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80 Amendments of Riikka PAKARINEN

Amendment 71 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas this is acknowledged in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which stipulates that the objectives of the Union’s energy policy include the functioning of the energy market, security of supply, energy efficiency, energy saving, renewable energy and interconnections as well as a Member State’s right to determine the conditions for exploiting its energy resources, its choice between different energy sources and the general structure of its energy supply;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 341 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that support schemes, if better usedwith more market-oriented approach, could be an appropriate tool to incentivise the development of renewable energy sources (RES) and energy efficiency; sees an important role for the Commission in providing guidance in this regard;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 513 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Sees an important role for cogeneration and district heating in increasing energy efficiency in the future;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 11 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas expiry of the milk quotas will affect the entire European milk market, in particular dairy farmers in mountain areas, northernmost areas and outermost regions where it will not be possible to take as much advantage of the growth opportunities generated by deregulation as in other areas;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas in many of these areas milk production is the most important and most widespread branch of agricultural activity;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the important role of coupled payments under the first agricultural policy pillar; points out that the Member States in these areas should be given additional possibilities to couple payments, national or EU-funded, as it was agreed in the current CAP reform;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for CAP provisions to focus on small and medium size farms in these areas, given that they are structurally more labour intensive and make a valuable contribution to sustained employment levels and rural development;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and regions to formulate a specificaddress in their rural development programmes the challenges for milk production in these areas and thus ensuring a better targeting of the support;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that second-pillar measures such as compensatory allowances, agro- environmental premiums or investment aids are of great importance for sustainable milk production in these areas; urges therefore that Member States and regions be given the necessary opportunities to ensure the payment of adequate and clearly differentiated compensatory allowances and promote environmentally friendly, sustainable and organic forms of agriculture; calls for adequate compensatory payments from the second CAP pillar to offset the higher investment costs for milk production in mountain and northernmost areas occasioned by the particular nature of the terrain;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to promote in particular measures under the second pillar, such as cooperative ventures for the rational use ofmore efficient use of available resources such as agricultural machinery or, buildings and infrastructure;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the need to develop contractual arrangements in the milk sector to keep up a balanced milk production throughout the EU;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Points out that if the milk sector in the EU is hit by crisis, the mountain and disadvantaged areas should be the first that are supported by different measures because of the vulnerability of these regions; calls therefore the Commission to develop specific tools to counter price or production quantity fluctuations in these areas;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that, given the substantial logistical problems arising with regard to transport and the generally small quantities of milk produced on individual farms, collection costs in mountain areas and outermost regions are particularly high, placing them at a major geographical and competitive disadvantage; calls on the Member States and regions accordingly to earmark state subsidies for processing plant, so as to offset the higher costs of collection compared with those in more favourable locations; underlines the need of subsidies for the collection of milk from disadvantaged areas;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that stockbreeding methods for efficient milk production are particularly cost-intensive on small farms; calls on the Commission to allow Member States and regions accordingly to provide state subsidies enabling dairy farms in these areas to breed their own high quality livestock in spite of this;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that the formation of dairy producer organisations and cooperatives should be encouraged so as to ensure adequate market access for small farms; points out that the market position of producer organisations (POs) in disadvantaged areas is weaker than that of POs in other areas; asks the Commission to therefore consider altering the definition of a 'significant share' in the milk package for POs in disadvantaged areas
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and Member States to extend joint research programmes to encompass grassland areas and milk production in less favoured areas and devote particular attention to them under joint research projects; calls for a better coordination between CAP and research policy encouraging innovative solutions for these areas;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 143 #

2013/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to follow closely milk production development in these areas and to review the economic impact of the expiry of the milk quotas on dairy farms in these areas; asks the Commission to submit to Parliament and the Council a report dealing with this issue as of 1 January 2017 and, if appropriate, put forward a legislative proposal if milk production has decreased significantly in these regions;
2013/09/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2013/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. Whereas cohesion policy will continue to be the main source of EU public funding in the context of the multiannual financial framework 2014-2020, and whereas cohesion policy new framework is putting all the emphasis on the need to concentrate investment in those few areas deemed to be most important, such as job creation, employment (in particular youth employment), training and education, SMEs, innovation, energy, environment, and urban development and cities;
2013/12/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2013/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that there is now enough evidence that policies of budgetary consolidation are in themselves insufficient to enhance growth and promote investments that generate good-quality, sustainable jobs, which require as well measures that support the economy and encourage the progress – still fragile and timid – made towards recovery;
2013/12/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #

2013/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that cohesion policy is best placed to give the Europe 2020 Strategy the necessary territorial dimension needed to try to tackle both the very relevant growth differentials within the Union, and within Member States, and the fact that differences in institutional capacities means that the different regions cannot use the given targets as references in the same way;
2013/12/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 27 #

2013/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on the role of the ESF in reducing the disparities in human capital among regions, and in the context of implementing the social dimension of the Europe 2020 Strategy, as this fund, in parallel with the ERDF, has beensought to contributing significantlye to the fulfilment of some of the current major priorities of the Union, namely boosting youth employment and the labour market, promoting sustainable economy and growth, reducing the number of early school leavers, and combating poverty, discrimination and social exclusion;
2013/12/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 60 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) In order to comply with the competition rules, measures targeting the internal market should be limited to providing information on the specific characteristics of agricultural production methods in the Union or on themes which are relevant to the Union, such as the European quality systems established by Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 and national quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs. __________________ 16 Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1).
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Over the period 2001-11, barely 30 % of the budget earmarked for information provision and promotion measures under Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 was spent on measures targeting third-country markets, even though these markets offer major growth potential. With the aim of reaching 75 % of estimated expenditure, sSpecific arrangements are therefore required to encourage a larger number of information provision and promotion measures for Union agricultural products in third countries, in particular through increased financial support
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – title
Measures on the internal market and in third countries
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point a
(a) information measures aimed at stressing the specific features of agricultural productions methods in the Union, particularly in terms of food safety, authenticitytraceability, transparency of the food supply chain, authenticity, gastronomic traditions, nutritional and health aspects, animal welfare or respect for the environment;
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3
The eligible measures in third-countries are as follows: (a) information measures aimed at stressing the characteristics of agricultural and food products and on the themes referred to in Article 5(4); (b) promotion measures aimed at increasing sales of agricultural and food products from the EU.Article 3 deleted Measures in third countries
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Information measures shall not encourage the consumption of any product on grounds of its origin. Nevertheless, the origin of products may be visible on information and promotional material subject to compliance with specific conditions to be adopted pursuant tomentioned in Article 6(b)5a.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) Community or national quality schemes for agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty or other similar measures providing a guarantee for high quality and safety of food products.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 210 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a The origin of products can be mentioned with regard with the measures mentioned in article 2 paragraph 1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts in accordance with Article 24 concerning the specific conditions for indicating the origin of products.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the conditions for indicating the origin of products, as referred to in Article 4(2).deleted
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 220 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Information provision and promotion measures shall contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of European agriculture both on the internal market and in third countries. The objectives to be attained shall be set out in the annual work programme referred to in paragraph 2 and sent for information to the European Parliament and the Council.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The implementing act referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adopted in accordance with the advisoryexamination procedure referred to in Article 24(3).
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 245 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess and select proposals for simple programmes further to the call for proposals referred to in Article 8(3)(a), having first delivered a list of applications to the Member States.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 246 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Union's financial contribution to simple programmes shall not exceed 50 % of the eligible expenditure. The Member States may cover up to 20-30 % of the costs. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 292 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Union's financial contribution may rise up to 100% in the event of crises.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
The maximum rate of co-financing shall be set at 60 % of the total eligible costs for the multi programmes. The Member State may cover up to 20-30 % of the total cost. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 311 #

2013/0398(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)-
The rate of financial contribution of the Union may rise up to 100 % of the costs in the event of crises.
2014/02/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #

2013/0137(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) exchanged in kind between persons other than professional operators or where the activities in question are of an amateur nature and on a very small scale and are aimed at end users who are not professional operators.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 227 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 155
(155) The rules laid down in the legislative acts referred to in recital 154 are to be replaced by this Regulation and by subsequent Commission acts to be adopted pursuant to this Regulation. Accordingly, those legislative acts should be repealed. Howev, except very recent and still under negotiation ones. In order, to ensure legal clarity and avoid a legal vacuum, the repeal should only take effect when the relevant delegated and implementing acts are adopted pursuant to this Regulation. It is therefore necessary to provide the Commission with the empowerment to determine the dates when the repeal of those legislative acts should take effect.
2013/11/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 228 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 158
(158) In order to ensure legal certainty as regards the application of rules for identification and registration of animals, disease control measures for certain zoonoses and non-commercial movements of pet animals, 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 the date on which Regulations (EC) No 1760/2000, (EU) No XXX/XXX [Ex-998/2003] and (EC) No 21/2004 and Directives 92/66/EEC, 2000/75/EC, 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC, 2003/85/EC, 2005/94/EC and 2008/71/EC cease to apply.
2013/11/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 389 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 258 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
– Directive 64/432/EEC,deleted
2013/11/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 390 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 258 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 19
– Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000,deleted
2013/11/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 392 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 259 – title
Transitional measures related to the repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 and Directive 2008/71/EC
2013/11/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 393 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 259 – paragraph 1
1. Notwithstanding Article 258(2) of this Regulation, Regulations (EC) No 1760/2000, and (EC) No 21/2004 and Directive 2008/71/EC shall continue to apply until the date to be determined in a delegated act adopted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.
2013/11/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 395 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
They may be combined with visits for other purposes. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this article, a Member State may apply for a transitional period until the end of the following programming period, the year 2020, if a requirement to conduct animal health visits is a fundamental precondition for an animal welfare payment under the rural development programme of the Member State.
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 397 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1
Directive 64/432/EEC This Regulation Article 1 - Article 2 Articles 4 (partially), 150(3) and 220(3) Article 3(1) Articles 121 and 123 Article 3(2) Articles 121 (2), 123(1) and 146(3) and (4) Article 4(1) Article 121(1) Article 4(2) and (3) Article 122(1) and (2) Article 5(1) Article 140(1), 142 and 143, Article 5(2) Article 146(3) and (4), Article 5(2)(a) Article 144(a) Article 5(2)(b) Article 141(1)(b), Article 5(3) Article 146(3) and (4), Article 5(4) Article 150, Article 5(5) Articles 130, 132 and 150 Article 6 Articles 127, 128, 129 Article 6 a - Article 7 Articles 129, 130, 131(a) and 132 Article 8 Articles 16, 17, 18 and Articles 16(3), 17(3), 18(3) and 19 Article 9 Articles 30(1), 31, 32 and Article 30 (3) and (4), 31(2) Article 10 Articles 30(2), 31, 32, 36, 41, 42 and Articles 39, 40, 41(3) and 42(5) and (6) Article 11(1) Article 89(1)(a), 92, 93 and Article 92(2), Article 11(2) Articles 97, 100 and 101 Article 11(3) Articles 93, 94 Article 11(4) Article 95 Article 11(5) and (6) Article 92(1)(d) and (2)(d) Article 12(1) Article 122, Article 12(2) Article 99 and Article 100 Article 12(3) Article 122(1)(a) and (b) Article 12(4) Article 140(3) Article 12(5) and (6) - Article 13(1) and (2) Articles 89, 92, 93, 94, 97, 100 and 101 Article 13(3) Article 95 Article 13(4) - Article 13(5) and (6) Article 96 Article 14(1) and (2) - Article 14(3)A and B - Article 14(3) C Article 103 Article 14(4) to (6) - Article 15(1) Article 256 Article 15(2) to (4) - Article 16 - Article 17 - Article 17 a - Article 18 Article 103 Article 19 - Article 20 - deleted
2013/11/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 398 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 18
Regulation (EC) No1760/2000 This Regulation Article 1 Article 102 Article 2 Article 4 (partially) Article 3 Article 102(2) and 105 Article 4 Articles 106(a), 108, 114, 115 and 117 Article 5 Article 103(1)(a) Article 6 Article 104, 106(b), 108, 114, 115 and 117 Article 7 Article 97, 100, 101 and 106(b) (i) and (c) Article 8 Article 105 Article 9 - Article 10(a) to (c) Articles 114, 115, 117 Article 10(d) to (e) - Article 10(f) Article 258 Article 11 - Article 12 - Article 13 - Article 14 - Article 15 - Article 16 - Article 17 - Article 18 - Article 19 - Article 20 - Article 21 - Article 22 - Article 23 - Article 24 - Article 25 - deleted
2013/11/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 402 #

2013/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24
Article 24 Delegation of powers concerning animal health visits The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 253, concerning: (a) supplementing: (i) the criteria laid down in Article 23(1) to be taken into account when determining: - which type of establishments must be subject to animal health visits; - the frequency of such animal health visits; (ii) the requirements laid down in Article 23(2) as regards the content and frequency of animal health visits for the different types of establishments, to ensure that the purposes of the animal health visits are achieved; (b) determining the types of establishments to be subject to animal health visits.
2013/12/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No [...] [HZ]
Article 113 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1a (new)
In Article 113(1) of Regulation (EU) No [...][HZ], the following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph: "However, Article 44a of Regulation (EC) 1290/2005 and the relevant implementing rules shall continue to apply to payments made for financial years 2013-2014."
2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph -1 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No [...] [HZ]
Article 114
The following Article 114a is inserted: "Article 114a Derogation from Regulation (EU) No 966/2012 By way of derogation from Article 59(5) of Regulation (EU) No 966/2012 and Article 9(1) of this Regulation, the certification body's opinion for the years 2014 and 2015 does not need to confirm the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions."
2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 108 #

2013/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Regulation (EU) No [...] [HZ]
Article 115 – point c a (new)
(ca) Chapter IV of the Title VII for payments made as from financial year 2015 onwards"
2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2012/2294(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the untapped environmental- benefit potential of eco-innovation, given that it is expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through, inter alia, increased use of recycled and renewable materials and production of quality products with less impact on the environment and the facilitating of more environmentally friendly production processes and services; stresses the need to target actions on bottlenecks and barriers in the way of the commercialisation of eco- innovation, and the internationalisation of these products and services;
2013/05/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 96 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) Where pasture or agricultural land previously destined for the food, feed and fibre markets is diverted to biofuel production, the non-fuel demand will still need to be satisfied either through intensification of current production or by bringing non-agricultural land into production elsewhere. The latter case represents indirect land-use change and when it involves the conversion of high carbon stock land it can lead to significant greenhouse gas emissions. Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC should therefore include provisions to address indirect land use change given that current biofuels are mainly produced from crops grown on existing agricultural land. The aim of this Directive should be to tackle these problems and promote the use of non- food feedstocks as biofuel feedstocks.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 140 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of bio-based industrial sectors, and in line with the 2012 Communication "Innovating for Sustainable growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe" and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, promoting integrated and diversified biorefineries across Europe, enhanced incentives under Directive 2009/28/EC should be set in a way that gives preference to the use of biomass feedstocks that do not have a high economic value for other uses than second generation and advanced biofuels.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 192 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Forests provide a wide variety of environmental, economic and social benefits and services of key importance to humanity, such as maintaining biodiversity, providing low emission feedstocks and ecosystem functions and protecting the climate system. Sustainability criteria for forest-based biomass already exists in RES-directive and the European Commission will also make further recommendations concerning the sustainability criteria for solid biomass in order to address the concerns regarding the growing demand of imported wood biomass. EU Member States have the relevant instruments and regulations in place which safeguard the sustainability of forest biomass. In order to avoid double regulation and bureaucratic burden it is not necessary to define new sustainability criteria for forest biomass in this directive.
2013/05/31
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 318 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – point p a (new)
1a. In Article 2, the following point is inserted: "(pa) "processing residue" is a substance that is not the end product(s) that the production process directly seeks to produce. It is not a primary aim of the production process and the process has not been deliberately modified to produce it."
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 507 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C – point 11
(ba) the following subparagraph is added to point 11: "If renewable electricity generated elsewhere which is of guaranteed origin as referred to in Article 15 is used in a fuel production plant, the greenhouse gas emission level of the electricity shall be deemed to be zero. The greenhouse gas emission level of renewable electricity generated at the production plant shall likewise be deemed to be zero."
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 542 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point b
(b) Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste, including separated biowaste, but not other separated household waste and waste paper subject to recycling targets under Article 11(2)(a) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 547 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point c
(c) Biomass fraction of industrial waste, waste from the retail and wholesale trade and process residues.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 556 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point g
(g) TBlack liquor and its derivatives, such as crude sulphate soap, lignin, crude tall oil and tall oil pitch.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 564 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n
(n) Bark, branchesTimber harvesting residues, such as bark, branches, crown mass, small-sized wood, leaves, saw dust and cutter shavings.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 582 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n b (new)
(nb) Ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer logs.
2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) where appropriate, a planned integrated approach to the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal areas and areas with particular territorial features, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28 and 29 of Regulation (EU) No./2012 [CPR];deleted
2013/07/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d – introductory part
(d) arrangements to ensure the effective implementation of the funds including:deleted
2013/07/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d – point i
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2013/07/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 5 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Energy and Climate change
UNIT NAME Energy and Climate change Renewables MW Additional capacity of renewable energy production Energy efficiency Household Number of households with improved energy consumption classification kWh/year Decrease of annual primary energy consumption of public buildings Users Number of additional energy users connected to smart grids GHG reduction tonnes of Estimated annual decrease of GHG CO2eq in CO2 equivalentsof GHG
2013/07/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 6 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Social infrastructure
UNIT NAME Social infrastructure Childcare & education Persons Service cCapacity of supported supported childcare or education education infrastructure Health Persons Capacity of supported health services Housing Households Number of households benefiting from improved housing conditions Tourism visits Number of visits to supported attraction Cultural heritage Visits Number of visits at supported sitesPopulation covered by improved health services deleted deleted deleted
2013/07/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 7 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Urban Development
UNIT NAME Urban Development specific indicators Persons Population living in areas with integrated urban development strategies square metres New oOpen space in urbancreated or rehabilitated in urban areas square metres New pPublic or commercial buildings in urban areas square metres New housing inbuilt or renovated in urban areas Housing units Rehabilitated housing in urban areas
2013/07/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, an EGTC or other legal body established under the laws of one of the participating countries may apply as sole beneficiary for an operation provided that it is set up by public authorities and bodies from at least two participating countries, for cross- border and transnational cooperation, and from at least three participating countries, for interregional cooperation. A legal body that implements a financial instrument or a fund of funds, as applicable, may be the sole beneficiary of an operation without the application of the requirements for its composition set out in the first sub-paragraph.
2013/07/02
Committee: REGI
Amendment 108 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) It is appropriate to involve third countries or territories already in the preparatory process of cooperation programmes, when they have accepted the invitation to participate in such programmes, for which purpose special procedures should be established in the Regulation. By way of derogation of the standard procedure, when cooperation programmes involve outermost regions and third countries, the participating Member States should consult the respective third countries before submitting the programmes to the Commission. In order to make the involvement of third countries in cooperation programmes more effective and pragmatic, the agreements to the contents of the cooperation programmes and the possible contribution of the third countries should be also made possible to be expressed in the formally approved minutes of the consultation meetings with the third countries or of the deliberations of the regional cooperation organisations. Concerning the approval procedure of the operational programmes, and taking into account the principles of shared management and of simplification, the Commission should approve only the core elements of the cooperation programmes, the other elements should be approved by the participating Member State or States. For the sake of legal certainty and transparency, it is necessary set out a provision requiring that in cases where the participating Member State or States amends an element of a cooperation programme, not subject to the Commission decision, that the managing authority of that Member State should notify such an amendment to the Commission within one month of the date of the decision.
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 109 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) Managing authorities should be responsible for all functions of the managing authority listed in Article 114 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR], including for management verifications in order to ensure uniform standards across the whole programme area. However, where an EGTC is designated as managing authority, itsuch verifications should be authocarrised to carry out such verifications, as all participating Member States are represented in its organout by or under the responsibility of the managing authority at least for those Member States and third countries from which there are members participating in the EGTC, while controllers should only be used in the remaining Member States and third countries. Even where no EGTC is designated, the managing authority should be authorised by the participating Member States to carry out verifications on the whole programme area.
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 110 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) Having regard to the difficulties and delays experienced in setting up genuinely joint programme structures, the timeframe for justifying payments in respect of budget commitments under the European territorial cooperation goal should be three years following the year of the budget commitment.deleted
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 111 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) It is necessary to clarify the applicable rules concerning financial management, programming, monitoring, evaluation and control regarding the participation of third countries in transnational and interregional cooperation programmes. Those rules should be established in the relevant cooperation programme and/or the relevant financing agreement between the Commission, each of the third countries and the Member State hosting the managing authority of the relevant cooperation programme.deleted
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 114 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4 Resources for European territorial cooperation 1. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal shall amount to 3,48 % of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Funds for the period 2014 to 2020 and set out in Article 83(1) of Regulation (EU) No[…/2012 [CPR] (i.e., a total of EUR 11 700 000 004) and shall be allocated as follows: (a) 73,24 % (i.e., a total of EUR 8 569 000 003) for cross-border cooperation; (b) 20,78 % (i.e., a total of EUR 2 431 000 001) for transnational cooperation; (c) 5,98 % (i.e., a total of EUR 700 000 000) for interregional cooperation. 2. Cooperation programmes involving the outermost regions shall receive not less than 150% of the ERDF support they received in the 2007-2013 period. In addition, EUR 50 000 000 from the allocation for interregional cooperation shall be set aside for outermost regions' cooperation. Concerning thematic concentration, Article 5 (b) applies to this additional allocation. 3. The Commission shall adopt a single decision setting out the list of all cooperation programmes and indicating the amounts of the total ERDF support per programme and of the 2014 allocation per programme by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2). Population in the areas referred to in the 3rd sub-paragraph of Article 3(1) and the first sub-paragraph of Article (3)(3) shall be used as the criterion for the annual breakdown by Member State. 4. The support from the ERDF to cross- border and sea-basin programmes under ENI and to the cross-border programmes under IPA shall be established by the Commission and the Member States concerned. 5. Support from the ERDF to each cross- border and sea-basin programme under ENI and IPA shall be granted provided that at least equivalent amounts are provided by ENI and IPA. This equivalence shall be subject to a maximum amount set out in the ENI Regulation or the IPA Regulation. 6. The annual appropriations corresponding to the support from the ERDF to programmes under ENI and IPA shall be entered in the relevant budget lines of those instruments with the 2014 budgetary exercise. 7. In 2015 and 2016, the annual contribution from the ERDF to the programmes under ENI and IPA for which no programme has been submitted to the Commission by 30 June under the cross- border and sea-basin programmes under ENI and IPA shall be allocated to the internal cross-border cooperation programmes under paragraph 1(a) in which the Member State concerned participates. If by 30 June 2017, there are still programmes under the cross-border and sea-basin programmes under ENI and IPA which have not been submitted to the Commission, the entire support from the ERDF mentioned in paragraph 4 for the remaining years up to 2020 shall be allocated to the internal cross-border cooperation programmes under paragraph 1(a) in which the Member State concerned participates. 8. Cross-border and sea basin programmes referred to in paragraph 4 that have been adopted by the Commission shall be discontinued if: (a) none of the partner countries covered by the programme have signed the relevant financing agreement by the deadline established in Regulation (EU) No./2012 [the ENI regulation] or Regulation (EU) No. /2012 [IPA]; or (b) the programme cannot be implemented owing to problems arising in relations between the participating countries. In such event, the support from the ERDF mentioned in paragraph 4 corresponding to annual instalments not yet committed shall be allocated to the internal cross-border cooperation programmes under paragraph 1(a) in which the Member State concerned participates, at its request. cooperation1 1. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal shall amount to 7 % of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Funds for the period 2014 to 2020 and set out in Article 83(1) of Regulation (EU) No[…/2012 [CPR] (i.e., a total of EUR XX XXX XXX XXX2) and shall be allocated as follows: (a) 74,05 % (i.e., a total of EUR X XXX XXX XXX3) for cross-border cooperation; (b) 20,36 % (i.e., a total of EUR X XXX XXX XXX4) for transnational cooperation; (c) 5,59 % (i.e., a total of EUR XXX XXX XXX55) for interregional cooperation. 2. The outermost regions shall be allocated for programmes under the ETC goal not less than 150% of the ERDF support they received in the 2007-2013 period for cooperation programmes. In addition, EUR 50 000 000 from the allocation for interregional cooperation shall be set aside for outermost regions' cooperation. Concerning thematic concentration, Article 5 (1) applies to this additional allocation. 3. The Commission shall communicate to each Member State its share of the global amounts for cross-border and transnational cooperation as referred to in paragraph 1 (a) and (b), broken down by year. Population in the areas referred to in the 2nd sub-paragraph of Article 3(1) and the 1st sub-paragraph of Article 3(3) shall be used as the criterion for this breakdown by Member State. Based on the amounts communicated, each Member State shall inform the Commission whether and how it has used the transfer possibility provided for in Article 4bis and the resulting distribution of funds among the cross-border and transnational programmes the Member State participates in. The Commission shall, on the basis of the information provided by Member States, adopt a decision setting out a list of all cooperation programmes and indicating the global amount of the total ERDF support for each programme by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30 (2). 4. The contribution from the ERDF to cross-border and sea-basin programmes under ENI and to the cross-border programmes under IPA shall be established by the Commission and the Member States concerned. The ERDF contribution established for each Member State shall not subsequently be reallocated between the Member States concerned. 5. Support from the ERDF to each cross- border and sea-basin programme under ENI and IPA shall be granted provided that at least equivalent amounts are provided by ENI and IPA. This equivalence shall be subject to a maximum amount set out in the ENI Regulation or the IPA Regulation. 6. The annual appropriations corresponding to the support from the ERDF to programmes under ENI and IPA shall be entered in the relevant budget lines of those instruments with the 2014 budgetary exercise. 7. In 2015 and 2016, the annual contribution from the ERDF to the programmes under ENI and IPA for which no programme has been submitted to the Commission by 30 June under the cross- border and sea-basin programmes under ENI and IPA, and which has not been re- allocated to another programme submitted under the same category of external cooperation programmes, shall be allocated to the internal cross-border cooperation programmes under paragraph 1(a) in which the Member State(s) concerned participate. If by 30 June 2017, there are still programmes under the cross-border and sea-basin programmes under ENI and IPA which have not been submitted to the Commission, the entire support from the ERDF mentioned in paragraph 4 for the remaining years up to 2020, which has not been reallocated to another adopted programme under the same category of external cooperation programmes, shall be allocated to the internal cross-border cooperation programmes under paragraph 1(a) in which the Member State concerned participates. 8. Cross-border and sea basin programmes referred to in paragraph 4 that have been adopted by the Commission shall be discontinued, or the allocation to the programme shall be reduced, in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures, in particular, if (a) none of the partner countries covered by the programme have signed the relevant financing agreement by the deadline established in Regulation (EU) No./2012 [the ENI regulation] or Regulation (EU) No. /2012 [IPA]; or (b) the programme cannot be implemented as planned owing to problems arising in relations between the participating countries. In such event, the support from the ERDF mentioned in paragraph 4 corresponding to annual instalments not yet committed, or annual instalments committed and de- committed totally or partially during the same budgetary year, which have not been re-allocated to another programme of the same category of external cooperation programmes, shall be allocated to the internal cross-border cooperation programmes under paragraph 1(a) in which the Member State concerned participates, at its request. 8 a. The Commission shall provide an annual summary of the financial implementation of cross-border and sea- basin programmes under ENI and of cross-border programmes under IPA to which the ERDF contributes in accordance with this Article to the Committee established under Article 143 of Regulation (EU) No .../2013 [CPR]. __________ 1 Budget figures to be inserted once agreement is reached on Multi Annual Financial Framework 2014-2020 and on CPR Article 84 2345 the figures are subject to the global resources available for the Cohesion policy during the period 2014 to 2020
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 115 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
Article 13 Implementation reports 1. By 30 April1 May 2016 and by 30 April1 May of each subsequent year until and including 2022, the managing authority shall submit to the Commission an annual report in accordance with Article 44(1) of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 [CPR]. The report submitted in 2016 shall cover the financial years 2014 and 2015, as well as the period between the starting date for eligibility of expenditure and 31 December 20131 1a. For the reports submitted in 2017 and 2019, the deadline referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 30 June. 2. Annual implementation reports shall set out information on: (a) implementation of the cooperation programme in accordance with Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR]; (b) where appropriate, progress in preparation and implementation of major projects and joint action plans. 3. The annual implementation reports submitted in 2017 and 2019 shall set out and assess the information required under Articles 44(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] respectively and the information set out in paragraph 2 together with information on the elements set out under (c), (f) and (h) below and may, dependent on the content and objectives of cooperation programmes, add information on the other elements listed below: (a) progress in implementation of the integrated approach to territorial development, including sustainable urban development, and community-led local development under the cooperational programme; (b) progress in implementation of actions to reinforce the capacity of authorities and beneficiaries to administer and to use the ERDF; (b a) where appropriate, contribution to macro-regional and sea basin strategies; (c) progress in implementation of the evaluation plan and the follow-up given to the findings of evaluations; (d) the specific actions taken to promote equality between men and women and to prevent omote non-discrimination, including particular accessibility for disabled persons, and the arrangements implemented to ensure the integration of the gender perspective in the cooperational programme and operations; (e) actions taken to promote sustainable development; (f) the results of the information and publicity measures carried out under the communication strategy; (g) progress in the implementation of actions in the field of social innovation, where appropriate; (h) the involvement of the partners in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the cooperation programme. 4. The annual and final implementation reports shall be drawn up following models adopted by the Commission by means of implementing acts. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2)143 of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 [CPR]. ______________ 1 Subject to alignment with outcome of discussions on CPR Article 101.
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 116 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
1. Common output indicators, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, shall be used where relevant and in accordance with Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No./2012 [CPR]. Their baselines shall be set at zero and cumulative targets shall be fixed for 2022. Forprogramme- specific result indicators and, where relevant, programme-specific output indicators shall be used in accordance with Article 24(3) and Article 7(2)(b)(ii) and (iv) of this Regulation. 2. For common and programme-specific output indicators, baselines shall be set at zero and c. Cumulative targetquantified target values for these indicators shall be fixed for 2022. 3. For programme-specific result indicators, which relate to investment priorities, baselines shall be set usinguse the latest available data and targets shall be fixed for 2022, but. Targets may be expressed in quantitative or qualitative terms. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 29 to amend the list of common output indicators in the Annex to this Regulation, in order to make adjustments, where justified to ensure effective assessment of progress in programme implementation.
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 117 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. For operations concerning technical assistance or promotional activities and capacity-building, expenditure may be incurred outside the Union part of the programme area provided that the conditions in paragraphs 2(a) and 2(c) are fulfilled.
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 118 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
1. The managing authority of a cooperation programme shall carry out the functions of the managing authority and of the certifying authority laid down in Articles 114 and 115 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR], without prejudice to paragraph 4 of this Article. 2. The managing authority, after consultation with the Member States and any third countries participating in a cooperation programme, shall set up a joint secretariat. The joint secretariat shall assist the managing authority and the monitoring committee in carrying out their respective functions. The joint secretariat shall also provide information to potential beneficiaries about funding opportunities under cooperation programmes and shall assist beneficiaries in the implementation of operations. 3. VWhere the managing authority is an EGTC, verifications under Article 114(4)(a) of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 [CPR] shall be carried out by the managing authority for the whole programme area wor under the responsibility of the managing authority at least for those Member States and third countries from which there thare managing authority is anembers participating in the EGTC. 4. Where the managing authority candoes not carry out verifications under Article 114(4)(a) of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 [CPR] throughout the whole programme area, each Member State oror where the verifications are not carried out by or under the responsibility of the managing authority for those Member States and third countries from which there are members participating in the EGTC in accordance with para. 3, each Member State or, when it has accepted the invitation to participate in the cooperation programme, the third country shall designate the body or person responsible for carrying out such verifications in relation to beneficiaries on its territory ('controller(s)'). Those controllers shall, where possible,In this connection, the managing authority shall satisfy itself that the expenditure of each beneficiary participating in an operation has been verified by a designated controller. Each Member State shall ensure that the expenditure can be verified within a period of three months from the submission of the documents by the beneficiary. Those controllers may be the same bodies responsible for carrying out such verifications for the operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal or, in the case of third countries, for carrying out comparable verifications under external policy instruments of the Union. Each Member State or, when it has accepted the invitation to participate in the cooperation programme, the third country shall be responsible for verifications carried out on its territory. Where the delivery of co-financed products or services can be verified only in respect of an entire operation, the verification shall be performed by the managing authority or by the controller of the Member State where the lead beneficiary is located.
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 119 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27 Decommitment By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 127(1), but without prejudice to Article 127(4), of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR], the Commission shall de-commit any part of the amount calculated in accordance with the second subparagraph of that Article in a cooperation programme that has not been used for payment of the initial and annual pre-financing, interim payments and annual balance by 31 December of the third financial year following the year of budget commitment under the cooperation programme or for which a payment application has not been sent in accordance with Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR].deleted
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 120 #

2011/0273(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 15(4) and Article 17(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 15(4) and Article 17(1) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 17(1) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
2013/06/24
Committee: REGI