level, by deploying more effective instruments of prevention and repression, through self-regulation by engaging the industry to take their shared responsibility, and on the educational level;

2012/05/10
Committee: CULT

2012/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas advertising targeted at children should be responsible and moderate;

2012/05/10
Committee: CULT

2012/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Welcomes the newly adopted Commission strategy to protect the rights of minors in the digital world, and calls on the Commission, Member States and the industry to continue to cooperate efficiently in order to deliver a safer internet for children;

2012/05/10
Committee: CULT

2012/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Invit~~Urges all the Member States to smoothly implement Directive 2011/92/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse;

2012/05/10
Committee: CULT

2012/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates the importance of the digital literacy and skills of minors being considered as a priority in the ~~Union's social~~Member States education policy;

2012/05/10
Committee: CULT

2012/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need for a~~n educational alliance~~ closer cooperation among families, school, civil society, interested parties and audiovisual services, in order to guarantee a ~~balanced dynamic between~~fair and safe access to the digital world ~~and~~for minors;

2012/05/10
Committee: CULT

2012/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Urges the Commission to include in its main priorities the protection of children from agressive or misleading TV and online advertising; calls on the industry to respect and fully implement existing codes of conduct and similar initiatives;

2012/05/10
Committee: CULT

2012/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

- having regard to the Codex Code of practice to minimise and contain antimicrobial resistance (CAC/RCP 61- 2005),

2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI

2012/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~resistance to antibiotics for certain bacteria is as high as 25 % or more in several~~the proportion of certain bacteria which is resistant to nearly all available antibiotics is alarmingly high in certain Member States;

2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI

2012/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas resistance in animal bacteria is significant both for animal health and welfare and for human health;

2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI

2012/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the development of models of livestock production in which animals remain healthy for as long as possible and therefore do not need to be treated with antibiotics is an important element in a strategy geared to the long term;

2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI

2012/2041(INI)

Hubert PIRKER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission to work actively to create a legal framework to increase the application of measures to prevent infection in livestock farming, so as to reduce the spread of infections and diseases;

2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI

2012/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~effective~~providing support in carrying out asylum procedures in the sense of solidarity and shared responsibility~~-sharing~~ must be perceived as a means to assist Member States inso that they comply~~ing~~ with their obligation to provide protection to those in need of international protection ~~and assistance to third countries hosting the largest numbers of refugees, with the aim of strengthening the common area of protection as a whole~~;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Hubert PIRKER, Kinga GÁL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Takes note of the recommendation of the Commission and Council regarding inter-agency cooperation between EASO ~~and~~, Frontex and Europol, and stresses that the full and swift implementation of Frontex's Fundamental Rights Strategy is a sine qua non for any such cooperation in the context of international protection; emphasises that any cooperation ~~must be viewed in the context of increasing protection standards for asylum seekers;~~ in accordance with the agencies' mandates must be viewed in the context of fulfilling the legal obligations within international and EU law with regard to safeguarding the rights of asylum seekers; underlines that against this backdrop the fight against the trafficking of human beings and smuggling of migrants is essential in order to improve and guarantee the access to protection for those in need;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Hubert PIRKER, Wim van de CAMP, Kinga GÁL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Underlines the importance of financial responsibility-sharing in the field of asylum, and recommends creating a well- resourced mechanism to compensate Member States receiving higher numbers of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection, in either absolute or proportional termsassistance and support in the field of asylum, and to help those with less developed asylum systems; considers that further research is required to identify and quantify the real costs of hosting and processing asylum claims;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Consider~~notes that the Dublin Regulation, which governs the allocation of responsibility for asylum applications, while placing a disproportionate burden on Member States constituting entry points into the EU, does not provide the means for them to respond adequately to the administrative and financial demands involved; notes that the Dublin system as it has been applied so far has led to the unequal treatment of asylum seekers across the EU while also having an adverse impact on family reunification and integration; stresses, moreover, its shortcomings in terms of efficiency and cost-effectivenessinsufficient application of common standards has led to the unequal treatment of asylum seekers across the EU; stresses, that the Dublin system should be improved, since more than half of agreed transfers never take place and there are still multiple applications ~~are still the rule~~;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Hubert PIRKER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Wim van de CAMP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that the relevant case-law suspending transfers under the Dublin Regulation, while providing an answer to individual cases, fails to overcome the structural shortcomings of the Dublin system as a whole; welcomes, therefore, the efforts to include additional criteria in Dublin II in order to mitigate the system's unwanted adverse effect is a strong indication of poor implementation of European legal standards in some Member States and that increased efforts are needed to ensure the application of standards of EU asylum law in order to rebuild mutual trust in the compliance with these standards amongst Member States;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Hubert PIRKER, Kinga GÁL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Stresses the importance of projects such as the European Union's Relocation Project for Malta (EUREMA), which relocates beneficiaries of international protection from Malta to other Member States, and advocates developing more initiatives of this kind; welcomes the Commission's commitment to undertake a thorough evaluation of the EUREMA project and submit a proposal for a voluntary permanent EU Relocation Scheme;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to include strong procedural safeguards and clear criteria in its proposal for a permanent voluntary EU relocation scheme, in order to guarantee ~~potential~~ beneficiaries‘ best interests; recommends involving the host community, civil society and local authorities from the outset in relocation initiatives;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Hubert PIRKER, Wim van de CAMP, Kinga GÁL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Welcomes the funding possibilities provided under the AMF for relocating ~~asylum seekers~~beneficiaries of international protection, and encourages Member States to engage in voluntary initiatives, while fully respecting asylum seekers‘ rights and the need for their consent; calls on the Commission to investigate the feasibility of developing an EU system for relocating asylum seekers, and to submit a proposal for a viable and sustainable programme for the internal relocation of asylum seekersbeneficiaries' rights and the need for their consent;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33 a. Insists that mutual trust is based on a shared understanding of responsibilities; stresses that the compliance with EU law is an indispensable element for trust among Member States;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Hubert PIRKER, Wim van de CAMP, Kinga GÁL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Acknowledges that while compliance with international protection obligations enhances mutual trust, this ~~cannot result in developing policies on the basis of conclusive presump~~does not necessarily result in a uniform applications of ~~compliance~~rules, given that the interpretation and application of international and EU asylum law still varies widely among Member States, as is clear from the recent ECHR and CJEU case-law relating to the Dublin Regulation; emphasises that it is the responsibility of the European Commission and the Courts to monitor and evaluate the application of asylum rules in accordance with international and EU law;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Stresses that while infringement proceedings can be appropriate under certain circumstances to ensure the proper functioning of a Member State's asylum system, they should be ~~considered a measure of last resort and must be accompanied by~~accompanied by preventive measures, support measures, operational plans and oversight mechanisms, in order to ~~yield results and not overwhelm already burdened systems~~strengthen Member States asylum systems' capacity;

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Hubert PIRKER, Wim van de CAMP, Kinga GÁL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Notes that restrictive visa regimes and enhanced border controls can have adverse effects on access to international protection in preventing persons in need from reaching the EU and reiterates the need to apply measures in a protection- sensitive manner;deleted

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Considers that a significant effect of a protection-sensitive application of visa policies would be a reduction in the numbers of asylum seekers subject to procedures under the Dublin II geographical distance and travel facilities;deleted

2012/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/2030(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas e-commerce is an important complement to offline trade, providing opportunities for small companies to grow and offering greater access to goods and services also in remote areas, the countryside and for people with disabilities and reduced mobility;

2012/08/06
Committee: IMCO

2012/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas access to reliable information and transparency should be enhanced, allowing consumers to compare not only prices but also quality and sustainability of goods and services online;

2012/08/06
Committee: IMCO

2012/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Suggests that the Commission introduce an "e-commerce test" for internal market proposals, in order to ensure that they do not create additional obstacles or fragmentation both to offline and online commerce;

2012/08/06
Committee: IMCO

2012/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission to ~~find solutions with a view to improving the EU framework fo~~take appropriate action to open up for more competition on cross-border delivery services, in ~~a way that~~order to will allow both businesses and consumers to fully benefit from the Digital Single Market; stresses that ~~this framework should ensure~~ accessible, reliable and speedy delivery, friendly service, an efficient and transparent returns system, and lower prices for cross-border delivery services are best promoted by free and fair competition;

2012/08/06
Committee: IMCO

2012/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to reduce administrative burden by allowing to use the system either of the country of the seller or the country of the buyer, in order to avoid double procedures and confusion as to which rules apply for both online retailers and consumers;

2012/08/06
Committee: IMCO

2012/2030(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine the possibilities of simplifying and standardising the VAT rules for cross-border online transactions and of greater EU-wide harmonisation as regards ~~rates and~~ regimes, and to cut red tape with a view to ensuring a simpler, easier, and more efficient system; stresses that digital products such as e-books should be subject to the same VAT rate as the equivalent product in physical format;

2012/08/06
Committee: IMCO

2012/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Welcomes greatly the new Commission communication entitled ‘European Strategy for a Better Internet for Children’, and encourages the Commission, Member States and the industry to promote the educational use of new technological developments and to cooperate closely and efficiently in order to deliver a safe internet for children;

2012/08/06
Committee: IMCO

2012/2030(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Urges stakeholders to commit to responsible advertising towards minors, in particular by refraining from aggressive and misleading TV and online advertising and by respecting and fully implementing existing codes of conduct and similar initiatives;

2012/08/06
Committee: IMCO

2012/2030(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure free and fair competition online, by taking action against unfair B2B commercial practices, such as online restriction, price control and quotas;

2012/08/06
Committee: IMCO

2012/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Welcomes the proposed regulation on electronic identification, authentication and signature; underlines the importance of ensuring EU-wide interoperability, while at the same time ensuring the protection of personal data;

2012/08/06
Committee: IMCO

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29

(29) Council Directive 89/622/EEC of 13 November 1989 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the labelling of tobacco products and the prohibition of the marketing of certain types of tobacco for oral use38 prohibited the sale in the Member States of certain types of tobacco for oral use. Directive 2001/37/EC confirmed this prohibition. Article 151 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden grants the Kingdom of Sweden derogation from this prohibition39 . The prohibition of the sale of oral tobacco should be maintained in order to prevent the introduction to the internal market of a product that is addictive, has adverse health effects and is attractive to young people. For other smokeless tobacco products that are not produced for the mass market, a strict labelling and ingredients regulation is considered sufficient to contain market expansion beyond their traditional use. __________________ 38 OJ L 359, 8.12.1989, p. 1. 39 OJ C 241, 29.8.1994.deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: IMCO

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c

~~(c) the prohibition to place on the market tobacco for oral use;~~deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: IMCO

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1

~~Member States shall 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.~~deleted

2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO

2012/0180(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22

(22) While the Internet knows no borders, the online market for music services in the EU is still fragmented, and a single market has still not been fully achieved. The complexity and difficulty associated with the collective management of rights in Europe has, in a number of instances, exacerbated the fragmentation of the European digital market for online music services. This situation comes in stark contrast to the fast growing demand of consumers for access to digital content and associated innovative services, including across national borders. As a result, the potential of information technology remains untapped and consumers are deprived of a truly borderless digital single market for music. It is therefore important to move forward in order to ensure equal status for free movement of goods and services both physically and digitally.

2013/05/15
Committee: IMCO

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) One of the objectives of this Regulation is to remove existing barriers to the cross-border use of electronic identification means used in the Member States to access at least public services. This Regulation does not aim at intervening on electronic identity management systems and related infrastructures established in the Member States. The aim of this Regulation is to ensure that for the access to cross-border online services offered by the Member States, secure electronic identification and authentication is possible, with full respect to technology neutrality.

2013/05/21
Committee: IMCO

2012/0146(COD)

Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Cooperation of Member States should serve the technical interoperability of the notified electronic identification schemes with a view to foster a high level of trust and security appropriate to the degree of risk. The exchange of information and the sharing of best practices between Member States with a view to their mutual recognition should help such cooperation. To ensure efficiency, interoperability and security safeguards should be addressed prior to notification.

2013/05/21
Committee: IMCO

2012/0146(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)

Article 8a Data processing and protection of personal data 1. Member States shall provide that the processing of personal data carried out by electronic identification schemes shall be in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC. 2. Such processing shall be strictly limited to the minimum data needed to issue and maintain an electronic identification and for the sole purposes of issuing, maintaining or providing electronic identification. 3. Personal data shall be kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than it is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed. 4. Member States shall ensure that electronic identification schemes guarantee the confidentiality and integrity of data related to a person to whom the electronic identification means service is provided.

2013/06/07
Committee: LIBE

2012/0060(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) Within the context of the World Trade Organisation and through its bilateral relations the Union advocates an ambitious opening of international public procurement markets of the Union and its trading partners, in a spirit of ~~reciprocity and mutual benefit~~transparency, mutual benefit and in respect of free and fair competition.

2013/07/11
Committee: IMCO

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)

(6 a) A proper balance between protection of privacy and respect of the single market has to be ensured. Data protection rules should not undermine competitiveness, innovation and new technology.

2012/11/08
Committee: IMCO

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) Children deserve specific protection of their personal data, as they may be less aware of risks, consequences, safeguards and their rights in relation to the processing of personal data and they are vulnerable consumers. To determine when an individual is a child, this Regulation should take over the definition laid down by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In particular, child-friendly language has to be used to ensure the right of consent for children above the age of 13.

2012/11/08
Committee: IMCO

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. The information provided in order to express the consent should be given in a clear and age-appropriate language, in a way that would be easy to understand for the child above the age of 13;

2012/11/08
Committee: IMCO

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. In any case, children should not be subject to measures of profiling, as referred to in paragraph 1;

2012/11/08
Committee: IMCO

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) These developments require building a strong and more coherent data protection framework in the Union, backed by strong enforcement, given the importance to create the trust that will allow the digital economy to develop across the internal market. Individuals should have control of their own personal data and legal and practical certainty for individuals, economic operators and public authorities should be reinforced. At the same time data protection rules should not undermine competitiveness, innovation and new technology.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) This Regulation should not apply to processing of personal data by a natural person, which are exclusively personal or domestic, such as correspondence, independently by the medium used, and the holding of addresses, and without any gainful interest and thus without any connection with a professional or commercial activity. The nature of data processed, the purpose of the processing and the number of people to whom it is made available should be considered in order to determine whether the processing falls under this exemption, also taking into account the technological developments and new media. The exemption should also not apply to controllers or processors which provide the means for processing personal data for such personal or domestic activities.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Axel VOSS, Seán KELLY, Wim van de CAMP, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Renate SOMMER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) This Regulation allows the principle of public access to official documents to be taken into account when applying the provisions set out in this Regulation. Personal data in documents held by a public authority or a public body may be disclosed by this authority or body in accordance with Union or Member State law regarding public access to documents, in order to reconcile the protection of personal data with the principle of public access to official documents.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)

(23a) This regulation recognises that pseudonymisation is in the benefit of all data subjects as, by definition, personal data is altered so that it of itself cannot be attributed to a data subject without the use additional data. By this, controllers should be encouraged to the practice of pseudonymising data.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Kinga GÁL, Mariya GABRIEL, Axel VOSS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Consent should be given ~~explicit~~unambiguously by any appropriate method enabling a freely given specific and informed indication of the data subject’s wishes, either by a statement or by a clear affirmative action by the data subject, ensuring that individuals are aware that they give their consent to the processing of personal data, including by ticking a box when visiting an Internet website or by any other statement or conduct which clearly indicates in this context the data subject’s acceptance of the proposed processing of their personal data. Silence or inactivity should therefore not constitute consent. Consent should cover all processing activities carried out for the same purpose or purposes. If the data subject’s consent is to be given following an electronic request, the request must be clear, concise and not unnecessarily disruptive to the use of the service for which it is provided. The information provided in order for children to express the consent should be given in a clear and age-appropriate language, in a way that it would be easy to understand for a child above the age of 13.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Axel VOSS, Seán KELLY, Wim van de CAMP, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Hubert PIRKER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Consent should be given ~~explicit~~unambiguously by any appropriate method within the context of the product or the service being offered enabling a freely given specific and informed indication of the data subject’s wishes, either by a statement or by a clear affirmative action by the data subject, ensuring that individuals are aware that they give their consent to the processing of personal data, including by ticking a box when visiting an Internet website or by any other statement or conduct which clearly indicates in this context the data subject’s acceptance of the proposed processing of their personal data. Silence or inactivity should therefore not constitute consent. This nevertheless leaves the provisions of 2002/58/EC untouched which state that under certain circumstances consent can be expressed via appropriate settings in the user’s device. Consent should cover all processing activities carried out for the same purpose or purposes. If the data subject’s consent is to be given following an electronic request, the request must be clear, concise and not unnecessarily disruptive to the use of the service for which it is provided.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Kinga GÁL, Mariya GABRIEL, Axel VOSS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) Children deserve specific protection of their personal data, as they may be less aware of risks, consequences, safeguards and their rights in relation to the processing of personal data and they are also vulnerable consumers. To determine when an individual is a child, this Regulation should take over the definition laid down by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In particular, child-friendly language should be used to ensure the right of consent for children above the age of 13.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Kinga GÁL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) Children deserve specific protection of their personal data, as they may be less aware of risks, consequences, safeguards and their rights in relation to the processing of personal data. ~~To determine when an individual is~~Such protection is particularly important in the context of social networks. For the purpose of this regulation a child should be defined as an individual under the age of 18. Where data processing is based on the data subject’s consent in relation to the offering of information society services directly to a child, th~~is R~~e regulation should ~~take~~ differentiate between children abover the ~~definition laid down by the UN Convention on the Rights of~~age of 13 and children under the age of 13 who require a higher level of protection to the extent that consent is given or authorised by the Cchild’s parent or custodian.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61 a (new)

(61a) It is important to engage in a structured dialogue with the industry in order to implement this Regulation. The industry should take its shared responsibility to come up with innovative solutions, products and services in order to increase the safeguards on protection of personal data, in particular for children, for example through codes of conducts and monitoring mechanisms. Self-regulatory efforts do not exempt the industry from applying this Regulation.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Axel VOSS, Seán KELLY, Wim van de CAMP, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Renate SOMMER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 121

(121) The processing of personal data ~~solely~~ for journalistic purposes, or for the purposes of artistic or literary expression should qualify for exemption from the requirements of certain provisions of this Regulation in order to reconcile the right to the protection of personal data with the right to freedom of expression, and notably the right to receive and impart information, as guaranteed in particular by Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. This should apply in particular to processing of personal data in the audiovisual field and in news archives and press libraries. Therefore, Member States should adopt legislative measures, which should lay down exemptions and derogations which are necessary for the purpose of balancing these fundamental rights. Such exemptions and derogations should be adopted by the Member States on general principles, on the rights of the data subject, on controller and processor, on the transfer of data to third countries or international organisations, on the independent supervisory authorities and on co-operation and consistency. This should not, however, lead Member States to lay down exemptions from the other provisions of this Regulation. In order to take account of the importance of the right to freedom of expression in every democratic society, it is necessary to interpret notions relating to that freedom, such as journalism, broadly. Therefore, Member States should classify activities as ‘journalistic’ for the purpose of the exemptions and derogations to be laid down under this Regulation if the object of these activities is the disclosure to the public of information, opinions or ideas, irrespective of the medium which is used to transmit them. They should not be limited to media undertakings and may be undertaken for profit-making or for non- profit making purposes.In order to take account of the importance of the right to freedom of expression in every democratic society, it is necessary to interpret notions relating to that freedom, such as journalism, broadly and take into account technological development and new digital media;

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)

(2a) ‘pseudonymous data’ means any personal data that has been collected, altered or otherwise processed so that it of itself cannot be attributed to a data subject without the use of additional data which is subject to separate and distinct technical and organisational controls to ensure such non attribution, or that such attribution would require a disproportionate amount of time, expense and effort;

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Axel VOSS, Seán KELLY, Wim van de CAMP, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Renate SOMMER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)

(2b) ‘anonymous data’ means any personal data that has been collected, altered or otherwise processed in such a way that it can no longer be attributed to a data subject; anonymous data shall not be considered personal data;

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Axel VOSS, Seán KELLY, Wim van de CAMP, Hubert PIRKER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8

(8) ‘the data subject’s consent’ means any freely given specific, informed and ~~explicit~~unambiguous indication of his or her wishes by which the data subject~~, either by a statement or by a clear affirmative action,~~ signifies agreement to personal data relating to them being processed; Silence or inactivity does not in itself indicate acceptance;

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Processing of pseudonymised data to safeguard the legitimate interests pursued by a controller shall be lawful, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. This shall not apply to processing carried out by public authorities in the performance of their tasks.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Kinga GÁL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mariya GABRIEL, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The information provided in order to express the consent should be given in a clear and age-appropriate language, in a way that would be easy to understand for the child above the age of 13 years.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Kinga GÁL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. The methods to obtain meaningful consent shall not lead to additional processing of personal data of the child concerned.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3

~~3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated acts in accordance with Article 86 for the purpose of further specifying the criteria and requirements for the methods to obtain verifiable consent referred to in paragraph 1. In doing so, the Commission shall consider specific measures for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Axel VOSS, Seán KELLY, Wim van de CAMP, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Kinga GÁL, Lara COMI, Renate SOMMER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Hubert PIRKER, Salvatore IACOLINO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Where personal data relating to a data subject are collected, the controller shall provide the data subject with at least the following information:. The following paragraphs do not apply to small enterprises in the course of their own activity and for data which is strictly and exclusively for their internal use.

2013/03/04
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Axel VOSS, Seán KELLY, Wim van de CAMP, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Renate SOMMER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Kinga GÁL, Hubert PIRKER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 86 for the purpose of further specifying the criteria and requirements for the communication to the data subject of the contentdata subject shall have the right, where personal data are processed by electronic means and in a structured and commonly used format, to obtain from the controller a copy of data which were provided by the data subject itself and that undergoing processing in an electronic and structured format which is commonly used and allows for further use by the data subject. This right shall not restrict rights of others as trade secrets or intellectual property rights. This does not apply on the processing of anonymised and pseudonymised data, insofar as the data subject is not sufficiently identifiable ofn the ~~personal data refer~~basis of such data or identification would required t~~o in point (g) of paragraph 1~~he controller to undo the process of pseudonymisation.

2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Axel VOSS, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Hubert PIRKER, Seán KELLY, Wim van de CAMP, Renate SOMMER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18

Article 18 Right to data portability 1. The data subject shall have the right, where personal data are processed by electronic means and in a structured and commonly used format, to obtain from the controller a copy of data undergoing processing in an electronic and structured format which is commonly used and allows for further use by the data subject. 2. Where the data subject has provided the personal data and the processing is based on consent or on a contract, the data subject shall have the right to transmit those personal data and any other information provided by the data subject and retained by an automated processing system, into another one, in an electronic format which is commonly used, without hindrance from the controller from whom the personal data are withdrawn. 3. The Commission may specify the electronic format referred to in paragraph 1 and the technical standards, modalities and procedures for the transmission of personal data pursuant to paragraph 2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 87(2).deleted

2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Axel VOSS, Seán KELLY, Wim van de CAMP, Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Monika HOHLMEIER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2

2. Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object free of charge to the processing of their personal data for such marketing. This right shall be explicitly offered to the data subject in an intelligible manner and shall be clearly distinguishable from other information. This right shall include a right to object to the collection and use of personal data obtained through online tracking of the data subject's preferences and behaviour across websites. Where a data subject expresses this right to object through technical means, such as a browser setting, controllers and processors shall respect such objection, consistent with technical industry standards, and must obtain the consent of the data subject to process personal data derived from online tracking for marketing purposes. Consent to online tracking shall enable persistent online tracking across all websites unless such consent is subsequently revoked by the data subject.

2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Mariya GABRIEL, Kinga GÁL, Axel VOSS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. In any case, children should not be subject to measures of profiling, as referred to in paragraph 1.

2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 1

1. ~~Member States shall provide for exemptions or derogations from the provisions on the general principles in~~ Chapter II, the rights of the data subject in Chapter III, on controller and processor in Chapter IV, on the transfer of personal data to third countries and international organisations in Chapter V, the independent supervisory authorities in Chapter VI and on co-operation and consistency in Chapter VII should not apply for the processing of personal data carried out ~~solely~~ for journalistic purposes or the purpose of artistic or literary expression, in order to reconcile the right to the protection of personal data with the rules governing freedom of expression, also taking into account technological development and new digital media.

2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 a (new)

Article 80a Processing of personal data and public access to official documents Personal data in documents held by a public authority or a public body may be disclosed by this authority or body in accordance with Union or Member State law regarding public access to official documents, in order to reconcile the right to the protection of personal data with the principle of public access to official documents.

2013/03/08
Committee: LIBE

2012/0010(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28

(28) In order to exercise their rights, any information to the data subject should be easily accessible and easy to understand, including the use of clear and plain language. In particular, when the data subject is a child, that information should be provided in a child-friendly way.

2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE

2012/0010(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The categories of data subjects referred to in points (c), (d) and (e) of paragraph 1, i.e. data relating to people who are not suspects and in particular to children, shall be subject to specific conditions and safeguards that guarantee that these data are used proportionately and provide for significantly more limited storage periods and periodic reviews of the need to conserve those data.

2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE

2012/0010(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Olle SCHMIDT, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall provide that any information and any communication relating to the processing of personal data are to be provided by the controller to the data subject in an intelligible form, using clear and plain language. If the data subject is a child that information should be provided in a child-friendly way.

2013/03/06
Committee: LIBE

2011/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

(Aa) Whereas the ambition for EU consumer policy should be a high level of empowerment and protection for every consumer;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Olle SCHMIDT, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

(C) Whereas vulnerable consumers are a heterogeneous group comprised of persons who are considered as such because of their mental, physical or psychological disability, their age, their credulity or their education, or persons made vulnerable by their social and financial situation who require special protection and a specific strategy on the part of the authorities,means those who, for reasons such as age or mental, physical or psychological disability have difficulties in accessing and comprehending relevant consumer information and who therefore require special protection;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Olle SCHMIDT, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that the ~~strategy for the rights of vulnerable consumers must focus on effectively protecting consumers and preventing vulnerability, irrespective of the instrument used~~EU must focus on effectively protecting the rights of all consumers, and complement this basic protection with policies to ensure adequate support to vulnerable consumers;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Asks the Commission and encourages the Member States to maintain constant and close observation of social and consumer behaviour that may place certain groups or individuals in vulnerable situations in order to prevent such behaviour, and to put an end to vulnerability, when it occurs, through specific protection measureidentify situations where certain groups or individuals are especially vulnerable, for instance analysing consumer claims;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Regrets that~~Welcomes the efforts of the European Commission ~~are centred principally o~~in promoting consumer empowerment; ~~although~~supports the Commission's ~~concern that~~efforts to better inform European consumers ~~be better informed~~ about their options and their rights ~~is laudable, and~~as all action in this regard contributes to a more efficient and fair internal market; is concerned that, this focus ~~is clearly~~may be insufficient to protect vulnerable consumers, ~~who require specific attention~~since their vulnerability originates from their difficulty to access or assess the information given to them; asks the Commission to make sure that vulnerable consumers have access to the same goods and services and are not mislead;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Olle SCHMIDT, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that, in the case of contractual relations, the consumer frequently is the weaker party in such relations; when said party to said contracts is in a vulnerable situation, providers must be involved in the protection of said party, and the authorities and administrations must provide incentives to such involvement;deleted

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines that Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights strengthens pre- contractual and contractual information requirements, articulating a stronger right of withdrawal when the provider or seller has failed to fulfil his legal obligation to provide said information, and requiring that it be conveyed in a clear and comprehensible manner; notes that, in spite of this, vulnerable consumers may be incapable of ~~read~~accessing or ~~assimilat~~comprehending the information given to them,;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Olle SCHMIDT, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Asks the European Commission and the Member States that the regulation of safety standards and conditions for certain products, e~~specially those intended for use by consumers in vulnerable situations, consider not only the foreseen use but also the foreseeable use, and that~~mphasises quality requirements and protection measures ~~be emphasised~~;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes the fact that in international forums, the need to protect consumers through information and regulation of the financial markets has been recognised, the complexity of such markets entailing that in the majority of cases any consumer is vulnerable;deleted

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Olle SCHMIDT, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Deplor~~Recognises that advertising for food with high fat, salt and sugar content is aimed at children ~~and young people, who increasingly suffer~~should be restricted and responsible; urges the Commission to include the protection of children among the main priorities of the cCons~~equences of sedentariness and obesity; calls on the~~umer Agenda, with particular focus on aggressive or misleading TV and online advertising, targeted at children under the age of 12; calls on the industry to respect and fully implement existing codes of conducts and similar initiatives; and urges all actors involved to continue to educate and inform minors about the importance of a balanced diet and of an active, healthy lifestyle;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Deplor~~Notes that the digitalisation of services and the added cost that the management thereof poses for brick-and- mortar offices and stores may mean that senior consumers, who are the ones primarily affected by the digital divide, cannot take advantage of the benefits of online commerce and are also impacted by the ‘poverty premium’, paying more for the same productsmay mean that consumers who for various reasons cannot access or use the internet cannot take advantage of the benefits of online commerce and are therefore excluded from a substantial part of the internal market;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Olle SCHMIDT, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Underlin~~Welcomes that the liberalisation of the main supply markets, in general, ~~has not resulted in a general loweri~~increased competition and therefore made available a wider range of pr~~ices, and has in fact resulted in added difficulty for the majority of citizens in knowing the best price, changing providers and understanding the items billed~~oducts and services for consumers; underlines that larger choice for consumers also requires better information;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Olle SCHMIDT, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Calls on~~Supports the work by the European Commission and the Member States to consider establishing free-of-charge mechanisms for alternative dispute resolution that can be activated automatically when a vulnerable consumer is involved, as well as for collective actionon alternative dispute resolution and online dispute resolution and, in this context, calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account vulnerable consumers;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2272(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Asks the European Commission and the Member States to collaborate on the adoption of a broad and coherent poli~~tical and legislative strategy against vulnerability~~cies to empower vulnerable consumers, especially in the Consumer Agenda and the Consumer Programme;

2012/03/14
Committee: IMCO

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the business community to take their shared responsibility and to step up their commitment in promoting sustainable consumption as an integral part of their company strategy;

2011/12/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2181(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the ~~Commission~~business community to bring forward measures that strengthen diversity in terms of professional ~~and soci~~, social and cultural background, and hence to stimulate broader debate and foster the emergence of new ideas within their boards of directors;

2011/12/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Underlines that diversity is an asset for a more representative decision-making in leading positions of companies;

2011/12/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Firmly emphasises that corporate management and remuneration policies must be sound and responsible and comply with the principles of wage parity and equal treatment of women and men, in accordance with the EU provisions in force; calls on the ~~Commission~~business community to bring forward measures to ensure a more balanced representation of women on boards of directors;

2011/12/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2181(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals for the Europe-wide harmonisation of the type ~~and content~~ of information released to shareholders in annual company reports.

2011/12/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2178(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Asks the Commission to develop a comprehensive strategy to building a true digital Europe, eGovernment being one of the building blocks;

2011/11/03
Committee: IMCO

2011/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the need to facilitate mobility within the single market and to cut red tape for citizens in their everyday life; underlines the fact that access to online procedures and information could reduce bureaucracy and costs, increase government efficiency and considerably improve people’s relations with all levels of administration, as well as business environment in the EU;

2011/11/03
Committee: IMCO

2011/2178(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop comprehensive eGovernment portals for businesses in order to facilitate business creation and cross-border activity; is of the opinion that the Points of Single Contact under the Services Directive could provide a basis for such services; notes that there are various differences in user-friendliness, accessibility and services provided by the Points of Single Contact among Member States; calls on the Commission to continuously monitor this situation and provide advice and support to Member States where necessary;

2011/11/03
Committee: IMCO

2011/2178(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Insists on the fact that the promotion of eGovernment and the development of secured e-services for SMEs must be considered as one of the key priorities in the establishment of a competitive digital single market, in accordance with the Small Business Act and the "Think Small First" principle;

2011/11/03
Committee: IMCO

2011/2178(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Insists on the need to further develop secure and effective e-services such as electronic identification and authentification and e-business applications such as electronic invoicing within the Single Market; welcomes therefore the Commission’s initiative on ensuring the mutual recognition of e- authentification and e-identification across the EU and the revision of the Directive on Electronic Signatures in accordance with the Commission’s Communication on the Single Market Act; calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal for harmonising e-invoicing in the European Union;

2011/11/03
Committee: IMCO

2011/2178(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines the importance of promoting and making use of the most advanced technologies available from R&D to ensure data protection and security of data against cyberattacks;

2011/11/03
Committee: IMCO

2011/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Regrets that the Commission’s action plan does not give more attention to fields such as the contribution of administrations to fostering public debate; points out the need to improve public participation in the political process; calls on Member States, that have not already done so, to introduce an electronic voting system to develop greater participation of civil society in the political process; underlines the importance of supporting every kind of policy aimed at enhancing basic ICT literacy;

2011/11/03
Committee: IMCO

2011/2178(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to become more involved in development of eGovernment services by providing guidelines and support, gathering best practices and facilitating exchange of information among Member States;

2011/11/03
Committee: IMCO

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that food waste represents both an environmental and ethical problem and an economic cost ~~and~~, which poses an internal market challenges for both business and consumers;

2011/09/29
Committee: IMCO

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection on a more efficient and fairer retail market (A7-0217/2011),

2011/10/03
Committee: AGRI

2011/2175(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Asks the ~~Commission to clarify food~~Member States to clarify the meaning of the date label~~ling~~s (‘Best before’, ‘Expiry date’, ‘Use by’) in order to reduce consumers' uncertainty regarding food edibility, and to disseminate accurate information to the public, notably the understanding that minimum durability date "best before" is related to quality whilst "use by" is related to safety;

2011/09/29
Committee: IMCO

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Notes that the recently adopted Regulation on Food Information to Consumers clarifies that foods with a "use by" date should be considered unsafe after the expiry of the date;

2011/09/29
Committee: IMCO

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Encourages~~Calls on the Commission, Member States and stakeholders to encourage information and education initiatives on food waste prevention that reinforce signals about the value of food and ~~consumers' own judgment on edibility – visual, olfactory and taste –, starting with teaching schoolchildren~~of looking, smelling and tasting to judge edibility, starting with teaching schoolchildren; encourages also concrete food waste prevention measures in school canteens, in canteens of public administrations and of public and private undertakings;

2011/09/29
Committee: IMCO

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the stakeholders to continue to take shared responsibility; encourages them to enhance coordination along the ~~food~~ supply chain ~~and to~~to further improve their logistics, stock management and packaging; ~~believes that discount offers s~~asks also the stakehoulders to ~~a greater extent target excess stock and food near expiry~~recognise and explain the nutritional value of agricultural products with imperfect sizes/shapes in order to reduce the discarded products;

2011/09/29
Committee: IMCO

2011/2175(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Herbert DORFMANN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. having regard to the need to ensure the use of appropriate materials for food packing and preservation, which are not prejudicial to health or to the products' durability,

2011/10/03
Committee: AGRI

2011/2175(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Is aware that to some extent the food loss and waste are unavoidable phenomena which, once they have occurred, have to be taken care of with the best means available to us and which require not only investments ~~not only~~ in technology but also changes in our behaviour, with the aim of avoiding the least desirable options, i.e. landfill and incineration;

2011/10/21
Committee: ENVI

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned about the fact that a considerable amount of food, despite being perfectly edible, is being discarded on a daily basis with disturbing consequences from the food, environmental, ~~social and economic~~economic and ethical points of view; therefore invites the Commission to ~~analyse the causes and effects of the disposal, wastage and landfilling annually in Europe of approximately 50% of the food produced, to include a detailed analysis of the waste as well as~~make an assessment of the economic, environmental, and nutritional ~~and social impacts~~impacts of foodwaste; furthermore invites the Commission to tmake practical measures towards halving food waste by 2025 and at the same time preventing the generation of bio-waste;

2011/10/03
Committee: AGRI

2011/2175(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges retailers to use their daily contact with consumers to communicate ways of storing and using food more efficiently~~, e.g. with~~ and to encourage consumers to plan their food shopping (e.g. practical tips and awareness-raising campaigns); believes that discount offers should further target excess stock and food close to expiry date, such as offering 50% discount 24 hours before the expiry date;

2011/09/29
Committee: IMCO

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission in cooperation with Member States to issue recommendations regarding temperatures for refrigerat~~ors in retail outlets, households and public service, based on evidence that high temperature causes unnecessary waste~~ion based on evidence that high temperature causes unnecessary waste; underlines that harmonised levels of temperature would improve product conservation and reduce food waste for products transported and sold cross- border;

2011/09/29
Committee: IMCO

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers it vital to reduce food waste along the entire food chain, from the field to the fork; stresses the need to adopt a coordinated strategy followed by practical action at European level in order to improve the efficiency of the food supply chain and to improve coordination between Member States to avoid food waste;

2011/10/03
Committee: AGRI

2011/2175(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to publish a user- friendly manual on the use of ~~discarded and expired products for food~~food close to expiry dates while ensuring food safety in donation and animal feed, building on best practices in the food supply chain;

2011/09/29
Committee: IMCO

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that there is no harmonised definition of food waste in Europe; therefore invites the Commission to put forward a ~~legislative~~ proposal defining the typology of ‘food waste’ and asks that bio- waste be incorporated into the existing rules on waste;

2011/10/03
Committee: AGRI

2011/2175(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission, Member States and stakeholders to ~~share and make availabl~~exchange best practices, combining knowledge from relevant forums and platforms ~~e.g. through~~such as the EU Retail Forum on Sustainability, the EU Food Sustainable Consumption and Production Roundtable, the High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain, the Informal Member States Network "Friends of Sustainable Food", the Consumer Goods Forum, etc.

2011/09/29
Committee: IMCO

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Renate SOMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote awareness-raising campaigns to inform the public about the causes and effects of food waste and ways of reducing it, fostering a scientific and civic culture guided by the principles of sustainability and solidarity; calls for the introduction of food education courses, ~~particularly in secondary~~in schools and colleges, so as to encourage better behaviour; stresses the important role played by local authorities and municipal enterprises in providing information and support to citizens on preventing and reducing food waste;

2011/10/03
Committee: AGRI

2011/2175(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Emphasises that individual consumers can also take responsibility in developing better ways of using leftovers at home;

2011/10/21
Committee: ENVI

2011/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the initiatives already taken in various Member States aimed at recovering, locally, unsold a~~gricultural products and foodstuffs~~nd discarded products throughout the food supply chain in order to redistribute them to groups of citizens who lack purchasing power; points out in this regard the valuable contribution made, on the one hand, by volunteers in sorting and distributing such products and, on the other, by professional companies that are developing anti-waste systems and measures;

2011/10/03
Committee: AGRI

2011/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Invites the Commission to consider possible amendments to the public procurement rules on catering services so that, all other conditions being equal, when contracts are awarded priority is given to undertakings that guarantee that they will redistribute for free any unallocated (unsold) items to groups of citizens who lack purchasing power and that promote specific activity to reduce waste upstream;deleted

2011/10/03
Committee: AGRI

2011/2175(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Renate SOMMER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Invites the Commission to assess and encourage measures to reduce food waste upstream, such as dual-date labelling (‘sell by’ and ‘use by’) and discounted sales of ~~out-of-~~food near expiry date or with damaged ~~goods~~packaging, as well as to reduce packaging so as to achieve eco- friendly products by means of industrial eco-design;

2011/10/03
Committee: AGRI

2011/2175(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Asks the Member States to support sustainable and efficient local production and ~~marketing of products, thus avoiding long and sometimes complicated logistics and reducing carbon footprints~~distribution, thus contributing to reducing food waste;

2011/10/21
Committee: ENVI

2011/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Invites the Member States to encourage ~~and back~~ initiatives geared at stimulating sustainable small- and medium-scale production that is linked to local and regional markets and consumption; acknowledges that local markets are environmentally sustainable and contribute to stability in the primary sector; ~~asks that the common agricultural policy should in future earmark the necessary funding to promote direct sales, local markets and all efforts to promote low or zero food miles;~~

2011/10/03
Committee: AGRI

2011/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that, to support the recent developments towards democratic reforms and civil liberties in North Africa and the Mediterranean region, the EU should further open its market, starting with Egypt, Tunisia and the Transitional National Council of Libya;

2011/09/15
Committee: LIBE

2011/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Takes the view that, in order to concretely support the aspirations for freedom in North Africa and the Mediterranean region, the EU should at the same time consider engaging a dialogue to encourage these countries to strengthen their regional relations, with the goal of removing obstacles to freedom of movement for people, goods and services among themselves;

2011/09/15
Committee: LIBE

2011/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Takes the view that the prevention of illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings and the fight against organised crime and illegal trafficking of migrants call for specific measures in the context of mobility partnerships; maintains, therefore, that coordinated border management, the adoption of international protection measures in the region – such as asylum – and effective cooperation between police forces are inherently interlinked;

2011/09/15
Committee: LIBE

2011/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Member States to make greater use of the opportunities offered by the EU Visa Code, inter alia with a view to facilitating mobility among students and researchers;

2011/09/15
Committee: LIBE

2011/2157(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Sandra KALNIETE, Lara COMI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Strongly supports the partnership with societies approach and thus calls on the Commission and the Vice-President/High Representative to develop mechanisms to ensure its full application, in particular by setting up a mcon~~itoring~~sultation mechanism involving civil society in the definition of objectives and benchmarks and in the implementation and monitoring of all agreements with partners, where appropriate; by maintaining a transparent dialogue on JHA matters with democratically elected authorities and national parliaments; and by increasing the democratic scrutiny of the EP in all mechanisms and dialogues on migration;

2011/09/15
Committee: LIBE

2011/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2011 on a more efficient and fairer retail market;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas, as shown in the Special Eurobarometer 342 on Consumer empowerment from April 2011, a strong majority of consumers feels confident and knowledgeable but, at the same time, an important share shows a lack of knowledge of basic consumer legislation;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas consumers do not form one single homogenous group, a~~nd whereas these conditions of inequality between consumers need to be addressed in the Consumer Agenda,~~s there are strong discrepancies among consumers in terms of consumer skills, awareness of legislation, assertiveness and their willingness to seek redress;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU has set targets for the reduction of CO2 emissions, calling for ~~consumption of goods to be reduced and for consumption to become more sustainable,~~ more sustainable patterns of consumption, Or. en 10

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Lara COMI, Andreas SCHWAB

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the internal market must not be allowed to grow at the expense of the conditions for the working population, and the EU needs to ensure that labour rights always take priority over the free movement of services,deleted

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

13 G. whereas ~~consumers seem reluctant to enjoy the benefits that market integration provides, as they do not feel confident that their rights will be properly protected when making cross-border purchases~~empowered consumers can better identify the best prices, selling conditions and quality, therefore driving competition and innovation,

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~the~~all stakeholders (including the European Commission ~~and~~, national enforcement authorities, consumer organisations and the private sector) need to step up their efforts to achieve the objective of a high level of consumer protection, and empowerment, Or. en 14

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises the need for the proper implementation of existing legislation (in particular the latest consumer rights directive) accompanied by appropriate dissemination of the ~~new ‘rules of the game’~~rights and obligations of each parties;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

25 3. Highlights the ~~numerous challenges facing the Consumer Agenda: making sure private consumption becomes more sustainable, reducing levels of inequality between~~importance of removing hinders to full access to the common market for consumers, regardless of their mobility and where they live in the EU, and ensuring true freedom of choice, without creating additional burdens for businesses; stresses, in particular, among the numerous challenges facing the Consumer Agenda, the importance of a more sustainable consum~~ers~~ption, reducing consumers' exposure to hazardous chemicals and products, and protecting children from direct misleading advertising;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

~~4. Calls on the Commission to carry out more systematic impact assessments and policy audits of the evolving ‘EU consumer acquis’, where appropria~~27 delete;d

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that~~, given the enormous increase in e-commerce, consumers' confidence in cross-border online purchasing arrangements needs to be increased by guaranteeing their rights on the internet as well~~ increasing consumers’ and retailers' confidence in cross-border online purchasing is needed to reap the full potential of e-commerce; underlines the key role that proper implementation and enforcement of existing legislation, as well as the dissemination, through appropriate channels, of each party's rights and obligations play there;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Sandra KALNIETE, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the need to provide consumers with more transparent and comparable information, for example through the use of unit price indication ~~rules~~ and accurate and transparent internet price comparison websites;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

44 9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide ~~bet~~adequater support~~, through funding for~~ and capacity- building ~~and publicity,~~to consumer organisations ~~and public authorities in their role as intermediaries~~in each Member State, thereby enhancing consumer empowerment;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Calls on the Commission to examine the implications for consumers of concentrations in lib~~Regrets that switching of provider or tariff is still cumbersome in certain sectors, hampering consumers' freedom of choice and damaging competition; calls on the Commission to further look into this issue to ensure that consumers reap the full potential of the Internal~~ised sectors~~ Market;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sandra KALNIETE, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Urges the Commission to include the protection of children among the main priorities of the Consumer Agenda ~~and propose a ban on TV advertising and direct advertising aim~~, with particular focus on aggressive or misleading TV advertising and online games creating dependency, targeted at children under the age of 12;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Sandra KALNIETE, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses also the need to increase the standards of safety for toys and urges Member States to quickly transpose and fully implement the new Toy Safety Directive;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point 1 (new)

(1) Considers it important for the Commission to ensure correct application of the regulation now being published on the provision of food information to consumers;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

71 22. ~~Calls on the Commission to take decisions on matters such as the sale of goods and unfair contract terms, a review of the rules on unfair commercial practices (UCP)~~Urges Member States to fully and correctly implement the internal market rules and legislation, notably the Goods Package, the Consumer ~~Credit~~Rights Directive, ~~misleading advertising, extending the scope of the Late Payment Directive20 to cover business-to-c~~the E-Commerce Directive, the Food Information to Consumer res Regulations and the ~~broader issue of whether the rules on UCP need to apply to business-to-business relations~~Unfair Commercial Practices Directive;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Sandra KALNIETE, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading IV

IV. Towards a more s~~ocial and sustainable~~ustainable consumption in Europe

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Sandra KALNIETE, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to include a consumer affordability perspective in the Consumer Agenda and to stress the importance of a more social Europe where welfare services are financed on the basis of solidarity;deleted

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to develop a common assessment and labelling system, as indicated in its resolution on a single market for enterprises and growth, based on the product's whole life cycle, particularly in order to simplify, harmonise and overcome the cost of fragmentation for business and consumers and avoid misleading advertising;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Sandra KALNIETE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new) 80

24a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and stakeholders to coordinate their efforts to better inform consumers on more efficient ways to buy and consume food, in order to prevent and combat food waste;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

81 25. Encourages the Commission to ~~help the ECC-net and the CPC network to use all forms of media to make consumers more aware of their work and build up their capacity to communicate better with consumers and trader~~further support and communicate the roles of the European Consumer Centres (ECC-Net) which should play a central role in informing consumers of their rights and in supporting them in the event of a complaint; underlines the key role played by the Cross-border enforcement and cooperation Network (CPC network) in ensuring that consumer protection laws are correctly enforced and fostering cooperation between national competent authorities;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

82 25a. Calls on the Commission to use all powers under the Treaties to improve transposition, application and enforcement of all consumer-related EU legislations; calls on the Member States to step up their efforts in order to fully and correctly implement these legislations;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2149(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Stresses the need for the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework for the post-2013 period to ~~be well fun~~included a~~nd to take into account the ambitious aims set out in the~~dequate budgetary line for the goals set out in this report and in the forthcoming Consumer Agenda;

2011/09/30
Committee: IMCO

2011/2146(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Malcolm HARBOUR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls the origin of services of general economic interest (SGEIs) as a State response to the insufficient supply of goods and services in essential areas, whereby States guaranteed the provision of essential quality services which would otherwise not exist; ~~notes that the subsequent development of SGEIs has its roots in the countless market failures in the provision of public goods and services;~~

2011/09/02
Committee: IMCO

2011/2146(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Malcolm HARBOUR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Encourages the Commission to put forward a legislative initiative that will ensure compatibility between~~Stresses that the specific nature of SGEIs~~, a~~ is recognised in Article 14 of the Lisbon Treaty and Protocol 26 annexed to the Treaty, and ~~the competition~~recognises the special ruole~~s laid down in Articles 106 and 107, taking account, among other aspects, of~~ of regional and local authorities in theis con~~ditions set out in the Altmark judgment~~nection;

2011/09/02
Committee: IMCO

2011/2146(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Malcolm HARBOUR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers it crucial to combat the legal uncertainty caused by cases brought before the European Court of Justice and infringement proceedings opened by the Commission, by providing a clear and rigorous definition of SGEIs and differentiating them from services of general non-economic interest (SGIs)Welcomes the Commission’s move to provide further clarifications on the distinction between non-economic and economic activities, in order to avoid cases being brought before the European Court of Justice and infringement proceedings opened by the Commission; suggests that, in doing so, it should not confine itself to reiterating the case law of the European Court of Justice but should provide determining criteria to help in distinguishing between these two types of activity;

2011/09/02
Committee: IMCO

2011/2146(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Malcolm HARBOUR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the specific nature of ~~small- scale public procurement~~SGEIs at regional and local level, which does not affect competition in the internal market and where a simplified and transparent procedure should be possible that encourages innovation and the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

2011/09/02
Committee: IMCO

2011/2146(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Considers with this in mind that higher de minimis thresholds for SGEIs are an appropriate way to deal with these services in a simplified procedure and thus significantly reduce the considerable administrative burden on service providers without any negative effects on the internal market;

2011/09/02
Committee: IMCO

2011/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Supports the Commission’s intention to encourage the use of alternative means of dispute resolution that are accessible, swift, effective and cheap and apt to enable the establishment of quality and trust-based commercial relations;

2011/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Agrees with the Commission that appropriate access to reparation in the internal market requires both the possibility of easy recourse to ADR and the existence of an effective system for collective claims, ~~the two~~both of them being complementary and not mutually exclusive; insists on the fact that collective redress must be considered as a last resort instrument and that the use of ADR mechanisms must be strongly encouraged to settle a dispute;

2011/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – introductory part

6. Proposes that the Commission’s proposal on the use of ADR should include a single European charter ~~be drawn up~~ containing the guidelines to be followed in relation to ADR systems established in Europe, these being the following:

2011/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 7

– proportionality of the procedures, decisions and costs, to avoid their impact exceeding the objective and content of the dispute; the costs borne must be in proportion to the ~~size of the company concerned, so that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can also make use of ADR~~damage incurred;

2011/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Suggests that the Commission create a multilingual European internet ~~mediation portal, via which any consumer may ask questions and access information about how mediation~~ADR portal, where any consumer may access information on how ADR works ~~and~~, what it involves, and about their rights and obligations, building on existing databases and networks;

2011/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises that it is crucial to raise consumer awareness of the existence of ADR prior to the initiation of a consumer dispute; insists on the necessity to reinforce the sense of responsibility of businesses and business organisations in this regard; considers that businesses and businesses federations have a duty to inform consumers on available ADR mechanisms; proposes that this ‘upstream’ information should include a reference in all contractual documents drawn up by professionals to the possibility of recourse to ADR, along with contact details and referral procedures for the relevant ADR systems;

2011/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Proposes that chambers of commerce and ~~other professional bodies~~umbrella organisations at both national and EU level be required to inform enterprises of the existence of ADR and of the potential benefits of its use, not least in terms of: pre-empting lawsuits; corporate image; and, lastly, the possibilities offered by ADR, unlike an arbitration or court ruling, for the re-establishment of commercial relations between the parties;

2011/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Recommends, as a potential incentive for enterprises, that a quality label for mediation be introduced in relation to mediation in consumer disputes, which would be associated with guidelines recognising best practices.deleted

2011/07/20
Committee: IMCO

2011/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the complexity of the food supply chain and the lack of transparency in food pricing; believes that an improved analysis of costs, processes, added value, volumes, prices and margins across all sections of the food supply chain, in line with competition law and commercial confidentiality, will improve price transparency and choice for consumers; believes furthermore that more information should be available to consumers on the way final prices are formed;

2011/10/28
Committee: IMCO

2011/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that consumers want value for money and not only low prices; stresses that competition in the food retail chains should be both free and fair and that current concentration in the food market should not be at the cost of free choice for consumers; urges the Commission and Member States to fully and coherently enforce competition law and, where applicable at national level, unfair competition law in business-to-business relations;

2011/10/28
Committee: IMCO

2011/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament and the Council of the Regulation on wholesale Eenergy Mmarket Iintegrity and Ttransparency (REMIT) and initiatives by Member States which aim to deliver more transparency in energy prices and increase consumer confidence and choice in the energy market; recalls the need for an internal market for energy which enables consumers to buy energy at affordable prices and stresses the need to rigorously pursue the full implementation of the internal market energy package; encourages the Commission, insofar as an open and competitive single market in energy has not yet been fully achieved, to actively monitor competition in energy markets;

2011/10/28
Committee: IMCO

2011/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the decision of the Council to support the long-awaited single EU patent system, which will reduce costs and time- consuming paperwork for entrepreneurs, thereby enhancing innovation, boosting the competitive advantage of ~~Europe's nation s~~Member States and improving the single market;

2011/10/28
Committee: IMCO

2011/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Welcomes the Commission's objective to eliminate the differences between roaming and national tariffs by 2015;

2011/10/28
Committee: IMCO

2011/2094(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that increased competition in the broadband sector is essential to achieve the Europe 2020 goal of full coverage for European citizens, bringing benefits to consumers and businesses; asks the Commission to look into possible cases where access to broadband services has been limited at national level;

2011/10/28
Committee: IMCO

2011/2094(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Wim van de CAMP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Welcomes the existing exchange between the Commission and consumer associations in the field of European competition law and encourages both to further promote these exchanges;

2011/10/28
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas individual lawsuits ~~are often not~~may not constitute an effective means to stop unlawful practices or to obtain compensation, as consumers are reluctant to initiate private lawsuits, in particular if the individual loss is small in comparison to the costs,

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Sylvana RAPTI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas, according to the Flash Eurobarometer on 'Consumer attitudes towards cross-border trade and consumer protection' of March 2011, 79 % of European consumers state that they would be more willing to defend their rights in court if they could join a collective action,

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Wim van de CAMP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Recital G

G. whereas the integration of European markets and the consequent increase in cross-border activities highlight the need for a coherent EU-wide approach to address ~~the numerous mass detriment~~ cases where consumers are left empty handed as the procedures for the collective claim of compensatory relief which have been introduced in a number of Member States do not provide for cross- border solutions,

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Wim van de CAMP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that~~, as a consequence of the weaknesses of the current redress and enforcement framework in the EU, a significant~~ the existing legal framework at EU level to put an end to infringements and encourage cooperation between competent national authorities suffers from several shortcomings; calls on the Commission to further reinforce and increase the effectiveness of Directive 98/27/EC on injunctions for the pro~~por~~tection of consumers ~~and SMEs who have suffered damage do not obtain redress, and continued illegal practices cause significant aggregate loss to society~~' interests and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws, in order to ensure appropriate public enforcement of consumers' rights in the EU; insists nonetheless on the fact that neither Directive 98/27/EC nor Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 allow for consumers to be compensated for the damage suffered;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Sylvana RAPTI, Wim van de CAMP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Notes that, according to a study carried out for DG SANCO by Civil Consulting in 2008 ('Evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of collective redress mechanisms in the EU'), none of the existing collective redress mechanisms within the EU have generated disproportionate economic consequences on the businesses concerned;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that ~~numerous~~ previous consultations have ~~allowed for the identification of the relevant gaps in the existing regulatory framework, thus providing adequate evidence of the need for an EU action~~provided adequate evidence of the need for a coherent EU-wide approach, common principles and more coordinated action among Member States in the field of collective redress to remedy the current shortcomings;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls therefore on the Commission to submit a ~~legislative initiative~~proposal establishing a set of common principles and safeguards for a collective redress mechanism applicable to both national and cross-border cases, while taking due account of the EU legal tradition and the legal orders of the 27 Member States, and in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality provided for in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union; suggests to include in the proposal ways to enhance coordination and exchange of good practices between Member States;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Emphasises that early settlement of disputes ~~should be encouraged where possible, and court litigation should be viewed as the last resort~~through dialogue among the parties concerned should be encouraged where possible; calls on the business community to recognise that it is sometimes in their best interest to take voluntary initiatives to effectively compensate consumers in order to avoid entering into litigation procedures;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9 c. Emphasises that the use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms should be strongly encouraged and that court litigation should be viewed as the last resort;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that a European approach to collective redress ~~should~~must not give any economic incentive to bring abusive collective actions, and should provide for strong and effective safeguards to avoid unmeritorious claims and disproportionate costs for businesses, particularly in this period of financial crisis;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Wim van de CAMP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises that features which encourage a litigation culture such as punitive damages, contingency fees, th~~e absence of limitations as regards standing, and excessive damages~~ird- party financing, the lack of control over representative entities standing in court, the opt-out principle, the possibility for lawyers to canvass potential victims, and the discovery procedure for bringing evidence to court are not compatible with the European legal tradition and ~~should be avoid~~must be rejected;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Insists on the need to build the European approach to collective redress on the opt-in principle, whereby victims are clearly identified and take part in the procedure only if they expressly indicated their wish to do so, in order to avoid potential abuses;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Wim van de CAMP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Stresses~~Insists on the fact that, in the ~~efficiency of collective redress requires a representative entity (e.g. Ombudsmen, consumer or trade associ~~case of cross-border disputes, the representative entity (public authority or authorised consumer organisations) toshould be able to ~~stand for~~represent victims from other Member States, wh~~ereas a~~o joined the collective repdres~~entative entity could be also allowed to represent victims in judicial or out-of-court proceedings~~s procedure, and should likewise be able to stand for victims joining a collective redress procedure in another Member State;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Wim van de CAMP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15 b. Insists on the need to respect the loser pays principle according to which the losing party pays for the costs of the proceedings in order to avoid the proliferation of unmeritorious claims;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16

16. Emphasises that the provision of information about collective actions plays a major role in the accessibility and the effectiveness of the procedure as consumers need to be aware that they have been ~~the victims of~~affected by the same illegal practice and that there is a collective action launched, including in another Member State; calls on Member States to put in place efficient mechanisms ensuring that a maximum of ~~victims are informed, in particular when those are domiciled in several Member States~~affected consumers are informed and made aware of their rights and obligations, in particular when those are domiciled in several Member States; stresses that consumer organisations both at national and EU-level should play their part in providing information to their members throughout the EU;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Wim van de CAMP, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17

17. Affirms that, in order to make collective actions practically possible, ~~Member States should ensure that adequate funding mechanisms are made available; stresses that public authorities should refuse to allocate resources to unmeritorious claims~~and considering that some consumer organisations may be unable to pursue collective actions due to a lack of resources, the Commission should investigate the financing of collective redress in a way that does not distort freedom of contract, free competition and the principles of the internal market;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17 b. Considers that, in any event, compensations cannot be used to finance collective redress procedures since only the damage actually suffered by the claimants must be compensated;

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2089(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18

18. Is conscious that some consumer organisations may be unable to pursue collective actions due to a lack of resources, and therefore an equitable mechanism for bearing the costs of proceedings would need to be introduced as without appropriate funding only a very limited number of cases will be taken.deleted

2011/07/25
Committee: IMCO

2011/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas an efficient Customs Union is one of the essential ~~mile~~cornerstones of the European Iintegration process;

2011/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2011/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Considers that the Community Customs Code which was adopted in 2008 was highly ambitious in terms of deadlines and takes the view that the new proposal must truly aim at enhancing the current situation bringing clear added value for EU operators and SMEs in particular;

2011/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2011/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes, however, that given the limited resources of SMEs, the implementation of the new customs procedures and considerable investments to implement e- customs requirements have to be reasonable and ~~insists~~concentrate on alleviating bureaucracy and costs; insists in this regard, on their assessment in the context of their impact on SMEs;

2011/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2011/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that customs controls should primarily target high-risk consignments, whereas low-risk consignments should be speedily released for free circulation; emphasises in that regard the crucial role of risk management techniques and strongly supports the introduction and further modernisation of electronic customs clearance systems; considers that effective risk management is dependent upon collection and exchange of high-quality information and its proper assessment;

2011/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2011/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States to fully commit themselves to this concept, as only truly harmonised customs rules, information exchange systems and data formats can ensure the successful implementation of the centralised clearance concept; is concerned about slow developments in the process of simplification of VAT rules~~, which is crucial for a truly centralised clearance system~~; stresses the need for increased cooperation and exchange of best practices with respect to the collection of VAT on imported goods as existing differences can distort trade;

2011/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2011/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider additional ~~benefits that~~concrete benefits, such as significant reductions in administrative burdens or costs, which could be granted to traders holding AEO certificates and which would encourage businesses to apply;

2011/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2011/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Encourages strong cooperation between customs administrations ~~and~~, market surveillance authorities and businesses to intercept unsafe and/or non-compliant products at the border prior to their release for free circulation throughout the EU;

2011/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2011/2083(INI)

Malcolm HARBOUR, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Believes that engagement between customs, market surveillance authorities and business is of the utmost importance and that ~~both~~all parties should acknowledge and respect the needs, realities and expectations of the others and combine their knowledge, expertise in their respective fields and wide-ranging talents in order to achieve optimal performance and outcomes;

2011/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2011/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to explore possibilities of establishing a European Customs Agency, exclusively dealing with customs issues, in order to improve the functioning of the Customs Union; calls on the Commission to address this issue when considering the follow-up to the Customs 2013 programme;deleted

2011/10/18
Committee: IMCO

2011/2082(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines th~~e need~~at, given the impact of ageing societies on labour markets, savings and consumption patterns and public expenditure in the years to come, tohe added-value of further shifting from direct t~~axation further to indirect tax~~o indirect taxation is being debated; stresses however that such decisions on fiscal policy should remain nation.al;

2011/07/22
Committee: IMCO

2011/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that public procurement rules have become overly complex and too detailed, leading to costly and burdensome administrative procedures; recommends simplification as far as possible, with clarifications where necessary; points out that the increased use of information technology will also play a major role in reducing administration and costs, and that European initiatives on e-procurement should therefore be aligned with the reform of the procurement rules; stresses, in this context, the need of developing a standardised system for e-signature;

2011/07/26
Committee: IMCO

2011/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Takes the view that, in order to develop the full potential of public procurement, the criterion of the lowest price should be removed~~, and~~; suggests that in principle the~~re should be only one~~ main option for the award of contracts: should be the criteria of the most economically advantageous tender –providing for cost-effective and value-for- money procurement, including the entvir~~e life-cycle costs~~onmental impact and energy efficiency of the relevant goods, and services ~~or works – should be chosen~~;

2011/07/26
Committee: IMCO

2011/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 (new)

stresses that this is particularly relevant for public procurement for goods that have an impact on consumers' health, where quality and production methods play an important role, such as the food sector; underlines that public procurement rules should be flexible enough to ensure that passive consumers for instance in hospitals, elders' care, schools and kindergartens can have equal access to healthy and value-for-money food, and not only the cheapest option available;

2011/07/26
Committee: IMCO

2011/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that increased public awareness of the environmental and climate impact of products and activities ~~means that the possibility for public authorities to favour local suppliers should be considered, and the extent to which internal market rules allow this examined~~is key; underlines that there must be an equal level playing field and fair competition for local suppliers, including cross-borders; suggests that ways of ensuring broader access to the market, in full respect of internal market rules, should be examined by Member States;

2011/07/26
Committee: IMCO

2011/2048(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new)

urges the Commission to clarify and define the concepts of "local supplier" and "locally produced";

2011/07/26
Committee: IMCO

2011/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Criticise~~Regrets the Green Paper's failure to mention the shortcomings, the lack of expertise and knowledge about procurement; stresses the importance of promoting professionalism on the part of both contracting authorities and market operators; recommends setting up a network of centres of excellence within the existing national frameworks to promote exchange of information and good practices between Member States; encourages also umbrella organisations, both at national and EU-level, to take shared responsibility in making relevant information available and to facilitate exchange of information between their members throughout Europe;

2011/07/26
Committee: IMCO

2011/2048(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Encourages SMEs to make use of joint procurement and pooling of contracts, in respect of competition rules, which would allow them to make economies of scale in areas such as logistics and transport; encourages public authorities to be flexible when considering these modern and voluntary forms of arrangements;

2011/07/26
Committee: IMCO

2011/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the EU must equip itself with a comprehensive, coherent, modern and effective framework able to protect the personal data of individuals within and beyond the EU in all circumstances, in order to cope with the numerous challenges facing data protection,

2011/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2011/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the legal framework for data protection should also take into account the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information and the principle of transparency and ensure a balance between these rights and principles and the right to protection of personal data,

2011/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2011/2025(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises the need for a coherent application of data protection rules, taking into account the impact of new technologies on individuals' rights~~, while ensuring free circulation of personal data to facilitate the smooth functioning of the internal market~~;

2011/03/24
Committee: IMCO

2011/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the collection, analysis, exchange and misuse of data and the ~~danger~~risk of ‘profiling’, all of which have been made possible by technical developments, have reached unprecedented dimensions and consequently necessitate strong data protection rules, with particular attention given to children as they need specific protection from misleading and aggressive advertising,

2011/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2011/2025(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that the development of new information technologies require a thorough evaluation of the current data protection rules to ensure that those rules will effectively provide high protection of personal data and at the same time strike a balance between the right to data protection and the right to freedom of expression and information;

2011/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2011/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Takes the view that the revised data protection regime should ~~keep~~reduce bureaucratic and financial burdens to a minimum;

2011/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2011/2025(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses, in this context, that children deserve specific protection because they may be less aware of risks, consequences, safeguards and rights while giving their consent for processing their personal data;

2011/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2011/2013(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas the end product, a European Contract Law, must be properly thought through and subjected to an in-depth impact assessment prior to being amended, if necessary, and formally adopted by the European legislator if this process is to enjoy efficiency as well as political legitimacy and support,

2011/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2011/2013(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the open debate on the Green Paper and urges the relevant Commission departments to carry out a thorough analysis of the outcome of this consultation process; calls on the European Commission to provide an in-depth impact assessment of all proposed options, taking into consideration especially an evaluation of the actual needs of the economic actors, the cost incurred as well as the added value of each option;

2011/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2011/2013(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Takes the view that ~~a European C~~if such an optional legal instrument of contract Llaw is set up at EU level, it should constitutes an additional, alternative, separate system governing cross-border contracts~~, although the~~ that consumers and businesses could choose instead of the applicable national legislation; Member States shcould be given the option of applying it to contracts concluded under their domestic law as well;

2011/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2011/2013(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Is convinced that a common European C~~Considers that EU initiatives related to contract Llaw ~~would make~~must have a two-fold objective: efficiency of the internal market ~~more efficient~~ without affecting Member States' national systems of contract law, and a high level of consumer protection;

2011/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2011/2013(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Is convinced that ~~the law~~if such an optional instrument is adopted, it should be balanced, simple, clear, transparent and user-friendly and not employ vague legal terms, so that European c~~onsumers in particular can~~itizens could understand it, although due account should be taken of the potential interests of both (or all) parties to a given contract; in any case, the Commission should take due consideration of the findings of the Expert Group;

2011/03/02
Committee: IMCO

2011/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that the adoption of a common Insurance Guarantee Scheme (IGS) at EU level and the adjustment of the diverse IGS regimes existing in Member States would effectively improve citizens' confidence, protect consumers' and taxpayers' rights and enhance market stability, in the insurance sector in particular and in internal market and financial services in general; therefore welcomes the Commission's initiative to establish a~~n IGS at European level~~ minimum harmonisation framework regarding IGS;

2011/03/24
Committee: IMCO

2011/2010(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Acknowledges that the most realistic and useful approach at the moment is the establishment of a coherent and legally binding framework of IGS protection based on minimum harmonisation, which should not undermine the protection already offered by some Member States~~, with a view to achieving maximum harmonisation at a later stage~~;

2011/03/24
Committee: IMCO

2011/2010(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Argues that in order to ensure comprehensive protection for policyholders and beneficiaries, ~~the IGS should not be the last-re~~supervisorty me~~chanism, and~~ asurges ~~the Commission to retain and take into account other existing protection~~allowed under Solvency II should be applied first and IGS should be the last- resort mechanisms;

2011/03/24
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) Public procurement plays a key role in the Europe 2020 strategy as one of the market-based instruments to be used to achieve a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth while ensuring the most efficient use of public funds. For that purpose, the current public procurement rules adopted pursuant to Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts have to be revised and modernised in order to increase the efficiency of public spending, ~~facilitating in particular the~~ensure value for money, facilitate equal access and fair participation of small and medium-sized enterprises and craftsmen in public procurement, both at local and EU-wide level, and to enable procurers to make better use of public procurement in support of ~~common societal goals~~sustainable production and consumption. There is also a need to clarify basic notions and concepts to ensure better legal certainty and to incorporate certain aspects of related well-established case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)

(21 a) The objective conditions for determining which of the economic operators, party to the framework agreement, should perform a given task, such as supplies or services intended for use by natural persons, may include the needs or the choice of the natural persons concerned.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30

(30) In order to foster the involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the public procurement market, and especially for products that require quality for welfare, such as food for passive consumers in hospitals, schools, child and elders care, contracting authorities should be encouraged to divide contracts into lots, and be obliged to state the reasons for not doing so. Where contracts are divided into lots, contracting authorities may, for instance in order to preserve competition or to ensure security of supply, limit the number of lots for which an economic operator may tender; they may also limit the number of lots that may be awarded to any one tenderer.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38

(38) Where contracting authorities ~~choose to~~ award a contract to the most economically advantageous tender, they must determine the award criteria on the basis of which they will assess tenders in order to identify which one offers the best value for money. The determination of these criteria depends on the subject-matter of the contract since they must allow the level of performance offered by each tender to be assessed in the light of the subject-matter of the contract, as defined in the technical specifications, and the value for money of each tender to be measured. Furthermore, the chosen award criteria should not confer an unrestricted freedom of choice on the contracting authority and they should ensure the possibility of effective competition and be accompanied by requirements that allow the information provided by the tenderers to be effectively verified.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38 a (new)

(38a) In particular for public procurement of food for hospitals, schools, child and elders care, it is necessary to ensure that passive consumers have full access to quality and nutritional products providing the best value for money.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38 b (new)

(38b) In this respect, contracting authorities may go beyond EU legislation, taking into account stricter environmental consideration and production methodology, including in the formulation of the award criteria, in full respect of EU law.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c

(c) the controlled legal person does not pursue any interests which are ~~distinct from~~in conflict with that of the public authorities affiliated to it;

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

Member States ~~may~~shall provide that contracting authorities may apply innovation partnerships as regulated in this Directive.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – introductory part

They ~~may~~shall also provide that contracting authorities may use a competitive procedure with negotiation or a competitive dialogue in any of the following cases:

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, András GYÜRK, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5

~~Member States may decide not to transpose into their national law the competitive procedure with negotiation, the competitive dialogue and the innovation partnership procedures.~~deleted

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 8

8. The contracting authorities ~~may~~shall specify prizes or payments to the participants in the dialogue on terms laid down by the contract.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) where no tenders or no suitable tenders or no requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered and that a report is sent to the Commission or the ~~national oversight body designated according to Article 84~~competent national body where they so request.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Contracting authorities requiring a specific label shall accept all equivalent labels that fulfil the requirements of the label indicated by the contracting authorities. For products that do not bear the label, contracting authorities shall also accept a technical dossier of the manufacturer or other appropriate means of proof. It shall be the responsibility of the tenderer to prove equivalence with the label requested.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Contracting authorities shall specify in the procurement documents whether they reserve the right to make such a choice and, if so, which lots may be grouped together under one contract. If one contract is awarded it may not restrict competition or lead to monopolisation of the market.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Wim van de CAMP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) where it is aware of any repeated violation of obligations established bywithin Union legislation in the field of social and labour law or environmental law or of the international ~~social and environmental~~labour law provisions listed in Annex XI~~. Compliance with Union legislation or with international provisions also includes compliance in an equivalent mann~~, but limited to the first tier of suppliers.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Jürgen CREUTZMANN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 3

3. The authority issuing the passport shall seek the relevant information directly from the competent authorities, except where prohibited by national rules on the protection of personal data and except where the information can only be gathered from the economic operator itself. In these cases, the economic operator must deliver the information to the authority to obtain the Public Procurement Passport.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 4

4. The European Procurement Passport shall be recognised by all contracting authorities as proof of fulfilment of the conditions for participation covered by it and shall not be questioned without justification. Such justification may be related to the fact that the passport was issued more than ~~six months~~one year earlier.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

1. Without prejudice to national laws, regulations or administrative provisions concerning the remuneration of certain services, the criteriaon on which contracting authorities shall base the award of public contracts shall be ~~one of the following:~~the most economically advantageous tender.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

~~(a) the most economically advantageous tender;~~deleted

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

~~(b) the lowest cost.~~deleted

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Costs may be assessed, on the choice of the contracting authority, on the basis of the price only or using a cost-effectiveness approach, such as a life-cycle costing approach, under the conditions set out in Article 67.deleted

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The most economically advantageous tender referred to in ~~point (a) of~~ paragraph 1 from the point of view of the contracting authority shall be identified on the basis of criteria linked to the subject-matter of the public contract in question. Those criteria ~~shall~~may include, in addition to the price or costs ~~referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1~~, other criteria linked to the subject-matter of the public contract in question~~, such as~~. Costs shall be assessed using a cost- effectiveness approach, such as a life- cycle costing approach, under the conditions set out in Article 67. Price shall be the decisive award criterion in the case of highly standardised products and services. Other criteria may include:

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) quality, including technical merit, aesthetic and functional characteristics, accessibility, design for all users, innovative character, and environmental characteristics, ~~and innovative character~~including cost- effectiveness of short-distance procurement where relevant;

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) for service contracts and contracts involving the design of works, the organisation, qualification and experience of the staff assigned to performing the contract in question may be taken into consideration, with the consequence that, following the award of the contract, such staff may only be replaced with the consent of the contracting authority, which must verify that replacements ensure equivalent organisation and quality;deleted

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point c

~~(c) at least five tenders have been submit~~deleted.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, András GYÜRK, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Member States shall ~~appoint a single independent body responsible for~~ensure the oversight and coordination of implementation activities ~~(hereinafter 'the oversight body'). Member States shall inform the Commission of their designation~~.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, András GYÜRK, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

3. The ~~oversight body~~competent authorities shall be responsible for the following tasks:

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, András GYÜRK, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3

~~Member States shall empower the oversight body to seize the~~The competent authorities may seek from the court which has jurisdiction ~~competent~~ according to national law ~~for the~~a review of contracting authorities' decisions where ithey hasve detected a violation in the course of ~~its~~their monitoring and legal advising activity.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, András GYÜRK, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 84 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

4. Without prejudice to the general procedures and working methods established by the Commission for its communications and contacts with Member States, the ~~oversight body~~competent authorities shall act as a specific contact point for the Commission when it monitors the application of Union law and the implementation of the budget from the Union on the basis of Article 17 of the Treaty on the European Union and Article 317 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. It shall report to the Commission any violation of this Directive in procurement procedures for the award of contracts directly or indirectly funded by the Union.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0438(COD)

Frank ENGEL, Philippe JUVIN, András GYÜRK, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a directive
Article 84 – paragraph 5

5. The investigation and enforcement activities carried out by the ~~oversight body~~competent authorities to ensure that contracting authorities’ decisions comply with this Directive and the principles of the Treaty shall not replace or prejudge the institutional role of the Commission as guardian of the Treaty. When the Commission decides to refer the treatment of an individual case pursuant to paragraph 4, it shall also retain the right to intervene in accordance with the powers conferred to it by the Treaty.

2012/07/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0435(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) In order to promote the free movement of professionals, while ensuring a more efficient and transparent recognition of qualifications, it is necessary to provide for a European Professional Card. The European Professional Card should strictly be used as a tool to recognise professional qualifications in another Member State, in order to use the full potential of mobility in the single market, and not as a means to regulate and restrict how a profession is qualified. In particular that card is necessary to facilitate temporary mobility and recognition under the automatic recognition system, as well as to promote a simplified recognition process under the general system. The card should be issued upon request from a professional and after submission of necessary documents and completion of related review and verification procedures by the competent authorities. The functioning of the card should be supported by the Internal Market Information System (IMI) established by Regulation (EU) No […] on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System23 . This mechanism should help enhance synergies and trust among competent authorities, while at the same time eliminating duplication of administrative work for the authorities and creating more transparency and certainty for professionals. The process for the application and issuing of the card should be clearly structured and incorporate safeguards and the corresponding rights of appeal for the applicant. The card and the related workflow within IMI should ensure the integrity, authenticity and confidentiality of the data stored and avoid unlawful and unauthorised access to information contained therein.

2012/10/17
Committee: IMCO

2011/0435(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 6

6. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying European Professional Cards for specific professions, establishing the format of the European Professional Card, the translations necessary to support any application for issuing a European Professional Card and details for the assessment of applications, taking into account the particularities of each profession concerned. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 58. This procedure should notably ensure that the European Professional Card will primarily focus on facilitating and increasing mobility of professionals, regardless if they are regulated or not, and it should in particular avoid that any additional regulatory and administrative barriers are created.

2012/10/17
Committee: IMCO

2011/0427(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Marco SCURRIA, Monika HOHLMEIER, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, notably human dignity, prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, right to liberty and security, right to the protection of personal data, of access to documents, non-refoulement, non- discrimination and rights of the child. This Regulation should be applied by Member States in accordance with these rights and principles.

2012/09/27
Committee: LIBE

2011/0427(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Marco SCURRIA, Monika HOHLMEIER, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3

3. Member States and the Agency shall comply with fundamental rights, including data protection requirements, when applying this Regulation. They shall give priority to the special needs of children, in particular unaccompanied minors, victims of trafficking, persons in need of urgent medical assistance, persons in need of international protection, persons in distress at sea and other persons in a particularly vulnerable situation.

2012/09/27
Committee: LIBE

2011/0427(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Marco SCURRIA, Monika HOHLMEIER, Carlos COELHO, Mariya GABRIEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d

(d) ‘cross-border crime’ means any serious or organised crime committed at the external borders of Member States or at their proximity, such as trafficking in human beings, smuggling of drugs and other illicit activities that have a cross- border dimension;

2012/09/27
Committee: LIBE

2011/0340(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Simon BUSUTTIL, Hans-Peter MAYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 6

(6) enhancing the transparency of ~~consumer~~the internal markets and consumer information; , including through access to reliable information allowing consumers to compare not only prices, but also quality and sustainability of goods and services;

2012/05/15
Committee: IMCO

2011/0340(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Simon BUSUTTIL, Hans-Peter MAYER, Constance LE GRIP

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 7

(7) e~~nhanc~~mpower consumers to make free and informed choices by raising consumer ~~education~~awareness;

2012/05/15
Committee: IMCO

2011/0340(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Simon BUSUTTIL, Hans-Peter MAYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 7 a (new)

(7a) ensure that vulnerable consumers also have access to information on goods and services, in order to have equal opportunities to make free and informed choices;

2012/05/15
Committee: IMCO

2011/0340(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Simon BUSUTTIL, Hans-Peter MAYER

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 6 – point c

(c) actions increasing consumers' access to relevant information on ~~products and markets~~goods and services in the internal market, enabling consumers to compare not only prices but also quality, both online and offline, including cross-border;

2012/05/15
Committee: IMCO

2011/0340(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Simon BUSUTTIL, Hans-Peter MAYER, Constance LE GRIP

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 6 – point h

(h) support for communication on consumer issues, including ~~through support to the media to drive consumer empowerment and enforcement.~~by encouraging the media to take responsibility in providing correct information, raising awareness and empowering consumers;

2012/05/15
Committee: IMCO

2011/0340(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Simon BUSUTTIL, Hans-Peter MAYER

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 6 – point h a (new)

(ha) paying particular attention to information to minors, ensuring responsible advertising by refraining from aggressive or misleading TV and online advertising;

2012/05/15
Committee: IMCO

2011/0340(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Simon BUSUTTIL, Hans-Peter MAYER

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 6 – point h b (new)

(hb) paying particular attention to vulnerable consumers that have difficulties in accessing and comprehending consumer information, in order to ensure that they are not misled;

2012/05/15
Committee: IMCO

2011/0294(COD)

Anna IBRISAGIC, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Christofer FJELLNER, Alf SVENSSON, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) Roads correspond to the provisions of Article 20(3). At the request of a Member State, exemptions from the provisions of Article 20(3) may be granted by the Commission in duly justified cases, including cases where certain infrastructure investments could not be justified in economic cost- benefit terms, as long as an appropriate level of safety is ensured.

2012/10/08
Committee: TRAN

2011/0226(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Constance LE GRIP, Raffaele BALDASSARRE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) While IMI is in essence a communication tool for public authorities, not open to the general public, technical means may need to be developed to allow external actors such as citizens, enterprises and organisations to interact with the competent authorities in order to supply information and retrieve data, or to exercise their rights as data subjects. Such technical means should include appropriate safeguards for data protection. In order to ensure a high level of security, any such public interface should be developed as technically separate from the IMI application to which only IMI users should have access.

2012/03/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0226(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Constance LE GRIP, Raffaele BALDASSARRE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)

(18a) In order to enhance confidence in the operability of IMI, the Commission should conduct technical controls and stress tests as appropriate, as a means of increasing the use of IMI across the Union.

2012/03/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0226(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Constance LE GRIP, Raffaele BALDASSARRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. The ~~adoption of the delegated act may be preceded by a test phas~~Commission may carry out test phases (pilot projects) of a limited duration in order to assess the feasibility of expanding IMI to other internal market acts not yet listed in the Annex. The Commission shall submit the results of the (pilot project~~) of a limited duration involving several or all Member States~~s to the European Parliament and to the Council, and where appropriate accompany them with a legislative proposal to amend the Annex for the expansion of IMI.

2012/03/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0226(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Constance LE GRIP, Raffaele BALDASSARRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7

7. External actors may use IMI with the technical means provided for this purpose, where necessary to facilitate administrative cooperation between competent authorities in Member States, or in order to exercise their rights as data subjects, or where otherwise provided for by a Union act. External actors shall only have access to a public interface, which is technically separate from the IMI application and does not provide access to personal data exchange between competent authorities.

2012/03/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0226(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Constance LE GRIP, Raffaele BALDASSARRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. IMI actors shall ensure that requests of other IMI actors for confidential treatment of information exchanged by means of IMI are ~~complied with~~respected by IMI users working under their authority.

2012/03/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0226(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Raffaele BALDASSARRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

1. IMI actors shall ensure that the data subject may effectively exercise the right of access to data relating to him or her, and the right to have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected and unlawfully processed data deleted, in accordance with national legislation. The correction and deletion shall be carried out as soon as possible and not later than within 630 days by the IMI actor responsible.

2012/03/12
Committee: IMCO

2011/0187(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Hans-Peter MAYER, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) The lack of competition on the roaming market hinders developing Single Market for telecommunications.

2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO

2011/0187(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)

(2b) The high level of roaming prices is a significant barrier for the citizens when it comes to studying or working in other country than their home Member State.

2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO

2011/0187(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) Therefore rules should be introduced to mandate the obligation to meet reasonable requests for wholesale access to public mobile communications networks for the purpose of providing roaming services. Such requests should only be refused on the basis of objective and duly substantiated criteria, which should be determined on a case by case basis by the national regulatory authorities following the dispute resolution procedure referred to in Article 17. In order to ensure a level playing field, wholesale access for the purpose of providing roaming services should be granted in accordance with the regulatory obligations laid down in this Regulation applicable at the wholesale level and the relevant provisions of the Directive 2002/19/EC, which includes rules on non-discrimination and interoperability, and should take into account the different cost elements necessary for the provision of such access. A consistent regulatory approach to the wholesale access for the provision of roaming services would avoid distortions between Member States.

2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO

2011/0187(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Hans-Peter MAYER, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. With effect from 1 ~~July~~March 2014, home providers shall inform, within four months from that date, all their roaming customers of the possibility to unsubscribe from their existing roaming services and to opt for roaming services from an alternative roaming provider. The roaming customers shall be given a period of two months within which to make their choice known to their home provider. Roaming customers who have not expressed their choice within that period shall have the right to opt for an alternative roaming provider at any moment, in line with paragraphs 3 and 4.

2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO

2011/0187(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Hans-Peter MAYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

To alert a roaming customer to the fact that he will be subject to roaming charges when making or receiving a call or when sending an SMS message, each home provider shall, except when the customer has notified his home provider that he does not require this service, provide the customer, automatically by means of a Message Service, without undue delay and free of charge, when he enters a ~~Member State~~country other than that of his home network, with basic personalised pricing information on the roaming charges (including VAT) that apply to the making and receiving of calls and to the sending of SMS messages by that customer in the visited ~~Member State~~country.

2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO

2011/0187(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Hans-Peter MAYER, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b

(b) sending regulated roaming SMS messages while in the visited ~~Member State~~country.

2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO

2011/0187(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Hans-Peter MAYER, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

An automatic message from the home provider shall inform the roaming customer that he is roaming and provide basic personalised tariff information on the charges applicable to the provision of regulated data roaming services to that roaming customer in the ~~Member State~~country concerned, except where the customer has notified his home provider that he does not require this information.

2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO

2011/0187(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Hans-Peter MAYER, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Such basic personalised tariff information shall be delivered to the roaming customer's mobile telephone or other device, for example by an SMS message, an e-mail or a pop-up window on the computer, every time the roaming customer enters a ~~Member State~~country other than that of his home network and initiates for the first time a regulated data roaming service in that particular ~~Member State~~country. It shall be provided free of charge at the moment the roaming customer initiates a regulated data roaming service, by an appropriate means adapted to facilitate its receipt and easy comprehension.

2011/12/21
Committee: IMCO

2011/0177(APP)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Ashley FOX, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Bart STAES, Dan JØRGENSEN, Ulrike LUNACEK, Diane DODDS, Krzysztof LISEK, Judith A. MERKIES, Marisa MATIAS, Isabelle DURANT, Oldřich VLASÁK, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Points to the significant savings that could be made if the European Parliament were to have a single seat; urges the budgetary authority to raise this issue in the negotiations on the next MFF 2014-2020;

2012/10/05
Committee: BUDG

2011/0167(NLE)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Csaba SÓGOR, Axel VOSS, Manfred WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reiterates that Europe needs an international agreement to step up the fight against counterfeit products as these products are causing billions of Euros of damage every year to European companies, thereby also putting European jobs at risk; notes that in addition, counterfeit products often do not fulfil European safety requirements, posing significant health hazards to consumers;

2012/05/21
Committee: LIBE

2011/0167(NLE)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Frank ENGEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Csaba SÓGOR, Axel VOSS, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Manfred WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that ACTA must fully respect Union law, especially the Charter and the data protection acquis; reiterates that it is important that ACTA is not open to any interpretation that could lead Member States to infringe the Charter when implementing provisions of ACTA and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure legal clarity in the provisions of ACTA;

2012/05/21
Committee: LIBE

2011/0167(NLE)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Frank ENGEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Csaba SÓGOR, Axel VOSS, Manfred WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Notes that concern has especially been raised on those provisions that leave room for flexibility in their implementation, on the basis that these provisions might be implemented in the Union in a manner that could be illegal or contrary to fundamental rights; considers that this is an unsubstantiated assumption which is contrary to the general principles of law and to the letter of ACTA itself as it explicitly requires that the optional or flexible provisions therein be implemented in compliance with fundamental rights and applicable domestic provisions; reiterates however that this does not justify ambiguities contained in ACTA;

2012/05/21
Committee: LIBE

2011/0167(NLE)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Csaba SÓGOR, Axel VOSS, Manfred WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Notes that despite the ambiguities that remain in ACTA, there is no evidence whatsoever, not even in the European Data Protection Supervisor's opinion on ACTA, that it goes contrary to Union law or that it violates fundamental rights and freedoms in any manner;

2012/05/21
Committee: LIBE

2011/0167(NLE)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Csaba SÓGOR, Axel VOSS, Manfred WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Emphasises that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should not police the Internet and therefore calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure legal clarity on the role of ISPs under ACTA;

2012/05/21
Committee: LIBE

2011/0167(NLE)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Csaba SÓGOR, Axel VOSS, Manfred WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Considers that ACTA only targets large-scale infringement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), allowing for signatory states to exempt non- commercial use from its provisions on criminal enforcement procedures; notes, however, that it is unclear where to draw the line between commercial and non- commercial use; calls therefore on the Commission and on Member States to define the notion of infringement of IPRs on a commercial scale and to add legal clarity as to when Member States could impose criminal enforcement measures on internet users;

2012/05/21
Committee: LIBE

2011/0167(NLE)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Csaba SÓGOR, Axel VOSS, Manfred WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that when fundamental rights are at stake ambiguity must be avoided and at the least reduced to a minimum; moreover, and without assigning any wrongful intentions ("procès d'intention") to the ACTA implementation measures, takes the view that in the current state of affairs ~~precaution should be exercised as regards ACTA in the light of the serious and remaining~~the remaining serious question- marks surrounding the balance reached within the agreement between IPRs and other core fundamental rights and its level of legal certainty. need to be addressed;

2012/05/21
Committee: LIBE

2011/0167(NLE)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Frank ENGEL, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Csaba SÓGOR, Axel VOSS, Manfred WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls therefore on the Commission and on Member States to provide solutions for the concerns identified in this opinion, so as to address ambiguities in ACTA and ensure that the strict observance of fundamental rights and freedoms is clearly guaranteed;

2012/05/21
Committee: LIBE

2011/0156(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) Directive 2009/39/EC foresees that specific provisions could be adopted regarding the two following specific categories of food falling within the definition of foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses: ‘food intended to meet the expenditure of intense muscular effort, especially for sportsmen’ and ‘food for persons suffering from carbohydrate metabolism disorders (diabetes)’. With regard to food intended to meet the expenditure of intense muscular effort, no successful conclusion could be reached as regard the development of specific provisions due to widely diverging views among Member States and stakeholders concerning the scope of the specific legislation, the number of sub-categories of the food to be included, the criteria for establishing composition requirements and the potential impact on innovation in product development. With a view to improving the functioning of the internal market and enhancing consumer protection, while stimulating innovation, ‘foods for sportspeople’ should henceforth be regulated under Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods1 and comply with requirements therein. As regards special provisions for food for persons suffering from carbohydrate metabolism disorders (diabetes), a Commission report concludes that the scientific basis for setting specific compositional requirements is lacking. ____________________ 1 OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 9.

2012/01/17
Committee: IMCO

2011/0156(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)

(27a) There are currently no specific rules at Union level harmonising the composition, labelling and use of ‘milks intended for young children’, i.e. milks promoted as being particularly suited for children between one and three years old. Some of these milks are currently being notified by market players as ‘foods for particular nutritional purposes’ under Directive 2009/39/EC, whereas others are not. Moreover, while several of these milks are being marketed as ‘growing milks’, sound scientific evidence demonstrating the added health or nutritional value of these milks over normal milk is lacking. This situation causes obstacles to the functioning of the internal market and entails unequal levels of consumer protection across the Union. In order to remedy this situation, ‘milks intended for young children’ should be regulated under Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and comply with requirements therein. Furthermore, the Commission should, after consulting the European Food Safety Authority, present to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the desirability of special provisions regarding the composition and labelling of milks intended for young children, and propose measures accordingly.

2012/01/17
Committee: IMCO

2011/0156(COD)

Hubert PIRKER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 b (new)

(27b) There are currently no specific rules at Union level on the composition, labelling and use of so-called "Very Low Calorie Diets" (VLCDs), which correspond to total diet replacements under 800 kcal. In view of the health risks they entail, VLCDs should be made available under medical supervision only and should be regulated under Directive 1999/21/EC.

2012/01/17
Committee: IMCO

2011/0154(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that the question of which value to be given to statements made by the suspect or accused person or evidence obtained in breach of his right to a lawyer or in cases where a derogation to this right was authorised in accordance with ~~Article 8, may not be used at any stage of the procedure as evidence against him, unless the use of such evidence would not prejudice the rights of the defence~~this Directive, shall be determined by that court being responsible for ensuring the overall fairness of the proceedings, in accordance with national legal procedures.

2012/03/22
Committee: LIBE

2011/0150(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) It is important, to this effect, to encourage the exchange of best practices between National Standardisation Organisations on how to best facilitate and enhance the participation of SMEs in standardisation activities.

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

2011/0150(COD)

Axel VOSS, Monika HOHLMEIER, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Jeroen LENAERS, Traian UNGUREANU, Alessandra MUSSOLINI, Csaba SÓGOR, Brice HORTEFEUX, Nadine MORANO, Rachida DATI, Arnaud DANJEAN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Nuno MELO, József NAGY

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Member States shall ensure that their Passenger Information Unit's, in order to fulfil their tasks as laid down in Article 4(2)(c), co-operate in the application of state-of-the-art technologies also through Europol using technologies that shall allow Passenger Information Units and Europol to combine their data with that of other Passenger Information Unit's by ensuring full protection of personal data with the aim of analysing the data pursuant to Article 4(2)(c).

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0023(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

A Member State may transfer PNR data and the results of the processing of PNR data to a third country, only on a case-by- case basis and in duly reasoned request based on sufficient evidence and if:

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0023(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the ~~conditions laid down in Article 13 of Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA are fulfilled,~~transfer is necessary for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences, the prevention of immediate and serious threats to public security or the execution of criminal penalties;

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0023(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)

(ac) the third country or international body concerned ensures an adequate level of protection for the intended data processing;

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0023(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that the PNR data provided by the air carriers and non- carrier economic operators to the Passenger Information Unit are retained in a database at the Passenger Information Unit for a period of ~~30 day~~6 months after their transfer to the Passenger Information Unit of the first Member State on whose territory the international flight is landing or departing.

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0023(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Upon expiry of the period of ~~30 day~~6 months after the transfer of the PNR data to the Passenger Information Unit referred to in paragraph 1, the data shall be retained at the Passenger Information Unit for a further period of fiseven years. During this period, all data elements which could serve to identify the passenger to whom PNR data relate shall be masked out. Such ~~anonymised~~masked out PNR data shall be accessible only to a limited number of personnel of the Passenger Information Unit specifically authorised to carry out analysis of PNR data and develop assessment criteria according to Article 4(2)(d). Access to the full PNR data shall be permitted only by the Head of the Passenger Information Unit for the purposes of Article 4(2)(c) and where it could be reasonably believed that it is necessary to carry out an investigation and in response to a specific and actual threat or risk or a specific investigation or prosecution.

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0023(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that the PNR data are deleted permanently upon expiry of the period specified in paragraph 2. This obligation shall be without prejudice to cases where specific PNR data have been transferred to a competent authority and are used in the context of specific criminal investigations or prosecutions, in which case the retention of such data by the competent authority shall be regulated by the national law of the Member State.

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2011/0023(COD)

Axel VOSS, Monika HOHLMEIER, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Jeroen LENAERS, Traian UNGUREANU, Alessandra MUSSOLINI, Csaba SÓGOR, Brice HORTEFEUX, Nadine MORANO, Rachida DATI, Frank ENGEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Nuno MELO, József NAGY

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) undertake a review of the operation of this Directive and submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council within ~~four~~seven years after the date mentioned in Article 15(1). Such review shall cover all the elements of this Directive, with special attention to the compliance with standard of protection of personal data, the length of the data retention period and the quality of the assessments. It shall also contain the statistical information gathered pursuant to Article 18.

2015/04/20
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas after the atrocious attacks of 11 September 2001 the first decade of the 21st century has been marked by the ‘War on Terrorism’, especially with regard to the US approach; whereas although the attacks did not take place on European soil, but the planning and preparations took place partially in Europe, all Europeans felt them to be an attack on their values and their way of life,

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ágnes HANKISS, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Simon BUSUTTIL

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the 2005 EU Counter- Terrorism Strategy and the EU Strategy for Combating Radicalisation and Recruitment to Terrorism still did not reach their objective of preventing terrorism,

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the primary objective of counter-terrorism policies should be to prevent, avoid and combat terrorist activities and spare lives of innocent people; whereas the aim of counter- terrorism policies should be to undermine the objectives of terrorism, which are to destroy the fabric of our free, open and democratic society; whereas the aim of counter-terrorism must be on the long term to protect and strengthen that fabric of democratic society ~~and the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policies must be measured against this aim~~; whereas in this logic, strengthening civil liberties and democratic scrutiny is not an obstacle to such policies, ~~but their prime objective,~~

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas accountability and responsibility are essential factors for the democratic legitimacy of counter-terrorism policies, whereas, in case there is any suspicion or evidence, mistakes, unlawful actions and violations of international law and human rights must be investigated and corrected, and justice be done,

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ágnes HANKISS, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Simon BUSUTTIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to prevent the rise of extremisms by taking specific measures based on integration of marginalised groups at local level, on inter-religious dialogue and on the promotion of civil responsibility by the religious organisations, both inside and outside the EU;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Considers that counter-terrorism policies should aim first of all at protecting and saving lives,

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

EDetailed evaluation by ~~a panel of independent experts~~the Commission and mapping exercise

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that a proper evaluation of ten years of counter-terrorism policies must provide the basis for an evidence-based, needs-driven, coherent and comprehensive EU counter-terrorism strategy by means of an in-depth and complete appraisal to be carried out by ~~a panel of independent experts~~the Commission;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Include a complete and detailed ‘map’ of all counter-terrorism policies in Europe; calls at the same time on Member States to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of their counter-terrorism policies, with a particular focus on interaction with EU policies, overlap and gaps, to cooperate better in the evaluation of EU policies, and to provide their input within the given deadlines, as in the case of the Data Retention Directive8 ; __________________ 8. Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15th March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC. Official Journal of the European Union L 105 (Brussels: 13th April 2006) pp. 54-63.

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b

b. set out the facts and figures relating to terrorist activity (successful, failed, prevented attacks) and counter-terrorism activity (arrests and convictions), should all the necessary data be available for the Commission;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point d

d. examine whether the current instruments for assessing the impact on privacy and civil liberties are adequate and based on international benchmarking practices implemented by democratic countries;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to map out which measures have objectives other than counter-terrorism, or where further objectives were added to the initial purpose of counter-terrorism (mission creep and function creep), such as law enforcement, immigration policies, public health, or public order;deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to draw up a complete and detailed ‘map’ of all counter-terrorism policies in Europe; calls at the same time on Member States to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of their counter-terrorism policies, with a particular focus on interaction with EU policies, overlap and gaps, to cooperate better in the evaluation of EU policies, and to provide their input within the given deadlines, as in the case of the Data Retention Directive8 ; __________________ 8. Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15th March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC. Official Journal of the European Union L 105 (Brussels: 13th April 2006) pp. 54-63.deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to produce~~, before July 2011,~~ a full and detailed report on all EU funds used for counter-terrorism purposes~~, directly or indirectly,~~ and to produce an analysis of the development of the relevant EU budget lines since 2001;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission to invite the ‘High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens’ (chaired by Mr Stoiber) to assess the administrative burden created by counter- terrorism measures since 2001;deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point b

b. all existing measures must be subjected to a retrospective proportionality test;9 __________________ 9. European Court of Human Rights, S. and Marper v. United Kingdom, 8 December 2008, §95, 101-103, 125.deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point c

c. provide an overview of the classification of documents, trends in the use of classification, and numbers and trends in access granted or denied to documents relating to counter-terrorism policies; documents made available to Parliament must also be consulted in a secure room;deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point e

e. an overview of the instruments for the democratic scrutiny of cross-border cooperation by intelligence agencies~~, and more specifica~~ under the umbrellya of ~~SitCen, the Watch- Keeping Capability, the Crisis Room, the Council's Clearing House, and COSI~~the European External Action Service;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point f

f. an overview of measures adopted by third countries with extraterritorial effect in the EU, ~~such as the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA),~~ which are not subject to scrutiny by any parliament in the EU;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point h

~~h. an overview of non-legislative EU(- funded) activities, such as research programmes, and how they are subject to democratic scrutiny;~~deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ágnes HANKISS, Simon BUSUTTIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to investigate and rectify unlawful action and violations of international law and human rights, in case there is any evidence or suspicion of such alleged violation and in case the Commission is authorized to carry out such investigations;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission within its competencies and the Council to ~~open an~~ investigat~~ion~~e into the possible collection of personal data for law enforcement purposes without an adequate legal base or by applying irregular, or even illegal, procedures;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission to conduct a compulsory proportionality test and a full impact assessment for each proposal involving the large-scale collection of personal data, detection and identification technologies, tracking and tracing, data mining and profiling, risk assessment and behavioural analysis or similar techniques;deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the European Data Protection Supervisor and the Fundamental Rights Agency according to their mandate to report annually on profiling, data mining and detection and identification techniques used in Europe for counter-terrorism (and possibly other) purposes;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ágnes HANKISS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

~~18. Calls on the Counter-Terrorism Coordinator to draw up a report on the use of Human Intelligence in European counter-terrorism policies;~~deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Calls on the Commission to draft a Communication on Ethics in European Counter- Terrorism Policies;~~deleted

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ágnes HANKISS, Simon BUSUTTIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to launch proposals for strengthening the protection of civil liberties, transparency and democratic scrutiny in the context of counter-terrorism policies~~, such as improving access to documents by creating an EU Freedom of Information Act and strengthening the Fundamental Rights Agency, the EDPS and the Article 29 WP~~;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2311(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ágnes HANKISS, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Simon BUSUTTIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. while ensuring transparency and democratic scrutiny related to counter- terrorism policies, due consideration must be given to the fact that disclosure of information may put human lives in danger and derail counter-terrorism activities;

2011/05/02
Committee: LIBE

2010/2308(INI)

Monica MACOVEI, Ágnes HANKISS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 14 September 2011 on the EU's efforts to combat corruption,1 __________________ 1 (P7_TA(2011)0388)

2012/02/09
Committee: LIBE

2010/2308(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission to reinforce the synergies between internal and external security by taking concrete measures and by establishing coordination mechanisms between Directorate General Home Affairs, Directorate General Justice and the European External Action Service (EEAS); calls on the Commission to provide expertise to the EU delegations in countries where there are specific issues of interest for the Union in the domain of security and underlines that this should be done by exchanging information and sharing resources with the JHA agencies - Europol, Eurojust, Frontex;

2012/02/09
Committee: LIBE

2010/2308(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Takes note of the definition of five key areas for which different concrete actions have been proposed at EU and Member State level; takes the view that these objectives are not exhaustive, and that the order of priorities could have been better structured; observes that, ~~while~~together with the fight against terrorism and organised crime ~~is, and must remain, a key priority, it does not seem to be fully justified or appropriate to take action in fields such as man-made disasters and the enforcement of intellectual property rights~~, man-made disasters are and must remain, a key priority within the framework of the ISS;

2012/02/09
Committee: LIBE

2010/2308(INI)

Monica MACOVEI, Ágnes HANKISS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to prioritise the fight against corruption in the context of the EU security agenda, as well as allocate the appropriate resources, considering that the Stockholm Programme (4.1) lists corruption among the trans-national threats that continue to challenge the internal security of the Union, which require a clear and comprehensive response;

2012/02/09
Committee: LIBE

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Highlights the importance of competitive markets in achieving affordable broadband, and emphasises the need for the swift implementation and full enforcement by Member States and NRAs of the revised EU telecoms framework and Recommendation on Next Generation Access;

2011/03/25
Committee: IMCO

2010/2304(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes the importance of an ambitious, forward looking multi-annual Radio Spectrum Policy Programme in creating high speed broadband access across Europe, delivering the goals of the EU 2020 Strategy and ensuring Europe is a world leader in innovation and high tech industrial development;

2011/03/25
Committee: IMCO

2010/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that transparency is the best way to prevent corruption, fraud, conflict of interest and mismanagement;

2011/05/30
Committee: LIBE

2010/2294(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Considers, in the light of ten years of experience with the application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and taking into account the case-law of the Court of Justice, that it is necessary to revise that Regulation in order to clarify some of its provisions, narrow its exceptions and ensure that the transparency promised by the Treaties becomes a reality; stresses in this context that the revised Regulation should be simple and accessible for citizens in order to make them able to effectively use their right;

2011/05/30
Committee: LIBE

2010/2294(INI)

Catherine SOULLIE, Philippe JUVIN, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Recalls that transparency is not only a matter of passive reactions by the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, but requires a proactive approach as highlighted several times by the European Ombudsman; calls on the EU institutions to make as many categories of documents as possible publicly accessible by default on their Internet sites (including budgets and lists of public procurement contracts awarded over the last three years); stresses that a proactive approach can prevent unnecessary litigation, which results in tax-payers’ money being spent inefficiently as well as at the same time causing unnecessary delays, costs and burdens for those requesting access;

2011/05/30
Committee: LIBE

2010/2289(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Encourages the Commission to pursue its efforts within the Better Regulation strategy, through the consistent consultation of stakeholders and their involvement in the impact assessment process;

2011/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2010/2289(INI)

Catherine SOULLIE, Philippe JUVIN, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Suggests that the Commission systematizes and refines the SME test, taking into account the diversity of their situations, to evaluate the consequences of legislative proposals on these businesses;

2011/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2010/2289(INI)

Catherine SOULLIE, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Suggests that~~Welcomes the Commission ~~and Member States coordinate and, where appropriate, consolidate the numerous ‘one-stop-shops’ for information and problem-solving~~'s intention to cooperate with Member States to consolidate informal problem-solving tools, especially SOLVIT; underlines the importance of promoting this network among businesses and citizens; calls on a greater involvement of the Commission when it comes to provide legal expertise; suggests that the Commission clarifies SOLVIT's legal basis in order to fully exploit its potential;

2011/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2010/2289(INI)

Catherine SOULLIE, Philippe JUVIN, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Suggests that the President of the ~~European Council~~Commission should be given the mandate to coordinate and supervise the relaunch of the Single Market, in close cooperation with the President of the ~~Commission~~European Council;

2011/02/15
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Damien ABAD, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission Communication "Towards a Single Market Act", but regrets the unsatisfactory pace of implementation of Single Market legislation ~~and~~; calls on the Member States to accelerate the process and to fully and correctly implement existing legislation, including the Services Directive and the Goods Package;

2011/02/17
Committee: LIBE

2010/2278(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the Single Market is one of the main drivers of European growth and should be a real economic pillar of the EU by overcoming economic and competitiveness divergences, distortions and the uneven treatment of European enterprises and citizenscompletion of the Single Market is a necessary condition to enable the European Union to reach its full potential for economic growth and strengthen its highly competitive social market economy,

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for a better involvement of European citizens in the process of creating the Single Market; calls on the national Parliaments, regional and local authorities and social partners to take an active part in communicating the benefits of the Single Market;

2011/02/17
Committee: LIBE

2010/2278(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Single Market is not only a~~n institutional structure, facing economic, financial and social challenges~~ legal framework, but also a way of protecting specific fundamental rights of citizens, consumers, workers ~~and small businesses (~~, entrepreneurs and businesses, in particular SMEs),

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas too many obstacles stand in the way of citizens and SMEs wishing to move, work, shop, sell or trade across borders~~, and a lack of port~~; whereas they are caused by insufficiently harmonised national legislations, low transferability inof social security rights~~, corporatism and red tape reduce the free movement of workers, service providers and professionals~~ as well as excessive red tape; whereas they end up impeding upon the free movement of people, goods, services and capital within the Union,

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on Member States to ensure true freedom of movement for citizens, in particular through mutual recognition of professional qualifications and school diplomas, as well as portability of social benefits across borders;

2011/02/17
Committee: LIBE

2010/2278(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the ~~lack of a holistic vision for other horiz~~Mario Monti report showed that a holistic vision supposes that many policies, traditiontal ~~policies,~~ly not regarded as being linked to the Single Market - such as health, social and consumer protection, labour law, ~~the~~ environment and sustainable development, - ha~~mpers the Single Market enlargement~~ve to be integrated into the Single Market strategic objective in order to reach a high level of integration,

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Damien ABAD, Andreas SCHWAB, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes the Directive on patients' rights in cross-border healthcare and calls on Member States to fully implement it;

2011/02/17
Committee: LIBE

2010/2278(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that efforts to ~~achiev~~complete the Single Market need to concentrate on the concerns and rights of citizens, consumers and SMEs in order to ~~overcome the current ‘European fatigue’~~regain their full confidence in the Single Market;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Damien ABAD, Andreas SCHWAB, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that the confidence of citizens and consumers ~~cannot be taken for granted but needs to be nurtured~~is crucial for the functioning of the Single Market;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that the Communication’s proposals are ~~still too weak to put citizens at the heart of the Single Market, and the proliferating number of EU initiatives without clear prioritisation creates a need for consistency~~generally in line with the European Parliament’s expectations but needs to be refocused to put citizens at the heart of the Single Market; Regrets that the Single Market Act Communication has been divided into 3 chapters separating Europeans, businesses and ~~good~~ governance ~~to ensure the coherence of European integration measur~~, instead of according to subject-matter lines;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the priorities set out in the 19 proposals in accordance with five criteria – basic social rights, consumer rights, free movement of workers, free movement of goods and socially oriented corporate institutions – to provideConsiders that 19 actions proposed by the Commission should be prioritised according to their impact on job creation and their delivery of tangible benefits ~~for~~to European citizens and ~~enterpri~~businesses in a freasionable period of time;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Insists on the need to insert a ‘horizontal social clause’ in all Single Market legislation so that policy is developed centring on citizens’ basic social rights: (a) the right to take collective action, (b) workers’ rights and labour law, and (c) employment protection, anticipating the planning of industrial restructuring in accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;deleted

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Constance LE GRIP, Damien ABAD, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to concentrate on the issue of the mobility of citizens. In this context welcomes the Commission’s initiatives on the recognition of professional qualifications, on the ‘Youth on the Move’ initiative, the ‘European Skills Passport’, the rights of air passengers and the initiative on access to certain basic banking services. Considers that those proposals aimed at improving the mobility of citizens should be seen as a package and calls for the establishment of ‘a mobility scoreboard’ to measure it; (before par 6)

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Damien ABAD, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Andreas SCHWAB, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Notes that issues related to product safety and market surveillance are of the utmost importance to European citizens. Therefore welcomes the Commission’s multiannual action plan for the development of European market surveillance;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – introductory part

7. Reaffirms the importance of each of the following proposals’ impact on the lives of European citizens: 7.1 application of the horizontal social clause to all measures as a common priority; 7.2. revision of the Posting of Workers Directive; 7.3. a framework directive on services of general economic interest; 7.4. a new regulation on the recognition of professional qualifications, on improving human resources mobility, and on providing equal access and opportunities for citizens; 7.5. immediate action on a single mortgage market, to help the recovery of the housing market and European citizens’ confidence in the relevant financial instruments; 7.6. an appropriate EU-financed trans- European transport and energy network, as a form of social and territorial inclusion for European citizens and economies; 7.7. effective regulation of market surveillance and product safety, to reinforce consumer protection;deleted

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Damien ABAD, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Calls upon the~~Urges Member States and the Commission to ~~promote communication with citizens to ensure their right~~join forces to communicate the Single Market to citizens to ensure that its benefits are recognised and that their rights as consumers are widely understood and enforced;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Stress~~Welcomes the ~~need to facil~~Commission’s intention to propose a legislative initiative to reform the system for the recognition of professional qualifications; ~~guarantee the portability of mobile workers’ pension funds; provide training outside the classroom leading to a skills passport; and introduce the ‘youth on the move’ card~~Calls on the Commission to evaluate the acquis and publish a Green Paper by September 2011;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a decision establishing a European Radio Spectrum Action Programme; calls on the Council and the Parliament to reach an agreement, taking into account the interests of businesses and consumers, as soon as possible, in order to help the wireless broadband market grow rapidly;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Damien ABAD, Constance LE GRIP, Andreas SCHWAB, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls for measures to set up an adequate legal framework for foundations, cooperatives ~~and~~, mutual ~~associations, to prevent legal uncertainty and to ensure there are socially oriented corporate institutions and socially innovative corporate projects in the area of services of general interes~~societies and associations, so as to give them European status and prevent legal uncertainty, improve their cross-border access and maximise their entrepreneurial, social, cultural and innovative potential in the Single Market;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Underlines the importance of having a safe Single Market and welcomes the multiannual action plan for the development of European market surveillance and the guidelines for customs controls in the area of product safety; Or. en (before par 7)

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Damien ABAD, Andreas SCHWAB, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Emphasises the necessity to share best practice among the Member States; calls for joint cooperation, pooling know- how and sharing the best practices among market surveillance authorities; underlines the importance of cooperation between customs and market surveillance authorities at the external borders to carry out appropriate checks of products entering the Community; recognises the important contribution made by PROSAFE to the above issues; Or. en (before par 7)

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Damien ABAD, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Regrets that no action on roaming charges has been envisaged in the Single Market Act, despite the tangible nature of such measures and the high expectations of citizens in this domain; However, notes that the Commission has made a considerable effort to reduce the costs of roaming for consumers in recent years and therefore, points out that to achieve digital agenda goals, this initiative should be included in the scope of the Single Market Act;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to launch a public consultation on corporate governance and improving transparency of information provided by businesses on social and environmental matters and respect for human rights;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Constance LE GRIP, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)

11d. Notes the proposal of the Commission on social business initiative and recommends launching a consultation on this project in order to assess the potential of this measure in terms of economic growth and job creation;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Considers that the programme does not sufficiently analyse the causes of market fatigue or the expectations of Europe’s citizens from a revived Single Market;~~deleted

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Regrets the lack of concrete proposals on the collective redress mechanism, except for continuing the consultation;~~deleted

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to adopt a legislative proposal aimed at improving the implementation of the Posting of Workers Directive and encourages the Commission to clarify the exercise of fundamental social rights within the context of the economic freedoms of the Single Market;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Damien ABAD, Andreas SCHWAB, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises the lack of a Digital Single Market, and calls for the democratisation of broadband and for continuous review of the Regulation on the telecoms sector ensuring privacy, data protection, and the protection of vulnerable groupNotes that benefits from the Digital Single Market will directly impact the day- to-day live of Europeans; Calls for the extension of current European legislation on universal service obligations for telecoms to also cover broadband in order to ensure that basic telecoms services to all Europeans;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – introductory part

17. Calls for short-term strategies: (a) to enhance European market surveillance, improve access to basic banking services, create a single integrated mortgage market and remove tax obstacles and double taxation; (b) to implement an e-commerce policy in order to increase citizens’ and consumers’ confidence when shopping online; (c) to devise an action plan against counterfeiting and piracy as a major preventive tool, in order to ensure that goods circulating in the Single Market are safe to consume, of the appropriate standard and legal; (d) to develop an effective communication policy on the Single Market Act, based on a policy audit assessing its tangible benefit (tangibility) to citizens; (e) to introduce a system of benchmarks, based on the horizontal social clause, to assess the relevance of all Single Market measures in terms of their social impact, tangibility and feasibility;deleted

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph a (new)

(a) Calls on the Commission to submit before June 2011 a proposal for amending the Roaming Regulation in order to extend the existing regulation in time and in scope to cover retail prices for data as well,

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph b (new)

(b) Urges the Commission to adopt a legislative initiative on access to certain basic banking services by June 2011; Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to take an action to improve the transparency and comparability of bank charges,

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph c (new)

(c) Encourages the Commission to publish a Green Paper on the recognition of professional qualifications by September 2011 with evaluation of the existing framework and if appropriate to propose a legislative initiative to reform this framework in 2012;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2278(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph e (new)

(e) Asks for the Commission to take the opportunity of the revision of the General Product Safety Directive to propose a new regulation on market surveillance covering both the consumer and non consumer products,

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2277(INI)

Othmar KARAS, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anja WEISGERBER, Andreas SCHWAB, Constance LE GRIP, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA, Hans-Peter MAYER, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas it is important to ~~restor~~increase confidence in the Single Market at all levels and to eliminate existing barriers to enterprises entering business; whereas high administrative burdens discourage new entrepreneurs,

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2277(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls the cost of fragmentation and the benefits of harmonisation for the well- functioning of the Single Market; calls for more transparency and a reduction of administrative burdens, especially for SMEs, by ensuring that the Small Business Act is fully and correctly implemented in all Member States;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2277(INI)

Othmar KARAS, Anja WEISGERBER, Constance LE GRIP, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses in e- commerce, ~~namely by harmonizing contract law where possible and by~~in particular by simplifying registration of domains across borders for online businesses, by improving online payment systems and facilitating cross- border debt recovery;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2277(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to improve SMEs’ access to capital markets by increasing information available on different EU financing opportunities such as those provided by the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, the European Investment Bank or the European Investment Fund and by making funding procedures easier, quicker and less bureaucratic;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2277(INI)

Othmar KARAS, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Anja WEISGERBER, Andreas SCHWAB, Catherine SOULLIE, Hans-Peter MAYER, Philippe JUVIN, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Urges all Member States to fully implement the Goods Package;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2277(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. points out the importance of interconnected business registers and calls on the Commission to develop a clear legal framework ensuring that information in such business registers is complete and correct;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2277(INI)

Othmar KARAS, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Catherine SOULLIE, Anja WEISGERBER, Andreas SCHWAB, Constance LE GRIP, Hans-Peter MAYER, Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Konstantinos POUPAKIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Recognizes the important contribution to growth and job generation of the retail sector; calls on the European Commission to include within the Single Market Act a proposal for a European retail Action Plan that identifies and addresses the numerous challenges faced by retailers and suppliers within the Single Market; the Action Plan should be based on the conclusions of the work underway in the European Parliament on "a more efficient and fairer retail market";

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2277(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. points out the importance of interconnected business registers and calls on the Commission to develop a clear legal framework ensuring that information in such business registers is complete and correct;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2277(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission, in consultation with the stakeholders, to define "manifestly unfair commercial practices" in the retail sector; asks the Commission, on that basis, to collect evidence-based cases of unfair commercial practices; calls on the Commission to make a thorough assessment of existing national measures to prevent unfair commercial practices in the retail sector and, on that basis, to propose further action in respect of competition and freedom of contract;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2277(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Stresses that a fragmented payment system is an obstacle to cross-border trade; calls on the Commission to continue to improve the SEPA system in order to define a basic payment services available for all cards increasing transparency in transactions costs and reducing interchange fees within the EU;

2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO

2010/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to propose and the Council to adopt together with the Parliament within one year an EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion (hereinafter: ‘the Strategy’) as an indicative, inclusive and place-based action plan, which is prepared and implemented on a multi-level basis and can evolve as needed; it should be based on the tasks, objectives, principles and instruments defined by the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, as referred to above, and on the shared competences, as well as the supporting, coordinating and complementary actions, of the Union;

2011/01/17
Committee: LIBE

2010/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a – indent 6

– empowerment of Roma civil society and Roma youth;

2011/01/17
Committee: LIBE

2010/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 2

– combat prejudices, stereotypes, racism and anti- gypsyism,

2011/01/17
Committee: LIBE

2010/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 3

– review and update the Strategy as appropriate on a regular basis, and seek endorsement from the Council and Parliament for the changes made,

2011/01/17
Committee: LIBE

2010/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to improve the access to EU funds of local governments and NGOs working on Roma inclusion, by simplifying the application process and rules;

2011/01/17
Committee: LIBE

2010/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Member States and the Commission to strengthen EU policy on fighting direct and indirect discrimination, exploitation of EU migrant workers in the EU and abuse of their rights due to their insufficient knowledge of languages and laws applicable to their employment in the host Member State;

2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE

2010/2273(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that migrant workers should be able to communicate in one of the official languages of their Member State of residence and become familiar with their rights and obligations as well as with the fundamental values of the European Union and of their Member State of residence; to this end, calls on the Member States to provide language training to migrant workers together with training programmes on the fundamental values of the European Union and of the Member State of residence and on their rights and obligations;

2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE

2010/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

~~1 OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1.~~ 1a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services1 and welcomes the forthcoming initiative announced by the Commission to improve and reinforce its transposition, implementation and enforcement;

2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE

2010/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the promotion of workers' mobility based on European law has to be complemented by EU legal provisions which foresee effective sanctions, remedies and redress in cases of violations of workers' rights; 1deleted Or. en OJ L 155, 18.6.2009, p. 17.

2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE

2010/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Member States to control more strictly the work of employment agencies in order to ensure that the rights of EU migrant workers in the EU are respected.

2011/05/04
Committee: LIBE

2010/2269(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas in the EU policies particular attention should be given to the most vulnerable migrants, in particular to unaccompanied minors,

2011/02/03
Committee: LIBE

2010/2154(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Carlos COELHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises the importance of dissuasion and prevention in the fight against terrorism and supports in this only the use of legitimate means, which are necessary in a free and open democratic society; recalls that the confidence of citizens in their institutions is essential and that there must therefore be a fair balance between the need to ensure security and a guarantee of fundamental rights and freedoms;

2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2010/2154(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that the use of body scanners must comply with Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data;

2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2010/2154(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Simon BUSUTTIL, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points to the fact that the use of body scanners is not restricted only to airports but also to other public places; urges therefore that the Commission present a proposal covering the deployment and use of security scanners in places other than airports;deleted

2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2010/2154(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for every body scanner to meet a minimum set of technical requirements before it can be placed on a permissible screening methods list; these requirements should inter alia ensure the prevention of any possible health risk, including long- term risks; calls in this regard for ~~any form of~~full x-ray technology to be explicitly excluded from the permissible screening methods list, when it does not meet existing EU health standards; in this regard, particular attention should be given to vulnerable people;

2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2010/2154(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Simon BUSUTTIL, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that every p~~erson~~assenger should have the right to refuse a body scan, without the obligation to give any explanation~~, and the right to request a standard security check~~; in case of refusal, the person concerned should undergo a standard security check, that should guarantee the same level of security, with full respect for the rights and dignity of that person; calls in this regard for all security personnel to receive proper, and extensive training;

2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2010/2154(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Simon BUSUTTIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that refusal to undergo a body scan should not constitute ipso facto any suspicion of the person concerned and that, in the procedure before being submitted to a body scan or related to the refusal of a body scan, any form of ~~profiling~~discrimination based on, for example, sex, race, colour, ethnicity, genetic features, language, religion or belief ~~is unacceptable~~should be prohibited;

2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2010/2154(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Simon BUSUTTIL, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for p~~eople~~assengers who are willing to be submitted to a body scan to be properly and comprehensibly informed about the body scanner, including their right to refuse to be submitted to a body scan and their right to complain and seek redress in case of ~~perceived~~ irregularities related to the body scan or their refusal to be submitted to it and the subsequent standard security check; stresses that information to the traveller about the body scan should be provided not only at the time of the booking by the airline or on the airport website but also at the screening point;

2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2010/2154(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Simon BUSUTTIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that any proposal to allow the deployment and use of body scanners as a permissible screening method should be extensively justified in an impact assessment covering inter alia the fundamental rights aspect of body scanners and the possible health risks, taking into account the opinions of the European Union, international and national human rights and data protection authorities, such as the EDPS, the FRA and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism; considers that such a proposal should also foresee a long term monitoring and evaluation on body scanners, taking into account the development of new technologies;

2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2010/2154(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Monica MACOVEI, Simon BUSUTTIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Considers that the decision to use body scanners in airports should not be mandatory for Member States; stresses that if a Member State chooses to deploy body scanners in its airports, those body scanners should meet the minimum standards and requirements set at EU level;

2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2010/2154(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to raise the issue of the use of body scanners in the appropriate international bodies, as fight against terrorism is a global challenge and aviation security has to be pursued beyond European borders;

2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and Council to promote international standardisation and the removal of non-tariff barriers to trade, and to further engage with major trading partners, particularly with China, on consumer product safety, sanitary norms and production conditions, in particular concerning exploitation of women and children, and with Japan, paying special attention to removing non- tariff barriers;

2011/03/24
Committee: IMCO

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Believes that trade policy is one of the main tools at the EU's disposal to support the recent developments towards reform and democratisation in North Africa and the Mediterranean region, and, in this light, considers that the EU should further improve the openness of its market, starting with Egypt and Tunisia;

2011/03/24
Committee: IMCO

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 (new)

Takes the view that the EU should at the same time consider engaging in a dialogue to encourage these countries to strengthen their regional trade relations, with the ultimate goal of establishing a customs union among themselves;

2011/03/24
Committee: IMCO

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 (new)

Calls on the Council to adopt, without any further delays, the Convention on Pan- Euro-Mediterranean rules of origin, that should be urgently followed by Commission proposals for modernisation of the rules of origin in a manner that facilitates trade and economic integration in the region;

2011/03/24
Committee: IMCO

2010/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission Communication of 13 April 2011 entitled ‘Single Market Act − Twelve levers to boost growth and strengthen confidence − ‘Working together to create new growth’’ (COM(2011)0206),

2011/04/28
Committee: IMCO

2010/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that retailers are offering diverse and modern ways of buying and selling goods and services and contribute to consumer choice and flexible employment opportunities, in particular for youth;

2011/04/28
Committee: IMCO

2010/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Takes note, however, of a widespread concern about market dominance by bigger actors, who are perceived to impose unfair terms on small suppliers and traders, for instance through unjustified mechanisms of selective distribution, restrictive practices, price control and delisting without notice, thereby distorting competition; underlines that the entire retail supply chain is affected by such practices;

2011/04/28
Committee: IMCO

2010/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Considers that ‘parasitic copying’, which can result from the retailer's dual role as the customer and competitor of brand manufacturers, is an unacceptable practice that should be addressed without delay; welcomes the fact that the Commission is conducting an analysis to further clarify the legal frameworks and practices;

2011/04/28
Committee: IMCO

2010/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Highlights the need to further analyse sustainable labels, in order to simplify, harmonise and overcome the costs of fragmentation for business and consumers;

2011/04/28
Committee: IMCO

2010/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Welcomes the joint agreement by EuroCommerce and UNI-Europa, which illustrates that social dialogue is working well in commerce; recognises that more needs to be done to increase consumer information on the social responsibility of retailers, to match investments in new technologies with human capital, in particular through competence development, and to combat informal economy;

2011/04/28
Committee: IMCO

2010/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Asks the Commission to prepare a comprehensive European Action Plan for Retail in order to set out a strategy, building on achievements and addressing outstanding issues, with sector-specific recommendations; welcomes the fact that Parliament has supported this initiative in its resolution on a Single Market for Enterprises and Growth;

2011/04/28
Committee: IMCO

2010/2085(INI)

Eija-Riitta KORHOLA, Ashley FOX, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the level of market surveillance differs considerably among Member States and a number of them fail to designate necessary resources for the efficient market surveillance and interpret ‘products posing serious risk’ differently, which can create barriers to the free movement of goods within the internal market;

2010/12/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. Whereas the absence of efficient and proportionate market surveillance appears as one of the main reasons for unfair competition to legitimate and responsible market operators, especially SMEs;

2010/12/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2085(INI)

Eija-Riitta KORHOLA, Ashley FOX, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls upon the EU Member States to share product safety related inquiries and studies with other Member States. Reference numbers of concerned products should be included to facilitate product identification by other authorities, who could benefit from translating and using the information provided in the studies; calls upon Member States to allow their competent authorities to take market surveillance measures on the basis of test results or studies which have been delivered by other Member States in order to avoid duplication of works;

2010/12/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to establish a public Consumer Product safety Information Database, which the RAMs Article 23 database might serve as a basis for, including a platform for complaints which will raise awareness of dangerous products across the borders in the internal market; calls for the establishment of a accident statistical system wherefrom mandatory annual reports will be published, coordinated and funded by the European Commission, where Member States shall report products that have caused accidents within their territoryinsists that careful attention must be paid in defining the rules of the use of the database and in developing key definitions in order to prevent negative collateral effects; calls on all Member States to join the Injury Database (IDB) so that information of health related incidents can be better coordinated at EU level; calls on the Member States to ensure that consumers are given the opportunity to complain of dangerous products to national authorities and that the complaints are looked into in an effective and professional manner;

2010/12/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2053(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Andreas SCHWAB, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Wim van de CAMP, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the Member States can maintain their authorisation schemes and certain requirements if the latter are non- discriminatory, necessary and proportionate; emphasises that in this connection the Member States have maintained a number of authorisation schemes by making them more accessible and more transparent to service providers; Regrets that some Member States have not fully used the potential of the Services Directive in terms of administrative and regulatory simplification;

2011/01/05
Committee: IMCO

2010/2053(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Damien ABAD, Constance LE GRIP, Wim van de CAMP, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Member States to continue improving the accessibility of PSCs and the quality and relevance of the information given to ~~service provid~~its users; calls on the ~~Commission and the~~ Member States to ensure that ~~the~~all information ~~given~~provided by PSCs is also available in ~~several languag~~languages other than national, taking into consideration especially the languages of neighbouring countries;

2011/01/05
Committee: IMCO

2010/2053(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Andreas SCHWAB, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Wim van de CAMP, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls on the Member States to enhance the availability of electronic completion of procedures, including a translation of all relevant forms; calls on the Members States to offer tracking facilities for PSC users enabling them to check the progress of ongoing procedures;

2011/01/05
Committee: IMCO

2010/2053(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Andreas SCHWAB, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Wim van de CAMP, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Recognizes the problems encountered with the functioning of the PSC related to proving of the identity, use of e-signatures, submission of original documents or certified copies, especially in the cross - border context; asks the Commission to propose measures to resolve these issues in order to enable SMEs to benefit from the single market and avoid any legal and technical uncertainties;

2011/01/05
Committee: IMCO

2010/2053(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Andreas SCHWAB, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Wim van de CAMP, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11 c. Stresses that it is particularly important with a view to user - friendliness to clarify which requirements apply to the permanent establishment of a business as opposed to the temporary cross-border provision of services;

2011/01/05
Committee: IMCO

2010/2053(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Andreas SCHWAB, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Damien ABAD, Wim van de CAMP, Konstantinos POUPAKIS, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States to provide the statistical and comparable data required to evaluate the ~~work~~functioning of the PSCs and their impact at national and European level;

2011/01/05
Committee: IMCO

2010/2053(INI)

Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Andreas SCHWAB, Wim van de CAMP, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Considers that points of single contacts should be continuously improved and developed into comprehensive e- government centres for businesses and citizens; underlines that it is crucial that PSCs allow for the electronic completion of all required administrative procedure including those related to taxation such as application for VAT number and those related to social security registration;

2011/01/05
Committee: IMCO

2010/2052(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Emilie TURUNEN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. bearing in mind the significant impact on advertising of the development of communications media, particularly through development of the internet, social networks, forums and blogs, the rising mobility of users and the rapid growth of digital products,

2010/10/21
Committee: IMCO

2010/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the personalisation of advertising messages must not lead to the development of intrusive advertising infringing legislation on the protection of personal data and privacy,

2010/10/21
Committee: IMCO

2010/2052(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Emilie TURUNEN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas groups of people who are particularly vulnerable because of their mental or physical disabilities, age or credulity – such as children, teenagers, the elderly or certain people made vulnerable by their social and financial situation (such as those with excessive debts) – need special protection,

2010/10/21
Committee: IMCO

2010/2052(INI)

Anja WEISGERBER, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to conduct a detailed analysis, by the end of 2011 at the latest, of the impact of misleading and aggressive advertising on vulnerable consumers, in particular children and adolescents;

2010/10/21
Committee: IMCO

2010/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Holds the view that the integration of the WTO principles in the legal framework should not increase the number of recognised European standardisation organisations (ESOs) beyond the three existing ones, namely CEN, CENELEC, and the European Telecom Standards Institute (ETSI),

2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO

2010/2051(INI)

Lara COMI, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Wim van de CAMP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses, however, that these principles are not in themselves sufficient to ensure that ~~small and medium-sized enterprises and societ~~all stakeholders – in particular those representing health and safety, consumer and environmental interests – are adequately represented in the standardisation process; considers, therefore, that ~~a vital element is the addition of the principle of "balanced representation", given that it is of the utmost~~it is importancet, whenever the public interest is concerned, to ~~incorporate~~take into account all stakeholder positions ~~in a balanced manner~~, especially in the development of standards intended to support EU legislation and policies;

2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO

2010/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses the important role of the "New Approach consultants" in verifying that harmonised standards comply with the corresponding EU legislation; draws attention to the fact that such consultants are currently selected by, and operate within, the ESOs, which places a significant administrative burden on these organisations and, at times, causes concern among stakeholders about the impartiality and independence of the process; calls on the Commission, therefore, to assess the need for a review of the existing procedures; believes, furthermore, that the Commission should identify a procedure for ensuring that mandated standards comply with other EU policies and legislation beyond the scope of the "New Approach"; considers that this should take place during the development of the standards in order to avoid delays and inefficiencies due to ex-post rejection;

2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO

2010/2051(INI)

Anja WEISGERBER, Andreas SCHWAB, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Believes that similar procedures, establishing a predetermined number of seats for the various stakeholder organisations, would constitute a significant improvement compared with the traditional process of standards development in support of EU policies and legislation; maintains that, despite the current difficulties in generalising the use of such a multi-stakeholder model, this approach should be explored by the ESOs without delay as an alternative for the drafting of standards in areas of public interest, in order to ensure a balanced decision-making process; proposes that the 98/34 Committee (or its successor) should decide, when considering a mandate, whether to use this alternative model if the standard in question makes it vital to secure broader stakeholder participation; stresses that such a model would not affect the national delegation principle, as the draft standard would continue to be examined by national mirror committees and adopted on a weighted vote by the national standards bodies (NSBs);deleted

2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO

2010/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)

22c. Calls on national standard bodies (NSBs) to follow the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Code of Ethics in order to ensure that the impartiality of standards is not endangered from other activities, such as certification.

2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO

2010/2051(INI)

Anja WEISGERBER, Lara COMI, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)

26d. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to promote education about the role of standards and the benefits of using them at all levels, in economic and technical schools for instance; invites NSBs to enhance their cooperation with trade associations in order to provide plausible information to SMEs on the benefits provided by standards;

2010/09/15
Committee: IMCO

2010/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the report, “A new Strategy for the single market,” published on 9 May 2010.

2010/06/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 19 May 2010 entitled ‘A Digital Agenda for Europe’ (COM(2010) 245)

2010/06/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2012(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Constance LE GRIP

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the Digital Agenda for Europe sets reasonable performance targets for highspeed and ultra-fast broadband coverage and for ecommerce takeup,

2010/06/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses the importance of making full use of the potential of e-commerce as part of making the EU more competitive on the global level;

2010/06/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2012(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Eija-Riitta KORHOLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for standardisation of ~~pre- contractual information~~information requirements in e-commerce, while retaining a minimum harmonisation approach for ~~face-to-face~~ contracts in specific sectors, such as health services or estate agents;

2010/06/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2012(INI)

Philippe JUVIN, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Constance LE GRIP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Considers that users (consumers and businesses) need legal certainty when operating online and welcomes the European Commission's suggestion in the Digital Agenda to update provisions such as limited liability of information society services in line with technological progress;

2010/06/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for the establishment in all Member States of independent e- commerce users’ protection agencies with full power to bring proceedings before national courts in order to protect the interests of producers and consumers;deleted

2010/06/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2012(INI)

Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls for clearer and improved horizontal legal instruments and the harmonisation of certain aspects of consumer contract law and welcomes the Commission's proposal for a Directive on Consumer Rights; considers that this should ~~include~~ensure coherence with other directives, such as those on distance selling of financial services and e-commerce;

2010/06/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2012(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission to develop an EU charter of users"' rights and obligations in the area of online services and e- commerce, in line with the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy;

2010/06/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2012(INI)

Othmar KARAS, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new) + Subheading

Concrete actions 26a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the removal of all barriers to the development of ecommerce identified in the Commission’s 2010 Digital Agenda and 2009 Cross-Border Business to Consumer e-Commerce in the EU Communications, by 2012, through both legislative and non-legislative means;

2010/06/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Takes the view that the old perception of the single market as being primarily tied to economic considerations needs revisiting; s~~Stresses that all those involved in shaping and implementing the single market need to adopt a more holistic approach, fully integrating citizens"´ concerns, particularly in relation to economic, social, health and environmental issues and consumer protection;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Othmar KARAS, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for a new paradigm of political thinking, ~~with~~focusing on citizens ~~and~~, consumers ~~occupying a central role~~and SMEs in the relaunch of the ~~single~~ European single market; holds the view that this can be achieved by ~~mak~~putting the European citizen ~~the main political variable in the determination and formulation of Union legislation and policy~~in the heart of European Union policy making;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Maintains that revitalisation of the single market requires ~~the introduction of more adequate~~an effective implementation of existing checks and balances to guarantee citizens and consumers the necessary protection; considers that a citizen-based approach will help the Union to win back popular confidence in the single European market and to find the right formula for the adoption of initiatives to give the Union the competitive edge it needs, without prejudice to the social dimension;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Othmar KARAS, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reiterates that meaningful assessment of the social, consumer ~~and~~, environmental and economic impacts of the single market – which should feature in all single market proposals – is crucial to gaining public confidence and will also ensure the realistic integration of social, consumer- protection, environmental and economic goals;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Stresses that the internal market and the common currency were a protective shield in Europe to reduce negative impact of the financial crisis on businesses and citizens in Europe.

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Emphasises that, in order to secure further social backing and cooperation of European citizens, the EU and national institutions must ~~radically~~ change popular perceptions of the single market by making people aware of and able to understand the benefits it offers them;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Maintains that citizens are not being given ~~the~~enough information ~~they need~~ on single market legislation and the availability and enforcement of their rights; highlights the ~~fact that many of~~need to better organize the relevant websites and the large number of information centres and "points of single contact" ~~remain disorganised and are failing to reach people effectively~~in order to reach people more effectively; underlines the role of the "Your Europe" portal of the Commission in informing both citizens and businesses on aspects of living, working and business opportunities in the European Union; proposes to strengthen existing offers instead of creating new points of contact;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Othmar KARAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Considers that obstacles of SMEs to access public procurement markets should be further removed in order to boost further competitiveness in the single market; more precisely simplifying requirements for SMEs in calls for tender of contracting authorities

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Will back future joint initiatives by the Commission and the Member States to: (1) support small businesses operating across borders throughout the EU; (2) effect a tangible reduction in administrative, financial and regulatory burdens, particularly the administrative hurdles faced by SMEs, in accordance with the principle of proportionality; in this regard calls on the Member States and the European Commission to strictly implement and apply the Think Small First principle as outlined in the Small Business Act.

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Othmar KARAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – subparagraph a (new)

a) Supports strongly the Regulation governing translation requirements for the future EU patent, which will finally make the EU Patent a reality and reinforce Europe as a driving force of innovation and competition in the world;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Notes that a gradual fragmentation of rules and inconsistencies in the implementation of legislation in the EU are proving increasingly detrimental to the completion of the single market; notes that the EU has yet to adopt a set of internally coherent policies designed to ~~correct market failures and negative market integration~~remove direct and indirect obstacles to the well- functioning of the internal market;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to ~~develop~~further develop cost-effective outreach activities ~~("road shows")~~ bringing together the various stakeholders (i.e. Commissioners, MEPs, national governments and parliamentarians) and attracting as much ~~media~~public attention as possible;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN, Othmar KARAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Encourages the Commission to bring forward a proposal for a single market legislative package by May 2011 – well ahead of the adoption of its announced 2012 single market programme – putting ~~social policy and~~ consumer protection at the centre of the single market to achieve the desired aim of a highly competitive social market economy, which would at the same time ensure a credible level playing field;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Calls on the Commission to attach to its single market legislative package a working document on measures to develop a social single market based on Article 9 TFEU, including a framework directive to protect services of general economic interest, based on Article 14 TFEU and Protocol 26 thereto, especially since ambiguity and lack of legal clarity have given rise to numerous uncertainties at local-government level;deleted

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Calls on the Commission – in preparing its single market legislative package – to identify carefully the existing priorities of the individual Member States and those of the Union, particularly in areas that have given rise over the years to concerns about the workings of the internal market (e.g. public services, public procurement, bureaucratic rules affecting SMEs)~~, and then to redefine the economic and social interest of the Union as a whole~~;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Recommends the commissioning of a study to identify ways and means of integrating consumer interest into all EU policies, thus enabling consumer protection to feature automatically as aone of the prime concerns in the drafting of every piece of EU legislation; Or. en (This idea reiterates paragraph 49, so it is necessary to weaken it a bit.)

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Othmar KARAS, Andreas SCHWAB, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Malcolm HARBOUR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Is of the opinion that the Commission needs to undertake an evaluation of the Service Directive to determine whether it has achieved its main goals ~~and to treat the issue as a matter of urgency~~;

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. ~~Notes that redress mechanisms applicable across the Union hav~~Welcomes the Commission's intention to analyse in depth the issue of policy coherence in the yfielded limited results and therefore urges the Commission to bring forward a legislative proposal to ensure implementation of an affordable, expedient and accessible Europe-wide collective redress system by May 2011; of collective redress and to strengthen alternative dispute resolutions in Europe; reiterates that any future proposal on collective redress must respect Parliament's view expressed in its resolution of 26 March 2009 on damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules and insists that Parliament must be involved, in the framework of the codecision procedure, in any legislative initiative in the area of collective redress

2010/04/14
Committee: IMCO

2010/0802(COD)

Monica MACOVEI, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Simon BUSUTTIL

Draft directive
Recital 8

(8) This Directive should be applied and enforced in such a way that the protected person receives the same or equivalent protection in the executing State as he would have received if the protection measure had been issued in that State ab initio, thus avoiding any discrimination. Member States should take the necessary measures in order to ensure that no financial costs are imposed on the protected person when he or she requests the issuing of a European protection order.

2010/07/19
Committee: LIBE FEMM LIBE FEMM

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Each Member State shall inform the General Secretariat of the Council and the Commission which judicial authority or equivalent authorities are competent under its national law to issue a European protection order and to recognise such an order, in accordance with this Directive, when that Member State is the issuing State or the executing State.

2010/07/19
Committee: LIBE FEMM LIBE FEMM

2010/0802(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2

2. The competent authority of the executing State shall inform without delay the person causing danger, the competent authority of the issuing State and the protected person about the measures adopted in accordance with this Article whilst avoiding, where appropriate, disclosing the address or other contact details concerning the protected person.

2010/07/19
Committee: LIBE FEMM LIBE FEMM

2010/0802(COD)

Draft directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. The European protection order shall be ~~recognised without delay~~executed within 20 days maximum, depending on the urgency of individual cases.

2010/07/19
Committee: LIBE FEMM LIBE FEMM

2010/0210(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) It should ~~only~~ be possible to apply for admission as a seasonal worker while the applicant is either residing outside or legally residing inside the territory of the Member States.

2011/07/20
Committee: LIBE EMPL

2010/0210(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1

1. This Directive shall apply to: a) third- country nationals who reside outside the territory of the Member States and apply to be admitted to the territory of a Member State for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers.; b) third country nationals who are legally residing in the territory of a Member State and who apply for a seasonal worker permit in a Member State;

2011/07/20
Committee: LIBE EMPL

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) These procedures and conditions should be clear, simple, user-friendly and proportionate to the nature of the citizens' initiative, so as to encourage participation by citizens and to make the Union more accessible.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) It is important that information campaigns concerning citizens' initiatives be organised, in order to raise citizens' awareness and to provide accurate information on this new instrument. The Commission and the European Parliament, via their respective representations and offices in the Member States, should upon request provide citizens with information and informal advice about citizens' initiatives, notably as regards the admissibility criteria, the values and competencies of the Union and the European Treaties. A user's guide to the citizens' initiatives should be prepared in every official language of the Union and should be available online.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) It is important to involve young people and to encourage them to participate in the citizens' initiatives. Therefore, in the long term, a European system for the verification of signatures should be set up. This would make it possible to have one common minimum age for signing purposes throughout the Union.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) It is crucial that transparency be maintained throughout the whole process. Therefore, any financial or political support received should be indicated in the statement of support form relating to each citizens' initiative. Funding by political parties and European political groups should not be permitted.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) It is appropriate that the Commission should take a decision on the admissibility of proposed initiatives at a sufficiently early stage. The organiser should therefore request such a decision after it has collected 300.000 statements of support for the proposed initiative from signatories coming from at least three Member States.deleted

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The Commission should, within a period of two months after receiving a request from the organisers, adopt a decision on its admissibility. A proposed citizens' initiative should be considered admissible if it does not run counter to the values of the Union, is not abusive or devoid of seriousness, falls within the framework of the powers of the Commission and concerns a matter where a legal act of the Union can be adopted for the purpose of implementing the Treaties.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Salvatore IACOLINO, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The Commission should examine a citizens' initiative and set out its conclusions and the actions it envisages to take in response to it, within a period of ~~four~~three months.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)

(17a) In the case of citizens' initiatives in respect of which one million statements of support have been collected, the European Parliament can at any time call on the Commission to explain the actions it intends to take or, as the case may be, its decision not to take any action, and the reasons for doing so. In exercising its powers the European Parliament can at any time hold hearings of the organisers or adopt a resolution. The organisers may also present a petition to the European Parliament on the subject, if the criteria for doing so are met.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) These procedures and conditions should be clear, simple, user-friendly and proportionate to the nature of the citizens' initiative, so as to encourage participation by citizens and to make the Union more accessible. They should strike a judicious balance between rights and obligations.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) It is important that information campaigns concerning citizens' initiatives be organised, in order to raise citizens' awareness and to provide accurate information on this new instrument. The Commission and the European Parliament, via their respective representations and offices in the Member States, should upon request provide citizens with information and informal advice about citizens' initiatives, notably as regards the registration criteria, the values and competencies of the Union and the European Treaties. A user's guide to the citizens' initiatives should be prepared in every official language of the Union and should be available online.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 3

3. "Organiser" means a natural ~~or legal person or organisati~~person responsible for the preparation and submission of a citizens" initiative to the Commission.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. ~~Where t~~The organiser ~~is a natural person, that person~~s shall be a citizens of the Union and be of the age to be entitled to vote in the European elections. They should not be currently serving as directly elected politicians. The organisers shall form a citizens' committee of at least seven persons coming from at least one fourth of the Member States. The organisers shall designate a contact person for the Organising Committee.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7a (new)

(7a) It is important to involve young people and to encourage them to participate in citizens' initiatives. Therefore, in the long term, a European system for the verification of signatures should be set up. This would make it possible to have one common minimum age for signing purposes throughout the Union.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12a (new)

(12a) It is crucial that transparency be maintained throughout the whole process. Therefore, any financial or political support received should be indicated in the statement of support form relating to each citizens' initiative. Funding by political parties and European political groups should not be permitted.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Where the organiser is a legal person or an organisation it shall be established in a Member State. Organisations which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law shall have representatives that have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf and assume liability.deleted

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title

Registration and admissibility of a proposed citizens’ initiative

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. ~~Except in the cas~~The Commission shall, within two months from the request for~~eseen in paragraphs 3 and 4, the Commission shall register without delay the propo~~ registration referred to in paragraph 1, take a decision on admissibility. The proposed citizens' initiative shall be considered admissible and therefore registered if it satisfies the following conditions: – it cannot be reasonably regarded as improper becaused i~~nitiative under a unique registration num~~t is abusive or devoid of seriousness; – it does not run counter to the values of the Union; – it concerns a matter where a legal act of the Union can ber a~~nd send a confirmation to the organiser~~dopted for the purpose of implementing the Treaties; and – it falls within the framework of the powers of the Commission to make a proposal.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3

~~3. Proposed citizens' initiatives which can be reasonably regarded as improper because they are abusive or devoid of seriousness will not be registered.~~deleted

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4

~~4. The Commission shall reject the registration of proposed citizens' initiatives which are manifestly against the values of the Union.~~deleted

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Prior to initiating the collection of statements of support from signatories for a proposed citizens' initiative, the organisers shall be required to register it with the Commission, providing the information set out in Annex II, in particular on the subject-matter and objectives ~~as well as on the sources of funding and support for the proposed citizens' initiative.~~ of the proposed citizens' initiative. The organisers shall provide, for the register defined in the third subparagraph and where appropriate on their website, regularly updated information on all sources of support and funding for the initiative. Funding by political parties and European political groups shall not be permitted. This information shall be provided in one o~~f th~~r more official languages of the Union, in an online register made available for that purpose by the Commission (hereafter "the register"). Information in an official language other the language(s) in which it was originally provided may be provided subsequently for entry in the register. The translation of the initiative into other official languages of the Union shall be the responsibility of the organisers.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5

5. AThe decision on admissibility shall be notified to the organisers of the proposed citizens' initiative ~~tha~~and shall be made public. It sha~~s been registered shall be made public in the register~~ll also include an indication as to which legal act or measures the Commission considers that it is appropriate to take if one million statements of support are collected in favour of that citizens' initiative. The Commission may always modify that indication at the moment when it adopts its decision on whether or not to go forward with a citizens' initiative.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. The organiser shall be responsible for the collection of the necessary statements of support from signatories for a proposed citizens' initiative which has been registered and declared admissible in accordance with Article 4.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) It is crucial that transparency be maintained throughout the whole process. Therefore, any financial or political support received should be indicated in the statement of support form relating to each citizens' initiative. Funding by political parties and European political groups should not be permitted.

2010/11/16
Committee: AFCO

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

At the end of that period, the register shall indicate that the period has expired and, where appropriate, that the Commission has ascertained that the necessary statements of support have not been submitted.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. Prior to initiating the collection of statements of support from signatories, the organisers shall ensure that the online collection system used for that purpose complies with the provisions of paragraph 4. The organisers may, at any time, ask the relevant competent authority of the Member State in which the data collected is or will be stored, to certify that the online collection system complies with those provisions. The organisers shall, in any case, request that certification prior to ~~submitting statements of support for verification in accordance with Article 9~~initiating the collection of statements of support. The organisers shall make a copy of the certificate issued in that regard publicly available on the website used for the online collection system. Within six months following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall make available an open-source software incorporating some of the technical and security features necessary for compliance with the provisions of this Regulation regarding the online collection systems. The software shall be freely made available to organisers. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament of the state of progress in the creation of the open- source software by no later than three months after the entry into force of this Regulation.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. Signatories shall be considered as coming from the Member State wh~~ich issued the identification document indicated in thei~~ere they have their permanent residence. A signatory who is not a national of the Member State in which he or she permanently resides may choose to be considered as coming either from the Member State in which he or she permanently resides or from the Member State of which he or she is a national. A signatory permanently resident in a third country shall be considered as coming from the Member sState~~ment of support~~ of which he or she is a national.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The organiser shall submit statements of support to the Member State ~~that issued the identification document indicated therein~~where the signatories have their permanent residence. A signatory who is not a national of the Member State in which he or she permanently resides may choose to be considered as coming either from the Member State in which he or she permanently resides or from the Member State of which he or she is a national. In cases where signatories have their permanent residence in a third country, the organiser shall submit statements of support to the Member State of which they are nationals.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

After having obtained the certificates provided for in Article 9(2), and provided that all relevant procedures and conditions set out in this Regulation have been complied with, the organisers may submit the citizens’ initiative to the Commission. When doing so, the organisers shall provide the Commission with precise and detailed information concerning all the sources of support and funding received for the citizens' initiative. Funding by political parties and European political groups shall not be permitted.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. Signatories shall be considered as coming from the Member State wh~~ich issued the identification document indicated in their statement of support.~~ ere they have their permanent residence. A signatory who is not a national of the Member State in which he or she permanently resides may choose to be considered as coming either from the Member State in which he or she permanently resides or from the Member State of which he or she is a national. A signatory permanently resident in a third country shall be considered as coming from the Member State of which he or she is a national.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15

The Commission may adopt, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Articles 16, 17 and 18,: – technical specifications for online collection systems pursuant to Article 6(5); – amendments to the Annexes tof this Regulation.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21

~~Fiv~~Three years after the entry into force of this Regulation, and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation, with special emphasis on online collection systems and the application of transparency requirements concerning support and funding of initiatives, together, if appropriate, with a legislative proposal for amendment of this Regulation.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8

1. After having collected 300.000 statements of support in accordance with Article 5 from signatories coming from at least three Member States, the organiser shall submit to the Commission a request for a decision on the admissibility of the proposed citizens' initiative. For this purpose the organiser shall use the form set out in Annex V. 2. The Commission shall, within a period of two months from the receipt of the request referred to in paragraph 1, take a decision on admissibility. The proposed citizens' initiative shall be considered admissible if it satisfies the following conditions: a. it concerns a matter where a legal act of the Union can be adopted for the purpose of implementing the Treaties; and b. it falls within the framework of the powers of the Commission to make a proposal. 3. The decision referred to in paragraph 2 shall be notified to the organiser of theArticle 8 deleted Decision on the admissibility of a proposed citizens'’ initiative ~~and shall be made public.~~

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. After having collected the necessary statements of support from signatories in accordance with Articles 5 and 7, and provided that the Commission has decided that a proposed citizens' initiative is admissible in accordance with Article 84, the organiser shall submit the statements of support, in paper or in electronic form, to the relevant competent authorities provided for in Article 14 for verification and certification. For this purpose the organiser shall use the form set out in Annex VI.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Simon BUSUTTIL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pascale GRUNY, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Erminia MAZZONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The organiser shall submit statements of support to the Member State ~~that issued the identification document indicated therein~~where the signatories have their permanent residence. A signatory who is not a national of the Member State in which he or she permanently resides may choose to be considered either as coming either from the Member State in which he or she permanently resides or from the Member State of which he or she is a national. In cases where signatories have their permanent residence in a third country, the organiser shall submit statements of support to the Member State of which they are nationals.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – box 2 – point 5 a (new)

5a. all sources of support and funding received in respect of the proposed citizens' initiative.

2010/11/17
Committee: PETI

2010/0074(COD)

Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a

a. publish the citizens' initiative without delay on its website, in all the official languages of the Union;

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Alain LAMASSOURE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 1 a and 1 b (new)

Organisers shall form a "citizens' committee" composed of persons coming from at least one fifth of Member States. If the organisers are members of national parliaments or members of the European Parliament, they shall not be counted for the purposes of reaching the minimum number required to form a citizens' committee.

2010/11/16
Committee: AFCO

2010/0074(COD)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Salvatore IACOLINO, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b

b. examine the citizens' initiative and, within 4three months, set out in a communication its conclusions on the initiative, the action it intends to take, if any, and its reasons for doing so.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. With regard to citizens' initiatives in respect of which one million statements of support have been collected, the European Parliament can at any time call on the Commission to explain the actions it intends to take or, as the case may be, the decision not to take any action, and the reasons for doing so. In exercising its powers the European Parliament can at any time hold hearings of the organisers or adopt a resolution. The organisers may also present a petition to the European Parliament on the subject, if the criteria for doing so are met.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Prior to initiating the collection of statements of support from signatories for a proposed citizens' initiative, the organiser s shall be required to register it with the Commission, providing the information set out in Annex II, in particular on the subject-matter and objectives ~~as well as on the sources of funding and support for the proposed citizens' initiative~~of the proposed citizens' initiative. The organisers shall provide, for the register defined in the third subparagraph and where appropriate on their website, regularly updated information on all sources of support and funding for the initiative. Funding by political parties and European political groups shall not be permitted.

2010/11/16
Committee: AFCO

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21

~~Five~~Two years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation.

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 4

4. The ~~legal base~~provisions of the Treaties which would allow the Commission to act;

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 5

5. The full name, postal address and e-mail address of the organiser ~~or, in the case of a legal entity or organisation, its legal representative~~;

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Box 2 – point 5 a (new)

5a. Financial and political support received in respect of the proposed citizens initiative:

2010/10/13
Committee: LIBE

2010/0074(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 19

(19) The Agency should provide training, including on fundamental rights, international protection and asylum procedures, at European level for national instructors of border guards and additional training and seminars related to control and surveillance at the external borders and removal of third-country nationals illegally present in the Member States for officers of the competent national services. The Agency may organise training activities in cooperation with Member States on their territory. Member States should integrate the results of the Agency's work in this perspective in the national training programs of their border guards.

2011/01/06
Committee: LIBE

2010/0039(COD)