7 Amendments of Algirdas SAUDARGAS related to 2011/0401(COD)
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Research and innovation activities supported by Horizon 2020 should respect fundamental ethical principles. The opinions of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies should be taken into account. Research activities should also take into account Article 13 TFEU and reduce the use of animals in research and testing, with a view ultimately to replacing animal use. Research activities should also respect the legislative or administrative provisions and customs of Member States. All activities should be carried out ensuring a high level of human health protection in accordance with Article 168 TFEU.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The European Commission does not explicitly solicit the use of human embryonic stem cells. The use of human stem cells, be they adult or embryonic, dif any, dependfers oin the judgement of the scientists in view of the objectives they want to achieve and is subject to stringent Ethics Review. No project involving the use of human embryonic stem cells should be funded that does not obtain the necessary approvals from the Member States. No activity should be funded that is forbidden in all Member States. No activity should be funded in a Member State where such activity is forbiddenMember States. Therefore no project involving the use of human embryonic stem cells should be funded from the European Union budget.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) The Union should encourage scientists whose research is funded by the European budget to patent their inventions in Europe. As human embryonic stem cells are not patentable, this type of research should be excluded from Union funding and funded exclusively by national budgets.
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Linkages and interfaces shall be implemented across and within the priorities of Horizon 2020. Particular attention shall be paid in this respect to the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies, to bridging from discovery to market application, to cross-disciplinary research and innovation, to social and economic sciences and humanities, to fostering the functioning and achievement of the ERA, to the development of research into European legal systems, to cooperation with third countries, to responsible research and innovation including gender, and to enhancing the attractiveness of the research profession and to facilitating cross-border and cross- sector mobility of researchers.
Amendment 562 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(c a) research which involves the destruction of human embryos;
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
(c b) research using human embryonic stem cells;
Amendment 582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Research on other types of human stem cells, both adult and embryonic, may be financed, depending both on the contents of the scientific proposal and the legal framework of the Member States involved. No funding shall be granted for research activities that are prohibited in all the Member States. No activity shall be funded in a Member State where such activity is forbidden.